Sad news. Mary Beth Hurt was such an interesting, spiky actress--it was always a pleasurable jolt when she showed up on screen. I would recommend Interiors, Chilly Scenes of Winter, or The World According to Garp as starting points. variety.com/2026/film/ne...
Posts by Mike Rubin
RECOMMENDED: Filmmaker @carolineavenue.bsky.social following the U.S. premiere at Anthology Film Archives of her second feature REVELATIONS OF DIVINE LOVE, a faithfully ecstatic adaptation of the shewings of 14th century mystic Julian of Norwich. More info: www.instagram.com/p/DWeRPYpjRd...
Happy birthday Caroline! 🎂
Detroit techno titan Jeff Mills returns home to demonstrate his turntable wizardry—including spinning his classic 1996 track “The Bells”—at Lincoln Factory as part of his tour commemorating 30 years since his landmark LIVE AT THE LIQUID ROOM - TOKYO album. More 📹: www.instagram.com/p/DVhBV0JCYL...
A 🔥 sextet—🎷/🪈 Alfredo Colón, 🪈 Samantha Kochis, 🥁 Buz Donald, tap dancer Melissa Almaguer, bassist Kevin Eichenberger, & 🎸 Alana Amore Colvin—deliver an inspiring interpretation of 🎷 Joe Henderson’s 1974 album THE ELEMENTS at 360 Record Shop, Red Hook. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DUyiaEMCW3...
The Tomeka Reid Quartet—🎸 @maryhalvorson.bsky.social, bassist Jason Roebke, 🥁 Tomas Fujiwara, & cellist Reid—perform music from their upcoming album DANCE! SKIP! HOP! at Baby’s All Right as part of the #nycwjf Brooklyn Marathon, Williamsburg. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DTbrqBWjVG...
West Point, Mississippi’s gospel-funk family band Annie & the Caldwells perform their anti-Satan/pro-Gap Band anthem “I Made It” from their great Luaka Bop debut album CAN’T LOSE MY (SOUL) at Brooklyn Bowl, part of the #nycwjf Brooklyn Marathon. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DTda3dzCT-...
🎹 Vijay Iyer performs for commuters in Grand Central’s Main Concourse (as part of Brandon Stanton’s “Dear New York” installation of images from his book HUMANS OF NEW YORK). Safe travels to all those journeying to see their loved ones this week! More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DSqdsQijcD...
During their dazzling live collaboration, jazz 🎹 @jasonmoran.bsky.social & Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills perform the late Geri Allen’s composition “Feed the Fire” on the opening night of the Detroit Jazz Festival in Hart Plaza. More 📹 clips: www.instagram.com/p/DRnUdtSiQ7...
North Carolina-raised/Los Angeles-based Mary Lattimore performs her composition “Wawa by the Ocean” to conclude her mesmerizing set at @lincolncenter.bluesky.social’s David Rubenstein Atrium. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DRGkRwBDUA...
Kraków’s Sinfonietta Cracovia performs MIca Levi’s 2025 composition “Kochajamy Sie” durung their program of Levi’s works, part of @unsoundfestival.bsky.social’s NYC edition at @lincolncenter.bsky.social’s Alice Tully Hall. More 📸 at www.instagram.com/p/DQnzEF-jWn...
At the Fridman Gallery premiere of Mariusz Szypura’s project CHOPIN RESIDUE, a live performance by 🎸/🎹 Szypura, 🥁 John Stanier, 🎸 Lee Ranaldo, & 🎷 Zoh Amba. More 📹 clips & exhibtion info at www.instagram.com/p/DQmUXyDDRa...
As part of his upcoming project in tribute to John Coltrane, Isaiah Collier & ensemble—🎹 Liya Grigoryan, 🎷 Ben Solomon & Collier, bassist Conway Campbell, & 🥁 Tim Regis—perform “A Love Supreme” at the Blue Note, Greenwich Village. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DQO7VFFDaQ...
All-Star percussion trio Onilu—vibraphonist Joe Chambers (of M’Boom), 🥁 Kevin Diehl, & 🥁 Daniel Villarreal—perform songs from their Eremite Records debut ONILU, one of the year’s best jazz records, at @roulettenyc.bsky.social, Boerum Hill. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DPbhip8DVX...
Detroit techno producer John “Bileebob” Williams de-miserablizes the Mozz during his 🔥 live PA set during the Monday is the New Monday party at MotorCity Wine, Corktown. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DPMXRRIjVM...
Fieldwork—the trio of 🎹 @vijayiyer.bluesky.social, alto 🎷 Steve Lehman, & 🥁 Dr. Tyshawn Sorey—perform at the record release show for their new Pi Recordings album THEREUPON at @roulettenyc.bsky.social, Boerum Hill. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DO_WL5xjZf...
Opening suite from the dazzling collaboration between jazz 🎹 @jasonmoran.bsky.social & Detroit techno pioneer Jeff Mills on the first night of the Detroit Jazz Festival, Hart Plaza. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DN-5hI-jck...
RIP actor Terence Stamp, whose brooding looks & air of quiet menace helped him carve out one of the wildest career arcs of any of his peers from the Swinging London era. Image: portrait 📸 by David Bailey, 1965. More images & posters at www.instagram.com/p/DNeA5ZzxMb...
Electrifying set by South Africa’s BCUC (Bantu Continua Uhuru Consciousness), part of @activecultures.bsky.social’s globalFEST at @lincolncenter.bsky.social’s Summer for the City, Damrosch Park. Most 🤯 concert of 2025! Much more 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DM8XLfZxjC...
RIP filmmaker Jonathan Kaplan, director of one of the very best movies about American teenagers, 1979’s OVER THE EDGE starring Michael Kramer, Matt Dillon, Pamela Ludwig, Vincent Spano, & Tom Fergus. Kaplan may be better known for directing . . . More at www.instagram.com/p/DM6tC61Nqn...
Los Angeles-based modular synthesist Jeremiah Chiu & 🎻Marta Sofia Honer perform material from their new @intlanthem.bsky.social album DIFFERENT ROOMS at the Underground at Jaffe Drive as part of Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City Series. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DMiIZ-2MTP...
The trio of Luke Stewart on bass & mbira, 🥁 Tomas Fujiwara, & 🎷 Isaiah Collier start quietly, but joined by 🎷 Isaiah Barr they gradually reach full EF5 intensity on the Enhanced Fujita scale at Heavy Florals curated by Ariella Villefranche at Sisters; more 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DMVfvklsyW...
Remembering Stooges 🎸 Ron Asheton, born 77 years ago in Washington, D.C. Check it out: for the encore of their benefit concert for @briccelebratebk.bsky.social, Dinosaur Jr. were joined by Detroit 🎤 John Brannon for a cover of the Stooges’ “T.V. Eye” ; more 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DMO91p9N-a...
As part of Lincoln Center’s Run AMOC festival, a mesmerizing 70 minute rendition of Simeon Ten Holt’s 1976 composition CANTO OSTINATO was performed by Sandbox Percussion with 🎹 Matthew Aucoin & 🎹 Conor Hanick at the David Rubenstein Atrium. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DLaGFBlsNm...
That’s Gamelan Yowana Sari, not Satk; sorry, all thumbs today 👎🏻
Baltimore-raised/Sheffield-based DJ/producer @mauricefulton.bsky.social weaves together Aril Brikha’s “Groove La Chord” & Talking Heads’ “Pull Up the Roots” during his 🔥 all-night tag-team set with Brooklyn’s @musclecarsnyc.bsky.social at Good Room. More 📹 at: www.instagram.com/p/DLNOp1NMPf...
Blissful Saturday afternoon in @fortgreenepark witnessing a “battle” between Balinese gamelan ensembles Gamelan Dharma Swara (wearing white, at rear left) & Gamelan Yowana Satk (in lavender, right foreground), part of the annual Make Music NY festival. More 📹 at www.instagram.com/p/DLOHyJIMxe...
Underground Resistance’s Mike Banks, Carl Craig, & Moodymann perform live versions of UR’s “The Final Frontier,” the Martian’s “Stardancer,” & the Aztec Mystic’s “The Jaguar” at the climax of their Movement Detroit set in Hart Plaza. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DKZn0weNnY...
Belgian-born/London-based harpist/🎹 Nala Sinephro performs music from her excellent @warprecords.bsky.social album ENDLESSNESS live with 🥁 Natcyet Wakili, 🎹 Wonky Logic, & 🎷 James Mollison as part of the C2C Festival at Knockdown Center, Maspeth. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJunITWSqT...
Chicago 🎹/🎻/🎸/🎤 Macie Stewart performs music from the new @intlanthem.bsky.social album WHEN THE DISTANCE IS BLUE with 🎻 gabby fluke-mogul & cellist Tomeka Reid at @roulettenyc.bsky.social, Boerum Hill. More 📹 clips at www.instagram.com/p/DJmZNZNN__...