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 19:
NY: Ma at MoMA PS1
April 19 at 4 PM
Picked by: Mona Fastvold
What: Director, choreographer, and Bessie Award-winning performer Celia Rowlson-Hall wrote and directed this genre-bending film about a pilgrimage through the American Southwest.
Why go: There has been significant press surrounding this Tribeca Film Festival selection, with the Huffington Post calling Rowlson-Hall “a fresh and distinctly female voice in film." After this exclusive screening, there will be a conversation between the director and internationally renowned Iranian artist Shirin Neshat.
NY: Speedy Ortiz at Bowery Ballroom
April 25 at 9 PM
Picked by: Mirror Cube
What: This hyper-literate rock quartet from Northampton, Massachusetts, will perform in Manhattan as a part of their national summer tour in support of their sophomore album, Foil Deer.
Why go: The indie band made headlines at the SXSW Music Festival, and advance reviews suggest their new record will be a creative and commercial breakthrough.
NY: On Kawara: Silence at The Guggenheim
Through May 3
Picked by: Aaron Stern
What: The iconic museum will be exhibiting the first retrospective of the language-oriented conceptual artist, On Kawara.
Why go: This show was organized with the help of the artist himself, and will be supplemented with a continuous live performance of his work, “One Million Years,” in which a man and a woman take turns reading dates that go one million years into the future or the past.
LA: ColCoa French Film Festival at Directors Guild Theater Complex
April 20 to 28
Picked by: Mirror Cube
What: The festival—whose title is shorthand for City of Lights, City of Angels—promotes contemporary French cinema with over a week of US and North American premieres.
Why go: As the largest festival of its kind, ColCoa programs French films you won't see anywhere else stateside, and the event features free public screenings of remastered French classics, as well as filmmakers in person for post-show Q&As.
LA: Haunted Screens at LACMA
Through April 26
Picked by: Gillian Zinser
What: A massive and thorough survey of 1920s German Expressionist cinema that contains rare artifacts coll
Below, their picks for the week ending April 19:
NY: Ma at MoMA PS1
April 19 at 4 PM
Picked by: Mona Fastvold
What: Director, choreographer, and Bessie Award-winning performer Celia Rowlson-Hall wrote and directed this genre-bending film about a pilgrimage through the American Southwest.
Why go: There has been significant press surrounding this Tribeca Film Festival selection, with the Huffington Post calling Rowlson-Hall “a fresh and distinctly female voice in film." After this exclusive screening, there will be a conversation between the director and internationally renowned Iranian artist Shirin Neshat.
NY: Speedy Ortiz at Bowery Ballroom
April 25 at 9 PM
Picked by: Mirror Cube
What: This hyper-literate rock quartet from Northampton, Massachusetts, will perform in Manhattan as a part of their national summer tour in support of their sophomore album, Foil Deer.
Why go: The indie band made headlines at the SXSW Music Festival, and advance reviews suggest their new record will be a creative and commercial breakthrough.
NY: On Kawara: Silence at The Guggenheim
Through May 3
Picked by: Aaron Stern
What: The iconic museum will be exhibiting the first retrospective of the language-oriented conceptual artist, On Kawara.
Why go: This show was organized with the help of the artist himself, and will be supplemented with a continuous live performance of his work, “One Million Years,” in which a man and a woman take turns reading dates that go one million years into the future or the past.
LA: ColCoa French Film Festival at Directors Guild Theater Complex
April 20 to 28
Picked by: Mirror Cube
What: The festival—whose title is shorthand for City of Lights, City of Angels—promotes contemporary French cinema with over a week of US and North American premieres.
Why go: As the largest festival of its kind, ColCoa programs French films you won't see anywhere else stateside, and the event features free public screenings of remastered French classics, as well as filmmakers in person for post-show Q&As.
LA: Haunted Screens at LACMA
Through April 26
Picked by: Gillian Zinser
What: A massive and thorough survey of 1920s German Expressionist cinema that contains rare artifacts coll