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Brooklyn Bowl's Peter Shapiro opening kids music venue (with a bar for their parents) in Gowanus

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Impresario Peter Shapiro — owner of Brooklyn Bowl in Williamsburg and the former boss of Wetlands in Tribeca — has picked a quiet pocket in the industrial neighborhood of Gowanus for a new “child-friendly” venture.
The 40-year-old father of two is turning an empty warehouse at 280 Bond St. into The Rock and Roll Playhouse, housing classes for the day-care crowd, a bar and a live-music theater…

…The Playhouse, slated to open this winter, will teach tots about music during the days in classes such as “Beatles for Babies,” and “Drawing Rock and Roll,” according to the project’s website. – [NY Daily News]

Some local residents are worried that it will be a loud club at night and don’t want booze to be served there. Peter Shapiro also has a hand in Port Chester’s Capitol Theatre.