In the spirit of holiday giving, we bring you LIVE LEAK, our new video series featuring live acts from Southpaw and around the borough. We begin with leaks from our most recent event on November 11 at Southpaw featuring performances by Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye, Outernational, Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers and singer Tamar Korn. Our first Live Leak feature is an acoustic performance of She Craves Spring by Outernational.
Musician Kevin Johnston has to be just about our favorite regular hanging around Brooklyn these days, and now the time has come to put his life’s endeavor on the horizon and strive for it. Like many folks around the borough this time of year, Kevin is raising money for a creative project – in his case, to record an independent record of his own creation. Read more about this project and watch Kevin’s video about what, exactly, he’s planning to create.
Ladies and gentleman, this Second Saturday at Southpaw our very own Queerespondent Jen Tullock will be making her worldwide debut in character as everyone’s new favorite 90s white girl rapper Jenatari. Who better to ring in the holiday season then one of our very favorite local comediennes! But before she was Jenatari.. she was Estelle! and Charisma! And an almost-expired Bushwick roommate. We caught up with her in advance of Jenatari’s debut performance to talk about her past characters and various incarnations of the one and only Jen Tullock.
Last Thursday night at least one gallery was experiencing some post-tryptophan bliss. At 111 Front Street, A.I.R. Gallery boasted three simultaneous openings.
Ever fantasize about a baby-headed Karl Rove cuddling a duchess Ronald Reagan or perhaps a handsome Jesus-Reagan cradling a little Glenn Beck lamb? Greenpoint artist, Michael Caines has dedicated the past year to doing just that.
This summer, I declared one movie and one movie alone to be what I called “bed bug worthy,” meaning that I would overcome my phobia of those pesky insects to see Black Swan in all of its feathered glory. I was hardly disappointed.
Through December 11, local investigative theater company The Civilians are staging In The Footprint: The Battle Over Atlantic Yards at Fort Greene’s Irondale Center, mere blocks from where this long-debated project is currently underway. We caught up with Michael Friedman, the show’s lyricist and composer, to ask him about process, community dialogue and his personal views on the project.
