THE WEEK: June 20-24th.

June 20, 2011July 25, 2011 | The 22 Magazine

Pre-cinematic technology takes over HERE for a week of contemporary cantastoria, cooked up by puppeteers, artists and craftspeople from across the country. A millennium-old art form is rejuvenated and re-imagined, as performers animate paintings and banners alongside texts, puppets, jokes, songs and stories.

Each unique program features several original shorts on a given theme, and the festival kicks off with a FREE opening celebration, presented by Great Small Works at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park, featuring cantastoria and cranky performances by 15 different theater artists and live music by The Greatest Smallest Band. Bring a picnic and the whole family. In case of rain shows will take place in the Tobacco Warehouse Tent on Water Street. (READ MORE.)

Banners & Cranks: Interview with Clare Dolan from here on Vimeo.

BANNERS & CRANKS LINEUP
Click on any program name to buy tickets

June 22 | 7pm
BOOM OR BUST

The Dolly Wagglers
Great Small Works
Peter Schumann
Chinese Theater Works
Possibilitarian Puppet & Mask Theater

June 23 | 7pm
BEGGARS & CHOOSERS

Great Small Works
Mouth of the Wolf
Bread & Puppet
Sam Wilson
Chinese Theater Works

June 24 | 7pm
SLAP & TICKLE

Awareness Theater Co.
Redwing Blackbird Theater
Mouth of the Wolf
Possibilitarian Puppet & Mask Theater
More of Everything

(MORE THIS WEEKEND!)

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JUNE WITH RAS MOSHE AT UNVERSITY OF THE STREETS.

CENTIPEDE
LARRY ROLAND ENSEMBLE
CRISTIAN AMIGO TRIO
SOOTHSAYERS

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Undead Jazzfest 2011 @LE POISSON ROUGE.
Thursday 06.23.11
w/ Satoko Fujii
Marc Ribot
Tarbaby
Marc Ribot’s Ceramic Dog
Escreet / Binney / Krantz / Gilmore
& David Torn Trio w/ Tim Berne and Ches Smith
6:00pm doors | 7:00pm show
$25 Single Day | $35 Two Day | $50 Festival Pass
18+ or accompanied by legal guardian
This is a general admission, standing event.Tickets available here: http://lepoissonrouge.com/events/view/2275http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchAndRestore#p/a/u/0/D-Oo0r2mID8thingNYIN HOUSE is a collection of new musical meditations on the idea of “the home”. The pieces are written with flexibility in mind. With each composer creating a work for one room of the home, each performance is adapted for and inspired by the individuality of each home’s distinct rooms. This allows IN HOUSE to be programmed differently for each home and experienced uniquely by its audience, who can listen to one piece in its entirety, or explore the house freely, hearing how the compositions fit together. (READ MORE.)

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Mi Tigre, My Lover
Naoe Suzuki and Dramahound Productions @OPEN SOURCE
June 25th – July 9th, 2011
at 306 17th St. (between 5th and 6th Ave), South Slope, Brooklyn

Open Source is proud to announce its first show in our new space. “Mi Tigre, My Lover,” is a multi-media installation by Naoe Suzuki, originated out of a series of Naoe’s paintings, and the related play by Anne Phelan of Dramahound Productions. Phelan’s play, of the same name as Suzuki’s paintings, was inspired by the paintings and uses them as a backdrop for her production. This is the third play at Open Source Gallery by Dramahound Productions and we are very excited to host the fusion of artworks and live theatre by these two talented artists.

Suzuki’s paintings were inspired by the life of Mabel Stark, a renowned female tiger trainer in the early 1900s, the golden age of the circus. During her research, she also came across “The Final Confession of Mabel Stark,” by Robert Hough, a fictional biography based on Mabel Stark’s life. For Suzuki, Hough’s novel provided another interesting layer to the life of the famous female cat tamer. (READ MORE.)

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Sirens & Society: Postmodern Mermaidia @ OBSERVATORY.
Photo: Jason Falchook

A Screening & Panel Discussion featuring Prof. Amy Herzog, Mica Scalin, Ilise “The Lady Aye” Carter and Bambi the Mermaid
Date: Thursday, July 21st
Time: 8:00 PM
Admission: $5
Presented by Morbid Anatomy
Forget vampires, werewolves, and zombies! All across America–at least according to USA Today’s Carol Memmot, who recently documented the explosion of high-profile books, blogs and movies devoted to modern “mermadia”–mermaids are emerging as “the next big thing.Tonight’s screening and panel discussion will investigate the new wave of mermaid imagery and lifestyle being created by individual artists and the culture industry at large. We will begin with a preview screening of the new documentary “Mermaids of New York,” followed by a panel discussion featuring professor Amy Herzog, filmmakers Mica Scalin and Ilise “The Lady Aye” Carter, and practicing mermaid Bambi the Mermaid. (READ MORE.)

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Old School 122 Benefit
Wednesday, June 22 – Saturday, June 25 beginning at 8PM nightly
A veritable who’s who of NYC performance promises to be on parade for 4 action-packed nights in the style of the original PS122 Benefits.
Luminary MC’s: Julie Atlas-Muz + David White (6/22), DANCENOISE w/ Richard Move + guests (6/23), Lane Czaplinski & Sarah Michelson (6/24), Carmelita Tropicana & surprise guests (6/25). Confirmed performers include:Thurston Moore, John Zorn, Elevator Repair Service, Penny Arcade, David Leslie, Big Art Group, Young Jean Lee’s Theater Company, Charles Moulton, The Wooster Group, David Levine, Deb Margolin, Holly Hughes, Maria Hassabi, Temporary Distortion, Jennifer Miller, Jack Ferver, NTUSA, Neal Medlyn, Penny Arcade, Peter Rose, Praxis, Philippe Quesne, the TEAM, Sally Silvers, Mabou Mines, Tom Murrin, Sarah Maxfield, and many more.
Single Tickets: $30 (READ MORE.)

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WISH YOUR WERE HERE: POSTCARD SHOW
June 22 – July 16, 2011

We cordially invite you to join us on Wednesday, June 22 from 6pm to 8pm for the opening of Wish You Were Here 10. The proceeds from this exhibition of postcard-sized works benefit the A.I.R. Fellowship Program for Emerging and Underrepresented Artists and other programs that serve our mission to advance the status of women in the arts.The exhibit includes affordable works by more than 350 artists including Dotty Attie, Mimi Gross, Christopher Knowles, Joyce Kozloff, Linda Montano, Yoko Ono and Barbara Zucker. Please note the sale of works is first-come, first-served.The pieces are priced at $45 to $120 depending on siz0e. (READ MORE.)

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Altered States @ Foley Gallery

June 23 – July 15

reception: thursday, june 23, 6 – 8pm

Foley Galleryis pleased to present Altered States, a group exhibition featuring over 25 contemporary photographers curated by Michael Foley and Patrick Fleischman.Altered States begins to explore both the subtle and significant changes found in the alterations that photographers record in both natural settings and controlled environments.We look forward to presenting this work to you in the coming weeks. (READ MORE.)

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Kitchen presents
PearlDamour + Shawn Hall: How to Build a Forest
Wednesday, June 22, 8-10PMThe Friday-Sunday, June 17-19 and 24-26, 2-10pm
FREEA premiere by OBIE-winning PearlDamour (Katie Pearl and Lisa D’Amour) with New Orleans artist Shawn Hall: part visual art installation, part theater performance, over the course of 8 hours, a team of 7 assembles and dismantles an elaborate and impressive continually-evolving forest on stage. Audiences may come at any time as the forest fills The Kitchen. The piece contemplates our relationship with the natural world: how we live in it, rely on it, use it, and use it up.TIX & MORE >>To mark the re-release of his breakout novel American Gods, bestselling author Neil Gaiman discusses his career with Time magazine’s book reviewer and technology writer, Lev Grossman.Gaiman is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels Neverwhere, Stardust, American Gods, Coraline, Anansi Boys, The Graveyard Book and Good Omens (with Terry Pratchett); the Sandman series of graphic novels and the story collections Smoke and Mirrors and Fragile Things. He is the winner of numerous literary honors, including the Hugo, Bram Stoker and World Fantasy Awards and the Newbery Medal. href=”http://www.thekitchen.org/event/263/0/1/”>(READ MORE.)

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CATCH @ ABRONS ART CENTER

TICKETS: $20

The performance that couldn’t be stopped!WITNESS! as the CATCH crew gangs up with video artist Myles Kaneand a ragtag posse of downtown darlings LIVE! for three tremendous evenings of powder-packed performance goodness.CATCH and Kane have dug deep, tunneling into the experimental heart of the Playhouse’s storied early history, uncovering performance fragments and artifacts that, resurrected by this cabal of canny craftspersons, will amaze and astonish even the haughtiest of downtown can’t-be-bothereds. Co-conspirator Kane has rustled up a healthy dose of video-graphic victuals sure to delight all and sundry. (READ MORE.)

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Artist Residencies & Conflict AreasPanel discussions
When: Friday June 24, 2011 7 – 9pm and Saturday June 25, 12 – 4pm
Where: Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building

Goethe-Institut Wyoming Building
5 East 3rd Street
New York, NY 10003
Free

VLA’s Associate Director, Sergio Muñoz Sarmiento, will be on an arts panel on Friday, June 24th, at the Goethe Institute in New York City. The panel, Artist Residencies & Conflict Areas, organized by Residency Unlimited, engages artists, independent arts organizations, residency programmers, and community initiatives on specific areas and conceptions of conflict. Issues for discussion will include mobility, community outreach, and exchange of knowledge through the broadly-interpreted artist residency model.Sergio will be speaking specifically about the impetus behind and origin of VLAs Art & Law Residency Program, and how it differs from and mirrors past and current artist residencies. (READ MORE.)

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The Super Coda presents a Night of Cello-Centric Sounds.
Friday, 6/24. 8-midnight.
This means every group performing involves a cello. This is how it’s done:

1. Broadcloth. They are Anne Rhodes (vocals), Nathan Bontrager (Cello), Adam Matlock (accordion).

Broadcloth performs improvised music with a nod to various compositional outlets. Using a unique instrumentation of voice, cello and accordion/recorders, the trio plays from notated, graphic, embroidered, and textual scores in addition to completely spontaneous pieces. Without shying away from virtuosity, Broadcloth creates music that reflects the order of composition and the risk of unpredictable musical interactions. Emphasis lies on establishing a holistic sound that favors cooperation over hierarchy.
http://broadclothtrio.com/
Prehistoric Horse.
http://music.kingtone.com/album/prehistoric-horse
Silver Process
http://www.myspace.com/coralielonfat
http://www.chuckbettis.com/

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AT THE STONE:
Roy Nathanson’s Sotto Voce
Roy Campbell’s Akhenaten Ensemble
Sabir Mateen & Matthew Shipp
Mike Pride’s From Bacteria To Boys

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MORE:
PORNO JIM
Mark Sultan/Bleeding Knees Club/Daddy Long Legs @TKF.
Miloš, guitar w/ music of Albéniz, Granados, Tárrega, and Domeniconi @ Le Poisson Rouge
NYAA SUMMER EXHIBITION @FLOWER GALLERIES.
PERFORMANCY FORUM XIV AT BOB THE PAVILION

The Week: June 13-17.

June 13, 2011June 15, 2011 | The 22 Magazine

MONDAY:

Laetitia Sadier (of Stereolab) @ LE POISSON ROUGE.
Arturo en el Barco
w/ Erika Spring (of Au Revoir Simone)
presented by Substrata
June 13
7:00pm doors | 8:00pm show
$15 in advance | $17 day of show
All Ages
This is a first-come, partially seated event.

Taylor Mead @The Bowery Poetry Club
June 13, 6:30pm

MIKKO INNANEN TRIO WITH JOE FONDA and LOU GRASSI @ UNIVERSITY OF THE STREETS

Mikko Innanen – alto sax, Joe Fonda – bass, Lou Grassi – drums.
06/13/2011 8:00 pm $10.

Monday, June 13 – Performance EVOLVING MUSIC Series @ Clemente Coto Velez Cultural Center
Presenting Joelle Leandre solo & Joelle Leandre / Steve Dalachinsky Duo!
7:30 – Joelle Leandre Solo Contrabass
8:30 – Steve Dalachinsky & Joelle Leandre Duo
Admission is $16 per set or $21 for the evening
At Clemente Coto Velez Cultural Center
(Suffolk St and Rivington St) F or J to Delancey/Essex

TUESDAY AND WENESDAY:

LANDON KNOBLOCK/OSCAR NORIEGA/JEFF DAVIS @UNIVERSITY OF THE STREETS
Landon Knoblock – keyboard,
Oscar Noriega – alto saxophone,
Jeff Davis – drums.
06/14/2011 10:00 pm $10.

Lecture, Screening, and Discussion: “Aesthetic Justice,” with Carlos Motta and Niels Van Tomme
Date: Tuesday, 14 June 2011, 7–9 pm
Location: Cabinet, 300 Nevins Street, Brooklyn (map and directions here)
FREE. No RSVP necessary

Please join us for a lecture and screening by artist Carlos Motta, followed by a discussion with curator Niels Van Tomme.

In his lecture “Amnesia and Repression: A Series of Attempts to Establish a Memory Project of Political Conflict from an Aesthetic Practice,” Motta will discuss his recent video and performance projects Six Acts: An Experiment in Narrative Justice (2010) and Resistance and Repression (2010). In these works, Motta attempts to offer a space for the articulation of memory of political conflicts from an aesthetic perspective. He does so by using the concept of “narrative justice,” a notion of justice detached from the judicial field and focused on narrative and communication as pillars of possible reconciliation. The lecture reflects on unresolved instances of political violence in Colombia and Honduras—instances that unveil a lack of a culture of memory and of social justice.

This event is organized within the framework of Provisions Learning Project’s “Aesthetic Justice” exhibition on view at the Lambent Foundation in New York until 22 June 2011. The exhibition features the works of Alyse Emdur, Rajkamal Kahlon, Carlos Motta, and Larissa Sansour, and can be viewed by appointment, Tuesday to Thursday, 11 am to 4 pm. Email exhibitions@lambentfoundation.org to schedule an appointment.

Sounds Good @LOCATION1

OPENING RECEPTION:

Tuesday, June 14, 2011 6-8 PM

Featuring visual responses to a collaborative sound piece by artists John Aslanidis, Katy Dove, Phoebe Hui, Sophie Hunter, Miler Lagos, John O’Connell, Gonzalo Puch, and Zane Saunders.

Rob Carter: Artist Talk, Video Screening And Q&A @KIDD YELLIN.

Recess @ Kidd Yellin
133 Imlay Street
Red Hook, Brooklyn

Tuesday, June 14th- Photographer and video artist, Rob Carter, will give an audio visual presentation of his work at the Red Hook outpost of Recess Activities, in collaboration with Kidd Yellin. He will discuss the evolution of his work and screen several animations, including some new unseen projects. (READ MORE.)

DIXON PLACE:

The Pinks -AND-Handshake Uppercut
Tuesday, June 14 at 7:30pm
Tickets: $15 / $12 (stu/sen)

Puppet BloK!: Leakey’s Ladies
Wednesday, June 15 at 7:30pm
Drama of Works Tickets: $10 advance; $12 at the door

Award-winning puppet company Drama Of Works premieres their new historically-based full-length puppet theater piece in progress, Leakey’s Ladies. A collaboration with playwrights Crystal Skillman, Rachel Hoeffel and Erin Courtney, Leakey’s Ladies explores the work of female primatology pioneers; Birutė Galdikas, Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey.

Nels Cline and Marc Ribot @LE POISSON ROUGE.

Wed., June 15, 2011 / 7:30 PM

Nels Cline

Nels Cline is one of the most versatile, imaginative and original guitarists active today. Combining breathtaking technique with an informed musical intelligence, the self-taught Cline displays a mastery of guitar expression that encompasses delicate lyricism, sonic abstractions, and skull-crunching flights of fancy, inspiring Jazz Times to call him “The World’s Most Dangerous Guitarist.” Cline has performed on over 100 albums spanning numerous genres. In addition to his latest trio The Nels Cline Singers, formed with drummer Scott Amendola and bassist Devin Hoff, Cline is also the lead guitarist for the critically acclaimed rock band Wilco, which he joined in 2004.Click here to listen to “The Nomad’s Home”

Marc Ribot

Marc Ribot, who the New York Times describes as “a deceptively articulate artist who uses inarticulateness as an expressive device,” has released 19 albums under his own name over a 25-year career, exploring everything from the pioneering jazz of Albert Ayler to the Cuban son of Arsenio Rodríguez. His latest solo release, Silent Movies(Pi Recording 2010) has been described as a “down-in-mouth-near master piece” by the Village Voice and has landed on several Best of 2010 lists including the LA Times and critical praise across the board.Rolling Stone points out that “Guitarist Marc Ribot helped Tom Waits refine a new, weird Americana on 1985’s Rain Dogs, and since then he’s become the go-to guitar guy for all kinds of roots-music adventurers: Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp.” Additional recording credits include Elton John/Leon Russell’s latest The Union, Solomon Burke, John Lurie’s Lounge Lizards, Marianne Faithful, Joe Henry, Allen Toussaint, Medeski Martin & Wood, Caetono Veloso, Susana Baca, Allen Ginsburg, Madeline Peyroux, Nora Jones, Jolie Holland, Akiko Yano, The Black Keys, and many others. Marc works regularly with Grammy® award winning producer T Bone Burnett and NY composer John Zorn. He has also performed on numerous film scores such as “Walk The Line” (Mangold), “The Kids Are All Right,” and “The Departed” (Scorcese).“…he can sit down with just his guitar and simultaneously confound you with technique, beauty, and surprise.” – John Garratt and Will Layman, PopMatters Picks: The Best Music of 2010 for the album “Silent Movies”

LUMEN BENIFIT @Spattered Columns
JUNE 15th
6-9pm
491 Broadway, fifth floor, Manhattan
Come down to Spattered Columns for one heck of a party. Check out a performance by Quinn Dukes McDivitt, and videos by Matthew Sleeth and Sander Houtkruijer. Music by DJ Mountains. Our sponsor BOMB Lager will be there handing out free merchandise ALL NIGHT LONG.
All proceeds from the party go to the participating LUMEN artists and curators. Tickets are pretty cheap, $10 in advance, $15 at the door. Where else does $10 get you food, drinks, art, and cool people??
Get your tix: http://statenislandarts.org/lumen.html

THURSDAY:

CATCH THE MOON IN THE WATER: EMERGING CHINESE ARTISTS @ JAMES COHEN.
June 16 – July 29, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday, June 16 from 6-8PM

James Cohan Gallery is pleased to present the group exhibition, Catch the Moon in the Water: Emerging Chinese Artists, running from June 16 through July 29, 2011. Over the past decade, while the West consumed new art from China, a young generation of Chinese artists imagined America as the center of contemporary art discourse. This exhibition showcases a group of young Chinese artists and their thoughts and responses to America as an exotic and remote source of inspiration. (READ MORE.)

Literary Mingle
NYFA offices
20 Jay Street, Suite 740
Brooklyn, NY 11201

Thursday, June 16, 2011
6:30-8:30 p.m.

Please join us on Thursday, June 16 for NYFA’s literary mingle, a gathering of NYFA Fellows in Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry, NYFA Fiscally Sponsored Writers, as well as editors, agents, and the rest of New York’s literary community.

Wine and cheese will be served

$5 suggested donation to support NYFA Current, NYFA’s online arts magazine

24/7 @LYONS WEIR.
A group show divided between our 24th Street and 7th Avenue locations.

June 16th – July 16th, 2011
Artists’ Reception: Thursday, June 16th, 6-8pm

Best Coast w/ Those Darlins
A Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund Benefit

June 16th, Doors open at 6pm

Best Coast

Bethany Cosentino is a Los Angeles native with a brief stay in Brooklyn, and Best Coast’s influences reflects that: Beach Boys vibe with East Coast 60s girl group such as the Ronnettes and Shangri-Las. Best Coast is brought to life with the help of her long-time friend/guitarist/producer Bobb Bruno and guest drummer Ali Koehler (Vivian Girls). The pair have received heaps of critical praise from editorial publications including Pitchfork, who named their “When I’m With You” single “Best New Music”, New York Times, Spin, Paste, Nylon, Rolling Stone and The Guardian.http://bestycoasty.blogspot.com/

Those Darlins
A Planned Parenthood of New York City Action Fund Benefit

Middle Tennessee’s infamous country punk outfit known for their hooky, saucy songwriting and blistering live performances. They have mouths on them, yes they do. But their mouths are connected to their hearts and minds, and amped by loud guitars.

UGLY ART ROOM PRESENTS:

The Man, The Myth, The Moustache, a solo exhibition of Scott Chasse’s
paintings of Burt Reynold’s at Brouwerij Lane (78 Greenpoint Ave) a
Beer Store in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. June 11-July 18, 2011
Opening reception: Thursday, June 16, 8-10pm.

Noise Jam, an exhibit at The Gutter Brooklyn (200 No. 14th St), in
which musicians participating in the Northside Music Festival will
submit cell phone photos to explore the accessibility of experiences.
Opening reception: June 16, 2011, 10pm-12am.

The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players @ BOWERY ELECTRIC.

Bowery Electric
27 Bowery, at 2nd Street, Manhattan
8p-1a; $8
theboweryelectric.com

BLOOMSDAY @ ULYSSES FOLK HOUSE.
Thursday, June 16 starting at 11:30am

BLOOMSDAY At Brooklyn Lyceum Cafe
Thursday June 16th 8pm

It’s Bloomsday, the 16th of June, in the Brooklyn Lyceum Cafe. You are very welcome to join our resident Joycean scholar, Emmet Mc Gowan, in a casual celebration of this great day.

Bloomsday, named after the protagonist of James Joyce’s Ulysses, is an annual commemoration of Joyce’s life, and is a beloved Dublin tradition. The day typically involves food, drink, and readings and reenactments of excerpts from Joyce’s 265,000 word epic novel.
Our humble nod to Bloomsday will be a spontaneous evening of recitation and quaffing. We dedicate this evening to The New York Society for the Suppression of Vice, who in 1920 objected to the book’s content and took action to keep the book out of the USA.

Ulysses was banned until 1933.

Bring along a copy if you have one.z

Tickets: This event is FREE.

SUPERCODA Thursday, 6/16. 8-11 A musical sandwich, with a classical septet in the middle @ CAFE ORWELL

1. A new trio by Sean Ali/Carlo Costa/Frantz Loriot
http://www.carlocostamusic.com/
http://www.frantzloriot.com/

2. Achordial Brio – performing new compositions instrumented for oboe, english horn, bassoon, piano, bass clarinet, cello, violin
www.achordialbrio.com

3. Allison Tartalia. Partner in crime of Achordial Brio.
http://www.allisontartalia.com/

PHILIPPE PETIT COMES DOWN TO EARTH FOR THREE NIGHTS @ ABRONS ARTS CENTER.

June 16-18 | 8 pm | $20

Subject of the Academy Award-winning Man On Wire, Philippe Petit comes down to earth for three special evenings to share stories from his life as a creator and performer. WIRELESS! is a 90-minute, one man tour de force that is touching, funny, clever, and extemporaneous. Philippe reveals and demonstrates how he taught himself magic, juggling and the high wire.

Henry Chung, June 16 – July 31, 2011 @RHV FINE ART.

Henry Chung continues his exploration of obsolete technologies as metaphor for the changes and complexities of contemporary life in a series of portraits of computer enhanced images culled from flea markets and garage sales, rendered in computer punch tape. (READ MORE.)

ABC Artists’ Books Collective Opens at Printed Matter

The Influencing Machine: Brooke Gladstone on the Media @POWERHOUSE ARENA.

The Chadwicks @Winkleman Gallery.

FRIDAY:

Cooper-Moore & William Parker@ THE STONE.
Cooper-Moore (multiple instruments) William Parker (multiple instruments)

The Books @CELEBRATE BROOKLYN
Friday, June 17 / 7:00pm / gates 6:00pm

With their dizzying folktronica—a mix of innovative instrumentation and songwriting with obscure found sound and speech samples—and perfectly calibrated, hallucinatory quick-cut video collages, THE BOOKS “remain more or less a genre of one… the flotsam and jetsam of American culture aren’t a cheap joke to the Books, but a source of endless discovery and joy.” (Pitchfork) JUNIP, the band that predates Swedish-Argentine singer José González’s solo stardom, conjures an expansive and mesmerizing take on his songs in which “González’s classical guitar and weightless tenor float over soul jazz, Afrobeat, Ethiopian funk and krautrock.” (Rolling Stone) With the “haunting, ethereal, and beautifully melodic” (Paper Magazine) bedroom pop of in-demand pianist and composer Thomas Bartlett’s DOVEMAN. Sponsored locally by Aguayo Realty Group.

An Opening Party for The Corrigan Family Oddments@ OBSERVATORY
An exhibition curated by G. F. Newland
Exhibition Opening Party: Friday, June 17, 7-10pm

Greetings Art fans! In celebration of Father’s Day, the Observatory Things-That-Move Dept. invites you all to take a peek at procreation! In nature, talents can be predisposed, and passed on from generation to generation. Families like the Gentileschis, the Peales, the Bachs, the Wyethes, and most recently, the Kominsky-Crumbs have all made a strong case for this heredity thing; the Bush presidencies, not so much, but hey, it’s a crap shoot! Anyway, our latest show is about a wee dynasty of painters named Corrigan, and through their family oddments, we will examine art, eccentricity, and the vagaries of genetic code.

NORTHSIDE OPEN STUDIOS PARTY @ FOWLER ARTS COLLECTIVE

Fowler Arts Collectiveis pleased to be participating in this summer’s Northside Open Studios event which will be taking place in the Williamsburg/ Greenpoint neighborhoods of Brooklyn from Friday, June 17 to Sunday, June 19. NOS coincides with the L Magazine’s Northside Festival of music, art, film, and ideas.

Please join us for a reception celebrating the launch of Northside Open Studios on Friday, June 17 from 7-11pm. We will also be open during the day Sat. + Sun., June 18 + 19 from 12-6pm for Northside Open Studios.

Fowler Arts Collective, 67 West Street, #216, Brooklyn, NY 11222

Fowler has a nice lounge area to rest your tired feet during the weekend, and we will have maps and information about the participating NOS studios and corresponding events.

Fowler’s 18 artist studios will be open for visitors the entire weekend, and our exhibition, Paint It Now, continues to rock the Fowler gallery.

Fowler studio artists include: Elana Alder, Melissa Dyanne Bartlett, Catherine Behan, Cameron Bishop, C.M. Butzer, Scott Chasse, Jennifer Galatioto, Daniel St. George, Andrew Gordon, Paul Hoppe, Heidi Howard, Aya Kakeda, Deanna Lee, Michael Aaron Lee, Chris Mottalini, Kate Nielsen, Cecelia Post, Krista Quick, Tory Sica, Kim Sielbeck, Hannah Lamar Simmons, Ramon Urenia, James Vanderberg, Jing Wei, and Fletcher Williams.

For more information on our current exhibition, Paint It Now, go here: http://www.fowlerartsbrooklyn.org/paintitnow2011.html

Avant-Garde-Arama: Wrecking Ball @PS122

Performance Space 122’s longest running series kicks it up a few notches for this demolition derby of theatre, dance, music, and video installation as part of the 30th Anniversary RetroFutureSpective Festival.

Join us for hard core performance during what “always ends up exploding into an all-out party.” – Flavorpill

FRIDAY 6/17:
Hosted by Murray Hill
Performances by Salley May, Alien Comic, Tigger!, Janet Clancy, John Kelly, Andrew Schneider, The Factress aka Luc Sexton, The Dazzle Dancers, Julie Atlas Muz, Urban Bushwomen, Joe E Jeffreys, Miss Joan Moosey, Gina Vetro, Jonathan Berger Music by Hank & Cupcakes, Rockman

PearlDamour + Shawn Hall: How to Build a Forest @THE KITCHEN

Friday-Sunday, June 17-19 and 24-26, 2-10pm
Known for transforming narrative into something richer, stranger, and ineluctably feminine, OBIE Award-winning PearlDamour (Katie Pearl and Lisa D’Amour) join forces with New Orleans-based visual artist Shawn Hall for a hybrid project: part visual art installation, part theater performance that unfolds over an extended eight-hour interval. Beginning with an empty stage, PearlDamour, Hall, and a team of performer-workers transforms The Kitchen’s theater from floor to ceiling, constructing and then dismantling an elaborate evolving environment evocative of an old growth forest at one moment and a spectacular deep-sea landscape the next. (READ MORE.)

“GIMME SOME TRUTH : A Return to Form” ((JUNE 17-JUNE 26)) @InRIVERS.