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Sep 2

Michael Cavadias’ Claywoman Performance Returns to New York City

Actor Michael Cavadias has been performing as Claywoman since the early 2000s; he will reprise the role September 11 at Pangea.
By Annie Levin
Mar 7

Take a Deep Dive Into Photography’s Formative Years at the Met

Featuring work by Joseph Cornell, Diane Arbus, Andy Warhol and others, the show promises both depth and breadth.
By Helen Holmes
Diana Krall.
May 23

The 10 Best Jazz Albums of 2017 (So Far)

If our Top 10 list is any indication of what's still left to come from jazz in 2017, we're in for one hell of a year.
By Ron Hart
Rihanna.
May 1

Every Look From the Met Gala Red Carpet

By Dena Silver
Thurston Moore
May 1

The Month in Weird: May’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Kronos Quartet performs at "A Nonesuch Celebration"
Apr 4

Iconic Composers Celebrate a Champion of Modern Classical at BAM

By Justin Joffe
Xiu Xiu
Apr 3

The Month in Weird: April’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Adam Schatz with Landlady at the release party for "The World is a Loud Place" at House of Yes on January 25.
Mar 6

Meet New York’s Indie Rock Zelig, Landlady’s Adam Schatz

By Justin Joffe
Sebastian Errazuriz's installation, titled The awareness of uncertainty, dangles above fairgoers.
Mar 4

The Armory Show’s Great Challenge: How to Surprise Visitors Who Have Seen It All

By Alanna Martinez
Pussy Riot, Straight Outta Vagina, 2016.
Mar 1

The Month in Weird: March’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Harriet Tubman.
Feb 15

Power-Jazz Trio Harriet Tubman on Creating Two Decades of Freedom Music

By Brad Cohan
Matthew Shipp
Feb 8

Jazz Icon Matthew Shipp on Ending His Recording Career With ‘Piano Song’

By Brad Cohan
Cinema Cinema
Feb 1

The Month in Weird: February’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
El Lissitzky's Proun 1 D. 1920.
Jan 27

Consider Class, Revolution and the Avant-Garde With This Show, Now at MoMA

By David D'Arcy
William Parker.
Jan 3

The Month in Weird: January’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Body/Head.
Dec 14

The 10 Best Experimental Albums of 2016

By Brad Cohan
John & Yoko
Nov 17

Yoko Ono Didn’t Break Up The Beatles, John Lennon Did

By Justin Joffe
Child Abuse
Nov 1

The Month in Weird: November’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Todd Patrick's Market Hotel, as viewed from the adjacent JMZ subway platform.
Oct 13

NYPD Conducts ‘Gotcha’ Raid on Nonprofit Market Hotel, Tweets High Fives

By Justin Joffe
Holy Sons.
Sep 30

The Month in Weird: October’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Battle Trance.
Sep 14

How Four-Tenor Sax Quartet Battle Trance Heals With the Power of Music

By Brad Cohan
Jenny Hval.
Sep 1

The Month in Weird: September’s Best Avant-Garde Concerts

By Brad Cohan
Sam Coomes.
Aug 25

Quasi’s Sam Coomes Embraces His Inner Psycho-Pop Scientist on ‘Bugger Me’

By Brad Cohan
The Bad Plus.
Aug 25

The Bad Plus Tests Jazz’s Boundaries by Exploding the Art of the Cover Song

By Jim Farber
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