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culture411
DUMBO's monthly arts
& culture e-news resource
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February 2010
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THURSDAY - DUMBO GALLERY WALK |
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Supported By:
Extended happy hour til 8pm, $3 Tecate's, $20 pitchers of sangria,
and $5 winter cocktails. Live Salsa Band
81 Washington, below Rice restaurant.
Gallery Walkers are invited for 2-4-1 drinks from 6 - 9pm.
16 Main Street, DUMBO, Bklyn
718.222.8500 | galapagosartspace.com
Restaurant & Bar featuring a seasonal organic menu, art, bands
& DJs. Happy hour from 4 to 7 pm featuring $3.50 select tap
beers & well cocktails & $3 Bud/Bud Light.126 Front Street, DUMBO, Bklyn
718.243.9005
A Gastropub located at 147 Front Street, Mezzanine Level. $2 off
draft beers and $5 double strength well drinks 'til 8:30.
www.rebarnyc.com
HAPPY HOUR PRICES til 2am. Free Cosmos 5-6pm for the Ladies.
Vintage Photography. Music, Ping Pong, LEDs.
66 Water Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
718.625.9352 | www.waterstreetrestaurant.com
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A
festive occasion each month for art lovers. A chance to visit many
quality galleries at night in one artsy Brooklyn neighborhood -
galleries showing works from artists of many disciplines while
hosting receptions, producing live music performances, screenings
and curator/artist talks among other highlights. Event is free to
the public. No RSVP required. Attendees choose their own routes.
Maps & location flyers on-site. Drink specials throughout the
evening at local bars.
HIGHLIGHTS
 Amos Eno
Gallery
New Year
Sampler
Charleen Kavleski, Deborah Freedman, Jose-Ricardo Presman, Walter
Thompson
Closing reception Thursday, February 4, 5:30 -
8:30pm
January 13 - February 6
Amos Eno Gallery is pleased to open the New Year with a group show
called New Year Sampler.
111 Front St., Suite 202, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718.237.3001| www.amoseno.org
 A.I.R.
Gallery
Gallery I: Daria Dorosh,
jump-off
Fellowship Gallery:
Suzanne Broughel, White Advent Calendar for Black History
Month
Gallery III:
Nancy Storrow, Findings
Opening reception: Thursday,
February 4, 6 - 8:30pm
111 Front St., Suite 228, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 212.255.6651| www.airgallery.org
 Baco Cafe &
Boutique
Richard Silver, Solo
Photography Exhibition
Thursday, February 4, 6 -
10pm
71 Jay Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-694-2226| www.bacocafe.com
 Brooklyn Arts
Council, BAC Gallery
Opening Reception for
Glitch Generation
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: Brianelectro, Jude Broughan, Loren Erdrich,
Scott Fitzgerald, Charles Gute, Valerie Hallier, Shannan Hayes,
Nora Herting, Kennedy James, Pozsi Kolor, Mark La Rosa, Thomas
Langley, LJ Lindhurst, Linda Stillman, Margo Wolowiec
Thursday, February 4, 2010, 6 -
8pm
Exhibition Dates: February 4 - June 25, 2010
Glitch Generation is a group exhibition of artworks rooted in
mistakes, either intentional or found, including "glitches" in the
wiring of our brains. Some participating artists have created a
unique environment to produce a malfunction in an otherwise stable
system, while others have happened upon a glitch by chance. The
exhibition also includes a Music/Performance on April 1 and a Video
Screening on May 6.
55 Washington Street, 218, Dumbo, Bklyn
718-625-0080 | www.brooklynartscouncil.org
Image: Nora Herting,
Reluctant Portraitist, 2007, archival digital photograph, 30 x 20
inches
 Bose
Pacia
Linear Obscurity
M. Pravat & Heeseop
Yoon
Opening reception: Thursday,
February 4, 6 - 8pm
February 4- March 19
Linear Obscurity features new works by New Delhi-based artist M.
Pravat and New York-based artist Heeseop Yoon. The works of both
artists possess a decidedly powerful combination of order and
disorder.
163 Plymouth St., Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 212.989.7074 | www.bosepacia.com
 Caption
Gallery
Instruments of
Empire
Photographs by Amy
Stein and Brian Ulrich
January 28-March 25, 2010
55 Washington Street, Suite 802, Dumbo, Bklyn
www.caption.is
 Collective
Consciousness NYC
BLANK IT
Misha Tyutyunik
February 4
Show will remain in place until February 29.
10 Jay Street, suite 605, Dumbo, Brooklyn
Phone: 732. 546.7744/914.400.6384 | www.ccnycinc.com
 Dumbo Art
Center
PIXELVILLE: An urban
concept in real time
Nivi Alroy and Shirley Shor
Curated by Peter Frank
January 9 - February 21,
2010
Pixelville is the collaborative project of the sculptor Nivi Alroy
and new media artist Shirley Shor. As Israeli women close in age,
Alroy and Shor share many experiences and observations, but
discovered their common aesthetic and social purpose only recently,
once both had relocated to New York.
30 Washington Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-694-083 | www.dumboartcenter.org
 Farmani
Gallery
A Queens
Affair
Photography by Kris Graves
and Eric Hairabedian
Book pre-launch and exhibition
Opening reception: Thursday, February
4
February 4 - 13
A Queens Affair is a collaborative photography effort by Kris
Graves and Eric Hairabedian, who were both born and raised in and
around Queens, New York. The exhibition includes 16 works on
display, as well as two mock-up books to be released in summer
2010. A $40 pre-order of the book includes two signed 8x10" prints
(one from Eric, one from Kris), edition of 100, to take home with
you.
111 Front St., Ste. 212, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718.578.4478 | www.farmanigallery.com or www.aqueensaffair.com
 Henry Gregg
Gallery
Past To
Present
Susan Sauerbrun, Chris Wynter,
Rafael Leonardo Black, Salvador Rossillio, Ron Taylor, Gloria
Kennedy, Juan Sanchez Juarez
February 4 - 21
The Henry Gregg Gallery begins its sixth season with the timeless
pieces that helped build the gallery and its reputation for
presenting great artists and great art.
111 Front St, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718.408.1090| www.henrygregggallery.com
 KRIS GRAVES
PROJECTS
Invasive Species
Anna Collette
Thursday, February 4, 6 -
8:30pm
January 22 - February 27
Much like any invasion, it is violent, swift, and irreversible. The
entire world depicted in these photographs has turned green - and
while it appears quite peaceful and serene there is an underlying
tension that consumes it.
111 Front Street, Suite 224, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 212.796.7558 | www.krisgravesprojects.com
 magasin
totale
First Thursday Opening
Reception: Lost City
Lost City
Thursday, February 4, 6 -
9pm
Through the end of February
Magasin Totale presents an installation of embroidery work by lost
city. The designer, Afshan
Durrani, employs skilled artisans that use traditional
embroidery techniques originally developed in the 14th century in
India.
10 Jay Street, Suite 724 Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 646 671 0371 | www.magasintotale.com
 powerHouse
Arena
Lowboy Paperback Launch
Party
John Wray
Thursday, February 4, 7 -
9pm
John Wray, one of Granta's Best of Young American Novelists, reads
and signs Lowboy in celebration of the novel's paperback release.
Graphic novelist and fellow Brooklynite Adrian Tomine will join Wray in
conversation. Live musical entertainment provided.
37 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-666-3049 | www.powerhousearena.com
Rabbithole Studio
Winter 2010 Emerging Artists
Show
Jason Bartell, Wesley Berg, Ian
Clyde, Lauren Kolesinskas, Jiyoun Lee-Lodge, Richard Lund, Anette
Millington, Emily Nachison, Jung Eun Park, Celeste Rapone, Amanda
Sciullo, Pete Watts.
Opening Reception: Thursday, February 4
On view
through February 20
33 Washington St., Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718.852.1500 | www.rabbitholestudio.com
 Randall Scott
Gallery
Glittering
Generalities
Cara Ober
Jan 7-Feb13
Cara Ober layers drawing, painting, and printmaking into mixed
media works that reinterpret sentimental imagery. Working in
series, Ober combines culturally mediated imagery from children's
schoolbooks, home decor, historical texts, and greeting cards to
explore notions of authenticity, appropriation, personal identity,
and vocabulary.
111 Front Street #204, Brooklyn, NY 11201
212-796-2190 | http://www.randallscottgallery.com
 Smack
Mellon
Press Play Concert
Series
Featured Band: Mahogany
Thursday, February 4; doors open at 6pm; music performance begins
at 7pm.
Enjoy live music, great beer and innovative art! Smack Mellon
presents the latest sounds by new musicians every first Thursday of
the month along with a beer tasting courtesy of Kelso of
Brooklyn.
92 Plymouth Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718.834.8761 | www.smackmellon.org
 Watermill Brooklyn
Gallery
Performance Studies: A Selection of Recent
Performative Work Developed at the Watermill Center
Maria Jose Arjona, C. Ryder
Cooley, Robin Deacon, Katharina D. Martin, H.E.R.D. Group, Steven
Vega, Implied Violence, Katherina Radeva, Klingon Terran Research
Ensemble, Joshua Seidner, Girlmachine.
Thursday, February 4, 6 -
8pm
Dec 10, 2009 - March 5, 2010
The exhibition highlights performance work developed at the
Watermill Center during 2009 Fall and Spring artist residencies. It
presents various stages in the residency process: from early
workshops and open rehearsals at Watermill, to completed staging
and performances at festivals and biennials.
111 Front St., Gallery 216, Dumbo, Bklyn
http://watermillcenter.org/events/performancestudies
 VII
Photo
Recent Work by VII and VII
Network Photographers: a slideshow and discussion
VII & VII Network
Thursday, February 4, 6 -
8pm
One night event
A slideshow of recent work by VII and VII Network Photojournalists
followed by a discussion on how journalists can continue to produce
critical news stories in the current media climate.
28 Jay St., Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 212.337.3130 | www.viiphoto.com
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CALENDAR- Highlights |
Check venue websites for more events |
Galapagos Art Space
Open Variety
Night
Monday, February 1
Doors: 7:00pm/Show: 8:00pm | Tix: $5.00
Come to DUMBO, Brooklyn where a five spot still offers you a
spectacular night of tap dancing bears, Kung Fu juggling, clown
bands, aerialists suspended above your beverage while you are
carefully suspended over a body of water, sword swallowers,
physical comedy, contortionists and cowboys. Hosted by Keith
Bindlestiff!
16 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-222-8500 | www.galapagosartspace.com
 powerHouse
Arena
How to Get Divorced by 30:
My Misguided Attempt at a Starter Marriage Launch Party and Book
Signing
Sascha Rothchild
Wednesday, February 3, 7 - 9pm
Screenwriter and This American Life contributor Rothchild reads and
signs her new memoir and explains how you, too, in just a few easy
steps, can escape from nuptial mediocrity.
37 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-666-3049 | www.powerhousearena.com
 Galapagos Art
Space
Suspended Cirque presents:
SPEAK EASY
Tix: $20.00 for adults/$10.00 for children & seniors
Friday, February 5 Doors: 6:30pm/Show: 7:30pm
Saturday, February 6 Doors: 1:30pm/Show: 2:00pm
& Doors: 6:30pm/Show: 7:30pm
The year is 1947 and it's the last night of existence before the
Speak Easy Jazz Club closes its doors forever. Join the gin mill's
shady ladies, gamblers, crooners, and ducky darbs for one last
hurrah, as their personal dramas unfold in the air (on ropes,
trapezes, hoops) and below (dancing, singing, and playing their
instruments).
16 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-222-8500 | www.galapagosartspace.com
 Galapagos Art
Space
BAM's Sounds Like Brooklyn
Festival presents: Dance for Brooklyn with Maya
Azucena
Friday, February
5
Doors: 10:00pm/Show: 10:30pm | Tix: $12.00
Brooklyn-born songbird, humanitarian Maya Azucena produces and
headlines a night as part of the Sounds Like Brooklyn Music
Festival, named "Dance For Brooklyn with Maya Azucena". The whole
night will embody storytelling through movement and music. It
will be a celebration of personal expression within the African
Diaspora and Brooklyn roots. The sounds of Hip Hop, Folk,
Jazz, and Rock will link at the hips with three expressive dance
troupes, proving that Art is not bound by genre, or place.
16 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-222-8500 | www.galapagosartspace.com
A.I.R. Gallery
The Art of Archiving -
Documenting your Art Career
Tuesday, February 9, 6 -
8pm
A presentation by Marcia Bassett & Astrid Cravens, archivists
at Barnard College, NY. The event will be an introduction to
archiving for artists. The event will have a tutorial discussion
atmosphere and participants should register to reserve a seat by
contacting Simone Meltesen at info@airgallery.org by January
29th.
111 Front St., Suite 228, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 212.255.6651| www.airgallery.org
 powerHouse
Arena
Anti-Valentine's Day party
and reading from It's Not You, It's Me: The Poetry of
Breakup,
Hosted by Jonathan Ames and anthology editor Jerry Williams,
featuring contributing poets Bob Hicok, Donna Masini, and Mark
Halliday
Thursday, February 11, 7 -
9pm
Jonathan Ames emcees a round-robin reading of humorous, wise,
bitter, and uplifting breakup-inspired poetry from this new
anthology. Poet and anthology editor Jerry Williams & several
contributing poets will be on hand to read and discuss their love
lives and their work at this, our Anti-Valentine's Day Party!
37 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-666-3049 | www.powerhousearena.com
Galapagos Art Space
The American Magic
Lantern Theater's Valentine's Day Show
Saturday, February 13
Doors: 2:00pm/Show: 3:00pm | Tix: $10.00
The American Magic-Lantern Theater is the nation's only touring
theater company recreating Victorian magic-lantern shows, and one
of only three in the world. It is dedicated to helping modern
audiences understand and enjoy Victorian literature and art by
recreating this lost theatrical tradition. Join us for this very
special Valentine's Performance!
16 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-222-8500 | www.galapagosartspace.com
 Galapagos Art
Space
Floating
Kabarette
Saturday, February 13
Doors: 10:00pm/Show; 10:30pm | FREE for the 1st 100 ($5.00
thereafter)
Galapagos Art Space presents the next installment of its flagship
series Floating Kabarette. Part cabaret, part burlesque and part
variety, each show features some of the best performers from New
York City and beyond.
16 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-222-8500 | www.galapagosartspace.com
 Cave Canem
Foundation
Phat Phun
Tuesday
Samantha Thornhill
February 16, 6:30pm
Cave Canem presents an evening of poetry featuring Samantha
Thornhill and several talented young Brooklyn writers, ages 12 and
under. Free for students 18 and younger. Recommended admission is
$5-$10 for adults.
20 Jay Street, Suite 310-A, DUMBO, Brooklyn
Phone: 718.858.0000 | www.cavecanempoets.org
 powerHouse
Arena
Crisis & Opportunity:
Documenting the Global Recession
Winning photographs from the
SocialDocumentary.net photo essay competition
Opening reception February 16,
6:30 - 9:30pm
Exhibition Dates: February 15 - March 14
SDN photographers, judges, and sponsors will join us at the opening
reception for photos taken in the spirit of the WPA's photographic
response to the Great Depression, and hold a panel discussion on
the role of photography in addressing critical issues facing our
world.
37 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-666-3049 | www.powerhousearena.com
Galapagos Art Space
HEEB
Storytelling
Tuesday, February 16
Doors: 7:00pm/Show: 8:00pm | Tix: $15.00
Heeb Storytelling takes over Galapagos Art Space for an evening of
irreverent entertainment. Save the date for 7-minute Jewish stories
from your favorite comedians, writers and personalities.
16 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-222-8500 | www.galapagosartspace.com
A.I.R. Gallery
D.I.Y. fashion re-boot
Wednesday, February 17; 6 -
8pm
A hands-on public workshop at A.I.R. Gallery led by Daria Dorosh,
A.I.R. Gallery artist and fashion design professor at the Fashion
Institute of Technology. Participants are asked to bring a bag of
their clothes that they are willing to de-construct, with scissors,
pins and/or needle and thread. Please reserve a place by contacting
Simone Meltsen at info@airgallery.org by Wednesday, February
10th.
111 Front St., Suite 228, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 212.255.6651| www.airgallery.org
 St. Ann's
Warehouse
Making It
Stew
February 17 - 22
Six nights only
Making It is a new concert presentation by Passing Strange
creators, Stew and Heidi Rodewald. A multi-media, rock show collage
of song, text, and video, the show traces the unlikely careers of
Stew and Heidi from the dive rock clubs of Hollywood to the
footlights of Broadway with Stew as your helpful guide to Making
It.
"[Stew's] genre-defying rock-pop-funk-punk-cabaret music" is a
"psychedelic journey" The New York Times
38 Water St, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718.254.8779 | stannswarehouse.org
 Farmani
Gallery
Femmes D'Interieur
Elene Usdin
Opening reception February 18, 6 -
8pm
February 18 - March 27
Reinterpreting her photographs, Usdin directly paints women in the
Classical style of portraiture onto her photographic backdrops.
111 Front St., Suite 212, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-578-4478| www.farmanigallery.com
 powerHouse
Arena
Let The Great World Spin Paperback Launch
Party
Colum McCann
Friday, February 26, 7 -9pm
The author will
read from, sign, and discuss his 2009 National Book Award-winning
novel inspired by Philippe Petit's infamous real-life tightrope
walk between the Twin Towers in 1974.
37 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-666-3049 | www.powerhousearena.com
 Galapagos Art
Space
Dionne
Farris
Friday,
February 26
Doors: 10:00pm/Show: 10:30pm | Tix: $20.00 in advance/$25.00 at the
door
The BAAS Group brilliantly presents Grammy Award winning Dionne
Farris, formerly of Arrested Development and well known for hit
singles such as "Tennessee" and from the Love Jones soundtrack,
"Hopeless." Dionne will uplift, encourage and enlighten with her
astoundingly beautiful vocals and commanding stage presence. One
show, one woman, one evening of exceptional music.
16 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-222-8500 | www.galapagosartspace.com
 powerHouse
Arena
6th Annual
powerHouse Portfolio Review
Sunday, February 28, 10:30am -
5:30pm
The powerHouse Portfolio Review is a platform for all levels of
aspiring and professional photographers to present their body of
work to be reviewed and critiqued by leading experts in the fields
of photography, art, media, and advertising and to receive guidance
and mentoring for future artistic and commercial career
development. For more information and to register, visit:
www.powerHousePortfolioReview.com.
Registration is required to attend this event.
37 Main Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718-666-3049 | www.powerhousearena.com
 Mighty
Tanaka
Entropology: Man's
Devolution
John Breiner & Max
Greis
January 15 - February
12
Entropology provokes us to analyze our own history - the old vs.
the new: where we are, where we come from and where we're going; to
explore changes in time and history; how we've effected the world
in our destruction of nature and creation of new technology.
68 Jay St, Suite 416, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718.596.8781| www.mightytanaka.com
 Smack
Mellon
John von Bergen,
Whip Lash
Michelle Weinstein,
Shine, Perishing Republic
January 16 - February 21
Smack Mellon is pleased to present the ambitious site-specific
installation Whip Lash by Berlin-based American artist John von
Bergen and Shine, Perishing Republic, two series of meticulous ink
and watercolor drawings by LA-based artist Michelle Weinstein.
Despite their vast difference in scale, the installation and the
works on paper both evoke feelings of uncertainty and foreboding, a
collision of past and future, and a clash of the natural and the
manmade.
92 Plymouth Street, Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 718.834.8761| www.smackmellon.org
 KLOMPCHING
GALLERY
Doug
Keyes
January 7 - February 26
Solo exhibition of contemporary photography by the US artist, Doug
Keyes- featuring work from the 'Collective Memory' and 'Becoming
Language' series.
111 Front Street, Suite 206, DUMBO, Brooklyn
Phone: 212.796.2070 | www.klompching.com
 Umbrage
Gallery
Gaza Photo Album
Photographs by Kent
Klich
January 7 - February 28
Disturbingly beautiful images and gripping interviews show the
annihilating effects of war through personal stories on one small
symbolic piece of land at the very heart of the controversy in the
Middle East.
111 Front St. Suite 208 Dumbo, Bklyn
Phone: 212.796.2707 | www.umbragebooks.com
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| OPEN CALL TO ARTISTS, DESIGNERS &
ARCHITECTS IN AND AROUND DUMBO: |
ñ Tapas Bar in DUMBO is reaching out to our community to
help us create new & varied renditions of its logo. Email
heather@riceny.com for PDF of the ñ used as their symbol.
Please submit to heather@riceny.com: a brief email (images or text)
describing the piece you propose. (Any material or
form) ñ will select based on originality &
aesthetics.
Deadline: 2/7/10. Visit 33 Crosby St - mention your interest in the
logo design & your drink's on the house.
11 submissions will be chosen by 2/14/10. One submission will be
awarded $1000+$200 in food & drink credit; 10 will be awarded
$200+$300 in food & drink credit.
ñ has a long history with artists
& architects who've helped create the atmosphere at its Crosby
St location.
Artists who have contributed over the years include: Tom Sachs, Dirk Westphal, Lluis Lleo,
Christopher Pistolesi, Ricardo Bofil, Xabier Corbero, Jorge
Castillo, Gloria Marti, Cat Chow, Patrick Walsh, Jory Rabinovitz,
Jocko Weyland, JJ Veronis, Antonio Gaudi, Javier Ahedo, Xabi
Bonilla, Nabil Gholam, Deborah Newman, Kamille Moonsamy, Laura
Baker
These artists, architects and numerous others have either directly
contributed or influenced the aesthetic and style of ñ.
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 Horsing Around the Arrows of
Time
by Eleanora Kupencow
The Dumbo Improvement District, in partnership with the New York
City Department of Transportation's (DOT) Urban Art Program,
installed the work of DUMBO resident and artist Eleanora Kupencow,
entitled "Horsing Around the Arrows of Time," in the Pearl Street
Triangle. Adjacent to the Manhattan Bridge and DOT's iron shop and
fabricated out of powder-coated steel, the bold and colorful
sculptures pay homage to DUMBO's manufacturing and industrial
story.
Pearl Street Triangle, DUMBO, Bklyn
718.237.8700 | www.dumbonyc.org | www.eleanorakupencow.com
 Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian
Walkway
The Dumbo Improvement District unveiled an extensive public art
project and upgrade to the Brooklyn Bridge Pedestrian Walkway as
part of Mayor Bloomberg and Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz's
five-day celebration in honor of the 125th birthday of the Brooklyn
Bridge. The permanent improvements feature wayfinding signage and a
public art lighting installation by Emphasis Design, Tillett
Lighting Design and KT3D entitled "This Way."
Bridge Underpass at the corner of Washington and Prospect Streets,
DUMBO, Bklyn
www.dumbonyc.org
Photo: Adam Tanski, Emphasis Design
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