From time to time, The Scout will feature interborough food tours designed as culinary and geographic explorations of our fair city. Each has been field tested, in a single day,…
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The Tenenbaums
By Siobhan Vivian
Photo: Staff
The Royal Tenenbaums is Wes Anderson’s visual love letter to New York. Though never explicitly named, the film presents a stunningly constructed pastiche of the quirky, the kitschy and the…
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Beyond the High Valley
Mettawee River Theatre Company
Film & Theater September 11 - September 20
Photo: Metawee River Theatre Company
A bit off the beaten track (physically and conceptually) from Fashion Week and NY400 events, the Mettawee River Theatre Company returns to St. John the Divine this weekend. The lawn setting outside this ethereal gothic cathedral would make the event unique enough, but combine that with extraordinary handmade puppets and sets of the Bread & Puppet ilk, and you have the makings for a truly singular evening.
Address:
St. John the Divine Cathedral
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10025
Hours:
7:30pm
Muppets Take Brooklyn
BAMcinématek
Film & Theater July 28, 6PM - 11PM
Photo: Jim Henson Foundation; BAM
Jim Henson fans will be pleased to hear that BAM is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of The Muppet Movie with back-to-back presentations tonight (Tuesday, 7/28). The first is an overview of the master’s work, Muppets History 201, which includes rarely seen shorts from the Henson archives. Follows is the headliner, The Muppet Movie, which opens with an even more rare screening of Time Piece, Henson’s 1965 Academy Award-nominated experimental short film.
Address:
30 Lafayette Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11217
Food Inc.
Bell House
Film & Theater June 10, 3PM - 7PM
Photo: Food, Inc.
Along the same lines as Fresh, Food Inc. gives us a close, maybe too close, look at the food we eat and where it comes from. Definitely more Michael Moore than the relatively upbeat Fresh, this one might leave you wanting some comfort food (as long as it’s local, organic, sustainable, and green).
Address:
149 7th St
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Hours:
June 10th
7:45pm
Rooftop Films
Summer Series
Film & Theater May 15 - September 20
Photo: Sarah Palmer
For those of us city dwellers with the frequent urge (but not always as frequent ability) to rise above it all, the annual Rooftop Films Summer Series offers a welcome leg up. Screening on a diverse variety of lofty vistas throughout the city, the series showcases a likewise diverse variety of independent films (animations, docs, feature-length world premieres) throughout the summer. Most evenings begin with live music sponsored by Sound Fix Records, feature Q&As with the filmmakers, and wrap up with after parties. Check the Rooftop Films website for detailed listings.
Hours:
Unless otherwise noted, all screenings follow this schedule:
8:00pm: Doors open
8:30pm: Live music
9:00pm: Films