Pam was a staff reporter at Bklyner, covering North-Western parts of Brooklyn between 2016 and 2019. She also writes about art at arthag.typepad.com.
Arts & Culture
Enjoy the first weekend of fall with exhibits, movies, opera, and more. Morbid Anatomy returns for another pop-up exhibit at Green-Wood Cemetery and the Brooklyn Public Library is hosting an open house. If you’re looking to get outdoors and enjoy the autumn weather, click here [/outdoor-events-
Bay Ridge
Monday marked the autumn equinox. Celebrate the start of the fall season with fresh air, sunshine, and community at these outdoor festivities happening around Brooklyn this weekend. Visit NYC DOT [https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/html/motorist/wkndtraf.shtml#brooklyn] for more information on weekend street closures. Via Facebook
Central Brooklyn
CROWN HEIGHTS – Lovers of hot and spicy cuisine will be heading to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden [https://www.bbg.org] on Saturday (Sept. 28) for the 27th annual Chile Pepper Festival [https://www.bbg.org/visit/event/chile_pepper_festival_2019_events#tastings], featuring dozens of food vendors, cooking demos,
Arts & Culture
BUSHWICK – Tickets are on sale for the 12th Annual Bushwick Film Festival [https://www.bushwickfilmfestival.com/] taking place October 2-6. In honor of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, the theme for this year’s festival is “space” and “time.” Festival organizers received a “record-breaking”
Arts & Culture
WILLIAMSBURG – Lions and tigers and dinosaurs? A menagerie of animals from different classes, climates, and eras mingle in artist Alexis Kandra [http://www.kandra-art.com/index.htm]‘s surreal paintings currently on view at Lucas Lucas [https://www.lucaslucasnyc.com/] in Williamsburg. Migration, 2019, by Alexis Kandra on view
Arts & Culture
BUSHWICK/BED-STUY – Arts in Bushwick [https://artsinbushwick.org] hosted the 13th annual Bushwick Open Studios [https://artsinbushwick.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/BOS19-MAP-final_WEBSITE.pdf] over the weekend, welcoming the public into the workspaces of more than 200 artists in and around the neighborhood. Bklyner visited
Arts & Culture
FORT GREENE – Fort Greene was alive with music and excitement Friday morning as NYC Parks [https://www.nycgovparks.org], Downtown Brooklyn Partnership [http://downtownbrooklyn.com], and Majority Leader Laurie Cumbo hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the official opening of Betty Carter Park. L-R: NYC Parks Brooklyn Borough Commissioner
Announcements
FORT GREENE – BRIC announced this week the inaugural Colene Brown Art Prize, a $100,000 grant the organization will split among ten under-recognized New York-based visual artists. BRIC House, 647 Fulton Street, Fort Greene (Photo: Pamela Wong/BKLYNERThe award is underwritten by BRIC board member and artist Deborah
Arts & Culture
There’s lots going on during these final days of summer, including the Brooklyn Book Festival [/full-lineup-announced-for-brooklyn-book-festival-sept-16-23/], Photoville [/photoville-2019-festival-features-work-by-more-than-600-photographers/], Bushwick Open Studios [/bushwick-open-studios-sept-20-22/], Brooklyn Americana Music Festival
Arts & Culture
DUMBO/RED HOOK – Fans of Americana music will get the chance to catch dozens of shows taking place this weekend at popular waterfront watering holes from DUMBO to Red Hook. The 5th Annual Brooklyn Americana Music Festival returns, presenting Americana, folk, roots, blues, country, bluegrass, and jazz on nine stages.
Arts & Culture
DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN – Katra Film Series [https://katrafilmseries.com/2019/09/07/katra-film-series-season-finale/] closes its 8th season next week with two nights at Alamo Drafthouse [https://drafthouse.com/nyc] showcasing 28 selections tackling diverse topics including climate change, gun violence, the opioid crisis, immigration, LGBTQ issues, racism,
Bay Ridge
Summer is coming to a close so be sure to get out and enjoy the last of the warm weather with one of these outdoor events in Brooklyn this weekend. Via Facebook [https://www.facebook.com/events/2175578986072813/]GREEK CULTURE FESTIVAL [https://www.facebook.com/events/2175578986072813/] Thursday, Sept. 19