CinemaNiche

11/16/2025

Thank you for coming out last night to see Monk In Pieces!

After six years, six films, surviving a pandemic, purchasing/donating/redonating/testing the projector, and painting the screen wall, CinemaNiche going on indefinite hiatus.

We're proud of the team's efforts over the years to help create a venue for films and we're inspired by all the other groups using the space now. That was the dream! And of course none of our efforts would have amounted to anything without a shared dream by Kate and Ashley at Studio Two Three. They continue to improve their building and event space and make it easier and more accessible for everyone to run programs. Long live Studio Two Three!

We'd like to thank Studio Two Three, Style Weekly, Plan 9 Music, Black Iris Social Club, James River Film Society, Global a Go Go, Blood Ponies, dave watkins, Matt Klimas, Serge Bulat, Steady Sounds, and Cherub Records for collaborations over the years. (If we missed you it was not intentional)

We have updated www.cinemaniche.com with links to a bunch of local cinema collectives, orgs, groups, programming, etc. There is no shortage of opportunities to see films in Richmond. Run, don't walk, to support your favorites!

Thank you,
CinemaNiche

11/15/2025

TONIGHT
Doors 7 PM
Monk In Pieces 8 PM

11/14/2025

Thank you Style Weekly for covering Monk In Pieces!

get tickets here: www.cinemaniche.com

Acting on a suggestion from recently departed WRIR DJ Bill Lupoletti (for whom the screening is dedicated), the fine folks at CinemaNiche will be screening "Monk in Pieces," a music doc about the visionary multimedia artist Meredith Monk, at Studio Two Three on Saturday, Nov. 15. The film includes interviews with some of her admirers like David Bowie and Björk.

Serge Bulat, a Moldovan-American singer and multidisciplinary artist who studied with Monk at the Garrison Institute in New York will be on hand to answer questions. Doors open at 7 p.m. Read more in our preview by Don Harrison in comments.

11/14/2025

'The voice is my river': Meredith Monk reflects on 6 decades of music-making

August 1, 2024
by Tom Huizenga for NPR

The revered interdisciplinary artist, now in her 80s, remains vigorous and regards the joy of curiosity as the key to staying young.

11/13/2025

The 'Rally' scene from Quarry, a piece by Meredith Monk, performed at the Lepercq Space at BAM, NYC, 1977

This is the 'Rally' scene from Quarry, a piece by Meredith Monk, performed here at the Lepercq Space at BAM, NYC, 1977. For 40 Performers. OBIE Award for Out...

11/12/2025

Catch CinemaNiche presents Monk in Pieces this Saturday at Studio Two Three.

Tickets available at www.cinemaniche.com

Monk In Pieces is a film about Meredith Monk: composer, performer, visionary.

The boundary-breaking artist Meredith Monk overcame a hostile critical establishment to become one of the great innovators of her generation. In the midst of her latest creation, Indra’s Net, Monk faces mortality: can such singular work be performed without her?

Featuring interviews with Björk and David Byrne, Monk in Pieces is a mosaic that illuminates Monk’s wildly original vocabulary of sound and imagery. The film was an official selection and Teddy Award nominee at the 2025 Berlinale, and is now playing in theaters nationwide.

1: Quarry, 1977 Photo: Walker Art Center Archives
2: Paris, 1982 Photo: Walker Art Center Archives
3: Education of the Girlchild, 1974 Photo: Walker Art Center Archives
Read more about these works: https://walkerart.org/magazine/meredith-monk-chronology/

11/11/2025

We're thrilled to bring Monk In Pieces to Richmond this Saturday!

Watch the trailer:

Watch the official trailer for MONK IN PIECES, a film about Meredith Monk: composer, performer, visionary. In theaters July 25th.------The boundary-breaking ...

11/10/2025

Interview with Billy Shebar, director of Monk In Pieces:

https://youtu.be/9ypVSZ-B0JA?si=xyJzWcdGPBtdKP7G

Catch Monk In Pieces this Saturday at Studio Two Three.

Advance tickets available now: www.cinemaniche.com

Zsombor Bobák in conversation with Billy Shebar about the film "MONK IN PIECES".The profound cultural influence of the composer, performer and interdisciplin...

11/09/2025

CinemaNiche presents Monk in Pieces

🍅 91% Tomatometer on Rotten Tomatoes

Get tickets here: www.cinemaniche.com