SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT TOMORROW!
MOSSY & GLOSSY
New Work by Snaggs, Le Merde & Scrappers
Giant Robot Gallery | 437 E 9th St (between 1st Ave & Ave A)
212.674.GRNY | grny.net
June 21 - July 16, 2008
Reception: Saturday June 21,
6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Giant Robot is proud to present Mossy & Glossy, a group show featuring new works by artists [...]

Gay superheroes? Yeah, right. Ever since Urban Molecule first interviewed Italian author Marco Mancassola in the summer of 2007, he’s been riding the world circuit, writing his latest thriller of a piece that’s based on an alternate universe of heroes that happens right here on Earth. In anticipation of his return (and the book’s release) [...]

The Andrew Edlin Gallery in Manhattan is hosting a spectacular exhibition of Henry Darger’s works through Saturday, June 7. As the poster child for “outsider” art (in which brilliant artists are discovered post mortem), this Einstein of the art world was a recluse between the ages of 19 and 81, developing in his Chicago apartment a truly fascinating response [...]

Think long and hard the next time you send a smiley face in a text message. Ever wonder how that smiley face got there? Sure, you pressed a few buttons. But how was it programmed to appear? Who programmed it? And once it’s programmed, what exactly happens in your eye that lets you see [...]

Between March 28 and April 20 the EV’s infamous coffee/cocktail haven Rapture Cafe displays the photographs of Ande Whyland. These “one-of-a-kind black and white and colorful prints featuring legendary East Village performers, artists and underground cult icons” will be launched with an opening party Friday, March 28 at 7 pm. Music by Dany Johnson.

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Americans might be a little crazy when it comes to holidays, but we do know that Easter is more than eggs, a big white bunny, and a silly little race that happens at the White House every year. Easter Mass is, in fact, the most-well attended Sunday service for Christian churches. It’s even more well-attended [...]