Help get more bike racks for our neighborhood this Saturday!

Saturday, 6/19/10
Corner of Union and Columbia
11 AM

This Saturday, join members of the Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Association (COWNA) and Transportation Alternatives as we survey the neighborhood for new bike rack locations. More bike racks will not only make bike parking easier for Columbia Waterfront residents, but will make it easier for visitors from outside of our neighborhood to bike over, park, and walk around enjoying local businesses, events, parks, and more.

The event will begin with a training by Daniel Latorre, the creator of a website called FixCity that helps to identify bike rack locations and submit requests directly to the DOT in batches. If you have a smartphone, please bring it along as we will be able to use them to upload requests to the FixCity site instantly. If you don't have a smartphone, don't worry, because we will have instructions and forms in paper format that can be taken home to upload via computer or passed off to smart phone carriers.

Once the training portion is over, we will break up into groups and scout potential bike rack locations throughout the neighborhood!

Animal Adoption Event at Love Thy Pet - Sunday 20

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2010 Kids Concert Series in the Carroll Park

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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!

First day of the Urban Meadow CSA

Today was the first day of the new CSA program at the Urban Meadow! The farmers drove for about 2 and a half hours from Ant Hill Farm in Honesdale, PA to deliver 36 shares of extremely fresh produce, eggs, and cheese. The first delivery consisted of broccoli rabe, spinach and beet greens, turnips, asparagus, radishes, green garlic, salad mix, mixed cooking greens, and some eggs and cheese.

While the CSA is fully booked for now, feel free to get in contact with urbanmeadowcsa [ at ] gmail.com to get on a waitlist for next year or to find out other relevant information.

We are also happy to say that we may be offering leftover items for sale at the end of the delivery time in future weeks, with all proceeds going to sponsor member scholarships for low income families next season.

Check out more great photos at the new Urban Meadow site here


Thanks to the leadership of the Urban Meadow, the Columbia Waterfront Neighborhood Association, Just Food, and most importantly the coordinators and members of the CSA and the farmers for making this happen!!!!! The season is off to a great start!

Book launch event for Dark Harbor at Freebird 6/6

Sunday, June 6, 2 to 6 pm

Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront by Nathan Ward
Refreshments and bonus film to follow

Message from Freebird Books about the event:
This Sunday we celebrate the release of Dark Harbor: The War for the New York Waterfront by Nathan Ward with a book launch party in our backyard. Please join us for some BBQ and beer as Nathan shares some stories of our neighborhood's more sordid side. We will also one extra film in our related series this month.

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.

This event is part of a series being co-sponsored by Freebird Books and PortSide NY in conjuction with the release of Dark Harbor. See details for other events in the series at our previous post here

Benefit for Truck Farm film at home/made 6/6

home/made and Wicked Delicate Films
present
"DRINK & THRIVE"

A spontaneous benefit for those who run
by the seat of their overalls! WHEN: Sunday, June 6 6pm until we sprout roots

WHERE: home/made
293 Van Brunt St. (between Pioneer & King St.)
Red Hook, Brooklyn 11231
347-223-4135

WHAT: Truck-Farm Screenings after dark in the garden
100% of special truck farm wines go toward the film completion!!

WHO: Everyone

WHY: Because this truck farm inspires and educates kids and adults alike.

TRUCK FARM - Episode 1 from Wicked Delicate Films on Vimeo.

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More info about the truck farm project available at Wicked Delicate's site

A blog post with more pictures and video snippets is also available at Eat Me Daily

image above from Eat Me Daily

Don't forget: Red Hook Fest - June 4 & 5

EDIT: Please note the post title was corrected from 6/6 to 6/5

5 Burro is Open!

A twitter message announcing their grand opening:
@5burro: GRand Opening!! June 1st. 5 Burro Brooklyn. 127 Columbia street. 5pm

....and a message on Twitter from what appears to be one of their first guests:

@robert_guerrero: wht an amazing time 2nite at @5Burro Cafe in Brooklyn. cngrts 2 them....Outdoor spot on the Columbia Waterfront is key.

Click the image above to check out their site

It's coming! Red Hook Jazz Festival - June 13th and 20th

Save the date - The Red Hook Jazz Festival is coming up in the Urban Meadow June 13th and June 20th from 1 PM- 5 PM both days. Suggested admission at the door is $5 for adults, kids are free. (All proceeds go to support the Urban Meadow garden and activities)

It will be two days of great music on the Columbia Street Waterfront, right under the cranes in a beautiful outdoor spot. Many of the musicians who'll be playing the RHJF live in Brooklyn - from Carroll Gardens to Park Slope to Ditmas Park, Brooklyn is represented (and there will even be a few guests from Manhattan!)

This is the line-up for the RHJF - see the Urban Meadow website for more information about the shows and the Urban Meadow including directions

Sunday, June 13th 1:00pm – 5:00pm

1:00pm

Dave Sewelson's BQE with Bobby Radcliff, David Hofstra & Richard Dworkin

2:00pm

Welf Dorr with Tom Zlabinger, Dalius Naujo & On Davis

3:00pm

Nick Gianni's Evolution with Rick Botari, On Davis & Dalius Naugo

4:00pm

SPOKE with Andy Hunter, Justin Wood, Danny Fischer & Dan Loomis

Sunday, June 20th 1:00pm – 5:00pm

1:00pm

James Carney with Tony Malaby, Chris Lightcap, Dan Weiss

2:00pm

Chris Lightcap with Tony Malaby, Chris Cheek, Craig Taborn & Gerald Cleaver

3:00pm

Todd Sickafoose's Tiny Resistors with Jonathan Goldberger, Mike Gamble, John Ellis, Alan Ferber & Ches Smith

4:00pm

Harris Eisenstadt’s Canada Day with Nate Wooley, Matt Bauder, Chris Dingman & Eivind Opsvik