Steve Cannon, a blind poet and arts patron, faces eviction by Gerard Flynn January 18, 2012 “One of the worst things about being blind is that you gotta trust people,” said Steve Cannon recently on his couch at A Gathering of the Tribes, an alternative salon and performance space on the Lower East Side. Cannon was … Read more →

Tribes’ last stand? Gallery icon told to vacate building By Aidan Gardiner After living under the looming threat of eviction for a year, Steve Cannon, the blind arts patron who runs the Gathering of the Tribes gallery out of his apartment at 285 E. Third St., has been asked by his landlord to vacate the … Read more →

A Gathering of the Tribes Iconic East Village gallery and performance space Steve Cannon, Founder and Executive Director of A Gathering of the Tribes, has been called many things; mentor, pioneer, icon and prophet are a few of the more common appellations. He is known as a poet, a novelist and a playwright, and also … Read more →