IGNITE’S THE IMAGINATION WITH UNIQUE “INDOOR MARKETPLACE” AND ADULT PLAYSCAPE
Join us on Wednesday, May 29, 2012 (6:30-9:00pm at Three-Sixty° in Tribeca – 2 Desbrosses Street | New York City) as the Brooklyn Children’s Museum (BCM) celebrates 114 years as a leader in education, environmental stewardship, and community building. The Museum’s 2013 Awards Gala themed, Ignite the Imagination, encourages the importance of using one’s IMAGINATION for positive growth and CHANGE. All generous donations help us continue the education and inspiration of our future explorers, builders, inventors, and leaders. For ticket information please call Lizzie Jaeger at 212-684-1110x103 or lizzie@elizabethroseconsulting.com. Special thanks to our Lead Sponsors Silverstein Properties, Sullivan &Cromwell LLP, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, Fairway Market, and Chicago Title. Beer has been lovingly provided by Brooklyn Brewery.
BCM’s unique Gala format hosted by Master of Ceremonies, Dari Alexander (FOX 5 New York Anchor), offers guests access to a gastronomical ‘indoor marketplace’ featuring local businesses – Fairway Market, Amorini Cucina Rustica, Bite Size Kitchen, Dinosaur BBQ, Butter Beans Kitchen, Brooklyn Oyster Party, Super Wings, Golden Krust Bakery, Stinky Bklyn Cheese, Brooklyn Oyster Party, DocD Southern Desserts, Super Wings, Shelsky’s Smoked Fish, Brewklyn Grind, Bob and Betty’s, Joseph Steinberg and Pine Ridge Vineyards, Don Paco Lopez Panaderia and BCake NY to name a few; high-end silent auction items, and unique meet and greet opportunities with our Master of Ceremonies, Dari Alexander, FOX 5 New York Anchor, Interim President & CEO, Mindy Duitz, Chair of the Board of Trustees, Janno Lieber (President, World Trade Center Properties, LLC), special honorees and others. This is “the” event you don’t want to miss!
*An added attraction will be an appearance by our very own Kirby the Australian Bearded Dragon and R2D2 (Eastern Box Turtle - celebrating his 60th Birthday in June), both Educators from our renowned Live Animal Collection.
*Dress code: Festive cocktail attire. Auction items include one-of-a-kind experiences and getaways (Southshore Experience, Yankees tickets, Brooklyn Brewery Party & The Plaza Hotel), luxury items by STORK, and renowned fashion designer Marc Jacobs, family fun packages (Hampton Classic Horse Show, Circus, Summer Camp), limited edition Veuve Clicquot, Museum Junior Zookeeper for the Day, exclusive artwork by Illustrator Javaka Steptoe and much more!
As we have focused on the Battle of Brooklyn, and in particular on Walt Whitman’s poem about the Battle, The Centenarian’s Story, we have collaborated on several occasions with The Walt Whitman Project.
We highly recommend the following two Whitman Project events:
Saturday, June 8th, 5:00 p.m. at Proteus Gowanus
Save the date for this Whitman Project performance at Proteus Gowanus
A reading of Whitman’s Brooklyn-related work, including The Centenarian’s Story; related musical selections performed by contralto Nicole Mitchell; a presentation of Whitman memorabilia by collector Ed Centeno; an open audience reading of their favorite Whitman pieces.
We encourage you to visit our current exhibit, Battle Ground, at Proteus Gowanus, and Battle Pass - Revolution IV, a concurrent installation at the Old Stone House. Both exhibits are up through June.
Proteus is located at 543 Union Street, #1C | Brooklyn, NY 11215
Sunday, June 16th, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
"Walt Whitman's Fort Greene Park and Area"
A Brooklyn stroll guided by Greg Trupiano, Artistic Director, The Whitman Project
sponsored by Fort Greene Park Conservancy and The Walt Whitman Project
Walk around Fort Greene Park, a greensward that owes its existence in large part to Walt Whitman's editorials written for the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, and learn about this poet's intimate connection with Brooklyn's first official park. The afternoon includes discussions about the park, its role in the American Revolution and Civil War, the Wallabout Martyrs and the monument dedicated to their memory. In addition, guest performers sing and recite poetry and prose pertinent to this afternoon of discovery. The event continues with a walk up Myrtle Avenue to 99 Ryerson Street, the last existing building in Brooklyn that was a residence of Walt Whitman. An optional walk to the Brooklyn Navy Yard will follow.
MEET at 1:00 p.m. at the Visitors Center, Top of the Hill, Fort Greene Park
ENTER at Myrtle Avenue, Washington Park, or DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn
FREE event/rain or shine
INFORMATION & RESERVATIONS: 718-596-5305 or whitmanpro@aol.com. Reservations suggested. If you cannot attend, there will be one more walk on July 21st
May 16 - 25, 2013
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 16, 6 - 9pm
video_dumbo is proud to present its eighth annual festival and exhibition of contemporary moving image art, curated by Caspar Stracke and Gabriela Monroy.
On view from May 16 - 25, video_dumbo will include fourteen video screening programs, alongside eight installation works under the title Re-Return to Sender.
video_dumbo will present 106 artists from 30 different countries, that include several US premieres and new video works by: Christian Jankowski, Eija-Liisa Ahtilla, Nicolas Provost, Matthias Mueller/Christoph Girardet, Bjørn Melhus, Johan Grimonprez, Mike Hoolboom, and Mark Lewis.
Re-Return to Sender speculates about the imagined consciousness of digital and electromagnetic moving image displays and projection apparatus. With the emergence of video art —its novelty of closed circuit TV and feedback loops— in the early 70s, video began by looking at itself; early on, Rosalind Krauss detected the narcissistic qualities within it.
Forty years later, moving image technology has multiplied, oversaturated and accelerated to such an extent that we are forced to take a step back to consider its omnipresence. Now, radically stripped of its hallucinatory aura and spectacle, we come full circle to ask fundamental questions regarding the state of contemporary moving image media, including its reflection and narcissism, in an age of increasingly intelligent machines. Re-Return to Sender is an exhibition comprised of apparatus that recognize, investigate and celebrate themselves. Their relationship and interactions with humans-- both passive and active—becomes less significant as all signal emissions, events, and occurrences are projected back onto its originator-- a historical Re-Returning to Sender.
Eyebeam additionally presents On Disappearance, an interactive video installation by Finnish artist Lauri Astala, which will be on view throughout video_dumbo.
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 16, 6 - 9pm
at Eyebeam Art+Technology Center, 540 W21st St, NYC
The show is open weekends 1-6PM and runs through June 16.
Hurricane Sandy may have set them back a few months, but the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s Red Hook waterfront galleries open May 11th, bigger and better than ever with two new shows.
Wide Open 4, is BWAC’s fourth national art show, and this year juried by the Whitney Museum’s Carrie Springer. The top 101 pieces out of the more than 1700 submissions will be exhibited with widely diverse and exciting work from artists of many different backgrounds and cultures.
On the Waterfront is the 21st Spring Pier Art Show. When the theme for the show was selected more than a year ago, no one could have predicted just how relevant a title it would be (that’s when Zone A was added to the title. More than 200 artists will be exhibiting 1000 works in every medium from traditional to cutting edge.
The all-day Meet the Artists Reception, an opportunity for visitors to meet and chat with the exhibiting artists, will feature the punky folk music of the Rob Crowe Situation, a 9-piece band of guitars, vocals, banjo, violins and percussion.
Come see BWAC’s post-Sandy rebuilt gallery in Red Hook, with the city’s best view of the Statue of Liberty. It’s a perfect destination for a spring weekend.
Annual Memorial Day Concert and The Spoon River Project
This year Green-Wood celebrates 15 years of bringing Memorial Day music to visitors from all over the area. The concert features the ISO Symphonic Band, founded in 1995 to sponsor talented students throughout New York City and led by ISO’s inimitable founder and conductor Brian P. Worsdale. Each year we feature the works of Green-Wood’s permanent residents Fred Ebb, Louis Moreau Gottschalk, Leonard Bernstein, and many others.
The Green-Wood Historic Fund and Variations Theatre Group present THE SPOON RIVER PROJECT
A Play with Music, adapted by Tom Andolora, based on Edgar Lee Masters’ 1915 classic, The Spoon River Anthology.
Playing in Green-Wood Cemetery from June 13 to June 30.
Accompanied by songs including “Shall We Gather at the River,” “Softly and Tenderly” and “In the Gloaming,” 11 actors tell a story of the fictional town of Spoon River through its residents who have since left this world. Playwright Tom Andolora of Brooklyn College has adapted the classic American work by Edgar Lee Masters for the stage and directs the production as well. Enjoy the splendor of Green-Wood by moonlight, in what the New York Times calls “a true-to-life setting for voices from the dead.”
Want more? Stay up late on Opening Night for our “DRINKS TO DIE FOR” AFTER PARTY. Surrounded by gravesites and the night skies, you’ll mingle with the director and the actors of The Spoon River Project. The party is open for all June 14 ticketholders and includes a cash bar.
And for the true night owl – take in one of our MIDNIGHT SHOWS every Saturday. Arrive at 11:30pm under the cloak of darkness for a special midnight performance of The Spoon River Project at Green-Wood.
2013 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art First Awards
Julie Taymor to be Honored at the 2013 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art First Awards at Brooklyn Museum June 13
Event to Include Conversation with Taymor and Gloria Steinem
Award-winning theatre, opera, and film director Julie Taymor will be honored at the 2013 Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art First Awards at the Brooklyn Museum on June 13 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. The award, which honors women who have broken gender barriers to make remarkable contributions in their fields, will be bestowed on Taymor, winner of the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Musical in 1998. It will be presented by Museum Trustee Elizabeth A. Sackler and followed by a conversation between Taymor and feminist icon Gloria Steinem.
Tickets to this event are $200 ($150 for Brooklyn Museum Members and Members of the Council for Feminist Art) and will include admission to a private cocktail reception following the presentation and conversation. Proceeds will benefit the exhibition and educational programming offered by the Brooklyn Museum and its Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, the first and only organization of its kind. To purchase tickets and for further information, contact Mira Abramsohn at mira.abramsohn@brooklynmuseum.org or (718) 501-6589.
THE 17th ANNUAL SUMMER SERIES ANNOUNCES FULL SCHEDULE
Rooftop Films announces its full schedule for the 2013 Summer Series, featuring more than 45 outdoor screening of new independent films, including 15 previously unannounced short film programs and dates for all 45 special events across New York City.
The 2013 Rooftop Films Summer Series begins on May 10th with a collection of extraordinary new short films from around the world, including Gold Party by Nellie Kluz, a recipient of a grant from the Rooftop Filmmakers Fund; Slomo by Josh Izenberg, winner of the jury award for best short documentary at the 2013 SXSW film festival; and Weighting, directed Brie Larson and Dustin Bowser. The Summer Series will conclude August 15-17 with three amazing screenings, including a special sneak preview of David Lowery’s simmering drama, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints, screened outdoors at the Queens County Farm Museum.
Screenings continue next weekend with a free screening of the documentary Brothers Hypnotic at MetroTech Commons on Friday, May 17th, featuring a live performance by the subjects of the film, the 9-man Hypnotic Brass Ensemble. On May 18th, Rooftop will present New York Mayhem, a collection of striking new short films by New York based filmmakers, on two separate roofs atop Industry City in Sunset Park Brooklyn. New York Mayhem will be the first of four screenings at Industry City, a new venue that offers breathtaking views of New York Harbor, the lower Manhattan skyline, the Statue of Liberty, and South Brooklyn.
Wednesday, June 12:Interface Innovation (Short Films)
Venue: Outdoors at MetroTech Commons, Bridge Street & Johnson Street, Downtown Brooklyn
Saturday, June 22: Tiger Tail in Blue (Dir. Frank V. Ross)
Venue: The roof of the Old American Can Factory, 232 Third Street, Gowanus/Park Slope
Thursday, June 27: Drinking Buddies (Dir. Joe Swanberg)
Presented in partnership with BAMcinemaFest
Venue: Outdoor parking lot at BAMcinématek (Fort Greene), Fulton Street and Ashland Place, Brooklyn
Saturday, July 6: Belleville Baby (Dir. Mia Engberg)
Venue: The roof of the Old American Can Factory, 232 Third Street, Gowanus/Park Slope
Thursday, July 18: Newlyweeds (Dir. Shaka King)
Venue: The roof of Trilok Fusion Center for the Arts, 143 Waverly Avenue at Myrtle Avenue, Clinton Hill
Saturday, July 20: Short Term 12 (Dir. Destin Daniel Cretton)
Venue: The roof of the Old American Can Factory, 232 Third Street, Gowanus/Park Slope
Saturday, July 27: INDUSTRIANCE ™: Black Out (Short Films)
Venue: The roof of the Old American Can Factory, 232 Third Street, Gowanus/Park Slope
Thursday, August 1: The Expedition to the End of the World (Dir. Daniel Dencik)
Venue: The Waterfront Museum aboard the 914 Lehigh Valley Barge #79, In the water at 290 Conover Street, Red Hook
Friday, August 2: North of South, West of East (Dir. Meredith Danluck)
Venue: Outdoors at MetroTech Commons, Bridge Street & Johnson Street, Downtown Brooklyn
Saturday, August 3: Cutie and the Boxer (Dir. Zachary Heinzerling)
Venue: The roof of the Old American Can Factory, 232 Third Street, Gowanus/Park Slope
Saturday, August 10: Elena (Dir. Petra Costa)
Venue: The roof of the Old American Can Factory, 232 Third Street, Gowanus/Park Slope
Friday, August 16: F--- for Forest (Dir. Michal Marczak)
Venue: The roof of the Old American Can Factory, 232 Third Street, Gowanus/Park Slope
Saturday, August 17: Rooftop Shots (Short Films)
Venue: The roof of the Old American Can Factory, 232 Third Street, Gowanus/Park Slope
Rooftop Films is a non-profit organization whose mission is to engage and inspire the diverse communities of New York City by showcasing the work of emerging filmmakers and musicians. In addition to their annual Summer Series – which takes place in unique outdoor venues every weekend throughout the summer – Rooftop provides grants to filmmakers, teaches media literacy and filmmaking to young people, rents equipment at low-cost to artists and non-profits, and produces new independent films. At Rooftop Films, we bring underground movies outdoors. For more information and updates please visit their website at www.rooftopfilms.com.
AT&T is the proud presenting sponsor of the Rooftop Films 2013 Summer Series and the Rooftop Filmmakers’ Fund AT&T Feature Film Grant.
a documentary film about MARIA CALLAS with introduction and commentary by Director/Producer Larry Lapidus
On Sunday, June 2, 2013, Tabla Rasa Gallery is delighted to present "La Divina," a documentary film, with rare historical footage, that offers the opportunity to experience the grandeur and magic of legendary soprano, Maria Callas. Larry Lapidus, lecturer and program director for Lyric Opera of Chicago, will introduce his film about the tempestuous native Brooklynite who suffered from near-blinding myopia, potentially voice-altering mid-career weight loss, and romantic scandals involving, among others, Aristotle Onassis. Unlike more familiar biographies focused upon her personal life, this film transports us back in time to experience footage of performances, up close, personal, and totally breathtaking.
The film marks her career from early on in Italy and concludes with her last singing engagements and her premature death. “The lecture will give added information not mentioned in the documentary, and will instill greater audience appreciation.” Mr. Lapidus added that there’s also great entertainment value for those unfamiliar with the particulars of the classic soprano. “Maria Callas was not only one of the most famous opera singers of the 20th century, her beauty, style and legendary ‘diva’ antics made headlines all across the world,” he said. “She was about to marry Aristotle Onassis when he changed his mind and married Jacqueline Kennedy instead. It was quite sad. Her life was downhill from that point on.”
There will be an introduction and talk back with producer director Larry Lapidus. “Maria Callas was perhaps the most important soprano of the last century,” Lapidus said. “In my opinion, she was the greatest interpreter of ‘bel canto’ (Italian for ‘beautiful music’). This is a period of ‘Romantic’ music starting around 1830. I’ve been reading about her for years, listening to all of her CDs and watching performances on DVD.” Fiercely knowledgeable, Leonard Bernstein once called Maria Callas “the Bible of Opera.”
About Larry Lapidus
Formerly a prominent theatrical portrait photographer in New York, then Chicago, Lapidus, an avid opera enthusiast and aficionado, delivers 15 lectures on two operas per season for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. "My most important responsibility has been as a director on the board of Lyric’s largest chapter, Near North Chapter (NNC),” he explained. “They created a new position for me, specifically for Special Events and Talent. I choose singers and speakers from across the broad spectrum at Lyric for the 10 fundraising programs each season.”
On Sunday, June 2, 2013, everyone can discover the public and private lives of a legend. Suggested donation: $10.00 (No one turned away) Seating is limited - RSVP suggested; 718.833.9101
About Tabla Rasa Gallery
Tabla Rasa Gallery is located at 224 48th Street, between 2nd and 3rd Avenues, in the burgeoning art destination of Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The destination gallery is known for their consistently stunning exhibitions. Within the 4000 square foot turn of the century carriage house, the gallery exhibits primary and secondary market artwork by emerging, mid-career, and established artists, in all media, including painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, print media, digital, film and video.
The gallery is located two "D" or "N" express subway stops from Manhattan to 36th Street Station, plus one "R" stop to 45th Street (or a just few short "R" stops beyond Park Slope).
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy, in cooperation with Brooklyn Bridge Park, is pleased to announce the lineup for the fourteenth year of its signature movie series. This will be Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy’s sixth year partnering with Syfy to present Syfy Movies With A View. The free, outdoor film series will take place on Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park and will feature films from different cities around the globe.
The first film in the park kicks off on Thursday, July 11, and runs weekly through Thursday, August 29. The audience will be taken on a journey each week with feature films that take place in cities such as Chicago (Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), Hong Kong (Enter the Dragon), London (Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), Rome (Roman Holiday), Detroit (8 Mile), Philadelphia (Rocky), San Francisco (Vertigo), and a location that the public will choose later in the summer.
FULL LINEUP
Every Thursday from July 11 through August 29
DJs at 6:00pm, Movies at Sundown
July 11: Ferris Bueller's Day Off
High School truant extraordinaire, Ferris Bueller (Matthew Broderick) plots to take one last grand day off before graduation, touring the streets on Chicago in a Ferrari “borrowed” from a friend’s father’s while staying one step ahead of principal Rooney (Jeffrey Jones). A master of capturing the trials and triumphs of teenage freedom, Director John Hughes blends satire, social commentary, and pure fun. [PG-13]
July 18: Enter the Dragon
Under the guise of an international martial arts competition, Bruce Lee and partners John Saxon and Jim Kelly infiltrate the hidden island fortress of a powerful drug syndicate off the coast of Hong Kong. Perhaps the seminal Kung Fu film of the 1970’s, Lee’s final film features the martial arts master at the height of his career with superbly staged fight scenes in a variety of styles. [R]
July 25: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory
When young Charlie Bucket finds the final golden ticket wrapped inside a Wonka Bar, he is granted access to the secret mysteries of Mr. Wonka’s (Gene Wilder) chocolate factory. The 1971 musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s classic children’s book whisks five kids into a world of pure imagination complete with chocolate rivers, fizzy lifting drink, and singing Umpa Lumpas. [G]
August 1: 8 Mile
Rapper Eminem made his acting debut in this semi-autobiographical journey of a white kid trying to make it as a hip-hop artist in the bombed out heart of inner city Detroit. After freezing up during an important rap battle, the young rapper, Rabbit, thinks he is at a dead end, but his girlfriend (Britney Murphy) helps him build up the courage to take one last shot. [R]
August 8: Roman Holiday
Princess Ann (Audrey Hepburn) is an unsatisfied princess who, in an attempt to find her freedom, winds up stumbling into the apartment of reporter – and bachelor – Joe Bradley (Gregory Peck). The two dodge her secret service guards all throughout the city while giving the Princess a taste of the real world. [NR]
August 15: Rocky
After the top boxing contender drops out, small time debt collector Rocky Balboa (Sylvester Stallone) gets a shot at the World Heavyweight Championship. Set on the eve of the Philadelphian Bicentennial, Rocky took Hollywood by surprise, as the rags-to-riches classic creamed box offices and won the Academy Award for best picture, in addition to featuring one of film history’s most iconic training montages. [PG]
August 22: Vertigo
Retired private eye, Scottie Ferguson (Jimmy Stewart) battles acrophobia in one final case, trailing the enchanting Madeleine Elster (Kim Novak). Hailed as one of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest works, winding through the streets of San Francisco in dazzlingly rich Technicolor, Vertigo weaves a dizzying story of love and obsession. [PG]
August 29: PUBLIC VOTE!
As is tradition, Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy and Syfy invite the public to vote on the last film of the summer starting on August 22. Check out the contenders below (rained-out films will also be entered into the running):
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) and his attorney Dr. Gonzo (Benicio del Toro) take on the spiraling psychedelic safari of 1970s Las Vegas on a savage journey to the heart of the American Dream. Terry Gilliam’s highly stylized trip of a film captures all the whit, humor and horror of Hunter S. Thompson’s classic work of Gonzo journalism. [R]
Good Will Hunting
At one of Boston’s top universities, MIT janitor Will Hunting (Matt Damon) is discovered after solving one of the schools most vexing math equations, but the future of this brilliant mind depends on the guidance of therapist Sean Maguire (Robin Williams). [R]
Lost in Translation
Two lonely strangers, Charlotte (Scarlett Johansson) and Bob Harris (Bill Murray), forge a touching and unexpected friendship while adventuring through high-speed Tokyo in Sofia Coppola’s Oscar-winning film. [R]
Brooklyn Bridge Park invites you to the third annual Celebrate Brooklyn! Bridge Dance Party series in partnership with BRIC ARTS | MEDIA | BKLYN. On three consecutive Thursday evenings in May, Pier 1 will be the site of the borough’s premier dance parties. Celebrate Brooklyn! Bridge Dance Party will feature an exciting lineup of bands, DJs, food trucks, dance lessons, and more:
THURSDAY MAY 16TH: AFRO-CUBAN DANCE PARTY
Pedrito Martinez & DJ Nickodemus
THURSDAY MAY 23RD: OLD SCHOOL FUNK & HIP-HOP DANCE PARTY
Zapp Band & D-Nice
The Gowanus Dredgers and the Red Hook Boaters are holding a historic race this June called The Gowanus Challenge!
The race is historic because, to the best of our knowledge… this is the first race where entire course, and the ensuing awards banquet will be held completely on a US Government sanctioned Superfund site. We were unable to get USOC sanctioning, so we'll settle for EPA. The race and lunch party are on June 15th 2013 and we challenge all other boathouses to field teams, and independent kayakers to come on their own and join the fun!
For updates about entry, prizes, and the fantastic post race party as the event are planned please visit our Gowanus Challenge page at: http://www.gowanuscanal.org/race
We hereby officially issue a challenge to you, and/or your boathouse to test your mettle on our home turf, the mighty Gowanus Canal, once the life blood of industrial Brooklyn, now being called the “Venice of Brooklyn” by real estate developers. The course is a 2.5 mile round trip from the Dredgers Boathouse to the mouth of the canal and back.
The Gowanus Challenge is open to all canoes and other closed-bottom boat (kayaks, skiffs, etc) from the Dredgers Boathouse to the mouth of the canal and back. Team Registrations open today and remember to list your "team name" in the designation section. Our goal is for each canoe team to raise a $500 "entry pledge" and kayaks / other boats to raise $250 "entry fee" so forward this to your friends, family, classmates and co-workers and tell them to make a donation to support your team. We'll post results weekly on our race page and will award a special prize to the team that raises the most funds!
The race will start at 11:00am from our 2nd Street dock on June 15 (6/23 rain date) with 10:30 registration and equipment checks. This is a fundraising event to provide critical money to support our programs but we absolutely guarantee this will be one of the best paddling events of your summer.
Preview: May 10 - 20, Friday to Sunday, 12-6pm
and the afternoon of May 22
Momenta Art is pleased to invite you to our eighteenth annual spring benefit: an evening including a raffle drawing and a silent auction. As in previous years, it will be an exciting evening to acquire artwork by highly talented emerging and established artists, as well as to celebrate our ongoing mission to support socially engaged and aesthetically sophisticated art.
Momenta Art's 2013 Benefit will present approximately 175 raffle artworks by both emerging and established artists. A raffle ticket guarantees you a work of art and entrance for two to the raffle drawing and silent auction on Wednesday, May 22nd. Tickets are limited to the number of artworks available. So please make sure that you purchase your tickets in advance.
In addition, Momenta Art will offer a number of higher-valued works for silent auction through Paddle 8. Bidding on these works will begin on May 10th and end on May 22nd at 7pm before the raffle begins. Silent auction artists will include Sarah Braman, David Diao, Mark Dion, William Powhida, Hunter Reynolds, Federico Solmi, and Mickalene Thomas.
Current Exhibit:Rosemarie Padovano
That Fell on Deaf Ears
April 5 - May 5, 2013
Gallery Hours: Friday to Monday, 12-6pm
Screening Event: April 26, 2013
(The detalils of the screening will be announced shortly.)
56 Bogart Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206
(Adjacent to Morgan L-stop)
Hudson River Park Pier 25 in Tribeca
One Day Only – Sunday, June 23, 2013 at 1 & 4 pm
The Showboat Circus offers old-time family entertainment and classical circus artistry aboard a century-old covered wooden barge. Featured in Tribeca this June are the rope tricks of Chris McDaniel, the masterful juggling of Jen Slaw, and the delightful songs and laughs of Ilene Weiss. Hosted by Captain David Sharps aboard his beautifully restored Lehigh Valley No. 79, the show offers a glimpse into an authentic NY Harbor showboat in the late 1800ʼs.
The Showboat Circus features: Chris McDaniel – a cowboy rope artist. This world champion rope trickster with immense charm has performed at the Grand Ole Opry, on Late Night with David Letterman, and on the National Rodeo Circuit. Jen Slaw – an award-winning female juggling genius fresh from David Letterman. Jen combines grace, humor, skill and beauty with an absolutely captivating style. Ilene Weiss – a twinkling and tender gal-with-guitar presents an assortment of family friendly songs with a charm that is wildly hysterical and heart-warming, all in the same verse.
THE SHOWBOAT CIRCUS is part of the North River Historic Ship Festival June 20 - 23. The fifth annual ship festival features free public boat rides aboard the Tug Pegasus and the John J. Harvey Fireboat, and dockside tours of the steam-powered lighthouse tender LILAC and Lehigh Valley No. 79. Also featured are Outrigger Canoe Races at Pier 26. For more information on the Festival visit http://www.nrhss.org.
Hudson River Park's Pier 25 is located in Tribeca, Manhattan along West Street at N. Moore Street. Nearest subway stations are the Franklin Street stop on the 1 or Canal Street on the A/C/E (exit at Walker Street.) N. Moore Street is one block north of Franklin Street or a block south of Walker Street. Walk west on N. Moore to the pier.
Advance Tickets: Adults $13, kids - $10. nrhss.org or nycharities.org Tickets at the door (when available): Adults $15, kids $12
SECRET FORMULA PRESENTS:THE GREASE SING-ALONG & 50'S DANCE PARTY
FRI 5/3 9pm doors / 9:30 show / $12 - Tickets
Not only is Grease the word but all of the words to the songs you love from this movie musical are going to be put up on the screen for the entire audience to Sing-Along to! And we're not just going to be watching and singing-along with the movie; we're going to playing-along with interactive Rocky Horror style props, shout outs and drinking games!
-Throw on you black leather or pink jackets, poodle skirts or Teen Angel wings for the Grease Costume Contest!
-Where is Sandy supposed to be from again? Test your Grease knowledge in the Trivia Competition!
-Hang out after the movie for The Bell House High School Dance with 50's hits spun by a live DJ....and yes, the punch will be spiked!
-Do you have what it takes to beat Danny Zuko and Cha Cha? Find out in the Grease Dance Off!
-Cool down from all that singing with a themed drink like a DJ Vince Fontaine, a Scorpion, a Greased Lightning and more!
COLONEL BOYD PRESENTS THE 139TH KENTUCKY DERBY
SAT 5/4 1pm / $10 at the door
ALL DAY: Kentucky-style BEER CHEESE by Floyd Eats! Plates by Urban Rustic. Soundtrack by DJ Steve Reynolds from Party Like it's 1999.
SCHEDULE:
1 to 5 - Hats available from Brooklyn milliner La China Loca.
3 to 5 - Square dancing led by David Harvey & NYC Barn Dance.
No experience required: all dances taught on the spot!
4:30 - Horses on sale by totemasters-general Edward J. Winnick and Marcus A. Tonti.
5 to 6 - Call to the Post by bugler Ryan Resky leads to the main room.
The singing of My Old Kentucky Home by Jaime and Leah from The Nouvellas.
Presentation of the fifth Ricky Hutchison Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award.
Prizes for Best Formal Hat, Best Informal Hat and runners up, plus Sharp Dressed Man and runners up.
6 - POST TIME -- and they're off!
7 - Live Band Karaoke with Bunnie England and the New Originals on the big stage. Trophies awarded for Most Inspiring Performances.
THE BELL HOUSE is located at 149 7th Street, between 2nd & 3rd Avenues in Gowanus, Brooklyn. Current show information can be found at www.thebellhouseny.com. The nearest subway stops are the F/G at Smith & 9th Street or 4th Avenue.
The 25th Annual Contemporary Art Education Student Exhibition
Opening Reception: May 15, 2013
BRIC Arts | Media | Bklyn is proud to present The 25th Annual BRIC Contemporary Art Education Exhibition of student artwork. Curated by Hawley Hussey, BRIC’s Director of Contemporary Art Education, the exhibition marks 25 years of presenting artwork created in a wide variety of media by students in grades pre-K through high school in public schools across Brooklyn as well as in Queens and the Bronx. This year’s exhibition will include artistic contributions by over 1,000 students from 14 partnering public schools. The exhibition will be on view May 15 – June 14, 2013.
For 25 years, this exhibition of student art has been presented as the culmination of work completed in BRIC’s public school residencies. Artist teachers are sent directly into public school classrooms, where they use visual art concepts and techniques to help students gain confidence in creative self-expression, as well as to better understand academic subjects. BRIC’s Contemporary Art Education residency program directly serves over 2,000 students each year and it is estimated that some 25,000 students have been impacted by the program overall in its quarter century history. The 25th Annual BRIC Contemporary Art Education Exhibition will focus on highlighting the intersection between contemporary artists and the public school community. The contemporary artist residency model empowers students and teachers through expanded artistic methods and ideas that inspire creativity while reinforcing classroom learning and social skills. The innovative projects created by students under the guidance of BRIC’s artist teachers showcase the importance of a dialogue between contemporary artists and the culture and communities they impact.
33 Clinton Street; Brooklyn, NY 11201 -- Located in Brooklyn Heights, BRIC Rotunda Gallery is a short walk from the 2,3; 4,5; or R trains at Court Street/Borough Hall; or the A, C trains at High Street.
Leftover munitions and landmines from the wars in the early 1990s still litter the countryside in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Photographer Brett Van Ort traveled there in late 2009 to photograph areas that were once the front lines of the Bosnian War.
This work displays the regenerative power of nature and the devastating effect that landmines inflict on a populace. Human beings have an almost insatiable appetite to expand, explore, conquer, and transform nature into civilization. Ironically, in this instance, it is a man-made killing machine that keeps the setting in its natural state.
VII Gallery
28 Jay Street, Dumbo - Brooklyn, NY
2 blocks west of York Street station (F train)
Even though SAKURA MATSURI is past, keep track of the blossom status and add the Botanic Garden to your list of locations to visit. The Cherry Blossoms are the best in the country. Well worth a visit!
Entrances: 150 Eastern Parkway; 455 Flatbush Avenue; 990 Washington Avenue; Brooklyn, NY 11225; Maps, Parking, and Direction
Wyatt Cenac Brings New Weekly Comedy Showcase to Brooklyn
Comedian Wyatt Cenac (“The Daily Show,” “King of the Hill”) and Producer Marianne Ways (“Hot Tub with Kurt and Kristen”), in conjunction with Littlefield, are proud to announce the start of new weekly comedy showcase NIGHT TRAIN WITH WYATT CENAC. Hosted by Brooklyn-based comedy favorite Wyatt Cenac, the show will feature comedy from the best local and international stand up comedians, and will at times feature new and established musicians, local celebrities, and occasional surprises that can only be found in Gowanus.
Night Train with Wyatt Cenac
$5 advance, $8 day of show
Mon, May 13, 2013
Andy Haynes, Mike Drucker, Trevor Noah, Dave Ross, Micah Sherman
Mon, May 20, 2013
Chris Gethard, Ryan Hamilton, Jules Posner, + more!
Mon, June 3, 2013
Giulia Rozzi, Eliza Skinner, Nimesh Patel, + more!
Mon, June 10, 2013
Barry Rothbart, Sara Schaefer, + more!
Littlefield is a performance and art space in Brooklyn’s Gowanus neighborhood nestled between Park Slope and Carroll Gardens. Housed in an old, 6200-square foot warehouse dating from the 1920s, Littlefield merges the Gowanus’ industrial past with a sustainable future. These elements include a landscaped interior courtyard, sound walls formed from recycled rubber tires, a bar built from salvaged bowling alley lanes, and entergy supplied by wind power. Coupled with an industrial/organic aesthetic is a state-of-the-art sound system designed for live music, art installations, comedy and film screenings.
Spoke the Hub Presents: The Local Produce Festival
June 1, 2013 - Free
Spoke the Hub’s 20th annual LOCAL PRODUCE FESTIVAL of the PERFORMING ARTS – a grass roots, homegrown “green market” of dance, music, theater, poetry and everything in between – will be held this year at the Old Stone House! Stay tuned for a schedule of fabulous events.
Ongoing: Old Stone House Gallery Hours
11 am - 4 pm, Sat/Sun, or by apt. year round 336 Third Street @ the center of Washington Park/JJ Byrne Playground
718-768-3195/www.theoldstonehouse.org
At the Brooklyn Museum's Target First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment each month, from 5 to 11 p.m. All evening long, the Museum Café serves a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, and beverages, and a cash bar offers wine and beer. Parking is a flat rate of $5 starting at 5 p.m. All other Saturdays, the Museum closes at 6 p.m.
June 1st: Life, Death, and Transformation in the Americas
Music Showcase: 5–10 p.m.
Chilean singer-songwriter Claudia Acuña performs as part of the Carnegie Hall Neighborhood Concert Series at 5 p.m., followed by Chicha Libre’s Peruvian-inspired psychedelic pop at 7:30 and political hip-hop duo Rebel Diaz at 9 p.m.
Performance: 5:30 p.m.
Afro-Peruvian percussionist Marcos Napa and his band give a dynamic performance incorporating the dance, vocals, and instruments of Peru.
Storytelling: 6 p.m.
A storyteller from the Redhawk Native American Arts Council tells stories inspired by the Arts of the Americas collection. At 6, 7, and 8 p.m.
Curator Talk: 6 p.m.
Nancy Rosoff, Andrew W. Mellon Curator of the Arts of the Americas, and Susan Kennedy Zeller, Associate Curator of Native American Art, discuss the inspiration for the installation Life, Death, and Transformation in the Americas.
Pop-up Gallery Talks: 6–9 p.m.
Short, lively talks shed light on intriguing works in the Arts of the Americas collection.
Hands-on Art: 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Sculpt a powerful clay figure inspired by objects in Life, Death, and Transformation.
Music: 7 p.m.
New York’s only all-female mariachi band, Mariachi Flor de Toloache, performs a modern take on traditional mariachi, blending sounds from the United States, Puerto Rico, Germany, Dominican Republic, Cuba, Egypt, Mexico, and Argentina. At 7 and 8:30 p.m.
Participatory Program: 7:30 p.m.
Take part in an authentic despacho ceremony invoking ayni, or reciprocity, for loving-kindness and the maintenance of life. Performed by traditional Q’ero healers Don Francisco and Doña Juana from the high Andes of Peru.
If you wish to present a performance, film, or participatory activity at Target First Saturday, please submit a proposal or email adult.programs@brooklynmuseum.org for more information.
The Museum remains open every Thursday evening until 10, allowing visitors to linger later in the galleries and enjoy exciting evening programs. The series includes interviews, performance, film, and eclectic, eye-opening tours.
Special support for Thursday Evenings at the Museum films provided by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Jalopy is located at, 315 Columbia Street Brooklyn, New York 11231
Roots & Ruckus
Wednesday - Always Free - Show starts at 9pm SHARP! For performers, see jalopy online
Bayou n Brooklyn Festival of Cajun, Creole, and Zydeco Music
Friday, May 10 - Sunday, May 12
Bayou n' Brooklyn is the first and only Cajun-Creole-Zydeco Festival now on spotlight for a third year at the Jalopy Theatre and School of Music for a weekend full of music, dancing, and cheer for everyone to have a taste of Louisiana without leaving New York.
It's a chance to learn a new song, refine a dance step or fiddle tune, or enjoying a Cajun-made authentic gumbo while talking to the only Creole accordion builder! Play by day and dance by night to Cajun, Creole and Zydeco award winning bands.
Talk of Louisiana—who is going soon, who’s just returned—can often be heard amongst the local dancers and musicians, and no doubt, bits and pieces of those talks and place names…Opelousas, Cecelia, Beaux Bridge, will fall on people’s ears at Bayou n’ Brooklyn.
The annual festival highlights the musical genius of bayou-born sounds, family dances, community jam sessions, dance hall flavor bands and food that entices one’s palate such as the Louisiana-famous jambalaya.
For the third year in a row, Bayou n' Brooklyn Music Festival will host award winning Louisiana performers along side top local talent. Christine Balfa, Ed Poullard, and Megan Brown grace our 2013 line up!
16th Annual Black Box NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
May 30 – June 23, 2013
TheatreSports at The Gallery Players.
Season continues with final performance on 6/16
Come and have a good time at this completely improvised show which is presented as a fun-filled competition between two teams of quick-witted actors who challenge each other to create scenes on the spot. You can be a part of this on or off the stage. Individual scenes are based on audience suggestions, and often willing audience members actually come up on stage to help out.
Freestyle Repertory Theatre is dedicated to the art of improvisation. "We like to bring wit and whimsy to an audience," says Artistic Director Laura Livingston. "In improv, they get to experience the thrill of actors flying without a script." The company has produced some of the most innovative improvisational pieces at various theaters in the City. Since 1988, they have performed and taught in the tri-state area's schools, bringing the improvisational skills of imaginative collaboration, creative risk-taking, and storytelling to more than 50,000 school children every year. They are the recipients of Young Audiences of New Jersey's first Artists of the Year Award.
No reservations required.
Kids: $10.00; Parents: FREE
THE 16TH ANNUAL BLACK BOX NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
May 31 - June 24, 2013
This is The Gallery Players' signature season-ending festival of new works by both new and established playwrights. More than 450 plays have graced our stage in the 16 years of producing the festival. Every year is different, and you're bound to discover something new and exciting!
SUNDAYS MAY 19 - 2PM - SUNDAY MUSIC
James Moore & Jascha Narveson bring us a new concert series, every other Sunday from 2-3PM at the Invisible Dog. 05/05 ExclusiveOr, analog synth and laptop duo. 05/19 Taylor Levine and Philip White, guitar and electronics duo.
SUNDAY MAY 12 - 2 - 6PM - BROOKLYN COMMUNE
Special Mother's Day Brooklyn Commune event, "The Work of Making Art/The Art of Making Work," with featured guests Amy Whitaker, Barbara Dufty, Shay Wafer, Cynthia Hedstrom, Jane Comfort and Elise Bernhardt!
MAY 16-18 - 8PM - ACTUA 1 BY OBJECT COLLECTION
constructs an event that both happened and did not. An exercise in futility and concentration, the piece is named after Actua One, a lost film from the May '68 uprisings.
TUESDAY MAY 21 - 6PM - MOVEMENT RESEARCH SPRING FESTIVAL
Precarious Homes: A Conversation on Precarity and Performance with Katherine Brewer Ball + House warming and house sweating performances by Erin Markey, Jen Rosenblit, Greg Zuccolo.
MARCH 9 to MAY 18 / THE EXPLODED MIND OF MULHOLLAND HWANG / AARON RUFF - OLIVER JEFFERS
Oliver Jeffers and Aaron Ruff collaborate again with this project that focuses on the curious mind of a fictitious 12 year old boy, Mulholland Hwang. The work references the boy's fascination with animals and the world's constant competition to uncover the natural hierarchy between species.
APRIL 20 - MAY 18 / 2FIK'S MUSEUM / 2FIK
2Fik returns to the Invisible Dog to present a brand new body of work. His new project will feature photographic recreations of classic paintings. He has recreated the environments and photographed them, using himself as the sole impersonator for all of the subjects. 2Fik purposefully selected paintings that are primarily well-known in Europe.
We are thrilled to announce the opening of two new cultural spaces (and two old friends of the Invisible Dog) next door at 47 Bergen Street: RECESSION ART & BEAM CENTER
With the arrival of these organizations, and the opening of their first permanent locations in Brooklyn, we can now consider Bergen Street a creative hub within the borough. The combined programming of The Invisible Dog, Recession Art and Beam Center will be sure to draw audiences from all five boroughs as well. In the coming months we will announce dynamic collaborative projects with these organizations.
The Invisible Dog Art Center opened in October, 2009, a raw space in a vast converted factory building with a charmed history and an open-ended mission: to create, from the ground up, a new kind of interdisciplinary arts center. Over the last two years, over 50,000 people have attended our events: visual art exhibits; dance, theater, and music performances; film screenings; literary arts and poetry readings; lectures; community events; and more.
Challenge yourself in The Big Adventure! Opening Saturday, March 23rd
Test your abilities, explore Adventure Mountain and The Tunnels of Fun, where you can climb a six-foot wall of rocks, crawl through dark tunnels and reach the Crow’s Nest to view adventures around you. Stand Out on a Ledge, where you appear to be three-stories in the air, moving from building to building on a thin beam.
Looking down, you'll see firemen ready to catch you, but if you keep your balance and use your smarts, you'll make it safely to the other side. Next, fly through the air on the Virtual Flyer, a kid-size airplane that you fly with your friends. Work together to dodge a flying saucer, hot-air balloons, ducks, mountains and even an over-sized monster looking for dinner and more!
Barclays Nets Community Alliance Spring Free Hours
Admission to the Museum will be free on every third Thursday from 4:00-7:00pm and on the first full weekend of every month from 2:00-5:00pm, except on holiday weekends.
(Does not apply to school, camp, or other organized groups.)
Spring dates: May 4-5 & 16; June 1-2 & 20
Please visit website for updated hours of operation and program information.
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29 - 2013 GALA AWARDS – IGNITE THE IMAGINATION!
Master of Ceremonies, Dari Alexander, FOX 5 New York
Honorees:
Chancellor Dennis M. Walcott, New York City Department of Education
Javaka Steptoe, Award-winning Author/Illustrator
William E. Sanford, Fairway Market President
For ticket information please call Liz Glover Wilson at 212-684-1110x102.
http://www.brooklynkids.org/index.php/support/gala-2013
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16th Annual Black Box NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
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