KnifeFight Doc & Urban Beach Week in Today's Eight Items Or Less
By Gary Pini
1. Break out the searchlights! The world premiere of KnifeFight: No Rules, a 12-minute documentary featuring several Brooklyn bands including The Death Set, Japanther, Cerebral Ballzy etc., is June 2 at the Knitting Factory (361 Metropolitan Avenue). More details here.
2. If you're headed to Miami for Memorial Day weekend, here's a guide to all of the Urban Beach Week 2010 parties.
3. German robbers miscalculated the amount of explosives needed to break into a bank and accidentally leveled the entire building.
4. It's time to vote for your favorite design in Inhabitat's annual competition to find the best new uses for old household items. We like the shelf made from old copies of National Geographic and the chandelier made out of hangers. Vote here.
5. The current Scion-sponsored art tour focuses on video artists including Dust la Rock, Eric Nakamura, Saelee Oh, French, Mark Mothersbaugh and more. All are on view at Bushwick's Eastern District (43 Bogart St.) from June 4 to 27 and the opening reception is from 7 to 10 p.m. on the 7th.
6. NYC's Public Art Fund is sponsoring an outdoor sculpture exhibit called "Statuesque" in City Hall Park from June 2 to December 3. The artists are Pawel Althamer, Huma Bhabha, Aaron Curry, Thomas Houseago, Mathew Monahan and Rebecca Warren.
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