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MINING THE MOON at the Brick Theater 6/26

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

mining the moon at the brick theater From the writer: “It’s fantasy-based story about the president, who is a werewolf, and who has halted the spinning of the moon, so the moon’s always full and he can stay in power. He’s deposed, and with the help of his friend, who is a talking horse, he tries to find his way back to the moon and to the source of his werewolf people. It’s very much a satire and a fantasy in a humorous way, about power and corruption and environmental themes. It’s a weird blend of puppet theater and kabuki theater.”

Inspired by the deadpan theatrical works of Raymond Roussel and the puppetry–influenced plays of Alfred Jarry, as well 19th century Bowery melodrama, Matthew Thurber’s musical adaptation of his own comic is enhanced by elaborate costumes, painted backdrops, scrolls, and lo–fi special effects.

Thursday June 26
7pm at The Brick Theater, $18
579 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg

Sexy Pictures, Peking Duck Confit, Video Poems, Friday Night Picks

April 4, 2014 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

From Romantic Perversions by Bery Fine

Bloomberg expresses concern over the (gasp!) ascendence of the mighty, mighty hipster: “Brooklyn’s cachet as a global brand and epitome of urban hipsterdom is shifting NYC’s center of gravity, reducing the supremacy of Manhattan and exerting more influence on NY’s political, economic and cultural life.” [Bloomberg]

Also added to the “JUST IN, in case you didn’t notice” file: Median rent in Brooklyn hits $2,890, virtually in the same league as Manhattan. [NY Daily News]

“Closed For Alterations” Opening Reception at Picture Farm

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

picture farm gallery wythe williamsburg lusk Picture 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.

Pocket Utopia “Gallerartist” and Sara Schmerler Team Up for “Session One”

September 26, 2013 By Sarah Schmerler Leave a Comment

“Gallerartist” Austin Thomas, and her shadow image, at the first Pocket Utopia Gallery. Gallery image photo by Catherine Bindman

What’s the role of the art gallery in the 21st century? Why are some artists successful, while others spin their wheels, forever seeking career satisfaction? For Austin Thomas, artist and owner-director of Pocket Utopia Gallery, the art world is a kind of ecosystem, and we are all viable elements within it, sustaining it and make it whole.

In this intimate conversation with Thomas that took place at Pocket Utopia—the gallery she started in Bushwick and then moved to the Lower East Side—you’ll glean some of the answers. Full disclosure: Thomas and I are recent collaborators; on August 4, we conducted a mind-blowing, four-hour lab session with nine artists called “Session One” of “Pocket U-niverse-ity.” To put it simply, we felt we could forge a radical anti-grad-school form of collaborative learning whereby an art gallery serves as the hardware, the art market serves as the software, and the artists provide the content.

Brooklyn Greenway Initiative’s PARK(ing) Day

September 20, 2013 By WG News + Arts Leave a Comment

A past Park(ing) Day, a “meditation garden,” in Williamsburg. (John Del Signore/Gothamist)

Today, in Cobble Hill, the Brooklyn Greenway Initiative (BGI), along with cities, artists, activists and citizens around the globe will temporarily transform metered parking spaces into public parks and other social spaces, as part of an annual event called “PARK(ing) Day.”

BGI welcomes the public to join them for an afternoon of music, food and fun, all while supporting a good cause.