Basilica Hudson will be honoring Courtney Love this fall
The "Pioneering People" series at Basilica Hudson will be hosting Courtney Love October 27 -- and a whole bunch of other boldfaced names. Event blurbage:
Basilica Hudson's biennial Pioneering People fundraiser celebrates groundbreaking artists across a range of disciplines by hosting and honoring a one-of-a-kind person in our raw industrial church. This year's event will celebrate the achievements and legacy of musician, songwriter, actor, performer and incomparable cultural force Courtney Love.
Creative directed and produced by Basilica Hudson's Co-Founder and Director Melissa Auf der Maur (former bassist of Courtney Love's GRAMMY-nominated, certified multi-platinum, award-winning band Hole) and artist Joe Mama-Nitzberg, who was Creative Director of Hole's Celebrity Skin and is a longtime creative collaborator and comrade of both Love and Auf der Maur, the event will be hosted by a group of creative luminaries and friends, including Aaron Dessner, Miles Joris-Peyrafitte, Ryan McGinley, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Elvis Perkins, Chloë Sevigny, Michael Stipe, Brandon Stosuy, Yelena Yemchuk, Jack Walls, and other special guests.
Through conversations, readings, video, and performance, the evening's program will shine a light on all of the ways that Love has influenced culture and inspired women and marginalized people for almost three decades. An exciting lineup of contributors will illuminate the impact of Love's vital and inspiring art and energy and the inspiration her work continues to instil in the next generation of artists and musicians. The evening's performances will demonstrate the incredible power and the lasting legacy of Love's iconic explorations and subversions of femininity, and honor her unapologetic, fearless protest of the patriarchy.
(How about Miles Joris-Peyrafitte popping up at this event.)
The event is a benefit for the Hudson arts venue. Tickets for the public portion of the event start at $50 and are available now.
Basilica Soundscape
By the way: Basilica Soundscape is coming up September 14-16. And the lineup's added a few more performers since it was first announced. Day passes are currently $40. (The event has sold out in past year.)
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