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Arts & Culture

Beyond Geographies: 8 Artists Explore Contemporary Muslim Identity

FORT GREENE – BRIC House was packed Thursday evening with visitors excited to check out the opening of Beyond Geographies: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience [https://www.bricartsmedia.org/art-exhibitions/beyond-geographies-contemporary-art-and-muslim-experience] featuring eight Brooklyn-based Muslim artists working in varied media. Beyond Geographies: Contemporary Art and Muslim Experience at BRIC House (Pamela

environment

Make Art This Weekend For The Global Youth Climate Strike

GOWANUS/RED HOOK – Bring the kids to Thomas Greene Park this weekend and create art for the upcoming Global Youth Climate Strike taking place on Friday, September 20. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/1179764178876173/]Gan Golan [https://queensmuseum.org/2019/05/artbuilt-studio-in-the-park-announces-selected-2019-artists-in-residence] —ArtBuilt’s artist in residence who

Announcements

Walentas Family’s “The David Prize” Will Award $1M To NYC Visionaries

Last week the Walentas Family Foundation [https://www.twotreesny.com/about-us/art-and-community] announced “The David Prize [https://www.thedavidprize.org/],” a new $1 million award program that will support five innovators working to make New York City a better place. Via thedavidprize.org [https://www.thedavidprize.org/]Named after David

Arts & Culture

Weekend Art Events: September 13-15 (Lost/Found, Photoville, Beyond Geographies & More)

The days are getting much shorter and a little cooler. Enjoy the waning days of summer with a visit to Photoville at Brooklyn Bridge Park, a tour of celebrity graves at Green-Wood Cemetery, a food crawl + fall festival, or an outdoor opera concert. Check out the Bklyner Calendar [/calendar/] for

Arts & Culture

Meet The New ‘Established Gallery’ In Prospect Heights

PROSPECT HEIGHTS – A leg, truncated from the knee up, nervously treads. Disembodied hands point and prod. Gears spin, colorful lightbulbs blink, and a hammer slowly taps away. This odd assortment of moving parts makes up Stuart Lantry’s nine quirky kinetic sculptures currently on view at Established Gallery [https://www.

Columbia Street Waterfront

Tastes Of Columbia Waterfront + Southwest Brooklyn Fall Festival, Sept. 14

COLUMBIA STREET WATERFRONT – Tastes of Brooklyn [http://tastesofbrooklyn.com/] —the team behind the Carroll Gardens-Cobble Hill [/thursday-carroll-gardens-cobble-hill-restaurant-crawl-2/], Gowanus [/save-the-date-first-annual-tastes-of-gowanus-food-drink-crawl-april-13/], Franklin Avenue [/tastes-of-franklin-festival-launches-in-crown-heights-this-sunday/], and Red Hook [/first-red-hook-food-drink-crawl/] Food & Drink Crawls—have added a new culinary destination for local gourmands—the Columbia

celebrity

Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Coming To Kings Theatre, Oct. 1

FLATBUSH – Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/calendar/hillary-and-chelsea-clinton-the-gutsy-women-tour/?spMailingID=4035598&spUserID=MTQ0NzEwNTQyNzQwS0&spJobID=860451991&spReportId=ODYwNDUxOTkxS0] announced on Tuesday that Hillary Rodham Clinton and Chelsea Clinton will visit the historic venue next month to promote their upcoming book. Via Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/calendar/

Arts & Culture

19th Annual Coney Island Film Festival: Animation, Horror Shorts, ‘The Warriors’ & More

CONEY ISLAND – Movie lovers will gather on Coney Island this weekend for the 19th Annual Coney Island Film Festival [http://www.coneyislandfilmfestival.com/index.htm] showcasing more than 100 films from around the world. Courtesy Coney Island USAThe Coney Island Film festival will screen a wide range of features, documentaries,

Arts & Culture

Photoville Returns To Brooklyn Bridge Park, September 12-22

BROOKLYN BRIDGE PARK – United Photo Industries [https://unitedphotoindustries.com] presents the eighth annual Photoville [https://photoville.com/] festival from September 12 through 22, featuring more than than 90 photography exhibits plus dozens of panels, workshops, demonstrations, and special events. Via Photoville NYC | Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/photovillenyc/?__tn__=%2Cd%

Arts & Culture

Kings Theatre Celebrates 90th Anniversary!

FLATBUSH – Saturday, September 7 marked the 90th anniversary of Brooklyn’s majestic Kings Theatre [http://www.kingstheatre.com/] and the historic venue celebrated with performances by a couple of popular indie bands, a Happy Hour Tour, and an expansion. Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue (Pamela Wong/Bklyner)Opened in 1929

Arts & Culture

An Opening: Art Installation Examines The Muslim Experience In Brooklyn

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS – Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s An Opening [https://www.brooklynhistory.org/exhibitions/an-opening/], an immersive sound and art installation that responds to Brooklyn Historical Society [https://www.brooklynhistory.org]‘s Muslims in Brooklyn oral histories, debuted on Saturday, September 7. Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s ‘An Opening’ at Brooklyn Historical

Arts & Culture

R.I.P. Red Hook Slim: “He Could Make The Blues Harp Sing, Wail, Laugh Or Roar”

RED HOOK – Friends of Red Hook Slim, a beloved local blues harpist, reached out to Bklyner to share the news of his recent death. Red Hook Slim (Photo courtesy of Dale Fuller)Red Hook Slim, or Louis Raiola, passed away unexpectedly late last week, according to Edna Hoover who met

Downtown Brooklyn

Full Lineup Announced For Brooklyn Book Festival, Sept. 16-23

Brooklyn Book Festival 2019 poster by Raúl Colón [https://brooklynbookfestival.org/news/2019-poster-debut/]Today is #NationalReadABookDay [https://twitter.com/search?q=%23NationalReadABookDay&src=trend_click&pt=1170015567258050560%2C1169989775677374464] and aside from curling up with a good book, there’s no better way to celebrate than to prepare for

Arts & Culture

Free 3-Day Pottery Event Returns To Can Factory

GOWANUS – A dozen ceramists will gather at the Old American Can Factory in Gowanus this weekend for three days of pottery art, lectures, and demonstrations. Courtesy of Brooklyn Pottery InvitationalKicking off on Friday, September 6, the 3rd Annual Brooklyn Pottery Invitational [https://www.brooklynpotteryinvitational.com] invites the public to meet

Coney Island

Calling All Facial Hair Aficionados: 12th Annual Coney Island Beard & Mustache Competition

CONEY ISLAND – New Yorkers sporting unusual and eye-catching whiskers should head over to the 12th Annual Coney Island Beard & Mustache Competition on Saturday to compete with their facial hair foes. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/1639439186200645/]The well-groomed group will be judged in nine categories by Coney

Downtown Brooklyn

Free Fall Events In Downtown Brooklyn: Jazz, Swing Dance, Block Parties & More

DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/] announced its lineup of community events for the Fall 2019 season. The “Downtown Brooklyn Presents” series features weekly lunchtime jazz concerts, lots of dancing, fitness classes, art and literary festivals, and more. Via downtownbrooklyn.com [http://downtownbrooklyn.com/]The free outdoor events