Slope Weekend Events Spotlight: February 26-28
Welcome to the weekend, which features many events: A sexting workshop, “climb inside a gigantic camera” in Gowanus, party at the Academy Awards, Brooklyn-style, and a lot more! Don’t miss some of our favorite events from around the area:
New Members’ Show at 440 Gallery
When: Thursdays and Fridays, 4:00-7:00pm; Saturdays and Sundays, 11:00am-7:00pm. Exhibit through March 20.
Where: 440 Gallery, 440 6th Avenue, between 9th and 10th Streets
What: 440 Gallery presents the work of six new members of the Gallery. The exhibit is curated by veteran 440 Gallery artist Karen Gibbons. Works by new members Jo-Ann Acey, Eric Banks, Richard Barnet, Leigh Blanchard, Joy Makon, and Amy Weil.
How much: Free.
Prosjektrom Normanns: Transcendental Tactility
When: Thursdays-Saturdays, 2pm-6pm. Through February 27.
Where: Open Source Gallery, (306 17th Street at 6th Avenue)
What: Transcendental Tactility is a group exhibition curated by Norwegian artist-run space Prosjektrom Normanns that will explore abstract, poetic, and lyric expressions of existence and presence. Showcasing works by Norwegian contemporary artists Per Christian Brown, Benedicte Clementsen, Elin Melberg, Margrethe Aanestad, and Kristin Velle-George, Transcendental Tactility will utilize a variety of media, such as film, painting, textile, sculpture, and drawing. Working with a shared interest in materiality and techniques, artists included in this exhibit will explore personal and universal experience through abstraction. Underlining sensibilities, tactility, and fragility inherent in materials, work included in this exhibit excavates timeless and subjective forms. Transcendental Tactility invites the audience to explore the subjective history within objects, their own subjective perceptions, and larger themes of time and presence.
How much: Free.
Blogologues — The Internet Performed
When: Friday, February 26, 7:00pm (door), 7:30pm (show)
Where: Union Hall, 702 Union Street and 5th Avenue
What: Blogologues is the messed up brainchild of creators Allison Goldberg and Jen Jamula. It’s the internet performed, word-for-word, onstage. We find the most fascinating sh!t we can on the deep, dark interwebz and then perform it for y’all. We act out community forums, Missed Connections, Yelp reviews, OkCupid profiles, fan fiction, tweets, comment sections and more. If you tweet us your online assets ahead of time, we might perform those too.
How Much: $10, tickets available in advance. $12 at the door. 21 and over. This event will be mixed seated/standing. Arrive early for best seat selection.
The Vanderbilt Republic’s ‘Camera Obscura/Gowanus’
When: Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28, 9am-4pm
Where: Gowanus Loft, 61 9th Street (between 2nd Avenue and Smith Streets, #C8)
What: The installation by artists Ashton Worthington and George del Barrio puts you inside a loft space that has been fashioned into the inside of a camera. It’s hard to explain, but the exhibit is essential viewing. Think about pinholes that project images of the outside in a darkened space where your world is turned upside down. Intrigued? Go this weekend, because the exhibit closes on Sunday. You can read our featured article here.
How much: $15 – Please note tickets must be purchased online. Tickets are going fast, so please make your reservations as soon as possible.
Milf & Dilf
When: Saturday, February 27, 7pm
Where: Freddy’s, 627 5th Avenue, between 17th and 18th Streets
What: NYC’s only Washboard Comedy Duo!
Please New York and Tina Horn Present: A Sexting Variety Show
When: Saturday, February 27, 7pm-10pm
Where: Excelsior Bar (563 5th Avenue, between 15th and 16th Streets)
What: Sex-positive store Please New York (557 5th Avenue at 15th Street) has been offering many a workshop that takes those “naughty subjects” and turns them into opportunities for sophisticated dialogue, practical information, and — let’s get to it — a lot of fun. This time, Please is collaborating with Excelsior Bar just a few doors down. You may remember that this popular neighborhood gay bar had been in their 5th Avenue near 7th Street spot since 1999, but moved nine blocks south to their new digs (563 5th Avenue, between 15th and 16th Streets) in September 2015. You can read our featured article here.
How much: $20 in advance, $25 at the door—includes a copy of Tina Horn’s book,Sexting: The Grownup’s Little Book of Sex Tips For Getting Dirty Digitally. Purchase tickets online or at Please New York (557 5th Avenue at 15th Street)
The Rub
When: Saturday, February 27, 10pm
Where: The Bell House, 149 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
What: The Rub began in the summer of 2002, as a party where Brooklynites with good taste in music could come together, get wasted and dance until the wee hours of the morning. Even in that first year, it was clearly something special, garnering praise from the Village Voice (“best party in Brooklyn to dance sweatily to smart music”), New York Press (“best party in NYC”) and many others. Ten years later, the original formula still holds true: great dance music mixed well, affordable drinks, and real people; no dress code, no bottle service and no celebrity DJs.
How much: $10 before midnight and $15 after. Tickets available at the door.
globalFEST on the Road: Creole Carnival
When: Friday, February 26, Doors: 7:00pm, Show: 8:00pm
Where: Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues)
What: Creole Carnival Tour honors the roots of African musical currents, crossed with a fusion of sounds from the Americas, and revolving around Carnival, the pre-Lent festival celebrated globally that’s everyone’s favorite excuse for a party. From Brazil (Casuarina) — the superpower of celebration — to Haiti (Emeline Michel) and Jamaica (Brushy One String), each country has its own rich traditions for music, dancing, costumes, and cutting loose. globalFEST’s international trio of artists, will explore, expand, and upend notions of Carnival, without losing sight of where magic and religious fervor intersect with a madcap, no-holds-barred soiree.
How much: $15-20. Purchase tickets here.
House of Wax: Anatomical, Pathological, and Ethnographic Waxworks from Castan’s Panopticum, Berlin, 1869-1922
When: Through Sunday, April 3. 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 and The Brooklyn Flea at Industry City
When: Saturday, February 27 and Sunday, February 28, 10am-6pm
Where: Industry City, 241 37th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
What: Smorgasburg has moved down to the booming Industry City, which may be new territory for you. While the move was announced some time ago, Industry City is housing both Smorgasburg and The Brooklyn Flea every Saturday and Sunday until March 27, 2016. Keep in mind that Industry City is big — the entrance address is 241 37th Street. This is just two blocks from the 36th Street D/N/R subway station—only two stops from Manhattan on the D train!—and a short walk from the B35, B38 and B70 bus stops. The 39th Street exit off the Gowanus Expressway/BQE also takes you pretty much to their doorstep (and to the second-busiest Costco in America next door). Also this weekend: Annual *mini* Record Fair. The fair will take place over two weekends with 15 vintage vinyl vendors, including longtime Fair favorites like Trash American Style, Jammyland, and Cakeshop/Capeshok.
Concerts on the Slope Presents: Rossini — Duo for Cello and Bass in D Major and More
When: Sunday, February 28 at 3pm
Where: St. John’s Episcopal Church, 139 St. John’s Place at 7th Avenue
What: With Chloe Fedor & Philip Setzer, violin, Edwin Kaplan & Rose Hashimoto, viola, Roberta Cooper and Benjamin Larsen, cello, Max Jacob, bass, Jordan Dodson, guitar, and Elspeth Davis, mezz-soprano.
How much: Free will donation.
Sunday Colloquy: Nourishing Our Roots In The Labor Movement with James White
When: Sunday, February 28, 11am-12:30pm
Where: Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture, 53 Prospect Park West at 2nd Street
What: The horrors of socio-economic inequality and the increasing assaults on labor unions are high profile topics in the current political dialogue. The Ethical Movement took shape is strikingly similar times, and our egalitarian ethos distinguished us as progressive activists. Let us examine these roots together and explore what unique contributions we can make to the current struggle for a life of dignity for all working people here and globally.
How much: Free.
Academy Awards Screening Party
When: Sunday, February 28, Red Carpet Pre-Show begins at 6pm.
Where: Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues)
What: Creole Carnival Tour honors the roots of African musical currents, crossed with a fusion of sounds from the Americas, and revolving around Carnival, the pre-Lent festival celebrated globally that’s everyone’s favorite excuse for a party. From Brazil (Casuarina) — the superpower of celebration — to Haiti (Emeline Michel) and Jamaica (Brushy One String), each country has its own rich traditions for music, dancing, costumes, and cutting loose. globalFEST’s international trio of artists, will explore, expand, and upend notions of Carnival, without losing sight of where magic and religious fervor intersect with a madcap, no-holds-barred soiree.
How much: Free but you need to RSVP here.