Jonas Mekas

Mekas And Polidori: From Manhattan To The Middle East

Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Edwynn Houk Gallery, Photography, Slidewide, Mekas and Polidori, Robert Polidori, Yoko Ono, Jackie O, Jackie Onassis, Film, Allen Ginsberg, Video, Edie Sedgwick, Jonas Mekas, New York Exhibitions, Arts News

The exhibition "Jonas Mekas and Robert Polidori: Portraits" is a never-before seen collection of two longtime friends whose work capture two different...

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Days in New York City, September 11, 2001-May, 2002, a Photo Essay

Mira Schor | Posted 11.11.2011

Read More: Jonas Mekas, The Tribute in Light, World Trade Center, Jerry Bruckheimer, September 11, Arts News
Mira Schor

2011-09-11-Screenshot20110911at6.46.40PM.jpg I have often wondered how many people in the metropolitan area saw some part of the events of September 11 in New York City with their own eyes.

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Bye Bye BID? SoHo Fights Back

Roslyn Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Illegal-Living, Puffin Room, Slideshow, Margaret-Chin, Soho, Jonas Mekas, Chinatown BID, New York City Council, SoHo BID, Business Improvement Districts, 80-Wooster-Street, NY Real Estate, Cinematheque, New York News
Roslyn Bernstein

SoHo residents, mostly in their 60s and 70s, are fighting the proposed SoHo BID (Business Improvement District), to be funded with a real estate tax surcharge.

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George Maciunas: The Man Who Invented SoHo

Roslyn Bernstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Illegal Living, Trisha Brown, George Maciunas, New York Architecture, Fluxhouse, Fluxus, John Lennon, Jonas Mekas, Soho, 80 Wooster Street, Yoko Ono, Uniqlo, Soho Artists, New York News
Roslyn Bernstein

The grand shopping mall that is SoHo was until recently the arts center of New York City, a neighborhood created by artist visionary George Maciunas.

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MOCA's AVANT-GARDE FILM FESTIVAL Opens Tonight at the Pacific Design Center, LA

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Avant-Garde Film, Ken Jacobs, Moca, Carolee Schneeman, Pacific Design Center, Film Festival Los Angeles, Jonas Mekas, Slidepollajax, Film Festival, Counter Culture Counter Cinema, Los-Angeles-Culture, Arts News

WHO: Jonas Mekas, Carolee Schneemann, Ken Jacobs WHAT: Counter Culture, Counter Cinema - An Avant-Garde Film Festival Presented by MOCA and the Paci...

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