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These are my two favorite galleries in NYC right now, and not just because they show my parents’ work (head to Matthew Brown in 2026 to see my father Carroll Dunham’s next painting show, or check out some of my mother Laurie Simmons’s pop-splosion shadow boxes with the 56 Henry gals.) 
I love these galleries because they’ve turned me on to remarkable female artists. (I told y’all last time, I love it when women be painting, but it’s also fun when they sculpt or create large scale installations!)
56 Henry shows aces like Al Freeman and Cynthia Talmedge, while Matthew Brown is bringing us the next great class of female painters in the form of Julie Baufils, Sasha Gordon and more.
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Support our independent cinema screens!! I am a Londoner so I have memberships with BFI, Prince Charles and Picturehouse and it is totally worth it, especially as watching movies takes up a good chunk of my personality and I dislike watching things at home. Advanced screenings, access to smaller films, discounted tickets are all great but it’s also just nice to support these places who do so much in preserving the British independent film scene which is currently in an abysmal state. Curzon, Everyman, The Garden, Genesis, ICA and many more are also all great and I would be members of them all if I could. Big up BFI especially because I probably wouldn’t have got as far in both my career and love of film without them, and the Northampton Filmhouse in my hometown which was my first independent cinema.
These are of course London based examples but I encourage everyone to support their local independents 🫶🏻
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Free movie theater screening and free concessions and fun fancy feeling experience. Idk how I got on one so I’ll report back with that info later
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Caught Vertigo there recently; one of the most enchanting films ever made, incredible experience.

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