Issue number three (of six issues published) of "It Is : A Magazine for Abstract Art," published between 1958 and 1965. Edited by P.G. Pavia. Contents include: "A Little Room for Feeling," by Hubert Crehan; "Face Front," by Sidney Geist; "Abstraction in Poetry," by Allen Ginsberg; "Editor of a Hearsay Panel," by Elaine de Kooning; "Thoughts on the Dance," by Merle Marsicano; "Drawing," by Mercedes Matter; "Spontaneity," by George McNeil; "Manifesto-In-Progress III," by P. ... [details]
October 29-November 4 issue of SoHo News. Issue edited by Josh Friedman. Cover stories include: "Special Supplement: Music for Fun and Profit, a Special Supplement on the Economy's Effect on Rock Clubs, Latin Music, Juke Joints, and Disco;" "Born Again Right: NY's Moral Majority," by Eric Nadler; "Saturday Night Live," Merle Ginsberg on cast member and SoHo performance artist Mitchell Kriegman; "Still Not Ready for Prime Time After All These Years," Paul Slanksy on the cancellation of the SNL Weekend Update Election Special before the election that would see Reagan become president; "Notes of a Videophobe: 3 Days at the Kitchen," by Jonathan Rosenbaum; and "New Light on the Whitney," Gerald Marzorati reviews James Turrell's first New York show at the Whitney Museum. ... [details]