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The Park Slope Civic Council and Art Slope present a free outdoor screening of films from their Shorts in the Slope short film festival.
Bring your lawn chairs and blankets to the field behind OSH to support talented Brooklyn filmmakers and enjoy movies under the stars!

Art Slope is the arts advocacy committee of the Park Slope Civic Council, whose mission is to enhance the lives of Park Slope residents and visitors.

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Join us on the front lawn for a Silent Disco! We’ll provide the headphones, you bring your best moves to dance the night away.
All ages are welcome at this free event, generously sponsored by the Park Slope Fifth Avenue BID.
A form of ID must be be handed in to borrow headphones.

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Shakespeare’s iconic “Pastoral Comedy” comes to Old Stone House of Brooklyn with a Seven Stages Shakespeare Company twist.

At moments light and silly, by turns devastating and harrowing; hope triumphs in this classic tale.
In this three dimensional exploration of nature, family, power and destruction, and the battle between classes; AS YOU LIKE IT promises to get you thinking, and a song or two to leave whistling.

This is a site specific production, the play will be performed outdoors in Washington Park!
All performances are free or pay what you will.

Special performance with Justin Sterling 7 p.m.
Closing event/fiber workshop with Tahir Carl Karmali and Jessi Highet:
Saturday, October 12, 3-4:30 pm, in conjunction with the Kings County Fiber Festival

Exhibition Dates: August 15 – October 13, 2019
Hours: Fridays 3-6 p.m.; or by appointment. Call 718-768-3195.
Katherine Gressel, Curator

No More Water brings together emerging artists Tahir Carl Karmali and Justin Sterling to respond to the Old Stone House’s unique space. Both artists use reclaimed and abstracted vernacular materials––including used cell phone batteries and broken windows––to symbolize local and global policies that contribute to inequality and displacement. The title No More Water also implies our current climate emergency (characterized by increased floods, wildfires, and water contamination) and an urgent call for action.

The artists chose No More Water to reference James Baldwin’s 1963 publication The Fire Next Time, which begins and ends with the line, “God gave Noah the rainbow sign, no more water, the fire next time!”, quoting the spiritual Mary Don’t you Weep and alluding to the Old Testament story of God flooding a corrupt earth. The Fire Next Time is considered a galvanizing text for the American Civil Rights movement in its examination of racial injustice and its call for all people of “consciousness” to “change the history of the world.” Situated at OSH in a reconstructed colonial farmhouse and Revolutionary War battleground, Karmali and Sterling’s work helps confront uncomfortable truths of the past and present while also suggesting possibilities for transformation.

Both artists explore the potential and limitations of art’s role in addressing injustice. Karmali describes his installations as “deceptively beautiful or attractive, as an art form, allowing the viewer to savor them as primary material before a layer of trauma (of migration, of displacement, of labor) slowly reveals itself.” He presents new and site-specific work from his ongoing STRATA series, which consists of layered raffia dyed with cobalt extracted from cell phone batteries, referencing traditional Congolese kuba cloth and the exploitation of cobalt miners in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Sterling’s sculptures made of broken windows and other urban detritus, by contrast, retain more of their original, sometimes jarring forms, alluding to the controversial policing policy of the same name as well as other forces that contribute to displacement, gentrification, and mass incarceration. Yet they offer myriad “attempts to fix, recycle, or archive” as an alternative to discarding. Both artists metaphorically push back against the destruction of both local communities and our larger environment, while simultaneously placing the viewer in close physical proximity with the impact of this destruction, challenging a “culture of indifference.”

At the August 15 opening at 7pm, Justin Sterling’s opening performance will combine trumpet and movement improvisation to respond to the work on view, also alluding to his roots in New Orleans, an area with a history of natural disasters and rebuilding.

Funding for No More Water is made possible, in part, by the Puffin Foundation and the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

The classic story of Rapunzel, performed by students from Piper’s education program.
Bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the field, and enjoy snacks and drinks from our concession stand!

Directed by Aaron Novak*.
Assistant Directed by Maeve Hogan.
Lighting Design by Nick Calafiore.
Sound Design by Justin Propper.
Costume Design by Marisa Kaugars.

*Member, Actors’ Equity Association.

A fantastical world premiere play performed by the students from Piper’s educational workshop.
Bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the field, and enjoy snacks and drinks from our concession stand!

Directed by Michael Saarela.
Assistant Directed by Kate Hopkins.
Lighting Design by Nick Calafiore.
Sound Design by Justin Propper.
Costume Design by Marisa Kaugars.

Young performers from Piper’s education workshop bring to life the story of a china rabbit who goes on a 30 year journey after being separated from his owner. Adapted by Dwayne Hartford form the book by Kate DiCamillo.
Bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit on the field, and enjoy snacks and drinks from our concession stand!

Directed by Lindsey Sproul.
Assistant Directed by Jordan Mangi.
Lighting Design by Nick Calafiore.
Sound Design by Justin Propper.
Costume Design by Marisa Kaugars.

The classic musical performed by students from Piper’s educational workshop.
Bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit out on the field, and enjoy snacks and drinks from our concession stand!

Directed by Ryan Michele Woods.
Assistant Directed by Sari Klainberg.
Musical Direction by Megan Jonynas.
Choreography by Julie Gibson.
Lighting Design by Nick Calafiore.
Sound Design by Justin Propper.
Costume Design by Marisa Kaugars.

The musical adaptation of the beloved animated film comes to life performed by students from Piper’s educational workshop.
Bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit out on the field, and enjoy snacks and drinks from our concession stand!

Directed by Ilan Eskenazi & Emma Rothstein.
Choreography by Julie Gibson.
Musical Direction by Dionne McClain-Freeney.
Lighting Design by Nick Calafiore.
Sound Design by Justin Propper.
Costume Design by Marisa Kaugars.

The classic musical performed by students from Piper’s educational workshop.
Bring a blanket or lawn chair to sit out on the field, and enjoy snacks and drinks from our concession stand!

Directed by Ryan Michele Woods.
Assistant Directed by Sari Klainberg.
Musical Direction by Megan Jonynas.
Choreography by Julie Gibson.
Lighting Design by Nick Calafiore.
Sound Design by Justin Propper.
Costume Design by Marisa Kaugars.