As an alternative to the ever-growing mammoth that is SXSW, New York City DIY promoter Todd P has created the MtyMx festival.

Brooklyn Bowl is a LEED certified, multi-purpose entertainment venue located in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Goodbye Blue Monday
From the street, Goodbye Blue Monday might seem like just another junk shop, but stay until the sun sets and you’ll find yourself sitting front row for one of the best live music nights in Bushwick. The cafe hosts live shows and experiments in indie rock, like internet-based music competition “Song Fight Presents”, which has as much musical variety as the haphazardly adorned walls. The venue is decorated with thrift store finds, overflowing bookshelves climbing up to the ceiling, vintage lamps sticking out of every corner, and so many tchotchkes that the owner was forced to reorganize them [...]

The Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, at the forefront of philanthropy toward the benefit of spinal injury research, is facing an image problem, as their namesake founders no longer carry the same cultural currency with an increasingly younger crowd interested in good causes.
To combat the threat, though still on the horizon, of diminished generational relevance for an affliction that pays no attention to generational boundaries, the Reeve Foundation is aiming to convert itself from a face to a mission; the cause itself must take precedence over the famous name attached to it. Hoping to boost awareness accordingly, the foundation is [...]

The Vienna based architectural duo Marie-Therese Harnoncour and Ernst J. Fuchs, or The Next ENTERprise Architects are the creators of a new open-air concert hall in Austria. Build on the same grounds as Garfenegg Castle, the pavilion’s senior of 250 years, it blends in surprisingly well.  Holding close to 2000 seated spectators in the auditorium and on the lawn and with a stage accommodating 200 hundred performers, the venue is bound to offer stunning performances during the summer months.The Cloud Tower, as it’s called, got its name from the high-reaching stage roof, made of glass and steel reflecting the surrounding trees and the sky above.

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