Slope Weekend Events Spotlight: March 11-13

Slope Weekend Events Spotlight: March 11-13
Ken Butler
The cHURCH OF MONIKA series at Open Source Gallery features Ken Butler this Sunday at 11am. (Photo courtesy of Open Source Gallery)

Welcome to the weekend, which features many events: A female-empowered sex comedy talk show, Brazilian tunes, great fundraisers, and a lot more! Don’t miss some of our favorite events from around the area:

Gabriel Yuri “Xina”: Brazilian Music
When: Friday, March 11, 8pm
Where: Freddy’s, 627 5th Avenue, between 17th and 18th Streets
What: The Brazilian musicians come to Freddy’s. You can listen to their music here.
How much: Free.

One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest
When: Saturday, March 12. Through March 27. (Check ticket calendar for specific dates and times.)
Where: The Gallery Players, 199 14th Street, between 4th and 5th Avenues)
What: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is based on the novel by Ken Kesey, and adapted for the stage by Dale Wasserman.  Cuckoo’s Nest continues Gallery’s 49th Season. Directed by Mark Harborth.
How much: $18, $15 for children and seniors.

Festival of the Hunt
When: Friday, March 11, Doors at 7:30pm / Show at 8:00pm
Where: Littlefield, 622 Degraw Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues)
What: Welcome to Brooklyn’s new up-tempo Americana Music and Film Festival. Come check out the region’s top Americana music artists as well as a series of Americana themed short films, all while sippin on some drinks! This one night, 5 hour event in Gowanus Brooklyn is something you won’t want to miss! Buy a ticket now and get a free beer at the show! With Morgan O’kane, The Kicking Hills, Odetta Hartman, Feral Foster, The Daydreamers, Greater Jones, 5 Mile String Band, and The Messy Beds.
How much: $15 in advance, which includes a free beer! Purchase tickets here.

Videokaffe presents Para-sites & Proto-types, A Participatory Installation
When: Thursdays-Saturdays, 2pm-6pm. Through March 26.
Where: Open Source Gallery, (306 17th Street at 6th Avenue)
What: Videokaffe is an art collective known for occupying spaces for intensive work periods and throughout March will harness their members’ skills and the surrounding’s materials to create artworks acutely engaged with their place at Open Source. Para-sites & Proto-types will transform the gallery into a ‘science-garage-arcade’ using the space as a combination exhibition venue, cafeteria, and workshop open to the public. Videokaffe will work on-site at the gallery, scouring and collecting from the local environment to create work by integrating found and recycled materials with ready-made components. They will exhibit their methods of working, encouraging conversation with the public–and inviting interested viewers to participate in various aspects of the project. Para-sites & Proto-types aims to build artwork uniquely formed from and with their environment by recycling objects and testing environmental possibilities. Instead of installing finished work within the gallery, Para-sites & Proto-types will integrate art into the urban architecture surrounding Open Source, celebrating how art nurtures the environment and how the environment nurtures art.
How much: Free.

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. Read about our coverage of the exhibit.
How much: Free.

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, March 12 and Sunday, March 13, 10am-6pm
Where: Industry City, 241 37th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
What: Last Fall, Smorgasburg 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).  Smorgasburg will be heading back up to Prospect Park on April 3.

Brooklyn Jazz Wide Open Presents: Scott Colley and Joel Frahm with WORKS
When: Saturday, March 12, 8pm
Where: Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, 58 7th Avenue (at Lincoln Place)
What: Scott Colley – Bass, Joel Frahm – Saxophone, Michel Gentile – Flute, Daniel Kelly – Piano, and Rob Garcia – Drums.
How much: $10, at the door.

Kids Stuff Swap
When: Saturday, March 12, 1pm-4pm
Where: Brooklyn Free Space, 298 6th Avenue (between 2nd and 3rd Streets)
What: Round up your children’s outgrown clothes, equipment, and toys & bring them to Brooklyn Free Space preschool to swap for bigger sizes and get “NEW” stuff to play with! All unsold items will be donated to Hour Children, a wonderful non-profit dedicated to breaking the cycle of intergenerational incarceration by helping incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their children successfully rejoin the community, reunify with their families, and build healthy, independent and secure lives.
How much: $5 at the door.

Lady/Freak
When: Saturday, March 12, 9:30pm (door), 10:00pm (show)
Where: Union Hall, 702 Union Street and 5th Avenue
What: Join hosts & Lady/Freaks Grace Parra (The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore) and Jennifer Bartels (Friends Of The People) for this female-empowered sex comedy talk show. We’re talking celeb guests. We’re talking sex experts. We’re talking raunchy factoids. We’re talking songs, audience giveaways, diagrams, powerp- wait, did you say diagrams?
How Much: $8, tickets available in advance. $10 at the door. 21 and over. This event will be mixed seated/standing. Arrive early for best seat selection.

Brooklyn Kids Rock 2016
When: Sunday, March 13, 12pm-4pm
Where: The Bell House, 149 7th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
What: Drop your winter doldrums at the door and hit the dance floor for a rockin’, glow-in-the-dark afternoon with some of young Brooklyn’s favorite live tunes. Brooklyn Kids Rock is a fun-filled dance party with live music, a pop-up tattoo parlor, photo booth, face painting, touch-an-instrument, tasty treats and more. Brooklyn Kids Rock is a fundraiser! Every penny you spend turns into need-based tuition assistance for a child attending Maple Street School. Bands include The Dad Beats, Mil’s Trills, Lloyd H. Miller, The Uniques, Baby Soda Jazz Band, Rock Rage, Dance performance by Cynthia King Dance Studio.
How much:  $18 at the door / Family 4 pack is $50 online. The Fine Print: Activity Bands are $10 for 1 child / $15 for 2 children / $20 for 3 or more children – Food and bar service is not included in ticket price or activity ba

cHURCH OF MONIKA hosted by Ken Butler
When: Sunday, March 13, 11am
Where: Open Source Gallery, (306 17th Street at 6th Avenue)
What: Join artist and musician Ken Butler who will discuss his work and gives a short performance. Ken Butler is an artist and musician whose Hybrid musical instruments, performances, installations, and other works explore the interaction and transformation of common and uncommon objects, altered images, sounds and silence.
How much: Free.