Since March 2020, the daily context of the COVID-19 pandemic has intertwined with the movement against systemic racism and white supremacy and with the systemic fractures within our “democratic” political system. In this Kitchen Magazine piece, Rayna Holmes discusses the ways that art institutions like The Kitchen have been engaging with and supporting mutual aid initiatives in order to address the current needs of local communities, and she highlights Performance Space New York’s ongoing Deeds for AIRs fundraising campaign…

In an effort to support our artists during this moment in which concerts, exhibitions, album releases, book launches, and other events are cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Kitchen is compiling weekly selections of projects that you can engage with from home…

In 2017, Brooklyn-raised multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and tape manipulator Taja Cheek used the moniker L’Rain to release her first eponymous album on Astro Nautico Records. Though this project was dedicated in name and spirit to Cheek’s mother Lorraine,…

Tina Satter is an experimental playwright and director based in New York City. In 2008, she founded the Brooklyn-based ensemble Half Straddle; a group of performers and designers that make plays, performances, video, and music via her writing and direction. Since then, Half Straddle has premiered nine full-length shows,…