Welcome to the New School Free Press’ monthly post that delivers the low-down on the can’t-miss events of the upcoming month.
John Waters’ “Pink Flamingos” on the Big Screen
Friday, March 2 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
The Morgan Library is hosting a rare screening of John Waters’ 1972 underground classic starring Divine. It is notable for its transgressive nature and historical status as an early document of queer cinema. Free (with museum admission).
Morgan Library and Museum, 225 Madison Ave.
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Heaven on Earth: Rihanna
Saturday, March 3, doors open at 10 p.m.
China Chalet is having a Rihanna-themed installment of the Heaven on Earth party, “a monthly pop music party that highlights different gay icons and gay pop moments.” $15 before 10:30 p.m, $20 after.
China Chalet, 47 Broadway
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The Social Responsibility of Intellectuals Conference
Saturday, March 3 from 9:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
A social justice conversation and conference about what it means to be socially responsible as academics, particularly during this “politically tumultuous moment”. Speakers include Amy Cook, a professor of Theatre and English, Jonathan Rawski and other PhD students covering a range of topics from poetry to politics. Free.
Wolff Conference Room, 6 E. 16th St. Room D1103
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Race and Capitalism Conversation
Wednesday, March 7 from 7 to 9 p.m.
Michael Dawson and Nancy Fraser will engage in a debate about the relationship between race and capitalism. The conversation will focus “Black Politics and the Neoliberal Racial Order”’ and “Expropriation and Exploitation in Racialized Capitalism.” Free.
University Center, 63 5th Ave. Room UL105
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Audre Lorde – The Berlin Years 1984 – 1992
Friday, March 9 from 6:30 to 9 p.m.
Anthology Film Archives is hosting a screening of a documentary exploring Audre Lorde’s time in Berlin and how she helped encourage the development of Afro-German identity. $11 general admission, $9 students.
Anthology Film Archives, 32 2nd Ave.
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Queer Trash: Brutal Measures, Keijaun Thomas, Straight Panic
Saturday, March 10 at 8 p.m.
Queer Trash, a collective founded as a means to give a platform to queer artists within the experimental music scene, will be hosting spoken word and music performances by Brutal Measures, Keijaun Thomas and Straight Panic. $15 general admission, $12 students
ISSUE Project Room, 22 Boerum Pl. Brooklyn, NY.
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Readings by Chris Kraus, Sheila Heti
Sunday, March 11, doors at 6:30 p.m., show at 7:30 p.m.
Chris Kraus, author of I Love Dick, After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography, and Aliens and Anorexia will be hosting a reading and discussion at The Murmrr room. $17 advance, $20 day of show
Murmrr Ballroom, 17 Eastern Parkway
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Readings by Dia Felix & Litia Perta
Friday, March 23 at 8 p.m.
Poets Dia Felix, author of poetry books YOU YOU YOU and Nochita, and Litia Perta, whose recent works include “a book about kinship, a piece on the costs of American education, and countless stories of sleep,” will be reading their work at The Poetry Project. $8 general admission, $7 students, (no one will be turned away for lack of funds)
The Poetry Project, 131 E. 10th St.
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Food Truck Festival
Sunday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 5:30 a.m.
NYC’s “most famous and best” food trucks are coming together on the Upper West Side and to sell a variety of food at the Grand Bazaar market. Free admission
Grand Bazaar NYC, 100 W. 77th St.
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NYC Feminist Zinefest
Sunday, March 25 from 12 to 6 p.m.
Columbia University’s annual zinefest is taking place at Barnard College with dozens of tables carrying feminist zines, prints, clothes, and other assorted goods. Free admission.
Barnard College, 3009 Broadway
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Historians on Hamilton
Monday, March 26 at 7 p.m.
The panel will be composed of historians will discuss the hip-hop presentation of Hamilton and whether or not it accurately conveys history to a present-day audience. Free. Online registration is required at events.newschool.edu
Alvin Johnson and J.M Kaplan Hall, 66 W. 12th St. Room A106
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Mindfulness Meditation
Every Wednesday in March, 3 to 3:45 p.m.
Mindful Meditation is a mindfulness group meditation hosted by Student Health Services for stress relief and health wellness. It is exclusively open for students.
80 5th Ave. 3rd floor conference room
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Reiki Circle
Every Wednesday in March, 1:40 to 2:40 p.m.
Student health services is providing a group experience where students can practice Reiki, a Japanese healing technique using ‘subtle energy’ as a means of stress reduction and healing.
80 5th Ave. 3rd floor
Illustration by Ashlie Juarbe