Recycling Show at BWAC

WINNER of Innovative Use of Material – SILVER
‘Great Egret’
By Lisa Bagwell

Through June 17, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition exhibits over 60 artists who have found some really creative ways to restore value into “trash.” Some, it must be said, do look like the substance they’re made of, but others like Natalya Aikens’s “Sunset” and Michael Rejner’s poignant “MRO1-S4” are very memorable. Juror John Cloud Kaiser wrote “Whether it is the painting made on a discarded canvas found on 9/ll, or the gold melted into the cracks of broken marble tile, or the green paint cans glued together in a latex totem, all material used here tell a story.”

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The City Reliquary Museum

In Williamsburg, a small “not-for-profit community museum and civic organization” is recreating the genesis of roller life in Brooklyn. Through Oct 14 “Empire Skate: The Birthplace of Roller Disco” shows how roller disco became “a national icon and a focal point of the African American community in Brooklyn.” The stars (other than Cher) of the exhibit are those who remember roller skating around at Empire Rollerdrome (closed in 2007) in Crown Heights during the 70s and 80s. The catalog reads,  “Locally it was known as a place where New Yorkers of all ages and backgrounds could come together; where grandparents showed grandchildren their favorite moves, and former gang members and Hasidic Jews skated side by side.”

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The Doggy Cats at Sunny’s

Every couple months or so, the jazz sextet, The Doggy Cats, strike at Sunny’s. With original music by Red Hook by the talented Tetsuro Hoshii (who also designs the posters), the band’s motto is “Music for Joy!” and they deliver. Since 2015, The Doggy Cats have delivered solid, upbeat compositions that will make any evening better. Dancing is encouraged.

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