Brooklyn Academy of Music

The 10 Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 6/7/13

For more shows throughout the weekend, check out our New York Concert Calendar, which we update daily.

LATE ORCHESTRATION

BAM transforms the work of Erykah Badu

Spring Arts Guide Picks: Theater

Spring Arts Guide: Six Films to See This Spring

You Don't Have To Feel Bad For Kristeen Young Anymore

"I know it makes no sense, but I know it's going to work out, that I shouldn't give up," says Kristeen Young, punctuating the serious thought with a bright, loud laugh, as she does often in conversation. "There's no logic to it, but I know the best is still to come." Kristeen Young performs with Mo ... More >>

Holiday Guide: Arts Listings

The Ten Best Concerts in New York This Weekend, 9/21/12

In no particular order, here are ten can't-miss shows in New York this weekend. For the Voice's full rundown of New York concerts, hit up villagevoice.com/concerts. See Also: - All Tomorrow's Parties Preview: Founder Barry Hogan on the Festival's Move to New York City - Fear of a Talibam! Planet - ... More >>

Fall Arts Guide 2012: Film

Spring Guide 2012: The Stabbin' Cabin

Enjoy a rustic bloodbath

The Crossing Brooklyn Ferry Festival, Starring The Walkmen, St. Vincent, Beirut, And A Bunch Of Other Bands, Is Happening In May

The Brooklyn Academy of Music has announced the inaugural running of Crossing Brooklyn Ferry, a three-day music, film, and art extravaganza put together by the National's Bryce and Aaron Dessner, and set to take over BAM from May 3 to 5. Named after a poem by Walt Whitman, the festival has a lineup ... More >>

BLOODY GOOD

Kevin Spacey takes on Richard III

Holiday Guide: Arts Picks

Atys: He'll Take the Nymph

Jean-Baptiste Lully's masterpiece French-Baroques its way back to BAM

Fall Arts: Film Picks

Summer Guide: The Ballet Nacional of Cuba Steps Into BAM

Will any of the dancers make a permanent leap? Plus, summer dance picks.

Spring Arts Guide: Bertrand Tavernier's The Princess of Montpensier and More

Plus 'Cruel Cinema,' Rudy Wurlitzer, and other spring film picks

IN COLD BLOOD

The Olivier Award–winning Cheek by Jowl stages Macbeth

What's Happening This Week: Mystery Wine; Good Beer

As you may know, our weekly dining and drinking newsletter features all the coolest epicurean events in the city. Sign up for it here! Mystery Dinner Spina Restaurant Tuesday, July 27 at 7:30 p.m. As part of its Mystery Dinner series, the restaurant will offer a $65 four-course pairing menu featuri ... More >>

D. A. Pennebaker Is Directing A Webcast For the National

​Right, so, the man who made Don't Look Back and Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars will apparently be directing a YouTube stream of a National concert, scheduled for May 15th at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The show's a benefit for the Red Hot Organization, according to Brooklyn Vegan ... More >>

IT’S A DRAW

Brooklyn animators get a feature-length forum

This Week In The Voice: Every Hour is Happy Hour

​What if you lived in a city where there was a bar with a happy hour, for every hour of the day? Guess what, New Yorkers: You do.

The Wall Walker: Forty Years of Challenges From Trisha Brown

Merce Cunningham, 1919-2009

WHO'S THAT GIRL?

Propeller Company's all-male cast is gender-bending fun

Economy Doesn't Stop George Soros from Enjoying Chekhov, Ethan Hawke

credit: Joan Marcus It's nice to know that the meltdown of the world economy is not preventing George Soros from enjoying classic Russian theater. The international financier was just one of a surprising number of notables taking in Wednesday night's opening of the Sam Mendes-directed The Cherry O ... More >>

MIND THE GAP

The Bridge Project joins talents from the U.S. and UK

POETIC LICENSE

Ridge Theater celebrates Emily Dickinson

THE OUTSIDERS

Rebellion has never been so fun

Sundance Highlights Come to BAM

Non-fiction-filled mini-fest opens with a bust, then rocks

The Scrunchie Invasion

BAM's all-night fête flaunts bands, burlesque, and a 'mid-career Lindsay Lohan retrospective'

Letters

Wandering

German ripples in BAM's Next Wave Festival

Faith Some More

The passion between church and art

The 48th Annual Obie Awards

All Over—Till Next Year

Listings

The New World Border

International Theater in the Post–9-11 Era

Clash of the Titans

James Levine and His Met Orchestra Take Down the Stars

Pooting in the Shadows

Parlez-Vous Français?

French Tries, by Romanian Eugene Ionesco, Come Alive

Reinventing the ’60s

White Oak Shines New Light on Rambunctious Old Days

'Sounds of Praise'

Prepare for Saints

Flying High, Climbing Mountains, Coming Down

Prepare to Be Surprised

An Anniversary Season, a Return Visit, and a New York Debut

Plunging Toward Apocalypse

Medals, Please, for All These Dancers

Into the Black

Moves From All Over

Music

Look Back!

Choreographers Raid the Past

In the Presence of a Clown

Taking It Apart

Radical Expats Drop by New York

Brain Wave