The Brick presents I (Don't) Know What I'm Doing: An Evening of Stand-Up and Closing Celebration of Tawanda Gona's Gallery Exhibit July 26 at 8PM at Brick Aux Gallery – 628 Metropolitan Ave *** Join us for the closing party of I (Don't) Know What I'm Doing: An Exhibition by Tawanda Gona, featuring stand-up sets by: Carmen Lagala Dan Yang ...And 1 more performer TBA! The evening will close with a brief Q&A with comedian and illustrator Tawanda Gona and a…

The Brick presents The Saga of the Shining Emblem: Chapter XVIII Created and Performed by Matthew Schott Music by Sam Kessler July 31, 2024 8pm at Brick Aux – 628 Metropolitan Ave $12 This is the Saga of the Shining Emblem, a one of a kind improv comedy show where YOU are the hero of your own epic quest! Each show one lucky audience member is selected to be the protagonist of that night's saga. They are then guided through their…

The Brick presents SalOn!: Off the Clock August 12, 2024 at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave Doors 7pm Show 730pm FREE (sliding scale donations happily accepted) *** Join us for the 10th anniversary of SalOn! Hatched at Silent Barn in August 2014, this long-running affair brings together artists, comedians, chefs, scientists, theologians – anyone with something to share in a DIY, low-stakes setting – in one delightfully unpredictable night. After a few fallow pandemic years, Jillian Jetton & Theresa Buchheister have teamed up to bring SalOn! back. Once a season…

The Brick presents To tongue-tie at Brick Aux Gallery – 628 Metropolitan AveAugust 15 – September 1, 2024 Please join us for an Opening Reception on Thursday, August 15, 9:30-11:30PM A multimedia gallery show Works by Gelsey Bell+Erik Ruin, Mel Carter, Benedicto Figueroa, Raheleh Filsoofi, Jana Harper, Kameron Neal, and Paul Pinto+Erin Rogers Curated by alejandro t. acierto Brick Aux Gallery is excited to present works by this brilliant artist collective across assorted media and in multiple spaces! Please check out this incredible show at…

The Brick presents Book Release Party: Kyle Brosnihan's Lemons July 24 Doors at 7PM | Readings at 7:30 at Brick Aux Studio – 628 Metropolitan Ave Free! Join us on Friday, August 16 for a release party in celebration of Kyle Brosnihan’s new book of poetry, Lemons. There will be a group of featured readers and a reading from the new book! Stick around after the readings to drink and mingle and chat! *** The Brick is a 501(c)(3) non-profit. We rely…

The Brick presents Social Sculpture by Calx Vida Studio at Brick Aux Gallery – 628 Metropolitan Ave September 6 – October 4, 2024 Please join us for an Opening Reception on Friday September 6, 6-10PM Calx Vida Studio’s latest installation show, Social Sculpture, is a new work comprised of ephemera from the duo’s most recent social sculptures. The artists’ practice can be framed as a response to controversial artist Joseph Beuys’ assertion that “the concept of sculpting can be extended to the invisible materials used…

The Brick presents Sex and the Abbey Written By: Diana Ly Directed By: Emily Lyon August 22 through September 7, 2024 at The Brick Theater — 579 Metropolitan Ave Tickets $25-50 The Abbey is in trouble – and only Hrotsvit’s play can save them! The canonesses need to impress Emperor Otto (who is visiting tonight!) with a performance… by Hrotsvit, the first western woman who ever dared to write a play. Embroiled in lustful conflicts, the stress of daily prayers,…

BrickFlix Presents An Evening with Means TV Monday, September 9, 2024 at The Brick Theater – 579 Metropolitan Doors + Food at 7PM | Screening at 7:30PM Join us for an evening of short films offered on the platform MeansTV: the world's first worker-owned, anti-capitalist streaming service! Preceded by a performance by BrickFlix Artist Rawya El-Chab: "Balalalaclava" is a 6-8 minute multimedia performance piece that mixes clownish humor with imagery from news events. Rawya El Chab is a New York City-based…

The Brick Presents A Wake at the River Church New music from the band, Pegg September 12-14 at The Brick – 579 Metropolitan A Wake at the River Church is a multi-disciplinary concert performed by the Brooklyn-based band Pegg. On the heels of their debut album, this performance-laced auditory ceremony collides with the language of grief, personal discovery, and the people we call family. Large video projections, a six-piece band, choir, and sound spa ennui ripple over the audience in this…

The Brick presents Gestating Baby Volume 8: Patrick Vermillion & Teddy Dinner and Miranda Brown & Noa Rui-Piin Weiss  September 18-21, 2024 at 8PM Running Time: 80 Minutes at The Brick – 579 Metropolitan Gestating Baby is a semi-regular series of split bill performances that presents new and unpredictable works across the spectrum of theatrical performing arts. It began in 2013 at The Silent Barn and is now revived at The Brick in Brooklyn, NY. Featuring: Ice Cold: Crossroads of America by…

The Brick presents The Saga of the Shining Emblem: 1999 Edition Created and Performed by Matthew Schott Music and Props by Sam Kessler Marketing Materials by Ana McCasland September 25, 2024 8pm at Brick Aux – 628 Metropolitan Ave $12 You have been plunged backwards in time to an era long forgotten by man. An era of Blair Witches and Pod Racing. Of Austin Powers and Y2K. Of the frosted tips and The Matrix. The year is 1999 and the fate…

The Brick presents Quick + Dirty 9 Friday, September 27, 2024, 6-9 pm at Brick Aux – 628 Metropolitan Ave With new work by: artists to be announced! Quick + Dirty is a development series for short plays by new collaborators + a community of playwrights and directors + a place to try new work on its feet with an audience. You should come. Here’s how it works: We pair three playwrights with directors they haven’t worked with before. Each team…

The Brick presents The Cappuccinos By Kyle Brosnihan Directed by Paul Schack September 25-28, 2024 at The Brick – 579 Metropolitan Do you like coffee? The characters in this play love coffee. Do you like connections with strangers in public places like coffee shops? Those fleeting little moments when you have this point of connection, intimacy maybe, with another person. And maybe it’s fleeting, maybe it never happens again, but in those moments it's real, and it's special. Do you like…