On Women Festival @ Irondale Center
It’s Women’s History Month, so give it up for the On Women Festival. The three-week fest includes two mainstage productions, two workshop productions, an artist exchange, and an artist workshop, all of which spotlight the female perspective. The mainstage plays will be To Moscow! A Palimpsest, a contemporary rewrite of Chekhov’s Three Sisters performed by Brazilian theater company Setor de Áreas Isoladas, and Night Shadows, which focuses on Russian poet Anna Akhmatova before, during, and after the Russian revolution.
Opens Wednesday, March 4th // Irondale Center, 85 South Oxford St., Brooklyn // Tickets: $25
Nubia @ Roulette Intermedium
Get in touch with your inner queen at Nubia, the first drag performance tour with an all-black cast. Conceived by RuPaul’s Drag Race winner BeBe Zahara Benet, the show also features Bob the Drag Queen, Monique Heart, Peppermint, Shea Couleé, and the Vixen. The opulent extravaganza will celebrate dynamic queer performers of color from the past while blazing a trail for many more to follow.
Thursday, March 5th, and Friday, March 6th // Roulette Intermedium, 509 Atlantic Ave., Brooklyn // Tickets: $30
On Air Fest kicks off off Thursday, March 5th
On Air Fest @ Wythe Hotel
Listen up for the fourth-annual On Air Fest, four days of live podcasts, performances, panels, and mixers. The stacked lineup includes an interview with Ira Glass, a discussion about podcasting the election with Shaun King, a Bon Appétit Foodcast with Adam Rapoport, a live session with Talib Kweli and John Forté, and an “audio odyssey” with The Paris Review. Plus Shima Oliaee on Dolly Parton, Dallas Taylor on John Cage, poet Hanif Abdurraqib, bestselling novelist Ocean Vuong, and on and on.
Opens Thursday, March 5th // Wythe Hotel, 80 Wythe Ave., Brooklyn // Tickets: $149 and up
The Net (1995)
1995: The Year the Internet Broke @ Anthology Film Archives
Give in to nostalgia at 1995: The Year the Internet Broke, a film series focused on the early days of the World Wide Web, 25 years later. The weeklong retrospective is filled with features, short experimental films, video art, and documentary works made from the 1980s to the 2010s. Full-length films include midnight favorite Hackers, digital yarn The Net, cyberpunk classic Johnny Mnemonic, techno-noir anime Ghost in the Shell, and more.
Opens Thursday, March 5th // Anthology Film Archives, 32 Second Ave., Manhattan // Tickets: $12
Bloody Brains in a Juke Box @ Coney Island USA
Careen through campy horror at the Funhouse Philosophers’ latest production: Bloody Brains in a Juke Box. The satirical sci-fi rock opera stars a quartet of celebrity-lookalike doctors facing off against a flying, brain-eating Wurlitzer, and it’s sure to be as bloody and absurd as it sounds. A true child of Coney Island, the play’s libretto was written by Coney Island Circus Sideshow founder Dick Zigun, and it’s directed by Circus Amok’s award-winning founder Jennifer Miller.
Opens Friday, March 6th // Coney Island USA, 1208 Surf Ave., Brooklyn // Tickets: $12
Suffragists marching, 1915
Women of the Nation Arise! @ Staten Island Museum
Fête females from history at Women of the Nation Arise!, Staten Island Museum’s new exhibit sharing the lesser-known stories of Staten Island women in the Suffrage movement. Learn about Rosalie Gardiner Jones, the first suffragist to fly a plane for the cause, and reform activist Drusilla Poole, who organized black women into civic engagement, among others. In conjunction with the show, the women who work at the museum took welding classes with SI Makerspace and have built a replica of the biplane Jones flew over Staten Island, which will also be on display.
Opens Saturday, March 7th // Staten island Museum, 1000 Richmond Terr., Staten Island // Tickets: $8 suggested
¡Jefas! @ Joe’s Pub
Hear from boss babes at ¡Jefas!, an evening of Latina songwriters and women-fronted bands. The performers all come from the Latin alternative scene, and their music is inspired by their roots in Mexico, Panama, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico. On the bill you'll find Afro-Caribbean vocalist Jessica Medina, neo-folk artist Renee Goust, Afro-descendent singer-songwriter Mai-Elka Prado Gil, and special surprise guests.
Saturday, March 7th, 9 p.m. // Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette St., Manhattan // Tickets: $15
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day early with the Trinity Irish Dance Company
Trinity Irish Dance Company @ Queens Theater
Feel the beat in your bones with the Trinity Irish Dance Company. This innovative, award-winning modern dance troupe goes far beyond “Riverdance,” fusing traditional Irish progressive step dance with Artistic Director Mark Howard’s contemporary world vision. The all-female company dances with power, precision, and grace; they’ve performed sold-out shows around the world, from the Kennedy Center to Tokyo’s Orchard Hall to Ottawa's National Arts Center of Canada.
Saturday, March 7th, and Sunday, March 8th // Queens Theater, 14 United Nations Ave. South, Queens // Tickets: $20–$42
Brooklyn Mardi Gras @ Gemini & Scorpio Loft
Laissez les bon temps rouler at Gemini & Scorpio’s annual Brooklyn Mardi Gras. Dance the night away to a trio of brass bands, and when you need a break, have your fill of traditional or vegetarian gumbo, king cake, and authentic New Orleans cocktails. Bands include the 30-member L Train Brass Band, the all-female ensemble Brass Queens, and Dingonek Street Band, which combines second-line jazz with Afrobeat. Purple and green costumes recommended, plus plenty of glitter and sparkle.
Saturday, March 7th, 8 p.m. // Gemini & Scorpio Loft, address with purchase // Tickets: $18, or $30 with gumbo and cake
Women's Raga Massive: Legacies @ National Sawdust
On International Women’s Day, check out Women's Raga Massive, a female-focused offshoot of the artist collective Brooklyn Raga Massive, which highlights creative work inspired by Indian classical music. Legacies will feature collaborative poetry, narrative, and sound performances showcasing “vast diasporic multiplicity.” First, Poet Sham-e-Ali Nayeem reads accompanied by improvised music from tabla player Roshni Samlal and cellist Amali Premawardhana, then author Kavita Das and the STARR Ensemble perform a multimedia tribute to Hindustani singer Lakshmi Shankar.
Sunday, March 8th, 7 p.m. // National Sawdust, 80 North 6th St., Brooklyn // Tickets: $25
