WEDNESDAY 29
Variety
In Bette Gordon’s pioneering indie narrative about voyeurism from a female perspective, a young woman (Sandy McLeod) works as a ticket taker in a porn theater, and her curiosity leads her to shadow a male patron. This film features an unparalleled collaborative team of downtown artists from the early 1980s, including composer John Lurie, […]
This exhibition will present more than one hundred and fifty studio portraits of African Americans from the mid-twentieth century, part of an important recent acquisition by The Met. Produced by mostly unidentified makers, the photographs are a poignant, collective self portrait of the African American experience during the 1940s and 1950s—a time of war, middle-class […]
The gay social-networking site www.manhunt.com recently posted a blog about model Jonathan Nice, along with sexy pics. What was suppose to be just another pretty naked boy article, turned into a racist rant on the comment roll about how Manhunt should be a site just for White guys. One user named ‘Lance’ even went so […]
MONDAY 27
Tribeca Film Festival
John Hurt astounds as he revisits the role that made him a star (in 1975’s The Naked Civil Servant): real-life writer, actor, and gay icon Quentin Crisp. This smart, sensitive drama—marked by Hurt’s bravura handling of Crisp’s razor-tongued wit—focuses on the flamboyant 72-year-old star’s move to New York in 1981, and the […]
The Costume Institute’s spring 2018 exhibition—at The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters—will feature a dialogue between fashion and medieval art from The Met collection to examine fashion’s ongoing engagement with the devotional practices and traditions of Catholicism.
Serving as the cornerstone of the exhibition, papal robes and accessories from the Sistine Chapel sacristy, many […]
Leighton Meester, star of the TV show Gossip Girl, is set to release an album this Fall.
The actress has inked a deal with the Universal Republic record label and has been working in the studio with producers Polow Da Don (Usher, Fergie), Harvey Mason, Jr (Justin Timberlake, Pink) and Spencer Nezey, reports Billboard.
In a statement, […]
The Costume Institute’s spring 2026 exhibition explores depictions of the dressed body across The Met’s vast collection, pairing garments with artworks to reveal the inherent relationship between clothing and the body.
Focusing primarily on Western art from prehistory to the present, Costume Art presents connections between garments from The Costume Institute and objects from the Museum’s other collecting areas. Pairings between […]
MONDAYS
Drag Wars is the future!…where the next generation of NYC drag performers will be revealed! The competition is super fierce…so, make sure you come early, and sign up…if you think you’ve got the right stuff! Hosted by Shequida Hall. DJ Nicky Boombox.
Pieces Bar, 8 Christopher St., NYC, 10pm, free.
