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Archives for January 2014

My Brooklyn on PBS’ America Reframed

January 14, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

america reframed,brooklyn, gentrification, tvMy Brooklyn will be on the PBS World series America ReFramed this week – starting tonight, January 14, at 8:00 pm. Check your local listings here.My Brooklyn is a documentary about the transformation of Downtown Brooklyn’s Fulton Mall from a successful African-American and Caribbean shopping district into a luxury residential neighborhood. It sheds new light on the debate around gentrification by exposing the corporate and government actors driving seemingly natural neighborhood change.

In the New York City area, it’s on WLIW World (Cablevision 132, Time Warner 164, Verizon Fios 473) tonight, Jan. 14th, at 8pm, and repeats at midnight. It’s also on tomorrow, Jan. 15th, at 8am and 2pm.

If you are not in New York, go to this link and enter your zip code at the top of the page; It should be showing on or around January 14, and tends to repeat a few times over the course of this week.

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“Closed For Alterations” Opening Reception at Picture Farm

January 9, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

picture farm gallery wythe williamsburg luskPicture Farm is proud to present the first show of the 2014 PF gallery season: Closed for Alterations by Matthew Lusk.

Matthew will be showing large-scale collages of tailor’s patterns on board, with mixed media elements and a treatment of acrylic and glaze with a faux-finisher’s graining comb. The works will be complimented by a large installation piece that will offer gallery denizens a bar to which “saddling up” would be the proper verbiage.

The info: here.

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Poor, Poor Lear, A Dark Comedy—Tickets on sale now!

January 9, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

king-lear-closeup Three nights only! JANUARY 30, JANUARY 31, FEBRUARY 1st, 2014, at Java Haus in Greenpoint. Tickets on Sale Now!

“Intelligent, astonishing…beyond extraordinary.” – The Chicago Reader

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“Pay What You Wish” Coffee at Oslo Coffee Roasters to benefit “Lil Bravest”

January 8, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

PAY WHAT YOU WISH on Thursday; 1 year anniversary of fire at our Bedford shop! All $ for charity; thanks for support!

oslo coffee williamsburg bedford avenue
To mark the one year anniversary of the fire that destroyed its Bedford Avenue location, Oslo Coffee is holding a “pay what you wish” day there tomorrow. All proceeds from that day will be donated to Lil’ Bravest, a FDNY charity that benefits children fighting childhood disease.

Oslo Coffee
328 Bedford Avenue

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