11217 Travel Guide
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Smokin' Brooklyn Style
As NYC BBQ goes, we get more excited about outer borough hole-in-the-walls than trendy Manhattan eateries. No offense to trendy Manhattan eateries, they just seem like bizarre settings to eat something as messy as BBQ ribs.
The Smoke Joint, in Brooklyn's pretty-trendy Fort Greene neighborhood, falls somewhere in between. It's definitely not a roadside 'cue shack, but it does bring a chilled-out atmosphere and traditional BBQ prices.
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Get Bowled Over by BAM
Break the bounds of Broadway with our coverage of the Brooklyn arts scene.
The two buildings of Brooklyn Academy of Music may not be as recognizable as Lincoln Center, but the institution known as BAM provides a similar cornucopia to Brooklynites: No matter what you're into, the theaters and galleries comprising this world-class arts center has it, while actually predating the existence of its Manhattan cousin by over 100 years.
Our picks at BAM this week: The experimental multi-camera film "Zidane: A 21st Century Portrait" plays at the Cinematek; the "Faces of Tillie's" photo exhibition shows neighborhood life in Fort Greene; the stage unites the words of two 19th-century greats in "Darwin's Meditation for the People of Lincoln" and kids celebrate Halloween Friday at the BAMboo! street festival. If you're staying in Manhattan, consider taking the BAMbus ($7) to your show for better scenery than you'll see on the subway.
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[Photo of John Turturro and Max Casella in "Endgame" at BAM last spring: Time Out NY]
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Iceland Cultural Travel: New York Edition
If you're considering taking advantage of Iceland's cash-starved economy with a jaunt there this fall, you can get a head start on the country's beyond-Bjork culture scene at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
Through Saturday, BAM is staging Woyzeck, an otherworldly interpretation of the classic German drama, as conceived by hotshot Icelandic director Gísli Örn Gardarsson and his team of acrobatic actors and aerial ballerinas. The show comes complete with underwater scenes staged in a giant Plexiglass tank and an original score from cult rocker Nick Cave.
Tickets start at $20, which, as New York theater goes, is definitely recession-era pricing.
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· Woyzeck [Official Site]
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[Photo: BAM]
