Music With Friends - Curated and featuring Philip Glass
Wednesday 6/13 @ Issue Project Room
Philip Glass is arguably America's most well-known living composer, and with 2012 marking his 75th birthday, there's certainly no shortage of events celebrating the man and his work. His three nights at Issue Project Room aren't a birthday celebration, but they are fundraisers for the Aurora Music Foundation and Issue Project Room, as well as a way for fans to see a true living legend in a fantastic location. ...
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Today @ City Reliquary
Brooklyn's greatest little museum takes over Havemeyer Street between Hope and Grand for a day of BBQ, contests and tons of bikes.
The Brooklyn Museum presents Playing House
Today @ Brooklyn Museum
Since our addiction to Downton Abbey has yet to abate, we're excited to see further explorations into "period." And The Brooklyn Museum, always hip to cultural trends, is on board with a new series that will take place in their 23 period rooms, the first of which is called Playing House. Artists Ann Agee, Anne Chu, Mary Lucier, and Betty Woodman are the first group to place site-specific artworks in 8 of the period rooms of the museum, or what the museum calls "activations." The aim of the "activations" is to connect the past with the present, placing contemporary art from a variety of media — including ceramics, textiles, paper, and video — within the context of period furnishings. Ann Agee places brash hand-drawn and stenciled wall-paper depicting the workroom of a fictional company within the Milligan Parlor and Den — an example of 19th century upper-middle-class opulence and leisure. Mary Lucier creates a video installation that comments on the connection between personal and cultural identity. Betty Woodman's abstract clay pieces adorn the mahogany dining room table in the Cane Acres Plantation Room, while Ann Chu's life-size embroidered cloth cardinal stands at the windowed opening to the same room. Visit the museum and let your skills in period-analysis further broaden your horizons.
Today @ Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
One of the City's best treats makes its fifth annual return for the summer. The Brooklyn Flea takes place at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in one of the area's most beautiful neighborhoods, and features over 150 vendors selling everything from rare soul 45s to handmade shirts and vintage furniture. And don't forget the food! Comestibles from Porchetta, People's Pops, Red Hook Lobster Pound, and pretty much everything in between, are also available.
Today @ Various DUMBO locations
Modeled after European shows like PHotoEspana and Visa pour l'Image, the New York Photo Festival is a great place for enthusiasts to see what's going on in photography today. For its fifth edition, organizers asked four curators — Amy Smith-Stewart, Glenn Ruga, Claude Grunitzky, and DJ Spooky — to answer the question: Where do fine art and documentary photography meet? Their responses can be found at locations throughout DUMBO during the event. Panel discussions, photographer tutorials, and gallery talks are also part of the festivities. For a full list of happenings check the NYPH website.
