After taking a brief hiatus from performing (to get married), singer-songwriter (and model, voice over artist, writer of music for commercials and Fort Greene resident) Emily Zuzik gets back to music tonight.  You’ll have to take the G Train, or something which connects with the 7 Train, and go to Long Island City, but Emily, and free food await you there.  See the details over at Now I’ve Heard Everything.

Steve Wynn and The Miracle 3 tore up The Living Room this past Friday.  Don’t miss the review, set list and 15 photos of the show waiting for you here at Now I’ve Heard Everything.

–Eliot Wagner

Today the Olivier Assayas festival at BAM presents Irma Vep: “Arguably the film that put Assayas on the international map, this clever meditation on French filmmaking confers a host of winks, nods, and cinephile in-jokes—on everything from Truffaut’s Day For Night and Fassbinder’s Beware of a Holy Whore, to the more populist offerings coming out of Hong Kong and the US at the time.”

New York Comic-Con is a huge comics and popular culture show at the Jacob Javits. They’ve already cut off Saturday and weekend-pass ticket sales but Sunday is still a possibility. Here’s what it is from their own blurbbage: “Our show floor plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. Our panels and autograph sessions give fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators. Our screening rooms feature sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either big or small screens. And with dedicated professional hours, New York Comic Con is a market place, bringing together the major players in the entertainment industry.”

OpenHouse NY:

openhouse NY Weekend (OHNY)  is America’s largest architect and design event, opens doors throughout New York City all weekend. Your chance to go inside all kinds of interesting buildings, facilities, offices, home and more. Reservations necessary for many events so go to site and browse what you might want to do.

Movies:

The Social Network, The Town, Wall Street Money Never Sleeps at BAM.

It’s Kind of a Funny Story directed by Park Slope’s Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden with Zach Galifianakis and newbie Keir Gilchrist based on Ned Vizzini’s semi-autobiographical book. At the Park Slope Pavilion.

Through October 15 at ReRun Theater/Gastro Pub in Dumbo: Red White and Blue, “a vicious but oddly touching horror-thriller about the lives of strangers bound together in blood. The SXSW, Sitges and Fantastic Fest hit from British filmmaker Simon Rumley (THE LIVING & THE DEAD). Erica (Amanda Fuller, TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is a tough, troubled nymphomaniac with wounds across her soul. For Erica, trolling Austin’s dive bars and sleeping with multiple men forms the core of her life, until she meets mysterious Iraq vet Nate (THE PROPOSITION’s Noah Taylor, in a searing performance).”

Through October 28th at BAM: Post-punk Auteur: Olivier Assayas: Leading contemporary filmmaker Olivier Assayas’ films are thrillingly alive: rich, multi-sensory experiences that draw upon the work of Bresson, Asian cinema, and rock ‘n’ roll to address themes of youth culture, East-meets-West globalization, and the nature of cinema itself. Assayas’ simultaneously cerebral and entertaining films move restlessly and impressively between genres—from hip, hyper-sleek thrillers to intimate chamber dramas to his latest magnum opus: a staggering biopic about Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal.

And on Monday: Disorder from 1986: “Three young friends steal some music equipment for their struggling post-punk band and, in a panic, kill the shop’s owner. Assayas’ debut feature examines, with characteristic restraint and acuity, the psychological fallout as the band unravels—and each of its members grapple with their own feelings of guilt, paranoia, and despair. This film won the Critics’ Prize at the Venice Film Festival. In French with English titles.

Theater:

Extended through Sunday, October 16: Murder in the Cathedral by TS Eliot at The Church of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights.

Music:

Music for kids this weekend: A Child Grows in Brooklyn

Friday, October 8 and Saturday, October 9 at the Bell House: Brooklyn Soul Festival

Art:

At the Brooklyn Museum now through January 2nd: a mid-career survey of  Fred Tomaselli’s “unique hybrid paintings and collages from 1990 to the present. These layered paintings combine cutout images of plants, birds, smiling mouths, and hands (clipped from field guides and magazines) with passages of paint and actual prescription pills and hallucinogenic plants to create highly stylized, eye-popping compositions.”

At Zora Space: One Generation – Seven Artists presents seven Iranian artists graduated from Tehran University, Faculty of Art, during late1960s and early 1970s. “Our group of seven does not claim to have a manifesto; rather we present a collective exhibition from artists who share a lot of similar experiences. We don’t ask why we are all together, but half a century of friendship is the best mortar for our bonding.” with artists: Nahid Hagigat, Hadi Hazavei, Shahram Kari, Abbas Kiarostami, Nicky Nodjoumi, Sudi Sharafshahi, Nasser Vaziri

I am still floating from the magic of last night’s show at Zora Space, a wonderful place to hear music on Fourth Avenue, the border between Park Slope and the Gowanus.

Magic.

Mark Geary, a Dubliner, was an unexpected thrill. His riveting stage presence revealed a gift for songwriting, acoustic rhythms, vocal drama and hilarious asides. He played with a talented drummer, who a lot to the songs with just a drum and what looked like a chair, an ambient electric guitarist who enhanced the songs immeasurably and a back-up vocalist, who added swelling harmonies.

Geary has opened for Swell Season, Coldplay, Elvis Costello, The Pretenders, Joe Strummer and others and has a new album out called Live, Love, Lost it, NYC.

Marketa Irglova‘s set began with a sound check that evolved into a full a capella performance of an old Irish folk song. Wearing trousers, a pretty sweater and a new, short haircut, the female half of the Swell Season proved that she’s a solo talent in her own right with a  gift for piano driven songs with swooping melodies and a sustained, quiet intensity.

Continue reading What a Show at Zora Space Last Night →

Comic Con New York

New York Comic-Con is a huge comics and popular culture show at the Jacob Javits. They’ve already cut off Saturday and weekend-pass ticket sales but Sunday is still a possibility. Here’s what it is from their own blurbbage: “Our show floor plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. Our panels and autograph sessions give fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators. Our screening rooms feature sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either big or small screens. And with dedicated professional hours, New York Comic Con is a market place, bringing together the major players in the entertainment industry.”

OpenHouse NY:

openhouse NY Weekend (OHNY)  is America’s largest architect and design event, opens doors throughout New York City all weekend. Your chance to go inside all kinds of interesting buildings, facilities, offices, home and more. Reservations necessary for many events so go to site and browse what you might want to do.

Movies:

The Social Network, The Town, Wall Street Money Never Sleeps at BAM.

Through October 15 at ReRun Theater/Gastro Pub in Dumbo: Red White and Blue, “a vicious but oddly touching horror-thriller about the lives of strangers bound together in blood. The SXSW, Sitges and Fantastic Fest hit from British filmmaker Simon Rumley (THE LIVING & THE DEAD). Erica (Amanda Fuller, TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is a tough, troubled nymphomaniac with wounds across her soul. For Erica, trolling Austin’s dive bars and sleeping with multiple men forms the core of her life, until she meets mysterious Iraq vet Nate (THE PROPOSITION’s Noah Taylor, in a searing performance).”

Through October 28th at BAM: Post-punk Auteur: Olivier Assayas: Leading contemporary filmmaker Olivier Assayas’ films are thrillingly alive: rich, multi-sensory experiences that draw upon the work of Bresson, Asian cinema, and rock ‘n’ roll to address themes of youth culture, East-meets-West globalization, and the nature of cinema itself. Assayas’ simultaneously cerebral and entertaining films move restlessly and impressively between genres—from hip, hyper-sleek thrillers to intimate chamber dramas to his latest magnum opus: a staggering biopic about Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal.

Theater:

Extended through Sunday, October 16: Murder in the Cathedral by TS Eliot at The Church of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights.

Music:

Music for kids this weekend: A Child Grows in Brooklyn

Friday, October 8 and Saturday, October 9 at the Bell House: Brooklyn Soul Festival

Art:

At the Brooklyn Museum now through January 2nd: a mid-career survey of  Fred Tomaselli’s “unique hybrid paintings and collages from 1990 to the present. These layered paintings combine cutout images of plants, birds, smiling mouths, and hands (clipped from field guides and magazines) with passages of paint and actual prescription pills and hallucinogenic plants to create highly stylized, eye-popping compositions.”

At Zora Space: One Generation – Seven Artists presents seven Iranian artists graduated from Tehran University, Faculty of Art, during late1960s and early 1970s. “Our group of seven does not claim to have a manifesto; rather we present a collective exhibition from artists who share a lot of similar experiences. We don’t ask why we are all together, but half a century of friendship is the best mortar for our bonding.” with artists: Nahid Hagigat, Hadi Hazavei, Shahram Kari, Abbas Kiarostami, Nicky Nodjoumi, Sudi Sharafshahi, Nasser Vaziri

To commemorate John Lennon’s 70th birthday on October 9th, the Peace Monument designed by American artist Lauren Voiers, will be unveiled in Liverpool.  Lennon’s son Julian and former wife, Cynthia, will be at the event along with dignitaries from around the world and civic officials from Liverpool.

In New York, there will be the usual birthday gathering in Strawberry Fields, across the street from the Dakota in Central Park.

Saturday night, there will be a free Central Park screening of “LENNONYC,” a new film by Michael Epstein with concert footage and home movies documenting Lennon’s life in New York after the breakup of the Beatles.

This film will be on PBS on November 22nd as part of the American Masters series.

The man who wrote: I read the news today oh boy, give peace a chance, ah look at all the lonely people, you are me and we are all together, and in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make, take these broken wings to fly, all you need is love, there are places I’ll remember all my life though some have changed would have been 70 tomorrow.

Imagine.

For some reason I became obsessed with finding a raincoat for my daughter last weekend. Rain was in the forecast and she’s outgrown all her rain gear.

As I soon found out, autumn is not the season to be shopping for raincoats at the usual stores: Gap, Madewell, JCrew, Brooklyn Industries and the small boutiques in SoHo and on Seventh Avenue in Park Slope.

February and March, in anticipation of the April showers that bring May flowers, is the season to shop for a raincoat. I was striking out at every shop where I asked plaintively, “Do you have any raincoats?”

Walking past a fairly generic looking fashion boutique on Broadway near Broome Street in Soho I did see a cute purple trench coat in window. I photographed it with my iPhone and emailed it to OSFO.

“No,” was her swift reply. But I liked it enough (in black) to think that if she saw it in person…(Oh how we mothers deceive ourselves).

“Can I return this? My daughter has very specific tastes and she doesn’t usually like what I pick out,” I told the shop girl.

“You can return it within 30 days for store credit with a receipt,” was her swift reply. I asked her to try the raincoat on because she was tiny like OSFO. It looked really great and her and I was convinced OSFO would love it when she saw it.

Nope.

Continue reading Shopping for a Raincoat →

OpenHouse NY:

openhouse NY Weekend (OHNY)  is America’s largest architect and design event, opens doors throughout New York City all weekend. Your chance to go inside all kinds of interesting buildings, facilities, offices, home and more. Reservations necessary for many events so go to site and browse what you might want to do.

Movies:

The Social Network, The Town, Wall Street Money Never Sleeps at BAM.

Through October 15 at ReRun Theater/Gastro Pub in Dumbo: Red White and Blue, “a vicious but oddly touching horror-thriller about the lives of strangers bound together in blood. The SXSW, Sitges and Fantastic Fest hit from British filmmaker Simon Rumley (THE LIVING & THE DEAD). Erica (Amanda Fuller, TV’s “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) is a tough, troubled nymphomaniac with wounds across her soul. For Erica, trolling Austin’s dive bars and sleeping with multiple men forms the core of her life, until she meets mysterious Iraq vet Nate (THE PROPOSITION’s Noah Taylor, in a searing performance).”

Through October 28th at BAM: Post-punk Auteur: Olivier Assayas: Leading contemporary filmmaker Olivier Assayas’ films are thrillingly alive: rich, multi-sensory experiences that draw upon the work of Bresson, Asian cinema, and rock ‘n’ roll to address themes of youth culture, East-meets-West globalization, and the nature of cinema itself. Assayas’ simultaneously cerebral and entertaining films move restlessly and impressively between genres—from hip, hyper-sleek thrillers to intimate chamber dramas to his latest magnum opus: a staggering biopic about Venezuelan terrorist Carlos the Jackal.

Theater:

Extended through Sunday, October 16: Murder in the Cathedral by TS Eliot at The Church of St. Joseph in Prospect Heights.

Music:

What’s going on the Brooklyn and NYC music scene on Friday: Brooklyn Vegan

Music for kids this weekend: A Child Grows in Brooklyn

Friday, October 8 and Saturday, October 9 at the Bell House: Brooklyn Soul Festival

Friday, October 8 at The Rock Shop: folk, ambient, a capella, experimental music from Sharon Van Etten and Julianna Barwick

Friday, October 8 at 8PM at Zora Space: Marketa Irglova and Mark Geary

Art:

At the Brooklyn Museum now through January 2nd: a mid-career survey of  Fred Tomaselli’s “unique hybrid paintings and collages from 1990 to the present. These layered paintings combine cutout images of plants, birds, smiling mouths, and hands (clipped from field guides and magazines) with passages of paint and actual prescription pills and hallucinogenic plants to create highly stylized, eye-popping compositions.”

At Zora Space: One Generation – Seven Artists presents seven Iranian artists graduated from Tehran University, Faculty of Art, during late1960s and early 1970s. “Our group of seven does not claim to have a manifesto; rather we present a collective exhibition from artists who share a lot of similar experiences. We don’t ask why we are all together, but half a century of friendship is the best mortar for our bonding.” with artists: Nahid Hagigat, Hadi Hazavei, Shahram Kari, Abbas Kiarostami, Nicky Nodjoumi, Sudi Sharafshahi, Nasser Vaziri

Ghosts of the Siberian Gulag Along the Old Kolyma Highway: Art in Brooklyn

What’s going on Friday: Brooklyn Vegan

Downtown HS: Brooklynometry

Live in the land and befriend faith: Water Over Rocks

Prayer is projecting anger: Old First Blog

Ornette Coleman: Do the Math

Fela at St. Ann’s Warehouse: Self-Absorbed Boomer

My life with Robert Bolano; Truth and Rocket Science

Tonight it’s OK to leave Brooklyn.  Steve Wynn and The Miracle 3 (guitarist Jason Victor, bassist Dave DeCastro and drummer Linda Pitmon) play The Living Room tonight at 9pm; tickets are 10 bucks.  You won’t see a better live show anywhere else this evening, or the rest of this year for that matter.

Just to make sure you don’t think that it’s the guy with the hotels, I’ve posted a picture of Steve.  And that guy with the hotels?  He spells his name with a “ph.”

All the details of tonight’s great show can be found here at Now I’ve Heard Everything.

–Eliot Wagner