Striking Gold with Father Koi
On the heels of a new EP release, the indie musician chats with COPY about her creative inspirations, from Grimes to The Beatles.
By Lily Crandall
Street Altars, Remembrance of the Unseen
An exhibition at Miriam Gallery pays homage to the everyday acts of remembrance that shape our urban landscape.
By Taylor Stout
Photo Diary: The Mill Opening
An art exhibition at All Street Gallery by Miguel de Laveaga, Naava Guaraca, Laura Lee Ross, and Taylor Stout.
Photos by Lily Crandall, Ilana Guaraca, Andy Klein, and Taylor Stout
(Un)Happy Hour(s)
Celebrating ten years of Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s five-hour epic.
By Henry Trinder
Lost Grrrl Found
Seeing a riot grrrl musical in a small music venue was like opening a door to a funhouse mirror.
By Layla Passman
Fictitious Family
Seven artists interrogate narrative building through family photos.
By Theodora Bocanegra Lang
An Interview with Maya Man
The artist explores what it means to be a girl online.
By Nolan Kelly
Fefu, Her Friends, and Their Private Suffering (Made Public)
One woman’s take on a glamorous, site-specific production of a María Irene Fornés play where beauty abounds—and the women themselves lay interred somewhere beneath.
By Claire Tumey
Doki Doki Tutu’s Delivery at Tutu Gallery
Aesthetics with Asian roots and global reach nettle and nuance the inherent flattening of the descriptor “Asian American.”
By Will Kaplan
Letters of Recommendation #3
Bimonthly book suggestions.
By Amelia Olsen
Oscars 2025: Gaslighting Edition
the fourth annual installment of an ancient COPY tradition: Auveen’s Oscars predictions.
By Auveen Dezgaran
We Want to Be Opposite
What happens when we meet our more perfect double?
By Philip Kenner
Sarina Freda Is Totally Probably Fine
Talking LSD trips and deconstructing tropes with the actor/writer
By Amelia Langas
“Every Woman Adores a Fascist”
No, but masochism is prevalent in two recent popular film releases. Why?
By Myka Greene
Paula Romeu Garcia’s Topless America
A striking photography show asks: why can’t I be exactly who I am, right in front of you?
By Naava Guaraca
Memberless Clubs
Reflections on writing and reading in London.
By Noa Fischer
Letters of Recommendation #2
Bimonthly book recs.
By Amelia Olsen
Floating on Musical Waves with Dreamphone
Copy sat down with the duo to talk dream worlds, defying classification, and embracing emptiness.
By Amelia Langas
In Defense of “Gaffe Track Films”
Explore a kind of freedom rarely captured in other movies.
By Mallory Merlo
A Saint with a Cowboy Mouth
In a fraught national moment, a reading of Sam Shepard’s plays sheds light on American dreaming.
By Taylor Stout
Mike Kota Wants You to Believe
The singer talks branching out on her own, relying on her friends to ground her, and music as a vessel for healing.
By Naava Guaraca
Lorenzo Amos Captures Fleeting Moments
The solo exhibition No Regrets Because You’re My Sunshine tells a story of multiples.
Xuezhu Jenny Wang
Deep History at the Public Theater
A one-man show by David Finnigan explores the roles we all play in facilitating climate change.
By Ciaran Short
Letters of Recommendation #1
Bimonthly book suggestions.
By Amelia Olsen
Ask Casey #3: Making Moves
A new advice column.
By Copy Casey
Two Painting Shows Explore the Inexpressible
On Kim Stolz at Yveyang Gallery and Jack Albrittain at Ruby/Dakota Gallery.
By Theodora Bocanegra Lang
Short Cut
That ink-black pixie cut is what she wanted the whole time; all she wanted was to change.
by Davis Dunham
Orange Juice
For a moment, we were looking at one another from sister ambulances, letting the world go on without us.
by Halle Wellington
DETOX Gallery’s Homecoming
In order for DETOX to dominate in the way it ought to, the gallery must dig deep curatorially to beat the art world at its own game.
by Dagny Edwards
Geordie Greep Escapes to the Americas to Find “The New Sound”
The musician explores the tiny space between dreams and reality where anything absurd could happen.
by Victoria Borlando
The $99-Only Art Show
A group show at TheBLANC explores current perspectives on art and labor.
By Nana Asase
Cynicism and Hope at Rogue Music Festival
Even if just for three days, the festival spotlights local musicians who have long been overlooked and underpaid.
By Layla Passman
Reminders of Existence
A show at All Street Gallery asks: What do you do to remind yourself that you exist?
By Naava Guaraca
What Is Theater?
Pushing the boundaries of performance at Williamstown Theatre Festival.
By Auveen Dezgaran
90 Years Later, We’re Still Waiting
A new revival of an old play resonates at The Flea Theater.
By Claire Tumey
Curation as Experimentation
Choose your Fighter! ii and a conversation with curator Tif XB
By Naava Guaraca
All of Manhattan Is a Sundial
Reflections on the gentle reverence of Manhattanhenge.
By Helmi Korhonen
What Lies between Romantic and Maternal Love?
There is a mystery to the sweetness and tenderness that two girls give each other.
By Mia Carillo
We Need a Word for Homoerotic Teenage Friendships
An experiment in song and memoir.
By Theo Stewart
Book Swap Photo Diary
From our book swap at McCarren Park with @dankreadz :)
Photos by Taylor Stout, Lily Crandall, and Gracie Crandall
Summertime Girls
My first introduction to this world were the hands of my mom’s best friend, the hands of a girl.
By Daryl Caffarone
Ask Casey #2: Spilling My Guts
A new advice column.
By Copy Casey
Entering Landscapes: New Territory in a Familiar Form
A review of painter Aleksandra Dougal’s solo exhibition at All Street Gallery
By Jingbo Luo
Sacrificial Lambs and Bloody Virgin Marys
Trends in Catholic horror and the unholy war against reproductive rights in America
By Myka Greene
Ask Casey #1: Emailing My Ex
A new advice column.
By Copy Casey
Ask Casey
A new advice column.
By Copy Casey
What Musicians Get about Chicago
A profound sense of nostalgia weaves through the city.
By Amelia Langas
One of Your Girls
The first time Dexter called me, he said he was lonely.
By Halle Wellington
Oscars 2024: Predictions
Who will win & the Adam Lambert Effect
Auveen Dezgaran
All Those Days in New York
Four poems
By Dillon Cranston
More Than a Label
labels? labels! tbd Exhibition at :iidrr Gallery.
By Ciaran Short
WWFD (What Would Felicity Do?)
Lessons from Felicity and the red-hot heart on her sleeve.
By Lily Crandall
We Soundtrack Our Lives in Order to Live
The Kings of Leon records add tempo to my memories and sharpen the visions of the girl I once was.
By Allison McWhite
52 Films: Take One
I’m reminded that a movie can be almost anything, and I feel like all the filmmakers are old friends.
By Naava Guaraca
Gimme, Gimme
Fighting morning grogginess and existential dread with the Belair Lip Bombs’ album, Lush Life
By Sophie Abeles
Slow Pulp at Le Posisson Rouge, Early November
Slow Pulp performed the way people in Chicago do anything—with their whole heart, focused on being the best they can.
By Layla Passman
Photos by Shelby Kraut
Some Ideas for a Girls Reboot Season
Because we aren’t getting any younger.
By Brooke Metayer
2023 Favorites: Literature
Where we found words of wisdom—in print, in person, and online.
By The Copy Team
2023 Favorites: Music
These songs held our hands through a year of quiet transformations.
By The Copy Team
2023 Favorites: Film + TV
Past Lives takes the lead in a landmark year for hopeless romantics.
By The Copy Team
Bethenny Frankel’s Chain Reaction
If Bethenny Frankel fell in a forest, would she make a TikTok letting you know she got up all on her own?
By Davis Dunham
Our Thoughts On: Saltburn
If Emerald Fennell can do one thing, it’s make a movie that you can’t stop talking about. Back for her sophomore feature, the Copy team and contributors share their thoughts on Saltburn.
By The Copy Team
Putting Women Back in the House
How women reclaim and reject domestic spaces in film.
By Myka Greene
The Standing Upright, the Wearing Clothes, and the Work
Surfaces in Pip Adam’s The New Animals
By Ali Banach
Stacy
Sitting in that passenger seat and putting on the performance of my life with Ava was the best feeling in the world.
By Nuala Sanchez
I Want to Fight Jesse Eisenberg
When I sit back Nicole Kidman-style in a movie theater and see the giant likenesses of the Jesse Eisenbergs of the world, I see reflections of my own past mistakes.
By Claire Tumey
Infernal and Exquisite
The feminine horror of Lament for Julia by Susan Taubes
By Gray Harrison
Crave
After Paramore
By Mia Arias Tsang
There Is Strength in the Collective
A review of five two Dance Company’s Repertoire Showcase
By Amelia Langas
Look at What We Did Together
Black Country, New Road and Daneshevskaya at Knockdown Center
By Taylor Stout
Review: Mechanical Bulls
The film is a welcome addition to the familiar territory of the post-college canon.
By Natalie Duerr
Our Eras Tour
As I looked over at my best friend, it felt like a homecoming for the both of us. We knew we would revisit the past seventeen years not only of Taylor Swift, but of ourselves.
By Riley Rudy
Dancing in a World Alone
Celebrating ten years of making art and listening to Lorde’s Pure Heroine
By Taylor Stout
Barge Day
A man seated at a table at the other end of the room doesn’t say hi. What he does say is, “you’re standing in a boat that is one hundred and nine years old.”
By Lily Crandall
Richard Perez Has to Do This, Okay?
In his one-man show, the comedian blends imagination and truth, making fantasy feel almost embarrassingly real.
By Lizzie Racklin
DIVA DOWN: Dr. Roberta Bobby Vanishes Without a Trace
In the wake of her disappearance, we look back and wonder, how can we triage a diva that is not only injured, but gone?
By Davis Dunham & Taylor Stout
The Darkness and the Light
Mary Gaitskill introduces F.W. Murnau’s 1926 horror film Faust at Light Industry.
By Fern Paltrow
Fear and Triumph in New York’s Summer Theater
A review of Beth Golison’s experimental musical, here i fall up.
By Dillon Cranston
PREMIERING ON COPY:
A Biblical Angel, an Emotional Hangover
By Brooke Metayer
Alex Bush and Laura Galindo write poetry in black and white for the “Hangover” music video.
PREMIERING ON COPY:
The Cult Member from the Ocean and the Clown on the Beach: Sean David Bradley’s “Dog Water”
By Lizzie Racklin
“Dog Water” captures the sense that we’re all prone to the same very human tendency toward absolute faith.
WOO, WOO, WOO: I Am Synclaire
By Maria D. Smith
I learned that to be Synclaire is to exceed in spectacle and entertainment, but never to be taken seriously. And thus created my subconscious fear.
25 Going on 14
By Margaret Davenport
Three Albums for A Quarter-Life Crisis
An Ode to Background Characters
By Natalie Duerr
Bringing “background character energy” into 2023
Night One of Bar Italia’s New York Residency
By Layla Passman
It was hard for me to match whatever low-grade apathy emanated from the patio as I was gleefully anticipating hearing one of my new favorite albums live.
Pole Dancing @ TheaterLab
By Mickey Galvin
A review of Revolt She Said, Revolt Again at TheaterLab
RIP My Acura TL 3
By Rebecca Loftin
Driving, to me, always signified a form of escape, a way to harness otherwise inaccessible power.
Venice Ohleyer’s Year of Yes
By Lizzie Racklin
You can say “no” to a lot of things in New York, but comedian Venice Ohleyer decided to start saying “yes.”
Alien To Her Worlds
By Kristian Burt
With the release of Izumi Suzuki’s second posthumous book, Hit Parade of Tears, the misanthropic mother of Japanese science fiction has established an international cult following more than 35 years after her death.
“In My Own Time, I’ll Get a Little Older”
By Erin Kang
Fenne Lily and Christian Lee Hutson with Why Bonnie, Live at the Music Hall of Williamsburg
Peer Review of Spotify Profiles
By The Music Team
If you’re obsessive about music, your spotify profile can be like a public diary. Here’s what we learned about each other.
David’s Rage
By Kristian Burt
With the East Village’s 1980s fight against AIDS Depicted in the film All the Beauty and the Bloodshed, it is important to reflect on a pioneering figure: David Wojnarowicz.
Waiting Tables
By Dillon Cranston
Poetic dispatches from restaurant shifts.
Shame at Irving Plaza
By Layla Passman
English post-punk band Shame exudes grit, energy, and earnest passion.
Music for Portable Speakers: Playlist Refresh
By The Music Team
Some New Songs for a New Season
By Coco McMracken
A neon floral dress at the intersection of Ryan Gosling, moving house, and being the asian girlfriend.
It’s About Time for Nicole’s Revenge
By Davis Dunham
Examining the art of New Orleans-based performer: Garlic Junior aka Vodka Soda aka Nicole’s Revenge.
INT. Figaro Bistro - Tuesday 5:13 PM - April
By Brooke Metayer
Observing the patrons at an infamous cafe in Los Angeles.
A Show of “Firsts”
By Tasneem Sarkez
And an interview with curators Diego Barcelo and Selah Wilks.
If Social Media Dies, I May Have to Blame Myself for Things Completely in My Control
By Erin Gruodis-Gimbel
It is the fear of burnt focaccia, the memories of ninth-grade math class, and the draft of a vulnerable essay that can be charitably referred to as drivel that keep me on Twitter.