REPUBLIC Worldwide Presents: MONDAY NIGHT STAND UP 2/22/2010

Hey there all you people out there who like comedy (which is everyone because who doesn't like to laugh?)! REPUBLIC Worldwide is bringing the laughs back to Mondays. Our first comedy event at BOA (170 Ave. A) is February 22, 2010. Doors open at 8 and show will start between 8:30-9.

The line up is killer (BIG funny names here people) and it's for sure the best price in Manhattan (really, seriously, I bet you money on it). But just to make sure, REPUBLIC wants to give you even more mulah off. If you print out the flyer and bring to the door or go to the Facebook event page and get added to the guest list you'll get $2 off the $7 door admission. $5 bucks for a ton of laughs! Can't beat it!

Also, the drinks special is AWESOME $2 Yuengling and $3 well drinks (come on, it's practically suburban prices here!)

REPUBLIC Worldwide Presents: "Great Expectations" 3/9/2010

Republic Worldwide Presents;

“Great Expectations”

March 9, 2009

P.S. 122 Gallery, NYC

5pm – 7:30pm

Early on in life we begin to know ourselves through our dreams and aspirations. It is through our imaginations that we first engage the process of self-discovery and set out on the life long path toward our future selves. Sometimes our youthful vision of the person we might become seems fantastical and improbable, sometimes our path seems perfectly clear cut and sometimes it requires a leap of faith. Whatever the case, exploring ideas about who we are and who we want to become teaches us to develop valuable skills that cultivate the fertile creative ground upon which our futures are built. As young aspiring artists we test our gifts and learn to trust our own ideas as we navigate a course through the challenges of developing our own unique voice. Even as seasoned artists we never cease to imagine the future and where the great mystery of life might take us.

It is in this spirit that Republic Worldwide, presents “Great Expectations”, a group exhibition opening March 9^th, 2009 at P.S. 122 Gallery to benefit the transition to life program at The Cooke Center for Learning and Development. As a collaborative project presenting ten original paintings by the aspiring student artists of the Cooke Center Academy in SoHo and selected works by established outsider artists such as Jessica Park and Susan Brown on loan from Pure Vision Arts Center, “Great Expectations” is an opportunity to ponder and explore the endless possibilities from which we build our futures.

P.S. 122 Gallery is located at the corner of Avenue A and 9^th St. in Manhattan. Reception hours are from 5pm to 7:30pm. For more information please visit our websitewww.republicworldwide.com, contact Jason Voegele at 917. 478. 7513 or write to info@republicworldwide.com.

Madrid's Art Walk in New York: February 9th

Location: Grand Central's Vanderbilt Hall NYC

Time: 8:00AM Tuesday, February 9th

In the heart of NYC, from February 9th to Feb 12th Grand Central’s
Vandelbilt Hall will be hosting an exhibit on Madrid Unique Art Scene.

Stroll down the Path of Arts as if it was a sunny afternoon in Madrid.

This powerful exhibit consists of a curated selection of reproductions
to scale of the most iconic works currently exhibited at Madrid’s
mayor Museums: The Prado, The Thyssen-Bornemisza and The Reina Sofia.

The pieces represent some of the most important art collections in the
world and this exhibit brings New Yorkers a unique opportunity to peek
inside what Madrid’s art scene has to offer.

Although a reproduction, it is the first time Guernica,
the monumental anti-war mural painted by Pablo Picasso in 1937, will
be shown in New York City since it was returned to Spain by the Museum
of Modern Art in 1981.


Visitors will be able to pick their favorite pieces entering to win
Spanish Souvenirs from 8am to 8pm. Free admission.

We are certain, after this little taste of Madrid, New Yorkers will be
booking their next Spain-Bound vacation.


For more information please visit www.coolturespain.com

The following are the reproductions exhibited from Feb 9th to Feb 12th:

From The Reina Sofia

*Guernica , Pablo Ruiz Picasso
Year:1937 Oil on Canvas 349,3 x 776,6 cm.

*The great masturbator. Salvador Dalí
Year:1929. 110 x 150,5 cm.

From The Prado

*Las meninas, Diego Velazquez
Year: 1656 Oil on wood. 318 x 276 cm.

*La Maja Desnuda. Francisco de Goya,
Year: 1780-1790. Oil on wood 97 cm × 190 cm

*The three Graces, Peter Paul Rubens.
Year: 1625-1630 Material: Oil on wood. 221 x 181 cm.

From The Thyssen-Bornemisza.

*Hotel Room, Edward Hopper
Year:1931. Oil on canvas. 152 x 165,7 cm.

*Portrait of Knight, Carpaccio, Vittore
Year:1510 218,5 x 152,2 cm

*Charing Cross Bridge, Monet, Claude
Year: 1899 64,8 x 80,6 cm

*Giovanna Tornabuoni Portrait, Ghirlandaio, Domenico
Year: 1488. 77 x 49 cm

Idealist.org needs your help

Idealist.org is an organization that pairs volunteers with non-profit organizations that are fitting and life-changing for all involved. The website is a fantastic tool and references for students to seniors and they're reaching out to not only members but people who want to help make a social change. They're funding is decreasing and they still want to create all the service they can for those in need.

Here's an open letter from the Director. Please read and find it in your heart to make a donation. At the least, check out the website and see where there is need for you out there. It's the beginning of a new year and we can all open our hearts up to make a better 2010 for the world.

You know how sometimes in life you go through a bad moment, and when
your friends hear about it later, they say, "Why didn't you say
something? Why didn't you ask? We would have helped."

That's where Idealist is now, and I am writing to ask for your help.

Very briefly, here's what happened. Over the past ten years, most of
our funding has come from the small fees we charge organizations for
posting their jobs on Idealist. By September 2008, after years of
steady growth, these little drops were covering 70% of our budget.

Then, in October of that year, the financial crisis exploded, many
organizations understandably froze their hiring, and from one week to
the next our earned income was cut almost in half, leaving us with a
hole of more than $100,000 each month.

That was 16 months ago, and since then we've survived on faith and
fumes, by cutting expenses, and by getting a few large gifts from new
and old friends. But now we are about to hit a wall, and this is why I
am reaching out to you.

If over the past 15 years Idealist has helped you or a friend find a
job, an internship or a volunteer opportunity; connect with a person,
an idea or a resource; or just feel inspired for a moment, now we need
your help. I wouldn't be asking, and not like this, if this were not a
critical time.

There are two ways you can help. First, if you can, please make a
donation at:

http://www.idealist.org/donate

Some people in this community are not in a position to contribute
right now, so if you are, please give as generously as you can. Thank you!

Second, please spread the word about this appeal by sharing this
message with friends and colleagues who may have benefited from
Idealist over the years. Since 1995 Idealist has touched hundreds of
thousands of lives. If in the next week or two we can reach everyone
who'd give us a hand if they knew we are in trouble, I believe we'll
come out of this crisis even stronger than before.

I believe this because while this has been a tough stretch, I've never
been more optimistic about the future. The content on Idealist has
never been richer, our traffic is surging, we are building a whole new
Idealist.org that will be released later this year, and the potential
for connecting people, ideas, and resources around the world has never
been more urgent or more exciting.

Your contribution will allow us to maintain all our services, and it
will also give us some time to diversify our funding. Being able to
breathe, recover, and plan ahead for a few months will be an
incredible blessing.

Thanks so much for your support. Idealist has always been a
community-driven site, and we can’t do this work without you.

Thank you!

Ami Dar
Executive Director
Idealist.org

Zesty Panjectivist Lifeboat: Come to Collaborate on Tuesday Feb. 2

I'm so excited for this event. Every moment will be worth it!

On the evening of Tuesday, February 2, 2010 at 9pm a Multi-Media Event will take place at GalleryBar, located at 120 Orchard Street in Manhattan, featuring established and emerging visual artists, musicians, poets, dancers, designers and performers who will present their work in an open forum. A suggested donation of $5 will be collected to aid victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti, through Doctors Without Borders.

The Zesty Panjectivist Lifeboat is a counter-culture rescue team of divine proportions. Afloat on a sea of mediocrity and indifference, catatonic television drones are forcefully plucked from their potato buckets to be granted one last glimmer of dope. That's right - its a dope party, kids. Dope dope dope dope dope! Dopamine! That lovely substance that so willfully oozes within your lobes at the slightest whiff of pleasure. The Panjectivists are not interested in an artificial high but the tried and true original caveman drug that you are holding at all times. The Zesty Panjectivist Lifeboat is here to raise your crusty hypothalamus to loftier heights, the one and only way it knows how... ART.

The ZPL harbors great concern for your stream-of-nonsenseness and intends to navigate your vessel with live music, live art, painted bodies, whips & chains, herbal tea, bespoke cocktails, poetry, film, installations, sculpture, paintings, banter, discussions, filth, costumes-props-wigs, fire-breathing/glass-walking/brain-hammering freaks, demented circus acts, frenzied fashion shows, shock, abhoration, queens, naked children and much much less. Prepare to be delivered. Art will save you.

We're now on TWITTER!

Hey all you artists and fans of the arts, REPUBLIC has joined the world of TWITTER. We would love to follow you, and hope you'll follow us.

We have some great events coming up so you'll want to be in on the know.

http://twitter.com/REPUBLICNYC

is our page so follow us today!

Jojo Kuo Afrobeat Experiment plays Le Grand Dakar weekly

REPUBLIC hosted the Gisimba Orphanage Fundraiser at La Grand Dakar back in May 2009 and recently a few members have been making their way back to the African restaurant to enjoy chef Pierre Thaim's amazing cuisine along with some awesome African Jazz music.

The world famous Jojo Kuo Afrobeat Experiment is scheduled to be the Monday night performer through 2010 and into 2011, so you should make your way any or every week. If you check out some of his influential music at MySpace, you'll be hooked.

Lauren Culbreth and friends participate in 9th annual "No Pants Subway Ride"

Photo by Allison Joyce

Photo by Allison Joyce

Photo by Allison Joyce

Photo by Jen Shaplin

Photo by Jen Shaplin

It’s Sunday January 9th, at dusk, in Union Square and thousands of pantless people have gathered at the end of an epic no pants subway ride. Improv Everywhere’s “No Pants Subway Ride” has now gone global in its 9^th year. The phenomenon of social freedoms was held in 43 cities around the globe. Voluntary participants in New York met at specified meeting points throughout the city where the massive army of 3,000 willing exhibitionists were divided into groups and given the order in which to de-pant in trains throughout the city.

Created in August of 2001 by Charlie Todd, Improve Everywhere causes scenes of chaos and joy in public places. Improve Everywhere has executed over 100 missions involving tens of thousands of undercover agents. The group is based in New York City. You may also know them from people spontaneously freezing in Grand Central Station (http://improveverywhere.com/2008/01/31/frozen-grand-central/ ) or “I Love Lunch” the Musical (http://improveverywhere.com/2009/11/05/i-love-lunch-the-musical/ ).

The spontaneous antics of the group are not only attention grabbing (think Punk’d on a large social scale) but also bring unity and magnetism to a group of total strangers sharing a unique and bizarre experience.

As a participant in this social experience, standing pant less in the subway in the middle of a crowd of other half naked people, all pretending as if nothing out of the ordinary was taking place; it became apparent that we were a part of something larger than ourselves. A prank of sorts, yes, but also a exorcize in fun and freeing personal boundaries.

After an hour trek on multiple designated trains all participants met in Union Square where after hours of straight faced nothings-going-on attitude a joyous party atmosphere erupted. In the train station hundreds of participants danced, even doing the electric slide, as boggled city folk observed. Outside of the station music blasted and the horde of under pant clad people danced and recounted their adventure.

In the bars and restaurants around Union Square men in bottomless business suits and women in dress shoes and thongs meandered about. Though the idea is simple the reaction is phenomenal. As for myself, I can’t wait until next year’s no pants subway ride.

THE HIDDEN WISDOM x THE ARSENAL: FREE RANGE FEB 2ND @ THE KNITTING FACTORY- by Drew Kassl

Our friends in The Hidden Wisdom have a new group show on February 2, 2010 at the New Knitting Factory in Brooklyn.
The Hidden Wisdom was founded in 2009 as a platform for emerging artists to showcase their talents and communicate through various creative outlets. More info about The Hidden Wisdom and their new show FREE RANGE can be found below. I'd advise checking it out.



THE HIDDEN WISDOM x THE ARSENAL: FREE RANGE

February 2, 2010
8pm

Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue
Borough of Brooklyn

Featuring:
Matthew Alesi, Daniel Bina, CL. Bradley, Dan Cassaro, Cornrow Rider, Bon Duke, Brian Gonzalez, Erik Herter, Michael Intile, Mamiko Kushida, AJ Mapes, Amelia M. Miller, Marie-Yan Morvan, Augustus Nazarro, Steven Vega

Music:
Yonathan x Elizabeth
Sodafine x Franny & Roey

Presented by The Hidden Wisdom and The Arsenal

In association with Thunder

hiddenwisdom.info
thearsenalnyc
knittingfactory
wearethunder

Magrudergrind playing NYC / Maryland Deathfest lineup announced - Drew Kassl

DOWNLOAD: Magrudergrind - "Excommunicated" (MP3)

DOWNLOAD: Magrudergrind - "Lyrical Ammunition For Scene Warfare" (MP3)

Magrudergrind

Magrudergrind will team up with Defeatist, Black Kites, and Ramps to decimate Cake Shop on 1/23 as part of our first hardcore matinee. $8 will get you in the door, although you may need a stretcher to get out.

Magrudergrind are also on board for Maryland Deathfest 2010, which recently added a pre-party featuring greats like General Surgery, Birdflesh, Iron Lung, PLF, and many others. Tickets are available here. The full lineup for MDF is below.

Magrudergrind's new S/T full length was recently named one of Decibel's top 40 albums of 2009. The band is also scheduled to play Hellfest with Godflesh as well as team up with Pulling Teeth when DRI hits Baltimore on 12/13. DRI was originally scheduled to impact Gramercy Theater on 1/17/10, but tickets were taken off sale.

Full MDF lineup, and flyers for the BV/1000 Knives show as well as the MDF Pre-Fest are below.

MARYLAND DEATHFEST LINEUP 2010

AUTOPSY

SODOM (Germany)

GORGUTS (Canada)

OBITUARY

ENTOMBED (Sweden)

POSSESSED

WATAIN (Sweden)

ASPHYX (Netherlands)

EYEHATEGOD

PENTAGRAM

PESTILENCE (Netherlands)

NAGLFAR (Sweden)

BLOOD DUSTER (Australia)

MALEVOLENT CREATION

CONVERGE

NECROPHOBIC (Sweden)

MELECHESH (Netherlands)

SINISTER (Netherlands)

INCANTATION

PORTAL (Australia)

WOLFBRIGADE (Sweden)

HAEMORRHAGE (Spain)

THE CHASM

COFFINS (Japan)

IMPALED

DECEASED

SADISTIC INTENT

NAZXUL (Australia)

CAPITALIST CASUALTIES

GRIDLINK

GOROD (France)

CAPTAIN CLEANOFF (Australia)

ROMPEPROP (Netherlands)

BIRDS OF PREY

TRAP THEM

CIRCLE OF DEAD CHILDREN

GRIDE (Czech Republic)

INGROWING (Czech Republic)

JUCIFER

FANG

MAGRUDERGRIND

VERBAL ABUSE

STORMCROW

TOTAL FUCKING DESTRUCTION

MALIGNANCY

OBLITERATION (Norway)

16

JESUS CRÖST (Netherlands)

MASSGRAVE (Canada)

SULACO

FUCK THE FACTS (Canada)

DEFEATIST

PUTRESCENCE (Canada)

TOMBS

SURROUNDINGS

HOWL

THE COMMUNION

ROTENNESS (Mexico)

HONKEY KONG

The Hope Conspiracy to Play NY w/United Nations 1.15.09 - Drew Kassl

The Hope Conspiracy (photo by Meghan McInnis)

Brooklyn Vegan, in conjunction with 1000 Knives and Chronic Youth, The Hope Conspiracy, Blacklisted, United Nations, and Mother of Mercy at Cake Shop on Jan 15th! The date is one of a select few for HopeCon, and the only east coast date scheduled so far. No advanced tickets. Stay tuned for giveaways to what may be the first must-see hardcore show of the new year.

The Hope Conspiracy released the True Nihilist 7" earlier this year on Deathwish. Their last LP was 2006's Death Knows Your Name.

Blacklisted played Santos Party House on 10/24 along with Bane, Maximum Penalty, Cold World, and a host of others as part of the Deathwish - Chronic Youth Day Party at Santos Party House. Blacklisted shares members with the incredible Mother of Mercy who recently played Cake Shop with Iron Age. We profiled Mother of Mercy here.

United Nations is a supergroup of sorts, featuring Thursday's Geoff Rickly playing what is described as "emo powerviolence". The Hopecon show isn't the only one that United Nations has lined up, as the band is also scheduled to play Starland Ballroom with Glassjaw, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Rickly's main squeeze, Thursday. Tickets go on sale at noon on 10/30. The show is part of a larger tour. All dates below

The Hope Conspiracy - "Hang Your Cross" Live in Philadelphia, Jan 2008

The Hope Conspiracy - "They Know Not" Live in Philadelphia, Jan 2008

THE HOPE CONSPIRACY - 2010 TOUR DATES

Jan 6 2010 Kafe 44 Stockholm

Jan 7 2010 Cassiopeia Berlin, Berlin

Jan 8 2010 Werkstatt Koln, Nordrhein-Westfalen

Jan 9 2010 Trix Antwerp, Antwerp

Jan 10 2010 AN Club Athens

Jan 12 2010 THE BARFLY LONDON

Jan 15 2010 Cake Shop NYC

Jan 16 2010 924 Gilman Berkeley, California

Jan 17 2010 West Seattle Legion Hall Seattle, Washington

Jan 21 2010 Chain Reaction Anaheim, California

Jan 22 2010 Che Cafe San Diego, California

Jan 23 2010 Emo's Austin, Texas

Samantha Katz rocks Art Basel Miami: Graffiti Gone Global

Samantha will give us a recount of her exciting ventures to sunny Florida as soon as she recovers but for now, check out the SushiSamba Graffiti Gone Global Blog to get an idea of the good vibes and even better graffiti that went on.

Keep checking in to REPUBLIC Worldwide because the new year

is going to bring a ton of new stuff your way.

Roger Ricco & the Canha Family at the Cooke Center Academy: Success!

Success!

On Wednesday Dec. 9, students of the Cooke Center Academy were treated to a film presentation and lecture by Roger Ricco of Ricco/Maresca Gallery on a selection of artists who were born with a variety of developmental disorders and who have used the creative process to communicate in unique and inspiring artistic ways.
One of the artists in the film was Justin Canha and he was on hand with his father Briant Canha who followed Mr. Ricco with a special presentation of his own.
Diagnosed with autism at an early age, Justin began his artistic career at the age of 13 with the support of Arts Unbound, a New Jersey based non-profit organization dedicated to the artistic achievement of people with disabilities. Since the age of 15, Justin has been represented by Ricco/Maresca Gallery and in August 2006, Justin’s artwork was featured in Oprah Magazine. Aspects of his autistic and artistic life have been described in two recent documentaries, “Autism: A Different Way of Communicating” and “Sidecars.” In January 2008, Justin successfully made his world debut at the Outsider Art Fair in NYC and In April 2008, his artwork was shown at Art Chicago, the world-renowned international contemporary and modern art fair.
Since then, Justin’s family has been using his experience to educate and inspire others by presenting the trial and error techniques that they employed to first begin to communicate with Justin and then to develop his fruitful artistic career.

Thanks again to Roger Ricco along with artist Justin Canah and his parents Briant and Maria Teresa Canah for their participation. Thank you also to Mary Munsch and Emily Mason from The Cooke Center Academy and to REPUBLIC community relations coordinator and charity Director Jay Isch for for all of their time and efforts.

For more information about the Cooke Center for Learning and Development

www.cookecenter.org

For more information about the work of Justin Canha

www.justinart.com

For more information abour Roger Ricco and Ricco / Maresca Gallery

www.rogerricco.com

www.riccomaresca.com

For more information about REPUBLIC WorldWide

www.republicworldwide.com

www.republicbrooklyn.blogspot.com

or contact

Jason@republicworldwide.com

Photos by Sean McGurn

Check out A.I.R Gallery "Mother/mother" film series 12/12/09

Head over to A.I.R. Gallery Saturday, December 12th from 6-8pm for a special screening of films from:

Mother/mother-*
And Beyond!

On Saturday, December 12 from 6-8pm, A.I.R. Gallery will hold a screening, open to the public, of additional video works that augment the selections that comprise the month-long Mother/mother-* exhibition. The films screened on December 12th are a critical component of Mother/mother-*.

The films are:

Ilana Rein’s Julie, a documentary shot over the course of seven years and edited in 2008

Marie-Francoise Theodore’s Rebel in the Soul, a stirring narrative that traces the connection between a contemporary African-American artist and a Georgia sharecropper’s wife lynched in 1915

Emilie Upzak’s Weaning Gideon, documenting the physical changes associated with weaning

Ingrid Berthon-Moine’s Midriff, a short film comprised entirely of a close-in shot of a woman twanging her tampon string to music.

Lindsay Page, Untitled from the series Spawn, archival Pigment Print, 33" x 44”, 2007

Mother/mother-* is a group exhibition curated by artist and 2008-2009 A.I.R. Gallery Fellow Jennifer Wroblewski. The exhibition is of works made by artists within the years immediately following a pregnancy or the birth of a child. The artists live and work in the U.S., Canada, Scotland, England, and Spain. For the purpose of the exhibition, the title Mother/mother-* also refers to father artists. "Mother" is the term that elicits the great frisson when uttered within the larger art culture.


For further information about Mother/mother-*, please read the press release<http://www.airgallery.org/images/motherPRFINAL.pdf>

This event is free and open to the public!

A.I.R. Gallery

111 Front Street, #228
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Gallery Hours: Wednesday - Sunday 11am - 6pm
212-255-6651
info@airgallery.org <mailto:info@airgallery.org>
www.airgallery.org <http://www.airgallery.org/>
A.I.R. BLOG! airgalleryblog.blogspot.com<http:/airgalleryblog.blogspot.com>
A.I.R. Twitter! Twitter.com/airgallery<http://twitter.com/AIRGallery>

Wheelchair access to the building is through the 55 Washington Street entrance. Take the elevator to the 2nd Floor.

Directions: The F train to York St. (first stop in Brooklyn) Turn right as you exit the station, walk 1 block down hill to Front St. Turn left on Front St. and walk 2 1/2 blocks. Or take the A/C train to High St. (first stop in Brooklyn) and walk through Cadman Plaza Park and down Washington St. toward the water until you reach Front St, then turn right.

Roger Ricco & the Canha Family at the Cooke Center Academy: 12/9/2009

On December 9^th, 2009, REPUBLIC presents a film and lecture by Roger Ricco and the family of artist Justin Canha at the Cooke Center Academy High School in New York City. In the early 1980s, Roger Ricco established one of the first galleries in New York devoted entirely to American Folk, Self-Taught and Outsider Art and is presently co-owner of Ricco/Maresca Gallery, located in New York City’s Chelsea gallery district.

In addition to his own extremely successful artistic career, Roger frequently speaks across the country on creativity and art, has taught at New York’s School of Visual Arts, and in recent years he has become known as an authority on artists with Autism. Artist Justin Canha and his parents, Briant and Maria Teresa, will accompany Roger at this presentation. Justin Canha is a 20-year-old artist with autism, who is represented by Ricco/Maresca Gallery. His work has been featured in Oprah Magazine and aspects of his autistic and artistic life have been described in two recent documentaries, Autism: A Different Way of Communicating and Sidecars. In January 2008, Justin successfully made his world debut at the Outsider Art Fair in NYC and in April 2008, his work was shown at Art Chicago, the world-renowned International Contemporary and Modern Art Fair. Due to Justin having such a variety of different artistic interests and talents, his work ranges from pastels and paint to digital animation.

In addition to Justin’s story, this presentation will focus on several other celebrated artists who, faced a variety of different personal and developmental challenges, have utilized their unique talents to discover unconventional means of communication. These are the stories of individual artists with rare gifts and inspiring abilities who clearly illustrate the prevailing human creative drive and the urge to communicate with the world, even when a traditional means of communication has been impaired or is an unavailable option.

The presentation begins at 12:30 at the Cooke Center Academy located at 60 MacDougal Street in SoHo, NYC. All parents and teachers are encouraged to participate and refreshments will be served after the presentation. Roger, Justin and his family will also be available for questions and discussions after the presentation.

For more information please contact republicbrooklyn@gmail.com or emason@cookecenter.org. Or call 212. 280. 4473 x 11.