 
GET SMART: GREG LINDSAY ON THE "AEROTROPOLIS"
We once built cities around harbors or railroad terminals, which led to the familiar shapes of Amsterdam, Venice, New York and Chicago. But the cities built to take advantage of a hyper-competitive global economy are taking shape around something else instead: the airport. These cities have a name – the aerotropolis. They’re rising around China, India, and the Middle East as each region prepares to take its place on the world stage. They are to our era of instant gratification – the Instant Age – what terminal cities like downtown Chicago and Manhattan were to America’s Gilded Age in the latter half the 19th Century.
Galapagos Art Space is pleased to present its next installment of “Get Smart,” an original new multimedia programming series that features experts in an array of stimulating subjects who impart their knowledge and insight within a fun, laidback cocktail setting On April 8, Galapagos welcomes writer Greg Lindsay. Mr. Lindsay, author of Aerotropolis: The Way We’ll Live Next (March 2011), writes frequently about the intersection of transportation, urbanization, and globalization. He is a contributing writer for Fast Company, and has written for Fortune, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Wired, and Time.
FRIDAY, APRIL 8
Doors: 6:00 pm, Show: 7:00 pm | $10
G.U.M.B.O (GAY. DUMBO. PARTY)
 GUMBO (Gay. DUMBO. Party.) is a party for the LGBT community that started in August 2009 by Ben Harvey and Casey Fitzpatrick. It takes place each first and third Friday of the month at Galapagos Art Space. The Time Out New York “Critics’ pick” for gay nightlife welcomes guys and gals to what OUT.com calls “one of the hottest new parties in NYC.” The party features rotating DJs, a 42Below Vodka open bar (12-1am), the dirtysugarphotography sociaLIGHT, stage acts, and surprises. GUMBO was nominated for “Best Gay Night” at Paper Magazine’s 2010 Annual Nightlife Awards, Info: www.gumbonyc.com
FRIDAY, APRIL 15
Doors: 10:00 pm, Show: 10:00 pm | $5 before 11pm, $10 from 11pm onwards
TICKETS AVAILABLE AT DOOR ONLY.
FLOATING KABARETTE
 Featuring Barcelona's Freddy Malaboca!
Freddy Malaboca presents his psychotherapeutic and insulting cabaret: A man with a rabbit mask and a microphone invites the audience to create a space of freedom where they can insult him and be whatever they want to be.
This evening’s infamous Floating Kabarette also features The Red Hook Ramblers, Miss Tickle, Harvest Moon, Jan Manke, and your stupendously raunchy host, Bastard Keith.
SATURDAY, APRIL 16
Doors: 10:00 pm, Show: 10:30 pm | $15 General Admission, $20 Reserved VIP Seats
THE QUEEN OF THE MAY AND HER HARVEST QUEENS: AN EVENING OF COMPETITION
 The Queen of the May & Her Harvest Kings: An Evening of Competition is a night of theater, music, dancing and drinking in one tight and beautifully wrapped package. 1929′s newly crowned May Queen cordially invites you to an Evening of Competition, the likes of which this decade has never seen! It’s sure to be a roaring night of rigorous sportsmanship, delicious musical ditties and enough coleslaw to keep your stomachs happy and your belts tight! Don’t miss out as Ohio’s own Golden Gladhart Twins compete for her creamy white hand in marriage. You can dress like a ragamuffin if you like, but you’ll sure look like a dope!
TUESDAYS, APRIL 18, APRIL 25, AND MAY 3
Doors: 7:00 pm, Show: 8:00 pm | $15 General Admission, $12 Students
ALSO COMING UP AT GALAPAGOS:
BROTHER HAN
 Brother Han sounds like the music child of Dylan, Jack Johnson and some imaginative rogue MC. Blending the sounds of folk, rock, pop, and a unique style of singing and spoken word storytelling, the talented New York native’s music caters to people from all walks of life. His songs are driven by the good the bad and the ugly and his lyrics are thought-provoking, visual and full of color. With a voice as honest and true as his songwriting, Brother Han is a breath of fresh air and an artist worth discovering.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20
Doors: 7:00 pm, Show: 8:00 pm | $10 Advance, $12 Door
FULLY FASHIONED: SHAME & ECSTASY
Shame & Ecstasy is a monthly show every 3rd Thursday of the month. Each show is an evening of Fetish Fascination and Sophisticated Sex and features an education on a specific fetish. Tonight: “Shoe Fetish.”
PRODUCED BY the creators of Fully Fashioned Productions: Madame Rosebud and Marlo Marquise
PERFORMANCES BY: Darenzia (Fetish/Burlesque), Lisa Natoli (Aerial), Madame Rosebud (Fetish/Burlesque/Performance Art), and Marlo Marquise (Fetish/Burlesque/Performance Art).
HOSTED BY: Bastard Keith our Filthy Songbird
THURSDAY, APRIL 21
Doors: 9:00 pm, Show: 10:00 pm | $15 Advance, $20 Door
THE MACHINES PROJECT: GUIDONIAN HAND, ONI BUCHANAN, DUO ORFEO, AND ARTHUR GANSON
 Ariel Artists presents three of its brightest young stars in the contemporary classical world – Guidonian Hand, Oni Buchanan, and Duo Orfeo – together for an evening of slow-burning wonder and painstaking music construction, held together by the delicate workings of Arthur Ganson’s renowned mechanized kinetic sculptures.
As Ganson’s sculptures and films ratchet along through the night on stage, screen and ghostly shadows, a full program of mysterious works from the recent past and brand new compositions of the uncertain present will be performed by this incredible and diverse lineup of musicians.
The New York City trombone quartet Guidonian Hand has made a name for themselves with an inspired attack on all things trombone, from post-modern jungle of Galen Brown to the midnight moods of Thelonious Monk and choral works from Mozart and Debussy. The group has recently commissioned and premiered exciting works that head in all different directions from composers like Galen Brown and Conrad Winslow, with several more new pieces in the works.
FRIDAY, APRIL 22
Doors: 7:00 pm, Show: 8:00 pm | $10 Advance, $12 Door
POUM TCHACK CINE-CONCERT: DARK SWING
Film with Live Musical Accompaniment
Dark Swing: Three animated films by Ladislas Starewitch with music by POUM TCHACK
Back in the day, during silent film screenings, live music constituted the attraction as much as the movie did. “Dark Swing” revives this tradition. This show was born from the meeting of three animated films produced between 1921 and 1933 by Ladislas Starewitch, and original music by Poum Tchack performed live.
Born near Aix-Marseille almost ten years ago, Poum Tchack offers a fiendish and unclassifiable music. A subtle combination of jazzy-swing with a hint of rock and gypsy. Explosive compositions, omnipresent humour, but above all an infectious enthusiasm and a great quality of interpretation give this band its dimension.
Poum Tchack have more than 500 shows and three album releases under their belt and have been seen on stage with artists including Emir Kusturica, Sergent Garcia, Sanseverino Mickey 3D, Les Ogres de Barback, Manitas de Plata, and Jacques Higelin.
SUNDAY, APRIL 24
Doors: 7:00 pm, Show: 8:00 pm | $15 General Admission, $20 Door
ABOUT GALAPAGOS ART SPACE
Galapagos Art Space strives to cultivate and develop arts and culture while enabling audiences to engage in intellectual and social dialogue. It presents a range of unique and regular flagship productions that embrace the wonderful diversity of dance, music, design, science, technology, and thought. All of Galapagos' performances impart artists and audience members alike to meaningfully participate within New York City’s cultural ecosystem while also being entertained. Most of its activities take place within the Galapagos headquarters based in DUMBO, Brooklyn.
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