Archive for the ‘art’ Category
Brooklyn Band Comandante Zero Creates Live Music Videos On Stage
Brooklyn bands are known for their innovation, and Comandante Zero is no exception. This electro-funk group features an artist who creates live music videos during their shows. “I’m painting the color of the songs,” explained the band’s resident illustrator, 0h10m1ke, over a beer at Williamsburg’s Ontario Bar. The artist, who taught himself to create live [...]
St. Cecilia’s Convent Transformed into Crazy Fantasy World
This weekend in Williamsburg, the St. Cecilia’s Convent-turned Gallery space, will be transformed into a multi-story, musical and visual wonderland. On Saturday the 18th and Sunday 19th, 24 artists, musicians and performers will come together to create what they are labeling “a world based in magical realism” and transform four separate stories and multiple rooms [...]
Darwin Deez Does Darwin Deez
When describing music, one is often discouraged from using the general term, “catchy.” But that is exactly what Darwin Deez’s self-titled album is. From the first track, “Constellation,” you are thrust into a world of finely strummed guitars, intricately woven lyrics, and a chorus that gets your head rocking. Personally, there is nothing like a [...]
Best of Brooklyn365 Flickr Pool April 1st-15th
We have some pretty talented photographers submitting to our Flickr pool and here’s our first stab at highlighting their work. If you want to see more from each photographer just click the photo which links to their portfolio. If you’d like to see your work highlighted here, submit photos to our Flickr group.
Melissa Broder: Twitter is Another Art Form
Emily Dickinson is a bitch and Dick Cheney gay… says Melissa Broder, the author of acclaimed poetry collection WHEN YOU SAY ONE THING BUT MEAN YOUR MOTHER. She is also the curator the Polestar Poetry Series, and the Chief Editor of La Petite Zine! What is characteristic of contemporary poetry? Is there anything like a common [...]
Friends of Dorothy: An OZ Cabaret
“Friends of Dorothy: An Oz Cabaret” brings a fun modern edge to the classic Wizard of Oz story, featuring some of NYC’s best in burlesque, drag, aerialists, magic, and the downtown performing art scene. The production is fresh off the NY Fringe Festival debut. The show runs all weekend, starting tonight (T/F/Sat/Sun) and costs $20-$25, [...]
Haitian Tent City Photographs To Show At Umbrage Gallery
In beautiful portraits of dignity and joy, photographer Wyatt Gallery shows us the reality of Haitian living nearly a year after what is arguably the worst natural disaster in modern history, the devastating January 12, 2010 earthquake. An exhibition of Wyatt Gallery’s photography will display at the Umbrage Gallery in DUMBO from January 6th through [...]
Swoon and Upper Playground Present: The Walki Print for The Konbit Shelter Project
Swoon – our favorite Brooklyn based street artist – has teamed up with the creative design co. Upper Playground to release a limited edition print – “Walki” – to benefit a unique housing initiative in Haiti. This is a cool opportunity to buy a gift for yourself or a friend and help out those in [...]
Beta Spaces 2010 – Open Studios in Bushwick
I’m sitting on a bench on Bogart Street, sipping my latte and observing crowds emerging from the Morgan subway stop melting into Bushwick. It’s a perfect autumn Sunday, you couldn’t possibly ask for a better weather. The air is crystal clear and the sky is ridiculously wide and blue. Bushwick is vibrant today. People have [...]
Pictures From Greenpoint Open Studios
Just a few random shots from the Greenpoint Open Studios festival from this past weekend (October 1st-3rd, 2010). Wandering through the labs of these artists was a pretty cool way to spend a crappy-weather Sunday.
