VIKA KIRCHENBAUER PGM 1
Six experimental shorts by Vika Kirchenbauer, from a seductive address out of a black void to a work on the impossibility of tickling yourself. She is there in person.
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X AMENDMENTS: Carla Kihlstedt, Rafael Osés, Holland Andrews, Gelsey Bell, Anaïs Maviel, Kalyn Harewood, and Dither (Night 2)
An improvised piece for voices, electric guitars, and the audience itself, with the Bill of Rights as its raw material. Kihlstedt, Holland Andrews, and Gelsey Bell are among the performers.
Archtober: Ancestral Ecologies Sunset Tour
The garden's curators walk you through a site-specific exhibition of new work by the first fellows of a new art and environment fellowship, with the tour timed for sunset.
Panel Discussion: Photography Education
Four people who run photography programs talk about who gets to tell the story: Shahidul Alam of Pathshala, Helen Alonzo Hurtado of Las Fotos Project, Gary Knight of VII, and Michael Kamber.
PI RECORDINGS 25th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION // Jonathan Finlayson Quartet
Trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson leads a tight quartet with Brian Settles on tenor sax, John Hébert on bass and Damion Reid on drums, marking Pi Recordings' 25th anniversary.
Before New York: The Bronx
Panoramas rebuilt from scientific data show the land as it looked 400 years ago, plus an interactive topographic model that compares the ancient terrain with today's street grid.
Horse Lords, Jules Reidy, Silk Fence
Baltimore quartet Horse Lords are known for tightly interlocking rhythms and adventurous composition, and here they play their new tour program alongside Jules Reidy and Silk Fence.
ANDRZEJ WAJDA 100
A centennial retrospective of Polish director Andrzej Wajda, put together by Film Forum, an independent repertory house. A chance to see his films in a small room, on a limited run.
Grieving & Weaving
A knitting and crochet circle that meets in a cemetery chapel, with experimental vocalist Gelsey Bell performing work on the many faces of loss. Bring a project or learn from scratch.
ABERIKULA
Harris Eisenstadt plays batá drums with pianist Angelica Sanchez and bassoonist Sara Schoenbeck, an unusual trio, in a residency where every night brings a different lineup.
Ancestral Ecologies
Four multisensory installations from the Heidi Nitze Art × Environment Fellows, each using a different environmental or material phenomenon to explore animist ways of seeing the living world.
Growing America
American history told through food plants: historic botanical illustrations, planting ledgers and cookbooks inside, then outdoor beds tracing Indigenous foodscapes through the Great Migration.
Block by Block: Streetscapes
Stoops and streetscapes from the Greenest Block in Brooklyn winners, rebuilt on the garden's grounds and co-created with the gardeners who grew them. Plenty of ideas for your own stoop.
Greetings from Staten Island: A Postcard Tour
Vintage postcards from the newly acquired William McMillen Collection set early 20th-century views beside today's, tracing the area's past as an industrial hub and summer destination.
