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Ways to be sincere.

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Ways to be sincere.

On a personal note, I have a new piece in Hobart today. WHAT I DID Thanks for reading Chloe Pingeon’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.

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On a personal note, I have a new piece in Hobart today. A Swiss fairy tale of sorts. WHAT I DID Thanks for reading Chloe Pingeon’s Substack! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work. Monday, September 23 I drove back to the city from Vermont last night, slept early, ran a few miles in an empty gym this morning. I’m freezing. Today is freezing. This week, I vow to show up early. Starting now. It’s early. I’m the only one here. I bold one note in class today - “Aphorism like elegance, telegraphs authority. It creates a feeling of truthfulness, even if it is not actually there”. Later, my boyfriend and I go to lunch at Shanghai Villa . It’s foggy, someone tried to interview me in Washington Square Park but I dogged them with ease. We’re the only people in the restaurant, it’s not a nice day, it’s not the lunch time rush, I don’t think there is a lunch time rush here. We order jasmine tea, pork dumplings, chicken dumplings, soup dumplings, large soups on the side. Review from me is good, great! My boyfriend says fine, worse than average. In the GLOOM, today, I’m listening to the same three songs on repeat: - Remember the Heart (Fine) - Humble Bones (Labyrinth Ear) - The Mapmaker (Mother Juniper) Tuesday, September 24 Afternoon, I take the B train to Brooklyn to visit the headquarters of a low-alcohol mindful-drinking brand that has agreed to sponsor an event I’m promoting. The subway is late and hot and I am not being paid for this, which I wish I didn’t care about, but I do. I skinned my knees leaving my building this morning, slipped on a discarded bag of Doritos on the doorstep like it was a banana peel and I was a clown, and went reeling into the street, limbs bloodied, a kindly construction crew patched me up curbside and I was sent on my way. Now, on the subway, the bandages are peeling and I am suddenly aware of the pathetically childish nature of it all, the banged-up legs, my starry-eyed faith in Park Slopes Small Alcohol lowercase a’s ability to save bohemia, the ultimate futility of the task at hand, of my genuine excitement elicited by collaboration with brands and pop-ups and new types of drinks in colorful cans . When I arrive, my box of drinks is of course, too heavy to carry, and so I painstakingly push and drag it down the street, pausing at the subway steps unsure of my next move, waiting for perhaps help, although it’s a quiet area and my mission would not look particularly dire to any bystanders onlooking. I turn on my heels quickly. Call a cab home. Wednesday, September 25 I go to a philosophy meetup where the evening then bleeds quickly into a reading at Sovereign House. I’m told the two are separate events, but I can’t say I engage enough with either to really tell the difference. Mostly, I am sitting outside on the stoop eating North Dumpling, drinking a white claw. It’s a little gross, but there was a year during which I lived on chicken dumplings and green tea alone. I won’t feign repulsion. Thursday, September 26 Swan Room and then Pubkey and then walking through the park home. I’ve been waiting for it to pour, and now it finally is. Friday, September 27 I’m ill on Friday, almost too ill to attend Beckett’s TENSE but I’m expected at The Locker Room bearing little tins of nicotine mints and a box of art and so I’m going back to Brooklyn again. It’s a smaller crowd than usual at first, people get there late, people on the street outside are talking about how there are no cool countries left: only Mexico, Ireland, maybe El Salvador. They are murmuring to each other in fervent agreement and I wish it wouldn’t be weird to ask them their criteria for evaluation. Inside, I can stomach club soda but no vodka. I’m helping make a pyramid of the nicotine mints, people start to show up. It ends up being a really nice night of readings, an excellent performance. Beckett is exceptionally good at curating personalities (which is probably why he invented readings in the first place!), and there remains a cohesion and charisma to his events that is often lacking elsewhere. Everyone is so cynical about readings these days, which is probably because readings can often create a bit of a void, a performance of creative merit that spins its wheels and never yields any cultural output (novels?), a way to stack a party flier, etc. duh. During intermission, Beckett tells the audience that he always intended for Beckett’s (the original Beckett’s) to be a place where young writers could go and get their start, an open door space for beginnings, somewhere for writers and artists to read and drink and grow and meet and fuck . He’s excited, now, that many of the writers he championed in his space in the West Village are reading here, at TENSE, from new novels, forthcoming stories, debut collections, many having reached significant success in the past few years. There is a sincerity in his desire to put on readings which can yield something more for their participants, and a rigor and community required, therefore, that most other events simply lack. It’s a credit to Beckett that writers who began at Beckett’s have reached success, and continue to return to read at TENSE. WHAT YOU SHOULD DO It’s a busy weekend…. Literally everything is happening on Thursday, October 3: From 12 - 7pm (and for 4 days only) — OCD Chinatown opens Studio Dress by K8 Hardy . Studio dress describes itself as “a practical new wardrobe staple that doubles as an editioned artwork available to the masses.” The gallery is in the Chinatown Mall, where I saw a lot of interesting exhibitions last year, but haven’t frequented lately. Excited to check this one out. From 6 - 8pm — Sara’s at Dunkunsthalle celebrates the opening of The Pictures Generation: From Hallwalls to the Kitchen, and Beyond . Curated by Vera Dika , this group exhibition continues the gallery’s exploration of the early days of The Picture Generation, highlighting artists who lived and worked at a pivotal time in the area of the Financial District, exploring boundaries of high art and popular culture. Works on view from Gretchen Bender , Charlie Clough , Nancy Dwyer , Jack Goldstein , Robert Longo , Cindy Sherman , and Michael Zwack . From 8pm to late — Perennial Magazine is hosting a Harvest Swoon Celebration at Honey’s in anticipation of their debut issue. This will be a magical evening - books, zines, wine, tarot readings, love letters, etc. Submissions for Issue I are still open through October 15 . Also from 8pm - late — Billy Pedlow celebrates the launch of his poetry book Terrorizing The Virgin . Readings by Billy Pedlow , Alex Bienstock , Cassidy Grady , Peter Vack , Maddy Van Buren , Jack Ludkey , and John Padula . From 10m to late — Overmono is hosting a free party at Public Records . Also rom 10pm to late — Club Chess makes their nighttime debut at Le Bain . DJ sets by Nick Cheo , Danny Cole , Blaketheman1000 , and Quiet Luke . Friday, October 4: From 7 - 8:30pm — Stephanie LaCav a, Daniel Arnold , and Alex Ross Perry present a selection of shorts at The Downtown Festival . Q&A to follow. Lots of wonderful feature films in this festival, mostly sold out for Friday evening, but tickets for The Filmmakers Co-Op Program are still available here . Screening ticket guarantees entry to the Opening Night Party, from 10:30pm to late . From 8pm at Pretty Garden Club — Blade Study presents the debut of Emmett Palaima’s new Artists’ Speakers Series, Morningstar. Performances by Emmett Palaima , Ex Wiish , Accdntl Dred , and Liai . From 7:30pm at Montex Press Radio — Charm School celebrates their debut issue launch with an evening of readings hosted by Perfectly Imperfect . Readings by Saoirse Bertram , Adeline Swartzendruber , Madlen Stafford , Vivi Hayes , Bernard Cohen , and Genevieve Goffman . DJ sets by Isa Locsin , Misty Carrots , Nick Pato , Sperolecum , and Windy 500 . Saturday, October 5 From 12 - 12:45pm and 1 - 1:45pm — NPCC (and Trippin ) (and Hinge ?) will be hosting free screenwriting workshops at Public Records . There’s a Houellebecqian Eboy Party at Sovereign House. If you know what any of those words means, then this is for you. From 11pm — Angel Landing Productions presents Suzy Sheer , Mgna Crrrta (DJ), Oliver Lamb , and Le Sound at The Broadway . Sunday, October 6 from 7pm — Confessions is back at KGB . Readings by Zack Graham , Cassidy Grady , Annabel Boardman , Austin Fickle , Sophie Dess , Catie Fronczack , Ruby Sutton , and Dull . Thanks for reading Chloe Pingeon’s Substack! 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