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 new 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.
Below, their picks for the week ending April 10:
NY: Lolita at BAM Rose Cinemas
April 5 at 4 PM
Picked by: Mirror Cube
What: Oscar-winning director Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s sexually provocative novel about an European intellectual's obsessive affair with a teenage girl.
Why go: It's being screened in its original 35mm format and features a show-stopping performance by British actor Peter Sellers.
NY: Egon Schiele: Portraits at Neue Galerie
Through April 20
Picked by: Brady Corbet
What: The early 20th-century mansion-turned-museum hosts the first US exhibit to focus on the Austrian figurative painter's portraiture, which has influenced countless artists with its intensely expressionistic depiction of sexuality and self. (Before you go: read OC’s coverage of the show!)
Why go: The exhibition places special emphasis on Schiele's traumatic imprisonment in 1912, offering a unique perspective on his work thereafter.
LA: Nick Cave: The Sick Bag Song Reading at Egyptian Theatre
April 8 at 8 PM
Picked by: Jessica Stroup
What: Musician and author Nick Cave will be reading selections from his new book, The Sick Bag Song, which was penned entirely on airplane sick bags while on tour with his band The Bad Seeds.
Why go: Cave will stick around for a Q&A after the reading, so you'll get a chance to ask him anything.
LA: White Fence and Cherry Glazerr at Natural History Museum
April 10 at 5:30 PM
Picked by: Natalie Neal
What: Tim Presley's psychedelic indie rock band White Fence and their LA dream-pop contemporaries Cherry Glazerr will perform against a backdrop of dinosaur skeletons and wildlife dioramas as part of the museum's monthly series, "First Fridays."
Why go: "Cherry Glazerr is one of my new favorite bands out of LA. Aggressive beats paired with lo-fi, dreamy vocals singing about basically anything from a teenage diary? Yes, please!" — Natalie
NY: Waxahatchee with Girlpool at Music Hall of Williamsburg
April 9 at 8 PM
Picked by: Mirror Cube
What: Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield, whose 2013 album Cerulean Salt landed her on Pitchfork’s "Top 100 Albums of the Decade,&
Below, their picks for the week ending April 10:
NY: Lolita at BAM Rose Cinemas
April 5 at 4 PM
Picked by: Mirror Cube
What: Oscar-winning director Stanley Kubrick’s adaptation of Vladimir Nabokov’s sexually provocative novel about an European intellectual's obsessive affair with a teenage girl.
Why go: It's being screened in its original 35mm format and features a show-stopping performance by British actor Peter Sellers.
NY: Egon Schiele: Portraits at Neue Galerie
Through April 20
Picked by: Brady Corbet
What: The early 20th-century mansion-turned-museum hosts the first US exhibit to focus on the Austrian figurative painter's portraiture, which has influenced countless artists with its intensely expressionistic depiction of sexuality and self. (Before you go: read OC’s coverage of the show!)
Why go: The exhibition places special emphasis on Schiele's traumatic imprisonment in 1912, offering a unique perspective on his work thereafter.
LA: Nick Cave: The Sick Bag Song Reading at Egyptian Theatre
April 8 at 8 PM
Picked by: Jessica Stroup
What: Musician and author Nick Cave will be reading selections from his new book, The Sick Bag Song, which was penned entirely on airplane sick bags while on tour with his band The Bad Seeds.
Why go: Cave will stick around for a Q&A after the reading, so you'll get a chance to ask him anything.
LA: White Fence and Cherry Glazerr at Natural History Museum
April 10 at 5:30 PM
Picked by: Natalie Neal
What: Tim Presley's psychedelic indie rock band White Fence and their LA dream-pop contemporaries Cherry Glazerr will perform against a backdrop of dinosaur skeletons and wildlife dioramas as part of the museum's monthly series, "First Fridays."
Why go: "Cherry Glazerr is one of my new favorite bands out of LA. Aggressive beats paired with lo-fi, dreamy vocals singing about basically anything from a teenage diary? Yes, please!" — Natalie
NY: Waxahatchee with Girlpool at Music Hall of Williamsburg
April 9 at 8 PM
Picked by: Mirror Cube
What: Waxahatchee's Katie Crutchfield, whose 2013 album Cerulean Salt landed her on Pitchfork’s "Top 100 Albums of the Decade,&