Program

Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band and Sid Sriram's Boundless

Friday, June 2, 7 pm

Last chance to get discounted advance tickets for Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band and Sid Sriram's Boundless this Friday!

Hailing from Burkina Faso, Baba Commandant and the Mandingo Band are a group whose music is rooted in the Mandingue musical traditions of their ancestors. The group is led by the enigmatic Baba Commandant, whose powerful vocals and mastery of the ngoni make for an electrifying performance.

Carnatic superstar and PW May Music Resident Sid Sriram will be performing Boundless, a musical journey that traverses genres and cultures, from Carnatic vocal improvisation to heavy metal.

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Program

Second Sundays: June 2023

Sunday, June 11, 12–8 pm

Since 2013, Pioneer Works has hosted Second Sundays, our monthly open house featuring live music, food and workshops that activate our campus in partnership with artists-in-residents and community members in Red Hook.

Join us for June Second Sundays, featuring a live peformance and poetry workshop with Drag Artist and Storyteller/Poet Sitanya, live music by La Banda Chuska, open studios with our residents, and more.

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Program

Village Fête After Party

Wednesday, June 14, 9:30 pm

Join us for our biggest party of the year in celebration of the artists, scientists, musicians, and supporters who make our work possible. All proceeds provide critical funds that sustain our ambitious goals and general operations.

After Party tickets include open bars, a special performance by Antibalas, and DJ sets by Rahill and Chances With Wolves, as well as artist installations, astrology and tarot readings, flash tattoos, and much more.

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Program

Community Lunch with Adama Kanazoe

June 15, 12:30 pm

Good food for the people! For each Community Lunch, Pioneer Works and FIG invite a local chef to prepare a menu offered free of charge to our Red Hook and neighboring communities.

This Community Lunch features food by Adama Kanazoe of Oze Cuisine and Queer Detainee Empowerment Project. Come hungry!

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Program

False Harmonics #15: Webber/Morris Big Band and NOMON

June 27, 7 pm

False Harmonics is a musical series meant to explore new music and alternative approaches to composition, improvisation and performance. Join us on June 27 for the 15th iteration of False Harmonics, featuring performances from Webber/Morris Big Band and NOMON.

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Program

Poncili Creación & Laser Days, Nu Jazz, Evicshen, Ex Wiish, and MC Alex Tatarsky

Saturday, July 15, 6 pm

Join us in the PW Main Hall this July 15 for Quantum Piñata, a performance and musical event featuring experimental puppetry troupe Poncili Creación and worldbuilding studio Laser Days. Nu Jazz, Evicshen, and Ex Wiish will be presenting live performances, and the program will be emceed by Alex Tatarsky.

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Exhibition

Last Chance to View: Aura Rosenberg:  What Is Psychedelic

Closing June 11

Aura Rosenberg: What Is Psychedelic, co-presented by Mishkin Gallery and Pioneer Works, marks the first institutional survey of the New York-born artist. The two-venue exhibition and its accompanying publication chronicle the breadth of the artist's multifaceted career.

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News

In Case You Missed It...

The New York Times featured our recent commission, Titanic Depression, by Dynasty Handbag; Art in America discussed Xin Liu’s adventures in wisdom teeth space exploration on the heels of her upcoming exhibition at Pioneer Works; The Brooklyn Rail reviewed Aura Rosenberg’s What Is Psychedelic—on view through June 11; and Document Journal recounted our recent hosting of Frans de Waal and Isabella Rossellini on their quest for finding models for morality in the past and in the primal.

Pioneer Works 2023 Climate Action Plan

Pioneer Works committed to helping to mitigate climate change through education, direct action, and sustainable practices. To this end, we're excited to introduce our 2023 Climate Action Plan.

Our Climate Action Plan was crafted based on Pioneer Works's carbon footprint and operations in 2022. Highlights include the elimination of single-use plastics, participation in the NYC Department of Sanitation's compost program, and certifying our garden as a National Wildlife Habitat. We’re also new members of Galleries Commit.

PW will also be piloting new science, arts, and ecology programs for students to learn about Red Hook's unique ecosystem in the coming year. Visit our garden this June to check out who’s blooming!

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Store

PW Store Staff Favorites Guide

Spring has sprung at Pioneer Works, and our bookstore is blooming with a fresh new array of offerings!

We surveyed the Pioneer Works staff on their favorite picks and compiled them into this handy guide. Each purchase supports our mission to create an open and curious world through the arts and sciences. Shop small and support the arts!

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Broadcast

My Llama

by Sarah Wang

Heaven Tonight is our erotic column on Pioneer Works Broadcast. Authored by artists and writers, each story offers its own perspective on the effects of passion, shame, lust, loathing—and all things sex-driven.

For our latest piece in Heaven Tonight, writer Sarah Wang brings us the story of a woman sleeping her way through Manhattan on the quest for antibiotics.

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Friends of PW

Spring Into Community with Red Hook Initiative

Today, May 31, Pioneer Works hosts RHI’s event Spring Into Community, featuring tabling by community organizations in the garden and a screening of a short documentary by Urban Alchemy Project in the North Hall at 4PM. Stop by to meet some neighbors, mingle & enjoy some music & food in the garden!

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