Celebrate Brooklyn! is one of New York City's longest running, free, outdoor performing arts festivals. Launched in 1979 as a catalyst for a Brooklyn performing arts scene and to bring people back into Prospect Park after years of neglect, Celebrate Brooklyn! was an early anchor in the park's revitalization and has become one of the city's foremost summer cultural attractions. Over its history, the Festival has presented over 2,000 artists and ensembles reflective of the borough's diversity, ranging from internationally acclaimed performers to emerging, cutting-edge artists. All Celebrate Brooklyn! performances are free! The festival attracts upwards of 250,000 attendees from across New York City to the Prospect Park Bandshell each summer. Friends of Celebrate Brooklyn! membership benefits include express entry, reserved seating, pre-concert receptions and more.
Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal: August 1, 2013 · 8:00 PM
Jamie Lidell / Dan Deacon / The Stepkids: August 2, 2013 · 7:30 PM
Eddie Palmieri Salsa Orchestra / Banda Magda: August 3, 2013 · 7:30 PM
Beck Benefit Concert at Celebrate Brooklyn!: August 4, 2013 · 7:00 PM
SOLD OUT
Live score to BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD by Dan Romer, Benh Zeitlin, & The Wordless Music Orchestra / Slavic Soul Party: August 8, 2013 · 8:00 PM
Shaggy / TK Wonder: August 9, 2013 · 7:30 PM
They Might Be Giants / Moon Hooch: August 10, 2013 · 7:30 PM
Coney Island Nostalgia Ride: Sat, Jun 29; 10:00am - 5:00pm
Join the New York Transit Museum on the ever popular, boardwalk-bound Coney Island Nostalgia Train! Ride the 1930s R1/9 cars of the Independent Subway System above and below ground for a two-hour jaunt. Then visit Coney Island’s beach-side amusement park, take a dip in the ocean, or stay on the train for additional rides.
The New York Transit Museum's WWI-era IRT subway cars are headed for some sun and surf at a new Nostalgia Ride destination, Pelham Bay Park, and the only public beach in the Bronx, Orchard Beach!
The Bronx Express: Voyage to Van Cortlandt Park: Sun, Aug 25; 10:00am - 5:00pm
Venture uptown on WWI-era IRT subway cars to spacious public grounds at Van Cortlandt Park, the third largest park in New York City. During a 3-hour layover, explore Van Cortlandt House Museum and a stroll along the John Kieran Nature Trail. Pack a picnic blanket and “staycation” with the New York Transit Museum!
New York Transit Museum - 110 Livingston Street (entrance at the corner of Boerum Pl and Schermerhorn St)
BAM kicks off the summer with its free lunchtime concert series at MetroTech Commons, on the corner of Flatbush and Myrtle Avenues in Downtown Brooklyn.
The outdoor summer series features an eclectic roster of legendary trailblazers and emerging musical visionaries of R&B and world music. Past performers have included George Clinton, Maceo Parker, Los Lobos, Jimmy Cliff, the Wailers, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Salif Keita, Amadou and Mariam, Toumani Diabate, and Blitz the Ambassador.
We’re willing to bet you’ve never been to Grove Alley. In fact, we’re willing to bet you've never even heard of Grove Alley. But, the Grove Alley Nite Market on June 28th is your chance to explore this hidden gem in Downtown Brooklyn. The free Nite Market will begin at 5pm and feature a dozen vendors and food trucks selling everything from jewelry and vintage fashion to hibachi food and booze-infused desserts. And, it wouldn’t be a Brooklyn event without Brooklyn Brewery on tap.
Food, beer, and shopping aren’t the only attractions you can look forward to. The music will kick off around 7pm, and the line-up of bands has something for everyone – from Trouble City All-Stars’ reggae beats to The Toothaches’ dance-punk vibe to Heems, a home-grown rapper (formerly of alternative hip-hop group Das Racist) whose first mixed tape was rated 8 out of 10 by Spin. In between sets, DJ Joro Boro will keep you dancing.
Confirmed vendors for the June 28th event include The Morris Truck (serving grilled cheese), Hibachi Heaven, Spirited, Lazy Looz, Ozma Autonomy, The Vanity Project, The Nomad Truck, WORN, Jwhite, Thanatos Candles & Beauty, Summer Mizera Vintage, and Pachamamita Designs.
Test your putting skills right outside the office during lunchtime! The CityParks Putting Challenge is a series of free putting contests held during the summer at prominent corporate venues throughout New York City, and will be coming to the Metrotech Center on June 19th. Proceeds from sponsors benefit City Parks Foundation’s junior golf program, CityParks Golf, which provides free lessons to over 3,500 urban youth throughout New York’s five boroughs.
Friday, June 14, 7pm: Book Launch Party + Artist's Talk
Friday, June 21, 7pm: Free Consultations Post Mortem
Sunday, June 23, hourly 3 – 6pm: Closing Performance
The Bureau of Self-Recognition is a single installation capturing the results of a long term conceptual project. From October 2011 through December 2012, Chloë Bass performed as the Bureau of Self-Recognition: a business designed to track self-recognition as a process. The project attempts to define the nature of the “daily” as either fully formed within us or as a social construct. Bass conducted various exercises (with herself, with single participants in one-on-one performances, and with larger groups) that used various standardized lenses (a therapist's office, a bank, a restaurant) as strategies to identify and modify habitual behavior. Individual works within The Bureau of Self-Recognition include Practice of the Daily, Everyday Interiors, Free Consultations, The Bank of Self-Recognition, and Tea Will Be Served.
At Momenta, Bass will be presenting phase four of the project. Previous phases examined the theory, practice, and dissemination of the work. Phase four involves both an installation and live performances, allowing viewers to take part in the Bureau both as an art object and as a lived experience. The installation will showcase photo, video, and found object materials produced and/or collected over the course of the full conceptual work. Bass will track three routes through the installation that encourage different experiential outcomes for each viewer. The exhibit coincides with the release of the Bureau of Self-Recognition monograph, published by am i human Press.
Friday, June 14th, 7pm:
Book Launch Party + Artist's Talk
To document some of the experiential work of the Bureau of Self-Recognition, Chloë Bass produced an artist's book with Jessalyn Wakefield and am i human Press (Portland, Oregon). The book includes essays by Esther Neff and Eric Heist, images produced both by Bass and other project participants, and text by Bass and Wakefield. This event will feature a discussion with both Bass and Wakefield about the art of turning a conceptual performance project into a story, and the collaborative processes shared between performance and book-making. Copies of the book will be available for purchase.
Friday, June 21st, 7pm:
Free Consultations Post Mortem
From July - December 2012, The Bureau of Self-Recognition held a Free Consultations program: one-on-one performances between Chloë Bass and individual participants. These performances took the form of therapy sessions, during which each participant was asked a standardized set of questions and then asked to complete a simple mirror exercise. Following the initial session, each participant was assigned a personalized exercise which he or she then conducted for 30 days, sharing the results with Bass.
This discussion invites the participants in these performances to share their experience of working with Chloë Bass in a process both intimate and distanced. The conversation will be moderated by Esther Neff.
Sunday, June 23rd, 3 - 6pm:
Closing Performance
For the third and final event associated with the Bureau of Self-Recognition exhibit, Chloë Bass will reprise the private performance offered for the opening. In this performance, Bass will take on the docent's role and lead visitors through a guided tour of the exhibit. Tours will be offered on the hour, and will last for approximately 30 minutes.
Chloë Bass is a Brooklyn based performance and conceptual artist.
Momenta Art • 56 BOGART STREET • BROOKLYN, NY 11206
OPEN MIC NIGHT!! At the Jalopy Theatre every Tuesday at 8:30 pm
Sign up by 8:30PM in person or online by sending us a message on our Jalopy Theatre facebook page https://www.facebook.com/jalopytheatre
Performance order will be drawn at random at 8:45.
Performances start at 9:00PM.
Each performer gets two songs or 8 minutes.
Come on down and try out your latest bit, song or poem, build a following, sharpen your chops!!
Liz Schnore Art Exhibition -OPENING RECEPTION - June 13, 6:00-8:30 PM
The “Objects of Desire” Years opens Thursday, June 13, from 6 to 8:30pm at Jalopy Gallery in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Schnore’s portraits fuse the sensuous curves of burlesque dancers with those of vintage and exotic musical instruments. The work builds on an earlier series featuring instruments, and now incorporates Schnore's two-year project creating portraits of the Lovely Ladies of Sugar Shack Burlesque posed in pinup style with and without instruments. Shot in black-and-white and color, in both digital and film, and printed in various sizes, the portraits convey Schnore’s eye for composition, textures and smartly sexualized imagery.
Roots & Ruckus, Every Wednesday, FREE
Jalopy Theater Presents, "Roots n Ruckus," a night of folk, old-time and blues music every Wednesday starting Jan. 9th, 2008. You will see and hear people playing banjos, guitars, washboards, tub-basses kazoos and harmonicas. This is the gig to go to for real deal folk music in New York City. Hosted by Feral Foster and featuring a stellar group of musicians.
Jalopy is located at, 315 Columbia Street Brooklyn, New York 11231
BRIC and the Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) have partnered to expand media education programs for Brooklyn residents. BRIC is BPL’s lead media education partner, offering free courses and equipment at the following Brooklyn Public Library branches:
• Central Library in the new state-of-the-art Shelby White and Leon Levy Information Commons (located at 10 Grand Army Plaza)
• Kings Highway Library (located at 2115 Ocean Ave)
• New Lots Library (located at 665 New Lots Ave)
BRIC also offers orientations at Central Library. Our orientation is a great introduction to what community access television is all about, the variety of classes available with BRIC Media Education, services available from BRIC, and our policies and procedures.
In Fall 2013, BRIC plans to offer production certification classes at the library’s branches, allowing patrons to ability to check out equipment and create their own Brooklyn Free Speech TV programs on BRIC’s TV Network.
Classes include:
Introduction to Digital Storytelling & Enhanced Podcasting for Mac, Introduction to Social Media: Videoblogging, Short Form Video Techniques for PC, Intro to Social Media: Facebook, Introduction to Digital Storytelling (PC), Introduction to Digital Photography, Digital Photo Enhancement, and many more....
Join Us for Our Next BRIC Media Education Orientation
Learn About our Low-Cost Media Classes, How to Get Your Own Show on Brooklyn Free Speech TV, and More!
This summer, become a Brooklyn media maker by developing your skills in television production, video editing, social media, and more. Our orientation is a great introduction to what community access television is all about, as well as the variety of classes and services available to you at BRIC.
Next Orientation: Saturday, June 15, 11am-1pm
BRIC Community Media Center (242 Third Street between Third Ave and Fourth Ave in Gowanus)
After completing our Orientation, you'll be able to take a variety of media classes, such as our Basic Field Production certificate course starting next week. This two-week course will give you the skills and hands-on experience using a professional-grade digital video camera and equipment. Once you complete this class you will become a Certified Community Producer, which gives you free access to use our video equipment to produce your own Brooklyn Free Speech TV show. Sign up today!
To get to Governors Island you can take the free ferry from Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park starting at 11AM that will run continuously (roughly every 20 minutes). The last ferries leave Governors Island at 7PM. Ferries also run to the Battery Maritime Building at 10 South Street in Lower Manhattan starting at 10AM, starting at 11AM the ferry will run every half hour.
Saturday June 22nd, RECESS Badminton 12pm-5pm
Dust off those badminton rackets and birdies as RECESS returns to Colonel’s Row for their infamous outdoor badminton challenge featuring 32 creative organizations battling for the title of New York City’s supreme shuttle cockers! Festivities include free bike rides, food vendors, a beer/wine tent and guest deejays. Plus a few public courts. Visit http://www.recessnewyork.com for more information.
Saturday, June 22 Army Heritage Day
Re-enanctors and small displays bring back a sense of Governors Island 200 year long history as an Army post.
Saturday, July 13 Come Out & Play Field Day and Family Day at the Parade Ground as part of the River To River Festival, 11am to 5pm
City-sized fun for kids and adults, Field Dy and Family Day events turn Governors Island into a giant play ground for all. New games, new experiences, and new takes on old favorites, Field Day and Family Day give participants the opportunity to rediscover each other and the city they call home through joyful interactive play.
Saturday, July 20th: Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance presents The City of Water Day Festival, 10am-4pm
A day of entertainment, education and adventure celebrating our waterfront and its potential. Enjoy free boat tours, children’s activities, fishing, the Waterfront Activity Fair, and more!
Sunday, July 28: New York Hall of Science presents Designing for Flight with NYSCI, 12pm-4pm
As part of the programming for the summer exhibit, Design Zone, NYSCI will be going out to Governor’s Island to run Designing for Flight, a fun, design-focused day–exposing some of the design and science involved in common and exciting forms of flight. This science outreach event invites the public to bring their own kites (BYOK) to fly, enjoy demos by NYSCI Explainers, and experiment with making flying machines.
Saturday and Sunday August 10-11 Civil War Heritage Weekend
With the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg and the New York Draft Riots, living historians offer a glimpse of Civil War life as a solider with camp, musket and cannon firing demonstrations.
Saturday Aug 24th RECESS Bocce 12pm-5pm
Itchy for bocce anyone? Join RECESS for a day of outdoor fun in the sun as 32 creative organizations put their lawn skills to the test, rolling and knocking off each other’s bocce balls on the makeshift grass courts on Colonel’s Row. Festivities include free bike rides, food vendors, a beer/wine tent and guest deejays. Plus a few public courts. Visit http://www.recessnewyork.com for more information.
Sunday, August 25: The NYC Volkswagen Traffic Jam, 10am
The Traffic Jam is a spectator-judged vintage Volkswagen car show and picnic. With great views behind a vibrant line-up of nearly 100 Beetles, buses, dune buggies, Things, and other original VW’s circa 1950′s – 1970′s, this car show is a one-of-a-kind event for both the casual spectator and classic VW enthusiast. Because show cars ride a ferry to get to the event, registration is mandatory to secure a spot at the show. Registration opens June 30th. Registration will be first-come, first-served. Car Registration $20.00 and spectators attend for free.
from July 10th through the 13th and will be headlined by none other than the Funk Doc himself, Redman
The 9th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival Announces Lineup: Redman, EPMD, Pusha T, Dizzy Wright, + more to perform on July 13th at Brooklyn Bridge Park.
As New York City's largest Hip-Hop cultural event, the Festival showcases the positive aspects of Hip-Hop culture by highlighting Hip-Hop's legacy as an agent of artistic progression, community building and social change.
The Festival will kick-off on July 10th with its Bodega Education Initiative (BEI), a political forum at The Brooklyn Historical Society. On Thursday, July 11th our ‘Show & Prove’ series will conclude as the April, May and June Finalists square off to see who will open up the festivities on July 13th. The ever popular Salute The DJ (STDJ) series will return for 2013. This year the event will be incorporated into the Main Day on July 13th, as its own stage. Family Day will take place on the main Festival day, July 13th. All events are held throughout Brooklyn from Williamsburg to DUMBO.
The Festival will run from July 10th through the 13th and will be headlined by none other than the Funk Doc himself, Redman. Reggie Noble will be joined by the brothers from Brentwood, Long Island, The E Double E and the capital PMD, Erick and Parrish Making Dollars otherwise known as EPMD. Rounding out the headliners are the Bronx born, Virginia bred Pusha T, XXL 2013 Freshman Dizzy Wright, and Brooklyn Soul, jazz, funk and gospel outfit Soul Understated.
Wes Jackson, Festival Founder and Executive Director spoke about plans for 2013 and the legacy of The Festival, "As a fan and a business man I am really excited about the lineup for this year. This is the 40th Anniversary of Hip-Hop so we as a culture have a lot to celebrate. The Hip-Hop generation is growing in numbers, influence, and power. We see The Festival as a gathering, a convention if you will, for Hip-Hop. A place old school and new school can get together and build."
COMES TO BROOKLYN JUNE 19 WITH "NIUIÓRC NIUIÓRC" at JACK
In Scena! Italian Theater Festival NY, the first Italian theater festival to take place annually in all five New York City boroughs and beyond, will present a featured event, "Niuiórc Niuiórc," written, directed and performed by Francesco Foti, on June 19 at 8:00 PM at JACK, 505½ Waverly Avenue, Brooklyn (www.jackny.org).
The play depicts a journey across the Big Apple, based on a true travel diary. A 'young' 40-year-old 'boy' finds himself disoriented in the big city. He gets lost in the streets, avenues and parks of New York while meeting a unique collection of characters. It is a funny, tender and original story about finding yourself in a foreign city, performed in English and Italian. "Niuiórc Niuiórc" debuted in Catania, Italy in 2011 and has toured in Italy since then. This performance is free, as are all the events of the In Scena! Festival.
Events of this year's inaugural festival take place between June 10 and 20, 2013. There are two other full productions that are US premieres, three special events and four staged readings. The festival ends in an evening of three plays by America's most famous Italian playwright, Mario Fratti. All events of this festival are completely accessible to English-speaking audiences. For a complete schedule of events, visit the festival's website at www.inscenany.com. The phone number for audience inquiries is (866)-263-2924.
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.
Music: 4:30 p.m.
Hungry March Band, Brooklyn’s street brass band, performs a fusion of influences ranging from New Orleans street bands to Indian wedding brass. At 4:30 and 6 p.m.
Music Showcase: 5–10 p.m.
An evening tracing American music from blues to hip-hop. Michael Hill’s Blues Mob kicks off at 5 p.m. with blues-flavored rock, R&B, and funk. At 7 p.m., Frankie Rose performs dream-pop melodies from classic eighties rock. At 8:45 p.m., hip-hop group Brown Bag All Stars lays down fresh beats influenced by 1990s East Coast rap.
Artist Talk: 6 p.m.
Valerie Hegarty discusses her installation Alternative Histories, encouraging visitors to rethink American history.
Performance: 6 p.m.
The Redhawk Native American Arts Council hosts an interactive dance performance inspired by traditional Native American dances.
Pop-up Gallery Talks: 6–9 p.m.
Short, lively talks about works in our permanent collections.
Movement Workshop: 6:30–8 p.m.
Learn about the origins of folk dance by exploring line dances from the Boot Scootin’ Boogie to the Wobble.
Hands-on Art: 6:30–8:30 p.m.
Sketch from live models as they pose costumed in garments inspired by portraits in the installation American Identities.
Interactive Space: 7–9 p.m.
Pose for a portrait photo booth and contribute your ideas to a discussion board.
Performance & Discussion: 7:30 p.m.
The Forum Project stages scenes addressing complex issues like immigration, education, and harassment. At 7:30 and 9 p.m.
Film Shorts: 8 p.m.
Storycorps' animated shorts, illustrated by Michael and Timothy Rauch, feature funny, poignant, and memorable stories as told by Americans who lived them. Presented in partnership with PBS documentary series POV.
Participatory Program: 8–9:30 p.m.
Join the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in a community poetry slam exploring themes of truth, struggle, and liberation, remixing the American story. Sign up between 7 and 8 p.m.
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.
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.
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.
EQUUS: Wednesday, June 19 - Wednesday July 31, 2013
Artists Reception: Wednesday, June 19; 6:00 - 8:30 pm
Who doesn't love horses? What is it about these proud animals that so deeply resonates as part of our collective psyche? From childhood fantasies, through adult realities, the horse frequently plays a central role. Horses are ubiquitous in stories of wild west adventures, in fairy tales as enchanted unicorns, as symbols of vitality, and as measures of power. They serve as a beasts of burden, athletes, performers, healers, bearers of life. And, nobly, they lead the carriage when heads of state are transported, with honor, to their final rest.
Sparking the imagination of artists, the horse is presented to you, the viewer, in various interpretations, some wild, some serene, others clever, and even disturbing. Among the artists showing paintings, sculptures, photographs, and works on paper are Andro & Glicksman, Stephen Basso, Tom Bennett, Beatrice Coron, Jason Florio, Daniel Genova, Tom Hagen, John Jerard, Wendy Klemperer, Dawn Robyn Petrlick, Thomas Roma, Nick Savides, Lorene Taurerewa, Jenny Toth, and Pia Wigren.
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]
Free Fireboat & Sailboat Rides -- Saturday, June 22
The North River Historic Ship Society is offering free John J. Harvey Fireboat Rides and Free Pioneer Sailboat rides during the June 20 - 23 Historic Ship Festival coming to Tribeca's Hudson River Park.
Visit the Barge and the steam-powered Lighthouse Tender Lilac during free open boat tours. Performances on the barge will include a Showboat Circus on June 23 and a women's acrobatic troupe Lava on June 19th. Also, please consider coming to the North River Historic Ship Society's Fundraiser Thursday, June 20 honoring A.J. Pietrantone. More information here.
Back in Red Hook, come for Sea Shanties, a contra dance, two world premier documentary films. Click here for a full 2013 Waterfront Museum Schedule.
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
Events in Red Hook for the SUMMER
POLLYWOGS AND SHELLBACKS: Maritime Paintings by Frank Hanavan On the barge all season long; Artist Reception July 27 from 2 - 4 pm. FREE
HULA – US FILM PREMIER "The Cornershop" & "Keep it Frozen" Thursday, June 6, 7:30pm Red Hook
Explore the changing face of harbors @from the fishing industry in Iceland to the transportation hubs of Morocco. FREE.
RIVER SONGS OF AMERICA with Jeff Newell’s NewXTrad Quartet Saturday, June 8 2 - 4pm Red Hook
Combines elements of New Orleans brass bands with modern jazz. FREE.
MELA with Mela Closs Saturday, June 15 3pm Red Hook
MELA is a folk band, original tunes and an eclectic mix of piano ballads and tunes about distant lands and lovers. FREE.
BARGE CONTRA DANC Ewith Brooklyn Contra & City Beautiful Carpentry. July 13 8pm Red Hook
Live band and caller. Beginners Workshop 7:30pm, Dancing 8pm. Tickets at the door: General Public $15, Students $12.
CITY OF WATER DAY with Slackjaw July 20, 1 - 5pm Red Hook
SlackJaw celebrates New York City's waters with original bluegrass songs. FREE.
ROOFTOP FILMS–US FILM PREMIER "The Expedition to the End of the World" August 1, 7:30pm Red Hook
Meet Director Daniel Dencik and co@producer Janus Metz.A group of explorers sail toward the North Pole, a trip made possible only
recently thanks to global warming, in order to study the newly exposed environment on every level. FREE
PIRATE SCHOOL featuring Billy Bones the Good Pirate Sunday, August 4 Time t.b.a. Red Hook
A bundle of fun and boisterous audience participation for old landlubbers and young buccaneers alike. Kids in costumewelcome.
Tickets : Adults $13, Kids $10
PUT A FORK IN IT:
Thursday, June 20th: A Benefit for New York City Coalition Against Hunger's Craig Murphey Fellowship Fund
Hosted by NICK TURNER with WYATT CENAC, MAX SILVESTRI, SARA SCHAEFER, JIM VANBLARICUM & JIM CROCAMO (Crappy Cinema Council)
On Thursday, June 20th, join the city's funniest comedians to raise money for a great cause: the New York City Coalition Against Hunger's Craig Murphey Fellowship Fund, which helps bring healthy, sustainable food to the 1.4 million New Yorkers living in food-poor households.
The Craig Murphey Fellowship continues the outstanding work of Craig Murphey, a young community organizer who worked tirelessly to help bring locally grown, nutritious food to low-income New Yorkers. After Craig lost his life in a bicycle accident in 2007, his friends, family and his employer, the New York City Coalition Against Hunger, created the fellowship program in his honor to help carry on his legacy of anti-hunger advocacy. Craig worked as hard as he laughed and danced, and it’s in this spirit that we’ve put together this great night of comedy. For more info: craigmurphey.com or NYCCAH.org
FROM NPR AND WNYC: ASK ME ANOTHER
TUE 7/2 6:30pm Doors / 7:30pm Pre-Show / 8pm Show / $10 - Tickets
Puzzlemaster Will Shortz and Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! host Peter Sagal walk into a bar... No, it's not the start of a joke. It's the essence of Ask Me Another, a rambunctious hour that blends brainteasers and local pub trivia night with comedy and music. Host Ophira Eisenberg invites in-studio guests and listeners alike to stretch their noggins, tickle their funny bones, and enjoy witty banter and guitar riffs from house musician Jonathan Coulton.
For an hour, listeners can play along as Eisenberg puts questions to a rotating band of puzzle gurus, audience members and special mystery guests, who then takes a turn in the contestant's chair facing trivia games written especially for him or her. What you'll hear resembles the casual intimacy of game night at a friend's house: one where scores are forgotten in favor of hilarious gaffes.
PAT KIERNAN'S SUMMER SLAM!
Wednesday, July 24 7pm
In a very special event, TrivWorks - NYC's trivia team building and corporate entertainment specialists - invites you back to The Bell House in Brooklyn to partake in the largest public trivia night in New York City, this time focusing on the greatest summer-themed pop culture trivia of all time!
Hosted by Pat Kiernan, NY1 morning news anchor, former host of VH1′s "The World Series of Pop Culture" and co-host of CNBC's new reality competition "Crowd Rules," ALL attendees will partake in a high-energy, high-stakes team trivia contest about your favorite summer-themed movies, TV shows, music, products and more! Featuring multiple rounds of full-room trivia for the ENTIRE audience to enjoy and agame show-style "showdown" finale, everybody will also be automatically entered into a raffle to join Pat onstage for 1-on-1 "mini games," and the chance to win fantastic summer-themed prizes such as shows, tours, concerts and much, much more!
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.
VII PopUp Workshop with Ed Kashi - JERSEY SHORE IN THE DOG DAYS OF SUMMER
August 10 & 25, 2013 -- New Jersey & NYC
What’s the Jersey Shore up to in Summer 2013? Go find out! Join photojournalist Ed Kashi for a workshop taking participants through the full process of conceiving, researching, shooting and presenting a narrative documentary story, which will take as its subject the Jersey Shore’s very first summer back in action after the tough times brought on by Hurricane Sandy in late 2012. Attendees will hone their ideas and focus on a particular angle or point of interest to explore, and will develop a story to execute using whichever medium they prefer: photography, video and multimedia are all welcome.
Prior to the first day participants will develop their thoughts on the workshop topic. Self-starters and highly motivated photographers are encouraged to begin developing their ideas and gaining access and/or permissions ahead of the first meeting, and students will be invited upon registration to contact Ed directly via email to get started. Students might focus on any topic imaginable: from continued Sandy recovery efforts or the locals/vacationers divide, to a quirky portrait series or typological study of classic shore food… you name it!
During the first day of the workshop on August 10 the group will get together to discuss story ideas, research, feasibility, and visual approach. Participants will then use this discussion and brainstorming session to guide their shooting and editing over a two-week period. Students will remain in contact with Ed for any questions or thoughts during the process. On Sunday August 25, attendees will meet again to present, discuss and critique their work. The group will come away with a more tangible understanding of how to develop ideas and curiosities into strong visual narratives.
Register by July 1, 2013 for the early bird special price!
Price per student: $350 early bird special / $400 after July 1
Dates: August 10, 10am-4pm & August 25, 9am-5pm
Meeting Location: VII Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
In The Gallery: Odra by Mikolaj Nowacki
June 6 – July 19, 2013, VII Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
VII Mentor Program photographer Mikolaj Nowacki grew up on the banks of Odra (Oder), the second largest river in Poland.
As a child during the communist era he played with friends on boats and landfills, observing barges that transported coal. As a teen Nowacki remembers the Odra as a river of beautiful sewage – a mixture of water, feces and toxic chemical substances. Now, after 23 years of post-communist transformation, Odra is cleaner. But barges have become a rarity due to the deep and enduring crisis in river transportation.
This exhibition displays the work of Nowacki’s ongoing project: a continuation of his childhood fascination with the river Odra. Through these photographs, Nowacki explores people’s connections with the river and documents its natural beauty, in need of protection.
VII Gallery
28 Jay Street, Dumbo - Brooklyn, NY
2 blocks west of York Street station (F train)
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.
Mon, June 24, 2013
Sara Schaefer, Adam Newman, Jeffrey Joseph, Bill Squire, Subhah Agarwal
Mon, July 1, 2013
Giulia Rozzi, Mike Stanley, + more!
Mon, July 8, 2013
Greg Warren, + 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.
Under the Tree - June 23
a play for young people produced by Spellbound Theatre
Sundays: June 23 @ 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm
Outdoors under a tent in JJ Byrne Playground.
Limited to 16 audience members at each show. Children $10/Adults $15.
Join Pea as she travels to a magic world of shifting light, shape and time – under the tree in her own backyard. Under the Tree is an immersive collaboration blending visual art, animation, puppetry and performance in an intimate space hidden from the rest of the world. Visitors will touch, smell, and discover the secret world under the tree as they accompany Pea on her unexpected adventure. Reserve a spot for this intimate, immersive experience, staged in a tent on the grounds of JJ Byrne Playground.
Under the Tree is a world premier, coming to Brooklyn after a development residency at Miranda Arts Project Space in Port Chester, NY and produced in collaboration with The Old Stone House. It is a full-length collaboration between theatre artist and puppeteer Lauren Jost, and visual artist and animator Christine Dehne and is produced by Spellbound Theatre. This hands-on and intimate performance designed for no more than 16 audience members at a time will spark the curiosity and creativity of young audience members while recalling the nostalgia of childhood for older audiences.
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
A FESTIVAL OF VIDEO GAME THEATER; JULY 5 - 28 @ THE BRICK
The Brick is pleased to announce the fifth annual Game Play festival, taking place July 2013 in Brooklyn, New York. This year’s festival will once again feature cutting-edge works that lie at the intersection of video gaming and performance.
This genre breaking festival will play at The Brick (579 Metropolitan Ave at Lorimer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn) July 5-28. Tickets ($15) may be purchased online at www.bricktheater.com or by calling 866-811-4111. Performance schedule TBA.
Appathon: In the spirit of the Greek Olympic Games and software programming Hackathons, The Brick presents APPATHON: a weeklong team-based performance competition using Droid and IOS smartphone Apps. All participants meet at The Brick on Sunday to divide into teams and plan the week. On Saturday at 8pm the teams compete at The Brick for audiences and glory.
DOT; A Videogame with No Winner: Presented by HOL,Programmed & Performed by Henrique Roscoe
Dot, a videogame with no winner is an audiovisual performance with synchronized sounds and images, played by a “game console” built and programmed by the artist, and controlled by retro videogame joysticks. The instrument is completely autonomous and works without the need of a computer. The project was created with the idea of criticizing some aspects of videogames, but using its own aesthetics, sounds and characteristic graphic elements.
Final Defenders: Presented by Dysfunctional Theatre Company, Written by Patrick Storck
The Konami Atari Alliance of Eden 3 is under attack by evil Queen Bowsera. Their only hope lies with a ragtag band of earthlings, each plucked out of their own time, each chosen for their unique gaming skills. They all had big dreams, but they never dreamed they’d become the Final Defenders.
Legendary, Maybe: 4 Machinima Theater Pieces Adapted from Livy: Presented by EK Machinima Theater, Adapted & Directed by Edward Kim, Translated by Carrie Thomas
Using characters from WoW, Far Cry 3, Minecraft, and other games, performers become “digital puppeteers” to tell stories from Livy’s Ab Urbe Condita, in which they combine ancient texts with modern technology to create an original theatrical experience that the New York Times called “an impressive feat of engineering, coordination, and storytelling.”
Ligature Marks: Presented by Gideon Productions, Written by Mac Rogers, Directed by Jordana Williams
Jill can't live without Terry. So it's up to both of them – and Terry's favorite online multi-player game, NOIR – to make sure she never has to. This noir comedy from the critically acclaimed, award-winning author The Honeycomb Trilogy and Viral charts a twisted romance between two of life's losers as they take one final last shot to be something other than who they are.
No Oddjob: Written & Performed by David Lawson
A solo performance exploring societal themes of video games, personal video game stories and the artistry of video games. No Oddjob contains stories about a misogynist getting angry over the end of Metroid, playing so much Goldeneye on NG4 that it seeps into your dreams, having sex fantasies about Laura Croft, and going into a moral panic over Mortal Kombat.
Social Gaming: Written & Directed by Amitech Grover – New Delhi, India
An internet performance event in real time between multiple cities. People separated by thousands of kilometers connect in real time through the digital medium, participate in an instruction-based gaming and interactive event which helps them understand each other better – culture, language, city and surroundings.
Targeting Eyes: Presented by CoPuppet, Written, Director & Performed by Semi Ryu
Targeting Eyes is a live game performance that explores the artist's cultural and gendered upbringing in Korea, where she was raised to avoid eye contact and to avert her gaze. This performance demonstrates her personal struggle in social spaces, revealing her anxiety, which creates diverse mixed reality states. This project playfully provides a game space with the goal of targeting eyes in First-person shooter (FPS) mode, using this game space as a strictly governed space, with clear rules and goals. The higher level of this game presents her as a voice-activated virtual puppet, allowing her to freely tell her stories, being detached from her social body, exploring her own ways of “Being- In the World”.
That Cute Radioactive Couple: A Post-Apocalyptic Comedy: Written & Directed by Charles Battersby
Ray was prepared for the apocalypse, but he wasn’t prepared to share his old fallout shelter with his new wife Jane. When nuclear war strikes, they find themselves trapped in a bunker built for one. Inspired by post-apocalyptic and dystopian video games like Fallout, Wasteland and Bioshock, this dark comedy has bittersweet fun with end of the world.
The Photo Album: Presented by The Story Gym
A photo album was recently found hidden under the floorboards of a basement apartment in Brooklyn. But who did the photos belong to and what memories did they capture? Audience members must scan the photographs using their smartphones/tablets to reveal clues in augmented reality that send them on a scavenger hunt to find characters and collect lost memories.
As if it were the last time (a subtlemob): Presented by cicumstance
Music & Text by Duncan Speakman and Sarah Anderson
A subtlemob is an invisible flashmob, only its participants are aware of it. It's like walking through a film, experienced on headphones, performed by you and hundreds of strangers. As If It Were The Last Time is about celebrating the present, about home, belonging and loss.
THE BRICK THEATER, INC. is a not-for-profit company dedicated to nurturing the work of emerging artists at its performance space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn – The Brick. The Brick presents world premieres, monthly performance series, and seasonal festivals, expanding Williamsburg’s profile as a destination for cutting-edge art and entertainment. The Brick continues to seek new artists and projects, to provide them with a creative home and to serve as Williamsburg’s primary incubator of innovative theater arts.
THE 16TH ANNUAL BLACK BOX NEW PLAY FESTIVAL
May 31 - June 24, 2013
The Black Box New Play Festival is The Gallery Players’ signature season-ending festival of new works by both new and established playwrights. More than 400 plays have graced our stage in the 15 years of producing the festival, including Nat Cassidy’s The Reckoning of Kit and Little Boots, a New York Innovative Theatre Award-winner for Best Play in 2008. Every year is formatted differently, and you’re bound to discover something new and exciting in this year’s “Box”!
Following each Sunday performance of The Black Box New Play Festival, there will be a post show discussion of the play(s) premiered that weekend. The Festival is focussed on the playwright, and this gives them a chance to get some honest reaction to their work. We encourage you to stay a bit after the show and let the playwright learn from his most important critic — You.
Box 4: June 20-23
The Hologram by T.J. Edwards
July 18 to August 4: The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
JUNE 22 & JUNE 25- 29 – INSTALLATION – DANCE – THE PEOPLE TO COME by A CANARY TORSI / YANIRA CASTRO
a canary torsi’s new multimedia project, The People to Come, is a participatory performance installation that invites audience members to become part of the work unfolding before them. It is a multi-layered project that encompasses an interactive website, a physical archive at The Invisible Dog for audiences to create, submit and view material to the project, and a performance in the evening where dancers and musicians create work in front of the audience. Over the course of four hours, five dancers reinvent nineteen-minute solos drawing from visuals, videos, and text submitted by the audience. Each solo is a live composite – a portrait of the performer at work influenced by the attending audience. The People to Come is performed by dancers Simon Courchel, Luke Miller, Peter Musante, Peter Schmitz, and Darrin Wright and musicians Peter Bussigel, Stephan Moore, Caroline Park, Tim Rovinelli and Suzanne Thorpe. Directed by choreographer Yanira Castro, The People to Come features lighting and installation designer Kathy Couch, web developer Sam Lerner, and sound artist Stephan Moore.
JULY 5-13 / THEATER/ BARBAROUS NIGHTS by SAM CREELY
Barbarous Nights: a drama in four shades and a prologue, grapefruit tumbleweed, and the great green moon; written and directed by Sam Creely, after the love letters of Lorca and Dalí.
Buster Keaton falls out of his film and into a poetic world, a 1930s both future and past. Grapefruit roll through the sand like tumbleweed. The streets are filled with optical shops. There, a rush of travelers — a blind maiden struggling with the length of her dress, her nigh Victorian mother, a ridiculously attractive man peddling feathers — float through Buster’s nights like a dream as his sanity and the stoic stone face that made him famous start to crumble.
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.
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.)
Last Date: June 20
Please visit website for updated hours of operation and program information.
Founded in 1986 to provide educational and cultural programs aboard an historic vessel and to advocate for and expand public waterfront access in the NY metropolitan area
VII Mentor Program photographer Mikolaj Nowacki grew up on the banks of Odra (Oder), the second largest river in Poland.
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