Music

BRIC Rotunda Gallery says So Long to the Heights on June 26

BRIC’s Contemporary Art Program is moving from the Rotunda Gallery at 33 Clinton Space to BRIC’s new space in…

‘Sing For Hope’ Public Pianos Return June 1, Including BBP’s Pier 1

As BHB reported in February, Sing for Hope’s outdoor pianos—last seen the summer before last—will return next month to various locations in New York City, including Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1. The project launches June 1 and endures through the 16th, with 88 artist-designed pianos placed in parks & public spaces throughout the city for […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Adam Yauch To Be Honored At 2013 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival

Following May 3rd’s ceremony in Brooklyn Heights dedicating the newly named Adam Yauch Park in honor of the late Beastie Boy, the childhood Heights’ resident will now be acknowledged with a special tribute at the 2013 Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival. Yauch, a.k.a. MCA, lost his battle with cancer in May 2012, at age 47. Wes Jackson, […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Dance Parties at Brooklyn Bridge Park Start Thursday With New Orleans Funk

BRIC Arts Media and the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy are co-sponsoring a series of three Celebrate Brooklyn! dance parties on Pier 1 the next three Thursday evenings, starting at 7:00 p.m. This Thursday, May 9, the featured act is New Orleans’ Big Sam’s Funky Nation (photo). The NYC Freedom’s DJs will warm things up. Next […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Spring Break Events at the New York Transit Museum

The New York Transit Museum will hold three performances daily of an original children’s musical every day from March…

Grace & Spiritus Chorale Presents “Missa Pangea” at St. Ann’s Church Sunday

The Grace & Spiritus Chorale of Brooklyn (photo) will present “Missa Pangea,” a concert featuring three distinct versions of the Mass from three continents, this coming Sunday, January 27, starting at 4:00 p.m., at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church, Clinton and Montague streets. The program includes the “Coronation Mass” by Mozart, the Canadian […]
(via Brooklyn Heights Blog)

Smashing Pumpkins at Barclays Center

The Smashing Pumpkins were supposed to play Barclays Center on Halloween, but Hurricane Sandy caused the show to be rescheduled to last night. As usual, folks tweeted photos and added their own commentary. Fans of Post Modern music got to take in the latest version of the band – leader Billy Corgan is the only remaining original member – and had mixed reviews.

Eric Sunderman writes in the Village Voice:

Rolling Stones at Barclay’s Center

The Rolling Stones performed at Barclays Center on Saturday night and people tweeted about it. Yes, even Boomers scratching something off their bucket list use social media. Read all about it after the jump.

Jay-Z Meets Ellen Grossman on the Subway, the Internet Goes Wild

To get to his 8th and final show opening Barclays Center, Jay-Z took the subway. The videos of him…

Patti Smith Says Barclays Center is Like a Cockroach

Patti Smith and Neil Young played Barclay’s Center Monday night and, naturally, folks tweeted about it.

One fan wrote, “patti smith just likened the barclays center to a cockroach… while playing barclays center.”