Behind the Music
Next Tuesday, MeanRed Productions — the visionaries who turned Gowanus canalfront property into the outdoor music venue The Yard — begin their second annual, 5-day music residency in Fort Greene’s Paul Robeson Theater, once a church and now an often overlooked cultural center (though MeanRed is trying to change that). Performing […]

Elizabeth Streb’s dance company Streb, famous for its athletic, gymnastic, and sometimes dangerous performances — one dancer broke her back last year — has a new show, “Slam Show X,” until Dec. 16 at her Williamsburg studio, where audiences young and old can snack on popcorn and watch slackjawed as dancers perform gravity-defying, crowd-pleasing […]

If you’re in the market for locally made gifts, or want to make your own, your time has come:
Holiday Fairs
Dec. 1-23, noon-8pm, every Sat-Sun
First Annual Society for Clinton Hill Artisans Holiday Fair at Habana Outpost, 757 Fulton St at South Portland.
Dec. 1-23, noon-8pm, every Thurs-Sun
The 100 Bucks Art Show. Work by BK artists […]

Turkey, deadlines and family stress may all be looming large right now… but so is a glorious four-day weekend. Here, some ideas on how to fill it — and entertain those house guests.
Catch up on exhibits: If you haven’t yet seen Judy Chicago’s Dinner Party at the Brooklyn Museum—go. The level of detail and […]

The last Dumbolio ever at powerHouse Arena is this Saturday night (and we haven’t even been yet!). Begun in February by performer and playwright Ed Schmidt, the variety show will relocate to another, to be determined venue come January. But before its hiatus, Corey Dargel (right) will be singing a song from his musical […]

When the play “Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven” premiered in NYC last year, there was not a moment the audience wasn’t either laughing or left speechless by the audacity of its author, Young Jean Lee.
It opened with a man slapping her in the face (repeatedly, until it became sadistically funny), included Korean […]

The 9th annual Great PUPkin Costume Contest in Fort Greene Park returns this Saturday, and the advice judge and ClintonHillBlog-er Robin Lester has for dog owners can be extrapolated for anyone looking to dress up this year.
“The competition is fierce,” she warns. So if you’re looking to win, “avoid cliches and overly popular store-bought […]

Right Now: Tell Emily Farris you want to compete in her Oct. 16 casserole party. There’s just one spot left. Then spend the weekend perfecting your recipe. casserolecrazy.com
Thursday
2pm-on: Mack on free burgers and dogs during Barcade’s third anniversary party. Wash it all down with American craft beers. 388 Union Ave., near Ainslie, 718-302-6464, barcadebrooklyn.com
Friday
9am-11am: […]

Somewhere in the guidelines to writing an unforgettable kids’ book there must be a rule stipulating that at least one animal — stuffed, real, or made-up — be included, and that his name be funny. For me Lowly Worm is the character I will always remember, but for a new generation of kids (particularly […]

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Two Book Parties
While not creating quirky short story collections or blockbuster indie flicks, Miranda July, along with artist and co-provacateur Harrell Fletcher, have been assigning the public odd tasks like “write down a recent argument” or ” braid someone’s hair.” The responses, in the form of videos, texts, photographs and drawings, […]