My final piece for 4Columns, in the publication's final month ! 4columns.org/halter-ed/cu...

TLDR I didn't like it 4columns.org/halter-ed/ay...

there's free pizza www.thetriennial.org/events/new-r...

I will be giving a talk in an abandoned Uniqlo in Fanueil Hall, Boston, on Oct 4th. Details TK.

Announcing The Parapraxis Film Festival Friday, September 19 - Thursday, September 25, 2025 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn at @lightindustry.bsky.social Organized by Perwana Nazif and Hannah Zeavin For program, speaker list, & ticketing information: lightindustry.org/parapraxis

Three Films by Martin Arnold Tuesday, July 29, 2025 at 7pm 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn lightindustry.org/martinarnold

Early Films by Guy Sherwin Tuesday, July 15, 2025 at 7pm Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn www.lightindustry.org/guysherwin

Two Films by Robert Florey Tuesday, July 8, 2025 at 7pm Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn www.lightindustry.org/florey

Another day at the thought mines

Wrote about Steina ⚡📺⚡ 4columns.org/halter-ed/st...

The white throated sparrow has such a sad song for its species, long and low like a dove

Small biz owners are probably the most conservative members of the business world. Today they say they're seeing declining optimism, expecting lower sales and hiring, and a significantly worsening picture for the overall economy. www.nfib.com/wp-content/u...

No More Sweets for You Curated by Elisabeth Subrin Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 7pm Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn lightindustry.org/nomoresweetsforyou

The Children's Cinema Presented by Dash Shaw Saturday, April 12 at 2pm Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn lightindustry.org/thechildrenscinemafive

Next Tuesday (3/25) at 7:30 pm at @lightindustry.bsky.social, Rob King, author of MAN OF TASTE: THE EROTIC CINEMA OF RADLEY METZGER, will introduce Metzger's *The Opening of Misty Beethoven,* often labeled the "best" adult film of all time. shorturl.at/BwNwj @columbiaup.bsky.social

Tuesday at Light Industry

Tonight at Light Industry

The arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil—a green card holder whose wife is eight months pregnant—is a blatant assault on the First Amendment and a sign of advancing authoritarianism under Trump. He must be released now.

Current mood: camera running with no tape inside

Next week at Light Industry

Mascon: A Massive Concentration of Black Experiential Energy, The Otolith Group, 2024 Thursday, March 13, 2025 at 7pm Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn Followed by a conversation with Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun. lightindustry.org/mascon

This is happening tonight, in 16mm Scope!

An Evening with The Last Thing I Saw Presented by @nicolasrapold.bsky.social Tuesday, March 18, 2025 Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn 7pm Fate, Fred Kelemen, 1994, 79 mins 9pm Elegant Beast, Yūzō Kawashima, 1962, 96 mins lightindustry.org/lastthingisaw

a few of the gems from @lightindustry.bsky.social ‘s theater slides show - mashers unwelcome

Strugg 2 func

Ah, Liberty!, Ben Rivers, 2008, 16mm, 19 mins Ten Minutes Older, Herz Frank, 1978, 10 mins Christmas at Moose Factory, Alanis Obomsawin, 1971, 13 mins My Name Is Oona, Gunvor Nelson, 1969, 16mm, 10 mins Excerpt from Mare’s Nest, Ben Rivers, 2025

To-night

Early American Theater Slides Tuesday, February 18, from 6-9pm Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn FREE lightindustry.org/theaterslides

Alamo Drafthouse-Lower Manhattan Officially on strike. #Alamo #Filmsky #union #AlamoDrafthouse #Sony

Attn. @altnps.bsky.social — In case it’s not on your radar yet... the TQ+ has been removed from LGBTQ+ on the Stonewall National Monument website. [“Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) person was illegal.“] www.nps.gov/ston/index.htm

The Opening of Misty Beethoven, Radley Metzger (as Henry Paris), 1976, 86 mins Introduced by Rob King Tuesday, March 25 at 7:30pm Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn lightindustry.org/radley

movies are the best

Looking at the bright side: no corporations or cops at Pride this year

Off thee BQE rn photo: @thomasbeard.bsky.social

Tonight

It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right argues @garethwatkins.bsky.social newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

The twist at the end of Conclave is tired and dumb.

Guys, National Endowment for the Arts grant funding was just cut by over 50%. "Challenge America" is canceled and the February cycle of "Grants for Arts Projects" is cancelled. Yes, grants.gov was down this morning. For reasons. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Brain collapsed like a failed soufflé

Ah, Liberty! Curated by Ben Rivers Tuesday, March 4, 2025 at 7:30pm Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn lightindustry.org/ahliberty

Never forget that Democrats are the ones who tee'd this up. Every faculty member that did not condemn the persecution of students on their campus, the presence of police, you facilitated this. And we will never forget it. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

Ganga Bruta, Humberto Mauro, 1933 Tuesday, February 11 at 7:30pm Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn lightindustry.org/gangabruta

(Crosses NEA deadline off to-do list)

Now available: Michael Snow, Still Living, 4 Acts Scene 1, 1982 Dye-transfer in color (from Polaroid) 10 1/2 x 10 1/4 inches Edition of 75 lightindustry.bigcartel.com/product/mich... Proceeds to benefit Light Industry's upcoming program.

Think I accidentally made kedgeree last night

Badnam Basti, Prem Kapoor, 1971 Introduced by Shai Heredia Tuesday, January 28 at 7:30pm Light Industry, 361 Stagg Street, Suite 407, Brooklyn lightindustry.org/badnambasti