This locally-based Nigerian singer is only set to release her début album this spring, but there is already much talk in England – where her music was described as ‘Trippy Jazzy Loungey Love Beats’ – about her being the latest sensation in the world of Nu Street Soul. This may be one of the last times one can witness her in such intimate confines with her very funky and tight backing band, Small Paradise.
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Slut For Art
A collaboration between dancer Muna Tseng and choreographer Ping Chong, ‘Slut For Art’ is a memorial to Tseng’s late brother Kwong Chi, the 1980′s underground art scene and to all the people claimed by the AIDS virus. A combination of dance and photography the piece is performed by Tseng while images from artists like Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Ann Magnuson flash behind her. The piece’s provocative title is taken from a badge Tseng’s brother (who worked with Keith Haring) wore in his acclaimed self-portrait series ‘East Meets West’.
Coney Island High
15 St
Marks Pl between Second and Third Aves (212-674-7959). Subway: 6 to Astor Pl; N, R to 8th St. 11pm-4am alternate Saturdays.
Most of the week, Coney Island High is a vortex of punky rock posing, in the old Max’s Kansas City/CBGB vein. You’ll see lots of guys with eyeliner, bondage trousers and hair like Rod Stewart’s; they’re probably the owners. Coney Island High hosts a variety of (mainly rock-oriented) club nights, but ska, reggae, jungle, swing and even gay nights get plenty of time here. Live bands are as common as DJs.
Willem de Kooning
This exhibition focuses on works Dutch-born Abstract Expressionist master de Kooning created during his mid-to-late period (1966-1987). It takes an in-depth look at the working methods and individual keys that led to the final forms of his paintings. The exhibition’s main intellectual thrust is that these works – 22 paintings and eight drawings, some on public view for the first time – will be presented by the Corcoran in ways that will illustrate how de Kooning preplanned his art much more than their improvisational appearances indicate.
