PARK SLOPE HOUSE TOUR
This Sunday marks the 51st Annual Park Slope Civic Council House Tour. The self-guided tour features seven beautiful homes, followed by a panel discussion on how to make your home more environmentally friendly (moderated by yours truly).
Tickets are $20 in advance, via the Civic Council’s web site or available through tomorrow from many local businesses
Tickets can also be purchased on Sunday, for $25, at the tour’s starting point, the Poly Prep Lower School, at 50 Prospect Park West, near the corner of 1st Street.
All of the profits from the house tour are redistributed by the Park Slope Civic Council in the form of grants to local non-profit organizations. Click here for more information about the house tour; to purchase reserved tickets, click here.
FILM
Please Give, Babies, and Exit Through the Gift Shop at BAM.
WRITERS READING
A new reading series called “Six O’Clock Shadow” at Barbes on Friday May 14 at 6PM with Honor Molloy, Rosemary Moore, Lisa Shea, Alison Smith.
THEATER
The Gallery Players present “City of Angels” through May 23rd. With multiple sets, a large cast, frequent costume changes, and the need for over-the-top performances that don’t go too far over the top, City of Angels is an ambitious choice for an Off-Off-Broadway theatre company. However, the folks at The Gallery Players are more than up to the challenge. The five-piece band is excellent, and the cast handles the humor, singing, and costume changes with aplomb. City of Angels [is] a delightful musical. -Wendy Caster, Show Showdown
The Creditors at BAM. Directed by Alan Rickman, this fiercely modern battle of the sexes comes to BAM following a sold-out run at London’s Donmar Warehouse (RED, Jude Law’s Hamlet, Frost/Nixon). A darkly comic tale of vengeance, jealousy, and psychological warfare, Creditors unfolds as a young husband (Tom Burke, in his New York debut), anxiously awaiting the return of his new wife (Olivier Award-nominee Anna Chancellor), falls under the sway of a mysterious stranger (Tony Award-winner Owen Teale).
MUSIC
On Friday at the Bowery Ballroom: Doors open 7:30, show at 8:30PM. The Loom, a great Ditmas Park band that plays at Sycamore, will open for The Mother Hips, These United States. Loom’s rich amalgam of folk and americana-influenced indie rock features male and female vocals, acoustic and electric guitars, French horn, trumpet, piano, pedal steel, bass, drums, ukulele, accordion, and banjo in songs ranging from gentle to anthemic and built around subtle, affecting lyrics.
May 16 at 7PM at Barbes: New Music Sundays: A New Music Series curated by Richard Guérin and Giancarlo Vulcano presents HEBREW SCHOOL David Griffin’s Hebrew School is a soft-psych interpretation of ritual, atheist rant, the renewal and failure of culture, quasi-biblical meditations on violence, and fragmented prayer. Oh, and a sappy love song or two.
BIKE SHOPPING
May 16 10AM until 4PM: The Bike Jumble in Washington Park (Fifth Avenue and Third Street in Park Slope). A note from the organizers: “Just like last year, we’re holding the Brooklyn Bike Jumble in Washington Park. Dealers from all over the east coast and from New York City will be there to sell bikes, bike parts, t-shirts, clothing, and really anything bike related! This year, the Fifth Avenue Streetfair will be on as well, so food options and other shopping options abound!”
CONEY ISLAND VELODROME EXHIBITION
Strong Backs and Weak Minds on view at the Old Stone House through June 21. The Coney Island Velodrome opened on July 19, 1930, as the world slipped toward the Great Depression and war. The track became the last velodrome in America offering the thrills and chills of motor-paced racing, where riders raced behind motorcycles to attain speeds in excess of 50 miles per hour.
The exhibit features bikes that were raced on the track, as well as photos, programs, tickets and other ephemera, including a special ‘Stayer’ bike for motor-paced racing and New York-built track bikes from long-forgotten builders.
