> ## 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: Sept. 28-30 (The Great DUMBO Drop, Red Hook Regatta, Chile Pepper Fest & More) - URL: https://bklyner.com/weekend-art-events-sept-28-30/ - Published: 2018-09-27T15:41:51.000Z - Updated: 2018-09-27T15:41:51.000Z - 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, bric house, Brooklyn Before, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Chile Pepper Festival 2018, Daily Vase: New Works From Alison Owen, DUMBO Drop, For Each Ecstatic Instant, For Which It Stands, #wp This final week of September offers lots of fun things to do, including film screenings, the Chile Pepper Fest, and the Shop Black Pop-up. Don’t forget to check out the first annual [Brooklyn School Gardens Crawl](/brooklyn-school-gardens-crawl/) on Saturday where ten District 15 schools from Red Hook to Kensington will welcome guests into their gardens for a day of family-friendly activities. Looking for something to do tonight? You can dance the night away while supporting Imani House (see below) or head to BAM to check out [Pop-Up Magazine](/pop-up-magazine-live-magazine-show-returns-to-bam-september-27/), a “live magazine” show produced “for a stage, a screen, and a live audience.” Check the [**BKLYNER Calendar**](/calendar/) for more events happening around town or to list one of your own. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/LetsDancePostCardFront-e1537993023888.jpg) [**Let’s Dance 2: Dancing Through The Decades**](https://www.facebook.com/events/2283120578597690/) **When:** Thursday, September 27, 6pm to 10pm **Where:** Kings Beer Hall, 84 Saint Marks Place, Park Slope **What:** Get the weekend started by dancing to retro R&B, Salsa, and contemporary hits while supporting Imani House’s free youth/family/immigrant education and health programs here in Brooklyn and in Liberia, West Africa. **How Much:** [Tickets](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lets-dance-2-dancing-through-the-decades-sept-27-2018-tickets-49434459800?ref=bklyner.com) $20 in advance, $25 at door [**Katra Film Series—Side Bar Edition**](http://katrafilmseries.com/?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Thursday, September 27, 6pm **Where:** Wine Legend, 166 Myrtle Avenue (corner of Fleet Place), Downtown Brooklyn **What:** Katra’s Side Bar Edition features films by underrepresented communities and focuses on issues and stories by Women of Color, African-American, Asian-American, Latinx, and LGBTQ+ communities. In honor of National Hispanic Heritage Month, this edition will showcase works by Latinx filmmakers. **How Much:** [Tickets](http://katrafilmseries.com/tickets/?ref=bklyner.com) $10 ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-26-at-4.43.31-PM.png) Via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/events/2008825615834258/) [**Taste of Iceland: Icelandic Short Film Festival**](https://www.facebook.com/events/2008825615834258/) **When:** Thursday, September 27 through Sunday, September 30 **Where:** Film Noir Cinema, 122 Meserole Avenue, Williamsburg **What:** The Icelandic film industry’s premier festival, Stockfish, is hosting four screenings of its short film program highlighting up-and-coming Icelandic filmmakers. Each screening will include six short films, running approximately 90 minutes. **How Much:** Free [**Tear a Root from the Earth (work-in-progress)**](https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/tear-root-earth-work-progress?utm%5Fsource=BRIC+Master+Email+List&utm%5Fcampaign=fc54eb7b7e-EMAIL%5FCAMPAIGN%5F2018%5F09%5F20&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=0%5F9587a10210-fc54eb7b7e-269335373&mc%5Fcid=fc54eb7b7e&mc%5Feid=56d7c64813) **When:** Friday, September 28, 2pm & 7pm **Where:** BRIC House Artist Studio, 647 Fulton Street (enter on Rockwell Pl), Fort Greene **What:** This new work features both American and Afghan folk music to tell the story of three generations of an Afghan family as they navigate the American and Soviet invasions of Afghanistan. **How Much:** [Tickets](https://www.bricartsmedia.org/events-performances/tear-root-earth-work-progress?utm%5Fsource=BRIC+Master+Email+List&utm%5Fcampaign=fc54eb7b7e-EMAIL%5FCAMPAIGN%5F2018%5F09%5F20&utm%5Fmedium=email&utm%5Fterm=0%5F9587a10210-fc54eb7b7e-269335373&mc%5Fcid=fc54eb7b7e&mc%5Feid=56d7c64813) $8 in advance, $12 day of show > [](https://www.instagram.com/p/BoHQFGwhcPj/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fmedium=loading) > > [](https://www.instagram.com/p/BoHQFGwhcPj/?utm%5Fsource=ig%5Fembed&utm%5Fmedium=loading) [**The Great DUMBO Drop 2018**](https://dumbo.is/dropping-elephants?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Friday, September 28, 4pm to 9pm (DUMBO Drop at 6pm sharp) **Where:** Washington Street (corner of Washington & Water Streets), DUMBO **What:** For a second year, organizers of the Washington Street Block Party will send thousands of parachuting toy elephants from the rooftops of Washington Street, Brooklyn’s most photographed block. Each pachyderm will don a 2018 limited-edition parachute designed by Dumbo-based artist [Craig Anthony Miller](https://www.facebook.com/CAMnewyork/). Elephants can be “adopted” for $20, and the owners of elephants that most closely reach a designated target will win prizes! #DUMBODROP raises funds for DUMBO’s local Title 1 Public STEAM Schools, PS307 Elementary School, and the Dock Street Middle School. The event will also feature music, performances, and an afterparty at 8pm at the DUMBO Archway. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/unnamed-copy.jpg) [**MetaDada – Pop Up Exhibit**](https://mailchi.mp/583728a732e4/metadada-pop-up-exhibit-opening-reception-092818-friday-bushwick-open-studios-312711?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Friday, September 28 through Sunday, September 30 (opening reception Friday 7pm to 12am) **Where:** 3rd Ethos Gallery, 154 Knickerbocker Avenue, Bushwick **What:** This pop up exhibit based on new work by Brooklyn-based artist and muralist [Morgan Winter](https://3rdethos.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=3081bb32fda150520bc10590c&id=e63b210abb&e=075eae8222&ref=bklyner.com), is a “series of exercises in technical absurdity” that allows visitors to experience MetaDada in the physical and digital realms through augmented and virtual reality. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-27-at-10.25.19-AM.png) Temesgen Zeleke and Bianca Vivion Brooks [**Two Special Events For The Final Week Of *The Emperor***](https://www.tfana.org/?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Friday, September 28 at 9pm and Sunday, September 30 at 2pm **Where:** Theatre for a New Audience, Polonsky Shakespeare Center, 262 Ashland Place, Fort Greene **What:** Theatre for a New Audience presents two special post-performance events for the final week of *The Emperor*, an adaptation of Ryszard Kapuściński’s 1978 book about the downfall of Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie starring Kathryn Hunter and Ethiopian musician/founder of [Krar Collective](https://www.krarcollective.com/?ref=bklyner.com), Temesgen Zeleke. On Friday, Sept. 28, Zeleke will perform a post-show concert (9pm, $15) and on Sunday, Sept. 30, there will be a TFANA Talk with *NYT* Op-Ed contributor Bianca Vivion Brooks on representation in the arts (following 2pm show, free). **How Much:** [Tickets](https://ci.ovationtix.com/34240/production/996157?ref=bklyner.com) for *The Emperor* $90-$115 ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-26-at-5.05.17-PM.png) Via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/events/1909390492440026/) [**Chile Pepper Festival 2018**](https://www.bbg.org/visit/event/chile%5Fpepper%5Ffestival%5F2018?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Saturday, September 29, 11am to 6pm **Where:** Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 990 Washington Avenue, Crown Heights **What:** The Brooklyn Botanic Garden’s Chile Pepper Festival returns with spicy tastings, six musical acts, chile-inspired murals, and more! **How Much:** [Tickets](https://www.showclix.com/event/chile-pepper-festival?ref=bklyner.com) $25, $20 students/seniors ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-26-at-5.31.31-PM.png) Via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/events/532888000490476/) [**Riverhead Pop-Up Reading Room**](https://www.brooklynbridgepark.org/events/riverhead-pop-up-reading-room-banned-books-week?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Saturday, September 29, 1pm to 4pm **Where:** Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 3 **What:** Riverhead Books hosts this open-air, thematically curated pop-up reading room honoring Banned Books Week. Celebrate the freedom to read with featured books and authors from the Riverhead collection that have been challenged in schools and libraries around the country, or address themes that inspire discussion, including [Khaled Hosseini](https://www.facebook.com/KhaledHosseini/)’s novel *The Kite Runner* and [Garrard Conley](https://www.facebook.com/garrardc/)’s memoir *Boy Erased*. [**Red Hook Regatta**](https://donyc.com/events/2018/9/29/2018-red-hook-regatta?ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Saturday, September 29, 1pm to 5pm **Where:** [Louis Valentino, Jr. Park & Pier](https://www.google.com/maps/place/Louis+Valentino,+Jr.+Park+and+Pier/@40.6806371,-74.0340629,14z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x972b7eba537f19d5!8m2!3d40.6784075!4d-74.0181413?ref=bklyner.com), Red Hook **What:** Pioneer Works’ fourth annual Red Hook Regatta brings hundreds of spectators to Valentino Pier to watch homemade 3D-printed and D-I-Y boats race and navigate the waters of NYC’s shipping harbor. ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2018-09-26-at-5.59.45-PM.png) Via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156444033796147&set=pcb.10156444033851147&type=3&theater) [**12th Annual Shop Black Pop-Up Bonanza**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/shop-black-pop-up-bonanzaa-tickets-49965379796?aff=ebdssbdestsearch&ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Saturday, September 29, 1pm to 7pm **Where:** Nicholas Brooklyn, 1396 Fulton Street, Bed-Stuy **What:** Support black-owned small businesses at this free, day-long, community event that will feature a variety of vendors, entertainment, and snacks while you shop! ![](/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 (opening reception and book signing, Saturday, Sept. 29 from 3pm to 5pm) **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-2018-09-26-at-6.43.10-PM.png) Via [Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/InterferenceArc/) [**KEEPING IT COOL: A Fundraiser for Interference Archive**](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keeping-it-cool-a-fundraiser-for-interference-archive-tickets-48733073936?mc%5Fcid=299b9a4c0c&mc%5Feid=884b53ac22&ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Saturday, September 29, 4pm to 9pm **Where:** Interference Archive, 314 7th Street (between 4th & 5th Avenues), Park Slope **What:** Interference Archive’s benefit will be a night of friends, refreshments, and social movement history, celebrating the Archive’s first year at its new 7th Street home. Help Interference reach its goal of $5,000 which will go toward the air conditioning unit which keeps the 30,000+ collection of social movement ephemera in a cool and stable environment. **How Much:** [Tickets](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/keeping-it-cool-a-fundraiser-for-interference-archive-tickets-48733073936?mc%5Fcid=299b9a4c0c&mc%5Feid=884b53ac22&ref=bklyner.com#tickets) $20, $5 children (there will be children’s programming from 4pm to 6pm.) [**SUPERFUN Moat ‘N’ Pictures: *Heathers***](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/superfun-moat-n-pictures-heathers-tickets-49928240712?mc%5Fcid=63ad7ae8bf&mc%5Feid=5fc735b5b5&ref=bklyner.com) **When:** Saturday, September 29, 6:30pm to 9:30pm **Where:** Gowanus Souvenir Shop, 567 Union Street, Gowanus **What:** Gowanus Souvenir Shop hosts the second installment of its new film series, heading back to school with the dark comedy classic, *Heathers (*1988). **How Much:** $5-$10 suggested donation. Register [here](https://www.eventbrite.com/e/superfun-moat-n-pictures-heathers-tickets-49928240712?mc%5Fcid=63ad7ae8bf&mc%5Feid=5fc735b5b5&ref=bklyner.com#tickets). ![](/content/images/bklyner/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/unnamed-800x800.jpg) WH #4, 2017, archival inkjet print on Hahnemühle paper, 36″ x 36”, by Leigh Blanchard (Photo courtesy of the artist) [**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.” **On Sunday, September 30, from 4pm to 6pm, join The Old Stone House for “Community Flag-Making for the World We Want to See.” [Interference Archive](https://www.facebook.com/InterferenceArc/) hosts the hands-on art project led by teaching artists Josh MacPhee and Monica Johnson. Learn more [here](https://www.facebook.com/events/528565144256496/).** ![](/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/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 (Opening reception: Friday, Sept. 7, 5pm to 8pm | Artist’s talk: Saturday, Oct. 6, 4pm) **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.