It’s time for this week’s Editors’ Picks! Set your calendar accordingly.
Monday, May 3
Dirty job
When Ian Cheney takes his truck for a spin, he keeps more than spades and fertilizer in the back — he brings his whole garden with him. The Red Hook filmmaker, who grows crops out of the back of his 1968 Dodge pickup truck, will talk about his adventures in urban farming as part of the Open City Dialogue lecture series at Pete’s Candy Store. One thing is certain: his radishes are unleaded.
7:30 pm. Ian Cheney at Pete’s Candy Store [709 Lorimer St. near Richardson Street in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770]. For info, visit www.petescandystore.com.
Dirty job
When Ian Cheney takes his truck for a spin, he keeps more than spades and fertilizer in the back — he brings his whole garden with him. The Red Hook filmmaker, who grows crops out of the back of his 1968 Dodge pickup truck, will talk about his adventures in urban farming as part of the Open City Dialogue lecture series at Pete’s Candy Store. One thing is certain: his radishes are unleaded.
7:30 pm. Ian Cheney at Pete’s Candy Store [709 Lorimer St. near Richardson Street in Williamsburg, (718) 302-3770]. For info, visit www.petescandystore.com.
Wednesday, May 5
Name dropping
Park Slope’s over-achieving elementary school, PS 107, has done it again — this time snagging big name memoiristas, Alexandra Styron and Bliss Broyard to dish about their high-profile dads (depressive William Styron and sort-of black man Anatole Broyard). When these ladies start airing the dirty laundry, it’s definitely for the third-graders!
7:30 pm. Alexandra Styron and Bliss Broyard at PS 107 [1301 Eighth Ave. at 13th Street in Park Slope, (718) 499-2054]. Tickets are $10. For info, visit www.ps107.org.
Name dropping
Park Slope’s over-achieving elementary school, PS 107, has done it again — this time snagging big name memoiristas, Alexandra Styron and Bliss Broyard to dish about their high-profile dads (depressive William Styron and sort-of black man Anatole Broyard). When these ladies start airing the dirty laundry, it’s definitely for the third-graders!
7:30 pm. Alexandra Styron and Bliss Broyard at PS 107 [1301 Eighth Ave. at 13th Street in Park Slope, (718) 499-2054]. Tickets are $10. For info, visit www.ps107.org.
Friday, May 7
Fashion forward
You’re more likely to see the names Dior, Schiaparelli and Lanvin in fashion magazines, but they’ll also be on the walls of the Brooklyn Museum — when the borough’s pre-eminent art gallery throws open its closet for the first large-scale exhibition from its enormous fashion collection in 20 years. Our favorite piece is Elisa Schiaparelli famous “Insect Necklace” — a collaboration with Surrealist Salvador Dali. Don’t wear it on the subway!
10 am-6 pm: “American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection” at the Brooklyn Museum [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in Crown Heights, (718) 638-5000]. Admission $10. For info, visit www.brooklynmuseum.org.
Fashion forward
You’re more likely to see the names Dior, Schiaparelli and Lanvin in fashion magazines, but they’ll also be on the walls of the Brooklyn Museum — when the borough’s pre-eminent art gallery throws open its closet for the first large-scale exhibition from its enormous fashion collection in 20 years. Our favorite piece is Elisa Schiaparelli famous “Insect Necklace” — a collaboration with Surrealist Salvador Dali. Don’t wear it on the subway!
10 am-6 pm: “American High Style: Fashioning a National Collection” at the Brooklyn Museum [200 Eastern Pkwy. at Washington Avenue in Crown Heights, (718) 638-5000]. Admission $10. For info, visit www.brooklynmuseum.org.
Saturday, May 8
Ashing a lot
Some Euro ash nearly spoiled “Eurotrash.” But now that air travel has returned, the Brooklynite Gallery is heralding its new show, featuring two of the most influential international street artists working today: Norwegian stencil artist Dolk and Polish muralist M-City. We like Dolk, whose monochromatic pieces often feature something yellow — a nod to Andy Warhol’s banana. That reminds us to order a daiquiri.
7 pm. “Eurotrash” at Brooklynite Gallery [334 Malcolm X. Blvd. between Decatur and Bainbridge streets in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (347) 405-5976]. For info, visit www.brooklynitegallery.com.
Ashing a lot
Some Euro ash nearly spoiled “Eurotrash.” But now that air travel has returned, the Brooklynite Gallery is heralding its new show, featuring two of the most influential international street artists working today: Norwegian stencil artist Dolk and Polish muralist M-City. We like Dolk, whose monochromatic pieces often feature something yellow — a nod to Andy Warhol’s banana. That reminds us to order a daiquiri.
7 pm. “Eurotrash” at Brooklynite Gallery [334 Malcolm X. Blvd. between Decatur and Bainbridge streets in Bedford-Stuyvesant, (347) 405-5976]. For info, visit www.brooklynitegallery.com.
Dolt
