CULTURE BRIEFS: Week of October 13

BOWL TRAIN

There are few figures in pop culture who have managed to stay aship as Questlove. The drummer of rap group The Roots — house bandfor Late Night With Jimmy Fallon and any other mainstream hip hopact looking to add live musicians to their sound — is also aprolific tweeter and a DJ known for inciting a party with histurntables. Come see him demonstrate his skills at the latter everyThursday night at Brooklyn Bowl at 61 Wythe Avenue with a residencyentitled Bowl Train. The evening will include vintage clips fromthe Soul Train television program along with Questlove’slegendary vinyl collection, rumored to contain 50,000 records.Visit the venue’s website for more information at:www.brooklynbowl.com.

SPOUSES TALK PHOTOGRAPHY

Is a shared aesthetic the key to a healthy marriage? If so, thehusband and wife photographers Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webbshould be in good shape. The two appear to share a love of vibrantarresting photographs with an un-posed composition. On Sunday,October 23 at 5:00 p.m. the couple will present a slide show oftheir work at the powerHouse Arena at 37 Main Street. Tickets arefive dollars. Wine will be served. For more information visit thepowerHouse website at: www.powerhousearena.com or call718-666-3049.

STARTING A BUSINESS

On Thursday, November 3, the St. Anselm Workforce Ministry and theBrooklyn Economic Development Corporation will present a freelecture entitled How to Start a Business and Stay in Business atSt. Anselm Catholic School at 365 83rd Street. From 7 p.m. to 9p.m. several local business owners will share some of the lessonsthey have learned. Call 866-262-2095 or [email protected] to register. Because of limitedseating, registration is suggested.

BREAKIN’

Although years have passed since the gymnastic moves thatdefined breakdancing have been commonplace in the club, they canstill elicit the same excitement they did in 1983. On Sunday,November 6, 2011 at 2 p.m. at the Walt Whitman Theatre, 2900 AvenueH, at the Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at BrooklynCollege, the Houston-based crew Soul Street Dance will performtheir full-length dance revue entitled Breakin’ Backwards. Formore information visit the theater’s website at:www.brooklyncenteronline.org or call the box office at718-951-4500.