What they’re saying about: live arts in Brooklyn this week: March 5

“Eastville was established in Manhattan in 2008, and after 10 wonderful years… it was time to upgrade their location and move to the artistically creative borough of Brooklyn. They’re an intimate 120 seat comedy club located right by the Barclays Center, and downtown Brooklyn’s nightlife district.” – New York Theatre Guide

“Mike Toohey’s comedy combines the wry sarcasm of a Native New Yorker with the empathetic lens of an absurdist. A child of divorce from a half Colombian, half Irish family, Toohey’s stand-up reflects a quick-witted take on life, culture and relationships.” – BestComedyTickets.com

Crit Night @ Ace Hotel
Film, Music, Experimental Art
Ace Hotel, 252 Schermerhorn St., Boerum Hill
March 6 @ 7 pm

Pioneer Works, an artist and scientist-led cultural center in Red Hook, has teamed up with the Ace Hotel to put on a series showcasing their artists-in-residence and their works-in-progress. Crit night will feature a sneak-peak of a new film by visual artist Erin Johnson and an improvised set of music by the free jazz collective Irreversible Entanglements.

“[Johnson’s] short film set in Cayo Santiago, a small islet in the Puerto Rican archipelago, where 2,000 free-ranging rhesus macaques live in the longest-running mammalian field site in the world.” – Vadim Rizov, Filmmaker Magazine

“A free jazz band rooted in punk ethos. Individually, these folks have made some of the most creative and challenging music of the past decade.” – Lars Gotrich, NPR, on Irreversible Entanglements

The Love Hard Tour feat. Keyshia Cole, Trey Songz, Jaheim and K. Michelle @ Barclays Center
Music, Concerts
Barclays Center, 620 Atlantic Ave, Fort Greene
March 10

Keyshia Cole, known for hit “Love,” “Let It Go,” “Heaven Sent” and “I Remember,” will be performing with Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter Trey Songz and others in this 24-night R&B tour. The group stops for one night only in Brooklyn this Sunday. The Barclays Center,…

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