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ARTCAT



Peanut Gallery

The Journal Gallery
168 North 1st Street, 718-218-7148
Williamburg
November 22, 2008 - February 1, 2009
Reception: Saturday, November 22, 6 - 9 PM
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A peanut gallery is an audience that heckles the performer. The term originated in the days of vaudeville as a nickname for the cheapest (and ostensibly rowdiest) seats in the theater; the cheapest snack served at the theater would often be peanuts, which the patrons would sometimes throw at the performers on stage to show their disapproval. The phrases “no comments from the peanut gallery” or “quiet in the peanut gallery” are extensions of the name.

Peanut Gallery is a show curated by Joe Bradley

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