Brooklyn Paper’s essential guide to the Borough of Kings April 3–9, 2020
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Whatever floats your boat: Peter Katz of Peaer, who is playing in the first installment of Baby’s All Right’s digital concert series.
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By Ben Verde
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Williamsburg nightclub Baby’s All
Right is going digital, the venue
announced March 31.
To support its out-of-work staff while
the brick and mortar performance space is
shut down, the Broadway haunt will host
a series of online concerts featuring both
big-name and up-and-coming indie rockers.
Best of all, fans can access the series
for just five bucks, but with the option to
donate more.
“Baby’s All Right is and forever will be
about creating a community and a space
for artists and fans to come together in
love and unity,” the venue said in a statement
on Instagram. “It’s a mission that
could never be accomplished without our
dedicated and loving staff, all of whom are
now very suddenly out of work.”
The shows will be live-streamed from
the artist’s homes or a space of their choosing,
and fans will have the chance to interact
with performers through by messaging
them and requesting songs. Proceeds will
go to Baby’s staff, the artists, and Make
The Road New York, a grassroots advocacy
group.
Slowcore outfit Peaer kicked off the first
night of performances on April 1, alongside
“bedroom pop” band Why Bonnie.
Future acts will include Locate S,1, Jotay,
and Cam Tony (Mac DeMarco).
Prior to the show, Peter Katz of Peaer said
he was approaching the live-stream as any
other solo, intimate show, which he streamed
from the comfort of his own home.
Katz says the virtual set provides him
the opportunity to play around with new
material and takes off some of the pressure
that usually goes along with performing
before an audience of warm bodies.
“Some of the pressure is alleviated,” Katz
said. “You can feel more comfortable taking
more chances. If you mess up, there’s
no fourth wall.”
And, Katz said, asking folks to log on to
a live-stream is easier than asking them to
schlep out to Bushwick for a show, which
alleviates some of the pressure for drawing
an audience.
“It’s not like we’re asking people to go
out of their way to see us,” Katz said. “It’s
kind of like, tune in if you like.”
Baby TV, letswatchbabytv.online. April
1-4 at 8 pm, $5
By Kevin Duggan
Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn Public Library will
still host town hall meetings
to crowdsource ideas for a
new amendment to the Constitution
online, according to organizers,
who have chosen to carry
on with the series digitally amid
the coronavirus outbreak.
“Given the circumstances, we
thought that this is one of the projects
that lends itself to moving
online,” said Jacob Orsos, the
library’s vice president of arts
and culture.
The book lender will host its
free “28th Amendment Town
Hall” sessions via the video conferencing
platform Zoom twice a
week on Tuesdays and Saturdays
from April 4 through April 25.
Book bigwigs are planning
more discussions about possible
upgrades for the country’s founding
document for May, and the unprecedented
current health crisis
of the spread of COVID-19 will
feature heavily in the debates.
“I consider the virus a litmus
test,” Orsos said. “It really stunningly
indicates some of our most
problematic areas.”
Healthcare came up during inperson
town halls earlier in the
month, along with topics such as
voting rights, wealth accumulation,
and solidarity, said Orsos.
Professional moderators and
professors of constitutional law
will still lead the discussions and
law students from the five boroughs
will take notes of each
session. Those notes will then
be provided to a group of “Framers”
Photo by Gregg Richards
who will create a draft proposal
for the new amendment,
with a finalized version due by
mid-October.
Some of the sessions will be
part of select high schools’s online
learning programs the city
instituted since the closure of all
public schools as of March 16.
The Brooklyn Public Library
previously moved a lot of its programming
online, including children’s
story time, creative writing
contests, gaming sessions,
and career services, after closing
all branches due to the pandemic
on that same date.
People interested in taking
part in the upcoming amendment
sessions can register at the
library’s website with their email
to receive a Zoom invitation.
“28th Amendment Town
Hall” at Brooklyn Public Library
RSVP here. April 4-25, Saturdays
at 4 pm, Tuesdays at 7
pm. Free.
Williamsburg nightclub launches online concert series
Library to host
‘28th Amendment’
town halls online
Mac DeMarco, who will be performing as “Cam Tony” on April 4.
Photo by Coley Brown
TALKS
A participant at a March
5 town hall event holds a
copy of the Constitution.
By Jessica Parks
Brooklyn Paper
The borough’s independent
bookstores have taken quite
a hit as state regulations have
forced all non-essential businesses
to temporarily close their
doors in an effort to lessen the
spread of COVID-19. However,
many stores have simply moved
their operations online instead
of closing up completely.
Here’s a list of Brooklyn bookstores
that will bring the books
right to your front door while
you self-quarantine:
Community Bookstore
and Terrace Books
Park Slope’s Community
Bookstore and its sister bookshop
Terrace Books in Windsor
Terrace have both moved their
inventories online. Their joint
website includes Terrace Book’s
rare book selection and those
in search of a new or popular
title can check out the self-explanatory
“In Our Front Window”
section.
Books are Magic
Cobble Hill’s Book are Magic
will continue fulfilling online
book orders Mondays through
Fridays from 9 am to 4 pm. Their
wide range of titles should have
an option for every reader and
indecisive shoppers can find solace
in an assortment of recommendation
lists including staff’s
picks and works with a focus on
social justice.
Greenlight Books
The independently-owned
bookshops in Prospect-Leffert
Gardens and Fort Greene are
not only continuing to sell their
books online but are also offering
a slate of book groups and
other interactive events through
Zoom. And readers who can’t
wait any longer to escape into a
new story can purchase an audiobook
online as well.
Archestratus Books and
Foods
If you are in need of some
food inspiration while stuck at
home, head on over to the website
of Greenpoint’s Archestratus
Books and Foods. The Sicilian
bakery meets bookshop will ship
online purchases and is offering
their food and pantry selection
for curbside pickup Thursdays
through Sundays.
The BookMark Shoppe
While having closed this
storefront, this Bay Ridge bookshop
will deliver your order anywhere
in the country for free.
Also known for its fun bookmarks
and other trinkets, the
BookMark Shoppe is the perfect
place to make some purchases
for the family while shopping
for your next read.
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