Free Movie Night - King Kong (1931)

FREE OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT

The Backyard Garden will be showing King Kong (1931 Version) this Saturday, July 23rd at 8:30pm. Bring a blanket or a chair and your popcorn and ENJOY!!

Summit Garden Tag & Bake Sale this Saturday

The Summit Street Community Garden is having a Tag & Bake Sale on Saturday, June 13! Come on down for great deals and yummy treats to support this beautiful garden.

Summit Street Community Garden Tag & Bake Sale
Saturday, June 13, 10 am-3 pm
Summit & Columbia streets
The Summit Street Community Garden is having a tag and bake sale with delicious baked goods, coffee, herbal tea, lemonade and popcorn, as well as toys, household items, clothes, jewelry and music for sale. All sales go towards beautifying the garden. This event is free.

7th Annual Columbia Waterfront District Tree Lighting

Show the love to our fantastic neighborhood by......... eating free food, dancing to awesome music, and winning fun prizes! 

December 13, 6pm-7:30pm, marks the Columbia Waterfront Tree Lighting Party, hosted at the Human Compass Garden by Carroll Gardens Association Inc. 

There will be yummy food provided by outstanding and generous restaurants including Mazzat, Jake's BBQ and Brooklyn Southern, toe-tapping fodder by the Dan Kurfist Trio, and, of course, a beautiful Christmas tree. Into fire trucks? Well, the FDNY local 202 will be escorting none other than Mr. Santa himself to the party, complete with surprises for the little ones.

To view the poster and see more information go to:

http://www.carrollgardensassociation.com/7th-annual-columbia-waterfront-district-tree-lighting-on-friday-december-13th-from-6pm-to-730pm/

Rhombus Space -- New Gallery in Red Hook

www.rhombusspace.com

183 Lorraine Street

3rd Floor of the Art Spaces/Studio Complex
Red Hook

Jessica Campbell, YEAH NO TOTALLY, 

varying materials and size, 2012/2013

Poetry Slam exhibit (closed)

Ann Stewart, Tethering Corollaries II,
etching and aquatint on paper, 18 x 24"
Fine Lines exhibit (open Oct. 18)

Samuel Jablon, Poet Sculpture, variable 

dimensions, enamel on plywood, 2013

Poetry Slam exhibit (closed)

Katerina Lanfranco -- artist, curator and founder of Rhombus Space, in Red Hook -- is excited to be able to showcase and promote the work of artists whom she sees as truly contributing to the contemporary art dialogue. She opened Rhombus Space on September 20th of this year, and just wrapped up the space's first show, Poetry Slam, which closed Sunday, October 13. The show explored four artists' use of text in their visual art, and pieces included paintings, drawings, sculpture, installation and video. Featured artists were: damali abrams (lower case intentional), Jessica Campbell, Samuel Jablon, and Mwamba-Salim Wilson.

Lanfranco says that what gives Rhombus Space it's strength is "the dialogue that emerges from the grouping in each show", and invites people to not only focus on the individual artists and works, but on how they interact, how they compliment and inform each other.

Rhombus Space's forthcoming show, Fine Lines, is slated to open October 18, and aims to carry patrons "between familiar form and elegant abstraction" by exploring line as the primary artistic element and building block of the works shown. Featured artists will be Helen Dennis, Nils Folke Anderson, Jason Peters, and Ann Stewart, each of whom utilizes architectonic design and architectural references in their work, with the aim to bring the world of line and shape that is all around us into new and unexpected perspectives. Works will range from painting, drawing and printmaking to photography and sculpture.

Lanfranco is also hugely pleased to announce that the gallery will be participating in the Gowanus Open Studios event this weekend. The event is free, and will be open October 19 and 20, 12-5pm. Many of the other spaces and studios in the 183 Lorraine Street complex will be opening their doors for the event, so bring some snacks, some friends, yourself (or any combination thereof!) and enjoy some great hours of art absorption.

A few more teasers from Fine Lines:

Nils Anderson, Untitled, Acrylic on canvas, 7"x21"

Nils Anderson,Bench, Painted wood, 17"x13"x48"

Helen Dennis, Grand Central, NYC, photographic drawing, 40 x 48"

Jason Peters, untitled, silver ink on black paper, 11 by 11 by 16.5

Poetry Slam (closed)

September 20 -- October 13, 2013 

More information about this show and the artists can be found at:
http://rhombusspace.blogspot.com/2013/09/rhombus-space-presents-poetry-slam-w.html

Fine Lines
October 18 -- November 17, 2013
Reception: Friday October 18
6:00-8:00 PM
More information about this show and the artists can be found at:
http://rhombusspace.blogspot.com/2013/10/rhombus-space-presents-fine-lines.html

Gowanus Open Studios
October 19 -- 20, 1013
12:00-- 5:00 PM
More information about this event can be found at:
http://artsgowanus.org/gowanus-open-studios

Worm Festival at South Brooklyn Children's Garden

Come one, come all to the Worm Festival on Saturday, April 20th at the new South Brooklyn Children's Garden on the corner of Columbia Street and Sackett Street. Bring your compost-able items to feed to the "wormies" and enjoy the festivities:


Activities will include:
• Arts& crafts activities for kids
• Music provided by The Dads Beats- with songs about worms and gardens!
• Compost drop off
• Games
• Bake sale and lunch
• Book reading – worm-related books will be read to the kids
• Raffle

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!

The 9th Annual Columbia Waterfront District Halloween Party and Parade!

Carroll Gardens Patch

Hey kids, meet in your costumes this Sunday, October 30 at the Urban Meadow for some Halloween fun.

From the site: "There'll be treats and Urban Meadow t-shirts for sale, a costume parade led by the Underground Horns band and a fire engine from a local FDNY ladder company, hula hooping in the Meadow and more!"

Sunday 10/30 10:00 am - 12:00 noon 
Urban Meadow
President St & Van Brunt St, Brooklyn, NY
FREE

This event is brought to you by volunteers for the Urban Meadow. Contact stephanie_cherry@gmail.com if you can help decorate/bake/volunteer in the morning.

Music in the Garden - Today at 5pm - Summit St. Garden

The Summit St. Garden is having a free performance and sing-along for kids tonight at 5pm hosted by local musicians! Bring out the whole family and enjoy music and the outdoors.

The Summit St. Garden is located at the corner of Columbia St. and Summit St.

Yoga at the Urban Meadow

Yoga at the Meadow
June & July 2010

All classes begin at 7 pm
(pay-as-you-will donation to the instructor)

The sun setting on the New York harbor, the majestic cranes, and the soft grass...

June 17, June 24, June 28, July 5, July 26

Don't forget your bug spray!

Reminder: Red Hook Jazz Festival this Sunday!!!

The Urban Meadow is located on the corner of President and Van Brunt.

Kids are free, suggested $5 donation for adults

See the previous detailed post here

There will be snacks, drinks, and t-shirts on sale at the event, with all proceeds supporting the Urban Meadow!

Crazy Joe film screening at The Backyard Garden

The Backyard Garden will be joining the long list of Joe Gallo themed events this summer with a film screening of Crazy Joe. A trailer of the movie is here and details about the event are below that:



THE BACKYARD PRESENTS at
8:00 PM Saturday. August 29
CRAZY JOE (1973)
FREE OUTDOOR MOVIE NIGHT in the Garden
at Hamilton Ave & Summit St.

See A Vintage Feature Film Plus Cartoon—All are Welcome!:
Based on the short life of Crazy Joe Gallo, with Peter Boyle as the hipster wiseguy and Fred Williamson as his eager associate. It’s almost a civil rights story as Joe tries to integrate the rackets and meets with fierce opposition. Lots of violent action and plenty of excellent character acting with Eli Wallach, Luther Adler, Rip Torn, Paula Prentiss. Can you spot Henry (Fonzie) Winkler as one of the crew? A film with a strong 70s feel, directed by Carlo Lizzani. ----Bring your own popcorn, etc.

Yoga in the Urban Meadow, summer '09

Tuesdays, 7pm Restorative Stretching with Jolene
She will lead an open, stretch and restorative class just right for after a busy day in the warm sun. Open to all, even expecting moms.

Thursdays, 7pm Vinyasa Yoga with Katrina
This form of yoga connects movement and breath in a slow continuous flow. Relaxing as well as challenging, it is the perfect workout at the end of a summer day.

Special event: Down Dog Workshop in the Park with Lauren
SATURDAY JULY 25 10:30AM - 11:30AM (3YRS AND UP)
Join Bija for a morning of outdoor yoga fun at the Urban Meadow. Connect with nature, play yoga games, relax during story time, explore animal and nature based poses. Activities will also include parachute activities, singing and bubbles. Adults are encouraged to participate. No yoga experience necessary.

All donations will go to the teachers.
The urban Meadow is located on President, at the corner of Van Brunt st.

Email: urbanmeadow@gmail.com

Free Mother's Day wine tasting at Donna Da Vine

New mom and owner of Donna Da Vine (a wine store on Atlantic Ave) is celebrating her first Mother's Day by conducting a free wine tasting on Sunday, May 10th from 3pm to 7pm.
She will be featuring some of her favorite wines produced by moms!

Here's just a taste of what's on the menu:

domaine gaujal st bon cote de thau rose '08
domaine gaujal picpoul de pinet '07
penner ash roseo '08
heron pinot noir 'vin de pays doc' 06
heron sexto 'terra alta' '06
revolution shiraz '06

Sounds awesome!