Things to Do in PLG Right Now (and into the Fall)!
Prospect Lefferts Gardens is known as Brooklyn’s “best-kept secret” with rich arts and culture at every corner! We’ve rounded up some of our favorite things to do around the community! On the 7th, 17th, and 27th of each month at 7:00pm, *7 7*...Drawing session with Torild Stray, May 15, 2023
A drawing session with the figure instructed by renowned artist Torild Stray. In a relaxed atmosphere we will experiment with our pencils and charcoal under the guidance of the artist, enjoy a drink, get to know other cool like-minded people while expanding our...‘Curtains Up NYC’ – Grants For Shuttered Venues
Federal relief assistance to live-performance venues, organizations and workers. Mayor Bill de Blasio and Commissioner Anne del Castillo of the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment announced the launch of Curtains Up NYC, a program to provide application...Music in the Park with Mary
This is a fee-based music education program for kids in Prospect Park. Fall session begins Labor Day week and ends the second week of November. Full schedule and details available at www.thenightingalefam.com As a PLG Arts member you will receive a special 10%...ECHT Arts Collective Zoom Events
Story First is a brand new storytelling event featuring some of the best storytellers & comedians from NYC (and beyond!) telling tales about their ‘first time’ – from breakups to breakthroughs, getting paid or getting laid, tales of travels and trips...Info on Emergency Funds for Artists
PLG Arts is providing information on emergency funding for artists in all media who are in need of support in this difficult time. We will be updating the PLG Arts Emergency Funds for Artists page with information as we receive it. » PLG Arts Emergency Funds for...During the coronavirus pandemic…
TO ALL OUR FRIENDS IN PLG: Please look for directives from NYC and government officials about keeping well and about attending events. Note that as of Monday, March 16, The New York Times has suspended all events listings, as has PLG Arts. All NYC public schools are...Things to Do and See in PLG Feb 24-29
Music – Art – Books Wednesday, February 26, 5:30 PM Greenlight Bookstore, 632 Flatbush PLG Young Readers Book Group discusses This Was Our Pact greenlightbookstore.com/bookgroups Thursday, February 27 8-11 PM Live jazz at Bar Bayeux 1066 Nostrand House...
PLG Arts Music Series presents…
Sandcatchers, Wednesday, Dec 18, 8-10 pm at Erv’s, 2122 Beekman Place Americana/Middle Eastern vibe with oud, lap steel guitar, percussion, and bass. SANDCATCHERS is a Middle Eastern-Americana mash-up that grew from a weekly residency at Cheryl’s Global Soul...
Children’s Musical Story Hour March 7
Children’s Musical Story Hour at Greenlight Books Saturday, March 7, 11:30 am PLG Arts and Greenlight Bookstore are pleased to present– The Nightingale Fam, performing their original adaptations of Wilhemina Harper’s The Gunniwolf and and Ernest...
PLG Arts Music Series at Erv’s presents….
November 20: Dan Blake and The Digging come to Erv’s, 2122 Beekman Place, 8-10 pm Multi-instrumentalist and composer Dan Blake “regards tradition as a welcoming playground best approached with a sense of wonder and adventure” (The Boston Globe). His music has...Afro Dominicano at Erv’s Oct 16
Afro Dominicano, a Latin Fusion band that centers its music on Afro Caribbean soul, will be the next event in the ongoing PLG Arts Music Series. The band blends traditional folkloric roots music from the Dominican Republic with Afro-beats, reggae, calypso, samba,...
PLG Arts and Chameleon BK Reception. Paintings by Ava Tomlinson on Friday, September 20th
PLG Arts and Chameleon BK invite you to a reception for a show of paintings by Ava Tomlinson on Friday, September 20th, from 6 to 8 PM at Chameleon BK Cafe, 546 Flatbush Avenue, between Lincoln Road & Maple Street. Ms. Tomlinson is a painter, printmaker, designer...PLG Arts Music Series: Joe Stone & Blackforest Blues at Ervs 9/18
PLG Arts Music Series presents…Joe Stone & Blackforest Blues Wednesday, September 18, 8-10 pm at Erv’s, 2122 Beekman Place Joe Stone & Blackforest Blues – hailing from the southwest of Germany, inspired by the tales of the brothers Grimm and...
Opening Reception: Joseph S. Bell-Bey at Chameleon BK
Opening Reception: Joseph S. Bell-Bey at Chameleon BK. PLG Arts and The Chameleon BK invite you to the opening reception of abstract paintings by Joseph S. Bell-Bey. Friday, July 26, 2019 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm The Chameleon BK www.thechameleonbk.com 546 Flatbush...
3rd Annual PLG Arts Music Festival 2019: June 15-22, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn
PLG Arts presents the third annual PLG Arts Music Festival 2019, a weeklong event June 15-22. The schedule features over 50 prominent and upcoming New York musicians in 12 locations throughout Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, a Brooklyn neighborhood that is home to many...
“A 5-Minute Walk” Paintings by Noel Hefele; Photos by Yoshiko Mori
Friday, May 3, 2019 6-8pm The Chameleon BK 546 Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225 (between Lincoln Road and Maple Street) PLG Arts and The Chameleon BK invite you to an artist’s reception for paintings by Noel Hefele and photos by Yoshiko Mori: “The...
“Rebirth B.K.” Reception. Brian Fernandes-Halloran & Karl McIntosh at The Chameleon BK
“Rebirth B.K.” Reception. Brian Fernandes-Halloran & Karl McIntosh. Friday, December 7, 2018 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm The Chameleon BK www.thechameleonbk.com 546 Flatbush Avenue (between Lincoln Road and Maple Street). Karl McIntosh, more info here and...
The Jazz Thieves on November 14, 8-10pm at Erv’s on Beekman
The Jazz Thieves steal Duke Ellington’s melodicism, Tom Waits’s grit, Bill Withers’s soulful lyricism, and Kamasi Washington’s modern edge, uniting all it with a jazz imagination. They released their first full-length album, “Brooklyn...
Now Showing: “Rebirth (Pt. 1)” with Artist Karl McIntosh @ The Chameleon BK
The Chameleon BK, a cozy social cafe, is hosting the works of local PLG artist Karl McIntosh. Now through the end of October. The Chameleon BK www.thechameleonbk.com 546 Flatbush Avenue (between Lincoln Road and Maple Street). MON-FRI: 7:00am – 4:00pm SAT & SUN:...PLG Arts Music Series at Erv’s: Kami Maltz, with opener Rosemary Minkler
Brooklyn based Kami Maltz brings the resonance of her native Israel, the passion of her second home, Argentina, and a decidedly New York electronic vibe to her performances. With a smooth voice, her autoharp, and her new band, Kami conjures a sensuous combination of...PLG Arts Chamber Music: Park Slope Chamber Players
The Park Slope Chamber Players will perform in a private home in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens as part of the ongoing PLG Arts Music Series. The group features professional musicians from Park Slope and surrounding communities, including Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. The...PLG Arts Music Series: Rachel Therrien Latin Quartet
Rachel Therrien, locally based French-Canadian trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and member of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, and her Latin Quartet will perform her original compositions as well as standards at Erv’s from 8-10 pm Wednesday, Sept 19. Therrien is a...48th Annual PLG House and Garden Tour, Camila Meza Duo with percussionist Caleb van Gelder
The 48th Annual PLG House and Garden Tour, hosted by The Lefferts Manor Association (www.leffertsmanor.org), was as successful as ever! With eight locations, including six private homes and two apartments, tourgoers experienced the beautiful period detailing and...
Art Lillard’s Blue Heaven at Erv’s Wednesday, April 18, 8-10 pm
Art Lillard’s Blue Heaven, a swing sextet, comes to Erv’s, 2122 Beekman Place, right off Flatbush. Performing an extensive repertoire of standards and originals, the band features top New York jazz players Kenny Pexton on tenor sax, Jon Mark McGowan on...
Marathon Walt Whitman reading at Erv’s
Sunday, March 25, 1:00 PM Leaves of Grass Marathon: Writers read Whitman (while sipping cocktails) Greenlight and PLG Arts are thrilled to partner with our neighbors at Erv’s to host a marathon celebration of Brooklyn poet Walt Whitman’s masterwork, Leaves of Grass....
POSTPONED due to snow: Robber Crabs album release show-Erv’s on Beekman, Wed, Mar 21, 8 pm
POSTPONED DUE TO STORM: WATCH FOR NEW DATE Elijah Shiffer and the Robber Crabs are excited to announce the release of their debut album, “Unhinged,” on OneTrickDog Records. Their music builds on the foundations of early blues, Dixieland, and swing, subverting these...
Watara & Predawn Shenanigans Club at Erv’s Feb 21
Wataru Uchida brings his band Predawn Shenanigans Club to Erv’s (2122 Beekman Place) for a Brazilian jazz night! as part of the PLG Arts Music Series. It all happens Wednesday, February 21, 8-10 pm. With a tenor sax and NY-based Brazilian jazz rhythm section,...
Markus Schwartz & Lakou Brooklyn at Erv’s Dec 20
PLG Arts Music Series at Erv’s: Markus Schwartz and Lakou Brooklyn Wednesday, Dec 20, 8-10 pm Markus Schwartz – Haitian drums/percussion; Monvelyno Alexis – guitar/vocals; Bobby Raymond – contrabass; Godwin Louis – alto sax This Haitian...Michael LeMorin Quintet: Friday July 21, 7:30
PLG Arts Jazz at KD’s, 408 Rogers Ave (betw Sterling St & Lincoln Rd) Michael LeMorin stirs the cadences of his native Haiti—and other tropical treats such as reggae, samba, and bossa nova—into a smoothly vibrant jazz cocktail. Lyrics in English, French,...Jazz @KD’s 408 Rogers Ave Fri Jun 23 7:30
PLG Arts Jazz @KD’s presents: The Nicoletta Manzini Quartet Saxophonist Nicoletta Manzini is back at KD’s with a selection of original music and standards inspired by the great masters of jazz, from Charlie Parker to John Coltrane , with love. Featuring...PLG Arts Jazz at KD’s Friday, April 14
The Jon Menges Quartet Jon Menges-Trumpet; Adam Kolker-Tenor Sax; Joe Fitzgerald-Bass; Robert Weiss-Drums A trumpeter, composer, arranger, and music copyist, Jon Menges’s creative and talented musical programs delighted audiences in the Chicago area for many years....PLG Arts Jazz at KD’s
ECDYSES at KD’s, Friday, April 28, 7:30-9:30 408 Rogers Ave betw Lefferts Ave & Sterling St “Ecdyses” explores the ongoing processes of self-transformation. Uniting the voices of the violin, guitar, and drums, it pushes the boundaries of musical...
Rescheduled: August 7: “Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Please” By Spellbound Theatre
Rescheduled: August 7 PLG Arts and Parkside Plaza Committee Present: “Stand Clear of the Closing Doors Please” at 2 pm Sunday, August 7 Parkside Plaza/Q Train Stop Ocean Avenue and Parkside Avenue The performance is FREE! This one-of-a-kind storytelling...Nicoletta Manzini Trio @the Inkwell April 8
Italian saxophonist and composer Nicoletta Manzini has performed throughout Europe with her own group and as a member of the Steve Grossman Quintet. She recently moved to New York, where she made her last recording with her trio, including bassist Tyler Mitchell and...
Robert Nathan Davis @ Tugboat Tea
Robert Nathan Davis brings watercolor magic to his neighborhood, Prospect-Lefferts Gardens, for an intimate show at Tugboat Tea Company. Come for a night of revelry and excitement! Where it’s at: 546 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225. If coming by the Q or...Meet-the-Author Tuesday, March 22, at the Inkwell Cafe
PLG Arts Meet-The-Author Series at the Inkwell Cafe Stephanie Clifford presents Everybody Rise; Helen Phillips presents The Beautiful Bureaucrat The PLG Arts Meet-the-Author series features writers who live in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and other neighborhoods, reading...The Red Birds: Jazz @the Inkwell Fri, Feb 12, 7:30-9:30
The Red Birds, a NYC-based group, brings a modern touch to jazz standards. In addition to their arrangements, The Red Birds also perform their own compositions. With Yasuno Katsuki at the helm on vocals and euphonium, Hyuna Park on piano, and Tina Lama on bass, this...Michael LeMorin Quartet at PLG Arts Jazz @the Inkwell Friday, Jan 8, 7:30
Michael LeMorin’s music blends the tropical grooves of Brazil and the Caribbean—reggae, konpa, samba, bossa nova—with jazz. Evocative lyrics in French, English, and Haitian Creole speak to both mind and heart. His latest album, Pawòl (Word), is representative of this...
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