March 05
One night after a poetry reading, two poets sat on two bar stools after two glasses of vinho verde and wondered aloud, “What if poetry readings were never boring?" The result is PWA, one of the city's most dynamic poetry nights. Hosted by Tommy Pico and Morgan Parker, special guests tonight include Camonghne Felix, Shauna Barbosa and Diana Marie Delgado.
After PWA, Morgan returns to the stage to host Reparations, Live! —our quarterly panel talk on the topic of reparations and the ingrained burdens of white supremacy. Tonight's panel includes Glory Edim, Yahdon Israel, Darnell L. Moore and Dianca London Potts.
Poets with Attitude doors open at 7pm, followed by Reparations, Live! at 9pm.
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March 6—31
Standing just six feet tall and taking up a mere four square feet of floorspace, the Smallest Mollusk Museum from MICRO is packed with exhibits on some of the strangest, softest animals on Earth: mollusks. The exhibit features a holographic aquarium, two miniature movie theaters and also slime. The Smallest Mollusk Museum also happens to be the world’s largest mollusk museum, and it will be on display all month long in the lobby.
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March 8—31
During the winter of 2015, an East Village fourth grader attending Children’s Workshop School peered into the dusty crevices beneath his classroom’s closet floorboards. He wondered what treasures might have fallen there in the 104 years since the building was constructed. His classmates took notice and joined in, poking and peeking under the boards. Through this “closet archaeology,” an accidental time capsule —built over a century by generations of students— was excavated for the world to see.
Selections from the project will be on display all month in our gallery, with a reception taking place Thursday March 8 from 6pm–8pm.
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March 10, 8PM
Did you know that Helen —a weather station on our roof, was named after Helen Hunt for her portrayal of Dr. Jo Harding in the 1996 film Twister. Did you know we had a weather station? Helen was installed by Campbell Watson, an unconventional atmospheric scientist with IBM Research who’s been partnering up with new-media artist Lee Tusman on a series of performances in which atmospheric readings, live data streams and other inputs are sculpted into sonic and visual landscapes with live coding.
Tonight, the trio will perform together for an intimate set in our boardroom. Doors open at 8pm with a 45 minute set beginning around 8:30pm.
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Sundays
Working both digitally and with traditional watercolors, NYC-based artist Tug Rice is endlessly inspired by Manhattan and its curious inhabitants. As our Artist in Residence for March, Rice will be bouncing around to art fairs such as Volta, Spring/Break and Art On Paper, documenting the sights and scenes in digital pen and ink. We'll be sharing via our instagram throughout the month.
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