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September Art News

Sept 5      To commemorate Cajun country pioneer Jimmy Newman, who passed four years ago, Jalopy Theater hosts a tribute concert with the Foghorn Stringband (Caleb Klauder, Reeb Willms, Nadine Landry, and Stephen Lind). “Foghorn Stringband continually and obsessively draws from old-time, bluegrass, classic country, and Cajun music traditions in an ongoing quest to present a broad span of American historical music with an unparalleled youthful energy, joy, […]

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Nancy Bowen at Kentler Drawing Space

The artist Nancy Bowen has been showing politically attuned sculpture and drawings since the early 80s. Her exhibition, For Each Ecstatic Instant, is on display at Kentler International Drawing Space through Oct 28. Taking its title from an Emily Dickinson poem – “For each ecstatic instant/ we must an anguish pay/ in keen and quivering ratio/ to the ecstasy”—it occupies […]

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Artist Annie Nicholson on turning grief into art

If you see a woman walking around in a shimmering gold dress the next couple of weeks, it’s probably the English graphic designer Fandangoe Kid (Annie Nicholson). We caught up with Nicholson after her trip to Coney Island, which, in her words, “is so weird I fucking love it.” She’s in Red Hook for a residency at De-Construkt on 41 Seabring […]

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Jaimie Walker artist wins Superheroes NYC Brooklyn Poster Project

Artist Jaimie Walker Wins Brooklyn Poster Project Contest  Painter Jaimie Walker is the inaugural winner of the Superheroes NYC Brooklyn Poster Project. Her winning design will be featured on the back cover of The Red Hook-Star Revue. After graduating from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Communications Design, Walker swiftly became one of the pioneering artists who made the derelict and rather dangerous neighborhood DUMBO […]

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Gowanus Dredgers serves up stellar art tours

Art tours around the Gowanus  What better way to learn about the local arts scene than to take a tour with a local artist?   On the second Saturday of every month, collage artist Rich Garr leads in-depth art walks as part of the volunteer-run Gowanus Dredgers Canoe Club.  Since the late 90s, Garr has been leading art walks, starting with the Cleveland Museum of Art before […]

Arts, Entertainment, Music

Kickin’ Cancer Benefit at Rocky Sullivan’s August 17

Rocky Sullivan’s hosts a “Kickin’ Cancer” benefit concert for bassist Malcolm Smart, long-time resident of Park Slope and owner of the first dog daycare in Brooklyn. The rock-filled event will reunite some of the most beloved musicians in Red Hook: Rome 56 (Artie Lamonica of The Shirts), Spaghetti Eastern Music (Sal Cataldi) Frank’s Museum (led by Frank Ruscitti, with Malcolm Smart on bass) and Formaldehyde Blues Train (FBT), reuniting for the […]

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Fighting for families separated at the border

A benefit concert on July 24 in Park Slope will donate all proceeds to nonprofits that keep families together at the US-Mexican border   Feeling distraught from the cruel news at the border, children’s musician Amelia Robinson decided to fight for family rights with her life’s forte: music. Robinson spearheads the Tuesday, July 24th benefit concert dubbed “Families Belong Together.” […]

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Some July arts news for you

Community Potluck for Creatives  De-Construkt  Each Sunday of the last month, De-Construkt Studio, a full service creative studio, encourages creatives from the neighborhood to bring their favorite dishes to meet other artists in the area. If talking process of any craft excites you, here are your people. They’re also not opposed to conversations about branding and visual identity, whether personal or for a company. De-Construckt Design has been around […]

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Free Outdoor Movies This Summer!

Every summer, the best things about New York come together in the form of outdoor movie festivals. Here are three free movie festivals near Red Hook with a distinct lineup, replete with the Cyclone or Manhattan skyline in the background.  Movies with a View  Opening at 6pm every Thursday and starting soon as the sun sets, BAMcinématek curates a wide list of […]