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June 14, 1-3pm, at Parkside Plaza: h2f2 and Anne Dearth
The Second Sunday Series, sponsored by the Inkwell and PLG Arts, will have it's second event on June 14th between 1 and 3pm. The concert will feature music by h2f2, an improv-based flute and piano duo, preceded by classical solos and duos performed by Anne Dearth and...
Art Lillard Quartet @the Inkwell June 12, 7-9 pm
Drummer Art Lillard leads this jazz quartet, which includes Ron Jackson on guitar, Chris Bacas on sax, and Ralph Hamperian on acoustic bass. The group plays jazz standards, swing tunes, bossa novas, blues, and Lillard’s original compositions. The band’s extensive...
Northern Spy Jazz@Inkwell Fri May 22
Michael Bates: Northern Spy Take one listen to the joy and energy of this unpredictable band and you're sure to get caught up in the excitement. They'll be playing at the Inkwell Jazz Cafe, 408 Rogers Ave between Sterling St & Lefferts Ave, on Friday, May 22,...
May 15th – Etchings by Richard Lubell – Tugboat Local Artist Series
Please join us for the latest opening at Tugboat Tea Company 546 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn, New York 11225 Friday, May 15th - 6-9pm About the Artist: Mr. Lubell is a widely collected printmaker who resides with his wife Selena on Rutland Road in our Lefferts Manor...
May 10, 1-3 pm, at Parkside Plaza: Michael-David Gordon Quartet
The Michael-David Gordon Quartet initiates the Second Sundays in Summer, a series of free performances sponsored by PLG Arts and the Inkwell Jazz Cafe. Concerts and performances in this series take place the second Sunday each month from May through September. Second...
Jon Menges Quartet at Inkwell May 8, 7-9 pm
Jon Menges has arrived in New York, and it's time to welcome this talented young trumpeter, composer, and arranger who delighted audiences in Chicago for many years. We're pleased to announce that this performance is part of the 16th Annual Central Brooklyn Jazz...
Fri Apr 24 Jazz@Inkwell 7-9 pm
Aaron Seeber at the Inkwell 408 Rogers Ave, betw Sterling & Lefferts Aaron Seeber, a drummer living in Brooklyn, is a graduate of SUNY Purchase, where he studied jazz drums. As a performer, Aaron has had the opportunity to share the stage with Gary Smulyan, Butch...
Karl McIntosh – Mask Sculptures @ Gratitude Cafe
PLG Arts presents its first show at Gratitude Cafe (499 Rogers Ave., @ Midwood Street. The opening reception for a show of Karl McIntosh's beautiful mask sculptures will be tomorrow, April 22nd, from 6:00–8:00 PM; please join us as we inaugurate our shows at this...
“Fingers” DelRey at Jazz @the Inkwell Friday, 3/27, 7-9 pm
Combining Chicago and New Orleans style boogie-woogie barrelhouse piano reminiscent of Dr. John, Otis Span, and James Booker, gospel/R&B harmonies, and moody, worldly-wise lyrics laden with humor and sensuality--kind of Mose Alison meets Pete Johnson meets Tom...
Vistas at Jazz @the Inkwell 3-13-15
Don't let Friday the 13th bug you! It's good news for music fans, with the Vistas Quartet coming our way. We especially like it when there's a vocalist with the group. Vistas performs a grooving, improvised exploration of American jazz, pop, blues and gospel. This...
Mind Open at Jazz@the Inkwell
Next Friday, Feb 13, be sure to stop by the Inkwell Jazz Cafe between 7 and 9 pm, when Mind Open performs. The band features Chris Covais on vibraphone, Andrew Ahr on guitar, Hugo Lopez on drums, and Chris Eisener on bass. Come hear rare grooves from jazz-funk, rock,...
P(LG)erfect Storm, photographs by Anton Gold @ Tugboat Tea
Please join us for the opening of Anton Gold's show @ Tugboat Tea Jan 10 - 6-9pm 546 Flatbush Ave I have been living, loving and photographing PLG for over 11 years and I still get the same buzz as I did in 2003 when I go out on my night shoots around the...
Friday, Jan 9, Jazz @the Inkwell 7-9 pm
New York native Nick Moran holds a BFA in jazz performance from the City College of New York. Bandleader Moran fronts his own trio in venues such as the NY Bahá’i Center, the Brooklyn Museum and the Bar Next Door. Jazz Music writes: “His exceptional composing ability...
Nick and Carol @the Inkwell January 9
“A wonderful talent and a fine singer,” says world-renowned vocalist Sheila Jordan of Carol Leven. She joins PLG guitarist Nick Moran for a night of song, both standard and popular. They combine voice, percussion, 7-string guitar and live looping to create a sound...
INTERSECTIONS: PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS
INTERSECTIONS is part performance, part community-outreach, part public conversation, part investigation of the shared responsibility of a neighborhood. Using as a springboard the metaphor of intersections and crossroads, this project uses interviews of Prospect...
Broken Reed Quartet plays Carole King @Jazz @the Inkwell Fri, Dec 12
Kingerama at the Inkwell Cafe on Friday, December 12, 7-9 pm: Carole King’s songs played by the Broken Reed Saxophone Quartet in startling arrangements by Charley Gerard. Performers are Charley Gerard, Jenny Hill, Dimitri Moderbacher and Jacob Teichroew. "Broken Reed...
Repre LDN – – – > NYC @ Tugboat Tea Company – International Painters
November 11 – December 8 2014 Opening Party – Friday November 21, 6-9pm Opening Hours. Weekdays – 7am – 7pm Weekends – 8am – 6pm Location Tugboat Tea Company 546 Flatbush Ave Brooklyn NY 11225 We are delighted to announce Repre Art Collective’s first international...
Michael-David Gordon Quartet Fri, Nov 14, 7-9 pm
The Michael-David Gordon Quartet returns to the Inkwell after their recent SRO performance in July. Michael-David is a dynamic entertainer who explores standards, pop, and R&B, drawing on his experience singing with the Temptations and NYC bands like the Pocket...
PLG Arts Chamber Music Series: Brooklyn Guitar Quartet
PLG Arts Chamber Music will present an afternoon of contemporary chamber music performed by the Brooklyn Guitar Quartet on Sunday, October 26 at 3pm. Following a successful launch of the series last spring, this is the first event of the fall in an ongoing series of...
Acclaimed Brooklyn Novelists Darcey Steinke and Martha Southgate to Read at PLG Arts Reading Series
Brooklyn authors Darcey Steinke and Martha Southgate will be featured on Thursday, Oct. 30, at PLG Arts’ Meet-the-Author Reading Series. The joint reading and book signing begins at 7:30 pm at The Inkwell Café at 408 Rogers Avenue in Brooklyn’s Prospect Lefferts...
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