The constant flowering of bohemia is not a construct of advertising, nor of the whims of a dozen infamous gallerists. It is the generational engine of youth culture, alive and well, striving at the border of the mainstream, throwing out its various statements while at the same time contributing to a community that has registered a similar creative echo for at least 25 years.

Bushwick is the locus of new creative energies, the same ones that are active in many other parts of Brooklyn, especially its neighboring wards of Williamsburg and Greenpoint. This year saw the emergence of its first official celebration, The Bushwick Biennial, brainchild of NURTUREart gallery director Benjamin Evans, in collaboration with Austin Thomas of Pocket Utopia, Chris Harding of English Kills, and Jill McDermid of Grace Exhibition Space.

After 42 years of living in the New York Art World, and 9 years working in it, I have decided that it's time to put up a shingle. I'm opening a new art project space in Williamsburg under the name PLAYSPACE. It's located at 38-C Marcy Avenue, entrance on Hope Street, three short blocks and around a corner from the L train at Lorimer Street.

Review by Gulshen Calik (aka Lily Faust)

Realform in Williamsburg lies at the intersection of North 5th Street and Bedford Avenue. In this unique setting that is part gallery, part

Starting this week, listings include closing dates, and also feature events from outside the gallery world, such as film screenings and poetry readings. Send me links to interesting venues worth listing at articleprojects@yahoo.com

TUE 10.02 8-10 CAMPARI HOUSE 489 Broome (RSVP 646 205 3226) Perpetual Art Machine + Martha Wainright 10.07
TUE 10.02 6-8 WHITE BOX 601 W 26 Wojtek Ulrich 10.31

TUESDAY, SEPT 25

6-8 ARTISTS SPACE 38 Greene “When Time Becomes Form” cur. Marina Abramovic
6-8 GAGOSIAN 980 Madison Ave: Steven Parrino * * *
6-8 MARLBOROUGH 40 W 57: Red Grooms
6-9 DIEU DONNE PAPERMILL 315 W 36: “Per Square Foot”
6:30 THE DRAWING CENTER 35 Wooster: Lecture: Simon Critchley & Tom McCarthy

TUESDAY SEPT 18
6-8 EDUCATIONAL ALLIANCE 197 East Broadway: Made in the USA cur. David Gibson * * *
6-8 PAUL SHARPE 547 W 27: Lee Whittier * * *
6-8 VISUAL ARTS 601 W 26: Super Phat
6-8 GAGOSIAN 522 W 21: Willem De Kooning * * *
6-8 STONEFOX ARTSPACE 611 Broadway No. 405: Divine Find * * *

WEDNESDAY SEPT 19
6-8 SKARSTEDT FINE ART 20 E 79: Laurie Simmons * * *

MONDAY SEPT 10
6-8:30 KINZ TILLOU FEIGEN 529 W 20 Clayton Patterson * * *
6-8 MARIAN GOODMAN 24 W 57 “30/40” cur. Benjamin Buchloh

TUESDAY SEPT 11
6-8 CHERYL MCGINNIS 1287 Madison “Gray Matter” * * * - was incorrectly listed for last week, please go!
6-8 DAVID ZWIRNER 525 W 19 Raymond Pettibon

THU AUGUST 23

6-8/ AICON GALLERY 206 W 25: From the Vault: Highlights from the Aicon Gallery & Herwitz Collection
6-11/ CHELSEA ART MUSEUM 556 W 22: Summer Soiree II - DJ Dance Party $20 (with open bar)
7:00/ WHITE BOX 525 W 26: Aleksei Stevens, Jen Stock The New Composers Series: Sonic Tapestries
7:00/ MCNALLY ROBINSON 52 Prince: Readings from New York Tyrant

SATURDAY JULY 28
2-4, RIVIERA GALLERY 103 Metropolitan, Williamsburg / Rviera School presents “How To Draw a Tiger” workshop taught by Ted McGrath
4-6, RIVIERA GALLERY 103 Metropolitan, Williamsburg / Rviera School presents “Tigers, Trampolines, Teaspoons and the Letter T” workshop taught by Elizabeth Huey.

SUNDAY JULY 29

TUESDAY JULY 24
7-9, Soho/ RENWICK GALLERY 45 Renwick/ Screening: "The Brigid Berlin Story"
6-9, Midtown West/ HESKIN CONTEMPORARY 443 W 37/ Closing party for Julie Peppito’s "The Breath"
{recommended}
7:30, Midtown/ CHASHAMA 112 W 44/ Performance: Jonathan Zalben "Bialystok/Brooklyn"
8-11. Midtown/ MUSEUM OF MODERN ART 11 W 53/ "Paper Rad Featuring Cory Arcangel" $10 {recommended}