THE INDYPENDENT #230: DECEMBER 2017 • INDYPENDENT.ORG THE #METOO REVOLUTION, P10 A PUERTO RICAN JOURNEY, P12 MAVIS STAPLES’ NEW ALBUM, P17 LIFEORDER'S IN THE BELLY OF NYC’S UP! RESTAURANT BEAST BY GORDON GLASGOW, P8 GINO BARZIZZA Reverend BillY & The StOPShOPPING Choir Joe’s Pub at The Public / SUNDAYS 2PM Nov26 thru Dec17 $15 / REVBILLY.COM Dec 3rd 2 COMMUNITY CALENDAR The IndypendenT nOVeMBeR/deCeMBeR THE INDYPENDENT, INC. 388 Atlantic Avenue, 2nd Floor Brooklyn, NY 11217 212-904-1282 www.indypendent.org Twitter: @TheIndypendent facebook.com/TheIndypendent BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Ellen Davidson, Anna Gold, SUN NOV 19 Hudson Terrace LIC ART AND CONTROVERSY FRI DEC 1 Alina Mogilyanskaya, Ann 12PM–6PM • $2 suggested 621 W. 46th St. Join leading scholars and artists, 9PM–12AM • $25, 21+ Schneider, John Tarleton donation including painter and sculptor PARTY: ART AFTER DARK LIT: ZINE LAUNCH SUN NOV 26–SUN DEC 17 Audrey Flack, for an examination Join the Guggenheim Mu- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Got a Girl Crush — a blog and 2:30PM • $15 of how art in public spaces can seum for an after-hours evening John Tarleton annual print magazine about PERFORMANCE: REVEREND serve as a fl ash point for larger featuring a DJ performance by women, by women, for everyone BILLY AND THE STOPSHOPPING social debates. This talk is part SHYBOI (KUNQ/Discwoman) ASSOCIATE EDITOR: — is teaming up with Brooklyn's CHOIR of the ongoing exhibit, “Art in the and a private viewing of current Peter Rugh New Women Space to feature an Feeling worn down by Year One Open: Fifty Years of Public Art in exhibitions, including “Art and emerging line-up of female, fem- of the orange-haired nightmare? New York City.” Tickets available China after 1989: Theater of the CONTRIBUTING EDITORS: identifying, non-binary, transgen- Reverend Billy and the Church at mcny.org. World” and “Josef Albers in Ellen Davidson, Alina der and gender non-conforming of Stop Shopping Choir will be Museum of the City of New York Mexico.” Cash bar serves wine Mogilyanskaya, Nicholas printmakers and their zines. preaching and singing and rais- 1220 Fifth Ave. and beer. Guests will be asked Powers, Steven Wishnia New Women Space ing a righteous ruckus for four for a photo ID. Tickets available 188 Woodpoint Rd., Bklyn straight Sundays. It’s the perfect THU NOV 30 at ny.guggenheim.org. No tickets ILLUSTRATION DIRECTOR: tonic for the weary activist soul. 6:30PM–8PM • FREE sold at the door. Frank Reynoso WED NOV 22 Joe’s Pub TALK: WE OWN IT: WORKER Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 6:45PM–8:15PM • $12 425 Lafayette St. COOPERATIVE STORIES AND 1071 5th Ave. DESIGN DIRECTOR: SCREENING: DAVID LYNCH: THE TRENDS IN THE FIELD Mikael Tarkela ART LIFE MON NOV 27 This English/Spanish presenta- SAT DEC 2 The Art Life examines Lynch’s art, 12PM • FREE tion from the Democracy at Work 8PM • $5, 21+ DESIGNERS: music and early fi lms, shining a WORKSHOP: HOUSING COURT Institute and U.S. Federation MUSIC: CONCERT FOR PUERTO Leia Doran, Anna Gold light into the dark corners of his 101: THE MORE YOU KNOW! of Worker Cooperatives will RICO unique world and giving audi- Housing experts from SOS Bronx outline how worker cooperatives Performers include the Super- SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER: ences a better understanding of and the Legal Aid Society will increase stability and economic tones, the Patsy Carroll Band, Elia Gran the man and the artist. Viewers lead a workshop on housing court security for marginalized com- Simon Chardiet, and Alix & the are given a private view from issues and will answer questions munities and highlight current Mechanics. All proceeds go to GENERAL INQUIRIES: Lynch’s compound and painting and concerns. efforts to build coop power and Resilient Power Puerto Rico, [email protected] studio in the hills high above Hol- 601 E. 163rd St., Bronx infl uence policy. Dinner provided. which is bringing solar generators lywood, as Lynch retells personal The Brooklyn Commons to communities hit hardest by SUBMISSIONS & NEWS TIPS: stories from his past that unfold WED NOV 29 388 Atlantic Ave. Hurricane Maria. [email protected] like scenes from his fi lms. 8PM • $10–$12, 21+ Rockaway Brewing Co. 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THE BOROS Alcoff, Gino Barzizza, Bennett CITY: HIP HOP MEETS AFRO- yet able to traverse borders in its Musical performances by Sound Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana Baumer, José Carmona, BEATS overarching appeal. of Ceres, DJ Erika Spring (Au kicks off its annual Flamenco in Maya Chung, Valerio Ciriaci, A crossover of genres, a fusion Baby’s All Right Revoir Simone) and The Six Six the Boros tour. Through music, Leia Doran, Renée Feltz, of cultures. Non-stop music, 146 Broadway, Bklyn Sick Girls. carols and dance, Navidad Fla- Bianca Fortis, Lynne Foster, dancing and positive vibes. Dress China Chalet menca highlights the rich holiday Priscilla Grim, Lauren Kaori code: fashionable, all black. THU NOV 30 47 Broadway customs of the Spanish-speaking Gurley, Amir Khafagy, David Tickets are $10 in advance at 6:30PM–8:30PM • $15 world from Argentina and Mexico Hollenbach, Georgia Kromrei, eventbrite.com. ART: LOVE IT OR HATE IT: PUB- to Colombia, Cuba and Puerto Gena Hymowech, Dondi J, Colin Kinniburgh, Gary Martin, Erik McGregor, Mike Newton, Donald Paneth, Federico di Pasqua, Dean Patterson, Astha Rajvanshi, Mark Read, Reverend Billy, Jesse Rubin, Steven Sherman Pamela Somers, Gabriella Szpunt, Leanne Tory-Murphy, Jamara Wakefi eld, Matthew Wasserman, and Amy Wolf. adVeRTIse In The Indy VOLUNTEER DISTRIBUTORS: unIQue audIenCe | aFFORdaBLe RaTes | peRsOnaL aTTenTIOn Arun Aguiar, Eric Brelsford, Chris Brown, Pam Brown, Joseph Epstein, Kim Frazcek, December 2017 Lew Friedman, Ashley FOR MORe InFORMaTIOn, eMaIL [email protected] OR CaLL 212-904-1282 Marinaccio, Mindy Gershon, Tami Gold, Allan Greenberg, Zack Kelaty, Bill Koehnlein, Michael Korn, Jane LaTour, Dave Lippman, Saul Nieves, The IndypendenT and Carol Smith. The IndypendenT 3 nOVeMBeR/deCeMBeR IN THIS ISSUE Rico and refl ects the infl uences SUN DEC 10 DONNA SINGER of Spanish culture throughout the 11AM–2PM • $50 Americas. BRUNCH: MURALS & MIMOSAS: Bronx Music Heritage Center A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN 1303 Louis Nine Blvd., Bronx STREET ARTISTS OF COLOR Art and Resistance Through CaRTe BLanChe FOR The COps, p4 SUN DEC 3 Education (ARTE) hosts a brunch Another jury fails to deliver 7:30PM • $8 in celebration of women artists and justice for a slain Black man. THEATER: LETTERS IN THE DIRT activists creating change around An immersive, participatory the world. Money raised will help The MTa’s neXT BIG MOney pIT, p6 journey through the memories of realize a mural project designed Goodbye, MetroCard. Hello, the late Aiyana Jones, shot and by young incarcerated women in digital danger. killed in 2010 by an offi cer during New York City. Included in the price a botched police raid in Detroit on of admission: an open wine and seCOnd ChanCe FOR ChaRas?, p7 the wrong home. The piece strives beer bar, homemade brunch hors A beloved LES community to honor her, combining ritual, d'oeuvres and an art exhibition center could be reborn. games, poetry, music and group honoring global women heroes. collaboration to explore all the Tickets available at generosity. TaKInG The heaT, p8 ways black folks create beginnings. com. A young writer lives the chef’s life. 603 Bushwick Ave., Bklyn 248 Roebling St., Bklyn #MeTOO, p10 THU DEC 7 SUN DEC 10 FILMS JANUS Working women prove there is 6PM–9PM • FREE 2PM–4PM • Sliding scale, $6–$15 power in numbers. MUSIC: PATRICK BRENNAN'S WORKSHOP: COUNTER-CARTOG- TRANSPARENCY KESTRA RAPHIES OF THE GLOBAL SUPPLY yeaR One a.T. (aFTeR TRuMp), p11 Composer and saxophonist Patrick CHAIN A year since the Troll King was Brennan has pursued a contrarian Is there ethical consumption under elected, what’s changed? and independent musical path for capitalism? This workshop from over three decades in search of the Marxist Education Project will aFTeR MaRIa, p12 those yet unheard somethings just trace the passage of everyday A Nuyorican returns to the around the corner. Transparency commodities from their point of island of his grandparents. Kestra is a rotating community of production to your doorstep and musicians, a polyrhythmic drum examine the infrastructure and punK sTILL paCKs a punCh, p16 ensemble and an engine of multidi- ‘externalized costs’ —human, eco- 40 years since punk exploded, rectional musical exploration. nomic, social and environmental— it’s still as relevant as ever. El Taller Latino Americano of the international fl ow of things. 215 E 99th St. New Perspectives Theatre Com- sOuL heaLeR, p17 pany R&B maven Mavis Staples sings FRI DEC 8 458 W. 37th St. to a new generation. 7PM–9PM • FREE BOOK LAUNCH: PLAYING WITH WED DEC 13 an OuTsIdeR On The InsIde,p18 DYNAMITE 6:30PM–8PM • FREE A SENSE OF PLACE: Former Greek Finance Minister Sharon Harrigan’s father was larg- PHOTOGRAPHY: PICTURING Donna Singer explores SAM/FLICKR Yanis Varoufakis explains what er than life, a brilliant, but troubled PLACE: THE ANTHROPOLOGY OF her Jersey roots in her went wrong when Syriza came man who blew off his hand with RACE, CLASS, AND COMMUNITY photo series If It Rained to power.