Pioneer Works
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Pioneer Works builds community through the arts & sciences to create an open and curious world.
Secure your spot for Press Play 2025—our weekend-long fair of books, records, art, ephemera, talks, and workshops, returning December 13. pioneerworks.org/programs/pre...
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Secure your spot for Press Play 2025—our weekend-long fair of books, records, art, ephemera, talks, and workshops, returning December 13. pioneerworks.org/programs/pre...
As a critic, Ben Ratliff spent years defining art by its edges. But running helped show him that the truth of a song lives in its middle: “The truth about music is that all of it could potentially go on forever.” pioneerworks.org/broadcast/be...
November 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
As a critic, Ben Ratliff spent years defining art by its edges. But running helped show him that the truth of a song lives in its middle: “The truth about music is that all of it could potentially go on forever.” pioneerworks.org/broadcast/be...
Amidst what he calls “Gowanus Footballs” (bloated, decomposing rats) and “Coney Island whitefish” (used condoms), Gary Francis and @gowanusdredgers.bsky.social track the Gowanus Canal daily—hoping to revive its famously rotten waters. @amypedulla.bsky.social pioneerworks.org/broadcast/go...
October 16, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Amidst what he calls “Gowanus Footballs” (bloated, decomposing rats) and “Coney Island whitefish” (used condoms), Gary Francis and @gowanusdredgers.bsky.social track the Gowanus Canal daily—hoping to revive its famously rotten waters. @amypedulla.bsky.social pioneerworks.org/broadcast/go...
This weekend at Second Sundays, Alissa Bennett will talk to the iconic Chris Kraus (@chriskraus.bsky.social) about her new novel, The Four Spent the Day Together—a book that began as a series of stories published on Pioneer Works Broadcast. @scribnerbooks.bsky.social pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...
October 9, 2025 at 6:07 PM
This weekend at Second Sundays, Alissa Bennett will talk to the iconic Chris Kraus (@chriskraus.bsky.social) about her new novel, The Four Spent the Day Together—a book that began as a series of stories published on Pioneer Works Broadcast. @scribnerbooks.bsky.social pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...
How are poems made? This Sunday, at our monthly open house, @parisreview.bsky.social poetry editor Srikanth Reddy will talk process with Matt Broaddus (@mattbroaddus.bsky.social), Jana Prikryl, and Broadcast contributor Mónica de la Torre. pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...
October 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
How are poems made? This Sunday, at our monthly open house, @parisreview.bsky.social poetry editor Srikanth Reddy will talk process with Matt Broaddus (@mattbroaddus.bsky.social), Jana Prikryl, and Broadcast contributor Mónica de la Torre. pioneerworks.org/programs/sec...
"These were the days that never existed for most of Europe in 1582." Since then, we've switched to the Gregorian calendar, but it's not perfect either. Read more from Joe Patterson's Big Apple Sky Calendar on Broadcast. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/bi...
October 8, 2025 at 1:55 PM
"These were the days that never existed for most of Europe in 1582." Since then, we've switched to the Gregorian calendar, but it's not perfect either. Read more from Joe Patterson's Big Apple Sky Calendar on Broadcast. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/bi...
“The warmth of the sun was a joy for most of human history, but thanks to human foolishness, this source of life has become the curse of our age.” Bill McKibben (@billmckibben.bsky.social) on shade’s fragile mercy. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/pr...
September 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
“The warmth of the sun was a joy for most of human history, but thanks to human foolishness, this source of life has become the curse of our age.” Bill McKibben (@billmckibben.bsky.social) on shade’s fragile mercy. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/pr...
“Air-conditioning is not just a technology of personal comfort; it is also a technology of forgetting.” Jeff Goodell (@jeffgoodell.bsky.social) on the fraught luxury of cold air. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/je...
September 24, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“Air-conditioning is not just a technology of personal comfort; it is also a technology of forgetting.” Jeff Goodell (@jeffgoodell.bsky.social) on the fraught luxury of cold air. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/je...
Broadcast presents HEAT WEEK—a series of dispatches from a world on fire. Ft @luxante.bsky.social, @billmckibben.bsky.social, @emilyraboteau.bsky.social, @jannalevinastro.bsky.social, @laurenmarkham.bsky.social, @philipcball.bsky.social. @wellcometrust.bsky.social
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September 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Broadcast presents HEAT WEEK—a series of dispatches from a world on fire. Ft @luxante.bsky.social, @billmckibben.bsky.social, @emilyraboteau.bsky.social, @jannalevinastro.bsky.social, @laurenmarkham.bsky.social, @philipcball.bsky.social. @wellcometrust.bsky.social
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pioneerworks.org/broadcast/se...
“Huge testicles, a long upright tail, and extensive territory: these are the foundations of wren triumph.” Now on Broadcast, an intimate look into the polygynous lives of wren, from Adam Nicolson’s BIRD SCHOOL (@fsgbooks.bsky.social). pioneerworks.org/broadcast/wr...
September 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
“Huge testicles, a long upright tail, and extensive territory: these are the foundations of wren triumph.” Now on Broadcast, an intimate look into the polygynous lives of wren, from Adam Nicolson’s BIRD SCHOOL (@fsgbooks.bsky.social). pioneerworks.org/broadcast/wr...
“The answer to death is sex.” Adam Nicolson on the lustful lives of wrens—an exclusive excerpt from BIRD SCHOOL, out now from @fsgbooks.bsky.social. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/wr...
September 19, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“The answer to death is sex.” Adam Nicolson on the lustful lives of wrens—an exclusive excerpt from BIRD SCHOOL, out now from @fsgbooks.bsky.social. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/wr...
RIP Hermeto Pascoal, who in 2023 warned Joshua Minsoo Kim against what he called real death: “When people graduate, they sometimes think they know stuff. That’s what dying is. When you think you know, that’s when you’ve really died.” pioneerworks.org/broadcast/he...
September 16, 2025 at 5:40 PM
RIP Hermeto Pascoal, who in 2023 warned Joshua Minsoo Kim against what he called real death: “When people graduate, they sometimes think they know stuff. That’s what dying is. When you think you know, that’s when you’ve really died.” pioneerworks.org/broadcast/he...
“I just want to know her damn name.” PW Working Artist Fellow Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Jazmine Hughes (@jazzedloon) on ancestral presence, living records, and the power of naming names. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ka...
September 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“I just want to know her damn name.” PW Working Artist Fellow Kameelah Janan Rasheed and Jazmine Hughes (@jazzedloon) on ancestral presence, living records, and the power of naming names. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ka...
“I think any artist’s life is a kind of gamble.” Does art retain its value when everything else falls away? @GarthGreenwell and Jordan Kisner discuss Small Rain and devotion. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ga...
July 30, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“I think any artist’s life is a kind of gamble.” Does art retain its value when everything else falls away? @GarthGreenwell and Jordan Kisner discuss Small Rain and devotion. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ga...
“She was the obvious third point of the triangle.” In an excerpt from The Mobius Book (@fsgbooks), Catherine Lacey captures the slow build of chosen family—relationships that change shape without reaching conclusion. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ca...
June 18, 2025 at 4:09 PM
“She was the obvious third point of the triangle.” In an excerpt from The Mobius Book (@fsgbooks), Catherine Lacey captures the slow build of chosen family—relationships that change shape without reaching conclusion. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ca...
“He’s what freedom looks like, what it sounds like.” Marcus J. Moore on Sun Ra Arkestra’s galactic elder, Marshall Allan, who just turned 101. Join us this Friday for a special concert from the visionary ensemble at Pioneer Works.
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pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ma...
June 17, 2025 at 4:48 PM
“He’s what freedom looks like, what it sounds like.” Marcus J. Moore on Sun Ra Arkestra’s galactic elder, Marshall Allan, who just turned 101. Join us this Friday for a special concert from the visionary ensemble at Pioneer Works.
pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ma...
pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ma...
Streams, tumbling across time and toward the sea, have memories too. PW Broadcast is delighted to share an exclusive excerpt from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social’s latest from @wwnorton.com, which we’ll be launching tomorrow at Pioneer Works. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ri...
June 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Streams, tumbling across time and toward the sea, have memories too. PW Broadcast is delighted to share an exclusive excerpt from @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social’s latest from @wwnorton.com, which we’ll be launching tomorrow at Pioneer Works. pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ri...
“Here are people for the first time, drawn to this place where water is born.” Ahead of his U.S. launch at Pioneer Works tomorrow, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social traces springs, streams, and rivers through the centuries on Broadcast. @wwnorton.com pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ri...
June 3, 2025 at 4:30 PM
“Here are people for the first time, drawn to this place where water is born.” Ahead of his U.S. launch at Pioneer Works tomorrow, @robgmacfarlane.bsky.social traces springs, streams, and rivers through the centuries on Broadcast. @wwnorton.com pioneerworks.org/broadcast/ri...
The brain is the only organ that can consider itself, and yet it runs on less power than a refrigerator light bulb. PW is proud to present SCALE—a short film from @jannalevinastro.bsky.social and Tom McNamara that considers the true measure of our minds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPwx...
May 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
The brain is the only organ that can consider itself, and yet it runs on less power than a refrigerator light bulb. PW is proud to present SCALE—a short film from @jannalevinastro.bsky.social and Tom McNamara that considers the true measure of our minds. www.youtube.com/watch?v=xPwx...
From Far Sector to the Broken Earth Trilogy,
@nkjemisin.bsky.social is constantly exploring the push and pull between innate and societal power. The writer sat down with @jannalevinastro.bsky.social to discuss how fantasy worlds can predict the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBb0...
@nkjemisin.bsky.social is constantly exploring the push and pull between innate and societal power. The writer sat down with @jannalevinastro.bsky.social to discuss how fantasy worlds can predict the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBb0...
April 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
From Far Sector to the Broken Earth Trilogy,
@nkjemisin.bsky.social is constantly exploring the push and pull between innate and societal power. The writer sat down with @jannalevinastro.bsky.social to discuss how fantasy worlds can predict the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBb0...
@nkjemisin.bsky.social is constantly exploring the push and pull between innate and societal power. The writer sat down with @jannalevinastro.bsky.social to discuss how fantasy worlds can predict the future. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBb0...