Rose-Emma is a contender!

Photo by Stefano Giovannini

Rose-Emma uses a sword to make latte art

Love is in the Air

Love is in the air in Gowanus, Root Hill Cafe continues its ongoing series celebrating local art with a new exhibit by Brooklyn-based artist and architect Caleb Crawford. His collection of hand-drawn Valentine’s Day cards, saved over the past 10 years, began as a tribute to “the two women in his life,” his wife Annie, and 14-year-old daughter, Madeline. 

“The cards are a parallel to a series of drawings I variously call Form Poems, Autodidactic Drawings, and Useless Drawings,” Crawford said of his work. “These Valentines are confections. Their sole intent is delight.”  

Because they were gifts, the original drawings displayed are not for sale, but framed copies, as well as postcard sets of 10, are available for purchase at Root Hill through the end of February. Custom drawings can be commissioned for Valentine’s Day, birthdays and anniversaries.  

Caleb Crawford is a practicing artist and architect living and working in Brooklyn. He is a graduate of Pratt Institute and SCI-Arc in LA. To learn more about Caleb Crawford, or to commission his work, visit his  blog and website.  

Crawford’s wife of 18 years, renowned artist and designer Annie Coggan, recently displayed her own work as part of the RHC Arts Series in a 3D exhibit, "The Chair Show." Other local artists previously featured in the space include  Frank Ishman, Lourdes Sánchez and  Percy Aguayo.

Theatre: Arthur Miller's The American Clock

If you hang out in Park Slop/Gowanus area (which we hope you do cause it's pretty sweet) you might remember last March when, Brave New World Repertory Theatre presented The Crucible at the Old Stone House in Washington Park. If you missed the fine work of this theatrical company, don't worry, they are back with another Arthur Miller played called The American Clock. And lucky for all of us they are presenting this production just up the street. 

Set primarily in Brooklyn, but moving throughout the United States, The American Clock is a panoramic patchwork about the Great Depression told in a medley of dramatic scenes and songs of the era, including Mood Indigo, Life is Just a Bowl of Cherries and On The Sunny Side of the Street. Alternately upbeat and bittersweet, Miller’s ode to the optimism and naiveté of the American spirit warns that the clock is ticking on the American Dream. The 53 characters—ranging from a middle-class Brooklyn family to train-riding hobos and high-riding Wall Street brokers brought low, will be played by 20 actors and musicians who tell the poignant story of an economic crisis Americans believed could never again happen.

The American Clock

from 

Brave New World Repertory Theatre 

at The Brooklyn Lyceum

227 4th Avenue, Park Slope, Brooklyn

Trains: R to Union Street

March 3-13, 2011

Thursdays & Fridays – 8pm | Saturdays – 3pm & 8pm | Sundays – 7pm

Priority seating and assistance available to those in wheelchairs or visually impaired. Please email info@bravenewworldrep.org for details.

Purchase your ticket here: The American Clock 

*support local artist