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INTERSECTIONS: PROSPECT LEFFERTS GARDENS
INTERSECTIONS is part performance, part community-outreach, part public conversation, part investigation of the shared responsibility of a neighborhood. ย 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 Kingโs 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 โ December 8 2014 Opening Party โ Friday November 21, 6-9pm Opening Hours. Weekdays โ 7am โ 7pm Weekends โ 8am โ 6pm Location Tugboat Tea Company 546 Flatbush Ave Brooklyn NYย 11225 We are delighted to announce Repre Art Collectiveโs 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 Temptationsย andย 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.ย 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 onย Thursday, Oct. 30, atย PLG Artsโ Meet-the-Author Reading Series. The joint reading and book signing begins atย 7:30 pmย atย The Inkwell Cafรฉย atย 408 Rogers Avenueย in Brooklynโs Prospect Lefferts...
Hayes Greenfield/Dean Johnson perform at Jazz@the Inkwell Friday, Oct 10
Friday, October 10, 7-9 pm Hayes and Dean have been playing together since the 1970s and collectively have played with the Who's Who of modern jazz today. They play tunes and freely improvise--all in the pursuit of creating beauty and art while taking audiences on a...
โFLOWERS AT THE PARTYโ โ BARBARA HARRISON CABAN๏ปฟ & CARLOS CABAN @ TUGBOAT
Please join us for our joint Art Show on Friday September 19th 6pm -9pm Hope to see you there !! Flowers at the Party is a gathering within a gathering. Carlos Caban, through his images, attempts to indulge you in his perception, if just for a moment, with his colors...
FOR TREES AND BIRDS: INKWELL Jazz Fri, Sept 12, 7-9 pm
For Trees and Birds, a group of young musicians playing original music, performs at the Inkwell Jazz Cafe, 408 Rogers Ave, between Lefferts & Sterling. Comprised of 4ย individuals each coming out of the jazz tradition, the band reaches for a cohesiveness derived...
SARAH DAVIS: WALK IN THE PARK @ TUGBOAT: CLOSING PARTY WITH LIVE MUSIC BY VOCALIST KATHARINA HEINRICH
Art exhibition opening by Sarah Davis, paintings homage to Prospect park. Sarah Davis is a painter living in New York since 1998. These are prints of watercolor paintings made in the last year in Prospect Park. Each print comes in an edition of 10, they are $75 each....
Jocelyn Medina Quartet Friday July 25
The sounds and styles of internationally acclaimed vocalist/composer Jocelyn Medina cross cultures, creeds and continents. Her original work fuses elements of world music with jazz harmonies, neo-soul/funk grooves and adventurous improvisations delivered through...
Michael-David Gordon Quartet
Michael-David Gordon Quartet Friday, July 11, 7-9 pm Singer and actor Michael-David Gordon is a dynamic entertainer who explores standards, pop, and R&B, drawing on his experience singing with the Temptations, acting with Irondale Ensemble Project, and fronting...
2014 Membership Party
Join us at the 2014 PLG Arts Membership Party! Learn about PLG Arts and its mission to cultivate creativity in our community. Meet neighbors and friends. Enjoy refreshments, the exhibition, and music and theater performances Saturday, June 21, 2014, 4-6pm The Dorsey...
2nd event in Chamber Music Series: June 8, 3 pm
PLG Arts Chamber Music will present its second event, andPlay, on Sunday, June 8th. This new series of classical music performances will be held in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and surrounding neighborhoods. andPlay is committed to expanding the violin/violaย duo...
Artists from the Dorsey gallery and PLGarts
Join us for a show featuring the work of Joe Bell-Bey, James Denmark, Noel Hefele, Bob Marvin, Karl McIntosh, and Otto Neals. Tomorrow, June 1st 12-5pm @ Dorsey Art Gallery 553 Rogers Ave Brooklyn NY, 11225
Hayes Johnson Duo May 9, 7-9 pm
Hayes Greenfield on alto sax and Dean Johnson on bass have been playing together since the 70s and collectively have played with the Who's Who of modern jazz today. From bebop to beyond and everything in between. Join us for their gig at the Inkwell Cafe on Fri, May...
Re-Enchanting the Ordinary | Photography by Yoshiko Mori
Yoshiko will be presenting photographs centered aroundย Prospect Park.ย Please join us for the opening reception on Friday May 9th @ Tugboat Tea Company (546 Flatbush Ave) Light refreshments will be served. "Photography is a tool for me to find and capture an emotion...
Emilio Teubal Trio @the Inkwell Fri, Apr 25, 7-9 pm
Pianist/composer Emilio Teubal started playing the piano at the age ย of nine. He studied at Argentina's National Conservatoryย and was an active performer in the tango and jazz scene of Buenos Aires until 1999, when he relocated to New York City to continue his musical...
David Fry Paintings @ Tugboat Tea
Join us April 10th for the opening reception! ย 6-9pmTugboat Tea on Flatbush Ave, Prospect Park station on the Q RSVP on the Facebook event page David continues his work in Figurative Oil painting. The 20teens are about him painting nudes on surreal, subjective...
Art Lillard Quartet at Jazz @the Inkwell
Friday, April 11, 7-9 pm, the Art Lillard Quartet comes to the Inkwell, 408 Rogers Avenue, between Sterling and Lefferts. Drummer and bandleader Art Lillard is known for his ability to "read" a room and respond to his audience. With bassist Ralph Hamperian, pianist...
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