Formed in NYC in 1993, the improvising collective No-Neck Blues Band (NNCK) favors anonymity, autonomy, and obfuscation. Alongside founding member Keith Connolly (2016 AIR), they return to open ISSUE’s Fall season at First Unitarian Congregational Society in Brooklyn.
ISSUE presents the first commission from Eden Girma (2026 AIR). Part dreamscape and part summoning circle, an intimate diasporic familial archive is pieced together through the eyes of a five-year-old child.
In partnership with Franklin Furnace as part of their 50th anniversary commemoration and November release of "Back to the Present: 50 Years of Free Expression with Franklin Furnace" ISSUE presents an evening of performance and conversation.
Incorporating elements of noise, trance and minimalism, Sergei Tcherepnin (2012 AIR) presents new work for Serge Modular synthesizer.
This installment of io brings together choreographer Kim Brandt (2015 AIR) and Isabella Thorpe-Woods (2026 SFCF). Centered around never-before-released footage from Clear Night (2016)—Brandt's eight-day AIR commission at Pioneer Works—the project revisits a performance that has remained largely unseen for nearly a decade.
An initiative of dynamic silence conceived and conducted by Tres.
An evening of readings honoring Beat poets of the past, with actor Steve Buscemi and poets Anne Waldman and Bob Holman.
Phase III includes: Jim Pugliese (percussions); Christine Bard (drums); Michael Attias (saxophone); Kato Hideki (bass); Marco Cappelli (guitar)
The phOnOmena posse spends the night at ISSUE.
Shahzad Ismaily and Andrew McGraw host an eclectic evening of prehistoric, classical, and ultramodern love music and (Asian) dance in an intriguing Valentine’s weekend concert. Bring your date!
With Dorit Chrysler, Michael Evans, Dalit Warshaw, Pamelia Kurstin, Anthony Ptak, Armen Ra, and Dave Simons.