4th Annual Poetry Month 30/30/30 :: Day 3 :: Mariana Ruiz Firmat on Dawn Lundy Martin
[line] Several years ago, I was coming off of a particularly painful year that commenced with the severing of a seven-year relationship and ended with the passing of my grandmother. From the moment my grandmother stepped foot in this country, she
4th Annual Poetry Month 30/30/30 :: Day 2 :: Sophia Starmack on Hafiz
In the 13th century, the Persian city of Shiraz was both a center of learning and artistic achievement, and a volatile and rebellious place marked by the decline of the Il-Khanid empire and the succession of short-lived rulers who scrabbled
4th Annual Poetry Month 30/30/30 :: Day 1 :: Diana Rickard on Akilah Oliver
[box]It's hard to believe that today's post marks the first of our FOURTH annual 30/30/30 series, and that when this month is over we will have seeded and scattered ONE HUNDRED and TWENTY of these love-letters, these stories of gratitude
JOIN US to CELEBRATE THE LAUNCH of JP HOWARD's DEBUT COLLECTION, SAY/MIRROR!
[teaser] Since the Spring of 2014, nearly a year now, JP Howard and I have been working together to ready her debut collection of poems, SAY/MIRROR, for publication. It's been a wonderful experience of collaboration and growth for us both,
A VERY SPECIAL INVITATION to a CELEBRATION of APPRECIATION :: The OS is now accepting submissions for our 4th annual Poetry Month 30/30/30 series!
The Operating System is thrilled to invite you to participate in the 4th Annual 30-on-30-in-30 Poetry Month Celebration! In this series, we invite creative people from a range of backgrounds to share a story about how their work has been influenced
Bryce Dessner's #BLACKMOUNTAINSONGS for the BROOKLYN YOUTH CHORUS :: #THEKIDSAREALRIGHT
[superquote] "Today the arts exist in isolation, from which they can be rescued only through the conscious, cooperative effort of all craftsmen." - Walter Gropius, 1919, Bauhaus Manifesto and Program "All the interviewing of former students and faculty are but shallow reminders,
COLLABORATIONS :: JOHN SUPKO and BILL SEAMAN's s_traits :: ALBUM RELEASE at CLOCKTOWER
[articlequote]Spellbindingly beautiful… The more time you spend with these works, the more they yield"– Steve Smith, Time Out NY [/articlequote] [line] [box][teaser]Join THE OPERATING SYSTEM at CLOCKTOWER tomorrow evening for a very special ALBUM RELEASE PARTY for composer John Supko's futuristic CD, s_traits,
FIELD NOTES :: CLARINDA MAC LOW :: MARCHING AS METAPHOR
[box] For this special edition of our long-running FIELD NOTES series, Clarinda Mac Low (performance and installation artist, journalist, Culture Push director, and all-around making-happen-er of things) adds her voice to the chorus of questions seemingly never far from the
RE:CONVERSATIONS :: LATE NIGHT WITH CARL SAGAN :: Shanna Maurizi talks Experimental Film, Science, and Existential Crisis with Tara Plath
[vimeo_video height="300" autoplay="no"]https://vimeo.com/106237316[/vimeo_video] [box] In this special edition of our RE:CONVERSATIONS series, Filmmaker Shanna Maurizi joins Artist/Writer Tara Plath in dialogue around Maurizi's recent experimental project, LATE NIGHT WITH CARL SAGAN. Shot entirely on an iPhone with homemade props and frame-by-frame animation,
HOT OFF THE OS PRESS :: JP HOWARD's DEBUT COLLECTION, SAY/MIRROR, NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRESALE!
[box] It's been a busy time here at The Operating System as Summer gears up into the New York City Fall arts season. In addition to our always active calendar of events (keep your eyes out for readings at Bluestockings, da
