Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost
POSTED BY THE ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO:
Epic and intricate, monumental and meticulous—the paintings of Kashmir-raised, London-based artist Raqib Shaw offer fantastical meditations on identity, transformation, and the redemptive power of beauty.
Born in Calcutta and raised in the verdant Himalayan mountains of Kashmir, Shaw draws deeply on the landscapes and memories of his early life, many of which were fractured by political upheaval. Forced to leave Kashmir as a teenager, he relocated first to New Delhi and later to London, where he studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design.
His work is influenced by a broad range of sources—Mughal and Persian miniatures, Renaissance altarpieces, Old Masters paintings, Japanese arts of the Momoyama period, Kashmiri and Urdu poetry, and Hindu and Western mythology—and yet his visual vocabulary and technique are all his own.
His signature method involves applying an acrylic liner on gesso to create a golden line almost like the leading of a stained glass window. He then applies automobile enamel paints with needle-fine syringes and manipulates those with a porcupine quill, often adding glittering inset stones and baubles that further enhance the magical and dreamlike quality of the depicted scenes.
At the Art Institute, Shaw debuts his more-than 100-feet-wide, 21-panel Paradise Lost (2009–25), the artist’s most ambitious and personal project to date. This magnificent allegorical painting takes viewers on a spellbinding journey, from the nocturnal solitude of the artist’s childhood in Kashmir to the frenzied daylight of the art world and the West to finally a fragile, renewed dawn. Each panel is dense with symbolism: mythical beasts, anthropomorphic hybrids, collapsing kingdoms, and natural beauty in various states of transformation. Throughout, the work is dotted with images of the artist, sometimes as a humanoid creature with different animal heads, at another time as a monkey looking with awe at the gleaming edifices and the wealth of the West, and sometimes unambiguously in full human form seated on a bed of saffron under a blossoming cherry tree, lost deep in his thoughts.
The work is not a direct retelling of Milton’s 17th-century poem Paradise Lost, but rather a reflection on the many paradises lost across a lifetime: childhood innocence, creative freedom, mental tranquility, cultural belonging. “This is not just my story,” Shaw explained. “It is the story of each of us, and the story of our times.”
While Shaw has previously shown the first chapter of Paradise Lost, this exhibition marks the first time all four chapters will be displayed, showcasing the fullest extent yet of this epic masterpiece. “This painting was made not only to document a life,” Shaw shared, “but to offer something to those who come after, to offer a space of reflection for emotional recognition and perhaps for quiet rebellion against forgetfulness. I do hope that this work invites the viewer to slow down and to look carefully and to feel without haste.”
Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost is curated by Madhuvanti Ghose, Alsdorf Associate Curator of Indian, Southeast Asian, and Himalayan Art, Arts of Asia.
FOR MORE INFO & TO PURCHASE TICKETS, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Destyni "Desi" Swoope: Abuela's House
POSTED BY THE NATIONAL PUERTO RICAN MUSEUM:
Abuela’s House transcends the traditional notion of an exhibition; it is a love letter to identity, cultural inheritance, craftsmanship, and home. Each of the seventeen scenes realized by Destyni “Desi” Swoope’s own hands are a true mix of paint, found objects, and an eclectic collection of fabric. This exhibition is an intimate exploration of the enduring creative and personal influence of the artist’s maternal great-grandmother, and a celebration of the magic of time, wisdom, and love channeled by a single person. The exhibition and its accompanying text are curated by Zee Lopez Del Carmen.
A force in Caribbean culture, abuela isn’t simply the person to guide us or make us feel at home in moments when we don’t even know what home looks like. She’s the personification of our history, the rich soil from which we sprout and bloom into our fullest, truest selves. For families that have experienced immigration, abuela is the bridge to everything that affects our past, present, and future. Abuela’s House encourages us to understand that the colors of our lives come directly from the seeds our ancestors sowed for us, and we now have the opportunity to bloom freely, wildly, and on our own terms.
Desi has loved on each piece from conception to the final stitch. Layers of found fabrics and secondhand clothes are expertly hand-sewn into the artist’s uniquely electric and playful color palette. Yellows, blues, purples, and pinks, breathe life into scenes of a game of dominó (Heirloom, 2023), colorful neighborhoods made of stacked buildings (Boriken, 2023), cafecito cups from Abuela’s Kitchen (2023), and even Papi and Abuela’s Anniversary (2024). The colors and textures found in her work are the manifestations of her grandmother’s grace and prayers.
Ultimately, Desi patchworks the spirit of the Puerto Rican/Caribbean women who have carried on for generations, whose traditions and beliefs inspired her to dream for them and for herself. “Our stories and lives should not succumb to extinction amidst the rapid evolution of the world,” Swoope says. “Through Abuela’s House, I assert the great significance in cultural preservation, despite the complexities of identity and societal expectations.” This exhibition prompts us to reclaim the power of our memories. The artwork made for this debut museum exhibition paints the tapestry of her Abuela’s legacy as the vibrant, living foundation of her family.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Art of Noise
POSTED BY COOPER HEWITT:
Art of Noise shows how design shapes the way we experience music—how and where we listen to it, how it’s communicated visually, and what we choose to hear. For many people, these design choices feel like a part of the music itself; they become a key part of how we remember and understand sound in a multisensory way—through our ears, our eyes, and our sense of touch.
Organized by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) and adapted to the history of the New York music scene for its East Coast presentation, Art of Noise presents hundreds of works that have shaped our relationship to music over the past century. From concert posters to record albums, phonographs to digital music players, handheld radios to sound systems, the exhibition demonstrates how our experiences are built by both the sounds we hear and the objects that help illustrate or activate them, whether through color and composition or through form, material, and mechanics.
AMPLIFYING MUSIC THROUGH GROUNDBREAKING GRAPHIC DESIGN
Unforgettable album covers, flamboyant posters, and eye-catching flyers demonstrate graphic design’s ability to provide a visual accompaniment to auditory experiences. These visual outputs are so correlated with the sound that genres of music are often associated with specific typographic styles, color palettes, and even production techniques—from hand-drawn to photocopied to digitally manipulated.
MUSIC TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN
The look and feel of music players—including radios, stereos, boomboxes, turntables, and portable devices—has developed alongside advancements in technology and evolving cultural aesthetics. Art of Noise maps these expressive styles and iconic product designs, from the mechanical and analog playback devices of a hundred years ago to the modern tools that deliver nearly infinite access to digital streaming.
LISTENING ROOM BY DEVON TURNBULL
Central to the exhibition’s experience and located on the first floor of Cooper Hewitt is HiFi Pursuit Listening Room Dream No. 3, a large-scale, handmade, audio system by multi-disciplinary artist Devon Turnbull. The listening room is programmed daily and activated throughout the run of the exhibition with either special live operator appearances or genre specific playlists.
EXHIBITION DESIGN BY TEENAGE ENGINEERING
The exhibition environment is designed in collaboration with Stockholm-based teenage engineering, whose groundbreaking speakers and synthesizers have garnered an international following. Museum visitors will encounter a new interactive seating environment designed by teenage engineering with a custom-designed device for audio playback that allows visitors to interact and discover new music. The device contains curated playlists that span genres and eras, with songs focused on the incredible range of music created or augmented in New York.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
gentle—noise
POSTED BY DICE:
A 75-minute immersive experience exploring breath, sound, and meditation led by Manoj Diaz. Regulate your nervous system, reconnect to your senses, and access clarity through somatic practice.
TO RSVP & FOR more info, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Asian Vegetable Club
POSTED BY CHOY COMMONS:
Our Asian Vegetable Club is a weekly subscription of delicious East Asian vegetables and herbs running from May 28 to October 29, 2026.
Each share will include locally grown produce at its absolute peak, and will be available for pickup every Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the NYC location of your choosing. You’ll also receive a weekly newsletter including info about the veggies, recipes and preservation methods from across the AAPI cosmos, and notes from our farmers, and an invitation to join our WhatsApp Community. :)
When you become a member of the Vegetable Club, you’ll play a vital role in building a community-owned food system that centers farmer livelihood, the restoration of life in interdependent ecosystems, and reciprocity between farmers, land, and community.
FOR more info & TO JOIN THE CLUB, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
ABODE x Boyfriend Co-Op
POSTED BY ADOBE:
We’re kicking off our launch event at Boyfriend Co-op! This event is to highlight QTBIPOC musicians, djs, vendors, tattoo artists and photographers. Doors will be at 8pm, the show starts at 8:30pm-10:45pm, then our duo djs @planetqts will spin from 11pm-12am.
The theme is Spring Fling 💃🏽🪩💐💫🎶
Tickets are $15 online and $20 at the door. (please show online payment confirmation at door. ticket sales end on 4/29 at 11:59PM or until sold out)
This event is a love letter to our black, indigenous, latinx, asian, poc, queer and transgender community 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
FAQS:
Please note this space is meant to be a safe space for the QTBIPOC community, but everyone is welcome to support. However, please be respectful of the space that you’re entering.
This event is pro-palestine, pro-immigrant, anti-trump and anti-AI. None of our flyers will use AI. We intend to create our own flyers and collaborate with real artists.
Consent is important! If sexual harassment is reported it will be taken seriously.
By purchasing a ticket you are also consenting to being photographed! Those photos will likely be shared to social media for marketing purposes.
TO RSVP & FOR more info, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
The Evolution of Ancestral Spiritual Practices
POSTED BY GYOPO:
What does it mean to be a spiritual practitioner drawing from ancestral knowledge, and what are people in need of today? Join us for a discussion between US-based spiritual workers from different diasporic communities, including Mudang Jenn, a Korean shaman based in New York; Pānquetzani Ticitl, healer and founder of Indigemama: Ancestral Healing; and artist and SoulTender Marwa Abdul-Rahman. The conversation will be moderated by Duncan Ryuken Williams, Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages & Cultures and the Director of the USC Shinso Ito Center for Japanese Religions and Culture. Participants will give short presentations on their practices and then together discuss their experiences, challenges, and the adaptations they make to work most effectively and authentically in their respective ways.
This program is realized in collaboration with ICA LA as part of the "Speaking in Tongues" exhibition, on view at ICA LA through August 23, 2026.
TO RSVP & FOR more info, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Diaspora Rising
POSTED BY DIASPORA RISING:
We're excited to be back at 90mil, Saturday 25th of April. Bringing you a full day program, with:
𝕕𝕒𝕪𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 •
Soli-market & Info stands
Toothgemmms by TBC
Exhibition by @pal_soli_archiv
Workshops by @tears.and.hearts & @prinzpfiffig
Homemade Food by @all.blue.kitchen & Friends, raising funds for tr@ns people in Iran
𝕟𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥𝕥𝕚𝕞𝕖 •
Live
@guelaybari
@litolitolitolitolitolito
@wlknokia
DJ Sets
@yungfya b2b @sam1.zz
@xd_ericaa
@pvssydivx
★all proceeds are going to the redmaat empowering resilience program & for grassroots mutual aid In Palestine★
📍90mil
🗓 25.04 from 17:00
🎟 15€ - 20€ suggested donation
🔥 Pull up. No one will be turned away
Flyer/Art: 𝙏+𝘼
FOR more info, VISIT THEIR INSTAGRAM.
Play Fair: Community Festival
POSTED BY PLAY FAIR:
You’re invited to Play Fair, a community festival for East London! 🎉
Our mission is to help people find a sense of belonging in their local community while bringing play back to their day-to-day lives. Play Fair is a movement to address the challenges of loneliness and isolation that so many of us face in big cities. We want to celebrate what makes our corner of London special and feel like home.
What’s happening on the day:
A ‘Societies’ Style Showcase: 40+ stalls from local legends like Headway East London, Knights Club Chess, and East London Waterworks Park.
20+ Activities: Locals can jump straight into yoga, zine-making, dodgeball, embroidery, breath work, arts & crafts, and more! (All activities are included in the ticket)
Local Music: A line-up of East London-based DJs
Event Details:
Date: Saturday, 25 April • 1pm – 6pm
Location: Hackney Bridge, E15 2SJ
Price: £10 Early Bird Tickets / £15 Main Sale Tickets / Free for children below 13
TO PURCHASE TICKETS & FOR more info, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Flock Together: Exchange Tour
POSTED BY SLIP.MODE:
@flocktogether.world Exchange Tour is landing in Milan 🐦
Join us for a gathering shaped by nature and sound with Flock Together and @keeneurope!
Next Thursday 23rd of April we’ll spend the morning birdwatching and field recording in Parco Lambro - with a breakfast courtesy of @in__sospeso.
Spots are limited and RSVPs open tomorrow through the link in our bio!
FOR more info, VISIT THEIR INSTAGRAM.
Cook Book Week
POSTED BY COOK BOOK WEEK:
It’s official: Cookbook Week is coming to San Francisco! 📚🌉
April 21–25, some of your favorite cookbook authors are taking over the city—for collaboration dinners, free book talks, baking pop-ups, and a night celebrating the stories behind cookbooks at the Presidio Theater you will not forget.
Alison Roman. Christina Tosi. Harold McGee. Brandon Jew. Hetty McKinnon. Jon Kung. Soleil Ho. Michele Norris. And a couple dozen more authors.
Cookbook Week is a celebration of the books that change how we cook, eat, and see the world. You won’t want to miss it.
Tickets + full lineup live now → cookbookweek.com (link in bio)
📍 San Francisco | April 21–25, 2026
🎭 Headnotes Live at the Presidio Theater | Friday, April 24
FOR more info, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Enoki Community Day
POSTED BY ENOKI:
Join us for a day of @mahjongking.nyc, food and drinks by us and friends, and a series of raffles featuring amazing prizes from local stays, artists, and small businesses.
🎟️ Raffle tickets will be available via DM + in-store + email (more info coming soon)
🍲 Food & drinks available for purchase all day
🤎 Every raffle ticket will support us staying open, @saugertiescommunityfridge, and @ulsterimmigrantdefense
🏆 Raffle prizes to be announced soon!
If Enoki has ever meant something to you (whether you’ve shopped with us, collaborated with us, come to an event, or simply believe in what we’re building), we would be so grateful to have you there.
📸 @raphgaultier 🤎
FOR more info, visit their instagram.
Listening While Muslim
POSTED BY NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ASIAN ART:
Learn how communities celebrate the end of Ramadan and the beginning of spring. Explore the holiday through a sonic journey with Listening While Muslim and sample coffee from a local vendor while gathering with friends.
About Listening While Muslim
Listening While Muslim (LWM) is a series of thematic listening parties produced and hosted by Asad Ali Jafri (aka DJ Ase Wonder) and Abdul-Rehman Malik.
LWM is a sonic soul journey that crosses continents, languages, and genres, exploring music at the intersection of faith, culture, and politics. This carefully curated experience brings to life stories of solidarity, culture, and radical joy, featuring special guests and immersive musical explorations.
This carefully curated experience brings to life stories of solidarity, culture, and radical joy, featuring special guest Zarifa Adiba accompanied by Sannan Mahboob and Karamat Khan.
Asad Ali Jafri (aka DJ Ase Wonder) is a cultural organizer, producer, and artist, and Executive Director of Kaleidoscope Dreams Foundation. He has over 20 years of experience as a DJ, curator, educator, and strategist, connecting artists and communities worldwide.
Abdul-Rehman Malik is an award-winning journalist, educator, and cultural organizer, and a Lecturer in Islamic Theology at Yale Divinity School. He founded the Caravanserai Collective and is the host of the Aga Khan Museum podcast This Being Human.
Zarifa Adiba is a musician, an author, and the Founding Executive Director of the Zarifa Foundation. She is the youngest conductor to have led the Zohra Orchestra, Afghanistan's all-female orchestra, at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Her memoir, Playing for Freedom: The Journey of a Young Afghan Girl, has been translated into seven languages.
TO RSVP & FOR more info, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Diasporas Now x PRS Foundation MIXER
POSTED BY ICA LONDON:
Are you a musician or artist currently navigating your career and funding structures? Join us for MIXER, an information-sharing and networking event that brings together artists working across sound and music with representatives from some of the UK’s most prominent arts and culture funding bodies.
MIXER interrogates how funders and institutions can better resource musicians working across disciplines, industries and cultural silos – helping to reimagine a grassroots music ecosystem that is diverse and community-centred.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
DJ Peach (Psychic Readings, Peach Discs)
POSTED BY RESIDENT ADVISOR:
D-C-T-C with PEACH (Psychic Readings, Peach Discs)
Peach is a UK-based DJ and producer known for her uplifting energy and emotionally rich DJ sets. Blending sounds across the house and techno spectrum, her style draws from tech house, proto house, bleep, tribal, and ambient techno while remaining difficult to define by genre.
She released her debut EP Galaxy Girl on Shanti Celeste & Gramrcy’s Peach Discs, showcasing her colourful, dancefloor-driven sound. In 2022, she launched her own label Psychic Readings, using it as a platform to explore and develop her evolving musical identity.
Equally at home in intimate club settings and major festivals, Peach has performed at venues and events worldwide including Panorama Bar, De School, Fold, Nowadays, Glastonbury, Sonar, Dekmantel, and Primavera. She also hosts a long-running monthly show on NTS Radio, where she explores diverse sounds beyond strict genre boundaries.
Peach는 영국을 기반으로 활동하는 DJ이자 프로듀서다. 감정의 폭이 넓고 에너지 넘치는 DJ 세트로 잘 알려져 있으며, 하우스와 테크노 스펙트럼을 중심으로 테크 하우스, 프로토 하우스, 블립, 트라이벌, 앰비언트 테크노 등 다양한 사운드를 넘나드는 스타일을 선보인다.
그녀는 Shanti Celeste와 Gramrcy의 레이블 Peach Discs에서 데뷔 EP Galaxy Girl을 발표했으며, 2022년에는 자신의 레이블 Psychic Readings를 설립해 독창적인 음악 세계를 계속해서 확장하고 있다.
Panorama Bar, De School, Fold, Nowadays 등 세계적인 클럽은 물론 Glastonbury, Sonar, Dekmantel, Primavera 등 주요 페스티벌에서도 활발히 공연해왔다. 또한 NTS Radio에서 6년 넘게 월간 라디오 쇼를 진행하며 장르를 넘나드는 다양한 음악을 소개하고 있다.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
A Comedy Show for Lebanon
POSTED BY COMPLEX MENA:
If you’re a comedy lover living in Brooklyn and want to support a great cause, then this is the one event you don’t want to miss.
Comedian Emil Wakim is co-hosting a stand-up comedy fundraiser in Brooklyn on Wednesday, March 18, with all proceeds going to the Lebanese Red Cross and the Lebanese Food Bank.
The event, co-hosted by comedian Nataly Aukar, features a lineup with special guests still to be announced. Wakim has kept the energy around the show characteristically loose, inviting fans to “bring your cousins, find a husband or wife,” setting expectations for a night that feels more like a community cookout than a formal benefit.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Usal’s Nowruz Persian New Year Dinner
POSTED BY USAL:
Renewal, Community, and Slowing down Together
Nowruz marks the arrival of spring — a time of renewal, abundance and gathering around the table. Chef Nima Jahromi will present a thoughtfully curated menu inspired by the flavors and traditions of the season: vibrant herbs, bright citrus, tender grains and dishes that honor both memory and reinvention.
Hosted by slo slo, a creative studio designing food-centered experiences and ceramic objects for slowing down together.
Expect a warm, immersive setting where each course unfolds with care, each object is chosen with purpose and the table becomes a space to welcome the new year — together.
An evening of renewal, community and slowing down together. We look forward to gathering with you.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
New Museum Reopens
POSTED BY NEW MUSEUM:
Reopening March 21, 2026, the New Museum’s 60,000-square-foot building expansion is designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with Cooper Robertson.
In November 2022, the New Museum broke ground on a 60,000-square-foot expansion designed by OMA / Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas. This new structure will complement and be seamlessly integrated with the Museum’s SANAA-designed flagship building while doubling our exhibition space, creating new venues for artist residencies and public programs, and establishing a permanent home for our cultural incubator NEW INC.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
AXP X The Adda Collective: Chaand Raat
POSTED BY LUMA:
Celebrate the eve of Eid at The Adda Collective's launch event in collaboration with AXP!
Connect with the community, shop from unique local vendors, get your mehndi done, and enjoy a festive night of games and celebration.
Feauturing:
Fragrances by Zahroz
Pakistani Jewelry by Zaiwar
Drinks by Salam Sips
& MORE
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
NY International Children’s Film Fest
POSTED BY NYICFF:
Established in 1997, NYICFF’s mission is rooted in the belief of film as a path for young people to understand themselves and others. All programs are designed to celebrate the beauty and power of film, spark the inherent capacity of children to connect with complex, nuanced art, and encourage the creation of intelligent films that represent and celebrate unique, diverse, and historically excluded voices. NYICFF serves children, students, families, educators, filmmakers, and media arts professionals through its core activities: the annual, Oscar®-qualifying NYC film festival; national touring program; and Film-Ed, a media arts and literacy program.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
FORTUNE presents: Year of the Fire Horse x Ramadan
POSTED BY EVENTBRITE:
FORTUNE presents: Year of the Fire Horse x Ramadan
A fire can spark when we gather fiercely, lighting up the faces of loved ones. A fire fed by our connections, our insistence on freedom, our resolve. Welcome to FORTUNE’s 7th annual Lunar New Year party — this year, falling during the holy month of Ramadan. Come by, break your fast among queer kin, and warm yourselves with us for awhile.
Workshops with Alice Sparkly Kat, Chan — register for these when you purchase your ticket!
Opening Ceremony by URIOL
Performances by Beau Mahadev (NY), Hing, Shometha Monét
Karaoke with Frisbee Jackson & Sh’Maia Twain Chao
DJ Set by Chauder
Artist Vendors: Akhtarshenas Studios, frequent crier club, Ghazni Clay, Horse Girl Treasures, Many Folds Press, Peri Law, The Noxious Crow Metalworks, Tracy Chahwan, Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez
This year, we will have a separate and serene Spa area, featuring:
Handpokes by Soft Tissue Tattoo
Nails by Myx Lee (NY)
Facials by Maybe Khim
And there’s more variety! Mahjong and cards, activity tables, and a raffle with all proceeds going to Juntos and Vietlead.
$20–50 sliding scale (NOTAFLOF)
Free snack buffet (with halal options) served at sundown
Cash bar (and bring tips for our drag performer!)
KN95 or higher quality masks required, day-of rapid-testing encouraged (supplies provided at the door)
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Laylit
POSTED BY RESIDENT ADVISOR:
Laylit is a platform and collective celebrating music and artists from the Arab/SWANA region and its diaspora. Over the last 7 years their dance parties have carved out an unmatched place in North American nightlife, becoming an anticipated social gathering and unique musical experience.
Each party takes you on a genre-spanning journey, highlighting the incredible musical diversity, depth and richness that comes out of the region. Laylit has established its place on the scene with a signature electronic sound blending shaabi, dabke, mahraganat, Arabic pop and hip-hop with contemporary, boundary pushing dance music (techno, breakbeat, hyperpop, jersey, ukg, bass, dancehall, baile etc.) inspired by New York's underground clubs.
Featured in multiple publications including the New York Times and Pitchfork, Laylit is celebrating its 7-year anniversary this year with parties across the globe. Laylit values inclusivity and unity across cultures, languages, dialects, religions, identity and sexual orientations.
Presale price: $20
Door price: $25
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
SWEETMEATS
POSTED BY BUSH THEATRE:
“Their souls are on fire because after all these lonely days, they finally found their own.”
Hema hasn’t indulged in sweet treats for years. She wants to be healthier and hopes the type 2 diabetes course she’s been attending will help.
Everything seems on track. Then Liaquat shows up.
Unapologetic and unafraid to break rules, Liaquat influences Hema to enjoy all the world has to offer and in return, Hema helps Liaquat get his health under control. As the unlikely pair grow closer, they face the aching pull of romance they’d long thought they had outgrown.
An intimate love story between two South Asian elders, this charming world-premiere will pull at your heartstrings. Written by Karim Khan (Brown Boys Swim, Soho Theatre) and directed by Tara Theatre Artistic Director Natasha Kathi-Chandra.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
Pretend Restaurant
POSTED BY CURRENT CASSIS:
We are going back to back everyone! 2/7-2/8 please welcome Jocelyn Ueng @jossywossy to the tiny kitchen. A Taiwanese-Chinese American chef, creator, and traveler who has visited 45+ countries and sees food through a global lens, her cooking focuses on the micro-seasons, foraging, fermentation, and preservation; and how vital it is to consider these interconnected pieces as inputs to our ecosystem, our bodies, and our planet.
Jocelyn has cooked at some of the world’s best restaurants, including The French Laundry, Satoyama Jujo, and most recently, noma. She is currently developing her restaurant @chinlandining in the Hudson Valley and plans to open in 2027.
Reservations are live on Resy for both upcoming weekends, we hope you’ll join us for these incredible menus.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
All That’s Left of You + ScreenTalk with Cherien Dabis
POSTED BY BARBICAN:
Director Cherien Dabis joins us to talk about her powerful drama depicting the generational trauma of occupied Palestine spanning 75 years.
After a Palestinian teen gets swept up into a West Bank protest, his mother recounts the family story of hope, courage and relentless struggle that led to this fateful moment.
Jordan’s official entry for the international feature Oscar, All That’s Left of You takes the audience through four crucial periods of political unrest, from the Nakba in 1948 to the consolidation of a new status quo in the West Bank in 1978, the outbreak of the First Intifada in 1988 and the all-too-familiar present.
Dabis’ urgent film is a complex and heart-breaking tale of bravery, displacement and humanity.
FOR MORE INFO, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
YOA
POSTED BY DICE (TRANSLATED):
A serum of truth, clarity, and contemporary relevance: That's YOA, the child prodigy of pop with an electro pulse. With her debut album 'La Favorite', released on January 31, 2025, Yoa breathes new life into French pop, challenges conventions, and tackles important themes (friendship heartbreaks, sexual violence, mental health, love, and heteronormativity...).
In concert, each of her performances is a powerful experience: it's no wonder she was named Stage Revelation at the 2025 Victoires de la Musique awards!
Just a few weeks before her sold-out show at the Olympia on April 15, Yoa invites you to join her on January 29 and 30, 2026 at the Salle Pleyel.
FOR MORE INFO & TO PURCHASE TICKETS, VISIT THE WEBSITE.
La montaña sagrada
POSTED BY SORONODO:
In La montaña sagrada (The Sacred Mountain), Suwon Lee brings together three lines of work which, though distinct in form and materiality, converge within a single constellation of meaning. The mountain appears as a metaphor for origin, the body, and memory, and as a site from which to reflect on the diasporic experience.
The main series, titled La montaña sagrada, focuses on mountains from different geographies, among them Pico Bolívar, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Mount Shasta, Mont Blanc, Mount Everest, and Mount Teide. Working from images taken from vintage postcards that the artist collects, enlarges, prints, and intervenes with oil pigments, these works activate the landscape as a territory with a spiritual dimension. The interventions do not seek to idealize the sites, but rather to awaken their symbolic power; they project experiences of displacement, loss, and the search for belonging.
Within this series, the Canaima diptych occupies a central position. In this work, the tepuis, sky, and earth are articulated together with water, present both as river and waterfall, forming an image in which these elements converge. More than a representation of a specific landscape, Canaima functions as a symbolic synthesis in which geological, atmospheric, and fluvial forces intertwine in a tense, dynamic balance. The work condenses an understanding of territory as an energetic field and a space of origin, a place where material and spiritual dimensions overlap. In this sense, Canaima emerges as an affective and conceptual core of the project, an image of high symbolic intensity from which the rest of the series is structured.
Lee conceives the mountain as a place one enters, one that demands time, presence, and attention, rather than as a space defined by the conquest of a summit. In this way, artistic practice becomes contemplative, and looking turns into a form of dwelling.
This notion extends into the series Dictée/Exilée, composed of collages and a video derived from the performance of the same name presented at Americas Society in 2024. In these works, language unfolds like a linguistic mountain, stratified by layers of memory, migration, and silence. Drawing on texts from the work of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha, Lee overlays images of prisons in which political prisoners in Venezuela are held onto landscapes, configuring a topography of political trauma and diasporic memory that alludes to notions such as border, absence, and blurring.
Alongside these works is Tejiendo de origen (Weaving Origin), composed of two vintage photographs of the artist's grandparents that are interwoven and suspended in space, functioning as a genealogical foundation. Here, the gesture of joining the images operates as an act of repair, in which genealogy and affection intertwine as an emotional root and a point of return.
Taken together, the works construct a sensitive cartography in which genealogy, language, and memory intersect with the experience of territory. The mountain is not a fixed symbol, but a method and a practice of attention, a way of seeing, remembering, and remaining.
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Maggots
POSTED BY BUSH THEATRE:
‘She scrubs desperately. Fervently. Furiously. The filth is in the walls and she can feel it in her bones and under her skin.’
As the stench in their building intensifies and infestations spread, a lonely group of tenants starts to ask questions.
But when the housing association barely lifts a finger in support and pest control “don’t deal with maggots”, the neighbours are left to grapple with their suspicions and fears alone – blurring the boundaries of their usually private lives in the process.
An exploration of the importance of human connection, Maggots questions what it really takes to build community. Written by Tony Craze Award winner Farah Najib and directed by Jess Barton, and produced by Jessie Anand Productions (This Might Not Be It).
Cast includes Sam Baker Jones, who plays Jack Grealish in the BBC’s upcoming Dear England, Safiyya Ingar who is known for appearing in two seasons of Netflix’s The Witcher, and Marcia Lecky, whose illustrious career includes the West End plays and feature films, alongside TV appearances in EastEnders, Ted Lasso and Doctor Who.
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matías alvial: el sol al hombro
POSTED BY MaTÍAS ALVIAL:
STGO! this Sunday 25 January I will have my first sample of photography in Chile, titled "the sun on the shoulder", curated by @mon1080p and produced by @pedroaguirrej ! The exhibition brings together photographs taken in the USA, Mexico, Italy and Chile and includes unpublished material. thank you @domingavt @piso2stgo @cathherinemiller for the support <33
25.01.2026
17:00 - 21:00 hrs
53-c local 45
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Sundance Film Festival
POSTED BY SUNDANCE INSTITUTE:
As a champion and curator of independent stories, the nonprofit Sundance Institute provides and preserves the space for artists in film and episodic storytelling to create and thrive.
Robert Redford founded the Institute in 1981 to foster independence, risk-taking, and new voices in American film. That year, 10 emerging filmmakers were invited to the Sundance Resort in the mountains of Utah, where they worked with leading writers, directors, and actors to develop their original independent projects.
Today, our team of 165 employees works year-round to offer 12 labs and intensives, grants exceeding $3 million, and ongoing mentorships that support more than 1000 artists each year. Each January, the Sundance Film Festival introduces a global audience to groundbreaking work and emerging talent in independent film.
In addition to the Festival, the Sundance Institute hosts many public programs in the U.S. and around the world to connect artists with audiences to present original voices, inspire new ideas, and create community around independent storytelling.
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PORTAL
POSTED BY RESIDENT ADVISOR:
OPENING PORTAL 01.17.26
<3 CALLING ALL REAL & PASSIONATE DANCERS <3
A NIGHT OF AFRO-LATIN-INDIGENOUS DIASPORIC RHYTHMS AND ECLECTIC EXPERIMENTS FROM UNDERGROUND CLUB CULTURES ACROSS THE WORLD.
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A PARTY BY THE DIASPORA CENTERED AROUND DANCING AND OPENING A PORTAL TO THE LINEAGE OF ANCESTRAL SOUNDS:
BATIDA, BUDOTS, DETROIT TECHNO, EAST-COAST CLUB, RAPTOR HOUSE, UK FUNKY, LATINCORE, BREAKS, BASS, GHETTO TECH, KUDURO, ELECTRO, HARD DRUM, DEMBOW, SENSUAL 100BPM CHUGGERS.
PORTAL IS A CONSCIOUS PARTY FORGED FROM THE NEED AND CURIOSITY TO CHALLENGE COMMUNITY THROUGH DECONSTRUCTING AND RESHAPING OUR SPACES, SOUNDS, AND IDENTITY TOGETHER. PASSING THE KNOWLEDGE OF WHAT THESE SPACES AND SOUNDS ARE... DANCE IS NOT JUST A SINGLE RELEASE OR MOMENT OF JOY BUT A FORM OF RESISTANCE — A WEAPON IF YOU WILL.
HOUSE RULES:
1). THIS IS A PLACE FOR EVERYONE — THERE ARE NO HIERARCHIES. AT THE SAME TIME, BE MINDFUL OF THE SPACE YOU TAKE — SHARING IS CARING. PLEASE LOOK OUT FOR YOUR FELLOW DANCERS AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS.
2). NO CONVERSATIONS NOR USE OF CELLPHONES WHILE ON THE DANCE FLOOR; THE FLOOR IS A SACRED PORTAL THAT WE ENTER TO DANCE!!! YOUR GOSSIP IS DISTRACTING — TAKE IT TO THE BAR.
3). THIS IS A PLACE WITH ZERO TOLERANCE FOR HATE, VIOLENCE, HARASSMENT, RACISM, GAWKING, TRANSPHOBIA, NOR NONCONSENSUAL. NO MISCONDUCT WILL GO UNNOTICED. YOU WILL BE IMMEDIATELY REMOVED.
xoxoxo, PORTAL
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Alt B: Palestine Comedy Club Film Screening
POSTED BY BUSH THEATRE:
Join comedian Alaa Shehada for a special screening of Alaa Aliabdallah’s powerful debut documentary, Palestine Comedy Club.
Six Palestinian stand-up comedians write and tour a stand-up comedy show exploring the unlikely, often dark humour that surrounds the complexity of Palestinian identity. What starts as a blending of comic traditions to encourage honest and open reflections through the shared enjoyment of laughter becomes an existential imperative to survival and sharing common humanity.
Alaa Shehada will be joined by Palestine Comedy Club co-founders, Sam Beale and Charlotte Knowles to discuss the documentary and the origin story of Palestine Comedy Club (PalCom), the work PalCom is doing to amplify Palestinian stories through comedy and the plans for the future.
Winner of the Spirit of Raindance Award 2025.
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Remi Abeli
Posted By DICE (Translated):
Already seen in Parisian comedy clubs, Rémi Abeli has opened for comedians at venues like Le Point Virgule, Le République, and La Petite Loge.
On stage, he embodies a new generation of stand-up comedians: funny, insightful, and unpredictable.
Get ready for a unique evening of stand-up, a blend of absurd humor, introspection, and unexpected punchlines.
On stage, he mixes personal anecdotes, social commentary, and WTF situations: therapy, life in Paris, family, the Congo, relationships, and depression become fodder for laughter and reflection.
This show is an explosive mix of survival humor and the poetry of everyday life. Rémi talks about everything we don't dare say, with rare honesty and sharp wit.
A show that speaks to those who laugh at everything… as well as those who laugh to survive.
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