By Rachel Heavner
Note: This piece was written after traveling to Sierra Leone in February of 2008, and is based on the story of a woman I had the great pleasure of meeting.
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Bo,1980, her shop was the place to be. A cold Star beer on a hot day. Sweat dripping down the sides of the […]
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A Gathering of the Tribes
A Gathering of the Tribes is an arts and cultural organization dedicated to excellence in the arts from a diverse perspective. Located on the Lower East Side of New York City, Tribes has been in existence since 1991.- A Gathering of the Tribes, 285 East 3rd St, 2nd Floor (between Avenues C and D)
Phone: 212-674-3778
Fax: 212-674-5776
Email: Info@tribes.org - Tribes is a member of Chamber Music of America, Poets & Writers, Poets Society of America, St. Marks Poetry Project. We are Funded by NYC DCA, NYSCA & The Andy Warhol Foundation among others. All contributions are tax deductible.
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- Thanks to our 2009 funders: NYSCA
The 16th Annual Charlie Parker Festival
Throughout the forties, Charlie Parker revolutionized jazz and immortalized the Lower East Side by capturing its combustive atmosphere and translating it into music. It is no wonder that every year the Lower East Side returns a little bit of the favor by celebrating Charlie Parker, his life and his legacy, as well as his deep rooted relationship with this neighborhood, through A Gathering of the Tribes' Charlie Parker Festival.
This year, A Gathering of the Tribes is please to present the 16th Annual Charlie Parker Festival, entitled "BIRD LIVES," from August 2 - August 29. More information about this year's festival can be found here
Latest Reviews
Gone Fishing, Againby Christopher Heffernan
The cult classic Trout Fishing in America, written by Richard Brautigan and first published in 1967, has been released in a new edition by Mariner Books, a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. The book has not been published on its own since the early ‘80’s when […]
Patti Smith’s Just Kids reviewed by Bonny Finberg
JUST KIDS –Patti Smith
Harper Collins, New York, 2010
279 pps.
Reviewed by Bonny Finberg
Patti Smith has kept her promise to Robert Mapplethorpe to tell their story. By doing so through the lens of a generation of artists in New York at that time, she’s written our story as well. Her book […]
THE NYC LATTE COMPOSER FOR THOUGHT
by Phaedra Pinkston
Staten Island, New York vocalist/guitarist Dorian Spencer can be seen performing live around New York City making the commutes around town a little bit more relaxing for the always-on-the-go New Yorker.
Originally born in Puerto Rico, the self taught musician was greatly impacted by musical legend Jimi Hendrix additionally, all of Spencer’s songs are […]
The Highway Doom, Of the Memory, Of the Grace by Christopher Heffernan
Sam Shepard’s new book of stories, Day Out of Days, is a romp through the highways of America, through the personal history of the narrators, as well as through the historical past of the many areas of the States that the highways touch and pass through, that is often as brutal […]
Frances Chung: A Chinese American Woman’s Plight. By: Susan Yung
the winter wind sits in the living room
so we huddle in the kitchenin our winter coats looking silly
and too cold to do anything
but light a candle eat melon seeds
as I wonder
what do we wear when we go outside?
— poem by Frances Chung, p. 25, 1970
from “Crazy Melon & Green Apples”
On November 8, 2009, I picked […]
Latest Poetry
Tribes in AprilThursday April 1st, 8pm
Calling all musicians, poets, artists, singers, songers, ranters, ravers, and lovers.
All performers welcome — open sign-up begins at 7:30pm
Grand opening night will be Thursday, April 1st, 2010 and will feature an extended set by folk musician Danny Schmidt, as well as open floor spots. Amazing refreshments — alcoholic, edible, and otherwise — […]
Looking At: Sapphire poem
Looking at: Plate no. 4 “Homicide body of John Rogers W. 134th st., Christensen, October 21,1915, 88311 from EVIDENCE by Luc Sante
Im looking at
the properly dressed big black
hands of death
on the neat tile design
blood on footprints,
the shiny of shoes in corners
the stalwart jaw
of a witness.
Im looking at a century
inching into being
im looking at a photograph
of […]
Latest Essays
Gone Fishing, Againby Christopher Heffernan
The cult classic Trout Fishing in America, written by Richard Brautigan and first published in 1967, has been released in a new edition by Mariner Books, a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. The book has not been published on its own since the early ‘80’s when […]
Staying “A Head” of the Game
(crowd-sourcing)
Having met David Hammons twenty tears ago (if not more), I know his motto has always been, how to stay ahead of the game.
On a personal level, I’ve always thought of him as someone who never followed trends. His ideas about art have always been something new and different.
For example, at one point he […]
Latest Fiction
Gone Fishing, Againby Christopher Heffernan
The cult classic Trout Fishing in America, written by Richard Brautigan and first published in 1967, has been released in a new edition by Mariner Books, a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. The book has not been published on its own since the early ‘80’s when […]
Armory & Accessories
An extremely long and image-dense New York art fair report by Janet Bruesselbach
Everything I shot from Wednesday to Sunday is here.
FIRST COURSE: The Armory Show
I registered as press in advance for this and showed up about ten minutes after the press conference to pick up my badge. I briefly glanced at Pier 92, where […]
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Isaac Pelepko: Cartoony, Sexy, Violency. Opening March 6, 8pm
When: March 6, 8pm
Where: Tribes Gallery. 285 E 3rd St btwn Ave C &D.
Tel: 212 674 8262
Isaac Pelepko trained at the New York Academy of Art and Art Students’ League.
He exhibits grotesque paintings and drawings satirizing romance and Romanticism. Like Currin, Pelepko uses careful classical rendering to induce quease and revulsion from visual stimulation. […]
Tribes Presents: A Night with Matthew Shipp! 03/14
“Shipp’s playing is like some kind of inverted, dark-matter version of whatever you think a jazz pianist is going to sound like.
- Mark D Fefer, Seattle Weekly
March 14th, 5-7 pm
$15.00 at the door. 285 E. 3rd St. 2nd Floor NYC 10009
Between Avenue C & D
TeL: 212 674 8262
All proceeds benefit A Gathering of the […]
IN THE GAP BETWEEN PARADES: Ray Nagin on Mardi Gras Day 2010
By: Brian Boyles
“Rex is on his way.”
On the grandstand in front of Gallier Hall, we watch the tail of the Zulu parade pass and the lieutenants of the Krewe of Rex approach. Mayor Ray Nagin speaks into a thin microphone perched over St. Charles Avenue, greeting the citizens who wait and re-fill during the […]
Patti Smith’s Just Kids reviewed by Bonny Finberg
JUST KIDS –Patti Smith
Harper Collins, New York, 2010
279 pps.
Reviewed by Bonny Finberg
Patti Smith has kept her promise to Robert Mapplethorpe to tell their story. By doing so through the lens of a generation of artists in New York at that time, she’s written our story as well. Her book […]
THE NYC LATTE COMPOSER FOR THOUGHT
by Phaedra Pinkston
Staten Island, New York vocalist/guitarist Dorian Spencer can be seen performing live around New York City making the commutes around town a little bit more relaxing for the always-on-the-go New Yorker.
Originally born in Puerto Rico, the self taught musician was greatly impacted by musical legend Jimi Hendrix additionally, all of Spencer’s songs are […]
Isaac Pelepko - Cartoony Sexy & Violency
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 2/17/10
Isaac Pelepko
Cartoony Sexy
& Violency
March 2010
Opening Reception Saturday, March 6, 8 pm
A Gathering of the TRIBES
285 E. 3rd St. 2nd Floor
New York, NY 10009
(212) 674-3778
Isaac Pelepko exhibits grotesque paintings and drawings satirizing romantic love and desire. Like Currin, Pelepko uses careful classical rendering to induce quease and revulsion from visual stimulation. […]
Photos from the current show
Jackie Skrzynki and Hila Sela
Blood and Love: The Ties That Bind
Exhibition from January 30th to February 27th
The artists sharing their hearts with us this month at Tribes commit a rare act of optimism. They describe love. Parent, child, husband, wife, son, daughter, friend. These relationships of blood and love create ties that can be […]
February Calendar 2010
Jackie Skrzynski / Hila Sela
Blood and Love: The Ties That Bind
Exhibition from January 30th-February 27th
Opening reception January 30th 6-9pm.
The artists sharing their hearts with us this month at Tribes commit a rare act of optimism. They describe love. Parent, child, husband, wife, son, daughter, friend. These relationships of […]
Review: Philip Hardy’s show at the tribes
Two very young painters have a show together at a gathering of the
tribes. Both took their MFA’s in 2009 from the New York Academy of Art
in TriBeCa, where the emphasis is on training students to paint, draw
& sculpt figuratively, just like the Old Masters (and like the Royal
Academy & French Salon painters of the 19th […]
TRIBES OWN INGENUE CURATOR WITH A TWIST by Phaedra Pinkston
Twenty-four years old Janet Bruesselbach has been the curator for Tribes Gallery for the past five months. Originally from Los Angeles, Bruesselbach started out with private lessons and painting portraits at only twelve years of age. She is a graduate from the Rhode Island School of Design and also holds a masters in […]
The Highway Doom, Of the Memory, Of the Grace by Christopher Heffernan
Sam Shepard’s new book of stories, Day Out of Days, is a romp through the highways of America, through the personal history of the narrators, as well as through the historical past of the many areas of the States that the highways touch and pass through, that is often as brutal […]