2024 Art & Film
Latest Past Events
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
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.
Rabble Rousers: Frances Goldin and the Fight for Cooper Square
Village East by Angelika 189 Second Avenue, New YorkFilm 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 Cityโan oasis of permanent low-income housing in the heart of the rapidly gentrifying Lower East Side.
Lead Belly: The Man Who Invented Rock & Roll
The Loft at City Winery 11th Avenue at 15th Street, New YorkThe New York City premiรจre of Curt Hahnโs 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."