The ultimate sartorial and etiquette guide, from the ultimate life and style guru. By turns witty, sardonic, and always insightful, Glenn O’Brien’s advice column has been a must-read for several generations of men (and their spouses and girlfriends). How To Be a Man is the culmination of O’Brien’s thirty years of accumulated style and etiquette […]
SATURDAY 13
The extravagance of 1770 rococo Paris meets the eclecticism of 2010 underground New York nightlife. Think Amadeus, Marie Antoinette, the Marquis de Sade, etc… but with a thoroughly modern twist. Tonight’s festivities include fire-dancing, wire-walking, burlesque, performance art, feats of endurance, spectacles, live art, and live techno baroque rock music. Powdered wigs, powdered faces, […]
FRIDAY 12
If 70s gay porn actor Al Parker had a child with Debbie Harry from Blondie, the result would be a sexy beast, cavorting on the Blowoff dance floor to the twisted tunes of Bob Mould and Richard Morel. Mould is best known for being guitarist for rock band Hüsker Dü and Richard Morel is […]
Taking the name of their music studio as their moniker the Green Door Kids are not actually a group as such. The album is a selection of recordings taken from a series of musical workshops that ran at the Green Door Music studio. The recordings are split between the Green Door Kids (aged 10-16) involved […]
Lens specialists Carl Zeiss have just released this pair of video glasses. The “Cinemizer Plus” allows the user to watch movies on the go, at a resolution of 640 x 480 pixels. Available in a surprisingly slim frame, the technology within provides an experience equivalent to that of watching a 45” from 2 meters away. […]
The Costume Institute’s spring 2025 exhibition presents a cultural and historical examination of Black style over three hundred years through the concept of dandyism. In the 18th-century Atlantic world, a new culture of consumption, fueled by the slave trade, colonialism, and imperialism, enabled access to clothing and goods that indicated wealth, distinction, and taste. Black […]
TUESDAYS
When you mix Jasmine Rice LaBeija and Chicky Gorgina together, you get a steamy and gassy night of raunchy inappropriate humor, comedy, live singing and games. Those are the perfect ingredients for a chaotic and delicious night of fun! DJ John Marto.
Hardware Bar, 697 10th Ave bet 47th & 48th Sts), NYC, 212-924-9885
