Weekend Guide

Friday, January 18FILM: Urgh! A Music War at Nitehawk CinemaHow broad was the phrase "new wave" in 1982? Some of the acts in this film -- the Go-Gos, Joan Jett, Devo, Gary Numan, the Police… Read Full Story

Friday, January 11BOOKS: Best of Punk Magazine Launch at PowerhouseWith their late-'70s 'zine, John Holmstrom and Legs McNeil to popularize the eponymous four-letter word and to associate it with the music of cover stars like… Read Full Story

Friday, January 4FILM: Pier Paolo Pasolini at the Museum or Modern ArtAccording to our film critic Dennis Dermody, "master poet and filmmaker" Pasolini's so-called Trilogy of Life films "were all made in the '70s, all… Read Full Story

Friday, December 21 LECTURE: Manuel DeLanda at Eyebeam Artist and philosopher DeLanda discusses his latest book, Philosophy and Simulation: the Emergence of Synthetic Reason (Bloomsbury) and the use of "genetic algorithms in architecture." Eyebeam Art + Technology Center, 540… Read Full Story

Friday, December 14  MUSIC: Occupy Sandy Benefit at Saint Vitus  Local art-grunge quartet The Men join hazy jangle-poppers Widowspeak, minimal synth-tickler Lust for Youth, and punk-inspired singer-songwriter Waxahatchee at Pitchfork's Occupy Sandy benefit.  Saint Vitus Bar, 1120 Manhattan Avenue, Brooklyn.… Read Full Story

Friday, December 7FILM: Griswold Family Christmas at Acme StudioThe folks at ACME studio are hosting a little Christmas movie festival this weekend, showing Elf, Christmas Vacation (before we were all too innocent and young to… Read Full Story

Friday, November 30MUSIC: No New YorkIn 1978, when dissonant bands DNA and the Contortions were featured on different sides of the genre-defining No New York compilation, few could have imagined that their respective leaders, Arto… Read Full Story

Friday, November 23PARTY: Father's Day 2 at Steel DrumsSweat out the tryptophan at this warehouse techno rave hosted by Ladyfag with a back-to-back set by L-Vis 1990 and Jam City (both of the Night Slugs label) as… Read Full Story

Friday, November 16BOOKS: Moby-Dick Marathon NYCHave you always wanted to tackle the white whale that is Herman Melville's 1851 novel? Now's your chance to chase Moby-Dick around New York, with the likes of Paul Dano, Sarah Vowell,… Read Full Story

Friday, 11/9BAM will be overrun with films that either delighted you or scared the living crap out of you when you were kid with their series, Puppets on Film. Tonight's installment includes a screening of The Never… Read Full Story

  Friday, 10/19 Chelsea Clearview delivers an evening of double-D spookiness at a screening of the cult classic film about everyone's favorite nightmare maven, Elvira: Mistress of the Dark, hosted by New York drag queen favorite Hedda… Read Full Story