Come out to hear Porch Stomp, an acoustic bluegrass experience. A fun time for all, guaranteed!

Piano Salon Series - $10 suggested donation

(1) Clara Yang (piano) performs Ex Machina, a collaboration with new-media artist Xuan.

(2) Clare Longendyke, piano

(3) Sergio Sorrentino, guitar

Ex Machina is an interdisciplinary and multimedia project exploring the intricate connections and relationship between technology and humanity through visual art and music.
In this project, we will explore the machine’s multifaceted meanings artistically, musically, and philosophically. Acclaimed new media artist Xuan will create a visually immersed show for the whole program.

Piano + Series - $10 suggested donation

Curated by Teodora Stepancic. Melodica Duets by Grzegorz Marciniak and piece for piano and ensemble by Eva-Maria Houben performed by LCollective and guests.

Sunday Guitar Salon Concert - $10 suggested donation

GRAMMY-Nominated classical and electric guitarist Dr. Tom Clippinger has been described as “one of the finest young players I’ve heard,” and “someone to watch” (Oren Fader, guitarist and faculty at Manhattan School of Music and SUNY Purchase).
Also featuring guitarist Colin Fullerton.

Pirate Utopias - $10 suggested donation

Live music from Spectrum

Latinx Arcade and cultural game space exhibit.

Sunday Salon Concert - $10 suggested donation

Clarinetist / composer / Distinguished Professor (Music and Philosophy) David Rothenberg curates a loosely-themed Hanukkah event: PLAY AN ACCORDION, GO TO JAIL. It’s the Law.

David is joined by: Composer / Ghost Ensemble director Ben Richter on accordion; Leon Gruenbaum on Samchillian and Misha; Thomas Strønen (in from Oslo) on drums.

$10 suggested donation

Tribute / memorial concert for multi-instrumentalist David Tamura. Curated by jazz / rock musician and film director Alex Lozupone. David Tamura was generous in performing at many Spectrum events in a delightfully-heterogeneous mix of contexts. A significant cross-section of New York City’s avant-garde and experimental music community will present performances honoring David, whose passing surprised many of us and whose absence will be sorely felt. 

Join us for a LIVE auction of donated artworks that remain without bids from our current “Fall for Art” online auction.

This is BWAC’s final fundraiser for the year—help us keep the lights on and continue to show amazing art and provide much-needed community programming. We need your support to make it happen!

Join us for live music and celebration! This is your last weekend to see over 300 works of art celebrating Latinx and hispanic heritage.

Directions to BWAC

RAICES, a Latinx Art Exhibit presents some Latin Jazz with The Willie Martinez Trio

Willie Martinez – Drums/Vocals . Silvano Monasterios – Piano . Melissa Slocum – Bass

Willie Martinez has been a familiar face in New York City’s eclectic music scene for well over thirty-five years. As well as being one of the most sought-after drummers on the Latin Jazz scene today, Willie is also an accomplished arranger and composer. He is a master percussionist with yet another secret weapon: Willie is also a gifted vocalist.

The Willie Martinez Trio combines the melodies of iconic jazz repertoire with the deep and infectious rhythms of the Afro Caribbean! It shows how this marriage is timeless and smokes with every note.

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RAICES, a Latinx Art Exhibit, presents the sounds of Latin psychedelic cumbia, chicha, and folk music.

RAICES, a Latinx Art Exhibit, presents the sounds of Latin psychedelic cumbia, chicha, and folk music.

Join Grammy-nominated musician Araceli Poma and dancer Jossie as they play and tell stories in Spanish and English. Araceli will bring her charango from her native Peru and tell us a little about her beautiful culture, with rhythms of Andean and Afro-Peruvian music. Join us for this fun way to learn. Araceli's family programs bring her passion for her traditional music and language to New York children and families.

This special performance kicks off Red Hook Library and Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition's (BWAC) Fall Storytime Series. On select Saturdays (10/28, 11/04, 11/18, 12/02, and 12/09), we will read stories for kids from ages 0-7 and then do a simple craft together. Come for storytime and stay for the art at BWAC -- tell your friends and bring your little ones!

Sunday Salon Concert - $10 suggested donation

This program explores the meaning and expression of the poetic form of the elegy across multiple generations and cultural landscapes. In this program we hear from artists specifically writing elegies (Takemitsu), artists who write tributes to each other, other artists, and friends (Takemitsu, Kurtag, and Knussen), and artists who explore the meaning of the elegy as a form of memorializing a past version of their life, such as their childhood (Enescu). Through these beautiful pieces, we are able to look at the elegy from multiple angles and explore what is so compelling about the elegy as a form of exploring memory and seeking reflection.

Two sets:

• Lauren Conroy, Violin and Matthew Schultheis, Piano

• Cornelius Dufallo, Violin and Guy Barash, Composer

Full program notes

Each year for one weekend, studios and workspaces of artists and makers are open to visitors throughout Red Hook, Brooklyn. Enjoy this unique opportunity to meet the artists and discover how they create their work. The event is free and open to the public.

The COLOR Show was a delightful depiction of creative expression. Please join us as Armando Garcia, the juror for this show shares his thoughts on color and a few select pieces this closing weekend.

Friday evening event - $10 suggested donation

A new series at Spectrum, where traditionally amplified instruments (e.g., electric guitar, electric organ, synthesizer) feature prominently. Performances can vary widely, from psychedelic / progressive rock-influenced sets to forms and formats perhaps never seen before. Amplified instruments, unmistakably ambitious music!

Three sets:

• Gordon Beeferman’s Organ trio

• A Parallax View (progressive rock band)

• Gene Pritsker’s Sound Liberation Trio

Full program notes

See a live demonstration by Renee Radenberg about some of the techniques used to create her glass art. In the second floor gallery.

PLEASE NOTE: Due to flooding and the city state of emergency, the John Strohbeen: Celebration of Life event originally scheduled for Friday evening has been rescheduled for Saturday, Sept. 30 @ 5 pm.

Red Hook Library and BWAC are hosting this family storytime in Red Hook on the last Saturday of the month, 4-5pm. We will read stories for kids age 0 to 7, and then do a simple craft together. Tell your friends and bring your little ones!

FREE GIVEAWAY: KIDS BOOKS
We’ll have a limited number of kids books to give away while supplies last. Have some books to donate? Bring ‘em by!

4-5pm on last Saturdays: July 29th, August 6th, and September 30th

Renee Radenberg will speak about her personal journey of exploration of kiln-forming glass (fused glass) techniques over the years and bringing to life other forms of her art into glass, such as her live model sketches. In the second floor gallery.

Due to inclement weather we will reschedule for Sep 30.