The notorious Improv Everywhere comedy group has announced the date for this year’s No Pants Subway Ride. The event is to be held on Sunday, January 10th at 3pm at various meeting places throughout New York City. Check the Improv Everywhere site for details.
Sister events are being coordinated in several other cities around the world. This will be the ninth No Pants Subway Ride. You can find documentation of all the past rides here.
We hope hope you are ready to show some skin and freeze your asses off!
An unusual tour guide company called Levys’ Unique New York is holding a vintage tea party this Sunday. The group is meeting at the Second Avenue station in late-19th century garb to board one of the MTA’s Nostalgia Trains and ride it into queens and back. The Subway Art Blog will be there to document the festivities. In case you are interested in breaking out your top hat and getting your crumpet on with us, here is all the info:
Vintage Tea Party Take Two!
Time: Sunday, December 13th, 2pm
Place: Queens-bound V train platform at Lower East Side – Second Ave. Station, last car
Cost: Free, but it is suggested that attendees bring tea and snacks to share
There’s another Subway Show coming up with an interesting new twist. This time around attendees will meet on the 7 train at Times Square and sing along to train-themed covers like Ozzy Osbourne’s Crazy Train and Soul Asylum’s Runaway Train during the ride. Once the train arrives at Flushing Meadows Park, there will be a mass migration to the World’s Fair globe for a show with the Eskalators and friends.
If you’ve ever been to the Chelsea Galleries, or the west side of the Meatpacking District here in New York you may have noticed an old timey train track standing above the streets. This is the High Line: an elevated freight train line that has been out of service for nearly 30 years. In 1999 the line was coming closer and closer to demolition when two locals, Joshua David and Robert Hammond, founded the Friends of the High Line. Their mission: to transform the High Line into a one of a kind elevated city park. After ten years of working at full steam, their day has finally come. The first phase of the High Line park opens to the public today.
If you are in Manhattan be sure to check out this exciting, unique project.
I always find myself watching videos on YouTube of various DIY subway events in envy of the attendees. This time, though, I was able to make it to a pretty cool subway show. The same night as the Crash/Daze gallery opening, a bit deeper east into Brooklyn, Dan Deacon and friends put on a very energetic electro show under the M train at Myrtle Avenue. Check out the video they put together above.
This past Friday, The Subway Art Blog attended the opening of the Ad Hoc Gallery’s Crash/Daze exhibition. The show features never before seen works by legendary street artists Crash and Daze, including some collaborative works.
From the Ad Hoc site:
A contemporary of Keith Haring and a modern-day master of this present day art form, CRASH has shot his metaphorica arrows and dizzying flashes into subway cars, walls, and galleries around the globe. His work celebrates the movements of an ever-changing world and is a lavish gift to the eyes as well as a bold statement in time and space.
DAZE began painting New York City subway trains, the canvas of choice for the serious graffiti artist, in the late 1970’s. Since moving from subway trains to gallery walls, he has exhibited in Paris, Stockholm, Tokyo, Florence and many others. His work is in public collections such as the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Museum Ludwig in Aachen, Germany, and the Brooklyn Museum, where he was also featured in the 2006 “Graffiti” exhibition.
The show is open through June 14th. We highly recommend checking it out. This is a must-see for all you graffiti aficionados out there!
An unusual tour guide company called Levys’ Unique New York is holding a vintage tea party this Sunday. The group is meeting at the Second Avenue station in late-19th century garb to board one of the MTA’s 
