Rena Anakwe + Muyassar Kurdi
Rena Anakwe and Muyassar Kurdi share one bill at St. Mark’s Church, a paired reading that lets you hear two writers' voices live, one after the other.
Everything coming up
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BRASS
Closing night of trumpeter Alexandria Smith's residency, a one-time septet of trombones, saxes and trumpets plus percussion and electronics, with Jeff Albert, Byron Asher and Dave Taylor.
Exhibition Walkthrough of "by Alison Knowles" at the Grey Art Museum
A guided walk through the Alison Knowles exhibition, a chance to take in the work at a slower, more informed pace. Space is limited, so registration is required.
Marc Ribot Quartet: Hurry Red Telephone (Album Release)
Guitarist Marc Ribot brings his quartet to Roulette to celebrate the release of their new record, Hurry Red Telephone, in a room built for experimental and improvised music.
Prison (excerpt) + Who Are You Dorothy Dean? Book Launch and Q&A
An excerpt from Prison pairs with the launch of the book Who Are You Dorothy Dean?, then a Q&A. A film clip, a new book, and a room to ask questions about both.
Tongo Eisen-Martin + Margaret Randall
A two-poet reading that puts Tongo Eisen-Martin and Margaret Randall on one bill, so you hear both read their own work aloud in a room built for listening.
FRED HERSCH TRIO + 2
Pianist Fred Hersch widens his trio into a quintet, with Tony Malaby on saxophone and Ralph Alessi on trumpet alongside Drew Gress and Joe Dyson. Refined, elegant playing in a tiny cellar room.
An Evening with Anne Fadiman: Looking back on The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down after three decades
Anne Fadiman sits down with Perri Klass to trace how her book on Lia Lee, a Hmong child with epilepsy, came together and why its lessons on cross-cultural care still hold.
Nicoletta Todesco: The Cockroach Diary
A one-woman operetta for voice, classical guitar, and electric guitar, where a cockroach becomes an artist's unlikely muse. It begins intimate, drifts into outer space, and returns changed.
Incubations
Andrea Kleine shares three works-in-progress: a book, a performance, and a microbudget feature, all circling nature, personal horrors, and the weirdness of performing. Music by Bobby Previte.
Vampyr + Live Score
Vampyr screened with a live score, so the music is played in the room as the film unfolds. It's part of the cinema's Kaboom lineup.
TJG Signature Series // Jason Lindner Broadband
Keyboardist Jason Lindner directs a 12-piece band of horns, synths and percussion, with Donny McCaslin and Yosvany Terry in the lineup. Big-band sound in a room this size is rare.
Saturday Salons
Artists, writers, musicians and performers show works-in-process, and the rougher and stranger the better. Jennifer Krasinski curates a lineup with Trinie Dalton and Sibyl Kempson.
School Nite
A one-night music bill at MoMA PS1 pairing Isabella Lovestory, B0YG1RL and ali rq, three distinctive voices on one lineup. A good pick if you like hearing new artists in a gallery setting.
Segue Reading Series: Joon Oluchi Lee & imogen smith
A poetry and prose reading pairing Joon Oluchi Lee and imogen smith, part of the long-running Segue series, a curated program with a distinct literary point of view.
Interpretations: Ursel Schlicht // Critical Response
A double bill from the long-running Interpretations series: pianist Ursel Schlicht in one set, then Jason Kao Hwang's jazz trio Critical Response in the other. Two distinct voices in new music.
Photobook Talk: Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo — El pez muere por la boca
Santiago Escobar-Jaramillo talks through his photobook El pez muere por la boca in the Tim Hetherington Photobook Library, a small room built for looking closely at books. RSVP required.
TRIO
Anna Abondolo plays fretless electric bass with Hans Young Binter on keyboard and Orchid Mcrae on percussion, one of several very different formats in her residency.
Leila and the Wolves | Presented by Miss Video 4 U
Miss Video 4 U presents this screening of Leila and the Wolves, part of the Kaboom lineup at an independent art house cinema. A guest-curated night out for film lovers.
