Slope Weekend Events Spotlight: June 10-12
The weekend is here, and the joint is swinging. Actually, it really is. Celebrate Pride, Ezra Jack Keats, and some amazing Argentine guitar!
One Crazy Summer Video Dance Party
When: Friday, June 10, Doors at 10:30pm, Show at 11pm
Where: Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues)
What: Can you believe all the amazing movies that were released between May and August of 1986? Come celebrate the 30th Anniversary with us!
How much: $5-8, Purchase tickets online.
Spanking Workshop: Thank Q Mistress, May I Have Another?
When: Friday, June 10 between 7:30pm-9pm
Where: Please New York, 557 5th Avenue (at 15th Street)
What: Ms Mona Rogers of Domi Dollz is back again to share with you the joys of impact play. From spanking to flogging, paddling, and caning you will learn how to create a light or heavy scene according to you and your partners level of interest. This workshop will focus on safety, how to choose your implements, and all the techniques on how to use them correctly. As with all Domi Dollz workshops, our demo bottom will be on hand for you to try out your new skills so come join us for a spanking good time!
How much: $30. Purchase tickets online. Tickets may also be purchased in-store. For any questions, please contact us at 718-788-6969 or email workshops@pleasenewyork.com.
Confections for Comfort
When: Through Sunday, June 12
Where: Buttermilk Bakeshop 339 7th Avenue (between 9th and 10th Streets) and 260 5th Avenue (between Garfield Place and Carroll Streets) and Du Jour Bakery, 365 5th Avenue (between 5th and 6th Streets)
What: Join Chemo Comfort & participating bakeries in a week of celebrating National Cancer Survivor Week, June 5-12, 2016! They challenged bakeries to design a treat for Confections for Comfort, the third annual sweet celebration of cancer survivorship.
Brooklyn Pride Festival and Parade 2016
When: Saturday, June 11, Entertainment from 12pm-5pm, Parade at 7:30pm
Where: Events along 5th Avenue with parade on 5th Avenue between Lincoln Place and 9th Street. Details about specific timings are here.
What: Over the years, Brooklyn Pride has grown to become the largest and most prominent organization serving Brooklyn’s LGBT community. Join them for their 20th year of the parade and celebration throughout the day!
Dance Floor Warriors: Official Brooklyn Pride Festival 2016 After Party
When: Saturday, June 11, 10pm-7am (on Sunday Morning)
Where: Analog BKNY,177 2nd Avenue (at 14th Street)
What: The event is being produced by gaydom’s preeminent party producer The Saint At Large®, happening at NYC’s best new club, Analog BKNY, and being DJed by a truly talented line-up of DJs from Montreal and NYC: Brian Gately, Misstress Barbara and Ryan Smith. As if you need them, here are 7 Reasons Not to Miss Dance Floor Warriors. Check out our article about the opening of the club with an incredible “handmade” sound system.
How much: $25, purchase tickets online, or $30 at the door.
Carlos Pavan, Argentine Guitarist
When: Saturday, June 11, 7:30pm
Where: Church of the Virgin Mary, 218 8th Avenue (2nd Street entrance)
What: The guitarist will be performing music from his native Argentina and other original compositions.
How much: $10, suggested donation at the door.
Happy 100th to Ezra Jack Keats, A Weekend Celebration
When: Times vary, see schedule for the entire weekend.
Where: Places vary.
What: On Saturday, June 11 at 4pm at the Prospect Park Bandshell, families will enjoy a free concert by popular folk performer Dan Zanes. An annual tradition, the Ezra Jack Keats Family Concert will be full of additional surprises this year in honor of Ezra’s 100th.
Site:Brooklyn presents Landscape: A Sense of Place
When: Through Sunday, June 26. Thursdays-Sundays and by appointment.
Where: Site:Brooklyn, 165 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
What: How does an artist frame a landscape? Inevitably, it is an act of choosing: what goes in, what goes out? Poussin and Lorraine first brought landscape, which was previously relegated to merely backdrop for other images, into a subject of its own. After the Impressionist revolution, by the 20th century, the definition of “landscape” expanded considerably. Photography became widespread. Also, it included cityscapes and the explosion suburban subjects, conceptualization, abstraction, and gesture. Artists also brought in other materials such as video, collage, or elements earth or city themselves. Fundamentally, landscape posits the challenge of how we view and engage with the world around us. This exhibition seeks to show how contemporary artists take up this challenge. The exhibition is curated by Annette Rose-Shapiro.
How much: $10, at the door.
PS 321 Flea Market
When: Saturday, June 11 and Sunday, June 12, 9am-5pm
Where: 180 7th Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets – in front of PS 321
What: This market is considered a Park Slope institution by many, and plans to be open year round. The flea is under new management this year.
Jay Friedenberg: The Panoramic Landscape
When: The opening reception is Saturday, June 4 from 6pm-9pm. Exhibit through July 3. 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 will be presenting the second solo show by Jay Friedenberg, featuring large-scale panoramic scenes from around the globe. Friedenberg’s artwork is a combination of traditional and modern photographic techniques that is enhanced by digital effects to create fantastic color and compositions.
How much: Free.
House of Wax: Anatomical, Pathological, and Ethnographic Waxworks from Castan’s Panopticum, Berlin, 1869-1922
When: Through August 5. 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. Read our exhibition preview here.
How much: Regular admission fees: Admission to the exhibition & library is $5. Seniors and students are $3, and children 12 and under are free.
Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra
When: Sunday, June 12, 3pm
Where: Congregation Beth Elohim, 274 Garfield Place at 8th Avenue
What: Hear the BCCO perform Cesar Franck’s luscious Symphony in d minor and Debussy’s ethereal and exquisite Nocturnes, with members of the Conservatory’s Chorale.
How much: $20, purchase tickets online, $15 for students and seniors.
Brooklyn Flea at Grand Army Plaza
When: Every Sunday beginning May 8 through October 23, 11am-6pm.
Where: Grand Army Plaza
What: Care for a few summer orbs for gardening? Fancy some occult jewelry? Feel like biting into a lavender cake donut? You won’t have to travel far at all to do any of these things, as the Brooklyn Flea has set up Sunday shop at Grand Army Plaza.
Smorgasburg at Prospect Park
When: Sunday, June 12, 11am-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.
