patti smith

In 1976, a young photographer came upon a black haired woman outside a club on the Bowery. In mid-conversation, he stopped and asked for a photograph.

Surrounded by books at St. Mark’s Bookshop Tuesday night, Patti Smith confessed to a standing-room only crowd that she stole books when she was too poor to afford them. Fresh off her customary New Year's show at the Bowery Ballroom run...

Blank City, a documentary about the renegade artists living, playing and collaborating on the Lower East Side in the late '70s and early '80s, opens today at the IFC Film Center.  The film, made by newcomer Céline Danhier, made...

Here are musician Ken Beasley’s top music picks for a New Year's Eve on the Lower East Side.     PATTI SMITH AND HER BAND - 8PM at Bowery Ballroom If you’re planning to ring in the new year on the Lower East...

Patti Smith at Coney Island in 1996, from the documentary “Patti Smith: Dream of Life.” If you weren't able to snag a ticket for Patti Smith And Her Band's three-night run at the Bowery Ballroom  (culminating in...