August 15, 2014
August 15, 2014
Opens Friday, July 11
Special Sneak Previews Thu Jul 10 at 7:25 (SOLD OUT) & 8:25pm with director Richard Linklater & star Ellar Coltrane in person for a Q&A! Regular engagement starts Fri Jul 11
Filmed over 12 years with the same cast, Richard Linklater’s BOYHOOD is a groundbreaking story of growing up as seen through the eyes of a child named Mason (a breakthrough performance by Ellar Coltrane), who literally grows up on screen before our eyes. Starring Ethan Hawke and Patricia Arquette as Mason’s parents and newcomer Lorelei Linklater as his sister Samantha, BOYHOOD charts the rocky terrain of childhood like no other film has before. Snapshots of adolescence from road trips and family dinners to birthdays and graduations and all the moments in between become transcendent, set to a soundtrack spanning the years from Coldplay’s “Yellow” to Arcade Fire’s “Deep Blue.” BOYHOOD is both a nostalgic time capsule of the recent past and an ode to growing up and parenting.
Address: 323 6th Avenue & w 3rd st
through July 6, 2014.
Fridays 4-8pm,
Saturdays & Sundays 12-6pm
free. no tickets needed.
Address: South 1st st & Kent Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Giant sugar sculpture in the factory that’s about to be demolished to remind us “the horror-riddled Caribbean slave trade that helped fuel the industrial gains of the 18th and 19th centuries; a slave trade built to profit from an insatiable Western market for refined sugar treats and rum.
‘Basically, it was blood sugar,’ Walker says. ‘Like we talk about blood diamonds today, there were pamphlets saying this sugar has blood on its hands.’
She explains that to make the sugar, the cane had to be fed into large mills by hand. It was a dangerous process: Slaves lost hands, arms, limbs and lives.” -Soraya Nadia McDonald, Washington Post
Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm
The Capitol Theatre
Port Chester, NY
YOU CAN GO BY TRAIN FROM NYC, APPARENTLY ITS NOT THAT FAR
June 29, 2014
Wax Poetic is a New York-based trip hop band. The band came together in 1997 founded by Turkish musician Ilhan Erşahin, who is still a current member, playing tenor saxophone and keys. The group originated at the now defunct club Save the Robots, and consisted of a group of musicians jamming together. The band’s music is noted for its “heavy groove of drum and bass, blended with quick dance elements.” The band signed to Atlantic Records in the late ’90s and released their debut self-titled album in June 2000.
Pop singer and pianist Norah Jones was a member before her break-out album Come Away with Me. Besides Ilhan Erşahin, the current members include Sissy Clemens (vocals), Gabriel Gordon (vocals), Kenny Wollesen (drums), Tina Kristina (bass) and Zeke Zima (guitar).
Address: 62 Avenue C (& 4th st)
Named after an ancient body of water, the works in Tigris convey an organic sensibility. Smith’s process of pouring paint onto the canvas is reminiscent of pouring water, evoking the movement of rivers and rain. Smith often takes inspiration from nature, as represented in the fluid, flowing style of his latest paintings. His layered washes of paint and loose brushstrokes possess a particularly painterly feel. Also referencing the “Tiger Stripe” camouflage patterns developed by the South Vietnamese for their soldiers in the 1960s, Smith utilizes multilayered die-cut stencils scanned from a United States military sourcebook, recreating authentic military patterns through color-field painting techniques.
Address: 20 E. 79th St. (& Madison)
May 12- June 21, 2014
From Kids (1995), a meditation on New York City youth, to Spring Breakers (2012), a contemporary film noir in which four college freshwomen are drawn into a murderous labyrinth of events, Korine’s films of the past twenty years merge reality with fiction and shaky “footage” with precise editing, holding viewers’ attention to the split second and thereby suspending disbelief. His heady mix of the unplanned, the seductive, and the outlandish crystallizes in his lesser-known paintings.
Address: Park & 75