The following are selected links from this past week on blogs and websites with discussion about Dumbo (and its neighboring areas):

• Design C.L.O.T opening in DUMBO, 02May10, Core77
• Slideluck Potshow XV -potluck/photo art show, 04May10, FoodCurated
• Pier 1 Concession Winners Announced, 06May10, Brownstoner
• Senior Choral Group Performs In DUMBO, 23Apr10, NY1
• Update on Squibb Park & Bridge, 07May10, Brownstoner
• Vinegar Hill House & Choice Market, 04May10, handi-eats
• Inhabitat Green Awards @ BKLYN Designs, 07May10, Inhabitat
• Co-working Space w/ swissmiss @ 10 Jay, 07May10, swiss-miss
• A Morning in Dumbo, 08May10, betheteam
• 53 Bridge Street Coming Down, 03May10, Brownstoner
• Across the Brooklyn Bridge, 05May10, solofemaletraveler.com
• BKLYN DESIGNS in DUMBO, 07May10, momtrendsnyc
• David Chang, Party Animal?, 07May10, NYT
• Modern:Anthology Coming to Dumbo, 07May10, Brownstoner
• Beer Garden Remake for 5 Front, 07May10, Brownstoner
• New Soil at Walt Whitman Park, 06May10, McBrooklyn
• New Steam Plant for Vinegar Hill, 06May10, Brownstoner

Tickets for the Night Market in Dumbo last week sold out and attracted over 2,000 people to the outdoor food festival in The Archway in Dumbo, hosted by David Chang of Momofuku Restaurant. Dumbo based Kitano Pictures, a video production company was there on our behalf to cover the event. Check out the video to get a sense of how the event went:

Interviewees in order of appearance:
Barry Dobesh of Zengo
Ben Schneider of The Good Fork
Annabelle Phojanakong of Umi Nom and Kuma Inn
An Nguyen of Bep
Jonathan Wright of The Setai Hotel, South Beach Miami
Jina Kim of MyBrooklynKitchen.com
Jean Jo of the Korean Cultural Service NY
Chris Rendell of Double Crown
Ricardo Moncada of Halcyon
Danielle Chang, Founder of LuckyRice
David Chang of Momofuku and event host
Yang of Sentosa / Nyonya

Great work Danielle Chang and the LuckyRice team for making it happen in Dumbo. And a special thank you to Kitano Pictures for the video production! For more about Kitano Pictures, go to facebook.com/KitanoPictures.

Other sites that covered LuckyRice:
Metromix NY
New York Street Food
Always Hungry
Appetite for Good
DumboNYC Flickr Photo set

There will be a commercial filming on Friday, May 7, 2010 between 6am – 11pm by ‘Tempesta’ on Washington Street between Prospect and York Streets in Dumbo Brooklyn.

Gelf’s Varsity Letters sports reading series returns on Thursday, May 6, at 7:30 p.m. At this free monthly event in DUMBO, Brooklyn, hosted by Gelf and Jan Larsen Art, Binnie Klein, Kathy Orton, and Danny Peary will read from and talk about their work. Klein will describe her unlikely midlife transformation through boxing. Orton will chronicle the unsung hoopsters of the Ivy League, including this March’s surprise success from Cornell. And Peary will chronicle the life of former home-run champ Roger Maris.

Doors open at 7:00.
Event starts at 7:30. FREE!

Visit reBar, around the corner, afterward; attendees of Varsity Letters and other Gelf events get discounts on food and drink.

“Between the Lines”, a solo exhibition of paintings by Elizabeth Adams presented by Collective Consciousness NYC. Curated by Misha Tyutyunik.

Thursday, May 6, 2010, 5:30-11pm (During the 1st Thursdays DUMBO Gallery Walk) at Heaven Studio Gallery
10 Jay Street, Suite 605, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Collective Consciousness NYC is a brooklyn based art firm, operating a gallery in DUMBO since October, 2009. CCNYC collaborates with and exhibits talented, exciting new artists, as well as provides a range of creative services to companies and organizations throughout the greater New York area. Our mission is to promote creativity and fuse concept with execution, to provide a superior product; CCNYC strives to bring about a rebirth of artistic innovation in the modern art world.

ccnycinc.com
ccnyc-art.blogspot.com

May 4th – June 26th, 2010
Opening Reception: Thursday, May 6th, 2010, 6 – 8pm

Umbrage Gallery
111 Front Street, Suite 208
DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY 11201

Graphic Intersections is a collaborative project loosely based on the old Surrealist and Dadaist game The Exquisite Corpse. Designed to unite disparate artists in an interconnected photographic relay of images inspired by one another, or as the Surrealists put it, to exploit “the mystique of accident”, this project strives to emphasize a system of response entirely rooted in unmediated visual reaction.
This exhibition includes photographs by Ben Alper, Anastasia Cazabon, Thomas Damgaard, Scott Eiden, Grant Ernhart, Jon Feinstein, Elizabeth Fleming, Alan George, Hee Jin Kang, Drew Kelly, Michael Marcelle, Chris Mottalini, Ed Panar, Bradley Peters, Cara Phillips, Noel Rodo-Vankeulen, Irina Rozovsky, Brea Souders, Jane Tam and Grant Willing.

The Portrait As Allegory is an exhibition that examines the work of three artists who utilize the figure metaphorically in service of a broader discourse on the human experience. In addition to exploring the personal identities of their subjects, these portraits simultaneously become vehicles which speak to a variety of social, historical, and familial histories.

This exhibition includes photographs by Timothy Briner, Birthe Piontek and Susan Worsham.

The BKLYN DESIGNS™ 2010 show starts this Friday, May 7 and runs through the weekend. Since Sunday is Mother’s Day, we’re previewing a few children’s furniture and accessory designs that will be featured at the show. BKLYN DESIGNS™ showcases new and cutting edge exhibitors in Dumbo (various locations in and around Dumbo), and gives us a peek into what’s upcoming in the furniture and home accessory world. A new feature this year is programming dedicated to families with an interactive BKLYN DESIGNS™ Kids Lounge that features children’s furniture designers. Also, the Annual Spring Fling will take place at the newly-opened Brooklyn Bridge Park (Pier 1) with arts and crafts, and music and games for kids on Sunday between 10:30am – 1pm.

Look for the following children’s designers this year:

Throwing Stones Pillows from iglooplay by Lisa Albin Design

Jottable table from UM (a fun table – think dry erase board in a table form)

a bookcase/cabinet from Casa Kids

safari kids table from Palo Samko

table and chairs from April Hannah (a new Dumbo-based designer launching at BKLYN DESIGNS)

For a list of other exhibitors, go to bklyndesigns.com/exhibitors.

The 8th annual BKLYN DESIGNS™ show will be held May 7 – 9, 2010, at St. Ann’s Warehouse, 38 Water Street in DUMBO, Brooklyn.

Friday, May 7, 10am – 8pm
Saturday, May 8, 10am – 7pm
Sunday, May 9, 11am – 6pm

Tickets are available in advance online at www.bklyndesigns.com for $12, and at the door for $15 ($10 for students with valid student ID).

Previously:
{BKLYN DESIGNS 2010 Call for Exhibitors}
{BKLYN DESIGNS 2008}
{BKLYN DESIGNS 2008 Photo Recap}
{BKLYN DESIGNS 2007}
{BKLYN Designs 2007 Recap}

(111 Front Street galleries)

Below are a few updates on Dumbo businesses we’ve Tweeted recently. While some items are cross-posted on DumboNYC.com and on Twitter, smaller news items may not be on the DumboNYC site. If you have a Twitter account, follow us @DumboNYC to get the latest Dumbo news and tidbits.

1) Looks like 5 Front is being converted into Brooklyn Bridge Gardens, a beer garden. twitpic.com/1intzh (Twitter post and also discussed in a previous discussion thread).

Update on 5 Front Restaurant conversion: The sign now says that the restaurant/bar will be opening next week.

2) PS Bookshop moved out of their 141 Front St. location. New location @ 76 Front to open in mid-May. (Twitter post)

3) Clothing retailer Brooklyn Industries offices moving to Dumbo – 20 Jay St in July (Twitter post). Brooklyn Industries will take 12,000 square feet of office space in Dumbo on the 11th floor. See Crain’s article.

4) Macy’s July 4th fireworks on Hudson River again in 2010. Brooklyn loses out. (via @NewYorkology (Twitter post)

Remember last summer when Pedro’s patio was shut down by the city for not having the proper permits? A disgruntled resident (assuming) sent the city an anonymous tip that Pedro’s was selling alcohol on the sidewalk without a permit. After almost a year later, and “thousands of dollars” spent, Pedro has it’s permit and their outdoor seating is now open. As per the asylum.com post by Brian Abrams, “this is good news, of course, for the Dumbo drunks to, once more, have an actual place to swig back Tecate without having to resort to the four other boozy haunts, all of which are unintentionally cavernous and without a fixture you wouldn’t want to fuck with named Rosie.”

Pedro’s Bar Restaurant
73 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
718-797-2851 (Free delivery; Click for their menu.)

{Pedro’s Patio Back with a Vengeance (and Tecate), 03May2010, Asylum}
{L Magazine: Now Sober and Depressed, 03June2009, L Mag}
{City to Pedro’s: No Permit, No Outdoor Seating, 04June2009, DumboNYC}