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  • THRU OCT 14TH
    KINK HAÜS

    LaMama, The Downstairs 66 East 4th Street, New York, United States

    Due to popular demand LaMama Experimental Theatre Company and Howl! Arts, Inc. extend KINK HAÜS through to October 11th, 12th, 13th and 14th! Tickets available here from Monday Oct 1st at […]

  • Poet’s Country No. 4 Launch

    Storming into the fall of 2018, Poet’s Country proudly presents the launch of their fourth issue, a variating-format journal featuring work by Carlie Hoffman, Bridget Lowe and Erika Meitner, as […]

  • Tony Whitfield RUMINATIONS: Notes on New Love

    Opening reception Wednesday 17th October, 6-8pm, Free   Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present a major new body of work by artist Tony Whitfield. At the […]

  • East-West: Celebrating 50 Years of Beyond Baroque

    Happy Birthday, Beyond Baroque! Join Howl! Happening in celebrating a half-century of art and poetry with a gathering of East-West performers paying tribute to the rich mix of literary tradition, […]

  • The Séance Moon: Improvised by Matt Dennie

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Séance Moon: Improvised by Matt Dennie The Full Moon Show: A Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention Curated by Rani O’Brien   séance noun sé·ance | \ ˈsā-ˌän(t)s ,  -ˌäⁿs , sā-ˈ […]

  • Crosstalk on Ruminations: Notes on New Love

    Panel Discussion with Tony Whitfield, Carlo McCormick and Sur Rodney (Sur)   Howl! Happening is pleased to present a panel discussion on Tony Whitfield’s exhibition: Ruminations: Notes on New Love. […]

  • “Paris, 1938” and Water Improv/Tree of Life

    Featuring Andrew Alden and Pat Irwin   Howl! Happening is pleased to present a screening and performance featuring work by composer Andrew Alden and musician Pat Irwin. Andrew will play […]

  • The Full Moon Show: Do I Live Inside a Miracle?

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Every Month on The Full Moon 4pm Sharp   With 2018 approaching her 12th house of endings and another full moon descending, Amelia Bande offers us a brand-new show, brand […]

  • HURRAH! NYC: Night One

    Two Evenings Salute the Seminal Nightclub Hurrah Hosted by John Phillips A flashpoint of the “downtown” music scene—though located on 62nd Street—Hurrah was the first large dance club to feature […]

  • HURRAH! NYC: Night Two

    HURRAH! NYC Two Evenings Salute the Seminal Nightclub Hurrah Hosted by John Phillips A flashpoint of the “downtown” music scene—though located on 62nd Street—Hurrah was the first large dance club […]

  • Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt Catalogue Launch and Panel Discussion

    Howl! Happening invites you to join culture critics, art historians and curators for the publication of the catalogue for Thomas Lanigan-Schmidt’s Tenemental (With Sighs Too Deep for Words). A compendium […]

  • Howl! Arts Presents: Jackie Factory’s Low Life 8

    Pyramid 101 Avenue A, New York, NY, United States

    Low Life 8: Fairytale of New York at the Pyramid   The much-missed Jackie Factory spectacular Low Life returns this holiday season for its eighth edition, newly at the iconic […]

  • Nora Burns David’s Friend

    A feisty and funny one-woman show…her odyssey will bring alive the period and its pleasures (and poisons) with pungent animation. —Charles Isherwood, New York Times David’s Friend is the story […]

  • Queer Butoh 2018

    Featuring Hector Canonge, Tina Zoccoli Mayers, and Will Atkins Howl! Happening is pleased to present Queer Butoh 2018, curated by Mee Ae Caughey, Davey Mitchell, and Vangeline for the New York […]

  • William Rand: Four Decades

    Panel Discussion and Publication Party   With Rand and panelists Anthony Gaskin, Maynard Monrow, and Sur Rodney (Sur). In William Rand’s paintings, for example, one must look to the shadows […]

  • Pixie Aventura and Catalyst Quartet: To DRAG & BACH

    Pixie Aventura and Catalyst Quartet Howl! Happening is pleased to present the Catalyst Quartet and famed drag queen spitfire Pixie Aventura for a transformative evening and experience the music of […]

  • Full Moon Show: Revenge of The Cherimoya Sisters

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    THE FULL MOON SHOW A Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention Revenge of The Cherimoya Sisters A Performance by Alexandra Tatarsky curated by Greer Dworman They say that to eat a cherimoya […]

  • Gail Thacker: Fugitive Moments

    Opening Reception: Wednesday, January 9, 2018, 6pm Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present Fugitive Moments*, an exhibition that draws from four decades of artist Gail Thacker’s […]

  • Insurance Doctor Is In

    Insurance Doctor Is In
    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Insurance Doctor Is In!  Questions about a health insurance bill? Don't understand your insurance and can't get a straight answer? Need some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? […]

  • Klown Portrait Polaroid Workshop

    Do you want to be the model, makeup artist, photographer—or why not all three? In this interactive workshop by acclaimed visual artist Gail Thacker, participants will play with makeup, wigs, […]

  • Gail Thacker Fugitive Moments Catalogue Launch

    Howl! Happening invites you to celebrate the publication of the catalogue for Fugitive Moments with contributions by arts writer Jane Ursula Harris, Whitney Museum assistant curator Kelly Long, performance artist Rafael […]

  • Scooter LaForge: Homo Eruptus

    Howl! Happening is pleased to present Homo Eruptus, a new body of work by Scooter LaForge including large, mural-size paintings that mine the artist’s fertile inner emotional realm.  Whether it’s […]

  • Insurance Doctor Is In

    Insurance Doctor Is In
    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Insurance Doctor Is In!  Questions about a health insurance bill? Don't understand your insurance and can't get a straight answer? Need some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? […]

  • Scooter LaForge: Scooterwear Workshop

    In this workshop, multifaceted artist Scooter LaForge leads participants into a world of fantasy and imagination, helping them to fashion a “statement” piece from a basic white t-shirt. Whether it’s […]

  • SPRING/BREAK: Scooter LaForge Mount Vesuvius Fire Sale

    Spring/Break Art Show NYC Scooter LaForge Mount Vesuvius Fire Sale Curated by Carlo McCormick Booth #W14 For Spring/Break, Howl! is also pleased to offer the Mount Vesuvius Fire Sale, curated by […]

  • NEW DATE: Drew Hubner Podcast from Howl!

    A Reading from the Old Neighborhood PLEASE NOTE that this event is now taking place on Saturday March 9th, not 2nd.  Howl! Happening invites you to join us for a […]

  • Scooter LaForge: Homo Eruptus Catalog Launch

    Howl Happening is pleased to announce the launch of the exhibition catalog for "Scooter LaForge: Homo Eruptus". Featuring a full poster of Federico Will You Be My Girlfriend? and essays […]

  • Cary Abrams: The East Village in the 60s

    Panel Discussion with Penny Arcade, Agosto Machado, Ben Morea, and Robert Watlington Many fondly look back on the 60s as the heyday of the East Village when throngs of youth […]

  • Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen: Cut Work

    A Survey 2008–2018   Opening Reception: Thursday, March 21 / 6–8 PM / Free   Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen’s Cut Work, a […]

  • Happy 100th Birthday Lawrence Ferlinghetti!

    Sunday March 24th 2019 is Lawrence Ferlinghetti's 100th birthday. Poet, painter, socialist activist, and the co-founder of City Lights Booksellers & Publishers, Ferlinghetti has dedicated his life to poetry and […]

  • CELEBRATING HATTIE

    • 6:30 PM SECOND LINE / DRAG MARCH LEAVES TOMPKINS SQUARE PARK • 7:00 PM  MEMORIAL BEGINS ON ARRIVAL AT LA MAMA Walk with friends, fellow artists, families, and others touched […]

  • Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen: Vega Arts Workshop Series

    When does imperfection become perfection? As part of Howl’s continuing Vega Arts Workshop Series, artist Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen engages participants in her Cut Work process, a freehand cutting technique developed by […]

  • Conversations With Gay Elders: Gene Fedorko

    Film and Discussion with Director David Weissman and Gene Fedorko Howl! Happening is pleased to present a screening of a segment of Conversations with Gay Elders about the life of […]

  • Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen Exhibition Catalog Launch

    Howl! Happening is pleased to announce the launch of the exhibition catalog for Elizabeth Gregory-Gruen: Cut Work. Featuring essays by Michelle Grabner and Carlo McCormick, the catalog for Howl!'s third […]

  • Insurance Doctor Is In

    Insurance Doctor Is In
    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Insurance Doctor Is In!  Questions about a health insurance bill? Don't understand your insurance and can't get a straight answer? Need some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? […]

  • An Evening with Daniel Efram’s Curiosities

    Book Launch with Jim Coleman, Sarah Register, Nicole Blackman, Tony Drazan and Nossos Tambores Dive into an immersive evening of spectacle celebrating the publication of Dan Efram’s photography book, Curiosities, inspired by […]

  • Curt Hoppe Downtown Portraits

    Opening Reception: April 24, 2019 / 6–9 PM / Free   Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to showcase the work of Curt Hoppe, an artist whose work […]

  • Curt Hoppe: The Hyperrealist Experience Workshop

    The Vega Arts Workshop Series Curt Hoppe hosts a master class in Hyperrealism. This three-part experience starts at Howl! Happening with a 45 minute tour of the Bowery then transitions […]

  • Local Knowledge Issue #7

    Magazine Launch Party Howl! Happening invites you to celebrate the release of Local Knowledge #7. A journal of art and literature, the magazine brings together poets, prose writers (fiction and […]

  • Fence 35 Launch Party

    With Readings by Tess Brown-Lavoie, Rachel Levitsky, and Serena Solin Howl! Happening is pleased to host a launch party for Fence 35. Editor Rebecca Wolff is joined by Fence contributors, […]

  • Walter Robinson: Artist Provocateur

    A Paul Tschinkel Film Discussion with Paul Tschinkel, Carlo McCormick, Jane Dickson, and Marc H Miller. Walter Robinson has been on the New York art scene since the early 70s. […]

  • Insurance Doctor Is In

    Insurance Doctor Is In
    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Insurance Doctor Is In!  Questions about a health insurance bill? Don't understand your insurance and can't get a straight answer? Need some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? […]

  • Phyllis Galembo: Mexico, Masks & Rituals

    Book Launch and Slide Show Howl! Happening is pleased to host a book signing and party to celebrate the launch of Phyllis Galembo: Mexico, Masks & Rituals. For this project, […]

  • Happy Birthday Allen Ginsberg!

    Everything is holy! everybody’s holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman’s an angel! —Allen Ginsberg Howl! Happening is delighted to present a 2019 birthday celebration for Allen Ginsberg, the […]

  • Conversations with Gay Elders: Gene Fedorko

    Film and Discussion with Paul C. Bellman, MD, Jack Water, Peter Cramer and Gene Fedorko Back by popular demand, Howl! Happening is pleased to present a screening of a segment […]

  • Guy Woodard: We the People

    Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 19, 6–8 PM   I’ve done so much with so little for so long that now I believe I can do anything with nothing at all. […]

  • Gay Sex in the 70s: A Film by Joseph Lovett

    Screening and Q&A Sex had become the great equalizer. Young men of all financial strata and backgrounds met in New York to experience a freedom of sexual expression that hadn’t […]

  • Beautiful Darling Screening and Panel Discussion

    Howl! Happening is delighted to present a screening of the 2010 feature length documentary Beautiful Darling: The Life and Times of Candy Darling, Andy Warhol Superstar. Part of our celebrations […]

  • Ladies & Gentlemen

    A Kindbud Music Video World Premiere and Performance Howl! Happening is pleased to host the premiere of Kindbud’s official music video for his track Ladies & Gentlemen, with special performances […]

  • The Fortune Society @ Howl! Happening

    David Rothenberg, founder of The Fortune Society, moderates a conversation with Guy Woodard, Ervin Hunt and others who have benefited from the organization’s prison reentry and alternatives to incarceration programs […]

  • Guy Woodard Self-Portrait Drawing Workshop

    “If you can write, you can draw,” says Guy Woodard, an artist who elevates the humble ballpoint pen to produce compelling works of art. Guy brings his talent and charm […]

  • Guy Woodard: Catalog Launch and Conversation 

    Join us for an intimate conversation with artist and master forger Guy Woodard, about his work featured in the current exhibition We the People. Woodard describes the stories and inspiration […]

  • Insurance Doctor Is In

    Insurance Doctor Is In
    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Insurance Doctor Is In!  Questions about a health insurance bill? Don't understand your insurance and can't get a straight answer? Need some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? […]

  • Linus Coraggio Ramifications

    Opening Reception, Thursday, September 12 / 6–8 PM / Free "Coraggio found larger inspiration and notoriety as a founding member of the Rivington School. Coraggio and sculptors Ray Kelly and […]

  • Re-visions by Marcia Resnick | Book Launch and Signing

    Re-visions by Marcia Resnick Book Launch and Signing 7–9pm / Free In 1975, while driving her car in Manhattan, Marcia Resnick became embroiled in a car accident, and her entire […]

  • Insurance Doctor Is In

    Insurance Doctor Is In
    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Insurance Doctor Is In!  Questions about a health insurance bill? Don't understand your insurance and can't get a straight answer? Need some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? […]

  • Linus Coraggio Explains It All

    Walkthrough of Ramifications with the Artist Join us for an intimate moment with artist Linus Coraggio. A self-confessed “odd kid,” Coraggio spent an entire summer creating a 36-inch tall pyramid […]

  • Vega Arts Workshop: Sculpturmania with Linus Coraggio

    7 PM / Free Vega Arts Workshop Series: By Reservation Only Click HERE to Register. Sculpturmania with Linus Coraggio kicks off the fall Vega Arts Workshop Series. Workshop participants will […]

  • Tessa Hughes-Freeland: Passed and Present

    Opening Reception: Thursday, October 17 / 6 PM / Free Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present Passed and Present, an exhibition and installation by Tessa Hughes-Freeland […]

  • Jed Davis’ Rise and Shine: Day 1

    Performance and Album Release Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present a live performance of songs from Rise and Shine, Jed Davis’ musical theater collaboration with Arturo […]

  • 98 Bowery, 1969-89: View from the Top Floor

    Marc H Miller Website Relaunch and Talk Artist and curator Marc H Miller talks about his life in downtown New York City and unveils an updated version of his website […]

  • Tessa Hughes-Freeland: Sex, Drugs & Art

    Film Screening Artist and filmmaker Tessa Hughes-Freeland presents a group of her renowned short films in the Cinema of Transgression canon, which were made in the 1980s. Included are Baby […]

  • Actors Fund Affordable Housing Workshop

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Did you know that New York City is planning to build or preserve 300,000 units of affordable housing by 2026? This two-hour seminar for performing-arts and entertainment professionals provides an overview […]

  • Insurance Doctor Is In

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Insurance Doctor Is In!  Questions about a health insurance bill? Don't understand your insurance and can't get a straight answer? Need some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? […]

  • Celebrating Bob Kaufman

    Raymond Foye Hosts an Evening of Poetry, Film, and Music Bob Kaufman's life is written on mirrors in smoke. —Jack Kerouac So much did he embody a French tradition of […]

  • Actors Fund Affordable Housing Workshop

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Did you know that New York City is planning to build or preserve 300,000 units of affordable housing by 2026? This two-hour seminar for performing-arts and entertainment professionals provides an overview […]

  • Insurance Doctor Is In

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Insurance Doctor Is In!  Questions about a health insurance bill? Don't understand your insurance and can't get a straight answer? Need some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? […]

  • Tessa Hughes-Freeland: Girls on Film

    Film Screening Looking deeper into her filmmaking, Hughes-Freeland shows work made from the 1990s to the present, including the premiere of the recently completed film Lost Movie/The Bug, a cautionary […]

  • Antony Zito: My Father Was a Satyr

    Opening Reception: Friday, November 22 6–8 PM Zito is one of my very favorite New York artists, partly because he thinks of himself as an artisan and partly because he’s […]

  • Photo: Jayne County-Beth Lasch

    PUNK: Crashing into Being

    A film by Lasch Archives Pulled from archival interviews and rare first-person stories, this 75-minute film details the punk scene from the inside—including how the business of punk got done—and […]

  • Vega Arts Workshop Series: Collage Portraits with Antony Zito

    Dynamic painter, sculptor, and collagist Antony Zito leads the final installment of the Vega Arts Workshop Series for 2019. A brilliant mentor, Zito brings his tour-de-force skills—combining painting, collage, and […]

  • Full Moon Show with John Pizza: DEAD COWS

    “Its morning. I'm looking in the mirror. I see no fangs, no fur, I hear no howling. So why is my shower curtain so bloody? And why are there piles […]

  • Roberta Bayley: She Just Takes Pictures

    A film by Beth Lasch Howl! is pleased to present the world premiere of Beth Lasch’s Roberta Bayley: She Just Takes Pictures. The documentary showcases Bayley’s punk-era photography from 1975 […]

  • HOWLABALOO! Holiday Party And Reception For LiVE MAG! #16

    Featuring poetry, performance, and projections, Howl! is pleased to host Live Mag!’s publication party and celebration. The launch of issue 16 also honors Bob Hershon—the editor and publisher of Hanging […]

  • Insurance Doctor Is In

    Insurance Doctor Is In
    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Insurance Doctor Is In!  Questions about a health insurance bill? Don't understand your insurance and can't get a straight answer? Need some advice on how to negotiate medical debt? […]

  • Antony Zito: Catalog Launch and Artist Talk

    Catalog Launch and Panel Discussion Howl! Happening presents a lively discussion with writers, artists, and luminaries Penny Arcade, Anthony Haden-Guest, Clayton Patterson, and Marguerite Van Cook about Zito’s work and the themes present […]

  • Happy HOWLadays!

    Celebrate a great year at Howl! Happening and the closing of Antony Zito's My Father was a Satyr with art, music, and refreshments. Ring in the Holiday Season with the […]

  • Closed for the Holidays

    Howl! Happening will be closed for the Holidays. Join us for the Opening Reception for Jane Dickson's HOT, HOT, HOT   January 9, 2020, from 6 PM - 8 PM. […]

  • Jane Dickson: HOT, HOT, HOT

    Opening Reception: Thursday, January 9th / 6-8 PM Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present Jane Dickson’s Hot, Hot, Hot, a series of rarely seen and moody […]

  • Siamese John Pizza

    John Pizza in My Shell

    Friday, January 10, 2020 / 4 PM / Free The Full Moon Show: A Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention All silver and shiny and metallic, the full moon reflecting on my armor […]

  • Charlie Ahearn: Times Square Videos

    Looking through Ahearn’s window, we enter a subjective view of the street preachers, lunatic ranters, sidewalk performers, drug addicts, hookers, thieves, police, homeless, pedestrians…it’s enough to entertain even the most […]

  • Anne Waldman Mundo Aparte /
    Offworld

    Book Launch   Poet Anne Waldman needs no introduction. We consider her part of the Howl family and are more than pleased to help celebrate the launch of her new […]

  • Voyeurs, Exhibitionists, Criminals, and Misanthropes

    Writers Remember Times Square Noah Prince, Peter Nolan Smith, and Claudia Summers Confetti lingers in lonely gutters and the crevasses of the sidewalks. It spins upward through spiraling gusts of […]

  • Ideas of Watching: Life Drawing with Jane Dickson

    Vega Arts Workshop Series WORKSHOP REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED Ideas of Watching: Life Drawing with Jane Dickson kicks off our 2020 season of the Vega Arts Workshop series. Dickson is […]

  • Full Moon “Late” Show!

    John Pizza: How does it Feel to Die Via Jellyfish Hapi Phace: La Fête du Cœur Blessé   Celebrating the birth month of the Godfather of Performance Art, Alien Comic Tom […]

  • The Actors Fund Affordable Housing Seminar

    Did you know that New York City is planning to build or preserve 300,000 units of affordable housing by 2026? This two-hour seminar for performing-arts and entertainment professionals provides an overview […]

  • Jane Dickson in Times Square

    Book Signing and Discussion Jane Dickson’s world is one that comes to life when the rest of us are fast asleep—a nighttime mix of tawdry carnival booths and tattoo parlors, […]

  • Gang of Four by Merrill Aldighieri

    Howl! Happening is pleased to present the film Gang of Four by Merrill Aldighieri In honor of the passing of Andy Gill (Jan 1, 1956 - Feb 1, 2020) – […]

  • Helen Oliver: The Road

    Helen Oliver…embodies those values of individuality grounded in an uncompromising intelligence. —Penny Arcade Praise for Helen Oliver's The Road: TOP 10 NEW YORK GALLERY EXHIBITIONS CAUGHT IN THE COVID-19 SHUTDOWN, […]

  • POSTPONED SPUNKT ART NOW Magazine Launch and Performances

    Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project hosts an evening of performances celebrating the launch of SPUNKT ART NOW. Highlighting the affiliations between contemporary art and the legacy of the punk […]

  • John Pizza, Full Moon Show, Distance

    The Full Moon Show: John Pizza in DISTANCE

    The Full Moon Show: A Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention Streaming on the Howl! Homepage "The year is ... 2035? It's Monday? Saturday? Thursday? I've been holed-up in an empty art […]

  • Allen Ginsberg howling by Beth Bagey

    ALLEN GINSBERG BIRTHDAY FILM FESTIVAL

    Featured

    7PM Original Films and Highlights of Readings, Performances, and Music Celebrating Ginsberg’s Birthday Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is an eternity! Every an angel! — Excerpt […]

  • Reclaiming the Dream:

    The Unfinished Business of Queer Liberation and the Movement for Black Lives A Community Dialogue with Ann Northrop, Cypha, Lola Flash, and Jay W. Walker moderated by Howl education director […]

  • 'Mee Ae' photo-by Jari Poulin

    QUEER BUTOH 2020 (VIRTUAL)

    Premiering June 22 at 7:30 PM  VANGELINE THEATER/NEW YORK BUTOH INSTITUTE and HOWL ARTS In celebration of Pride 2020, Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute in collaboration with Howl Arts is pleased to present Queer Butoh […]

  • Samanatha CC in the Full Buck Moon Show

    The Full Moon Show The Full Buck Moon

    Untitled (Embodiment, Disembodiment and Desire) By Samantha CC For the Full Buck Moon, Howl is pleased to present Samantha CC’s Untitled (Embodiment, Disembodiment and Desire). Performance on the edge, Full […]

  • Bringing Back Bowery: Catt Caulley with Grace H. Gutekanst

    Bringing Back Bowery: Public Art as Protest

    Featured

    Open Wednesday–Sunday | 11 AM–6 PM  Curated by Sono Kuwayama, Bob Holman, and Howl! Happening Presented by Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project With the recent landscape of plywood, the […]

  • John Pizza Full Moon Show October 31, 2020

    The Full Moon Show John Pizza: Masks

    Virtual Event

    John Pizza performs Masks—another installment of the Full Moon Show series on Howl TV. Join us for a performance video in honor of October's Blue Moon. The performer himself explains: […]

  • Felice Rosser

    HOWL! TV Presents Felice Rosser and Friends

    December 8, 15, and 22, 2020 at 8 p.m Rosser sings in a voice both plangent and wailing. —The New York Times  Howl! Arts is pleased to present a series […]

  • Edgar, ca. 1985, Oil on canvas, 75 x 55 ½ inches

    Haunting Portraits by Helen Oliver at Untitled

    Untitled: Art Miami Beach OVR 2020 December 2 — December 6, 2020 Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present the large-scale, theatrical paintings of Helen Oliver that […]

  • Gray - photo by Robert Northway

    FIRST-EVER VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE BY GRAY

    FIRST-EVER VIRTUAL PERFORMANCE BY INDUSTRIAL NOISE BAND GRAY  MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON We are pleased to announce a concert by Howl recording artists Gray. Howl Arts will release Gray’s […]

  • Antony Zito - Queen Elizabeth of Ferguson

    Master Class Arts Series: Antony Zito

    The Master Class Arts Series is a brand new program from Howl Education that showcases premier artists from the Howl community to host a multipart workshop series focused on the […]

  • Pamela Sneed headshot

    Pamela Sneed and Friends on Howl! TV

    Every Tuesday Night in March at 8 PM March 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2021 Sneed is an acclaimed reader of her own poetry, and the book has the feeling […]

  • Pamela Sneed headshot

    Pamela Sneed and Friends on Howl! TV

    Every Tuesday Night in March at 8 PM March 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2021 Sneed is an acclaimed reader of her own poetry, and the book has the feeling […]

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    AL DIAZ:
    A Subterraneous Journal

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    A Subterraneous Journal, a collection of his current work, was all completed during the months of the pandemic (2020-21). The linguistic play in Diaz’ work has always been about engaging […]

  • John Pizza Portrait

    The Full Moon Show with John Pizza: What Goes Around Comes Around

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    On Howlarts.org This month's Full Moon Show is a dance-ritual of gestures of symmetry and opposition.  These wild and strange times can bring feelings that stretch between fear, weirdness, comfort, […]

  • Eszter Balint portrait by Peter Yesley

    Eszter Balint and Friends on Howl! TV

    Every Tuesday Night in April at 8 PM April 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2021 Miss Balint has her own film-noir sensibility as a songwriter. She puts arty twists into […]

  • Puma Perl portrait by Robert Butcher

    Puma Perl & Friends

    Every Tuesday Night in May at 8 PM May 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2021 Part of Howl’s Artist-in-Residence Series Puma Perl and Friends is art at its best—collaborative, thrilling, […]

  • Puma Perl portrait by Robert Butcher

    Puma Perl & Friends

    Every Tuesday Night in May at 8 PM May 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2021 Part of Howl’s Artist-in-Residence Series Puma Perl and Friends is art at its best—collaborative, thrilling, […]

  • Puma Perl portrait by Robert Butcher

    Puma Perl & Friends

    Every Tuesday Night in May at 8 PM May 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2021 Part of Howl’s Artist-in-Residence Series Puma Perl and Friends is art at its best—collaborative, thrilling, […]

  • Puma Perl portrait by Robert Butcher

    Puma Perl & Friends

    Puma Perl & Friends

    Every Tuesday Night in May at 8 PM May 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2021 Part of Howl’s Artist-in-Residence Series Puma Perl and Friends is art at its best—collaborative, thrilling, […]

  • John Pizza in The Full Moon Show

    The Full Moon Show with John Pizza: HARD

    Wednesday, May 26, 2021 On Howlarts.org We're coming out of quarantine and things have been pretty "hard." We've been chained to our apartments and confined to zoom meetings. But there's […]

  • Lawrence Ferlinghetti Photo

    HOWL! Remembers LAWRENCE FERLINGHETTI

    Saturday, May 29 12:30 PM – 7 PM Streaming Live on Howlarts.org Poets, come out of your closets, open your windows, open your doors, You have been holed up too […]

  • Al Diaz Text Art

    Al Diaz Virtual Panel Discussion

    Sunday, May 30 at 3 PM Watch on Howlarts.org Moderated by Luis Guzman With Jose “Pepe” Flores, Lee Quinones, and Sandra Santana Alphabet City and the adjacent Lower East Side […]

  • Silvia Sanza #howlathome collage

    #HowlAtHome Request for Proposals

    In celebration of the creativity of our Howl community, we are relaunching #HowlAtHome this fall and want to include your ideas for fun at-home creative activities as part of our […]

  • Damiano Fina Citrinitas The Presage of The Phoenix ph by Riccardo Panozzo 2017 key image

    QUEER BUTOH 2021

    Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute Tuesdays in June June 8, 15, and 22, 2021 at 8 PM Queer themes and imagery have been reoccurring, if not instrumental, in Butoh. The […]

  • Damiano Fina Citrinitas The Presage of The Phoenix ph by Riccardo Panozzo 2017 key image

    QUEER BUTOH 2021

    Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute Tuesdays in June June 8, 15, and 22, 2021 at 8 PM Queer themes and imagery have been reoccurring, if not instrumental, in Butoh. The […]

  • Damiano Fina Citrinitas The Presage of The Phoenix ph by Riccardo Panozzo 2017 key image

    QUEER BUTOH 2021

    QUEER BUTOH 2021

    Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute Tuesdays in June June 8, 15, and 22, 2021 at 8 PM Queer themes and imagery have been reoccurring, if not instrumental, in Butoh. The […]

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    Chavisa Woods &Friends

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Tuesdays in July on Howlarts.org July 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2021 at 8 PM “Think of her as a literary exorcist, calling out certain entities that possess rural America: […]

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    Chavisa Woods &Friends

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Tuesdays in July on Howlarts.org July 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2021 at 8 PM “Think of her as a literary exorcist, calling out certain entities that possess rural America: […]

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    Chavisa Woods &Friends

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Tuesdays in July July 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2021 at 8 PM “Think of her as a literary exorcist, calling out certain entities that possess rural America: isolation, working-class […]

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    The Full Moon Show with John Pizza: Infested

    12:00 AM–11:59 PM Watch on www.howlarts.org We're coming out of our tunnels, up from the underground, out of the darkness into the summertime light, and now…it's time to socialize. Like […]

  • chavisa woods portrait illustration

    Chavisa Woods &Friends

    Tuesdays in July July 6, 13, 20, and 27, 2021 at 8 PM “Think of her as a literary exorcist, calling out certain entities that possess rural America: isolation, working-class […]

  • Scooter LaForge Painting "I Am Nobody"

    Scooter LaForge: The Roaring 20s

    SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2021 Scooter LaForge: The Roaring 20s Booth # 1005 Click Here For Tickets 625 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022 Howl! Arts is pleased to present Scooter […]

  • James Rubio Painting

    James Rubio: Holograms and Hallucinations

    SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2021 James Rubio Holograms and Hallucinations Booth #1004 Click Here For Tickets 625 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022 For SPRING/BREAK 2021, Howl! Arts is pleased to […]

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    Icons, Iconoclasts, and Outsiders

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    September 19, 2021 – March 6, 2022 Inaugural Exhibition at Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA) Grand Opening: Sunday, September 19 / 11 AM–6 PM Howl Arts is pleased to announce the […]

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    Amon Focus: Visual Voices

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Opening Reception: Thursday, September 23 | 6 - 8 PM Howl! Happening is pleased to present Visual Voices, a special exhibition of photographs and interactive immersion in “the New York […]

  • "Local Knowledge 8" book cover

    Local Knowledge Magazine Issue #8

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Launch Party Howl! Happening and Local Knowledge Press invite you to the release party for Local Knowledge #8. A journal of art and literature, the magazine brings together poets, prose writers (fiction […]

  • Istvan Kantor - Hero in Art: The Vanished Traces of Richard Hambleton

    HERO IN ART – The Vanished Traces of Richard Hambleton

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Istvan Kantor Book launch / Talk / Performance  Howl! Happening is pleased to present an evening celebrating Istvan Kantor aka Monty Cantsin and the publication of Hero in Art—The Vanished […]

  • Ilka Scobie Book Cover

    Ilka Scobie: ANY ISLAND

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Book Publication Party Ilka Scobie doesn't mince words. Hers are full-bodied slices of the English language: concise, forthcoming, relevant. A spot on feast. – Hettie Jones These are passionate poems, […]

  • Bush Tetras Slider

    Rhythm and Paranoia: The Best of Bush Tetras

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Launch Party At Tier 3, Pep Lounge, the Mudd Club, Hurrah—wherever—they would hit such a slathery sonic groove with noise-death beauty that I knew this was the greatest rock-and-roll group […]

  • Jacket Weather Book Cover

    Mike DeCapite’s Jacket Weather

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Publication Party and Reading Jacket Weather is a tender love story that blossoms like a rose in the concrete of a city always on the verge. DeCapite’s effortless prose stirs echoes […]

  • Play Boy By Tessa Hughes Freeland

    Body as Playground, Body as Battleground: Sexuality and the Female Gaze

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Organized and curated by Tessa Hughes-Freeland with co-curator Johanna St Michaels Howl! Happening is pleased to present Body as Playground, Body as Battleground: Sexuality and the Female Gaze; a selection […]

  • October Full Moon Show

    The Full Moon Show with John Pizza: Beech Nuts

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Visit Howlarts.org from Midnight to Midnight to watch the Full Moon Show! It's fall. All the fruits,    all the berries are ripe. The beech tree is masting    and dropping tonight. Seeds lying […]

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    Andrew Castrucci: 36 Years at Bullet Space

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Opening Reception: October 23, 6 — 9 PM Andrew Castrucci is an artist who has contended with this magical, mysterious and often menacing space called Manhattan for over four decades… […]

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    Littérature: Readings by Mike DeCapite, Luc Sante, and Adele Bertei

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl Arts is pleased to present an afternoon of interlocking and deeply personal readings that pay homage to people, places, and times that remain touchstones of genius and inspiration. All […]

  • Books: Fracktured Lives and Your House is Mine

    Readings from Fracktured Lives and Your House is Mine

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl! Happening is pleased to present an evening of readings and performances in conjunction with the exhibition Andrew Castrucci: 36 Years at Bullet Space. A diverse group of creative personalities […]

  • Amon Focus with Guest

    Amon Focus &Friends

    Amon Focus &Friends

    Every Tuesday in November at 7 PM November 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2021 Continuing Howl’s &Friends series, we welcome AMON FOCUS, the founder and creative force behind New York […]

  • Andrew Castrucci Drawing

    Aesthetic Archaeology: Urban Arts Drawing Workshop with Andrew Castrucci

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Aesthetic Archaeology: Urban Arts Drawing Workshop with Andrew Castrucci marks the return of the beloved Vega Arts Workshop Series. We are back to our in-person workshops and grateful that we […]

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    FeMaLe GEniUs Performance and Record Release Party

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl Arts is pleased to announce the release of a limited-edition vinyl LP by FeMaLe GEniUs. The self-titled album captures the raw intensity of this Brooklyn estrogen band, the trio […]

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    Local Knowledge Reading Series

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    With Ron Kolm and Annabel Lee Howl! Happening is pleased to announce a monthly Local Knowledge reading series—live and In person at Howl. Each monthly event features the work of […]

  • Amon Focus with Guest

    Amon Focus &Friends

    Amon Focus &Friends

    Every Tuesday in November at 7 PM November 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2021 Continuing Howl’s &Friends series, we welcome AMON FOCUS, the founder and creative force behind New York […]

  • Andrew Castrucci Screening

    Short Films Curated by Andrew Castrucci

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl! Happening is pleased to present an evening of films in conjunction with the exhibition Andrew Castrucci: 36 Years at Bullet Space. The event will present a selection of films […]

  • Amon Focus with Guest

    Amon Focus &Friends

    Amon Focus &Friends

    Every Tuesday in November at 7 PM November 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2021 Continuing Howl’s &Friends series, we welcome AMON FOCUS, the founder and creative force behind New York […]

  • Amon Focus with Guest

    Amon Focus &Friends

    Every Tuesday in November at 7 PM November 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2021 Continuing Howl’s &Friends series, we welcome AMON FOCUS, the founder and creative force behind New York […]

  • NYisOK, painting by Andrew Castrucci

    NYisOK: Bullet Space 1985–2021

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl Happening is pleased to present NYisOK: Bullet Space 1985–2021, a special event to mark the closing of the exhibition Andrew Castrucci: 36 Years at Bullet Space. Join Andrew Castrucci […]

  • David Mramor Gay Green Sound Factory invitation 1994 Gregory Homs Inkjet oil and grommets on linen 2021

    David Mramor
    Gay Green

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Enid Ellen Performance Howl! Happening and White Columns are pleased to co-host Gay Green, a performance by David Mramor. The event is organized in conjunction with Mramor’s new illustrated memoir […]

  • Amon Focus Holiday Workshop Collage

    Create the Gift Worth Giving: Holiday Collage Making Workshop

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Join us for this fun, holiday themed collage making in-person workshop with Amon Focus! Some of us might be gathering with loved ones after time apart so this is the […]

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    Icons, Iconoclasts, and Outsiders

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    September 19, 2021 – March 20, 2022 Inaugural Exhibition at Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA) Grand Opening: Sunday, September 19 / 11 AM–6 PM Howl Arts is pleased to announce the […]

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    Helen Oliver The Open Road

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    There is a theatrical quality to Helen Oliver’s paintings, their scale and earthy palette recalling, in one glance, those eerily charmed circus or movie marquee posters of yesteryear. This feels […]

  • Janie Heath

    Janie Heath &Friends

    Every Tuesday in February on Howlarts.org! February 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2022 at 8 PM Expect the spontaneity of a party when Howl Arts gives Janie Heath an open […]

  • The Seven Year Vacation, Edgar Oliver

    The Seven Year Vacation
    By Edgar Oliver

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    A reading of a play by Edgar Oliver with sets by Helen Oliver “Edgar is, without doubt, the greatest raconteur in the world,” says George Dawes Green, founder of The […]

  • Janie Heath

    Janie Heath &Friends

    Every Tuesday in February! February 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2022 at 8 PM Expect the spontaneity of a party when Howl Arts gives Janie Heath an open channel to […]

  • Janie Heath

    Janie Heath &Friends

    Every Tuesday in February on Howlarts.org! February 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2022 at 8 PM Expect the spontaneity of a party when Howl Arts gives Janie Heath an open […]

  • Impromptu Reading by Edgar Oliver

    Impromptu Reading by Edgar Oliver

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl Arts is pleased to present a reading of various works selected by renowned poet and playwright Edgar Oliver.  “Edgar is, without doubt, the greatest raconteur in the world,” says […]

  • Janie Heath

    Janie Heath &Friends

    Every Tuesday in February on Howlarts.org! February 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2022 at 8 PM Expect the spontaneity of a party when Howl Arts gives Janie Heath an open […]

  • Mark Cooper "Unbounded"

    Mark Cooper Unbounded: Angels in the Nursery

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl! Happening is pleased to present Mark Cooper’s fantastical and ornate mixed-media installation Unbounded: Angels in the Nursery. The installation uses visual signifiers to suggest multiple subtexts—from the importance of […]

  • Full Moon Show With John Pizza

    The Full Moon Show with John Pizza
    Head Dread

    Visit Howlarts.org on Friday, March 18, 2022, from 12 AM to 11:59 PM to watch the Full Moon Show! The Full Moon Show: A Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention Presents John Pizza's Head Dread I haven't cut my hair […]

  • John Pizza, Full Moon Show

    The Full Moon Show with John Pizza
    You Can’t Grow Down

    Visit Howlarts.org on Saturday, April 16, 2022, from 12 AM to 11:59 PM to watch the Full Moon Show! The Full Moon Show: A Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention Presents John Pizza's You Can't Grow Down   I recently […]

  • Bobby Grossman Portrait

    Bobby Grossman: Low Fidelity

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Bobby Grossman had the foresight to bring his camera to CBGB and to start shooting photos that chronicle those intense and important early days. —Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth Howl! […]

  • Christy Rupp Paper Sculpture

    Christy Rupp Othered

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    An Installation of Sculpture and Works on Paper We live as part of an amazing organism that has the capacity to regenerate, given a chance. We also live in the […]

  • Female Genius

    HA/HA PRESENTS Female Genius Live

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Howl Arts/Howl Archive is delighted to present a live performance by Female Genius, the trio of multi-instrumentalists Julie Hair, Marnie Jaffe, and Nikki D’Agostino in concert. The performance will include […]

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    A Wolf Inside:
    Natives, Nuyoricans, and the Beats

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    A film by Sandra Hale Schulman and Damian Rojo Howl! Happening is pleased to present the world premiere screening of A Wolf Inside: Natives, Nuyoricans, and the Beats, a documentary […]

  • KEROUAC Festival NY 2022

    Kerouac Festival

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    6th New York Edition Poetry | Music | Performance Poetry mixes with music in this meeting of poetic voices from both sides of the Atlantic. A cultural synergy that works […]

  • Margaret Randall Photo by Magdalena Lily McCarson

    Margaret Randall
    Reading and Book Signing

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl! Happening is pleased to present Margaret Randall, a longtime friend of the gallery and revered feminist poet, essayist, translator, photographer, and social activist. Coming from her home in Albuquerque to […]

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    LiVE MAG! No. 18 A Journal of Art and Poetry
    The EDGY ISSUE

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    HOWL! HAPPENING PRESENTS Another in the long line of fabulous celebrations of LIVE MAG! and its contributors Join us for a night of Howling Fun as we celebrate the 18th […]

  • Christy Rupp, Othered

    Christy Rupp in Conversation with Carlo McCormick

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Artist Talk and Book Signing An informal conversation with cultural critic and curator Carlo McCormick and artist Christy Rupp growing from the exhibition Othered, currently at Howl! Happening through May 29, […]

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    Alan Moore: A World in Which

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Book Signing and Panel Discussion A World in Which—an allusion to the Zapatista slogan, “A world in which many worlds fit.” (Un mundo donde quepan muchos mundos.) Howl! Happening is […]

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    Linda Simpson
    My Comrade Magazine: Happy 35th Gay Anniversary

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl Happening presents a special exhibition celebrating Linda Simpson’s photographs and her groundbreaking magazine, My Comrade. Included are never-before-seen images and artifacts documenting a revolutionary and seminal period in gay history. […]

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    Nora Burns:David’s Friend

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    NYC Premiere of David's Friend by Nora Burns. Directed by Adrienne Truscott, featuring Billy Hough, and Filmed by David Ebersole and Todd Hughes. Performance by Kevin Aviance to follow the screening. […]

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    Linda Simpson’s Indie Gay Magazine Panel

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl! Happening presents a panel discussion in connection with the exhibition, Linda Simpson My Comrade Magazine: Happy 35th Gay Anniversary.  My Comrade editor Linda Simpson moderates a discussion about the joys […]

  • Linda Simpson's My Comrade LIVE Talk Show

    My Comrade LIVE

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Join us for a Live Talk Show on Wednesday, June 22 at 7pm. In conjunction with the My Comrade magazine at Howl! Happening, editor Linda Simpson hosts a live talk show with […]

  • I Feel Better Now, Douglas Landau

    Female Genius &Friends

    Every Tuesday in July @ 8 PM on Howl! TV Howl! Happening is pleased to present another in its &Friends residencies curated by Female Genius every Tuesday night in July […]

  • MY COMRADE Reads Poster

    MY COMRADE READS

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    "The exhibit emphasizes the magazine's graphic design, but each issue featured plenty to read, too." — Linda Simpson Howl! Happening presents  “My Comrade Reads,” a reading of articles from past […]

  • July Full Moon Show with John Pizza

    The Full Moon Show with John Pizza: Paralysis

    The Full Moon Show: A Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention Presents John Pizza: Paralysis Visit Howlarts.org on Wednesday, Jul 13, 2022 from 12 AM to 11:59 PM to watch the Full Moon Show! Every week, every day, every minute, […]

  • My Comrade Book Signing

    MY COMRADE: Final Gathering

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Join Linda Simpson for the final special event in connection with her exhibition My Comrade Magazine: Happy 35th Gay Anniversary. Celebrate the release of The My Comrade Anthology, a collection […]

  • I Feel Better Now, Douglas Landau

    Female Genius &Friends

    Every Tuesday in July @ 8 PM on Howl! TV Howl! Happening is pleased to present another in its &Friends residencies curated by Female Genius every Tuesday night in July […]

  • I Feel Better Now, Douglas Landau

    Female Genius &Friends

    Every Tuesday in July @ 8 PM on Howlarts.org Howl! Happening is pleased to present another in its &Friends residencies curated by Female Genius every Tuesday night in July on […]

  • Bob Krasner: The Shape of The City

    BOB KRASNER:The Shape of the City

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Photography Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, September 17 / 3–7 PM / Free Special Performance by Female Genius on the terrace at 3:30 PM.  Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive is pleased to present […]

  • Bob Krasner: The Shape of The City

    Bob Krasner: The Shape of Things | Artist Talk with Savannah Spirit

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive invites you to experience the work of Bob Krasner and learn more about his artistic process through dialogue with fellow New York-based photographer and critic, Savannah Spirit. […]

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    CITY OF KINGS: A History of New York City Graffiti

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Exhibition in Two Parts:  Howl! Happening: November 19  - January 15, 2023 (6 E 1st St, New York) Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive: December 3  - January 29, 2023 (250 Bowery Second […]

  • Mariupol Photo by Evgeniy Maloletka BW lrg

    Music and Spoken Word for Mariupol

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Howl! Arts presents “Music and Spoken Word for Mariupol", an event created by Yara Arts Group with poet Bob Holman and bandura master Julian Kytasty, with Yara Artists and Daria […]

  • NEisenman Tail End 2022

    Pathetic Literature
    Hosted and Curated by Tom Cole and Eileen Myles

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    December 2 and 3, 2022 / 7 PM / Free Performance and Book Launch Howl! Happening is pleased to host Performances and Readings in celebration of the publication of Pathetic […]

  • City Of Kings Event Image

    Panel Discussion: Birth of Graffiti

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Join groundbreaking first-generation New York City writers Wicked Gary, Coco 144, Mike 171, Ree 2, Jester with moderator Jay Edlin to discuss how they established the bedrock for their culture, leading […]

  • George Ibanez book cover

    Book Signing: George “CRIME79” Ibanez’ My Creative Journey

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The author will be available at Howl! Happening to sign copies of his new, fully illustrated (in color 197 page) hardcover book in time for holiday gift-giving. Ashford Street Press […]

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    Panel Talk: The Mainstreaming of Graffiti

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Moderator: Carlo McCormick Panelists: Lee Quinones, Dave Chino, Crash, Charlie Ahearn  A discussion led by New York art critic Carlo McCormick will explore graffiti’s intersection and dissemination into popular culture […]

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    Howl Closed

    Howl will be closed for the Holidays Wednesday, December 21, 2022 - Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023.

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    CITY OF KINGS: A History of New York City Graffiti

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Exhibition in Two Parts:  Howl! Happening: November 19  - January 15, 2023 (6 E 1st St, New York) Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive: December 3  - January 29, 2023 (250 Bowery Second […]

  • LiVE MAG! No. 19 A Journal of Art and Poetry The EDGY ISSUE

    LiVE MAG! No. 19: The EDGY ISSUE

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    HOWL! HAPPENING presents 5 Years of Partnership with LiVE MAG! Join us for an evening of Art, Film, and Poetry to celebrate the release of The EDGY ISSUE hosted by […]

  • Harold Shapinsky Abstract Painting

    HAROLD SHAPINSKY: ABSTRACT SOUL

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    “There was no question with him that the talent and the dedication were real. However, the main thing I remember about him was how terribly intense he was – a […]

  • A Thousand Cranes

    Reading of A THOUSAND CRANES by David Caudle

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Reading of A THOUSAND CRANES by David Caudle to benefit A is For Directed by Michole Biancosino Dramaturg: Morgan Jenness Featuring: Will Brill, Robert Cuccioli, Sanjit De Silva, Isabel Keating, Florencia Lozano, Evan […]

  • Storming the Capital

    WALTER STEDING: This is My Voice

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Closing Reception: Saturday June 3 | 3-6 PM Join us at Howl! Happening Saturday, June 3rd from 3 - 6 PM for the closing reception for WALTER STEDING: This Is My […]

  • Harold Shapinsky: Abstract Soul

    Closing Celebration | HAROLD SHAPINSKY: ABSTRACT SOUL

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Join us to celebrate the artist’s birthday (May 21, 1925) and the closing of  Harold Shapinsky: Abstract Soul. The event will directly follow the final performance of Pat Irwin: Music […]

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    Pat Irwin: Music for Electric Guitar, Cello, and Violin

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Friday, May 19 at 7:30 PM Saturday, May, 20 at 7:30 PM Sunday, May 21 at 2:00 PM  Howl Arts is pleased to present Pat Irwin: Music for Electric Guitar, […]

  • Sodomite Warriors. Photo Ken Schles

    WATCHFACE PERFORMANCE COLLECTIVE

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Special Events, Exhibition, and Website Launch Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Watchface Archives and the launch of the Watchface Archives website, with Special […]

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    RIMBAUD HATTIE: Performance

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Performance by Julie Hair, Heather Litteer, John Kelly, and Doug Bressler Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive is pleased to present a performance by Rimbaud Hattie, an experimental/investigational art song collective involving innovative […]

  • Sodomite Warriors. Photo Ken Schles

    WATCHFACE: Sodomite Warriors & Amelia Earhart

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Screening / Performance Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Watchface Archives and the launch of the Watchface Archives website with Special Events and an […]

  • Watchface by Schles

    WATCHFACE Reunion: Screening

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive (HA/HA) is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Watchface Archives and the launch of the Watchface Archives website with Special Events and an exhibition that showcases […]

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    Brian Butterick: That’s Genius!

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    A reading of his writings and discussion of his work. Along with being an unparalleled nightlife coordinator and multi-dimensional performer, Brian Butterick was also a prolific writer and Howl! Archive […]

  • Fllyod, Sissy, oil on canvas

    FLLOYD: DICKS AND DIVAS

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Exhibition and Events Closing Reception: Sunday, October 22 / 3 - 5 PM In an exhibition and series of events showcasing his entire career, Howl! Happening is proud to present […]

  • Linda Lundgren, painting 1999 and Sverre Lundgren, sculpture Balance

    LINDA LUNDGREN SVERRE LUNDGREN: SYMBIOSIS

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Curated by Michael Holman and Sara Holman Opening Reception: Saturday, September 16th, 6–8 PM NEW GALLERY HOURS: Wed—Sat 12–6 PM or Sunday by Appointment To make an appointment to visit […]

  • Flloyd’s Channel 69 Trilogy: Hosted by Linda Simpson and Flloyd

    Flloyd’s Channel 69 Trilogy: Hosted by Linda Simpson and Flloyd

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    A special screening of Flloyd’s breakthrough drag performances of the 1990s, followed by live commentary with Flloyd and Linda Simpson. In the early 1990s, Linda Simpson hosted Channel 69, a […]

  • Dicks and Divas Silk Screening event with Flloyd

    Dicks and Divas Silk Screening event with Flloyd

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    You’re invited to Howl! for a Dicks and Divas silk-screening event open to the public. Artist Flloyd will provide the silk-screens, inks, and designs for attendees to silk-screen personal items […]

  • Allen Ginsberg: The Fall of America II Album

    ALLEN GINSBERG’S THE FALL OF AMERICA VOL II

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Album Release and Film Screening  Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive celebrates the release of Allen Ginsberg's The Fall of America Vol II, a musical interpretation of poems from Ginsberg's The Fall of […]

  • Directed by Flloyd: An Evening of Video and Film Work

    Directed by Flloyd: An Evening of Video and Film Work

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    In addition to his visual arts and performance art career, Flloyd is also well-known for his significant body of work behind-the-camera. In a single evening showing the highlights of films […]

  • Scooter Laforge, Hattie Hathaway T Shirt Image

    SCOOTER LAFORGE: Tee Hee Hee

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    A T-shirt Extravaganza Opening Reception: Thursday, November 2, 2023 at 6 PM One thing we at Howl! Arts love about Scooter LaForge is his spontaneity—in his creative gestures and in […]

  • Vangeline Theater/New York Butoh Institute

    NUE – A Photography Exhibit by Javi Alvarez Featuring Vangeline

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Opening Reception: Thursday, December 7 | 6–9 PM Special Performance by Vangeline: Thursday, December 7 at 7:30 PM CLICK HERE to RSVP Open Hours:  Friday, December 8 – Sunday, December […]

  • Black Lodge

    Spectacle of Chaos and Love: Inside BLACK LODGE

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    David T. Little and Anne Waldman Discussion & Screening Opera and poetry provocateurs David T. Little and Anne Waldman sit down to discuss their GRAMMY®-nominated BLACK LODGE, an opera/film hybrid that reimagines […]

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    STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL BENEFIT FOR UNICEF

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl! Happening is pleased to host a fundraising concert for Stuyvesant High School's UNICEF Club on February 9th from 6-8 PM.  Live music, poetry, and more by talented student groups […]

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    PYRAMID PIONEERS

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Opening Reception, Book Signing, and Reading - April 18th, 2024 In honor of the publication of “We Started a Nightclub,” Howl! Arts/Howl! Archive and Some Serious Business will host a book signing […]

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    Music Performance by FEMALE GENIUS

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Click here to watch the livestream if you can't make it! Female Genius: Julie Hair, Nikki D'Agostino, Marnie Jaffe, and Janice Sloane. Julie Hair and Marnie Jaffe blasted out of […]

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    STUYVESANT HIGH SCHOOL BENEFIT FOR UNICEF

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl! Happening is pleased to host Stuyvesant High School's 2nd UNICEF Club fundraising event. There will be a wide variety of performances from Stuyvesant High School students including poetry, music, […]

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    LOLA FLASH AND ALICE O’MALLEY

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    LOLA FLASH + ALICE O’MALLEY TALK ABOUT THEIR SLIDESHOWS - JUNE 27, 2024. Opening Thursday, June 13, 5–8 PM Photographers Lola Flash and Alice O’Malley are both veterans of women’s […]

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    HELEN OLIVER ADELSON: SUMMER TIME

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Opening Reception: Saturday, July 6, 2024, 5–8 PM Howl! Arts | Howl! Archive is pleased to present Summer Time by Helen Oliver Adelson, featuring paintings made within the last three […]

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    CURT HOPPE: DOWNTOWN PORTRAITS REVISITED

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Opening reception: Thursday, July 11, 5–8 PM Howl! Arts | Howl! Archive is pleased to present Downtown Portraits Revisited, an exhibition featuring Curt Hoppe’s large-scale realist paintings and black-and-white photographs […]

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    EDGAR OLIVER: Poetry Reading

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Howl Arts is pleased to present a poetry reading by renowned poet and playwright Edgar Oliver. “Edgar is, without doubt, the greatest raconteur in the world,” says George Dawes Green, […]

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    Bushwick Book Club presents EVERGREEN REVIEW – AIR

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    BUSHWICK BOOK CLUB and historic literary journal EVERGREEN REVIEW team up to present new, original music and performance in response to writing on the theme of AIR. Join us for […]

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    TWO FILMS BY MERRILL ALDIGHIERI

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    PREMIERE OF TWO FILMS BY MERRILL ALDIGHIERI SHÖX LUMANIA MANIA NEW ORDER ILLUSTRÉ SHÖX LUMANIA MANIA (run time: 1 hour 9 minutes) This feature includes four interviews with the band […]

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    THE GREAT CLIMATE CHANGE – Staged Reading

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    The Great Climate Change by Tammy Gomez, Coni Koepfinger, Madeleine Popkin, and Rhiannon Ling with Paula Cizmar, Damon Chua, Alexis Roblan, and Aimee Greenberg directed by Peculiar Works’ Ralph Lewis […]

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    HOWL!IDAY POP-UP SHOP

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    At our Howl!iday Pop-up Shop, grab Howl! exhibition catalogs and books from our events at 30% off, while supplies last. We’ll also have a limited number of Arturo Vega and […]

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    THE SECRET DOOR – Cynthia Ross

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Opening Reception, Reading & Signing Thursday March 13, 5:30 - 8pm The Art of Emotional Repair A poetry book launch for The Secret Door by Cynthia Ross and a multi-media […]

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    Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel (and Other Rock & Roll Stories)

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Ghosts of the Chelsea Hotel (and Other Rock & Roll Stories) explores the rich history, cultural significance and otherworldly occurrences of the famous Hotel Chelsea in New York City. The […]

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    Bushwick Book Club: Rems-a-Palooza! + Secret Door Closing Party

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    4 - 6 PM: Secret Door Exhibition Closing Party 6 - 8:30 PM: Bushwick Book Club Presents: Rems-a-Palooza! An evening of original performances celebrating writer and editor Emily Rems’ 50th […]

  • Tom Murrin performing

    With Purpose & Style
    Tom Murrin
    “The Alien Comic”

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Opening reception: Friday, April 11, 6 – 9 PM Howl! is thrilled to present this spontaneous, playful, comprehensive exhibition of the art, performances and life of Tom Murrin 'The Alien […]

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    Film: Conversations with Gay Elders – Gene Fedorko

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Film Screening and Discussion with Paul C. Bellman MD, Sean Strub, and Gene Fedorko. Eugene N. Fedorko (left), filmmaker David Weissman (right). Photo: Jackie Rudin Howl! Arts is pleased to […]

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    Bushwick Book Club: The Intermediaries by Brandy Schillace

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Author Brandy Schillace joins The Bushwick Book Club at Howl! for an evening of original songs and performance inspired by their new release, The Intermediaries: A Weimar Story. The Intermediaries […]

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    An Evening with Gene Fedorko & Nora Burns

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    6:30PM Gene Fedorko leads a walk-thru of our exhibition from his art collection 7:30PM Nora Burns performs Make the Flyer First (in honor of Tom Murrin) FREE! Gene Fedorko - […]

  • Sofiya Kuzmina Lemon Peel

    A Fresh Fruit Festival Exhibition: The Importance of Being Engaged

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    All Out Arts’ Fresh Fruit Festival and Howl! Arts present The Importance of Being Engaged: a multi-disciplinary storytelling of connection, exploration, resistance, honoring, and nurturing across the queer community. The […]

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    American Composers Orchestra Presents an Evening with Mazz Swift

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Howl! Arts welcomes the ACO for an evening with Mazz Swift, a violinist, singer, composer, and conductor, weaving improvisation, classic African American musics, electronica, and mindfulness into their work. During […]

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    SPIRITUS: No Business like Dough Business

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Directed by: Michael S. Koehler Produced by: John Yingling and Michael S. Koehler 63 minutes Watch the Discussion This film explores the rich history of one of the oldest family-run […]

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    HOWL!IDAY POP-UP SHOP 2025

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Our HOWLiDAY POP UP is BACK! Open 12 - 6PM Deep Discounts on Our Catalogs, Books & Other Stuff Painted Apparel by Scooter LaForge Limited Photographic Tee's by Lola Flash […]

  • Winter Solstice 2025

    Bushwick Book Club: Return of the Light

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    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Join us for a magical evening of music and performance as Bushwick Book Club and Howl! present The Return of The Light! Our Winter Solstice celebration is a sharing of […]

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    Bushwick Book Club: Guilt Sport

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    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    A celebration of songwriter, composer, bandleader, record label founder, Chris Rael's first book of short stories Guilt Sport. Come see what these artists and musicians have to say about it […]

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    Richard Hambleton: Blood & Glitter

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Exhibition of works by Richard Hambleton (1952-2017) from our collection.

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    Wasteland by Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge Book Launch

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Wasteland, an art novel and collaboration by Jason Haaf and Scooter LaForge invites you to a place where Queer angst grows. Limited amount of signed copies and original art available […]

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    Arturo Vega
    the merch master

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Opening April 10th, 6 – 9PM https://www.amny.com/entertainment/east-village-gallery-arturo-vega-the-ramones/

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    Arturo Vega Talk with Sandra Schulman

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Read the essay here RAMONES: Arturo Vega and the Making of the Logo Heard Round the World

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    A CERTAIN RATIO
    Live at Hurrah
    by Merrill Aldighieri

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Filmmaker Merrill Aldighieri returns to Howl! with her latest work, A Certain Ratio – Live at Hurrah, a 45-minute document of the legendary Manchester post-punk ensemble captured in their element […]

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    Allen Ginsberg at 100

    HA/HA 250 Bowery, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, United States

    Allen Ginsberg at 100: A Brief Walk Through Ginsberg’s Life Deborah Baker & Bob Holman: "Ginsberg in India" Baker, author of A Blue Hand: The Beats in India, and Poet […]

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    Arturo Vega Exhibition Closing Celebration

    Howl! Happening 6 East 1st Street, New York City, NY, United States

    Pat Byrne presents a 2006 video interview with Arturo. Ethan Minsker presents videos of his friendship and work with Arturo. Music by Screamin' Rebel Angels! Photo by Nico Malvaldi