In the honor of Jane Jacobs, an informal tour of Long Island City will impart the interest, fascination and exchange about our dynamic urban landscape.
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Made in LIC : A Jane Jacobs Walking Tour May 04, 2013
NLE Curatorial Lab Workshop: Untapping Empty May 03, 2013
Creatively responding to the New Museum's theme Untapped Capital, NLE will lead a workshop exercising the practice of site-specificity and curating!
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From Fair to Fare: A Dinner March 16, 2013
On the last night of the exhibition, a unique evening with cocktails in the Clock Tower, multi-course seated feast and a powerful artist performance.
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From the Borough: Milonga, Tango & Live Music March 14, 2013
Multiculturalism thrives in Queens. Dancing the tango in NYC is preserving the sophisticated Argentinian dance but also shows how many non-Argentinians take part and excel at this exquisite dance.
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From the Borough: Town Hall for One Percent for Culture March 11, 2013
With a mayoral campaign, we want culture to be on the candidates minds. Therefore we cohosted one of the first Town Hall meetings for culture.
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Specie Speaks! Open Mic Event March 10, 2013
Are you a musician? Singer? Poet? Dancer? Come show off your skills at the Clock Tower! This event is organized by students in the NLE- Trac Program!
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No Longer Bored Family Day: Make Something Out of Nothing March 09, 2013
Inside No Longer Empty´s Contemporary Art Exhibition taking over a beautiful old bank in Queens, children and adults will be invited to repurpose materials and create their own works of art in workshops hosted by Materials for...
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Performance: "Bursting!" by artist Hayoon-Jay Lee March 09, 2013
Be a part of the physical and spiritual sustenance of Jay Lee's work in this participatory performance
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Exhibition Tours! Armory Week March 08, 2013
Join members of NLE and LIC artists in an evening of tours and conversation in exploring and celebrating the unique arts and culture of Long Island City
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From the Borough: Celebrate LIC March 07, 2013
Join Modern Spaces, and Long Island City Partnership, and No Longer Empty in celebrating Long Island City
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Family Day: Spinnerz Art Access Workshop March 02, 2013 - March 09, 2013
Spinnerz Photo Club: A Photography and DJ Class for Teens with an Autism Spectrum Disorder with Spanish Language Support. Hosted by The Queens Museum of Art.
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Made in LIC: Urban Factory Scavengerhunt and Tour March 02, 2013
Have you ever participated in a scavenger hunt where you have discover new sites based on clues? Come explore the changing landscape of Long Island City.
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Performances: Money for Nothing and Dance for Free March 02, 2013
This day includes site-specific modern dance performances curated by Christal Brown adding dance to a variety of mediums that will be shown in 'How Much Do I Owe You?'
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Exhibition Tours! NLE Youth Docents February 23, 2013
After eight weeks of engaging visitors likes yourself, what do the Y.Dot Docents have to say or interpret about the exhibition?
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Discussion: Alternative Modes of Exchange February 23, 2013
Do you trade with your friends? I O Us? This long table discussion investigates the effectiveness of alternative modes of exchange that have been set in motion through artist interventions in given social groups.
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From the Borough: SELL OUT February 23, 2013
An evening of performance art presented by Local Project
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Program: NLE Curatorial Lab February 22, 2013 - March 22, 2013
Following our art model the new pilot program will give emerging curators both the theoretical, practical and supportive experience of curating a site-specific, public art exhibition.
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Bloodbank : Blood drive February 18, 2013
Artefacting's community space 'Bloodbank' will culminate in a blood donation event at the Avalon Riverside Apartements
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Immigrants Are Tax Contributors February 16, 2013
An event hosted Immigrant Movement International
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No Longer Bored Family Day: Amorama February 16, 2013
A day of hands-on art making workshops with Springmavera, Project Luz and artist Sol Aramendi
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Performance: "The Tiki, Tiki Club" by artist Shaun Leonardo February 15, 2013
The typical Queens Tiki Tiki club is turned on its head in this participatory dance evening
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Vertical Urban Factory February 10, 2013 - March 16, 2013
Made in Long Island City installation examines the historical origins of factory architecture, contemporary factory design, and possible futures for its reinvention in cities today.
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Financial Literacy Workshop: What do you know about $$? February 07, 2013
Do you know how to crunch numbers? What's your credit score? What steps do you need to take to get a loan? Get informed with this crash course.
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Theater: The Wedding February 07, 2013
LaGuardia Performing Arts Center presents a site specific theater event that looks at the romantic - and financial - exchanges that take place at weddings.
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Film: Isha: A Tell-All Tale February 02, 2013
A film tracks the story of a young South Asian woman’s journey through the New York art world told through a Bollywood soap opera
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Performance: "The Dictator Game" by artist Pablo Helguera January 31, 2013
In this participatory performance, Helguera stages situations where viewers confront hidden and often challenging aspects of exchange
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Discussion: Art and Labor January 31, 2013
Labor rights advocates discuss how art can play a role in addressing worker's rights
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Discussion: (Re)Producing Value: Incommensurable Exchange January 27, 2013
This timely panel series will explore the history and future of sharing, barter and exchange followed by reading groups of the topic.
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Death Match on Arts Funding: Follow the $$$$ January 24, 2013
The financial crisis has changed our economic landscape. Join Flux Factory in a quick fire talk on how this crisis has affected arts funding
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Teen Talk! NLE TRaCtion! January 15, 2013
Teen curators and artists will share their perspective and experiences in putting together "Specie". Hear what the next generation of curators and artists have in mind.
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No Longer Bored Family Day: BankInk! January 12, 2013
Children and their parents are welcome to join us on an ink-painting workshop hosted by the Long Island City Japanese art-based organization Resobox.
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Artist Workshop: Ghost of A Dream December 20, 2012
Join artist duo Ghost of A Dream and Materials For The Arts´s Third Thursday for a collaborative art-making experience
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No Longer Bored: Imagination Play Project December 15, 2012 - December 16, 2012
Children and adults of all ages are invited to an afternoon of creating art with diverse and unconventional materials
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Teen Talk! "Specie" December 12, 2012
A money-themed exhibition is curated by teens and featuring teen artists from local high schools. This program, NLE Traction, is presented by NLE and ArtsConnection.
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No Longer Bored: Open House NY Family Festival 2012 October 06, 2012
Children & Families- Join us Oct 6th in discovering Open House New York´s Family Festival at the Center for Architecture.
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Discussion: Beyond Outreach: Museums, Audience, and Community June 02, 2012
Museums all over the city are thinking about the communities they serve in increasingly innovative ways.
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Artist Talk: Monumentalizing the Identity of a City May 25, 2012
This panel discussion brings together curators and art professionals whose achievements over the last few years have attempted to deepen the relation between city and monument, community and place.
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Y-Dot in the Bronx // Youth Docents Program May 21, 2012 - May 31, 2012
The Youth Docent Program (Y-Dot) provides a different type of leadership opportunity in which teens engage positive, challenging, structured, creative work with No Longer Empty.
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Amazing Flappers and Philosophers: An afternoon organized by Winkel & Balktick May 20, 2012
On Sunday, May 20, join Winkel & Balktick for a journey into the world of F. Scott Fitzgerald and his coterie of colorful characters. Indulge in the company of upper-crust aristocrats, nouveau riche playboys, daring bootleggers,...
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Discussion "Space and Place: Influences on Latin Music in NYC" May 19, 2012
A panel discussion that will delve into questions such as, "How does the loss of music spaces change the role and purpose of a music genre?"
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Music: The Sound of Paradise Weekend May 18, 2012 - May 19, 2012
It's widely known that in the early 1970s, hip-hop was born in the Bronx, but so were the other musical genres that this weekend will explore.
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Artist's Paradise: Consultations & Roundtable May 16, 2012
Celebrate Bronx Week's Arts and Culture Day by attending two events geared toward artists and the creative community. Sign up for free exhibition tours, too!
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Dance Here. Hip-Hop May 12, 2012
This day explores and showcases hip-hop dance techniques and demonstrates how this form of dance can be applied to any type of music.
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No Longer Bored: Take The Stage! Family Weekend May 05, 2012
Performances, theater, spoken word and readings take the stage at the Andrew Freedman Home.
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Theater "Once Upon a Time in the Bronx" by Melanie Crean & BronxWorks May 03, 2012
A collaborative visual story featuring teenage girls telling recreating their story of the Bronx
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Program: Boogie Down Rides - Bike the Bronx May 01, 2012 - May 31, 2012
Join artists and organizations in promoting Boogie Down Rides. Just in time for the City's bike share program and May's Bicycle Month.
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Discussion "The Hub: Revisiting FASHION MODA" April 29, 2012
This conversation will be a discourse on the relevance of the "concept" in today's art and exhibition practices. Screenings will follow the dicussion.
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Dance Here. Modern April 28, 2012
Dance, dance, and more dance will take over on this day featuring dancers and choreographers from all over NYC. Free dance workshop led by Milteri Tucker at 4:30 p.m.
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Performance "What's Cooking in the Bronx?" by artist Sofia Maldonado April 21, 2012
La Cocina performance kicks off a day full of cooking workshops, gastronomical tours, food movies, and more.
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Performance "Activity Committee" by artists Laura Napier and Carmen Julia Hernandez April 09, 2012 - June 02, 2012
Join a committee, such as the eating, games, entertainment, or bird, plant, and fish, or even the committee ideas committee.
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No Longer Bored: Easter Egg, Egg, Egg Hunt April 07, 2012
Celebrate Spring with an Easter egg hunt in the garden. When was the last time that you rolled a colored egg in the grass?
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No Longer Bored: Activities for Children April 07, 2012 - June 03, 2012
Children and youth are invited to participate in free activities at the Home. Be apart of family days, scavenger hunts, schools tours or even our Drawing Corner!
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Music: Speakeasy After-Party Fundraiser April 04, 2012
“Together they sought the bar. ‘Rye high.’ ‘I’ll just take a Bronx.’ " F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise
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Discussion: Shifting Communities Series by Bronx River Art Center April 04, 2012 - June 01, 2012
Anyone is free to propose a Roundtable event with a collective, participatory, and/or community-based theme. Follow the guidelines.
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Armory Arts Week: The Tempest in the Teahouse March 10, 2012
An augmented reality installation and performance that reproduces the experience of the tea ceremony. RSVP is necessary.
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Discussion: In the Eye of the Beholder: Ethical Dimensions of Perception December 14, 2011
Disorientation, self-perception and empathy are experienced in the exhibition. How this impacts our lives will be discussed by this panel.
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No Longer Bored: Scavenger Hunt-Exploring Space December 10, 2011
Like a scavenger hunt, visitors experience the art works in the exhibition and discover certain elements through a camera obscura.
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Performance "Synoptic 3" by artist duo XYZ December 07, 2011 - December 30, 2011
One of the works in the exhibition will consist in series of staged "performances" in which visitors will don video headsets.
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No Longer Bored: Unlock Creativity October 23, 2011
The Riverdale Arts Festival in The Bronx filled the area with live music from Jazz to Rock to Classical, Contemporary Art and interactive art workshops, street performers and theatrical performances, merchants, food and more. No...
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No Longer Bored: Open House NY Family Festival 2011 October 15, 2011 - October 16, 2011
Celebrating New York City's built-environment by opening architectural venues to the public, OHNY is America´s largest architecture and design event. In conjunction with the Center for Architecture, OHNY is co-hosting the 4th...
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Conversation: What is the function of art in the public domain? August 07, 2011 - August 21, 2011
That is the exploratory question we ask our diverse audience with each exhibition. The Philip Johnson Glasshouse Conversation invited No Longer Empty to host an online public dialogue. We took this opportunity to engage our...
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Artist Talk & Dinner "Art and Technology" June 09, 2011
As a closing of the About Face exhibition, experience an evening of excellent cuisine in an extraordinary setting, with stimulating conversation about contemporary art and technology.
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Tour "Temporary Art Spaces in the Lower East Side" June 04, 2011
These carefully researched cultural tours of the Bowery area will reveal the rich history of places that hosted art in unofficial, temporary, or spontaneous ways.
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No Longer Bored "New City Workshop" May 27, 2011
New City is a collaborative community storytelling project inviting participants to re-imagine their city and its possibilities. By offering participants a workshop in digital photography, visual arts, and audio-visual...
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Teen Talk! about "Transcription, Infusion, Memory" May 18, 2011
High 5 Tix´s Teen Reviewers and Critics Program (TRaC) corresponded with artist Maria José Arjona and sent her their stories as part of the piece "Transcription, Infusion, Memory".
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No Longer Bored "Creating and Connecting a New City" May 14, 2011
In this workshop, Children ages 5-11 worked on understanding About Face and the artist's process. They then worked together to construct their ideal city.
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Program: Art in Empty Spaces with Community Board May 11, 2011 - June 30, 2011
A collaboration between New York City’s Manhattan Community Board 3 and No Longer Empty to demonstrate to the local community an initiative that draws together building owners with the arts community to make a difference.
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Music by The Casualty Process May 08, 2011
For the music programming for the About Face exhibition, Saeid “Natch” Nadjafi and Shayan Amini came to play electronic rock music all the way from Tehran, Iran where their former band was prohibited to perform.
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Film "Variations" by artist Marinella Senatore May 06, 2011
Marinella Senatore's film "Variations" consists of four parts with each part making an observation of the Lower East Side from a different perspective.
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Y-Dot in the Lower East Side // Youth Docent Program May 06, 2011 - June 12, 2011
Our Youth Docent Program provides a different type of leadership opportunity in which teens engage positive, challenging, structured, creative work in a supportive, professional environment.
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Performance "Transcription, Infusion and Memory" by artist Maria Jose Arjona May 05, 2011 - June 12, 2011
One of the artists from the About Face exhibition, Maria Jose Arjona, collected stories which culminated into a public participatory performance.
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Performance "Cultural Tips for New Americans" by artists Alina and Jeff Bliumis May 05, 2011 - June 12, 2011
For this project, Alina and Jeff Bliumis gathered advice to help recent arrivals assimilate and understand their new home.
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Performance "Dropspots" by artist Ed Purver May 05, 2011 - June 12, 2011
This project engages the public in re-considering their surrounding environments as places full of potential for creative play and communication.
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No Longer Bored "Inside the Artist's Studio". Lower East Side March 06, 2011
While visits to studios are usually reserved for professional curators, galleries, and collectors, No Longer Empty wants the experience of studio visits to take people into the heart of the creative process. No Longer Empty is...
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Artist Talk by Celeste Curatorial December 12, 2010
The Celeste Prize is an international contemporary art prize that allows artists from all over the world to be democratically brought to the view of curators without the process of studio visits.
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Performance "Uryonstelaii" by Pablo Helguerra October 03, 2010
Urÿonstelaii is a project consisting of a book and a prologue tour exploring a mysterious sect of Dutch mystics.
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Performance "Down" by artist Marina Rosenfeld August 14, 2010
A solo performance at Fort Jay Movie Theater on Governors Island.
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No Longer Bored "Weaving Reflections workshop" in East Harlem July 17, 2010
This children's workshop led by artist Carol Warner invited children of all ages to create their own woven images of pop culture.
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No Longer Bored "Woven Reflections" on Governors Island July 17, 2010
A children's workshop where the young will create reflective art weavings to be installed in trees of Governors Island and will remain on view for the duration of the summer!
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Artists 24-Hour Draw-a-Thon July 09, 2010 - July 10, 2010
During this 24-hour period, seven artists created drawings accompanied by jazz musician Joe Carter III.
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Discussion "Space for Potential: Weaving Affordability and Green Design" July 07, 2010
No Longer Empty, Columbia University's GSAPP Alumni Association, and the Columbia University Affordable Housing Group conducted a panel on affordable housing and the impact of green design.
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Performance Poetry Slam by Cave Canem July 02, 2010
Poetry collective Cave Canem explored the relationship between exhibition space and its physical and cultural context.
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Performance "Only Off Bravo" by artist Trong G. Nguyen June 30, 2010 - August 26, 2010
Distorting the idea of reality as portrayed through reality television, Trong Gia Nguyen created a playful parody of Bravo's TV series Work of Art.
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Artist Talk by Trash Patch June 24, 2010
Have a Plastic-less Day! No Longer Empty hosted a talk that refocused our attention to the impact of our plastic litter and how we can solve this problem together.
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Music: Inauguration of the Mae Menininha Memorial June 19, 2010
A collection of drum, singing, and capoeria performance that commemorated Mae Menininha and Loremil Mochado while celebrating the work of Manny Vega.
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Performance "Crocheted Grapefruit" by artist Olek June 15, 2010
Crocheted Grapefruit is an interactive performance piece based on the instruction from artist Yoko Ono’s book Grapefruit.
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Performance "Radical Citizenship Tutorials" by Mary Walling Blackburn June 04, 2010 - October 02, 2010
In this performance piece, over 25 tutors provided one-on-one deconstructions of the practice of radical citizenship.
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Discussion "Intersections: Social Issues in Contemporary Art" May 13, 2010
The twentieth century has witnessed a succession of events that have transformed the way we think about humanity. But in what way have artists, curators, and cultural institutions responded to these events?
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Artist Talk by Skylar Fein April 25, 2010
Artist Skylar Fein gave talks in order to give the exhibition's audience in order to impart a greater understanding of the work.
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Discussion: Framing Art in the 21st Century March 07, 2010
For The Armory Show, No Longer Empty invited an expert panelist todiscuss the changing landscape of presenting and experiencing art. Moderated by Lindsay Pollack
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No Longer Bored "A Day in the Galleries" March 06, 2010
In an effort to infuse children with an excitement for art exhibitions and to broaden their concept of what is contemporary art and how is it exhibited, No Longer Empty will offer tours of different art galleries in New York...
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No Longer Bored "Inside the Artist's Studio". Chelsea March 05, 2010
In an effort to infuse children with an understanding of what is art and how art is created, No Longer Empty will take them to artists studios to meet artists and learn about their work and creative processes . Tours are...
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Music "Scherzo" by Rubin Khodheli February 25, 2010
In this video installation, cellist Rubin Kodheli's performance of Joe Diebes's "Scherzo" has been fed through a computer algorithm. The result was what seemed like a punk-classical crossover.
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Music by Phony PPL February 13, 2010
Performance from Phony PPL, Winner of the 2009 Battle of the Bands, at No Longer Empty's exhibition, Never Can Say Goodbye.
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Music by Steve Conte and the Crazy Truth February 12, 2010
As the last show in the Never Can Say Goodbye exhibition, Steve Conte and his band The Crazy Truth preformed in the former Tower Records store.
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Music "New Interfaces for Musical Expression" February 11, 2010
Performers played a series of newly designed electronic instruments that aim to keep the “live” in the live performance of digital music.
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Film Series "This Way Out" Video Selections from APT February 10, 2010
In conjunction with Never Records and No Longer Empty, Artist Pension Trust® presented a selection of video-based artworks from their collection.
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Music "New Media Live" February 06, 2010
This performance focused on artists creating music through inovative practices such as light-sonic processing and the use of spatial aspects of sound and space.
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Music by The Jon Herrington Band February 06, 2010
Jon Herington (guitarist, Steely Dan, Boz Scaggs) with Dennis Espantman on bass and Frank Pagano on drums, will deliver one of the final, live musical performances within the iconic Greenwich Village Tower Records store.
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Music Sacred Bones Records Showcase February 06, 2010
Sacred Bones Records began in Brooklyn, NY in 2007. The label is dedicated to shedding light to some of the best underground music as well as unearthing lost treasures from years past.
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Music by Azita and Animal Hospital February 05, 2010
A concert given by Azita Youssefi (Scissor Girls bassist, Bride of No No) and Animal Hospital at the Never Can Say Goodbye exhibition at the former Tower Records storefront in downtown Manhattan.
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Music by Disco Monkeys/Oxygen Ensemble February 04, 2010
A performance by progressive art band Disco Monkeys creating a dialogue between the visual art and their distinctive sound.
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Theater: A Troupe Evening February 04, 2010
Fourth Arts Block brings together two ensembles whose works are both based in their true life experiences to perform in a site-specific exhibit at the old Tower Records.
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Discussion "What is your $ocial Music Currency?" February 03, 2010
In this panel, members of the music and social media industries discussed the role of social media in an artist's career as well as the future of this new form of interaction.
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Music by Metropolis Ensemble February 01, 2010
The Metropolis Ensemble, a chamber orchestra that showcases the next generation of talent, performed a show as part of Never Can Say Goodbye.
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Music by The Antagonist Movement January 30, 2010
Hosted by Julian Stockdale, The Antagonist Movement is a community of artists that have banded together to promote art, music and writing and to create a venue where emerging artists, as well as established artists, can inspire...
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Music by ((audience)) January 29, 2010
As a traveling festival of 5.1 surround sound art, ((audience)) brought the experience of "cinema in the dark" to the former Tower Records store.
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Discussion "Discs to Downloads: New Directions in the Music Industry" January 26, 2010
In "Discs to Downloads: New Directions in the Music Industry," panelists discussed the impact of technology on the creation and consumption of music.
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Music by Il Collettivo January 25, 2010
Il Collettivo performed their unique mix of R&B and Afrobeat for the Never Can Say Goodbye exhibition.
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Music by Cleopatra's January 22, 2010
Cleopatra's works collaboratively with artists, curators, writers, designers and musicians on projects that create or further connections between individuals, practices, institutions, etc. These investigations are realized in a...
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Music by Dirty Mirrors with John Miller plus Jeremy Eilers and Ronnie Bass January 21, 2010
As part of Never Can Say Goodbye, the country band Dirty Mirrors featuring Jon Kessler, John Miller, Aura Rosenberg, and Dan Walworth made their performance debut.
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Music by Nehedar and Josh Taub January 21, 2010
Performance Ice Ice Maybe by Brett Birnbaum January 17, 2010
For the Never Can Say Goodbye exhibition, artist Brent Birnbaum assumed the identity of his Vanilla Ice look-alike alter ego Ice Ice Maybe.
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No Longer Bored "Personal Records" workshop January 17, 2010
In this workshop, kids ages 6-12 combine movement, music, visual art, and group dialogue to create an album cover for the imaginary band's debut album.
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No Longer Bored: Re-Purpose Your Clothes November 19, 2009
Corrine Kamiya brought the Hawaiian culture of gift exchange to New York through her transformation of personal affects into items such as hats, bags, or aprons.
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No Longer Bored "The Adventures of the Invisible Dog" November 07, 2009
"The Adventures of the Invisible Dog," led by Claire's Creative Adventures, allowed children to explore Something out of Nothing through learning, creating, performing, and interacting.
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Music "Melancholy Melodicism "by Julia Kent November 07, 2009
As part of the exhibition Something Out of Nothing, Canadian cellist Julia Kent performed In an empty freight elevator shaft. To line the walls of this shaft, Italian artist Guiseppe Stampone transcribed Dante's Divine Comedy.
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Discussion "Public Art/Alternative Spaces: Local Grass-Roots" Initiatives in the Community November 04, 2009
As a follow up to the first panel "Public Art/Alternative Spaces: Reconsideration in a New Economic Climate," this panel discussed the operations of art initiatives and the effect of art on local neighborhoods.
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Amazing: Improv Everywhere: The Invisible Dog September 27, 2009
In this collaboration between No Longer Empty and Improv Everywhere, over 2,000 people assembled to walk their "invisible dogs" from Red Hook to Brooklyn Heights.
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Discussion "Public Art/Alternative Spaces: Reconsideration in a New Economic Climate" September 23, 2009
As part of the Reflecting Transformation exhibition, panelists spoke on the changing audience for art as well as the perception of public art as a result of the economic climate.
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