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The Early Files includes stories from the archives of the Barnstable Patriot.

I first heard about the work of performer, musician and artist Kembra Pfahler in the early ’90s when a friend told me she’d seen a Richard Kern film—Sewing Circle (1992)—that documented Pfahler getting her vagina sewn shut. I recall her gesture making me feel sad and a little sick, yet I mostly felt deep admiration for the extremity of her self-possession. Here she was taking on rape culture (among other violences), prohibiting the penetration of her body by means of needle and thread, the classic tools of “woman’s work.” Perhaps best known for her death rock project the Voluptuo...

The radical artist spills on everything from the first artwork she ever created to the best piece of advice she’s ever been given and her first, seminal encounter with punk

In this interview between Richard Kern and his collaborator Supervert, Kern discusses his new book of photographs, Medicated (Art Paper Editions).

1932: St. Patrick's Day has been marked by the same old weather that usually prevails on this day so dear to the Irish heart.