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Archives for April 2014

WG Friday Night Picks: Fantastic Planet and The Picture Show

April 25, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

fantastic planet 2Midnight screenings: Spend the savage weekend with Nitehawk’s Live Sound Cinema presentation of “Fantastic Planet,” featuring a live score by Morricone Youth.

“Knowledge is power in an alien world of “Fantastic Planet” (aka “La Planète savage”) where the oppressed Oms/humans rebel from their overseers, the Triages. See more at: Fantastic Planet @ Nitehawk.

Live accompaniment by Morricone Youth, the venerated New York City band dedicated to performing and recording old film and television soundtrack and library production music.

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Tonight’s Picks: Short Films @ The Picture Show // Books & Booze @ Brooklyn Oenology

April 24, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

picture show domesticity 1“Domesticity” at The Picture Show: kids, tea kettles, Super 8, ghosts! First day of three-day micro-festival—formed around an open call for works on the subject of domesticity.

Tonight at 7:30pm, $5
The Picture Show
226 Green Street, Greenpoint


The Loaded Canon at Brooklyn Oenology. Hear the latest works-in-progress from the city’s rising generation of writers while savoring drinks specially prepared by Brooklyn Oenology, with live music by local band Jackpot, Tiger! Hosted by Nathaniel Kressen, author of Concrete Fever, and co-founder of Second Skin Books.

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Architectural Opera: The Williamsburgh Savings Bank’s arduous journey to full restoration

April 21, 2014 By Mary W. Yeung Leave a Comment

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photos by Durston Saylor / The main dome has a ring of 20 oval windows; the bank’s initials are etched into the glass.
In the distance is the second dome with a stained glass skylight.

By Mary Yeung

“This is my life’s work,” says Carlos Perez San Martin, general manager and part owner of Weylin B. Seymour wedding venue. Perez San Martin is only 32 years old, but he is old enough to know that the opportunity to restore and manage a beloved national landmark like the Williamsburgh Savings Bank building comes only once in a lifetime.

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Break Out the Sunblock: Tree Care Tuesdays Begins Tomorrow

April 21, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

tree care tuesdayJoin the Human Impacts Institute for 2014’s Tree Care Tuesdays and help beautify your neighborhood, promote green space, and have fun!

Tree care sessions involve community volunteers aerating and mulching tree beds and planting bulbs in the tree bed soil, all while spending quality time with your community and mother nature.

Tree Care Tuesdays will take place every Tuesday from April 22, 2014- September 2, 2014. Sessions run from 10am-12pm with one session a month at 5pm-7pm.

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Happy Easter / 420 Sunday, Everybody!

April 20, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment


Let’s hop to the backtory: the little girl’s name is Adelaide, and her daddy is Ben Ames, who is a quantum physicist. Yes, really.

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