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.
NY: Stray Dog at Film Society of Lincoln Center
July 3-11
Picked by: The Mirror Cube
What: An intimate documentary portrait of a biker and Vietnam vet from Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik.
Why Go: Focusing on motorcyclist Ron “Stray Dog” Hall, Granik offers a look into a segment of Middle America that is often misunderstood. Granik will be present at several of the screenings to talk about her new film in person.
NY: The New Pornographers, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down at Prospect Park Bandshell
July 11 at 8 PM
Picked by: Maxwell Hoffman
What: The Canadian and San Franciscan indie rock bands will play a free outdoor concert in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
Why Go: The power-pop group The New Pornographer’s 2003 album Electric Version made Rolling Stone's “100 Best Albums of the Decade” for the aughts, and NPR described the vocal delivery of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down’s Thao Nguyen as “delicate yet fierce.”
NY: Alison Mosshart: Fire Power at Joseph Gross Gallery
June 18-July 11
Picked by: Brianna Lance
What: The frontwoman of rock bands The Kills and Dead Weather exhibits new multimedia artwork in her first solo show.
Why Go: The Village Voice called Mosshart’s pieces “brutally honest,” and her work was inspired by and created during her life on the road as a touring musician.
LA: Calexico at The Regent
July 7 at 8 PM
Picked by: Douglas Smith
What: The Arizona-based band makes a Los Angeles stop while touring to promote their 2015 release, Edge of the Sun.
Why Go: Calexico gets its name from the California-Mexico border city, and its sound is a blend of many different genres, including Americana, Tex-Mex, and mariachi. In its review of Edge of the Sun, Pitchfork wrote that Calexico makes “music that is almost inevitably about borders both musical and national: finding them, crossing them, blurring them…”
LA: Jennifer Wynne Reeves: A Bolt of Soul: Grooved Foreheads and Dog Tee
NY: Stray Dog at Film Society of Lincoln Center
July 3-11
Picked by: The Mirror Cube
What: An intimate documentary portrait of a biker and Vietnam vet from Winter’s Bone director Debra Granik.
Why Go: Focusing on motorcyclist Ron “Stray Dog” Hall, Granik offers a look into a segment of Middle America that is often misunderstood. Granik will be present at several of the screenings to talk about her new film in person.
NY: The New Pornographers, Thao & The Get Down Stay Down at Prospect Park Bandshell
July 11 at 8 PM
Picked by: Maxwell Hoffman
What: The Canadian and San Franciscan indie rock bands will play a free outdoor concert in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.
Why Go: The power-pop group The New Pornographer’s 2003 album Electric Version made Rolling Stone's “100 Best Albums of the Decade” for the aughts, and NPR described the vocal delivery of Thao & The Get Down Stay Down’s Thao Nguyen as “delicate yet fierce.”
NY: Alison Mosshart: Fire Power at Joseph Gross Gallery
June 18-July 11
Picked by: Brianna Lance
What: The frontwoman of rock bands The Kills and Dead Weather exhibits new multimedia artwork in her first solo show.
Why Go: The Village Voice called Mosshart’s pieces “brutally honest,” and her work was inspired by and created during her life on the road as a touring musician.
LA: Calexico at The Regent
July 7 at 8 PM
Picked by: Douglas Smith
What: The Arizona-based band makes a Los Angeles stop while touring to promote their 2015 release, Edge of the Sun.
Why Go: Calexico gets its name from the California-Mexico border city, and its sound is a blend of many different genres, including Americana, Tex-Mex, and mariachi. In its review of Edge of the Sun, Pitchfork wrote that Calexico makes “music that is almost inevitably about borders both musical and national: finding them, crossing them, blurring them…”
LA: Jennifer Wynne Reeves: A Bolt of Soul: Grooved Foreheads and Dog Tee