Framing the Village: Identity
Exhibition until Sept 28
Moshava Art
45 W 8th Street, Second Floor, New York, NY, United States
The third annual Village Trip art show, curated by long-time Village artist Marc Kehoe. This year’s group exhibition of paintings, drawings, and photography powerfully explores notions of identity.
Monday to Saturday 2pm - 5pm
Meet Teatro Cuatro
Exhibition until Sept 30
La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio
73 Avenue C, New York, United States
La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio presents a multimedia journey back to the East Village of the 1970s. where you will learn about Teatro Quatro, a street youth theater group, founded at Mobilization for Youth (MFY), a federally funded antipoverty program on East 4th Street.
Thursday to Saturday 2pm - 7pm and by appointment
Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll @ 4pm and 7:30pm
The Loft at City Winery 11th Avenue at 15th Street, New York, NY, United StatesThe New York City première of Curt Hahn’s authorized documentary Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll, which explores the extraordinary journey of music icon Huddie "Lead Belly" Ledbetter, one of the most influential figures in 20th-century popular music. As George Harrison once put it: "No Lead Belly, no Beatles."
Two shows 4pm and 7:30pm
Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square
Village East by Angelika 189 Second Avenue, New York, NY, United StatesFilm screening at the Architecture & Design Film Festival. Directed by Kelly Anderson, Kathryn Barnier, and Ryan Joseph, this documentary film chronicles a trailblazing housing organizer and her diverse working-class neighbors as they fight Robert Moses, the real estate industry, and five mayors to create the first Community Land Trust in New York City—an oasis of permanent low-income housing in the heart of the rapidly gentrifying Lower East Side.
Identity, Gender & Cockette Sexual Anarchy
An Evening of Glamour, Wild Tales, Photos & Films with Cockette Fayette Hauser
The Center
208 West 13th Street (Room 301), NY, United States
Fayette Hauser is a founding member of The Cockettes, performing in San Francisco from 1969 to 1972. In a rare Village performance, Fayette will reflect on the Cockette years with a talk and slideshow that will evoke nostalgia in those who were there and envy in those who missed out. She will also introduce two rarely seen films starring The Cockettes.
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