Boogarins | South Street Seaport

August 15, 2014

7:00 pm

South Street Seaport

FREE

Fernando Almeida and Benke Ferraz met in high school in the central Brazilian city of Goiânia, far from the thriving cultural metropolises of São Paulo and Rio, yet nevertheless in the shadow of the icons of their homeland’s great musical heritage — not bossa nova and samba, however, but psychedelic pop. Still in their late teens, the music they make together, recorded on borrowed gear and with self-taught technology in their parents’ basements, shares the spirit and soul of Tropicalismo, but it has also blossomed in the light of the current international DIY underground. Almeida is the poet and singer, Ferraz is the multi-instrumentalist and gear-head, and together, as Boogarins, they write songs that reach beyond their years and any restrictions of geography or genre: timeless pop untethered from categorizations.

The Zombies | BB King Blues Club

August 8, 2014

8:00PM

TICKETS $40

237 W 42nd St (&7th ave)

Jeff Koons: A Retrospective | Whitney Museum

June 27- October 19, 2014

945 Madison Avenue (btw 74th & 75th st)

Mikhail Baryshnikov x Willem Dafoe: The Old Woman | BAM

Jun 29, 2014

3PM

“Surreal marriage of absurdism, pitch-black comedy, and vaudeville from director Robert Wilson. Based on the recently rediscovered writings of Russian avant-garde author Daniil Kharms—a master of Beckettian and Kafkaesque nonsensical drama—and adapted by Darryl Pinckney, Wilson’s meticulously designed production riffs ingeniously on Kharms’ warped, disorienting world. Exquisitely lit sets flicker between flatness and depth, repeated gestures and phrases become deliriously strange, and Baryshnikov and Dafoe dazzle as two sides of the same corkscrewed mind, tending darkly to their unknown visitor.”

Direction, set design, and lighting concept by Robert Wilson
with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Willem Dafoe
Written by Daniil Kharms
Adapted by Darryl Pinckney
Music by Hal Willner

THE BEST THING I’VE EVER BEEN TO IN MY LIFE

TICKETS

Richard Linklater: BOYHOOD | IFC

Opens Friday, July 11

TICKETS

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

Kara Walker: A Subtlety | Domino Sugar Factory

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

The Strokes | Capitol Theatre Upstate NY

TOMORROW MAY 31, 2014

Doors: 7:00pm / Show: 8:00pm

The Capitol Theatre

Port Chester, NY

YOU CAN GO BY TRAIN FROM NYC, APPARENTLY ITS NOT THAT FAR

$$$$ LAST MINUTE TICKETS

Wax Poetic | Nublu

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)

Lucien Smith: Tigris | Skarstedt Gallery

May 15- June 27, 2014

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)

Harmony Korine: Shooters | Gagosian Gallery

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