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Knockdown Center

A performer stands balanced on the hands of a packed audience inside a large, dimly lit industrial hall at Knockdown Center, surrounded by hundreds of cheering fans reaching upward under red stage lights.

Five Years On, Jeff Klingman’s Outline Festival Keeps New York Guessing

Knockdown Center’s architectural versatility lets artists experiment freely with sound and presentation in a setting that encourages creative risk-taking.
By Dan Duray

The Paradox of New York City Nightlife

There are many different options for partying in NYC, but whether or not you have a good time comes down to the crowd.
By Helen Holmes
David Burnett, [Larry King, Bill Clinton, and Al Gore Preparing a Television Interview], 1992.

How the White House Was Won (in Pictures), and 5 Other Things to Do in New York Now

In the age of television. and now social media, visual imagery has played a key role in presidential elections.
By Alanna Martinez
A video still from Bahareh Khoshooee's The Slow Betrayal of Our Bodies by Forces We Cannot Master.

Anti-Trump Art Show ‘Nasty Women’ to Benefit Planned Parenthood

By Alina Cohen
Parquet Courts

Parquet Courts Write Melodies Abandoned in the Key of New York

By Justin Joffe
P2P is part of Knockdown Center's MAMI exhibit.

Block Party at SculptureCenter & Other Things to Do in New York’s Art World This Week

By Vida Weisblum
Kayo Dot.

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

By Brad Cohan
Michael Neff's "Suspended Forest" (Photo: courtesy the artist)

Your Discarded Christmas Tree Is Now Part of a “Suspended Forest” in Queens

By Vida Weisblum
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