Slope Weekend Events Spotlight: April 8-10

Welcome to the weekend, which features many events: A world music/cycling combo, awesome foster dogs, grand shrine images, and more! Don’t miss some of our favorite events from around the area:

Ise and World Sacred Place: A Photo Exhibition by Miori Inata
When: Through April 11. Mondays-Thursdays, 12-6pm, Saturday, 10am-3pm, Closed Fridays and Sundays.
Where: J+B Design Cafe, 302 7th Street (between 4th and 5th Avenues)
What: There is an overwhelming amount of information in our society today, causing people to be
misconstrued between fact and fiction. Miori Inata was also influenced by this flood of information, studied modern art scenes in New York City and worked extensively, however had found it difficult to fill the emptiness she had been feeling in her heart. It was in all this commotion she visited the Ise Grand Shrine in Mie Prefecture, Japan, and learned how simplicity is such an invaluable quality in our everyday lives. She felt peace and serenity, and with the graceful spirituality of the shrine was she able to feel tranquility in life.The artist states, “What most impressed me at the Ise Grand Shrine was the belief that nature protects us, and that we are all a part of it.” Many Japanese believe that countless individual deities are everywhere in nature, including trees, oceans, lands, the sun, and even in the air.
How much: Free.

Ellen Chuse: Theme and Variations
When: Through April 24. 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: Ellen Chuse’s fifth solo show at 440 Gallery, Theme and Variations, reflects an exploration of hyper-saturated color along with natural forms that have been part of the artist’s vocabulary for decades. Moving between representation and abstraction, Chuse explores landscape and the body in deeply intimate ways all while creating an ambiguity that encourages the viewer to bring personal associations and experiences to each piece.
How much: Free.

Toc, Rosa, and Marko Djordjevic & Sveti
When: Friday, April 8, 7pm
Where: ShapeShifter Lab, 18 Whitwell Place (between 1st and Carroll Streets)
What: Take Off Collective features Ole Mathisen on sax, Matt Garrison on bass, and Marko Djordjevic on drums. ROSA is Marija Stojnic, Aleksandra Denda, Shilpa Ananth, Irma Seleman, Astrid Kuljanic, Valentina Lombardi, and Alexandra Sesenton. Marko Djordjevic & Sveti features Julian Pollack on piano and Peter Slavov.
How much: $15.

Foster Dog Pack Walk
When: Saturday, April 9, 1-3pm
Where: Meet at Grand Army Plaza at 1pm, we will leave at 1:10 to enter the park. SUBWAYS: 2/3 (Grand Army Plaza), Q (7th Avenue). Bring water, and wear comfortable shoes.
What: Walk through Prospect Park with dogs! Bring your own dog, foster dog, friend’s dog, or just bring yourself.  Great way to socialize foster dogs, spread the word about adoptable pups, learn some training, and meet other dog people. Fun weekend afternoon activity with fellow canine-loving NY’ers. It’s free and fun. Join us!
How much: Free. RSVP for the event here.

Carlton Scott Sturgill’s Garden of Delights — Closing and Spoken Word Performance
When: Saturday, April 9, Gallery opens at 6:30, Performance at 8pm
Where: Gowanus Loft, 61 9th Street #C8 (between 2nd Avenue and the Gowanus Canal.
What: Garden of Delights is a stunning exhibit by New Orleans by way of Brooklyn artist Carlton Scott Sturgill. The work is diverse and challenging, created with paint chips including mosaics, paintings & sculpture. Curation & lighting design by George Del Barrio. Scenes from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Romeo & Juliet.
How much: Free, but RSVP for the event here.

World Music Week Launch
When: Saturday, April 9, 1pm
Where: BKLYN Indoor Cycling Studio, 258 Flatbush (between Prospect Place and St. Marks Avenue)
What: World Music Week kicks off at 1:00pm when tabla players Sameer Gupta and Shiva Ghoshal of Brooklyn Raga Massive will perform live during BYKlyn’s SWAG Saturday. The entertaining awareness-raising event will include the giveaway of tickets for upcoming WMI performances. At 2:00pm, Sameer and Shiva will play the warm-up songs for a cycling class that will raise funds for WMI.
How much: One class costs $25 plus shoe rental of $2 • Newbie package deal: 2 classes for $20

Drunk TED Talks: Guilty Pleasures
When: Saturday, April 9, 5:30pm (doors), 6:30pm (show)
Where: Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues)
What: Welcome to Drunk TED Talks, the world’s premiere source of highly intelligent people talking about weird stuff they care deeply about while extremely drunk (with PowerPoints). Pop culture is practically designed to produce things that you feel bad about consuming — or at least, that other people want you to feel bad about consuming. From Limp Bizkit to Instagram stalking to the entire Bravo network, guilty pleasures shape our lives, and our attitudes toward each other. So Drunk TED Talks investigates: what are guilty pleasures? how do we relate to them? do they even exist? and if not, should they? Come find out (also, we’ll be drunk)! With Suzy Exposito, Meredith Graves, Dan McCoy, Amy Rose Spiegel, and Chelsea Summers.
How much: $5, tickets available online.

Party Like It’s 1999: The Scrubs Aren’t Here Edition
When: Saturday, April 9, 9pm
Where: The Bell House, 149 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
What: On April 10, 1999 a certain trio’s [song title redacted] hit #1 and spent the first of four weeks on top of the Hot 100.  Party Like It’s 1999: The Scrubs Aren’t Here Edition will mark that achievement by giving you double shots of that trio of ladies all night long. DJ Steve will also serve up our usual mix of the best rock, pop, R&B, hip-hop and dance tunes from the 1990s. And as always, it’s free!
How much: Free.

Hai: Sole Exchange
When: Through April 29. Regular hours: Thursdays-Saturdays, 2pm-6pm.
Where: Open Source Gallery, (306 17th Street at 6th Avenue)
What: Healing Arts Initiative and Open Source Gallery present Sole Exchange, a participatory art installation curated by Francis Palazzolo. Sole Exchange explores the intersection between live performance and representational form, utilizing social practices that enhance intersubjectivity. Paintings and drawings by HAI studio members included in Sole Exchange aim to disrupt cultural polarization and destigmatize mental health issues. Participation in this exhibit not only makes the viewer an active participant, helping to increase understanding between individuals, but also increases the visibility of the HAI studio members. To negotiate unspoken and unrealized spaces between people, HAI studio members pictured kinship upon the Open Source walls, creating artwork for the exhibit that explores collaboration and community. Exhibited work validates the input of marginalized communities and encourages a position of strength and stability for the artists.
How much: Free.

House of Wax: Anatomical, Pathological, and Ethnographic Waxworks from Castan’s Panopticum, Berlin, 1869-1922
When:  Through May 30. Thursdays-Sundays 12-6pm (open everyday except Tuesdays)
Where: Morbid Anatomy Museum, 424 3rd Avenue at 7th Street
What: House of Wax will exhibit a selection of waxworks once shown as part of Castan’s Berlin-based Panopticum (1869-1922). The full collection, never before exhibited in the US, will later be installed at the forthcoming Alamo Drafthouse in Downtown Brooklyn.
How much: Regular admission fees: Admission to the exhibition & library is $5. Seniors and students are $3, and children 12 and under are free.

Smorgasburg at Prospect Park
When: Sunday, April 10, 10am-6pm
Where: Prospect Park, Breeze Hill (Located near Lakeside and the Lincoln Road entrance)
What: Smorgasburg begins its warm weather months in our beautiful backyard. Find 100 vendors and food from all over the world every Sunday at Breeze Hill, located near Lakeside and the park’s Lincoln Road entrance.  Find the market on Google Maps here. Presented in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance. Dog friendly.