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Celebrate the last gasp of summer with Cayucas’ brand of musical sunshine at The Knitting Factory on August 28.
Cayucas (ky-yook-us) borrows its name from the legendary surf town on the SoCal coast, just north of the band’s Santa Monica home.
Bigfoot, their indie-surf-pop album debut, brings us closer to that town’s dreamy, lazy vibe while “summer’s starting to drift away” here in the Big Apple.
MONDAY, AUGUST 19 @ 10:00 pm at Spectacle Theatre, 124 South 3rd Street, between Bedford and Berry.
Tonight at 10 p.m., Williamsburg’s Spectacle Theatre re-screens the Nirvana ‘biography film’ I Hate Myself and I Want to Die, in celebration of the 20th anniversary re-issue of the band’s third and final studio record, In Utero, slated for September 24.
This 40-minute essay is described as “the biographical story of Nirvana told through the media detritus left in Kurt Cobain’s wake” created from “lost interviews, rabid fan tributes, insensitive true-crime shows, crushing live footage, and even Kurt’s long-lost 1984 homemade horror film, Horror Movies (Kurt’s Bloody Suicide).
Red Rose & Lavender Floral Design Studio and Organic Garden Center
Rose Red & Lavender has redone their shop, and they’re having a sale to celebrate. The shop is gorgeous, and owner Kimberly is a killer combination of floral designer, gardener, biologist, chemist, and shop owner. She also writes a column for WG. Here is one of her articles: Container Gardening in North Brooklyn.
Kimberly says “We’ve changed, in a good way. We recently changed our shop and made things bigger, fresher, and brighter. In the meantime, we are having a huge cleaning house sale and you can save BIG (up to 80% off) on things like hydroponic kits, canning supplies (just in time for tomato season), tools and this and that.”
There is a lot going on at the newly opened Kings Bay Y at North Williamsburg (KBY), including community programs, a preschool open house on Thursday, August 29, a dual-language program, a library program, and September 5’s “Rosh Hashana Experience,” so open your calendar or bookmark this post.
KBY is launching its preschool, and there will be an open house on Thursday, August 29, from 5:30-7:30 p.m., at Caribou Baby, on 272 Driggs Avenue. Of course, bring the kids, there will be activities for them to enjoy while you meet preschool Director Linda Herman and other key staff.
The preschool is located at 14 Hope Street, between Roebling and Havemeyer, and will serve children aged 2 – 5. “KBY preschool combines the Reggio Emilia educational and progressive approach with a rich curriculum and an emphasis on Jewish culture and values presented in an open and pluralistic way.”
Make sure to RSVP to the open house by calling 718.407.6388.
You need daycare, and you need it now. Vacation is almost over, the school year is about to begin, and there’s not an abundance of choice in the Williamsburg/Greenpoint area. What to do? Okay, deep breath.
There is a brand-new option for your consideration, as corporate daycare giant Bright Horizons has announced the opening of a center at 175 Kent Avenue. The Kent Avenue facility will offer care for infants and toddlers. Included in the curriculum are Preschool and ‘Kindergarten Prep’.