Slope Weekday Event Spotlight: May 16-19
Welcome to the week, which features yummy and trippy events: Grateful Dead love, Goats (and cheese!), Eurasian films, and more!
Duo Montagnard
When: Monday, May 16, 8:15pm
Where: ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place (between 1st and Carroll Streets)
What: Matthew Slotkin, guitar; Joseph Murphy, saxophones. Classical/contemporary music for guitar & saxophones. Most of the composers will be in attendance.
How much: $10, at the door.
The IFC Brooklyn Comedy Showcase
When: Tuesday, May 17, Doors: 6:30pm, Show: 8pm
Where: Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues)
What: Hosted by Aparna Nancherla, Jo Firestone, Joe Pera, Joyelle Johnson, Anthony DeVito, Matteo Lane, Bonnie McFarlane, + 1st look screening of Comedy Bang! Bang!
How much: Free, but RSVP online.
Reverend Billy presents The Earth Wants YOU
When: Tuesday, May 17, 7:00pm
Where: Community Bookstore, 143 7th Avenue (between Garfield Place and Carroll Street)
What: The Earth Wants YOU, the latest sacred text from Reverend Billy, is a motivational handbook filled with inspired visions of a wild, creative, Earthcentric cultural revolution. The Reverend, whose congregation is the Church of Stop Shopping, offers up a heady mix of insightful critique, passionate commitment, emotional catharsis, and examples of vibrant direct action, all while being very, very funny. Stop shopping and feel the love as you sign up for the struggle of our lives! Earthalujah!
How much: Free
New York Eurasian Film Festival
When: Tuesday, May 17, 8pm
Where: Freddy’s, 627 5th Avenue, between 17th and 18th Streets
What: The New York Eurasian Film Festival is an organization devoted to promoting greater cultural interaction between the United States and Eurasian countries.
How much: No cover.
Brooklyn Public Philosophers: Ian Olasov on Moral Discourse in Everyday Life
When: Wednesday, May 18, 7:00pm
Where: Brooklyn Public Library, Info Commons Lab, 10 Grand Army Plaza
What: What are we talking about when we talk about morality? Is moral discourse just like discourse in any other domain of human inquiry – that is, does it consist primarily in people stating their moral beliefs and trying to get at the moral facts? Or is it somehow different? And if it is, how is it different?
How much: Free.
Science Friday* Trivia Night [which takes place Wednesday]
When: Wednesday, May 18. Doors: 7:30pm, Show: 8pm
Where: The Bell House, 149 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
What: Science Friday is thrilled to partner once again with TrivWorks – NYC’s corporate entertainment and brand engagement trivia professionals – to create Science Friday trivia night! Host Ira Flatow invites you to join other enthusiasts for a raucous, laugh-filled night of team trivia covering all things science: biology, chemistry, astronomy, technology, nature and more, as well as famous science scenes from TV/film and pop culture – and perhaps even a few questions about Science Friday itself!
How much: $15. Purchase tickets online. Event is mixed seating/standing – please arrive early for best seating options.
Grateful Dead Night
When: Wednesday, May 18, 6:30pm
Where: Threes Brewing, 333 Douglass Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues.
What: Deadheads Unite! Day of the Dead is an epic tribute to the music and artistry of the Grateful Dead, curated by Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National. They have brought together some of their favorite musicians to reinterpret the songs and sounds of the Dead for a new generation. 59 tracks and over 5 hours of music makes the album a landmark to get lost in, to discover hidden treasures and to make your own playlists for whatever mood you’re in.
How much: No cover
Morbid Academy Presents: Things that go Bump, a conversation with Shannon Taggart and Mitch Horowitz
When: Wednesday, May 18, 7pm-9pm
Where: Morbid Anatomy Museum, 424 3rd Avenue at 7th Street
What: A monthly series of provocative and useful dialogues with artists, writers, filmmakers, and scholars who broaden our understanding of the ill-considered and the unknown, hosted by PEN Award-winning historian Mitch Horowitz.
How much: $10, tickets available online.
An Evening on the Farm: Goats, Wine and Cheese
When: Thursday, May 19, 6pm
Where: Lefferts Historic House, 452 Flatbush Avenue
What: Join the Prospect Park Alliance at the Lefferts Historic House for a discussion with Larry and Ann Cihanek, the owners of Green Goats, and Christian Zimmerman, Vice President of Landscape Management and Capital at the Alliance. Share wine and goat cheese generously provided by Castello di Borghese and Stinky BKLYN and learn about the ecological role that goats will be playing in improving the woodlands in Prospect Park, followed by a chance to meet a kid goat.
How much: $25 cash only at the door. Please note that this event is open to adults 21 and over.
Fear Not To Appear — Paintings, Drawings, and Books, 1980-1997 by Dale Williams
When: Through Saturday, May 28. By appointment only.
Where: Gowanus Loft, 61 9th Street #C8 (between 2nd Avenue and the Gowanus Canal.)
How much: Free — contact colby@vanderbiltrepublic.com for an appointment.
Rawiya: In Her Absence I Created Her Image
When: Exhibit through May 28. Regular hours: Thursdays-Saturdays, 2pm-6pm.
Where: Open Source Gallery, (306 17th Street at 6th Avenue)
What: Rawiya presents In Her Absence I Created Her Image, an exhibit of documentary photography. The exhibit will explore the lives of communities and individuals in the Middle East through documentary photography, focusing on social, political, and human rights issues across Arab countries. At a time when Islamophobia in the U.S. runs rampant and many view the Middle East with suspicion, efforts to create understanding are of the utmost importance. This exhibit, the title of which is inspired by a poem by Mahmoud Darwish, includes work by photographers Laura Boushnak, Tanya Habjouqa, Myriam Abdelaziz, and Tamara Abdul Hadi, members of the Rawiya photography collective. Rawiya aims to dispel stereotypes about this often misunderstood and underrepresented region by shining a light on the everyday hardships and shared experiences of its inhabitants, thereby encouraging a more compassionate and empathetic worldview. Within In Her Absence I Created Her Image, individual projects and varied themes contribute to an overarching theme of humanity, dignity, and empowerment.
How Much: Free
Karen Gibbons: Pachamama
When: Through May 29. Thursdays and Fridays, 4:00-7:00pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 11:00am-7:00pm.
Where: 440 Gallery, 440 6th Avenue, between 9th and 10th Streets
What: 440 Gallery is pleased to present new sculptures, drawings and collage by Karen Gibbons. This exhibit is a continuation of Gibbons’s idiosyncratic sensibility, where collaged elements create a dream-like near-narrative. Her new work introduces the use of plaster substrates, a material that gives each piece a substantial, weighty dimension. Gibbons’s work entwines feminine imagery and references to the earth. In the large scale piece, “Pachamama”, Gibbons creates a mountainous structure out of plaster, painting the form in earthy greens and yellows. Through collage elements, the face of the Virgin Mary peers from the top of the mountain; her hands surround her mountain/body in a comforting embrace.
How much: Free.