> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://bklyner.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Weekend Art Events: October 5-7 (Opera On Tap, BAM Next Wave Festival & More) - URL: https://bklyner.com/weekend-art-events-october-5-7-opera-on-tap-bam-next-wave-festival-more/ - Published: 2018-10-04T15:00:22.000Z - Updated: 2018-10-03T23:02:39.000Z - Author: Pamela Wong - Tags: Arts & Culture, Central Brooklyn, Eastern Brooklyn, Events, Nonsponsored, North Western Brooklyn, northern brooklyn, Southern Brooklyn, Western Brooklyn, And Now I See, bam, Barbes, bric house, Brooklyn Art Song Society, Brooklyn Before, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, brooklyn historical society, brooklyn museum, #wp It’s October! The month kicks off with music, including a Charles Ives concert and the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival. Brooklyn Museum’s Target First Saturday celebrates Latinx communities and the Brooklyn Nets practice for the upcoming season at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Check the [**BKLYNER Calendar**](/calendar/) for more events happening around town or to list one of your own. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/drinking_songs_1.jpg) **[Opera On Tap](https://www.operaontap.org/newyork/?ref=bklyner.com) (SPONSORED)** **When:** Friday, October 5, 8pm **Where:** Barbes, 376 9th Street, Park Slope **What:** The New Brew series brings you classical music written by some of today’s most exciting composers, presented in entertaining and irreverent programs by young singers and instrumentalists who relish the direct contact with audiences not inhibited in their reactions by the looming menace of giant chandeliers. This program will feature songs about drinking, PLUS we’ll give the premieres of the winners of our Drinking Song Competition! Featuring: Seth Gilman, Kayleigh Butcher, Sara Noble, Krista Wozniak, and Chris Berg on the ivories! **How Much:** $10 suggested donation ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-03-at-4.45.32-PM.png) Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/brooklynemf/) [**Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival**](http://www.brooklynemf.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Wednesday, October 3 through Saturday, October 6 **Where:** Various venues in Bushwick, Greenpoint, and Williamsburg **What:** Since launching in 2008, the Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival has been an annual celebration of NYC’s electronic music scene, showcasing international and local acts and featuring up-and-coming and established bands, DJs, and producers. **How Much:** [Tickets](https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1738952?ref=bklyner.com) $45-$85 [**Brooklyn Art Song Society Presents American Iconoclasts | Charles Ives**](https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3522662?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Friday, October 5, 7:30pm **Where:** Brooklyn Historical Society, 128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn Heights **What:** Brooklyn Art Song Society kicks off its 9th season with the first installment of *American Iconoclasts*, a five-concert survey of Americas most unique composers. The series’ opener presents the eclectic songs of Charles Ives. **How Much:** [Tickets](https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3522662?ref=bklyner.com) $25, $15 students/seniors [**MoCADA DIY Fest**](http://mocada.org/?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Friday, October 5 through Sunday, October 7 and Friday, October 12 through Sunday, October 14 **Where:** MoCADA, 80 Hanson Place, Fort Greene **What:** The MoCADA DIY Fest’s quarterly marketplace returns for two weekends featuring products and services by Brooklyn-based artisans, entrepreneurs, wellness providers, and more. [**Brooklyn Nets Second Annual Practice In The Park**](https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/events/brooklyn-nets-2nd-annual-practice-in-the-park?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Saturday, October 6, 11am to 3pm **Where:** Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 2 **What:** The Brooklyn Nets return to Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 2 for the second annual Practice in the Park, where the public can watch the team prepare for the upcoming season. There will also be youth basketball games, fan activations, and more! **How Much:** Free, sign up [here](https://nets.expapp.com/passes/reserve/331?utm%5Fsource=experience&utm%5Fmedium=website&utm%5Fcampaign=brooklyn%5Fnets%5Fbuzzer%5Fbeater%5Fpass%5Fone%5Fvanity%5Furl) for more info [**Community Heroes Picnic**](http://www.communityheroes.nyc/10-6-neighborhood-picnic-opening-celebration-at-fort-greene-park/?utm%5Fsource=Community%20Heroes&utm%5Fcampaign=779967503c-EMAIL%5FCAMPAIGN%5F2017%5F05%5F18%5FCOPY%5F03&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=0%5Fdeb19b487a-779967503c-225158225) **When:** Saturday, October 6, 1pm to 4pm **Where:** Fort Greene Park (by Revolutionary Garden at Willoughby & St. Edwards), Fort Greene **What:** Community Heroes celebrates the unveiling of new hero banners with a picnic at Fort Greene Park. Bring a snack to share and meet the local heroes and artists featured in the public art project. **[Target First Saturdays At Brooklyn Museum](https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/visit/first%5Fsaturdays/?ref=bklyner.com)** **When:** Saturday, October 6, 5pm to 11pm **Where:** Brooklyn Museum, 200 Eastern Parkway, Prospect Heights **What:** Brooklyn Museum’s Target First Saturdays returns with a celebration of the resilience and diversity of Latinx communities! Enjoy the free lineup featuring a performance by Maya Monès—aka br0nz3\_g0dd3ss, a conversation with artist/poet [Cecilia Vicuña](https://www.facebook.com/CECILIA-VICU%C3%91A-275500021706/?%5F%5Ftn%5F%5F=K-R&eid=ARB5MtSlUSWG7FErdui36inPuCKXOPWoCnPnH1ykgCuo7fgwKTcCf4wt2Jz9ZdqRVfwbbsAQLpBL1-Y1&fref=mentions&%5F%5Fxts%5F%5F%5B0%5D=68.ARBw1fY38toZRxilditi6jp722pNmjdF3Gp7IdkueXBjgGz-VPzPYbK9ny14hnFKMXMJjDuZxDaJCtC1lersdZgKVo9Of62PK1HGu8U6lcGA7%5FOrGUK%5FOJ%5FynZitN3r%5FCQlSEpcgzPNC-CldffA0Mlnt6E0ejtliexH0lMsT0PnnHse6FMphIEw), a screening of *En el Séptimo Día,* salsa with [Balmir Latin Dance Studio](https://www.facebook.com/BalmirDance/?%5F%5Ftn%5F%5F=K-R&eid=ARD34gmDnqYj-huYBonRm3ygx1zOLkxTsJ3Ovabbg6SSuCBjEK-ZYcmMpJrjCHrN-ISeP6aTyew5bwye&fref=mentions&%5F%5Fxts%5F%5F%5B0%5D=68.ARBw1fY38toZRxilditi6jp722pNmjdF3Gp7IdkueXBjgGz-VPzPYbK9ny14hnFKMXMJjDuZxDaJCtC1lersdZgKVo9Of62PK1HGu8U6lcGA7%5FOrGUK%5FOJ%5FynZitN3r%5FCQlSEpcgzPNC-CldffA0Mlnt6E0ejtliexH0lMsT0PnnHse6FMphIEw), and more! Don’t forget to check out *[Community Celebration: Something to Say](https://www.facebook.com/events/567488643680271/)* where there will be music and ice cream to honor the Museum’s [new public art activation](/word-up/) featuring Brooklyn Hi-Art! Machine, Deborah Kass, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, and Hank Willis Thomas. **How Much:** Free ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Screen-Shot-2018-10-03-at-5.22.21-PM.png) ‘Humans’ opens BAM’s 2018 Next Wave Festival, via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/BAMstage/) [**2018 Next Wave Festival**](https://www.bam.org/programs/2018/next-wave-festival?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Wednesday, October 3 through Sunday, December 23 **Where:** BAM Howard Gilman Opera House (30 Lafayette Ave.), BAM Harvey Theater (651 Fulton St.), and BAM Fisher (321 Ashland Pl.), Fort Greene **What:** BAM’s exiting Executive Producer, [Joseph V. Melillo](/bam-fetes-exiting-executive-producer-joseph-v-melillo/), presents his 35th and final Next Wave Festival. The fest offers music, opera, theater, physical theater, dance, film/music, and performance art by local and international artists at all three BAM venues. *Humans* kicks off the festival (Oct. 3-7), featuring Australia’s Circa, ten acrobats who perform on a bare stage exploring the physical limits of their bodies while relying on the strength of their fellow performers. **How Much:** [Tickets](https://tickets.bam.org/production/?pid=13740&ref=bklyner.com) start at $35 [**Leigh Blanchard: *And Now I See***](https://gallery440.squarespace.com/exhibitions/?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Exhibition on view from Thursday, September 6 through Sunday, October 7 **Where:** 440 Gallery, 440 6th Avenue, Park Slope **What:** This solo exhibition of Blanchard’s recent work explores alternate ways of creating digital images, focusing on “technological flaws.” Loading thousands of images onto various “online artificial intelligence systems,” the artist captures imperfections and creates complex, distorted imagery either organically or by manipulating the software. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Alison-Owen-Rainbow-and-Rain-Vases-601x800.jpg) Alison Owen, Rainbow and Rain Vases, from Daily Vase on view at Greenpoint Hill [**Daily Vase: New Works From Alison Owen**](https://greenpointhill.com/exhibitions/?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Exhibition on view from Thursday, September 6—Sunday, October 14 **Where:** Greenpoint Hill, 100 Freeman Street (at Franklin Street), Greenpoint **What:** At the start of 2018, artist Alison Owen began creating a vase for every day of the year—traditional clay vessels, fabric interpretations, paper collages. Her only requirement for the project was that the daily artwork incorporate a vase in some way. Her works are made using items found at other artists’ studios, on the street, or from her daily life. This exhibition displays selections from her project to date. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/unnamed4.jpg) Courtesy of The Old Stone House [***For Which It Stands—*A Contemporary Art Exhibit**](http://theoldstonehouse.org/event/for-which-it-stands-a-contemporary-art-exhibit/2018-08-23/?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Exhibition on view Thursday, August 23 through Sunday, October 14, 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 this contemporary art exhibition that connects Brooklyn’s revolutionary history to some of today’s most pressing issues. Artists reinterpret and offer their “fresh take on the flags of the American Revolution and today, including the contradictions inherent in their symbolism.” ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/image004.png) [**Stars In The Night**](https://www.starsinthenight.net/?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Thursday, September 13 through Sunday, October 14 **Where:** Locations across DUMBO **What:** Firelight Collective presents a four-week limited run of *STARS IN THE NIGHT*, an interactive and immersive theatrical production that takes audiences to multiple locations across DUMBO’s historic waterfront district. The original story brings twelve audience members on a journey through four locations, including the Empire Stores as well as living spaces, “to witness the fallout when a woman suddenly goes missing.” **How Much:** [Tickets](https://ci.ovationtix.com/35091/production/996459?ref=bklyner.com) $125 ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-19-at-6.24.25-PM.png) Via [Waterfront Museum](http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org/events/exhibit/ukrainian-maritime-paintings-presented-sable-gallery-sept-20-october-20?utm%5Fsource=Eblast+9.18.2018&utm%5Fcampaign=E+blast+9%5F18%5F2018&utm%5Fmedium=email) [**Ukrainian Maritime Paintings**](http://www.waterfrontmuseum.org/events/exhibit/ukrainian-maritime-paintings-presented-sable-gallery-sept-20-october-20?utm%5Fsource=Eblast+9.18.2018&utm%5Fcampaign=E+blast+9%5F18%5F2018&utm%5Fmedium=email) **When:** Exhibition on view from Thursday, September 20 through Saturday, October 20 **Where:** Waterfront Museum, 290 Conver Street, Red Hook **What:** Brooklyn’s *Sable Gallery* presents a Ukrainian group show of marine paintings on the historic barge. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/unnamed3-615x800.jpg) [***Brooklyn Before*: Photographs, 1971-1983 by Larry Racioppo**](http://www.tablarasagallery.com/html/beyond%5Fbrooklyn.html?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Exhibition on view from Saturday, September 29 through Saturday, October 27 **Where:** Tabla Rasa Gallery, 224 48th Street (between 2nd & 3rd Avenues), Sunset Park **What:** This exhibition showcases a selection of South Brooklyn photographs culled from the pages Larry Racioppo’s new book, *Brooklyn Before,* featuring new digital prints of the artist’s earliest 35mm and 120mm black-and-white negatives shot of family and neighbors. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-5.49.58-PM.png) Nancy Bowen, For Each Ecstatic Instant on view at Kentler International Drawing Space‎, via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/kentlergallery/photos/gm.241501600033388/10156734734653395/?type=3&theater) [**Nancy Bowen: *For Each Ecstatic Instant***](https://kentlergallery.org/index.php/Detail/exhibitions/379?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Exhibition on view from Friday, September 7 through Sunday, October 28 **Where:** Kentler International Drawing Space, 353 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook **What:** “Artistic archaeologist” Bowen reassembles found fragments including maps, stamps, glass, picture frames, and pages from books to create patchworks that explore “what counts as knowledge.” ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-05-at-5.35.33-PM.png) PÒTOPRENS: The Urban Artists of Port-au-Prince on view at Pioneer Works, via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/PioneerWorksFoundation/photos/gm.877084739082118/1748046115308613/?type=3&theater) [***PÒTOPRENS: The Urban Artists of Port-au-Prince***](https://pioneerworks.org/exhibitions/potoprens/?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Exhibition on view from Friday, September 7 through Sunday, November 11 **Where:** Pioneer Works, 159 Pioneer Street, Red Hook **What:** More than 20 artists working in Haiti’s capital will be presented in this exhibit featuring sculpture, photography, and film, as well as a garden installation of a recreated Port-au-Prince barbershop. **How Much:** Free ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-10-at-6.27.56-PM.png) Mary Mattingly, What Happens After, on view at BRIC (via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/events/471433796654808/)) [**Mary Mattingly: What Happens After**](https://www.bricartsmedia.org/art-exhibitions/mary-mattingly-what-happens-after?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Exhibition on view from Thursday, September 13—Sunday, November 11 **Where:** Gallery at BRIC House, 647 Fulton Street (enter at Rockwell Place), Fort Greene **What:** BRIC presents an exhibition of work by Brooklyn-based artist Mary Mattingly, who creates photographs, sculpture, and large-scale public art projects that address climate change by “drawing connections between the social and economic forces that make up the current political ecology impacting our environment.” A deconstructed and redesigned 19,000-pound military cargo truck will be on display, encouraging viewers to question: “What happens when an object that embodies both the systemic violence represented by war and by climate change is manifested in a public space?” ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-19-at-7.17.16-PM.png) Bridging Worlds: The Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/events/2282569108437261/) [**Morbid Anatomy at Green-Wood**](https://www.green-wood.com/morbid-anatomy-at-green-wood/?ref=bklyner.com) **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 ](/back-from-the-dead-morbid-anatomy-finds-a-new-home-in-brooklyn/)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.