Weekend Art Events: November 16-18 (Brain Freeze, The Wizard of Oz, Jack White & More)
It’s the weekend before Thanksgiving! In the spirit of giving during Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week, there are two “Empty Bowls” events happening this Saturday in which local ceramic artists create and sell bowls to raise funds to help fight hunger.
Also around town, SkyIce will host its third annual Brain Freeze ice cream eating contest, Park Slope and Windsor Terrace Artists will open up their studios to visitors, and the Parkside School will hold its sixth annual Fall Art Auction.
Check the BKLYNER Calendar for more events happening around town or to list one of your own.
In Their League
When: Exhibition on view through Sunday, November 25
Where: The Cluster Gallery, 200 6th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues), Gowanus
What: This group exhibition features work by 21 artists from the Brooklyn Art Cluster Studios, 19th Street Work Space, and Top Top studios and includes photography, painting, sculpture, and design. Many of the pieces on view were inspired by nature and the surrounding environment explored through unconventional two-dimensional and three-dimensional techniques while others were inspired by illustration or the materials used to create.
Underneath: A Solo Exhibition Featuring Ai Campbell
When: Friday, November 16 through Sunday, December 2 (opening reception Friday, Nov. 16, 7pm to 9pm)
Where: Ground Floor Gallery, 343 5th Street, Park Slope
What: Ground Floor presents Gowanus-based artist Ai Campbell’s first solo exhibition at a Brooklyn gallery. Inspired by organic forms, Campbell’s black and white works highlight positive and negative space through contrast, enhancing the structure of shapes in the monochromatic spaces.
A Muslim In The Midst
When: Performances through Saturday, November 17
Where: Actors Fund Art Center, 160 Schermerhorn Street, Downtown Brooklyn
What: Brave New World Repertory Theatre presents this play set on September 14, 2001, as a poor Muslim family stranded on the streets of Bangalore, India is offered a ride from a modern, westernized Hindu couple. The conversation gets heated fueled by pro- and anti-Islamic rhetoric as well as warnings about potential terror threats heard over the radio. The characters confront prejudices and fears as they attempt to look beyond their differences and find a connection.
How Much: Tickets $18 to $25
6th Annual P.S. 130 Art Auction (SPONSORED)
When: Saturday, November 17, 7pm to 10pm
Where: Lark Cafe, 1007 Church Avenue, Prospect Park South
What: Bidding is open to the public and online beginning November 12 at 9am. Bidding will end promptly at 9:30pm on November 17. All proceeds will benefit the P.S. 130 PTA, a Title I school in Brooklyn serving over 800 students.
The auction features great deals on more than 70 works of art donated by a range of local and nationally recognized artists, including: Hiroshi Sugimoto, a contemporary Japanese photographer whose esoteric practice explores memory and time; William Mortensen, the last of the great pictorialist photographers; Julie Peppito, recipient of the 2001 New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Fellowship for sculpture; Scott Teplin, whose work is included in the permanent collections of The Museum of Modern Art (NYC and San Francisco), The New Museum, The Walker Art Center, and The New York Public Library; and Harvey Wang, who has exhibited widely at museums, including the National Museum of American History at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., the New York Historical Society, and the Museum of the City of New York.
This event is a wonderful way for artists and art lovers to support P.S. 130, and for P.S. 130 to support the arts community. The Art Auction is an opportunity to celebrate and continue our tradition of arts enrichment at P.S. 130; we are excited to provide a network of collectors for artists, while also raising funds to support important PTA initiatives, including our Art Box program, which provides Kindergarten through 2nd grade classrooms with an Art Box and Art Caddy stocked with art-making materials that are available for self-directed play time.
How Much: $10 suggested donation at the door (Drinks and snacks provided by: Wine & Spirits, Le Paddock, Brooklyn Commune, and the Windsor Terrace Food Coop)
Jack White (SPONSORED)
When: Saturday, November 17, 8pm (doors open at 7pm)
Where: Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush
What: Jack White will rock Kings Theatre in November performing songs from his third studio album, Boarding House Reach. Please note—this is a phone free show!
How Much: Tickets $90
Twelfth Annual Brooklyn Children’s Book Fair
When: Saturday, November 17, 11:30am to 4pm
Where: Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor, Prospect Heights
What: Meet your favorite Brooklyn children’s book authors and illustrators at this annual event featuring readings, illustrator presentations, and book-related activities with over forty creators showcasing storybooks, picture books, and graphic novels.
How Much: Free
Park Slope Windsor Terrace Artists Open Studios Weekend
When: Saturday, November 17 and Sunday, November 18, 12pm to 6pm
Where: Various locations throughout Park Slope & Windsor Terrace
What: More than 30 artists in Park Slope and Windsor Terrace will open up their studios/workspaces to visitors. Discover a variety of artwork, much of it for sale, at a range of prices. Look for the red balloons outside of each participating venue or click here for the list of participating artists and locations.
SkyIce 3rd Annual Brain Freeze Ice Cream Eating Contest
When: Saturday, November 17, 1pm to 3pm
Where: SkyIce, 63 5th Avenue (at St. Marks Avenue), Park Slope
What: SkyIce hosts the third annual Brain Freeze ice cream eating contest. The children’s competition will take place at 2pm with adults taking the stage at 2:30pm. There will be gift certificates and trophies for the winners and snacks, coffee, and music for all. Read about last year’s contest here.
Vital Theatre Company’s The Wizard of Oz
When: Saturday, November 17, 2pm
Where: On Stage at Kingsborough, 2001 Oriental Boulevard, Manhattan Beach
What: Follow the yellow brick road with Dorothy, the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, the Cowardly Lion, and munchkin puppets in Vital Theatre Company’s hour-long adaptation of this classic story. The cast will meet with the audience following the show.
How Much: Tickets $13
Good Shepherd Fall Concerts
When: Sunday, November 18, 5pm
Where: Good Shepherd Roman Catholic Church, 1950 Batchelder Street (Ave. S between Brown & Batchelder Streets), Marine Park
What: The 22nd annual fall chamber music series at Good Shepherd Church continues with a performance by flutist Roberta Michel.
How Much: Free, donations encouraged
Looking ahead…
Thom Yorke (SPONSORED)
When: Monday, November 26, and Tuesday, November 27, 7pm
Where: Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush
What: Thom Yorke has confirmed a series of live electronic performances in the U.S., including two nights at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn on November 26 & 27, during which he, Nigel Godrich and visual artist Tarik Barri, will perform songs spanning his solo works The Eraser and Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes and Atoms For Peace’s Amok. Support will come from special guest Oliver Coates.
How Much: Tickets $60
Cirque Dreams Holidaze (SPONSORED)
When: Thursday, November 29 through Sunday, December 2
Where: Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush
What: CIRQUE DREAMS HOLIDAZE brings its popular and electrifying stage spectacular to Brooklyn’s Kings Theatre with 6 unforgettable performances presented by Kings Brooklyn. This critically-acclaimed extravaganza is a BROADWAY MUSICAL AND NEW CIRQUE ADVENTURE WRAPPED INTO THE ULTIMATE HOLIDAY GIFT FOR THE ENTIRE FAMILY!
How Much: Tickets $75
2 Dope Queens (SPONSORED)
When: Tuesday, December 4 through Friday, December 7, 8pm (doors open at 7pm)
Where: Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush
What: Jessica Williams and Phoebe Robinson will return to Kings Theatre to film two more specials of their hit comedy podcast, 2 DOPE QUEENS. The new, hour-long specials will premiere on HBO in 2019.
How Much: Tickets $35
Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker (SPONSORED)
When: Saturday, December 8, 2pm and 7pm
Where: Kings Theatre, 1027 Flatbush Avenue, Flatbush
What: Christmas is coming and so is the one and only Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker. Presenting world class Russian artists, hand-painted sets, Russian Snow Maidens, and jubilant Nesting Dolls—Great Russian Nutcracker brings the Christmas spirit to life for all ages. “Kids wide-eyed with delight,” says the New York Times. Experience the Dove of Peace Tour, spreading goodwill in over 100 cities across North America. Get seats now for the whole family and make memories for a lifetime at Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker!
How Much: Tickets $125
REVIVAL ATTEMPT NO.1 | Solo Exhibition by Alex Rupert
When: Exhibition on view Thursday, November 1 through Wednesday, November 21
Where: 3rd Ethos Gallery, 154 Knickerbocker Avenue, Bushwick
What: Brooklyn-based artist Alex Rupert presents his second solo exhibition at 3rd Ethos featuring modernized images of “old wealth” given new life through illustration and street art.
A Love Letter To New Orleans
When: Exhibition on view through Sunday, November 25
Where: MoCADA, 80 Hanson Place, Fort Greene
What: This exhibition features the work of two artists, Langston Allston and Demond Melancon, inspired by the city where they met. Allston, “an outsider of New Orleans, documents moments that captivate him, from the moments that introduced him to the city to the stories that weave together its contemporary history,” while Melancon “carries on the 200-year-old tradition of Black masking, which is a core part of New Orleans’ identity.”
Morbid Anatomy at Green-Wood
When: Saturday, September 22 through Sunday, December 2, Saturdays and Sundays from 12pm to 5pm
Where: Green-Wood Cemetery, Fort Hamilton Gate House (enter at Fort Hamilton Parkway and Micieli Place)
What: Morbid Anatomy returns to Green-Wood Cemetery for a second residency featuring an expanded library collection and the exhibition Bridging Worlds: The Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead which explores how different cultures envision the afterlife and attempt to communicate with the dead.
Marlene Weisman | Old Faves + New Raves
When: Exhibition on view Friday, November 2 through Saturday, December 22
Where: South Slope Local/Uptown Roasters, 355 7th Avenue (between 10th & 11th Streets), Park Slope
What: Brooklyn-based artist Marlene Weisman exhibits a mini-retrospective of her popular collages as well as a selection of new work. Learn more about Weisman here.
Reclamation: Ruddy Roye & Curtis Talwst Santiago
When: Exhibition on view through Sunday, January 6, 2019
Where: Brooklyn Public Library, Central Branch, 10 Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Heights
What: This joint exhibition of photographs by Radcliffe “Ruddy” Roye and sculptures by Curtis Talwst Santiago focuses on the Black experience, “contrasting the realism of contemporary inequality and structural racism with the positive force of cultural resistance.” The double meaning behind the exhibit’s name references salvaging or reclaiming material and reasserting rights. Santiago’s Infinity Series features jewelry boxes repurposed into mini dioramas illustrating contemporary life and folkloric imagery that examine mass migration, incarceration, slavery, African religion and myth. Roye’s ongoing photo project When Living Is a Protest addresses issues of police brutality, racism, and social protest.
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.”