Issue Project Room

Lee Ranaldo, Matthew Shipp, Loren Connors & more contributing to Steve Dalachinsky tribute series

This summer, ISSUE Project Room and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council have been presenting The Steve Circuit, a weekly video and digital art tribute to late poet Steve Dalachinsky….

150+ NYC clubs form the NY Independent Venue Association to help survive COVID-19

Bowery Ballroom, United Palace, Town Hall, Baby’s All Right, Elsewhere, City Winery, Le Poisson Rouge, Saint Vitus, Joe’s Pub and Union Pool are just a few of the NYC venues part of NYIVA which seeks aid for independent venues that have been closed during COVID-19.

NYC venues close temporarily, postpone shows amid coronavirus

Carnegie Hall, Brooklyn Bowl, Town Hall, Public Records, The Shed, House of Yes, Knockdown Center, and Basement are among the venues temporarily shuttering to help stop the spread of coronavirus.

William Basinski performing 8-hour "durational" at ISSUE Project Room

Basinski will take ”listeners through a marathon sequence of past, recent, and new work amongst a site-specific light installation from artists Brock Monroe and Seth Kirby” and pays tribute to late ISSUE Project Room founder Suzanne Fiol.

Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, John Lurie & more artists pay tribute to Glenn Branca

Lee Ranaldo, Thurston Moore, John Lurie, Cedric Bixler Zavala (ATDI, Mars Volta), Geoff Rickly (Thursday), Ryley Walker, Blanck Mass, Sarah Lipstate (Noveller), Chris Traynor (Orange 9mm, Helmet) and more pay tribute to the late legend.

Experimental electronic musician Ariel Kalma collaborated with Robert Lowe (stream + NYC show pics)

Born in France but rarely in one place for long, Ariel Kalma’s 1970s migrations took flight through the decade’s furthest spaces of musical and spiritual invention…

Matmos performing 'Perfect Lives' at Issue Project Room (which is closing for renovations at the end of the year)

Brooklyn’s Issue Project Room will be closing in 2015 for renovations to its Boerum Place theater. One of the final events before it closes will be a special IPR benefit on December 9, featuring electronic duo Matmos performing scenes from Robert Ashley’s groundbreaking television opera Perfect Lives which ran from 1978 – 1983…

Serena-Maneesh performed "Somnambulism" with a vocal choir at Issue Project Room (pics)

Anyone who came down to ISSUE Project Room on Saturday (4/26) to check out avant-garde Norwegian noise band Serena-Maneesh, expecting another loud rock show were in for a surprise…

benefit honoring Kim Gordon at Issue Project Room full lineup revealed: J Mascis, Lizzi Bougatsos, Tim Barnes & more

Kim Gordon w/ Dinosaur Jr at T5 in 2012 (more by Gretchen Robinette) As mentioned a few times, there’s a benefit honoring Kim Gordon happening at Issue Project Room on November 13 and 14, and the full lineup has finally been announced…

Issue Project Room Ten Year Anniversary series continues

The Issue Project Room‘s space at 22 Boerum Place, located inside an 87-year-old former Elks Club headquarters, is one of the cooler venues in the city…
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