The 2021 Velvetpark Writer Residency has been awarded to Yamilette Vizcaino Rivera. She begins her residency this week in Brooklyn read more…
Alexis Clements’ Unknown Play Project
Writer Alexis Clements is currently underway on a documentary film on women’s spaces. Remember those? Well they still do exist read more…
Are You Still a Slave, A Discussion At the Bell Hooks Residency
“Are You Still a Slave?” was the discussion during the week-long Bell Hooks Residency at the New School, paneled by read more…
Ishita, Popularizing Surfing in India
Ishita is the first surfer girl in India. She taught herself how to catch and ride waves and is now read more…
Chatting it Up at The 2014 Armory Show
While billionaires and celebrities build their collections over cocktails and a
Peggy Shaw Ruffing it Up at La MaMa
Performance legend Peggy Shaw’s latest show, “Ruff,” is on a two week run at La MaMa in New York.
Slave History Revisited
Concurrent with the release of the film “12 Years a Slave,” to which famed historian Henry Louis Gates Jr acted read more…
New York’s Favorite Art Critic Tries to Like Banksy
Art is an absolutely subjective experience. Or is it? Maybe we get talked into things we actually deep down despise, read more…
The Next Art Capital of the World… Cleveland!?
What happens when an urban environment is a depressed industrial wasteland.
NewFest: Who’s Afraid of Vagina Wolf?
Tonight begins NewFest, NYC’s LGBT Film festival.
Walker Center, Internet Cat Video Festival 2013
Of all the summer film festivals that folks flock to over this season, the Internet Cat Video Film Festival at read more…
Calling All Bi-Lingual Performers, Velvetpark Reading Series is Back for Fall
Calling All Bi-Lingual Performers, Velvetpark Reading Series is back for fall!
What Happened in Brooklyn Last Night?
Did you see this in the news today and wonder what you missed at MTV’s VMAs? Well you missed this… read more…
Oh Snap Hottest Hit of Summer in Dispute!
Okay this happens a lot; artist borrows, copies, appropriates another artist’s work. Its an affect of our post-modernism, but at read more…
Piper Kerman Explains the Reality of Orange is the New Black
The real Piper of “Orange is The New Black” talks about pirson life and what is true to pirson life read more…
The Return of Kathleen Hanna
Last month Kathleen Hanna reemerged from a musical hitus with her latest project, The Julie Ruin.
Lady Gaga Gets Naked with Abramovic
Self styled shaman Marina Abramovic continues her world domination, conferring her powers upon celebrity music culture—convincing musicians that they can read more…
Lea DeLaria Ticket Give Away! NYC Hot Festival
Today we are giving away tickets to see Lea Delaria at New York’s annual queer theater festival Hot Fest! (Enter read more…
Dolly Parton a Lesbian? Keep Dreamin’
Dolly is out promting her new memoir “Dream More: Celebrate the Dreamer in You,” in it she dispells the gay read more…
Freedom to Love Now, A Concert for Marriage Equality
As the countdown to election day ticks on, activists have been mobilizing in an effort to ensure protection and progress read more…