- Ibsen in Bushwick … why not? Saint Jude of the Cats is putting on Lady from the Sea (Henrik Ibsen’s “quirky 1888 drama of necromancy, gender politics, and family dysfunction”) at Chez Bushwick this weekend (Thurs., Fri. & Sat. @ 8 p.m.; 304 Boerum Street #11). If it’s good, I’m pulling for Chekhov’s “The Cherry Orchard” set in industrial-wasteland Greenpoint next … or maybe Ghosts, Ibsen’s syphilis play, set in the McKibben lofts?
- Via Greenpointers: Forest Natural on Norman Ave. has reinvented itself as “Lunchbox Brooklyn,” a smoothie/sandwich/coffee kind of joint that seems to be offering pretty much the exact same (mediocre) items as it did before.
- There’s a new yoga & dance studio opening at The Loom (the strange art gallery / lounge / events space / retail center in Bushwick—think 3rd Ward meets suburban mini-mall—which I visited for the first time during Bushwick Open Studios this past weekend). Loom Studios is offering Vinyasa and Hatha yoga; Samba, improv and belly dance; and scattered modern dance, Pilates, movement and other classes. Besides being just about the only place I know of in these parts to offer dance, all June classes are only $5!
[My dream studio would offer tap, pilates, hula-hooping, baton, historical burlesque & modern jazz, among other things; who wants to make this a reality in Greenpoint???]
- Brooklyn music crush du jour: Xenia Rubinos. Like MIA (sans the political posturing) meets MiMi from Rent, singing Cuban & Puerto Rican children’s rhymes on top of weird keyboard beats. And, somehow, that is much more pleasant and exciting than it sounds.
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