ACTIVE PARTNERS: FOUR FILMS ON SEX AND DISABILITY
Four 16mm shorts from the 1970s that speak frankly about sex and disability, a subject rarely touched by erotic or educational film. Two are by Laird Sutton, made for the National Sex Forum.
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PI RECORDINGS 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION // Jonathan Finlayson Quartet
Trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson leads a tight quartet with Brian Settles on tenor sax, John Hébert on bass and Damion Reid on drums, marking Pi Recordings' 25th anniversary.
MULTI-MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER PGM 3: GAY LIBERATION ON 16MM
A set of short 16mm films from the 1970s on gay liberation, from a parade documentary to loose, unstructured conversations among gay men and lesbians, plus Jan Oxenberg's comedy.
Horse Lords, Jules Reidy, Silk Fence
Baltimore quartet Horse Lords are known for tightly interlocking rhythms and adventurous composition, and here they play their new tour program alongside Jules Reidy and Silk Fence.
Exhibition Tour: The Lost World: The Art of Minnie Evans
A guided walk through the Minnie Evans exhibition, with the Whitney's own guide helping you read the work up close. A good way to see her art with some context rather than wandering alone.
MULTI-MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER PGM 4: WOMEN’S LIB
Six rare feminist shorts, including an early Penelope Spheeris, that fold sexuality, romance, health, and solidarity into women's politics instead of following doctrine.
ABERIKULA
Harris Eisenstadt plays batá drums with pianist Angelica Sanchez and bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck, an unusual trio, in a residency where every night brings a different lineup.
THE PERSONAL AND THE POLITICAL: SEXUALITY, ROMANCE AND WOMEN’S LIB
Six short films from the 1970s feminist moment, from playful sendups of gender roles to Self-Health and an early Penelope Spheeris short, about 90 minutes in all.
Exhibition Tour, The Battle of Brooklyn: Fought and Remembered
A guided tour of an exhibition on the first and largest battle of the American Revolution, told through primary sources and led at the Center for Brooklyn History.
PI RECORDINGS 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION // Dan Weiss Quartet
Drummer Dan Weiss leads a quartet with guitarist Miles Okazaki, trumpeter Adam O'Farrill and vibraphonist Patricia Brennan, marking the label's anniversary in an intimate room with two sets.
EROTIC FANTASY: BEESON AND BEYOND
Three experimental Coni Beeson films for the National Sex Forum, layered in double exposure and pastoral imagery, framed by Rodriguez-Soltero's JEROVI and Chick Strand's FEVER DREAM, all on 16mm.
Find Your Own Voice: James Brandon Lewis and Anne Waldman // Oliver Lake and Josh Werner // Tuesday Taylor and Melanie Dyer // Taylor Pace and Kokayi
Four poet-and-musician pairings across generations, including James Brandon Lewis with Anne Waldman and Oliver Lake with Josh Werner, in a residency by a Jazz Generations Initiative fellow.
MULTI-MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER PGM 5: BROUGHTON EC+
Three 16mm James Broughton films from the late 1960s and early 1970s, shown as sex educators once saw them, after a short where Broughton gets bathed and massaged by an erotic masseur.
Shinnecock Oral History Plant Tour
Chenae Bullock, a member of the Shinnecock Nation, leads a walk through the Native Flora Garden, with plants explained through Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge. A small, specific tour.
DUO
Harris Eisenstadt plays drum set and batá drums opposite pianist Aruán Ortiz. It's one of several piano duos in his residency, and the only one with Ortiz.
MULTI-MEDIA RESOURCE CENTER PGM 7: PATTERN FILMS, PART 1
Laird Sutton's unscripted 16mm portraits of ordinary people's sexual patterns, made for therapy sessions, with a mood-easing short first. Introduced by archivist Oscar Becher.
Talk of the Town: Before New York with Eric Sanderson
Landscape ecologist Dr. Eric Sanderson gives a public lecture on historical ecology, looking at what the land was like before the city. It's held in a historic house.
Visions of the American Landscape: An Evening of Films by Allison Janae Hamilton, with Imani Perry in Conversation
A screening of Allison Janae Hamilton's films on the American landscape, followed by a conversation between the artist and Imani Perry. It's a focused pairing of an artist and a thinker.
Before New York: Staten Island
Dr. Eric W. Sanderson reconstructs the original forests, wetlands, and waterways of the place and ties them to today's flooding, climate resilience, and environmental justice.
Marlon James: The Disappearers
A celebration of Marlon James's Booker-finalist novel, in which eight men rehearsing a play are brutally attacked one night and must reckon with the hatred the violence exposed.
