The NONSENSE LAB will offer three productions, each for 6 performances, from September 17 to October 3, 2026, in The Doxsee, and three 1-time events (talks, installations and performances). All of our Lab Artists start with these questions: how can we work meaningfully with the nonsense around us? How can we create poetry and beauty through nonsense itself? Lead Artists examine the nonsensical world around us while grappling with themes of humanity, isolation, and memories through music, dance, performance, puppetry, and toy theater.

This season our Labs are led by three Artists from diverse disciplines. Choreographer Caroline Fermin’s Let Me Be an Animal is an evening-length dance celebrating the slow, awkward, sweaty, and questioning parts of ourselves. Associate A.D. Adam M. Kassim creates an explosion of politics, pop culture, and history in We’ll Jump Off That Bridge When We Get There; Toy theater creator / puppeteer Kathleen Kennedy Tobin builds a tiny cruel nonsense universe called The Charnel House.

One-time music and artistic events enrich the program. On Tuesday, September 22, TMT Community Café for the Nonsensical will feature a collective reading of Entertainer Zero Machine: A Cyber Peep Show Lyric of Illegitimate Theater by Ron Allen. Saskia Lane leads an evening of nonsense music in Nothing to See Here on Monday, September 28 and Theresa Buchheister serves up an evening of impossibility, delight and challenge in Uh Oh Manifest(o)ing on Wednesday, September 30. Both Saskia and Theresa will curate a gathering of artists to offer a confetti cannon of nonsense in all its artistic forms.

The Nonsense Lab runs September 17 through October 3 at the Doxsee Theater in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

Tickets starting from $20: TargetMargin.org/NonsenseLab

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A Live Conversation on Comedy and the Path to Success with Kenya Barris, Malcolm Gladwell and Special Guest Chelsea Handler!

DON’T MISS THIS SPECIAL SEASON 2 TAPING OF “THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS” AT AUDIBLE’S MINETTA LANE THEATRE

ONE NIGHT ONLY!
NEXT THURSDAY!

September 10 at 7:30 PM

Award-winning creator Kenya Barris (black-ish) and bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell (The Tipping Point) bring their hit Audible Original podcast THE UNUSUAL SUSPECTS to the Minetta Lane Theatre for one night only — featuring seven-time New York Times bestselling author and trailblazing comedian Chelsea Handler in a conversation about ambition, comedy and the unconventional path to success.

LIMITED TIX REMAIN!

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Myrtle Avenue Negroni Week 2026
September 21–27

Bitter, Bold & Anything But Ordinary!

Negroni Week returns to Myrtle Avenue September 21–27, with 10 bars and restaurants across Fort Greene and Clinton Hill putting their own spin on the iconic cocktail. This year, bartenders venture beyond the classic trio of gin, Campari and sweet vermouth with mezcal, cherry, coffee, chocolate, rhubarb, orgeat…and even tomato, basil and olive oil.

Here’s what’s mixing:

• Doppelgänger – The Triangle In The Square: A smoky, ruby-red mezcal riff with Cocchi Americano, Averna and rhubarb bitters.
• The Emerson – City-Sangue Cherry Negroni: A deep-red, cherry-forward blend of Citadelle Jardin d’Été, Campari, sweet vermouth and Luxardo Sangue Morlacco.
• LaRina Pastificio & Vino – Diavolo in Me: Bright, bittersweet and slightly sour, with gin, Italian bitters, lemon, orgeat—and a little devil in it.
• Little Falcon – House Negroni: The Italian classic heads in a distinctly French direction, with a touch of French elegance.
• Lula Mae Sporting Club – Three Ways to Negroni: Choose from Classic, bright and botanical White, or smoky Mezcal.
• Neno’s – El Ahumadito Negroni: Poblano-infused mezcal gives this one a smoky Mexican spin. Try the $22 El Ahumadito Experience, pairing it with a pork belly taco.
• Osteria Brooklyn – Smoked Negroni: Gray Whale Gin, made with California-sourced botanicals, gives this riff its West Coast character.
• Putnam’s Pub – Wild Rose Negroni: Featuring Glendalough Wild Rose Gin, made with rose petals from the garden of owner Gerry Rooney’s late mother, Rose.
• Rosticceria Evelina – Five Ways to Negroni: Five inventive riffs include coffee, chocolate and the savory Negroni Pie with olive oil-washed gin, tomato-infused Campari and basil vermouth.
• Vine – An inventive house Negroni, with details coming soon.

Drink for a cause! Each participating venue has also made a donation to Slow Food as part of Negroni Week’s global fundraising initiative.

Ten locations. Seven days. Countless ways to Negroni.

Cheers, salute, salud and sláinte…Negroni Week is back on Myrtle Avenue!

LEARN MORE AND MAKE RESERVATIONS HERE

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