March 13, 2010
January 08, 2010
The Riot Grrrrl Collection and the Kathleen Hanna Papers
WHOAH!! NYU's Fales Library has announced a new addition to its legendary trove of special collections: the Riot Grrrrl Collection, intended to "support scholarship in feminism, punk activism, queer theory and music history." The Riot Grrrl Collection's first major acquisition is a hefty score--Kathleen Hanna has donated her personal collection of zines, correspondence and other writing from the early days of Riot Grrrl and her time in Bikini Kill. How fantastic is it that people will actually be able to thumb through Kathleen Hanna's personal zine collection and LETTERS? It's a 90's dream come true, but more significantly, the collection will stand as officially sanctioned acknowledgment of riot grrrl as an important contribution to feminism worthy of preservation and study.
The Kathleen Hanna Papers (really love writing that) are being overseen by Fales Library Senior Archivist and longtime Seagull friend Lisa Darms, who played a key role in the acquisition of Hanna's papers as well as the creation of the Riot Grrrl archives. She works extensively with the amazing Downtown Collection, which houses touchstones and relics from a bevy of pioneers such as Nan Goldin, Jimmy DeSana, and Richard Hell. The upcoming exhibition Downtown Pix: Mining the Fales Archives, 1961–1991 promises to be a juicy photographic survey of three decade's worth of tumultuous, artful and crazed times in downtown NYC, archived for your vicarious viewing pleasure. Get into it!
XO,
Molly, SEAGULL
May 21, 2009
Kate and her band, Tall Black Girls at Bowery Electric
Seagull is super excited for our saucy stylist Kate and her band, Tall Black Girls in the coming weeks. First on the list is a free show this coming Monday May 25th at Bowery Electric. We haven't been to this venue yet, but we are told it's got a grungy downtown rock and roll feel to it and used to be called the Remote Lounge. Tall Black Girls will be playing with The Choke. Apparently this show is too cool to have a flyer so here is a picture of the Tall Black Girls record cover.
