We all have that moment where Friday night rolls around and a Netflix binge is the primary “event” option. In order to cure your major case of FOMO, we’ve teamed up with The Mirror Cube, a happenings site that features events recommended by artists. With their expert panel of visual artists, actors, writers, and directors, The Mirror Cube brings you the lowdown on what shows, screenings, and exhibits you should check out each week in New York and Los Angeles.
NY: Best Coast and Wavves with Cherry Glazerr at Terminal 5
February 18 at 7:30 PM
Picked by: Natalie Neal
What: The three Los Angeles-based rock bands make a stop in Hell’s Kitchen on their Summer is Forever II tour.
Why Go: This past Sunday was the coldest NYC Valentine’s Day on record, and you can thaw off to this show that’s billed as “so hot it’s scary.” DIY magazine crowned Best Coast’s duo “the Californian queen and king of lo-fi surf-pop” and they called Wavves’ fifth studio album, V, “an album packed with energy and chaos, rough-around-the-edges but still filled with satisfying earworms.”
NY: Witches’ Brew at BAM Rose Cinemas
February 16-29
Picked by: Lyz Olko
What: In honor of the release of Robert Eggers’s Puritan horror film The Witch, BAMcinématek presents a series that explores some of the many depictions of witches on the silver screen.
Why Go: It’s a potent brew in BAMcinématek’s cauldron, with highlights of the series including the Danish silent Häxan, Nicolas Roeg’s Road Dahl adaptation The Witches, Dario Argento’s giallo Suspiria, batty cult classic The Wicker Man, ‘90s teen coven flick The Craft, and Theodor Dreyer’s austere masterpiece Day of Wrath. The 7:00 p.m. screening of The Witch on Saturday, February 20, will feature a Q&A with director Robert Eggers and actor Anya Taylor-Joy.
NY: Munch and Expressionism at Neue Galerie
February 18-June 13
What: An exhibition centered on artist Edvard Munch’s influence on his contemporaries and the influences that inspired his artwork.
Why Go: The Norwegian painter and printmaker is best known for his painting—and definitive portrait of modern angst—The Scream. This show, which was organized with Oslo’s The Munch Museum, will only be on view at the Neue and includes several pieces that have never before been on view in the United States.
LA: DIIV at The Echo
February 22-24
Picked by: Kilo Kish
What: The Brooklyn indie rock/dream pop group headline three nights at The Echo in Echo Park.
Why Go: Frontman Zachary Cole Smith named his band after a Nirvana song, but DIIV’s sophomore album,
NY: Best Coast and Wavves with Cherry Glazerr at Terminal 5
February 18 at 7:30 PM
Picked by: Natalie Neal
What: The three Los Angeles-based rock bands make a stop in Hell’s Kitchen on their Summer is Forever II tour.
Why Go: This past Sunday was the coldest NYC Valentine’s Day on record, and you can thaw off to this show that’s billed as “so hot it’s scary.” DIY magazine crowned Best Coast’s duo “the Californian queen and king of lo-fi surf-pop” and they called Wavves’ fifth studio album, V, “an album packed with energy and chaos, rough-around-the-edges but still filled with satisfying earworms.”
NY: Witches’ Brew at BAM Rose Cinemas
February 16-29
Picked by: Lyz Olko
What: In honor of the release of Robert Eggers’s Puritan horror film The Witch, BAMcinématek presents a series that explores some of the many depictions of witches on the silver screen.
Why Go: It’s a potent brew in BAMcinématek’s cauldron, with highlights of the series including the Danish silent Häxan, Nicolas Roeg’s Road Dahl adaptation The Witches, Dario Argento’s giallo Suspiria, batty cult classic The Wicker Man, ‘90s teen coven flick The Craft, and Theodor Dreyer’s austere masterpiece Day of Wrath. The 7:00 p.m. screening of The Witch on Saturday, February 20, will feature a Q&A with director Robert Eggers and actor Anya Taylor-Joy.
NY: Munch and Expressionism at Neue Galerie
February 18-June 13
What: An exhibition centered on artist Edvard Munch’s influence on his contemporaries and the influences that inspired his artwork.
Why Go: The Norwegian painter and printmaker is best known for his painting—and definitive portrait of modern angst—The Scream. This show, which was organized with Oslo’s The Munch Museum, will only be on view at the Neue and includes several pieces that have never before been on view in the United States.
LA: DIIV at The Echo
February 22-24
Picked by: Kilo Kish
What: The Brooklyn indie rock/dream pop group headline three nights at The Echo in Echo Park.
Why Go: Frontman Zachary Cole Smith named his band after a Nirvana song, but DIIV’s sophomore album,