Rebel Girls Presented by PLG Arts and the Crown Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, Saturday, March 25, 11 am
PLG Arts and the Crown Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library Present Rebel Girls Saturday, March 25, 11 am Rebel Girls: musical tales of extraordinary women! A colorful original musical adaptation of Elena Favilli and Francesca Cavallo’s “Goodnight Stories for...KLEZMER! Playing, Singing and Dancing with Michael Winograd, Ilya Shneyveys, and Cantor Sarah Myerson
FRIDAY MARCH 3 (not March 2), 10:30 am PLG Arts and the Crown Heights Library Present FREE KLEZMER! Playing, Singing and Dancing with Michael Winograd, Ilya Shneyveys, and Cantor Sarah Myerson Join the fun at the Crown Heights branch of the Brooklyn Public Library,...Leadlights Ensemble – Chamber Music, Presented by PLG Arts, Saturday, February 25, 3 pm
PLG Arts Presents Chamber Music in a Historic Home Leadlights Ensemble Saturday, February 25, 3 pm PLG Arts is pleased to invite you to a free, live performance of chamber music in a historic home in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. Admission is free, but...
DJ J-Ronin with special guests Hip-Hop artists Sav Killz, Frank Knight, and King Marvey X, May 1
PLG Arts is proud to present, in collaboration with the Parkside Food and Culture Collective, a free, live dj/music event. Appearing at Parkside Plaza (map) on Sunday, May 1, 2022 from 2PM to 4PM (Parkside Ave and Ocean Ave, at the entrance to the Q station), the...Photos from Davalois Fearon Dance (DFD), Music and Dance at Parkside Plaza
On Sunday, October 17, PLG Arts presented a program featuring live drumming, the music of composer and woodwind player Mike McGinnis, dancehall and Reggae music facilitated by DJ Ayanna Heaven, and a site-specific performance of Finding Herstory, and community...Davalois Fearon Dance (DFD), Music and Dance at Parkside Plaza
PLG Arts (Prospect Lefferts Gardens Arts), in collaboration with Davalois Fearon Dance (DFD), presents Music and Dance at Parkside Plaza, an outdoor, block party-style event that celebrates the rich Caribbean heritage of Flatbush/ Prospect-Lefferts Gardens (PLG) and...July 11 – Live In-person Event “Notes & Tones”
A performance and exploration of paired music and writing with local artists on Sunday, July 11, at 3:00 pm. This edition of Notes & Tones will take place in a beautiful backyard in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. Chilean poet Tamym Maulén and performing separately,...June 15 Last Show of the Season – UNDEREXPOSED
PLG musician and impresario, Desmond White, is presenting The Micah Thomas Trio as the finale of UNDEREXPOSED on June 15th at 7 PM. You can find the latest links to the event and stream at: underexposed.live Read on for the show details and please support this...April 18 Notes & Tones from PLG Arts
Featured artists for the fourth Notes and Tones, Sunday, April 18, at 6:00 pm: Musician: Eric Burns Writer: Stephen DEFINITION Rice Click on the link, or paste it into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87824948775?pwd=eCtWbThzVUxkdUNib3NBSEhuTXJDZz09...PLG Arts Presents: Notes and Tones A virtual exploration of paired music and writing
Featured artists for the third Notes and Tones, March 14, 5:30 pm: Saxophonist/Composer: Caleb Wheeler Curtis and writer, John Munnelly To join the audience for Notes and Tones on Sunday, March 14, at 5:30 pm, click on the link below at performance time, or paste it...Mike King Trio @ Underexposed, PLG Brooklyn
This Monday, Feb 15th at 7pm EST, underexposed hosts the Mike King Trio. A virtuosic pianist with a distinct sound, We’re excited to have him and his trio play at the underexposed studio. Let’s just hope he doesn’t get on the drums or we’ll all...Notes and Tones – A virtual exploration of paired music and writing
Notes and Tones, a new monthly PLG Arts series, showcases writers and musicians in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens. In this series, musicians & writers will collaborate on a presentation of readings and performance. Discussion with host Marianne Solivan and a Q&A...Live Music – Jochen Rueckert’s “Wolff Parkinson White” featuring Pete Rende
This Monday, Jan 18th, at 7PM EST – tune in at underexposed.live Jochen Rueckert’s “Wolff Parkinson White” featuring Pete Rende combines live, improvised electronic music with visuals triggered by the audio feeds from both musicians. Upcoming Shows : January...Music – Live & Online: Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Jarrett Cherner
DEC 28 at 6:45 PM Underexposed No. 14 – Sarah Elizabeth Charles and Jarrett Cherner https://fb.me/e/3aWetgPys Vocalist Sarah Elizabeth Charles and pianist Jarrett Cherner will perform music from their debut, Tone reimagined on rhodes. Steeped in jazz harmony,...
Marianne Solivan at the ONE Brooklyn Jazz Festival
Saturday Night, Dec 12th at 7pm — Marianne Solivan performing an online performance with her Brooklyn neighbors Alex Terrier, Steve Wood and Micheal Valeanu. More info: https://www.facebook.com/MarianneSolivan/ If you enjoy the music, the band kindly asks you to...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%...Music in the Park
“… just off to the right of the Boat house on a little hill just before the waterfall.” 3-6 PM Saturday June 20 Alex Terrier in alto/tenor sax, Steve Wood on bass and vocalist Marianne Solivan Instagram: @jazzinmind and www.mariannesolivanjazz.com...Sidewalk concerts OPEN AIR JAMS at Salems’ Hour
Nostrand Avenue & Maple Street Performance time will varyLivestream Music -Fri 8 PM Sat 3 PM
PLG resident and musician Nick Balaban performs lives every Friday night and Saturday afternoon on Facebook. Log on, search NICK BALABAN and scroll down for the event.Things To Do and See in PLG – March 15 – 21
STAY SAFE. STAY IN PLG FOR A STRESS-RELIEVING NIGHT OUT BarBayeux on Nostrand 3/17 – Ed Cherry, Ugonna Okegwo, Diego Voglino House Band Set — 3/18 – Clovis Nicolas Quartet Featuring Brandon Lee, Grant Stewart and Kenny Washington — 3/19...Things To Do and See in PLG – March 8 – 14 [Click here for links to events]
MUSIC – BOOKS – ART Greenlight Bookstore – Book Group 3/11– Storytime 3/14 | The Owl Music Parlor – Open Ground 3/8 – Sebastian Amman & Simon Jermyn — Rema Hasumi & Illusha Tsinadze — 3/14 Elliot Sharp...Things To Do and See in PLG – March 1-7
MUSIC – BOOKS – ART Sunday (3/1)- Storytime at Greenlight Bookstore ; All week (3/1-7) Art show at Johnson Jenkins Project South African artist Mohau Modisakeng; Tues/Wed/Thurs (3/3-5) Live Jazz at Bar Bayeux Mike Moreno Quartet / Grassroots Jazz...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...
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 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...
Myrna at Erv’s on Beekman, May 15, 8-10pm
Slightly out of step with time, haunted by the echoes of decades past, rolling in with the fog from the harbor, there is something quite Southern Brooklyn about Myrna. There is a carefree naiveté in their music, unconcerned with the anarchic present-day broadcasts...
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...
Mary Spencer Knapp presents The Nightingale: A Musical Show
Saturday, March 23 11:30 AM Greenlight Bookstore, 632 Flatbush Ave, Prospect Lefferts Gardens Co-hosted by PLG Arts Broadway alum, multi-instrumentalist, and indie accordionist-chanteuse Mary Spencer Knapp premieres the ensemble version of her original musical...
Leala Cyr Performs Album Release Show at Erv’s, Wednesday, March 20, 8-10 pm
A singer with a unique and deft ability for vocal improvisation as well as a trumpet player with a warm, golden tone, Leala Cyr is a rare “double threat.” Cyr was a touring member of Grammy-winning Esperanza Spalding’s “Radio/Chamber Music...
Rachel Therrien, February 20, 8pm – 10pm at Erv’s
For the February 20, 2019 event in the PLG Arts Music Series, Rachel Therrien, locally based French-Canadian trumpeter, bandleader, composer, and member of the DIVA Jazz Orchestra, will present her Latin Jazz Quartet, performing her original compositions as well as...
Megumi & Friends, December 19, 8pm – 10pm at Erv’s
From Carnegie Hall to refugee camps in the Middle East, Brooklyn-based violinist and composer Megumi Saruhashi has delivered her music to people of all circumstances around the globe. Megumi’s wide range of influences includes Arabic music, jazz, classical,...
The Nightingale with Mary Spencer Knapp, December 1st, 11am at Crown Heights Public Library
Children of all ages will delight in The Nightingale, a dynamic tale of a little bird with a unique musical gift and her relationship to a powerful emperor. Accordionist and Broadway performer Mary Spencer Knapp will perform her one-woman musical adaptation of Hans...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...PLG Music Series at Parkside Plaza July 29, 1-4 pm
PLG Arts Music Series Moves Outdoors for a Day: Sunday, July 29, at Parkside Plaza 1 pm: Talu Green and the Soundologists 2 pm: Axiom Addicts Talu Green and the Soundologists play the traditional music of West Africa. The sound will be of the Djembe Orchestra, which...
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