for breaking news visit www.timesnewsweekly.com AUGUST 20, 2015 • times 23 Bushwick Starr announces its 2015-16 season of performances BY ANTHONY GIUDICE [email protected] @A_GiudiceReport The Bushwick Starr performing arts center is gearing up for its seventh season with an impressive lineup of shows scheduled for 2015 and 2016. The season kicks off with the developing work program, the Propeller Project. This year Bushwick Starr introduces a new piece by Brooklyn-based performance artist LNWD, aka Linwood Young, titled “Dark Star: The Cosmic Event for Your Nerve.” During the three-night concert event, from Aug. 27 to 29, the audience is invited aboard the Dark Star ship to enjoy an evening of great music. The main stage will feature performances by award-winning music theater artist Cynthia Hopkins, performer/choreographer Jaamil Kosoko, Banana Bag & Bodice, popular comedian/performance host Ikechukwu Ufomadu, and more. From Oct. 7 to 31, Bushwick Starr will present “The Alcoholic Movie Musical!” by Cynthia Hopkins. “The Alcoholic Movie Musical!” is a comedy routine about alcoholism that rapidly evolves into an operatic description of Hopkins’ quest to create an outlandish musical film telling her life story, culminating in a live enactment of this impossible film. Jaamil Kosoko, in association with his company anonymous bodies, will present “Imaging Justice for the Dark Devine” from Nov. 12 to 15. In this series of series of performative actions, installations, dialogues, offerings, medicinal practices, rituals and readings, Kosoko will explore issues of equity and inclusion within the theatrical space. “Yoleros” by Alex Vásquez Escaño, presented with Teatrica in association with Brooklyn Gypsies, will take place on Dec. 17 to 19 at Bushwick Starr. “Yoleros” is the story of three special lottery winners who embark on a journey to Puerto Rico, while facing their innermost desires, fears and what the sea has to offer. It will be performed in Spanish with English supertitles. The first main stage show of next year will be “LONGYARN,” presented by Banana Bag & Bodice from Jan. 13 to 30, 2016. “LONGYARN” is based on strong, peculiar and compelling women from history, but the focal source material is the memoir of Peig Sayers, an old Gaelic woman who lived off the west coast of Ireland at the beginning of the 20th century. From May 11 to 28, 2016, Ikechukwu Ufomadu will play host to an evening of late-night talk show entertainment for his show “Ike at Night.” Each night is an all new mix of comedy, interviews and music. “Ike at Night” was originally produced by OBIE-winning venue JACK, and played a sold-out run at The Public Theater’s 2015 Under the Radar Festival. “Our ongoing community events and festivals, Puppets & Poets, Brooklyn Gypsies, and Big Green Theater, will continue to present new collaborative work geared towards our Bushwick neighborhood audience,” said Sue Kessler, executive director of Bushwick Starr. “And finally, our monthly Starr Reading Series will cultivate new plays in development from some of NYC’s most exciting young playwrights.” All tickets will be on sale through the Bushwick Starr website, and range in price from $15 to $18. Bushwick Starr is located at 207 Starr St. For more information, visit www.thebushwickstarr.org. QUEENS Photo courtesy Sue Kessler The Bushwick Starr has announced its lineup for the 2015-16 season. Massive community-made mural unveiled in LIC BY ANGY ALTAMIRANO [email protected] @aaltamirano28 The commute to and from work, school and other daily activities for pedestrians and drivers in Long Island City just got more colorful — all with help from the community. Queens artist Mark Salinas, who is the founder of the mural organization 7Train Murals, joined the Long Island City Partnership and the Department of Transportation on Aug. 12 to unveil the mural titled “Pedestrian Patterns” on the Thomson Avenue Bridge. “The mural’s design is inspired by sneaker sole patterns and illustrates our daily commute from bright busy days to peaceful quiet evenings,” Salinas said. “The image begins bold and colorful and then transitions, with the rise and descent of the bridge’s architecture, into a quiet and camouflaged design.” “Pedestrian Patterns” — which was part of the DOT’s Community Commission open call for art installations — was community-made with support from volunteers and local organizations such The Citizens Committee for New York City, LaGuardia Community College, International High School, Citi, the Falchi Building, Vanbarton Group, Re:Sources, and Janovic Paint and Decorating Centers. “Thomson Avenue Bridge is a vital connector in Queens for thousands of daily commuter,” said Elizabeth Lusskin, president of the LIC Partnership. “With the addition of this beautiful new mural, we look forward to seeing it become a key point of interest in LIC.” Going from 44th Drive to Skillman Avenue, the 6,000-square-foot piece is one of the largest community-made murals in the borough. The mural, which was one of four new projects selected by the DOT, is made up of 25 colors plus one tinted background color on 33 panels. “The beautification of vacant and vandalized public spaces improves the appearance of our neighborhood for local residents and visitors alike,” state Senator Michael Gianaris said. “The ‘Pedestrian Patterns Mural’ is an admirable addition to our community’s growing cultural fabric. I am pleased to see our community come together to make this area more lively.” Photo via Department of Transportation’s Flickr
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