• 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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: […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 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 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 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 & 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 & 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 & 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 & 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • #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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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: […]

  • 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: […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 &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: 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: 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 […]

  • 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 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 […]

  • 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: 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, […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]

  • 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 […]