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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 Thayer's Casey at the...
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 been...
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 the beat of the...
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 Avenue...
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...
“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 5-minute Walk" is...
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 Societies," with whom she...
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,...
“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 here Brian...
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...
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 Elegy," in late 2016. They are...
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 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 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 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 winner of...
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