National Sawdust — Local services in New York

First time visiting this interesting space.

It’s a kind of black box theater space. Super modular.

The speakers in this place can make so much sound for the small space.

The space allows for fairly intimate performances.

The sound treatment in the space (white panels), look super cool, and have different patterns on them. I’d love to know if the different shapes capture different sound spectrums better🤷🏻‍♂️

They have a kitchen… I tried 2 different Disco tacos. They’re assembled more like a mulita. I tried 2 different proteins, and each taco (mulita) was unique. The “Tortillas” were unique in general, and compared to one another.

The bar has good options, and the bartender made a great drink for my friend. There’s free water (self service).

There are a bunch of all gender bathrooms. All the bathrooms...

Lovely venue and staff! I did want to kindly encourage y’all to pursue less single use plastics with your drinks, though.

Perhaps working with a local company like Deliver Zero or Cup Zero to secure a circular cup model, or only serving canned beers, no plastic cups, or serving in legit compostables with compost receptacles to make sure they’re processed.

I love to see music venues keeping the local ecosystem in mind—just some friendly food for thought, as we endure a climate crisis exacerbated by fossil fuels (plastics are made from fossil fuels…)

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Do not sit in front of the control booth, especially for concerts in which the performers are playing or singing softly. The light board in the control booth makes a significant racket. When the venue's technicians operate it, they sound like they are clacking out a cranky email on an old computer keyboard. National Sawdust is a jewel of a venue and their programming is world class, but the clatter of a sound engineer's arrhythmic patter on their light board could ruin a performance for you - like it did for me when I saw...