Events on Friday, February 17

Otis Day & The Knights

Music: Soul

Otis Day & The Knights

Friday 2/17 @ Brooklyn Bowl

At the outset of the 1970s, a teenaged DeWayne Jessie had a promising start to an acting career, just at the... 

Ongoing Events

Charles Atlas: The Illusion of Democracy

Art: Video

Charles Atlas: The Illusion of Democracy

Friday 2/17 @ Luhring Augustine Bushwick 25 Knickerbocker Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237

Luhring Augustine, a Chelsea gallery founded in 1985, opens shop in the still burgeoning arts district of Bushwick with an inaugural... 

<em>Richard III</em>

Theatre: Drama

Richard III

Friday 2/17 @ BAM Harvey Theater

The Bridge Project seals its final season with a stellar pairing of Academy Award winners Kevin Spacey and Sam Mendes in... 

<em>Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes</em>

Art: Painting & Drawing

Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes

Friday 2/17 @ Brooklyn Museum

While Djuna Barnes is best known for her modernist novels and plays like Nightwood (1936) and The Antiphon (1958), from 1913-1921,... 

Storefront Bushwick presents Martin Bromirski, Rachel LaBine, & Elizabeth Riley

Art: Multimedia

Martin Bromirski, Rachel LaBine, & Elizabeth Riley

Friday 2/17 @ Storefront Bushwick

Martin Bromirski, Rachel LaBine, and Elizabeth Riley look to contemporary reality, and the nature of our experience in it, as a... 

New Fun Music Time w/ Supernature

Music: Dance

New Fun Music Time w/ Supernature

Friday 2/17 @ Manhattan Inn

Friday nights are always a good time to check in with the Manhattan Inn for their DJ dance parties. Tonight the... 

<em>We Are Cinema: 50 Years of the Film-Makers' Coop</em>

Film: Experimental

We Are Cinema: 50 Years of the Film-Makers' Coop

Friday 2/17 @ Microscope Gallery

This month-long exhibition and screening series, We Are Cinema, celebrates the "oldest and largest artist-run cooperative in the world," the Filmmakers'... 

The Wooster Group and New York City Players present <em>Early Plays</em>

Theatre: Drama

Early Plays

Friday 2/17 @ St. Ann's Warehouse

For Early Plays, a unique collaboration between the Wooster Group and the New York City Players, Richard Maxwell directs Eugene O’Neill’s... 

Camel Art Space presents <em>First Truth</em>

Art: Group Show

First Truth

Friday 2/17 @ Camel Art Space

The artists in this group show explore the problems that arise when an artist realizes that what she wants to achieve... 

Williamsburg Fashion Weekend

Fashion/Style

Williamsburg Fashion Weekend

Friday 2/17 @ Glasslands Gallery

Manhattan's Mercedes-Benz-driven fashion fête may have come to close but the week isn't truly over until the designers at this faithful... 

Smack Mellon presents <em>Three Solo Shows: Tamara Gayer, Stephen Sollins, and Heeseop Yoon</em>

Art: Installation

Three Solo Shows: Tamara Gayer, Stephen Sollins, and Heeseop Yoon

Friday 2/17 @ Smack Mellon

Three solo exhibitions take over the enormous space at Smack Mellon in DUMBO. Brooklyn-based artists Tamara Gayer, Stephen Sollins, and Heeseop... 

Kings County Distillery's Special Secret Chocolate Whiskey

Food/Wine: Shopping

Special Secret Chocolate Whiskey

Friday 2/17 @ Greene Grape Wine Store

It all began when the guys behind Kings County Distillery visited the Mast Brothers Chocolate factory. The purveyors of artisanal Brooklyn... 

Moon Hooch

Music: Experimental

Moon Hooch

Friday 2/17 @ Knitting Factory

Two years ago the three men of Moon Hooch started playing in NYC and BK subways for no other reason but... 

SCRATCHBread Focaccino Window

Food/Wine: Shopping

SCRATCHBread Focaccino Window

Friday 2/17 @ SCRATCHbread

The SCRATCHbread Focaccino window is a portal into deliciousness. On Select days, SCRATCHbread, the mothership of artisanal breads that are sprouting... 

English Kills presents <em>The Permanent Collection Vol. 2: My Own Private Serpico</em>

Art: Group Show

The Permanent Collection Vol. 2: My Own Private Serpico

Friday 2/17 @ English Kills

English Kills has long been (in Bushwick years, that is) one of the pre-eminent galleries in the Bushwick arts scene. Founded... 

<em>Paul D'Agostino: Appearance Adrift in the Garden</em>

Art: Multimedia

Paul D'Agostino: Appearance Adrift in the Garden

Friday 2/17 @ Norte Maar

Norte Maar, one of Bushwick's leading galleries presents the work of Paul D'Agostino, an artist who recreates images through cutting, layering,... 

<em>IN-HABITAT: Julia Whitney Barnes, Gregory Curry, Lisa Dilillo, & Kim Holleman</em>

Art: Group Show

IN-HABITAT

Friday 2/17 @ The Front Room

Each of the artists in this exhibition IN-HABITAT interprets the concept of habitat, and the meaning of inhabiting this world in... 

System Introspection: Nicolas Maigret

Art: Video

System Introspection: Nicolas Maigret

Friday 2/17 @ Devotion Gallery

The Art of Failure collective, Nicolas Maigret and Nicolas Montgermont, take as a starting point the imperfections that allow us to... 

Tragedy: The Kings of Metal Disco

Music: Metal

Tragedy: The Kings of Metal Disco

Friday 2/17 @ Brooklyn Bowl

 Tragedy is the #1 Heavy Metal Tribute to the Bee Gees in the Tri State Area. They Rock Sweet Balls and Can...