Thursday, May 27, 2010

Showboat Shazzam on Waterfront Museum through June



Family Entertainment in Brooklyn aboard the historic Showboat Barge No.79. *** Two shows daily *** June 6th, 13th, 20th & 27th, at 1 & 4 pm ***

What: “SHOWBOAT SHAZZAM! in June 2010” – Red Hook, in Brooklyn,

When: June 6, 13, 20, 27 at 1 & 4 pm

Where: The Waterfront Museum & Showboat Barge, Pier 44 at Conover and Beard Streets, across from Fairway in Red Hook, Brooklyn.

Tickets: Advance Tickets: Adults - $16, kids - $12.

www.smarttix.com or toll-free (877) 238-5596

Tickets at the door (when available): Adults - $20, kids - $15



“CIRCUSundays in June”, New York’s acclaimed little big top at sea now launches its 14th successful season with a new name! Introducing: "SHOWBOAT SHAZZAM! The same sensational variety series that bring professional performers from around the globe to Red Hook every Sunday in June. Hosted by Artistic Director Karen E. Gersch aboard Captain David Sharps' beautifully restored Barge No. 79, the shows offers old time family entertainment and classical circus artistry. Every Sunday boasts an entirely new roster of acts!


SHOWBOAT SHAZZAM 2010 Roster of Performers

June 6: Fidget, Loon & Tater, comedy trio
Will Shaw, eccentric juggler
Rudy & Lea, acrobats
Hilary Sweeney, aerial hammock & rope

June 13: Billy Bones the Good Pirate!
David Sharps, juggler & Chinese Vase Manipulator
Luminosity, adagio acrobatics
Imaginaerial, duo trapeze

June 20: Li Liu, handbalancing & rizley
The Gizmo Guys, jugglers
Professor Phineas Feelgood's Flea Circus
Jazmin, aerial silks

June 27: Luke Wilson, juggling, magic
Dikki Ellis, comedy juggling, slackwire
Petra Lange, contortion & aerial rope
Nathalie Enterline, hat & cane

More details on the Waterfront Museum site

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

It's Official: The Urban Meadow has its own site!!!

Up until now, the Urban Meadow has never had its own website - instead functioning through posts on this blog, facebook, and myspace. The time has now come for it to get a site of its own. Check it out to see more in depth posts about all things Meadow related, including events, pictures, programming, membership information, and much more!

While you can still expect to see posts here announcing events and such, you can always get more information from that site. For example, the recap and pictures of last weekend's Folk Festival on the new UM website are much more detailed. Here's just one example:


The full Folk Fest recap is here and a live video of one of the performers is here

The OFFICIAL Urban Meadow site is here

Repeat presentation of Pratt Institute class plan for Columbia Waterfront

This Friday at Freebird! For those of you that didn't make it to the previous presentation at LICH, I strongly encourage you to attend this repeat presentation. The students presented some very interesting ideas for our community that sparked engaging discussion afterward!

Event Description:
Students from Pratt Institute's Graduate Planning and Preservation Spring 2010 Studio course investigated general land use, economic conditions, and quality of life issues for the Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood in Brooklyn. From intensive research, interviews with local community members and neighborhood stakeholders, the students developed a land use plan that addresses environmental, cultural, and economic improvements for the neighborhood in both the short and long term. To hear the final results and recommendations we invite you to attend a repeat performance of the final studio presentation at Freebird Books, 7pm, May 28th.

Jay Electronica in Red Hook Park on June 1


From the Parks Dept. web page:

Jay Electronica

Tuesday, June 1, 2010

7:00 p.m.9:00 p.m.

Part of the NYC Revolutions series

With unconventional style and a unique combination of clever lyrics and deep musical cuts, Jay Electronica has been breathing new life into rap from the streets up. Jay is best known for his creative use of film soundtracks as a bed for his abstract rhymes. Jay’s most recent “Just Blaze” produced single, “Exhibit C,” has garnered heavy rotation on major radio stations, the streets and online, quickly landing in the iTunes hip-hop top ten.



Help PS 29 win an Imagination Playground in a Box!



Email from PS 29:

Dear PS 29 Community Members,

PS29 has a great opportunity to enhance our recess offerings with a David Rockwell-designed Imagination Playground in a Box from Underwriters Laboratories and KaBOOM. Each Playground in a Box unit — designed to encourage child-directed, unstructured free play — costs over $20,000, but we can win one if we get enough fans by May 31.

Click HERE to become a fan.

Please be sure to share the link via email, Twitter, and Facebook.

Thank you!

Sunday, May 23, 2010

Square dancing at the urban meadow










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The Tumbleweeds from New Orleans

The Tumbleweeds flew in from New Orleans to play the BK folk festival!



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Tshirt battle: jalopy vs urban meadow

Collect em all! Available now at the brooklyn folk fest









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Folk fest getting started

Live blogging from the folk fest at the meadow!


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Saturday, May 22, 2010

Artist reception at waterfront museum barge today

Artist Reception: May 22 for “Tugboats and Waterfront Scenes” – encaustic paintings by Rich Samuelson now open aboard Red Hook’s antique wooden barge

Open until 7pm

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On the Waterfront







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Tasting going on now at Botta di Vino







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"Made in Red Hook" at Lucky Gallery

Check out "Made in Red Hook" today and tomorrow from 1-6 at Lucky Gallery


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Friday, May 21, 2010

Reminder: Beautiful Earth Day block party THIS Sunday

EDIT: Due to the high likelihood of rain, the event below has been canceled.


Come celebrate local sustainability this Sunday on Degraw St. between Columbia and Van Brunt! There will be food, music, games, crafts, a book swap/drive, and representatives from a variety of organizations that work on environmental and community issues.

You will also be able to take a tour of the solar-powered charging station on Degraw, hosted by Beautiful Earth Group, and hear music provided by a solar powered DJ booth, courtesy of Solar One.

Check out the official site here

Thursday, May 20, 2010

Participate in the largest stoop sale ever!

June 12th, everyone in Red Hook should pile up all of their unwanted and no longer loved items on the sidewalk in front of their house and sell them. The rules say that you have to leave enough room for pedestrians to pass. Also, in multiple dwelling situations (luggage factory or any other of the bigger buildings) you must obtain permission from the owner of the building. Businesses must get a permit of their own and may not sell anything other than what is offered inside of their establishment.
Sale Date: June 12, 2010
Time: 10 to 6
Rain date: June 19, 2010
Please have everyone that is interested email the organizer directly at Steph7boo@aol.com with their street address, so that she list all the participants on a map. And then she needs a few volunteers. . .

The more participants the bigger the crowd and the better the sale!

Tag sale at Summit GArden this Saturday


Saturday, May 22nd
9am-2pm
Summit St. Garden (corner of Summit and Columbia)
rain date: Sunday, May 23rd
proceeds to benefit the Summit Street Garden

Help save the B71 Bus!

As if our neighborhood wasn't isolated enough!!
Please participate in this petition.


Wednesday, May 19, 2010

June "Dark Harbor" Film series at Freebird

Dark Harbor film series at Freebird Books in June; Book launch on June 6
Port of New York (June 3) * Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (June 10) * Edge of the City (June 17) * Murder Inc. (June 24)

In conjunction with the release of Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront, author Nathan Ward curates a series of classic films about the crime that once defined our working waterfront.

Each Thursday throughout the month of June, Freebird will screen four movies that depicted the more sordid side of New York stevedoring in the wake of newspaper exposes and crime commissions in the 1940s and ‘50s.

Labor racketeering on the docks was an open secret in the city in the first half of the 20th century. But it wasn’t until the intrepid reporting of Malcolm Johnson in the late 1940s that federal and state authorities took serious notice of the murders, extortion, and intimidation that was rampant in waterfront communities like Red Hook.

Dark Harbor details the incidents that led to Johnson’s investigations for the New York Sun and his Pulitzer prize-winning articles on the subject. The articles would unleash new scrutiny of mob control of the longshoremen’s unions and inspire countless novels, plays, and films about the subject.

Though the Elia Kazan-Budd Schulberg production of On the Waterfront--originally based upon Johnson's articles--is the most famous on-screen example, the Dark Harbor series focuses on lesser known classics shot around the city in the aftermath of the New York Sun expose. Nathan Ward will introduce each film and place them in the context of the present day working waterfront outside Freebird’s door—before containerization and the BQE altered the landscape permanently.

Thursday, June 3, 7:30 pm

Port of New York

This early docu-drama from 1948 uses the real events around the case of the S.S. Florentine: A body thrown from a ship in New York Harbor leads to a double-cross and ultimately a master heroin-smuggler played by with cruel charisma (and hair!) by Yul Brynner. There's an undercover Treasury agent and a jilted mol in this dragnet picture.


Sunday, June 6, 2 to 6 pm

Book launch for Dark Harbor
Refreshments and bonus film to follow


Thursday, June 10, 7:30 pm

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

This 1957 movie comes from the memoir of Assistant D.A. Bill Keating, the man who sent racketeer "Cockeye" Dunn away for the murder of a West Village hiring boss, Andy Hintz. The movie does a pretty fair job reenacting the Hintz job and doesn't overplay Keating's own heroism until the movie's prosecutor joins a dockside brawl. Some excellent waterfront locations and a surprisingly malevolent young Walter Matthau as a racketeer.


Thursday, June 17, 7:30 pm

Edge of the City

Sidney Poitier and John Cassavetes play hipster-longshoremen working under a corrupt boss played by Jack Warner. The final duel with cargo hooks is inevitable but dramatic. Released in 1957.


Thursday, June 24, 7:30 pm

Murder Inc.

If you love Peter Falk, you'll want to see him at his creepy best, playing the all-time most influential mob turncoat, Abe "Kid Tist" Reles, the 1930s Brooklyn gangster who revealed the personalities, crimes, and very existence of the organization that came to be called 'Murder Inc.' You'll never look at Lieutenant Columbo quite the same. Released in 1960.
Freebird Books
123 Columbia Street (between Kane and Degraw streets)
Brooklyn, NY 11231
718-643-8484
http://www.freebirdbooks.com/directions.html
New hours: Sat-Sun 11 am-10 pm (def); Thurs-Fri 6 to 10 pm (mostly); the rest of the week (by chance)

Monday, May 17, 2010

Winner of the Brooklyn General Squirrel making contest




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Brooklyn Studio Tours in Carroll Gardens and Red Hook - 5/22 and 5/23


On May 22nd and 23rd, artists throughout Carroll Gardens and Red Hook area will be opening their studios to the general public. You can print or download a map of all the studios here and make a day of walking through the neighborhoods, hopping from studio to studio, and meeting the artists in person.

Check out more details at the Brooklyn Studio Tours website here.

Support Dimattina Dog Park!

A message from Carroll Gardens DOG about the next steps for getting Dimattina Dog park rennovated:

Dear Dog Park Friends,

We are close to securing the necessary funding for renovating the dog park. Will you take a minute to send an email to Councilman Lander or Assemblywoman Joan Millman? Your message should be short indicating your appreciation for their support for the renovation of the dog run at DiMattina Park.

Lander's e-mail: MFreedman-schapp { at } council.nyc.gov or Fax 212.788.8967
Millman's e-mail: Millmaj { at } assembly.state.ny.us

We can't emphasize enough the critical nature of these support letters since the capital budget item vote and inclusion into the 2011 budget is being decided now.

Our dogs deserve a safe dog park! Please send an email this week!


James, Jackie, Kim, and Andrea
Carroll Gardens DOG

Work has finally started!

On year 5 of a 2 year reconstruction plan, work has finally begun on Van Brunt. The strip between Degraw and Summit streets will be gutted, renovated and greened within 6 months (supposedly).


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Sunday, May 16, 2010

Local resident shares his talent

Red Hook (Comp Studies:1) by Herman Bergman.

We love this, hope you will too.



Brooklyn Folk Fest - Next weekend!!! - @ Jalopy and the Urban Meadow


The 2nd annual Brooklyn Folk festival is coming to our neighborhood next weekend! The festival, which is organized by Down Home Radio,will feature the best in old-time music, blues, pre-blues, jug band music, New Orleans jazz, folk style songwriting, Greek, African and Mexican folk music and dance with concerts, workshops, and a Sunday afternoon square dance.

The pricing and schedule are below. Check out the Down Home Radio website for more details

Pricing:

$15 per day for the main stage evening concerts, or $40 for all three evenings.
$5
per day for Saturday afternoon concerts and Sunday afternoon outdoor stage, square dance included!

Contact The Jalopy Theater to buy advance tickets.

The Jalopy Theater
315 Columbia Street
Brooklyn, NY 11231
(718) 395-3214

www.Jalopy.biz


Schedule:

Friday May 21st at Jalopy:
7:30pm – Strung Out String Band – Oldtime string band
8:15 – George Stavis - Original improvised banjo music
9pm- Salieu Suso – Gambian Kora player
9:30pm- Calamity Janes - Oldtime String band
10:15pm- The Dust Busters – Oldtime string band
11:15pm- Blind Boy Paxton – Blues guitar, stride piano, old time banjo
12am – Ernie Vega – Blues, folk and original songs

Saturday May 22nd at Jalopy:
Afternoon:
2:45pm- Alan Friend – Oldtime banjo and fiddle music
3:30pm- Hubby Jenkins – Blues, folk and original songs
4:15pm- Peter K. Siegel & Eli Smith – Old-time banjo duet
5pm- Bobby Damore and his band – Greek Rebetika music
5:45pm- Isto – Isto music
6:15pm- Willy Gantrim – Blues, folk and original songs
Evening:
7:15pm- Bob Malenky – Blues and folk songs
8pm – Greeting from Borough President Marty Markowitz
8:15pm- Elizabeth Butters – Ballad singer and guitarist
8:45pm- Banjorama – Funky banjo band
9:30pm – Feral Foster - Blues, folk and original songs
10:15pm- Clifton Hicks – Oldtime banjo player and singer from North Carolina
11pm- Radio Jarocho - Son and Fandango music and dance from Jarocho, Mexico
12am- The Bill Murray Experience - Early jazz and popular music

Sunday May 23rd in the Urban Meadow (located near Jalopy on President St. btwn Columbia and Van Brunt)

2:15pm- Rashad Brown – Blues and folk songs
3pm- Sam Doores – Blues, folk and original songs
4pm- Square Dance!Dave Harvey of NYCBarnDance.com will call the dance, The Dust Busters will be the band.
5pm- Brotherhood of the Jug Band Blues – Jug band traditionals and originals
5:45pm- Stephen Strohmeier – Blues, folk and original songs
6:30pm- East River String Band - Country Blues duet

Sunday May 23rd at Jalopy:

2pm- Blues Guitar Workshop with Bob Malenky
3pm- Group Singing with Heather Wood, Ann Price and Alan Friend from the Folk Music Society of NY
4pm- Old-time Banjo Workshop with John Cohen
7pm- Pat Conte – Blues guitar and oldtime banjo player
8pm- John Cohen & Annabel Lee – Old time banjo
9pm- The Tillers – Oldtimey and original songs
9:45pm- The Dough Rollers – Country blues and oldtime music
10:30pm- Mamie Minch Blues, folk and original songs

Friday, May 14, 2010

Reminder: PS58 Spring Carmival tomorrow

Mark your calendars for the PS58 Spring Carnival!

SATURDAY, MAY 15TH
10-4pm
PS58 School Yard

Astrograss and Bonga & The Voodoo Drums of Haiti will headline this year's carnival along with performances by two dance groups featuring native hula dancers and a troupe of Bollywood dancers from India.

There will be games and prizes, a moonbounce and a slide, ice-cream, hot dogs and a fresh fruit stand. The Carnival is open to all the community and admission is free.
Pay only for what you play and eat.

Bring the entire family for a day of fun and tell your friends!

Squirrel Contest winners picked tomorrow at Brooklyn General

Join the fantastic team of Brooklyn General for a Squirrel Party where there will be drinking, dancing, chatting with old friends and making new ones, and where they will be announcing the winners of our Handmade Squirrel Contest!

Saturday, May 15th
7 pm-10 pm
at
Brooklyn General Store
128 Union St
btwn Columbia & Hicks

1st Prize: $200 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one year).
2nd Prize: $100 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one year).
3rd Prize: $50 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one year).

Youth Prizes (0-15 yrs):
Three squirrels will each be awarded one $50 Brooklyn General Store gift certificate (valid for one year).


IT'S NOT TOO LATE! Still working away on that squirrel? The deadline for entry is Saturday, May 15 @ noon. Keep those little critters coming!

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Beautiful Earth Day block party on 5/23

EDIT: Due to the high likelihood of rain, this event has been canceled.

Come celebrate earth (and the sun) at the Beautiful Earth Day block party on 5/23/10. There will be music, activities, food, and a variety of environmental or communty based organizations on hand.




The block party will take place on Degraw st. Between Van Brunt and Columbia

Mote details at the official site:
http://www.beautifulearthday.com/

Free Yoga at Valentino Pier

free yoga

at valentino pier park

on saturdays
from 10-11am

classes run may 15 – june 19

contact anna for more information
(718) 710-1773 annamum@gmail.com

Annual Tag Sale at Amazing Garden this Weekend

"The Amazing Garden" is having their annual tag sale this Saturday - 10am until stuff runs out. There will also be baked goods this year along with their usual furniture, books, CDs, knick-knacks, toys, and small appliances.

All proceeds go to benefit the garden, which is exclusively volunteer run - and open for public enjoyment.They just added a brand new brick wall along the front edge of the garden that includes additional seating, which should be great for movie nights later this season.

So support your local community garden, check out the sale, and enjoy!

Join in the opening of Red Hook's Mercado

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

COWNA General Meeting at 29 Tiffany Place tonight

In view of the crummy weather, tonight's CoWNA meeting will be in the community room at 29 Tiffany Place, not outside in the rain and the wind and the cold at the Urban Meadow. The start time is the same -- 6:45 p.m.

Big Movies for Little Kids' 5th Anniversary

BIG MOVIES FOR LITTLE KIDS

Celebrating Our Fifth Anniversary!

Monday, May 17th at 4pm

REBECCA OF SUNNYBROOK FARM

Shirley Temple shines as Rebecca Winstead, the “very self-reliant” and gifted radio entertainer who moves to Sunnybrook Farm to live with her cranky old aunt. Aunt Miranda absolutely forbids her niece from entering show business, but, this being a Shirley Temple film, the show must go on. Over the course of some very funny slapstick scenes and secret shenanigans, Rebecca prevails. Don’t miss the finale, “The Parade if the Wooden Soldiers,” with renowned tap dancer Bill “Bojangles” Robinson. (USA; 1938; not rated; black and white; live action; 80 minutes)

BIG MOVIES FOR LITTLE KIDS

Time: 4pm (every other Monday, following the public school calendar)

Ages: 2 and up (all ages welcome)

Location: Cobble Hill Cinemas, 265 Court Street @ Butler

Subway: F train to Bergen Street

Cost: $6.50 per person (as per theater policy, all walkers need a ticket)

For more information: www.bigmoviesforlittlekids.blogspot.com

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Missing a bike?

If you are missing a bike that matches the following description, please contact Noon at noon.gourfain {at} gmail.com

Description: dark bluish/greenish ROSS girls bike, 5 speed, upright handle bars, no handle bar wrapping, new red, battery operated, tail light , bell, tires very worn

Sunday, May 9, 2010

COWNA General Meeting - Wednesday, 5/12 at the Urban Meadow

The Spring General Meeting of the Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Association will take place this Wednesday, 5/12. The agenda will include:

  • A presentation by Ana Baptiste of the Ironbound Community Corp. on behalf of the Coalition for Healthy Ports.
  • A review of progress in our efforts to improve safety on Columbia Street.
  • Status of the Columbia Street Reconstruction Project.
  • Report on the BQE Enhancement Study workshop.
  • Report on the salt pile.
  • Announcement of an effort to obtain bike racks for the neighborhood.
  • Committee updates.
Location: The Urban Meadow (President Street at Van Brunt)

In case of rain: 29 Tiffany Place, Penthouse Community Room

Time: 6:45pm (please come on time so we can make use of daylight)

Please spread the word!

Friday, May 7, 2010

Novel-T Team 2 opening party TONIGHT



Local company Novel-T will be launching its second line of T-Shirts tonight at an opening party at Powerhouse books in Dumbo!

There'll be dancing, a Wii home run derby, literary baseball readings, an appearance by the Brooklyn Cyclones' Sandy the Seagull, and more. Also free beer and Cracker Jacks.

Sounds like a fun way to support a locally based shirt company!

More info at http://www.novel-t.com/

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Reminder: Books Through Bars bbq and book drive Saturday 5/8

Just a reminder that there will be a great event at Freebird on Saturday, 5/8, from 2-6pm! Details according to a Freebird email:

Just a reminder that if you have leftover books and are looking to make space in your cramped apartment, we are leading a book drive on May 8 for the grassroots organization, Books Through Bars, a non-profit which donates books to prisoners across the country.

Since the occasion roughly coincides with the 100th anniversary of Mark Twain's passing, we will honor his memory with Six Point beer, grilled food, and, of course, T-shirts! All Freebird's proceeds from the sale of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer T-shirts (made by our friends at Novel-T) will go to Books Through Bars, which also needs money to cover the costs of postage for their donations.

Speaking of which, books donated to BTB are tax deductible. Books Through Bars is especially looking for books in the following categories -- and preferably in paperback, to cut down on postage costs:

  • African-American history, especially 20th century
  • Native American history
  • Latin American history
  • Radical politics
  • Social sciences and psychology
  • Dictionaries, thesauruses, and Spanish-English dictionaries
  • Learning world languages
  • How-to (drawing, chess, sign language...)
  • Mayan and Aztec history
  • Memoirs and fiction by people of color
  • Mythology
  • Poetry anthologies

That said, we don’t want to turn away any generous offers and what BTB can’t use will either make its way into Freebird’s general population or off to another charitable organization.

Freebird Books
123 Columbia Street (between Kane and Degraw streets)

Farmacy on Henry to open soon




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Tree Brigade Part 2 this Saturday 5/8!


As a follow up to last month's very successful tree brigade kickoff, we will be aerating and mulching trees along Columbia St. from Degraw down to Hamilton this Saturday. Kids are more than welcome to help, and its a great opportunity to meet people, learn about local environmental issues, and beautify the neighborhood.

There will also be a team of volunteers doing some cleaning and planting along the greenway.

Volunteers should meet across from 145 Columbia Street at 9:45 am. There will be a post here in the case that the event gets canceled due to inclement weather.

Hope to see you there!

Wednesday, May 5, 2010

PS58 Spring Carnival - May 15th

Mark your calendars for the PS58 Spring Carnival!

SATURDAY, MAY 15TH
10-4pm
PS58 School Yard

Astrograss and Bonga & The Voodoo Drums of Haiti will headline this year's carnival along with performances by two dance groups featuring native hula dancers and a troupe of Bollywood dancers from India.

There will be games and prizes, a moonbounce and a slide, ice-cream, hot dogs and a fresh fruit stand. The Carnival is open to all the community and admission is free.
Pay only for what you play and eat.

Bring the entire family for a day of fun and tell your friends!

Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Final Pratt Studio presentation on the Columbia Waterfront this Thursday 5/6!

Pratt students in the preservation and planning programs have been working hard all year studying our neighborhood, talking to local residents and business owners, gathering data, and creating ideas for the future of the waterfront!

Come to LICH this Thursday to see what they've been working on, engage in a discussion about the past, present and future of the neighborhood, and listen to their suggestions for future action

Event Details:


Time: 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm

Location: LICH building on Hicks Street, just off Atlantic Avenue. Enter the main revolving doors and you’ll come to a security desk. We’re reserved under Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Assn. / Pratt Presentation. The security guard will direct you to conference room A -which is a short distance down the hall.


Ballfield vendors opening weekend!


This past weekend was the first weekend in May, which meant the beginning of the Red Hook Ballfields food vendor season! We didn't make it this past weekend but we hope to get down there soon. Huaraches, tacos, papusas, horchata, grilled corn, ceviche - its all so delicious!

Check out a Brooklyn Paper article on the opening weekend here

Image above from Brooklyn Paper

Reminder: BQE Enhancement Project meeting tonight!


Please attend the first Community Design Workshop for the BQE Enhancement
project which is scheduled for tonight, Tuesday, May 4, 6:30p to
8:30p at Long Island College Hospital, Avram Conference Center.

The first workshop will focus on gathering input from the local residents on
both sides of the trench. This is a chance to communicate your opinions and
observations to the design team. Future workshops will present design ideas
for review and comment. Hope to see you there!

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Reminder: Plant Sale at the Urban Meadow

Today from 11am to 2pm, come by the Urban Meadow! It's time to get planting!
You will find perennials and annuals as well as tomato starters and basil at very low prices.
Get green and support your neighborhood garden!

All proceeds go to the maintenance of the Meadow and to all the great free events of this unique space.

Tell your friends! See you there!


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