Slope Weekend Events Spotlight: June 3-5
The weekend is here, and the joint is swinging. Actually, it really is. Head to JJ Byrne to swing dance for a fundraiser, get some opera sex-ed, suck the head at a crawfish boil, and more!
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.
Opera on Tap: The Sex-Ed Edition
When: Friday, June 3, 8:00pm
Where: Barbes, 376 9th Street at 6th Avenue
What: New Brew brings you a night of sex-ed, opera style, featuring selections from two operas-in-development: The Inner Circle, by Daniel Felsenfeld and Kate Gale, and We’ve Got Our Eye On You, by Nkeiru Okoye and David Cote.
How much: $10, at the door.
Spoke the Hub’s Local Produce Mini-Festival of the Performing Arts
When: Saturday, June 4, 10am-6pm
Where: Union Street, between 5th and 6th Avenues (the entire block)
What: The festival is a community-based, cultural “green market” featuring the diversity, creativity and vitality of Brooklyn’s own performing artists-in-residence of all ages. Check out the schedule for the free events throughout the day.
JJ Byrne Swings Benefit Party
When: Saturday, June 4, 7pm-10pm
Where: JJ Byrne Playground, 344 5th Avenue at 4th Street
What: A grown-up benefit for JJ Byrne Park hosted by The Old Stone House and Washington Park.
How much: $65 includes drinks, dinner, and swing dancing. Purchase tickets online.
PS 321 Flea Market
When: Saturday, June 4 and Sunday, June 5, 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 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 5, 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.
2nd Annual Crawfish Boil at Threes Brewing
When:Sunday, June 5, 1pm-7pm
Where: Threes Brewing, 333 Douglass Street between 3rd and 4th Avenues.
What: This year will be teaming up with Gaddy Lane to provide some amazing food. Seatings will take place at 1pm, 3pm, and 5pm. A $30 ticket grants you admission, a bucket of crawfish, a delicious side, and a pint of beer. DJ sets by DJ Sklover Washington Jr. all day. This event will take place in the yard rain or shine, so mark your calendar, book your ticket, and get ready for a good time!
How much: $30. Purchase tickets online.