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By Sydnie Stern December 9th, 2022 - Debuting on screen at the Pine Box Rock Shop is the film version of Christine Stoddard’s original stage production Mi Abuela, Queen of Nightmares. First performed at the Gene Frankel Theatre in New York City in June 2022, Stoddard’s play captures the tug-of-war dynamic between mothers and daughters in immigrant households, all while showing the power (and trap) of using fantasy as a coping mechanism. The two-hour screening and panel will begin at 8:30 P.M. Quail Bell Press & Productions invites the public to Pine Box Rock Shop at 12 Grattan Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206 on December 9th to experience this cinematic occasion. Tickets are available on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/430979991757
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By The Editors Feathers up! We recommend: "Framing Agnes" is a parafiction, a docudrama, a play between talk show and academic exploration centering Agnes, a transwoman who participated in gender research at UCLA in the 1950s. While director Chase Joynt's constant pivot between fiction and non-fiction at times muddles the film's storyline, that's part of the point: there is so much we don't know about any historical figure's narrative. That's especially true for a marginalized, pseudonymized person navigating a system set against her. Everyone has (and deserves) a private life.
Perhaps the most fascinating aspect of "Finding Agnes" is its questions of how icons are made and who gets to represent a movement—not just among transgender people but any identity or community throughout history. There's plenty that we can imagine about icons from the past, though we should be cautious about making assumptions. Bonus points for creativity and visual details, especially the editing and trans cast's Period piece wardrobe. You'll leave the film pondering some philosophical and political questions but won't forget the eye candy. "Finding Agnes" will show in select theaters beginning December 2nd. Tickets are available here. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
By Alex Carrigan Breaking the Blank by Dwayne Lawson-Brown and Rebecca Bishophall
Breaking the Blank is a collaborative poetry collection from DC poets Dwayne Lawson-Brown and Rebecca Bishophall from Day Eight. The collection features poems by both poets that alternate throughout the collection’s five sections. Each section of the collection focuses on a different aspect of Black personhood, covering subjects like parenthood, relationships, and external factors like prejudice and racism. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
By Sydnie Stern “The Real Bling Ring, a 2022 Netflix docuseries, is an intimate conversation with several now-adult criminals involved in Hollywood’s most notorious teenage heist.” A string of multi-million dollar burglaries, masterminded by Valley teenagers and 20-somethings, shocked the planet in 2009. Exclusively targeting celebrity residents such Paris Hilton and Rachel Bilson, the crime was motivated by a shared desire for a piece of luxury. Known in pop culture as "The Bling Ring", Rachel Lee, Nick Norgo (then Prugo), Alexis Neiers (then Haines), and several other accomplices used Google Maps to orchestrate their heists. The stranger-than-fiction story of unsophisticated robbers, who regularly visited Hilton's Calabasas mansion to stock up on designer goods, materializes on screen for a second time in 2022.
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Review: The Queens County Farm Museum Amazing Maize Maze Has A Cool Georgia O'Keeffe Theme10/10/2022 By Christine Stoddard Hey, maybe it's corny, but a corn maze always sounds like a fun Fall adventure to me! Since there's one in New York City that really leans into the corniness and calls itself the Amazing Maize Maze, you know I had to check it out. On Indigenous People's Day, my boyfriend and I swung over to the Queens County Farm Museum in Queens, New York to get our puzzle fix. This year's theme is painter Georgia O'Keeffe! That means all of the clues hidden throughout the maze relate to the artist, her life, and her work. l happily got mud on my boots while learning about O'Keeffe's 2014 auction record for female artists and the fact that she studied at Columbia University's Teacher's College. You're handed a flag and activity booklet at the start of the maze and then weave (or bumble) your way through the cornfield, completing a crossword puzzle, maze map, and labyrinth in the process. Oh, and cute alert: the pieces of paper you need for your maze map are tucked inside of white mailboxes! When you finish the maze, you tell the announcer your team name and she proclaims your victory on a mic for all to hear. Our name? The Corn Daddies. For those seeking a creative take on the ol' corn maze classic, I highly recommend this one! The Amazing Maize Maze runs through October 29th. Adult admission is $12. Find out more here. #cornmaze #amazingmaizemaze #queensny #newyorkcity #fallfun #indigenouspeople
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By Rebel Tipton
Libra season officially began on September 23rd and will last until October 23rd. Libra is all about balance, equality, and justice. Libras are also known to be diplomatic, fashionable, and quite intelligent. As an air sign, they are experts on communication and information.
As we all enter Libra season, why not practice some affirmations that we could all use during this time? No Libra placements necessary (but you'd be cooler if you did have them). The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
By Alex Carrigan Note: The formatting of Hedge Coke's poetry could not be ideally preserved in this review's quotes.
In her latest book Look at this Blue, Allison Adelle Hedge Coke attempts to use a long poem to highlight and call attention to the destruction of the environment and people of California over the centuries and into the future. The American Book Award winner and Fulbright Scholar's work is one long poem divided into numerous breaks that trace all the ways the environment and the living beings within it are challenged and threatened, whether it be due to climate change, hunting, genocide, and more. What could easily be a preachy, overstuffed author tract instead becomes a poetic exercise in how we easily create and destroy. The Breadcrumbs widget will appear here on the published site.
In the Anthropocene, it's easy to dismiss New York Fashion Week as being more vapid than ever, but let's admit it: escapism is a coping mechanism. Plus, some events like the Fashion & Music Conference do benefit social causes. On September 8th, I crammed myself with a bunch of other members of the press to witness Fashion joining hands with Charity. The show's beneficiary? The Future4Hope Foundation, which focuses on helping youth struggling with anxiety and depression. The rented room on West 38th Street in Manhattan jammed a bit too many people in one place, but points for frugality in a period of excess. Some of the designs were as beautiful, inspiring, and uplifting as our society needs right now. Designers: Raina Jay, Cymone Zackery, N-Deed Regime, Ancient Homage, Yesdnilco, Retro Wave, Shongee, Sheila Tucker, NVUS Fashions, Diva By Design9, Black Merchants $ociety, Zonya Campbell, Bri MacFarland, Joseph Ledesma, Donnean B, alkeBULAN. Khomela, House Of Sky. #fashion #nyfw #nyfmc #newyorkcity #liveevents #fall2022
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It's tough stuff picking a dinner spot in the Hamptons when there are so many fabulous options. But if you're a fan of trying something new, relishing savory food, enjoying electric cocktails, and taking in gorgeous décor in a relaxed environment, I have a suggestion: El Turco, a new Turkish restaurant in East Hampton. Known for its Miami location, El Turco is Michelin and Quail Bell approved!
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By Alex Carrigan In her debut poetry chapbook Where Was I Again, Olivia Muenz presents two long poems to discuss matters such as loss, disability, alienation, and more. The chapbook consists of just a preface and the two poems, but does an incredible job making the reader find themselves in the mind of a neurodivergent speaker. The pieces were written while Muenz was bedridden from illness for several months, and shows what can emerge as one tries to keep themselves together in such a state.
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