Sister Spit alumni Dia Felix (Nochita) and Beth Lisick (Yokohama Threeway And Other Small Shames) read from their new novels, take questions, and sign.

Sister Spit is a lesbian-feminist spoken-word and performance art collective based in San Francisco, signed to Mr. Lady Records. They formed in 1994 and disbanded in 2006. The group were noted for their Ramblin’ Roadshow, performing at feminist events such as the Michigan Womyn’s Music Festival. The Boston Phoenix described it as “the coolest (and cutest) line-up of talented, tattooed, pierced, and purple-pigtailed performance artists the Bay Area has to offer”.

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Christopher “Crash” Richard made his name as vocalist/percussionist for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes. Before joining the band, Crash was the lead singer of LA-based indie rockers The Deadly Syndrome. Hardly Criminal is his solo debut.

Produced and engineered by the multitalented Ed Sharpe lead guitarist, Mark Noseworthy, (and featuring friends from the Zeros, Dawes, The Mystic Valley Band and more…) Hardly Criminal is the culmination of all that is strange and sad, hilarious and harmonious, about Crash’s own true tale. It is his story – moving, funny, weird, and stunningly beautiful. -Ticketfly

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The strangest entry in Güney’s oeuvre, PRIVATE OSMAN belongs neither with the guns-and-muscle revenge rippers of his first decade in cinema, nor with the sheep-and-tractor social portraits of his last.

The titular character, played by Güney himself, is a hapless photojournalist who has returned from military service and now makes his living in Istanbul by manufacturing spectacular crimes that he and his colleague-girlfriend will then be the first to cover. Constantly ducking from the law, shooting up bars, and starting fights, Osman is a kind of devil-may-care Peter Parker, a Belmondo with a camera. His racket eventually lands him in the thick of a crime syndicate’s real intrigues, and he ends up having to walk more of the walk than he expected. Osman takes on more and more of the traits of Güney’s traditional “Ugly King” persona, culminating in a half-hour long showdown in which many bad guys get shot from impressive distances.

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Got a microKORG? Bring it to The Knitting Factory in Brooklyn on Monday, June 23rd at 7:00 PM to join Korg for an intimate, hands-on master class on the world’s most popular synthesizer.

Korg’s Rich Formidoni will take you through the basics of sound design and synthesis, and teach you how to unlock your microKORG’s full potential. You’ll learn dynamic, expressive synthesis techniques straight from the source.

Please bring your microKORG (with its power supply or batteries) and your favorite pair of headphones. A limited supply of MicroKorgs will be available on a first come, first serve basis.

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