Red Hook Jazz Festival 2013

The 6th Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival comes back to our neighborhood at the Urban Meadow on June 9th and June 16th. Plenty of time for you to save the date and come out and enjoy not only the beautiful weather and the company of our lovely neighbors, but some wonderful sounds they have lined up for us.

Here are the details, but be sure to check back (https://www.facebook.com/RedHookJazzFestival) to ensure they haven't changed it up:


WHAT: 6th ANNUAL RED HOOK JAZZ FESTIVAL

WHEN: TWO SUNDAYS IN JUNE: 9th & 16th

WHERE: in the Urban Meadow - on the corner of President & Van Brunt streets

HOW MUCH: $10.00 per day & kids are FREE

LINEUP:
SUNDAY, JUNE 9 from 1pm - 6pm

CLARENCE PENN QUARTET
Ben Street - bass
Adam Roger - guitar
Seamus Blake - sax
Clarence Penn - drums

FAY VICTOR ENSEMBLE
Fay Victor – voice, compositions
Anders Nilsson – guitar, effects
Ken Filiano – bass, effects

WILLIE MARTINEZ' LA FAMILIA SEXTET
Willie Martinez - drums & vocals
Misha Tsiganov - keyboards
Jennifer Vincent - bass
Renato Thoms - percussion
J. Walter Hawkes - trombone
Maximilian Schweiger - baritone saxophone

JAMES CARNEY GROUP
Peter Epstein - soprano & alto sax
Ralph Alessi - trumpet
Tony Malaby - tenor sax (maybe)
Josh Roseman - trombone
James Carney - acoustic & electric piano
Chris Lightcap - bass
Mark Ferber - drums

THE NOWTET PLAYS ZEPPELIN
Adam Kolker - sax
Andy Gravish - trumpet
Jeremy Manasia - piano
Carlo De Rosa - bass
Al Street - guitar
Richi James De Bonis - drums


SUNDAY, JUNE 16 from 1pm - 6pm

ROB MOSHER'S POLEBRIDGE
Rob Mosher - soprano sax & clarinet
Micah Killion - trumpet
John Marcus - violin
Stephanie Nilles - piano
Andrew Small - bass and fiddle

LARK
Kris Davis - piano
Ralph Alessi - trumpet
Ingrid Laubrock - sax
Tom Rainey - drums

MIKE PRIDE's FROM BACTERIA TO BOYS
Jon Irabagon- alto sax
Jonathan Moritz- tenor sax
Alexis Marcelo- piano / keyboard
Peter Bitenc- bass
Mike Pride- drums

ALLISON MILLER's BIG MOLASSES
Brandon Seabrook - guitar
Hagar Benari - bass
Allison Miller - drums

BAD TOUCH
Loren Stillman - sax
Nate Radley - guitar
Gary Versace - keyboards/nord
Ted Poor - drums

PAUL KOGUT TRIO
Paul Kogut - guitar
Drew Gress - bass
Vinnie Sperrazza - drums

*RHJF is sponsored by the
BROOKLYN ARTS COUNCIL
&
THE HOUSE OF PIZZA & CALZONE
URBAN MEADOW

Annual Easter Egg Hunt

Bring your kids down to the cutest neighborhood egg hunt around - the Columbia Waterfront District's Annual Spring Egg Hunt. To accommodate more kids at this popular event, babies to age four will hunt for eggs in the Meadow and kids five and up will be in next door Mother Cabrini Playground. There'll be baked treats, and Urban Meadow t-shirts! So bring your baskets and don't be late. Those eggs go fast!

WHEN: Sunday, March 31 10 AM -12 noon
WHERE: Urban Meadow community garden and Mother Cabrini playground, corner of President and Van Brunt Streets. Contact urbanmeadow@gmail.com with any questions. 

The Urban Meadow on President Street is hosting two membership meetings soon for the next season! Check out their blog to see all the perks of membership.

Saturday March 9 at 3:00 downstairs at the Carroll Gardens Library, 396 Clinton Street on the corner of Union, and Sun March 17 at 3:00, at the House of Pizza and Calzone at 132 Union Street. They'll be talking about fees, membership rights and responsibilities, and plans for the season. If you wish to renew your membership or become a new member, please make sure to attend one of the meetings.

Write to the coordinators at urbanmeadow@gmail.com with any questions.

http://urbanmeadowbrooklyn.blogspot.com/2013/02/2013-membership.html

Cora Dance performances this week

THE CORA STUDIO-THEATER PRESENTS:

SHANNON HUMMEL/CORA DANCE'S 2013 NYC SEASON PREMIERE OF "DOWN HERE"FEBRUARY 28-MARCH 2 AND MARCH 6-9 AT 8PM
@ the Cora Studio-Theater, 201 Richards Street, Buzzer #15
between Coffey and Van Dyke Streets, Red Hook, Brooklyn NYC


March 1-2; March 6-9 @ 8pm: Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance presents "down here"
w/ guest choreographers Nadia Tykulsker/Spark(edIt) Arts (March 1 & 2);
Courtney Cooke, (March 6 & 8); and Katie Dean (March 7 & 9)
Tickets: $20 or pay-what-you-can. Tickets are available at the door or
online at http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/317542. ADVANCE PURCHASE
STRONGLY RECOMMENDED.

About Courtney Cooke, (March 6 and 8 at 8pm)

Courtney Cooke's newest work "Steeper Beast" is a tightly structured
improvisation exploring research in the body as a vessel for hypnotic
states, trances, regressive behavior, relationships, and time travel.

About Katie Dean, (March 7 and 9 at 8pm)

Katie presents "Royal Jelly", an exploration of nostalgia, our
collections, the Golden Record, symmetry, iPhones, lust and randomness. A
Waiting for Godot-ish 20 or so minutes of the moments in between.
Performed by Airin Dalton, Megan Harrold, and Nadia Tykulsker. Sound
design created in collaboration with Heather Bregman. Set design in
collaboration with Michael Drake.

About the Cora Theater

The Cora Studio-Theater is an intimate 750 square foot performance space
which debuted as a theater in 2012. Home to the professional company
Shannon Hummel/Cora Dance and its educational program, Cora School for
Dance, the studio is a laboratory for addressing the impediments that keep
many underserved populations from taking part in the arts. The theater
will host over 20 evenings of live performance in 2013 by Cora Dance,
students, guest artists and others. All programs and performances at The
Cora Studio are pay-what-you-can and no one is ever turned away based on
what she/he can afford. Cora is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 organization. The
Cora Studio-Theater is proudly located in Red Hook, Brooklyn at 201
Richards St between Coffey and Van Dyke Streets. For more information,
visit www.coradance.org.