Past Events

BARNFEST 5

2/1/2019

BARNFEST 2019
Oh yes, oh yes! We're bringing the Barn to Brooklyn for the fifth annual celebration of work developed through residencies at Barn Arts in Maine - it's BarnFest!

There's a new lineup of awesome works in progress every day of the festival - featuring artists making theater, dance, film, music, and everything in between.

Featuring work by:
Rosanna Santacruz Lindmarker, Owen Laheen, Anna Lublina, Ariel Estrada, Wesley Zurick, Colin Waitt, Kristin McCarthy Parker, Eli Nixon, Anne Cecelia DeMelo, Emily Dix Thomas, Leonie Bell, Janoah Bailin, Blake Horn, Ayla McCarthy Combes, Nate Speare, Ana Cantorán Viramontes, Mary Rose Go, Ashkon Davaran, Jacey Powers, Calvin Kasulke, Josh Rollin, Chris Anselmo, Jared Corak, Alicia Campbell Alyssa Martin, Brianna Mireya Espinal and more!

Friday, February 1st, 7pm
Saturday, February 2nd, 7pm
Sunday, February 3rd, 2pm

AVANT GARDEN BRUNCH

1/13/2019

PLAYMACHINE and ERI NOX invite you to an
AVANT GARDEN BRUNCH
hosted by Boudoir LeFleur

featuring new works by
Eri Nox, Dmitri Barcomi and Seth Majnoon, Nazereth Hassan, and Cara Francis

A four course farm-to-table meal will be paired with four performances and the drag stylings of Boudoir LeFleur.

Sunday, January 13th. 1pm. Tickets here.

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MENU
heirloom farm-fresh eggs scrambled with smoked rainbow trout and chives
Crêpes Normande with brie hollandaise
oysters on the half shell with brut rosé granita and vodka mignonette
meyer lemon madeleine pudding with rosemary gelato
(vegan/gluten-free option available)

CHRISTNIPS

12/15/2018

PUMPERNIPS: CHRISTNIPS!

BREAD Arts Collective presents the fifth installation from their famous Pumpernips series: CHRISTNIPS!
Yes, this holiday themed variety show from BREAD is pulling out all the stops for an experience you won't soon forget. Featuring the "slices" of BREAD, come experience a night of music, comedy, film and theater! We'll have delicious cookies and cocktails, and limited edition BREAD Arts Collective t-shirt merch! A big beautiful tree! Friendship! Sexiness! Love and tinsel!

Come out and help support BREAD's 2019/2020 seasons!

Saturday, December 15th. 7-10pm

DANDELION RELEASE PARTY

12/8/2018

DANDELION RELEASE PARTY
Please join Andie Springer in celebrating the release of her first album, Dandelion.

"This audiovisual album is a deeply personal project that has been five years in the making. It has created for me the time and opportunity to reflect on my relationship with my instrument and my own art, and also on the relationships I've built with each incredible artist involved in the project. This album is a celebration of those relationships."

The party will open with a performance of Untitled #2: a new collaboration of music by John Glover and shadow puppetry by Dorothy James and Andy Manjuck.

Following the first performance will be a full screening of Dandelion:

"Dandelion"
Music by Mary Kouyoumdjian
Video by Nikolai Antonie

"The Warmth of Other Suns"
Music by Leaha Maria Villarreal
Video by Jonah Rosenberg, featuring Mel Reese

"Mixtape for the Summer of 1963"
Music by Matt Marks
Video by Michael Carter

"Windeye"
Music and video by Jacob Richman
Text by Brian Evenson

"Wilderness"
Music by Erik DeLuca
Video by Anthony Plasse

Dandelion was recorded by Brett Parnell at Bear in a Barn NYC.
Saturday, December 8th. 7:30 pm.

HIGH NOTES WITH TESSA SKARA

11/17/2018

HIGH NOTES
High Notes is a high-energy, unabashedly queer, and rock-n-roll-as-hell live musical comedy show hosted by the self-proclaimed Rock Goddess of Comedy: Tessa Skara. Featuring a backing band of basement rockstars, High Notes is a show that brings together a revolving roster of stand up comedians, cabaret performers and musicians to belt out numbers on the meaning of life, love, and how kombucha tastes like salad dressing (which is why it's perfect!). If you’re looking for a night of live music, jokes jokes jokes, and moody acoustic ruminations on how selfish it is of your therapist to go on maternity leave then High Notes is the show for you!

Featuring: Sydnee Washington, Catherine Cohen, Karolena Theresa, Jes Tom, Lena Einbinder, and Tessa Skara & the High Notes Band.

Saturday, November 17th. 8pm.

CATALOGUE OF SALT

10/12/2018

CATALOGUE OF SALT: AN INFORMAL BALLAD WITH SPECIAL GUESTS
Please join Evan Garrett for an evening of dance, performance, and conversation concerning the art and practice of writing a poem a day for 252 straight days. He has posted each of his poems on the Instagram account "A_Catalogue_Of_Salt" and would like to celebrate the completion of the project with two nights of boisterous, head-wringing celebration of what it means to do poetry.

The evening will consist of 7 pieces (formal performances with choreography and text) and 6 Entr'Actes (informal breaks for drinks and reflection). These 7 pieces are named:

CREATIVITY: How Calvin and Hobbes Taught Me To Stop Worrying And Love The Bomb
OBSESSION: Biblical Stories For Those We Have Lost
SOLITARY RECEPTION: Walt Whitman Did It With Both Hands
INTIMACY AND SECRETS: A Poem in a Fort!
ALGORITHMIC TIME: If I Fall In A Forest, When Will You Get A Push Notification?
PERSEVERANCE: Danny Torrance Jumps Through Hoops
CELEBRITY: I Can't Tie My Shoes, But Maybe He Can Help

Please come. Please invite an adventurous friend. Please know that acquisition of a ticket necessitates signing a non-disclosure contract and bringing a portable listening device we can send music to. You will not be in danger during the night--for the most part, neither will the performers.

Friday and Saturday, October 12th and 13th. 7:30 pm.

FUCK ICE (AND THEIR FUCKING SPACE BLANKETS, TOO)

7/21/2018

FUCK ICE
AND THEIR FUCKING SPACE BLANKETS TOO
We're having a comedy show to raise money for families separated at the border. All proceeds will go to Texas Civil Rights Project, an organization fighting to reunite families. Featuring Josh Gondelman, Yedoye Travis, Carlos Delgado, Kenice Mobley, Gabe Pacheco, Jeff and Buttons, Kate Willett, and Justin Williams.

Saturday, July 21st. 8pm.

TANYA SOLOMON: TRUTH ASSASSIN

6/22/2018

TANYA SOLOMON: TRUTH ASSASSIN
Direct from NYC, magician Tanya Solomon starts her national tour with two nights of startling effects including live fish appearing from nowhere, blindfolded targeting with a knife, baffling sleight of hand, and things you never knew could be done with creamed corn.

In this one-woman magic show, the astonishing and the absurd converge in a delightfully unsettling theatrical experience. You will leave feeling like a carnival has arrived in the night and turned reality upside down. Logic and laws of nature guaranteed violated!

“Magic for intelligent adults” – TimeOut NY

Written and performed by Tanya Solomon / Directed by Corn Mo

Tanya Solomon has been a cast member of Bindlestiff Family Cirkus and Coney Island Sideshows by the Seashore, and produces Force Majeure Vaudeville. She has been a professional clown, a sideshow artist, and has specialized in magic for the past several years.

Corn Mo is a musician and performing artist who has toured with Nick Offerman, They Might Be Giants, and his own bands .357 Lover and Tragedy, along with many others.

Friday and Saturday, June 22-23. 8pm.

RISE OF THE SHERO: VOLUME 4

6/15/2018

RISE OF THE SHERO: VOLUME 4
Exciting news! First show presented by Trapeze Loft since the closing of Big Sky Works. Keeping it real, local and DIY.
85 North 1st Street was originally Test Site, the very first commercial art gallery in Williamsburg, founded in 1992 by Anne Herron, a true shero, artist and pioneer. This show is dedicated to her.

Featuring Moist Paula, Jane Dickson, The Nature of Refuge, and aerial performances by Heavenly Bodies.

Friday June 15th. 8:30pm

BAD FILM FEST 5

6/8/2018

BAD FILM FEST
Come celebrate our 7th year of screening weird, eclectic & outlandish short films from NYC and around the globe.

A collection of no-budget, low-budget and even slickly produced short films.
HORROR, COMEDY, DRAMA, ANIMATION, DOCUMENTARY, EXPERIMENTAL, WHATEVER!

Some are horrible, some might force you to ask, "WTF?!?"
But there's also a slim chance you might actually love something.

Click the dates to buy advance tickets and see what films are playing at each showing, or just come whenever you want!
Friday June 8th @ 7pm
Friday June 8th @ 9pm
Saturday June 9th @ 7pm
Saturday June 9th @ 9pm
Sunday June 10th @ 7pm

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