The Exponential Festival and Kyoung's Pacific Beat to Offer Free, Peace-Driven Community Arts Events in Brooklyn this June by BWW News Desk
- June 07, 2022 On Sunday, June 12th, from 12pm-3:30pm, Kyoung's Pacific Beat invokes a post-white supremacist world by inviting BIPOC healing artists, abolitionist organizers, and our community at large to engage in somatic healing exercises, our Black and Asian Book Club, and a free, outdoor screening of NERO at Hillel Plaza in Flatbush Junction, Brooklyn.
Imaginarium Theatre Co. Presents Sixteen New Works by BWW News Desk
- June 07, 2022 Imaginarium Theatre Company's seasonal writer's group culminates in a weeklong festival this June, featuring sixteen in-person and virtual play readings from the group participants. ITC writer's groups meet weekly and are guaranteed readings at the end of each cycle.
Photos: First Look at QUINCE at The Bushwick Starr by BWW News Desk
- June 07, 2022 The Bushwick Starr is partnering with One Whale's Tale to present QUINCE. Originally presented as an abridged workshop at the People's Garden in 2020, QUINCE is the story of a 15 year-old Chicana confronting her queer identity, family and religion on the eve of her quinceañera. Get a first look at photos!
The Center for Fiction and Theatre Communications Group Present Story/Teller Arts: Aleshea Harris with Nissy Aya by BWW News Desk
- June 06, 2022 The Center for Fiction, a 200-year-old literary nonprofit that has created an immersive home for readers and writers in downtown Brooklyn, and Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, will co-present Story/Teller Arts: Aleshea Harris with Nissy Aya on June 8 at 7pm ET at The Center for Fiction, 15 Lafayette Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11217, and via livestream.
Pianist Alex Peh to Play at National Sawdust with Special Guest by BWW News Desk
- June 04, 2022 Pianist Alex Peh explores parallel piano worlds that unsettle boundaries of genre, tradition, and style. Peh collaborates with ethnographic videographers, Lauren Meeker, Alyson Hummer, and Madelyn Colonna to create a multi-modal experience revealing the process of intercultural collaboration, and the intimate bonds between musicians as they attune to one another to create new compositions.
Kings Theatre Announces June Lineup by BWW News Desk
- June 03, 2022 Kings Theatre is excited to present a variety of shows this June in Brooklyn, NY. Upcoming events include Kings Theatre Historic Tours, An Evening with David Sedaris, Lo Ta You In Concert, Earthquake's Father's Day Comedy Show, The Brooklyn Bank Presents 'The Black Money Forum', & Puscifer Existential Reckoning Tour.
FOR THE BIRDS New Exhibition Opens at Brooklyn Botanic Garden by BWW News Desk
- June 03, 2022 Anchored by a Garden-wide exhibition of 33 site-specific birdhouses, For the Birds also features a gallery exhibition, music, performances, and education programming inspired by the Garden's resident birds and the threat to their long-term survival.
Opa! São João to Take Place at House of Yes by BWW News Desk
- June 02, 2022 Brazilian theater company Group Dot BR and House of Yes have announced Opa! São João, a taste of the Brazilian Festas Juninas also known as Festas de São João (June Parties/Saint John Parties).
C'était BonTemps's to Present OFF KILTER by BWW News Desk
- June 01, 2022 Hosted by C'était Bontemps, they will draw you through a new story each performance for a new kind of nightlife experience!
QUINCE Opens This Week at The Bushwick Starr, Running June 2-19 by BWW News Desk
- May 31, 2022 The Bushwick Starr partnera with One Whale’s Tale to present QUINCE, written and co-created by Camilo Quiroz-Vázquez and directed and co-created by Ellpetha Tsivicos.
THE ART OF KILLIN' IT Comes to Future Proof by BWW News Desk
- May 31, 2022 The Art of Killin' It team had a simple goal, to break the current trend that BIPOC stories are centered around BIPOC Trauma. While those stories are important, and should continue to be told, there is real power in sharing BIPOC joy.
Green-Wood's Annual Memorial Day Concert Returns by BWW News Desk
- May 29, 2022 Green-Wood’s annual Memorial Day concert will make a triumphant return following a two-year hiatus. On Monday, May 30th from 2:30–4:30pm, the community is welcomed to enjoy a concert beside the Cemetery’s iconic Gothic Arch near the Main Entrance at 25th Street and Fifth Avenue. Visitors are encouraged to bring friends and family, pack a blanket and picnic lunch, or purchase sandwiches on site from nearby Baked in Brooklyn, all while enjoying a classical symphonic repertoire.
JACK Announces 2022 Summer/Fall Season by BWW News Desk
- May 28, 2022 Brooklyn performance and civic space JACK has formed an explosive line up for its summer/fall 2022 season, with the premiere of two theatrical works: Hoi Polloi’s White on White, and powerhouse duo Peter Mills Weiss & Julia Mounsey with their play Open Mic Night, dance works by Kensaku Shinohara and TRIBE, and a dance-party-performance by The Dragon Sisters. The season also includes the second-annual Radical Acts Festival and the Spanish-language musical Desaparecidas, with music composed by Jaime Lozano.
VOICES BE HEARD: THE MUSICAL to be Presented at The Space at Irondale by BWW News Desk
- May 27, 2022 Girl Be Heard, a Brooklyn based organization that amplifies and celebrates the voices of girls and young women through socially conscious theatre-making, storytelling and performance, will present Voices Be Heard: The Musical, their 2022 Mainstage production, June 21-22 at The Space at Irondale.
Theater 2020 to Present Free Outdoor Event A MIDSUMMER HOUR by BWW News Desk
- May 27, 2022 THEATER 2020, Brooklyn Heights’ NY award winning professional theater company will bring you a FREE presentation of A MIDSUMMER HOUR, a lively one hour version of the classic Shakespeare comedy “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” by David Fuller. 2 performances only on Saturday, June 4 & Sunday, June 5, both at 6PM.
Emit Theatre Presents LA CANCIÓN EN LA TORMENTA, A Bilingual Interactive Play For Young Audiences by BWW News Desk
- May 26, 2022 Emit Theatre will present LA CANCIÓN EN LA TORMENTA, an interactive original performance for young audiences and families, directed by José Noel. The pop up performance of La Canción en la Tormenta will run at 11am on Saturday, June 11 and is hosted at Lola & Tots at 1109 Fulton St. in Brooklyn.
Bestselling Author David Sedaris Comes to Kings Theatre, June 2 by BWW News Desk
- May 25, 2022 Kings Theatre will host An Evening with David Sedaris, author of the previous bestsellers Calypso, Naked, Me Talk Pretty One Day, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim, and regular National Public Radio contributor, on Thursday, June 2 at 8:00PM, following the release of his newest books The Best of Me and A Carnival of Snackery with support from WNYC.
The Coney Island History Project's Free Public Exhibition Center Opens for the 2022 Season on Memorial Day Weekend by BWW News Desk
- May 25, 2022 The Coney Island History Project's exhibition center opens for the 2022 season on Saturday, May 28th, of Memorial Day Weekend. Since the History Project's inception in 2004 with a portable recording booth on the Boardwalk and the inaugural season of our exhibition center in 2007, we have proudly offered 'Free Admission for One and All!” The exhibition center is open free of charge on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays (1:00PM-7:00PM) from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day. We're located at 3059 West 12th Street, adjacent to the West 12th Street entrance to Deno's Wonder Wheel Park, just a few steps off the Boardwalk.
OBIE-Winning Theater Company Hoi Polloi Returns to JACK with WHITE ON WHITE by BWW News Desk
- May 21, 2022 OBIE-winning theater company Hoi Polloi (Three Pianos; All Hands) returns to JACK with a peek inside the meeting of a white anti-racist group. As the members reckon with sacrifices they must make to live up to their principles, other forces begin to disrupt and unsettle their efforts. An uncanny ode to honesty, forgiveness, and accountability, this ensemble tour de force pulls the audience on a descent from the too-real to the sub-real.
THE COMEDY OF ERRORS Comes to Smith Street Stage by BWW News Desk
- May 20, 2022 SMITH STREET STAGE has announced their production of William Shakespeare's THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, directed by Dan Hasse. THE COMEDY OF ERRORS will play June 8 - June 26 in Carroll Park (Carroll Stop off F & G). Performances begin Wednesday, June 8th and continue through Sunday, June 26. Opening Night is Friday, June 10th (7:00 p.m.). Press are cordially invited, Friday, June 10 (and any subsequent performance).
The Australian Pink Floyd Show Comes to the Kings Theatre in September by BWW News Desk
- May 20, 2022 Celebrating nearly 35 years of playing Pink Floyd songs, The Australian Pink Floyd Show, the leading and biggest show of its kind in the world, has returned with the “All That's To Come” World Tour, a new live show for 2022, and will stop at Kings Theatre in Brooklyn, NY for their New York City show.
651 ARTS Presents The Second Annual Juneteenth Celebration: SONIC LIBERATION by BWW News Desk
- May 19, 2022 651 ARTS, in association with Downtown Brooklyn Partnership and The Center for Fiction, presents its Second Annual Juneteenth Celebration: Sonic Liberation with DJ Reborn and Friends hosted by dancer/choreographer and STooPS founder Kendra J. Ross.
JERRON HERMAN AND MOLLY JOYCE: LEFT AND RIGHT Announced June 9 At National Sawdust by BWW News Desk
- May 18, 2022 Left and Right is a collaboration among composer/performer Molly Joyce (2021 Toulmin Fellow), choreographer/dancer Jerron Herman, writer/audio describer Max Greyson, director Austin Regan, and choreographer Brandon Kazen-Maddox that examines historical myths of the traditionally cursed and dark left (sinister) side of the body and its relationship to the right-hand side, which was considered healing and beneficent.