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Categories: Performing Arts, Cinema, Music Venues [Edit]
Neighborhood: Brooklyn/GowanusNeighborhood: Manhattan/East Village
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This is the Silo, for those of you more succinctly in the know. It sits on the Gowanus canal and you have take a quick glance at the giant black gate housing the door if you want to get in, but you're also kind of leaving the city once you step through.
Usually as you are crossing beneath the thin tree branches someone emerges from the door at the base of the left tower to take your money, and you get a visit-to-the-lighthouse-keeper vibe. They direct you to appropriate spot, and you get to enjoy a freakin' stellar show.
Everything from the members of Sonic Youth scoring 16mm films projected on the walls to the works of stellar playrights past and present are yours to behold, and when its all done, you cross the yard and get back to the city.
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