A couple of events in New York have WNYC's Sara Fishko considering the fervent work of an art curator and a rock critic - in this edition of Fishko Files.

Pursuing the Unpredictable: The New Museum 1977-2017 continues through Sunday, January 7.

New Museum

235 Bowery

New York, NY 10002

How to Be a Rock Critic opens at the Public Theater on Friday, January 5.

Public Theater

425 Lafayette St.

New York, NY 10003

Marcia Tucker's A Short Life of Trouble: Forty Years in the New York Art World is available on Amazon, as are Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung and Main Lines, Blood Feasts, and Bad Taste by Lester Bangs.

The Marcia Tucker interview was done by Lynn Hershman-Leeson for the film !Women Art Revolution.