A festive occasion each month for art lovers. A chance to visit many quality galleries at night in the Dumbo Historic District – galleries showing works from artists of many disciplines, especially photography, while hosting receptions, producing live music performances and curator/artist talks among other highlights.

Let’s not forget the incredible views you can enjoy as you walk from one gallery to the next and the local drink specials afterward. Most of the art is for sale. Printed maps and 1st Thursday cards are available on-site.

Participating galleries may vary each month. For more information contact Zannah Mass at zannah@twotrees-dumbo.com or 718-222-2500 x38.

This month’s highlights include: Helen Sear’s stunning exhibit Beyond the View at KLOMPCHING Gallery, Christopher Griffith’s exhibition States at Randall Scott Gallery in which the artist radically reinterprets American iconography, the popular Cinema 16 series hosted by Smack Mellon with MotMot scoring Lotte Reiniger’s film “The Adventures of Prince Achmed,” the moving and informative photographic exhibit BLANCO: Visions of Blindness by Stephano De Luigi at VII Photo exploring blindness in 14 countries; SVA’s Photo Global, an exhibit of SVA’s international residency program, and various other talks, screenings, performances, and exhibition openings.

Check gallery websites for updates.
A.I.R. Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 228
Amos Eno Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 202
Bose Pacia, 163 Plymouth St.
Brooklyn Arts Council, 111 Front St., Suite 218
Caption Gallery, 55 Washington St., Suite 802
Cave Canem, 20 Jay St.
Central Booking, 111 Front St., Suite 214
Collective Consciousness NYC, 10 Jay St.
DUMBO Arts Center, 30 Washington St.
Farmani Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 212
Giacobetti Paul Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 220
Henry Gregg Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 226
Klompching Gallery, 111 Front St.
Kris Graves Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 224
Magasin Totale, 10 Jay St., Suite 724
Melville House, 145 Plymouth St.
Mighty Tanaka Gallery, 68 Jay St., Suite 416
NY Studio Residency Program, 20 Jay St.
One Arm Red, 10 Jay St.
Powerhouse Books & Powerhouse Arena, 37 Main St.
Pratt Institute Photo Seniors, 20 Jay St.
Rabbithole Studio, 33 Washington St.
Randall Scott Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 204
Smack Mellon, 93 Plymouth St. @ Washington Street
Spring, 126a Front St.
Umbrage Gallery, 111 Front St.
VII Photo, 28 Jay St.

The summer festival season has started in Dumbo Brooklyn. That means there are events, artist openings, and annual festivals happening almost every weekend through end of September. While events occur almost daily at Dumbo’s (or nearby) venues such as PowerHouse Arena, Galapagos Art Space, St. Ann’s Warehouse, Smack Mellon, Dumbo Arts Center, Bargemusic, Brooklyn Bridge Park, 111 Front Street galleries, and many more, below is a list of upcoming annual festivals in Dumbo:

• Bent Festival (bentfestival.org): April 22-24
• BKLYN Designs (bklyndesigns.com): May 7-9
• New York Photo Festival (nyphotofestival.com): May 12-16
• Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival (brooklynbodega.com): July 6-10
• Dumbo Arts Under the Bridge Festival (dumboartsfestival.com): Sept 24-26

Please let us know if you’d like us to add or publicize your Dumbo event by emailing us: dumbonyc [at] gmail [dot] com.

Filming dates: May 3-5, 2010 6am-12am

Water Street between Gold and Jay Streets
Front Street between Bridge and Hudson Ave

Anyone know what this filming of “Durago 95″ is? Or is it a misspelling of Durango 95?

[UPDATE: Other signs say "Durango 95". Also, thanks to Mediagoon, it's a commercial: "durago 45 looks like a commercial to me...on the permit the C before the number means commercial. TV is tv, MV music vid. FF-film"]

5 Boro Bike Tour goes through Dumbo on Sunday 10a-2pm (5/2/2010). As in prior years, 30,000 cyclists will be coming through Dumbo for the 42 mile TD Bank Five Boro Bike Tour.

On Sunday, the following streets near Dumbo Brooklyn will be closed intermittently to motorists from 9:15 AM to 3:30 PM for the Five Boro Bike Tour:

• Navy Street from North Elliot Street to Gold Street
• Gold Street from York Street to Front Street
• Front Street from Gold Street to Old Fulton Street (Cadman Plaza)
• Old Fulton Street (Cadman Plaza) from Front Street to Furman Street
• Furman Street from Old Fulton Street to Atlantic Avenue

If you are parked on any of the streets above, your car will likely be towed to clear the streets. For more information:
NYC DOT
Bike New York

Please use caution along the route.

Previously:
{Five Boro Bike Tour Street Closures, 03May2009}
{5 Boro Bike Tour 2008, 05May2008}
{5 Boro Bike Tour Coming Through, 06May2007}

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

• Dumbo Start Up Tough Mudder, 28Apr10, NYT
• DigitalDumbo Here I Come, 28Apr10, technbiz.blogspot
• ShopRite Coming to Brooklyn Navy Yard, 26Apr10, NYP
• 55 Poplar St, #2F, $789k, 1054sqft, 27Apr10, Brownstoner
• Brooklyn Bridge Park to still include housing, 28Apr10, YN
• Fulton Ferry Tour Bus Too Loud, 29Apr10, BK Eagle
• Jessica Alba celebrates 29th at VH House, 29Apr10, NYDN
• City Cuts Chopper Noise in Brooklyn, 30Apr10, NYP
• De La Soul Headlining BK Hip Hop Fest, 29Apr10, brooklyn365.com
• BKLYN DESIGNS Proves BK is Creative Center of NYC, 30Apr10, NYDN
• Brookln Industries Moves to Dumbo, 30Apr10, Crain’s
• Dumbo’s Pontiflex CEO Zephrin Lasker, 29Apr10, BHB