The Poetry Project, Howl! Arts, and the Allen Ginsberg Estate are proud to announce the inaugural Allen Ginsberg Symposium. From the mid-80s to the mid-90s, The Poetry Project held an annual symposium […]
A Public Potlatch of Philly Memories As Philly Abe’s memorial exhibition This Side of Heaven draws to a close at Howl! Happening, the public is invited to bring and share […]
An Exhibition and Special Events Curated by Sara Driver, Carlo McCormick, Mary-Ann Monforton and Howl! Happening Opening Sunday, May 13, 2018 / 6–8 PM / Free Howl! Happening: An Arturo […]
A Book Release by Robert Carrithers and Happening by Ammo with DJ Dany Johnson Join Howl! Happening for a happening with Ammo (aka Shawn McQuate) featuring Berlin artist Magdalena Wysocka, […]
A screening of Howard Brookner's 1983 documentary from The Criterion Collection Made up of intimate, revelatory footage of the singular author and poet—filmed over the course of five years—Howard Brookner’s 1983 […]
A musical journey through the winsome past of Eszter Balint Thursday, April 19, 2018 / 7 PM / Free Friday, May 18, 2018 / 7 PM / Free Friday, June […]
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 […]
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 […]
Concert and Reading Singer, songwriter, bass player, actor, and writer Felice Rosser is joined by Luc Sante for an evening of music and spoken word With sweet and powerful guitars […]
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAMMACHINE by Rani O'Brien Broken to pieces from the classic comic tale by Shakespeare, A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAMMACHINE is the story of life in the dystopian 2019 […]
Howl! Happening is pleased to present a screening of Michael Holman’s short art films and a discussion with David Hershkovits as part of the exhibition Zeitgeist: The Art Scene of […]
Highlighting the work of an early street art pioneer—whose adventures with Jean Michel Basquiat gave birth to graffiti's iconic symbol SAMO©—Howl! Happening is pleased to present Al Diaz in conversation […]
Performances and a Group Reading of Howl! Sunday, June 3, 2018 / 2-6 PM Everything is holy! everybody's holy! everywhere is holy! everyday is in eternity! Everyman's an angel! —Allen […]
A Film by Paul Tschinkel with Text and Interviews by Marc H. Miller Screening and Discussion with Tschinkel, Miller, and Curt Hoppe In 1981, Diego Cortez organized New York/New Wave, […]
Turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life, Strum sounded like a handful of American folk melodies tossed into a strong wind, cascading and tumbling joyfully around one another. —Jessie Montgomery album […]
Featuring Alexis Adler, Felice Rosser, Lee Quiñones, Al Diaz, Sara Driver and David Hershkovits Zeitgeist's key event is a lively discussion about the times and artists in the exhibition. First-hand, […]
Part of the annual Writers Block Festival of Staged Readings and Performances to Benefit the Actors Fund Howl! Happening is pleased to present When Lithuania Ruled the World—a play cycle […]
Part of the annual Writers Block Festival of Staged Readings and Performances to Benefit the Actors Fund Howl! Happening is pleased to present When Lithuania Ruled the World—a play cycle […]
A musical journey through the winsome past of Eszter Balint Thursday, April 19, 2018 / 7 PM / Free Friday, May 18, 2018 / 7 PM / Free Friday, June […]
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 […]
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 […]
Every Month on The Full Moon 4pm Sharp About Tom Murrin and the Full Moon Show Howl! Happening houses the archives of the late Tom Murrin. Murrin, aka the Alien […]
Howl! Happening is delighted to present Heather Litteer’s reading series W.O.(e).R.D Women of Experience Read Downtown featuring Ada Calhoun, Pamela Sneed, Chi Chi Valenti, and Jo Weldon. Litteer started the […]
THE SURREAL SATIRICAL CULT WEB SERIES IS BACK Join Howl! Happening: an Arturo Vega Project as we screen Zhe Zhe Season 2, Episode 4 starting 7pm. A hilarious satirical web series about the glamorous […]
A Comedy Series hosted by Greer Dworman A come-as-you-are comedy show billed with performers willing to try stand-up for the first time ever, Tight 5 is a comedy series curated and hosted […]
Katrina del Mar Curates Reading, Music and Performance Series Katrina del Mar’s new Tough Girls and Lucid Deamers, a time-based female-driven, women-centered series; feminist, inclusive and radical. Inviting some of her favorite writers, […]
Pat Irwin has been living and working in New York City since the late 70s. He was a founding member of 8-Eyed Spy (with Lydia Lunch), and the Raybeats. As […]
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 […]
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 […]
Three outstanding New York writers, Janie Heath, Maggie Dubris and Tom Cole, will convene to share recent works including fiction, drama and much more. Join us for a literary extravaganza […]
Diving deep into the roots of hip hop in New York City with exceptional artist duo Charlie Ahearn and Jane Dickson. Ahearn's Scratch Slide Show, circa 1980 was projected live in the […]
July 27, 2018 / TWO SHOWS: 4 PM AND 7 PM / FREE Hapi Phace FULL MOON SHOW Total Lunar Eclipse Edition CELEBRATE TWO TIMES (!) With this eclipse-season Full […]
Thursday, September 6 – Sunday, September 30, 2018 Opening Reception: Thursday, September 6, 6–9 PM We need Tanner’s work now. At this moment—now more than ever—we need to collectively embrace […]
Featuring her premiere on PBS American Masters series Join Howl! Happening and the Estate of Elizabeth Murray for a birthday celebration and the official American Masters PBS livestream event […]
We need Tanner’s work now. At this moment—now more than ever—we need to collectively embrace art as celebration; glamour as resistance; desire, allure and romance as defiance. —Karen Finley […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Comedy Series hosted by Greer Dworman A come-as-you-are comedy show billed with performers willing to try stand-up for the first time ever, Tight 5 is a comedy series curated and hosted […]
Screening and Discussion Howl! Happening is pleased to present Stooge, a feature-length documentary film about Iggy Pop's number one fan. Stooge is not your typical rock ‘n’ roll documentary film. […]
Howl! Happening is excited to present a sneak preview of the opening of the spectacular new offering by Tony Award-winning theater LaMama launching their new season for 2018. This provocative […]
Raymond Foye interviews Gregory's lifelong friend, editor and translator, George Scrivani. With a selection of short films by Laki Vazakas, and poetry with Anne Waldman and friends. At the time […]
KINK HAÜS KINK HAÜS by Gunnar Montana in association with Howl! Arts. Gunnar Montana creates KINK HAÜS, a brutal underground nightclub predicting the wild powerful and sometimes hilarious sexual […]
Launch Party Howl! Happening invites you to celebrate the release of Local Knowledge #6. A journal of art and literature, the magazine brings together poets, prose writers (fiction and […]
Reading and Performances Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present Flower Power Man, an event celebrating theater artist George Harris III, aka Hibiscus (1949-1982). This evening […]
Every Month on The Full Moon at 4pm Sharp In this Harvest Moon edition of the Full Moon Show, curated by Rani O’Brien and starring Jenny Lee Mitchell, Maria Dessena, and […]
Performance Chris Tanner is joined by Eryc Taylor Dance for an evening that honors Tanner’s multi-talented collaborations as a performing artist. Song for Cello and Piano (2016) is a […]
A Performance Series by the Catalyst Quartet Turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life, Strum sounded like a handful of American folk melodies tossed into a strong wind, cascading and tumbling […]
Howl! Happening is excited to present a colorful, compelling performance and screening featuring special guests Chris Tanner, Agosto Machado, Hayley Nystrom, Diego Gomez, Jarvis Earnshaw and Vic Sin, with shorts […]
A Group Exhibition ARTIST'S RECEPTION: Sunday, October 7 / 4 PM / Free Howl! Happening is pleased to present a special three-day exhibition spotlighting the contributions of the legendary Village […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
A Book by Janette Beckman and Cey Adams Panel Discussion and Book Signing Howl! Happening is pleased to host a panel discussion and book signing with authors Janette Beckman […]
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. […]
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 […]
Celebrating the publication of her memoir Outside/Inside, Martha King will give readings from the book, joined by Sanjay Agnihotri, editor and publisher of Local Knowledge magazine, as well as Geoffrey […]
A closing night screening of the film of the stage production of Tony Whitfield’s New Love: 1910: World Out of Kilter, produced in association with La MaMa ETC. Augmenting this […]
Opening Reception: Friday, November 16, 6–9 PM Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project in cooperation with Pavel Zoubok Fine Art is pleased to present Tenemental (With Sighs Too Deep for […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to present Through the Looking Glass, an installation of fearless and masterful paintings by Brett De Palma and Scooter LaForge. Through the Looking […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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, […]
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 […]
February 7 / 6:30 pm / Free A Reading and Interview with E. Claman There is no other book like this one, though there are dozens of books about Ginsberg. Bob […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 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 […]
Tom Murrin Collection /The Howl! Arts Archive Booth #W25 Performance art is anything done with purpose and style. —Tom Murrin Howl! Happening is pleased to present Tom Murrin: Welcome to […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: March 29, 30, and 31, 2019 Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to host the Third Eye Film Festival, providing a new platform for […]
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: March 29, 30, and 31, 2019 Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to host the Third Eye Film Festival, providing a new platform for […]
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday: March 29, 30, and 31, 2019 Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project is pleased to host the Third Eye Film Festival, providing a new platform for […]
• 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Book Launch with Music by Olivia Quillio Mark Berger’s memoir of the 1960s and its climactic event, the Woodstock music festival, is so richly evocative in its detail and […]
Please join us this Monday at Howl! Happening for a memorial for our dear friend Clark Render, actor, writer, musician, and caring member of our community, who passed away in early […]
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 […]
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, […]
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. […]
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 […]
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? […]
Howl! Happening is pleased to give ‘Howlers’ a multi-media celebration of Barbara Rubin in conjunction with the IFC premiere of the documentary “Barbara Rubin & the Exploding NY Underground, followed […]
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, […]
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 […]
Lance is a Brooklyn-born video and visual artist whose work has been broadcast on PBS and screened at film festivals, universities, and museums internationally including MoMA, MoCA, and the New Museum, […]
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 […]
Special from Lori E Seid– who never ceases to amaze! dear friends, i know there is so much to do so much to see HASHTAG PRIDE but i just saw Dean […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
A Screening with Television Producer Joseph Lovett Q&A and Discussion with Susan Martin and Sally Morrison In 1983, television producer and journalist Joseph Lovett successfully pleaded with ABC’s 20/20 executives to create […]
Howl! Happening is delighted to be marching in the Reclaim Pride Coalition's Queer Liberation March to honor the legacy of icons who paved the way for political and social freedoms. […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
Talk of the injustice of the criminal justice system is at an all-time high. But how much do we know about what happens once incarcerated individuals are released? RSA US […]
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 7–9pm / Free In 1975, while driving her car in Manhattan, Marcia Resnick became embroiled in a car accident, and her entire […]
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 […]
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? […]
Film Screening and Discussion The Motorcycle Art of Linus Coraggio and Other Short Films Directed by Thomas W. Campbell Howl! Happening is pleased to present a screening of short films […]
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 […]
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 […]
Linus Coraggio Ramifications In this space, dystopian/utopian dreams are quantum entangled: street aesthetics meet hip-hop graffiti meet 50s abstract expressionism and beatnik nonconformity. —Brad Melamed, from his essay, The Existential […]
The Full Moon Show: A Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention John Pizza is a performer, builder, and drawer. He uses trash and thrift-store detritus scrounged in his Brooklyn neighborhood to tell […]
Book Launch Howl! Happening celebrates the release of the legendary East Village duo Tish and Snooky Bellomo’s new book Manic Panic Living in Color. Reveal your inner Aurora Borealis with […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Screening and Panel Discussion This edition of ART/new york showcases Curt Hoppe and explores his work as photographer, realist painter, and “Charles Bukowski of the downtown art world”—penetrating layers of […]
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 […]
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? […]
Vega Arts Workshop Series Mirrored Experiments with Tessa Hughes-Freeland We are currently at capacity for the workshop. If you would like to be added to the waiting list click the […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Howl! Happening is pleased to celebrate our friend, Howl! board member, and poet extraordinaire Bob Holman on the occasion of the publication of two new poetry books. Written 50 years […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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? […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
7 PM / Free Join Jane Dickson and Scott Dougan, production designer of the HBO series The Deuce, for a conversation about what it means to capture the essence of a particularly […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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…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, […]
Ori Carino and Lee Quiñones Unfolding Curated by Carlo McCormick Booth #1001 Howl! Happening is pleased to present Unfolding, an intergenerational collaboration by Ori Carino and Lee Quiñones. From […]
Scooter LaForge: Please Don’t Feed the Animals Curated by Joshua Nierodzinski Booth #1002 Please Don’t Feed the Animals by Scooter LaForge is an invitation to a beastly banquet that confronts […]
John Pizza / Cubbies 4PM and 6PM 625 MADISON AVENUE Booth 1001-1002 / 10th floor Meet Cubby, an unassuming piece of furniture about the size of your torso. Wrapped […]
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 […]
A Performative Archive Produced by Some Serious Business for Howl! Happening: An Arturo Vega Project Opening Reception: Saturday, April 18, 6–8 PM / Free To Whites every Black holds a […]
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 […]
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 […]
Published on Hambleton’s Birthday by Howl! Arts and Autonomedia “I was alive when I died.…That's the problem.” —Richard Hambleton CLICK HERE to purchase a book. In honor of his birthday on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Full Moon Show: A Tom Murrin/Alien Comic Invention Presents John Pizza: Pathways Through a Stone City Visit Howlarts.org on Monday, August 3, 2020 from 12 AM to 11:59 PM to watch the […]
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 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: […]
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 […]
Untitled: Art Miami Beach OVR 2020 December 2 — December 6, 2020 Fairy tales, cartoons, and old-master paintings are elements Scooter LaForge absorbs and transforms with intuitive reverie. Howl! Happening […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Visit Howlarts.org on Thursday, January 28, 2021 from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. to watch the Full Moon Show! The holidays are over, with their joy and tinsel and string […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Every Tuesday Night in March March 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2021 Sneed is an acclaimed reader of her own poetry, and the book has the feeling of live performance... […]
Every Tuesday Night in March March 9, 16, 23, and 30, 2021 Sneed is an acclaimed reader of her own poetry, and the book has the feeling of live performance... […]
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 […]
On Howl TV I used to be a young terror, a little demon who wouldn't hesitate to tape asparagus to his head, jump in a fountain, or sing a song […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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, […]
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, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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: […]
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: […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Watch on Howlarts.org The moon is wide open and magnetic. My bones are made of metal but my body ain't open. Still there is a strong draw. I rise to […]
Every Tuesday in September at 8 PM September 7, 14, 21, and 28 Continuing Howl’s &Friends series, we welcome poet and publisher JEFFREY CYPHERS WRIGHT, founder of LiVE MAG!! An […]
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 […]
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 […]
Every Tuesday in September at 8 PM September 7, 14, 21, and 28 Continuing Howl’s &Friends series, we welcome poet and publisher JEFFREY CYPHERS WRIGHT, founder of LiVE MAG!! An […]
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 […]
Visit Howlarts.org on Monday, September 20, 2021 from 12 AM to 11:59 PM to watch the Full Moon Show! It's a production - but it's no stage. It's a showing […]
Every Tuesday in September at 8 PM September 7, 14, 21, and 28 Continuing Howl’s &Friends series, we welcome poet and publisher JEFFREY CYPHERS WRIGHT, founder of LiVE MAG!! An […]
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 […]
Every Tuesday in September at 8 PM September 7, 14, 21, and 28 Continuing Howl’s &Friends series, we welcome poet and publisher JEFFREY CYPHERS WRIGHT, founder of LiVE MAG!! An […]
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 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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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… […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
12:00 AM–11:59 PM Watch on www.howlarts.org In the days before I had a phone and I was board, I would make up stories. Imagining stuff, like what it was like to […]
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 […]
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 […]
WORLD AIDS DAY COMMEMORATION “We have lost heroes in this multi-passing-the passage of brilliant minds who we have lost. We cannot access them through anything except digging far in and […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Visit Howlarts.org on Tuesday, May 17, 2022 from 12 AM to 11:59 PM. to watch the Full Moon Show! "I try to remain zen, keep it smooth, go with the […]
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, […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
"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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Visit Howlarts.org on Friday, August 12, 2022 from 12 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. to watch the Full Moon Show! Pants and Shirts. It's such an obligation to walk around clothed. […]
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 […]
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. […]
Opening Reception with the artists Saturday, November 12, 2022 | 4 - 7 PM Howl Arts and Yara Arts Group present Mariupol, an exhibition of award-winning photographs and video by Evgeniy […]
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 […]
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 […]
Join the curators of City of Kings: A History of New York City Graffiti at Howl Happening for a catalog signing event on Wednesday, November 23 from 12 - 4 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Howl will be closed for the Holidays Wednesday, December 21, 2022 - Tuesday, January 3rd, 2023.
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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
DATES EXTENDED Thursday, Aug 3 / Friday, Aug 4 / Saturday, Aug 5 12 PM - 6 PM Appointment Recommended Email [email protected] to make an appointment. Howl! Arts / Howl! […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 - […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
DQNY30! Videos from the Era Screening Event Then & Now Presentation and Screening Event Order your own DQNY30 Prints Here! This fall marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Exhibition of works by Richard Hambleton (1952-2017) from our collection.
A conversation with 3 who knew him.
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 […]
Opening April 10th, 6 – 9PM https://www.amny.com/entertainment/east-village-gallery-arturo-vega-the-ramones/
Read the essay here RAMONES: Arturo Vega and the Making of the Logo Heard Round the World
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 […]
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 […]
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
