Brooklyn Collage

The mysterious art space called DUMBA (could it be the feminist version of DUMBO?) was the wildly popular site of a clandestine party late last week. As snow swirled down on the cobblestoned streets, Semiautomatic and Le Tigre performed for an amusingly clad, hysterically enthusiastic crowd of riot grrrls and boys.

Patch Adam

Pursenickity

Fur sure

Boxer rebellion

Stag party

Ts for two

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