Dan Sallitt
Back in April [/blog/art-music/local-film-plays-bam-this-summer], we interviewed filmmaker and critic Dan Sallitt [http://www.panix.com/~sallitt/] about his new film, The Unspeakable Act [http://bam.org/view.aspx?pid=4382], which takes place in our neck of the Brooklyn woods and had just been chosen to be screened
House of Representatives
Sylvia Kinard and her daughter Kellie First things first. ATTENTION: There is a Democratic primary election in New York City [http://vote.nyc.ny.us/pdf/documents/boe/2012JunePrimaryElection/JuneCandidacyList.pdf] on Tuesday, June 26. June 1(tomorrow) is the last day to register to vote [http://vote.nyc.ny.
Kasia Nikhamina
Those of you unfamiliar with Kasia’s prior work might have assumed from her Open Corner posts that she’s a rabid collage artist. In a way, she is, but the medium she usually deals in is words. For her final contribution here, she’s returned to wordsmithin’ with a
playwrights
16-year-old neighbor Rachel Wagner has written her first play and is looking for a little help. Called Kids These Days, it’s been accepted to The Riant Theatre’s Strawberry One-Act Festival [http://www.therianttheatre.com/index.php?n=strawberry_one-act_festival] this August, where she has the chance to
Great Googa Mooga
It’s pretty likely that you would be happy never to hear the words Great GoogaMooga [http://www.googamooga.com/] again (at least for another year). Between the insane ramp-up to last weekend’s food and music festival, live reports from the festival [http://ny.eater.com/archives/2012/05/
Kasia’s piece last week [/blog/art-music/the-open-corner-may-2] drew a few interesting comments, but she’d really love to hear from more of you. Part of the fun (slash risk) of putting art out into the world is hearing what other people take away from it. So look at what
Erasmus Hall
Tiffany window at Erasmus via Public Art for Public Schools on Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=217223121716718&set=a.217222515050112.40069.213599258745771&type=3&theater] The popular votes from the Partners in Preservation [http://partnersinpreservation.com/]competition are in and…our local long-shot, the
Glenwood Road
This was the corner of Glenwood and East 17th this morning around 9:30am: And at about the same time on the corner of Marlborough and Dorchester, Loren [http://lorenlevinson.com/] sends this shot: And Gabriel Kahane tweeted [https://twitter.com/#!/gabrielkahane/status/204561489749741568] this shot of “Lake Ditmas,” as
May artist: Kasia Nikhamina [http://www.themayorshotel.com/] Title: YOU LEFT THE BOOK-DROP SLOT AJAR From Kasia: Many thanks to everyone who shared their sidewalk sale stories [/blog/art-music/the-open-corner-may-1]! I was rummaging around the internet and learned that in the Netherlands, such sales are allowed only once a year.
maps
We all love the gorgeously huge, old trees that line our neighborhood blocks, but those trees are also something we need to keep an eye on. There’s an article in today’s New York Times [http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/14/nyregion/in-new-york-neglected-trees-prove-deadly.html?pagewanted=1&_r=
poetry
It’s always great when our artists decide to riff off each other. The idea for the month’s series came to Kasia after reading something our first Open Corner artist [http://emmaassin.com/] wrote. Check it out below. May artist: Kasia Nikhamina Title: SWARM The New York Times | Thursday,
William Bredbeck
Today we present the final Open Corner Ditmonster Park strip, which takes the turn you voted for last week [/blog/art-music/the-open-corner-april-3]. However, we’ve hardly seen the last of Herbie and friends. Vote below, and then to find out how the story continues, make sure to follow Will’s