Weekend Art Events: January 18-20 (The 4 Korners, The Terrible Twos, Styles Of Resistance & More)
This weekend features street fashion, street art, comedy, and the return of BAMcafé Live.
There’s also Scoring the Stacks, Kameelah Janan Rasheed’s art exhibition and artist-led workshop series that takes participants throughout BPL’s Central Library.
Check the Bklyner Calendar for more events happening around town or to list one of your own.
Happy Hour Tour (Sponsored)
When: Thursday, January 17, 6:30pm
Where: Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush
What: Wind down after work with an historic happy hour tour of Kings Theatre. This 90-minute tour covers the history of the theatre’s initial opening in 1929 through the story of the current-day restoration to glory in an intimate group setting and includes a glass of wine.
How Much: Tickets $30
Scoring The Stacks
When: Exhibition on view Friday, January 11 through Sunday, April 7
Where: Brooklyn Public Library, Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Heights
What: Brooklyn-based artist Kameelah Janan Rasheed presents this participatory public art exhibition and workshop series at BPL’s Central Library. Visitors are introduced to the exhibit by a 120-foot site-specific photomural on the balcony of the Library’s Grand Lobby. At the heart of Scoring the Stacks are a series of scores, artworks based on musical notations, that invite participants to interpret/follow instructions that take them throughout the library. A series of public programs will also invite attendees to collaborate in creating lyrics, choreography, and flash fiction using scores contributed by the public.
THE TERRIBLE TWOS | Group Art Show of Defiant Tantrums
When: Exhibition on view Thursday, January 17 through Sunday, January 27 (opening reception, Thursday, Jan. 17, 6pm to 11pm)
Where: 3rd Ethos Gallery, 154 Knickerbocker Avenue, Bushwick
What: 3rd Ethos Gallery kicks of its second year with an exhibit “showcasing the baddest group of the top and upcoming street artists in NYC.”
Styles of Resistance: From the Corner to the Catwalk
When: Exhibition on view Friday, January 18 through Sunday, February 24 (opening reception Friday, Jan. 18, 7pm to 10pm)
Where: MoCADA Museum, 80 Hanson Place, Fort Greene
What: MoCADA kicks off its 20th anniversary with this fashion-focused exhibit that examines the origins of streetwear and urban fashion, and its evolution from the 1970s to today.
How Much: Admission $16
2019 Zlatne Uste Golden Festival
When: Friday, January 18 (doors open at 7pm) and Saturday, January 19 (doors open at 5:30pm)
Where: The Grand Prospect Hall, 263 Prospect Avenue (between 5th & 6th Avenues), Park Slope
What: Celebrate Balkan music and traditions (roughly Romania to Greece, Croatia to Turkey) at Grand Prospect Hall. There’ll be food and drink, a marketplace, and sixty bands playing on five stages throughout the venue. Go to goldenfest.org for the full schedule of performances.
How Much: Tickets $35 adult, $30 student (Friday); $55 adult, $45 student (Saturday);
two-night COMBO $80 adult, $65 student; free for children 12 and under
Fleur Noire Exhibit
When: Saturday, January 19 and Sunday, January 20 (opening event Friday, Jan. 18, 7pm to 10pm)
Where: Fleur Noire, 395 Wythe Avenue (between S 6th Street & Broadway), Williamsburg
What: Fleur Noire Tattoo Parlour is hosting its first ever pop-up art exhibition with a portion of the proceeds going to support Housing Works. Visitors will have the chance to purchase original artworks, limited edition prints, unique fashion pieces, and more. The event will also feature a drop-off bin for new and gently used clothing donations.
The 4 Korners
When: Friday, January 18 and Saturday, January 19 at 9pm
Where: BAM Café, Peter Jay Sharp Building, 30 Lafayette Avenue, Fort Greene
What: BAMcafé Live is back! The free monthly series kicks off with the Georgia-based Jazz fusion quartet The 4 Korners performing their mix of funk, rock, and R&B.
How Much: Free
Oscar @ The Crown
When: Friday, January 18 through Saturday, February 2
Where: 3 Dollar Bill, 260 Meserole Street, Williamsburg
What: Sequins, reality television, and the complete works of Oscar Wilde: not much else survives in a secret bunker far in the fascist future. Presented by The Neon Coven, this immersive nightclub musical details the rise and fall of one of history’s most flamboyant characters. And it’s about the Real Housewives and a minor character from The O.C.
How Much: Tickets $25
Brooklyn Music School’s Annual MLK Tribute Concert
When: Saturday, January 19, 5pm to 6pm
Where: Brooklyn Music School, 126 Saint Felix Street, Fort Greene
What: Join Brooklyn Music School for this annual tribute concert in which Martin Luther King Jr.’s legacy and impact will be honored through song and storytelling.
How Much: Tickets $5 in advance, $8 at door
Kindred Spirits
When: Saturday, January 19, 7:30pm to 9:30pm
Where: Kindred Spirits, 278A 6th Street (between 4th & 5th Avenues), Park Slope
What: Ahri Findling and Chris Calogero present a new comedy show featuring: Emily Winter (The New York Times), Casey James Salengo (Comedy Central), Alexis Guerreros (ABC), and Lindsay Boling (NY Comedy Festival)
How Much: No cover
Anthony Hamilton (Sponsored)
When: Saturday, January 19, 8pm (doors open at 7pm)
Where: Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush
What: A night of soul and R&B live at Kings Theatre with Anthony Hamilton and special guest Jazmine Sullivan.
How Much: Tickets start at $59
Looking ahead…
Historic Tour (Sponsored)
When: Saturday, January 26, 2pm
Where: Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush
What: Enjoy a Saturday afternoon immersed in Brooklyn history at the Kings Theatre. This tour discusses the initial opening of the theatre in 1929 through the story of the current-day restoration to glory in an intimate group setting.
How Much: Tickets $20
Swan Lake (Sponsored)
When: Thursday, January 31, 7:30pm (doors open at 6pm)
Where: Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush
What: This full-scale production, set to the music of Pyotr Tchaikovsky and based on Russian folklore and German legend, follows a heroic young prince as he works to free the beautiful swan maiden from an evil spell. The first visit to The United States of America of the legendary National Ballet Theatre of Odessa with 55 talented and brightest ballet stars will bring this romantic tale of true love to glorious life!
How Much: Tickets start at $45
Black Box New Play Festival
When: January 10 through January 27, Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 7:30pm;
Sundays at 3pm
Where: The Gallery Players, 199 14th Street (between 4th & 5th Avenues), Park Slope
What: The Gallery Players present the 22nd annual Black Box New Play Festival, showcasing 11 new plays over three weekends in January. Read more about the fest here.
How Much: Tickets $20, $15 children under 12 & seniors
Penelope Umbrico: Monument
When: Exhibition on view Thursday, November 29 through Sunday, January 20, 2019
Where: Gallery at BRIC House, 647 Fulton Street (enter on Rockwell Place), Fort Greene
What: Umbrico’s exhibit explores technologies in terms of their obsolescence, beginning with the idea that all technologies are “‘black boxes’ whose contents are largely incomprehensible to end users.” The center of the exhibition consists of a wall displaying broken and semi-functional TV and computer monitors showing the news. Behind the wall is a “knolling table,” where visitors are invited to contribute their unwanted screen-based electronic devices to be disassembled and arranged for an overhead photograph that will be shared on social media.
Trish Townes: “Let This Be America”
When: Exhibition on view Thursday, January 3 through Sunday, February 3
Where: 440 Gallery, 440 6th Avenue, Park Slope
What: Artist Trish Townes‘ first exhibition at 440 Gallery features abstract paintings based on designs from Islamic, Chinese, Tibetan, East Indian, Nigerian, and Malian cultures created on transparent mylar sheets. The sheets are painted on both sides, with one side displaying the colors of the American flag. Townes hopes “that showing harmonious composition of the different designs may inspire people to work and live peacefully together.”
Tom Bennett: Paintings and Master Prints
When: Exhibition on view Sunday, December 9 through Saturday, February 9, 2019
Where: Tabla Rasa Gallery, 224 48th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues), Sunset Park
What: Bennett’s artwork features “impassioned brushwork, bold compositions, and rich subject matter” including bucking horses and classical nudes.
Processing
When: Exhibition on view Saturday, October 20 through Friday, February 15, 2019 (Fridays 3pm to 6pm, or by appointment)
Where: The Old Stone House, 336 3rd Street (between 4th & 5th Avenues), Park Slope
What: The Old Stone House presents an exhibition of current work by the members of the Gowanus Swim Society artist collective. The eight artists manipulated their art materials through “intentional, systematic procedures that sometimes incorporate[d] chance,” producing work that borders on representation and abstraction while showing “the evolution of most artists’ work processes.”
Faces Of Downtown Scene By Maria Baranova
When: Exhibition on view Friday, January 4 through Saturday, February 16
Where: The Invisible Dog Art Center, 51 Bergen Street, Boerum Hill
What: Maria Baranova‘s two-year “Faces of Downtown” project is dedicated to NYC’s experimental performance community. The photographer has shot more than 200 portraits of off-Broadway dancers, choreographers, actors, producers, playwrights, designers, and directors at her Gowanus studio, including Ivy Baldwin, Yanira Castro, Meg Harper, Bobbi Jene Smith, and more.
Lost Angelino: An Immigrant’s Tale
When: Exhibition on view Friday, January 11 through Friday, March 1
Where: South Slope Local/Uptown Roasters, 355 7th Avenue (between 10th & 11th Streets), Park Slope
What: Park Slope artist Gabriel Rivera presents artwork documenting his life’s journey, from emigrating to the United States from Mexico, serving in the Vietnam War, and becoming a business owner, family man, and activist. Read more about Rivera here.