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Friday, March 4
* Fountain Art Fair Opening Night Reception, Manhattan
* Beyond the Far Horizon, Brooklyn
* Electrick Music for the Mind and Body, Brooklyn
* Boys' Night: An All-Male Cirquelesque, Manhattan
* Experience NYC, Manhattan
* Hope in Blasted Landscapes, Manhattan
Saturday, March 5
* OM/E, Brooklyn
* Role Play, Queens
* Sneak Preview Event of Degeneration X
* Site Fest, Brooklyn
* Solo Results of Collaborations and Influence, Brooklyn
Tuesday, March 8
* Cinema 16, Manhattan
* Warper, Brooklyn
Wednesday, March 9
* See You Next Wednesday, Brooklyn
Thursday, March 10
* Funk in the Trunk, Williamsburg
Wishlist
* Brass
All That We've Met
* Sari Rubinstein
Spectre
* Printing Replacement Kidneys
Learning
* African-American Cultural Expo
Help
* Verge
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Midnight ships on the Mississip.
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Fountain Art Fair Opening Night Reception
Fountain Art Fair presents a lineup of over 20 avant-garde, independent galleries and artists in a weekend-long celebration of off-beat art. Fountain's public opening night reception will feature live musical performances by breakout pop/funk force Gordon Voidwell, electro-pop singer Tecla, and Generic. .
Pier 66 Maritime, aka the Frying Pan
26th Street and 12th Avenue, Manhattan
7p-midnight; $10 daily, $15 weekend pass
fountainexhibit.com
facebook.com/event.php?eid=191443854209375
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
Beyond the Far Horizon
An evening of psychedelic sounds, visuals, and mentalities. Live midnight performance by Thresholder, psych-rock dance party to follow. DJ Slaying Mantis, DJ Queens, and The Transhumanist
playing the best in Kraut, garage, psych, Afrofunk and golden era rap. Mindbending visuals by the Starchildren. It's a simple event with a profound purpose: to create a temporary oasis of positive energy in the heart of the commerce-furnace that is Midtown.
The Party Room
732 Eighth Avenue, at 45th Street, Manhattan
9p; $free
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
Electrick Music for the Mind and Body
An evening of live music and DJ selections. On the bill: Magic People, Dutchess Leo, Double Entendre, Andy and Zeus. DJ sets: Make a Body Feel Better and Aerosmith’s Daughter LLC.
Party Xpo
929 Broadway, Brooklyn
11p-4a;
electrickgypsyservicegmail.com
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
Boys' Night: An All-Male Cirquelesque
The men are taking over Galapagos Art Space for a night of theatrical/burlesque/circus revelry. From dynamic aerial performers to hunky escape artists to an acrobatic duo; these men are bringing the sexy to Galapagos. The boys and the girls will love this sensual, hilarious, fun-filled Friday night out. Featuring Joshua Dean, Ben Franklin, Eric Gorsuch, Jason Mejias, Albert Cadabra, and hosted by the one and only Eve Starr.
Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street, Brooklyn
7p doors, 8p show; $20
galapagosartspace.com
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
One Good Reason presents:
Experience NYC
Forget VIP. Forget bottle service. Forget promoters, fancy flyer handouts, themes, and even costumes. Not just a party, Experience is an elevated event. Experience is a conscious creation with high vibrational activity of authentic open heart expressions.
Two rooms of sound alchemy by Gladkill, Unlimted Gravity, Afromonk, Morphous with Shzaru. Friar Tuck, Val Molano, Boris, and LB3. Think LoveHop, SpaceGlitch, CrunkFunk, and GrimeyHeartStep. Plus a second room of NYC DJs spinning booty shaking funk, sexy electro house, breaks, and more.
Experience NYC
251 West 30th Street, Manhattan
10p-4a; $15 early, else $20
21 and over
tiny.cc/experiencenyc
***** Also on FRIDAY *****
The Multispecies Salon presents:
Hope in Blasted Landscapes
A collage party. We invite you to join us in the Multispecies Salon for a night of collage and bricolage. Bring images and ideas that speak to a central question: In the aftermath of disaster -- in blasted landscapes that have been transformed by multiple catastrophes -- what are the possibilities of biocultural hope?
In 2010 the Multispecies Salon art exhibit visited New Orleans, where Hurricane Katrina was a perfect storm of human engineering follies and powerful natural forces. Even before Katrina, the Gulf of Mexico was home to one of the world's largest dead zones. In the words of one marine ecologist the dead zone "lacks all the kinds of animals we want, and has all the kinds of animals we don't want, it has all these toxic microbes." We invite you to give a presence to these microbes as well as other creatures living and dying in the shadows of human cities.
Bring your own beverages and drawing implements as well as images from science journals, popular magazines, and the internet. We will have a black-and-white printer on hand, a Xerox machine, poster board, scissors, and glue.
CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, between 34th and 35th streets, room 5307, Manhattan
7-10p; $free
212 817 709
ekirksey (at) gc.cuny.edu,
wix.com/multispecies/multispecies
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BabySkinGlove presents:
OM/E
BabySkinGlove's reinterpret8ion of California's reinterpretation of India's reinterpretation of Zen. Enter a world full of blank space and even energy, a place where we have not found the future but rather the future has found us, a place to call OM/E. As you enter BabySkinGlove's reinterpret8ion through a giant inflatable womb, prepare to be reborn with a blessing from the genderless, colourless, classless, ageless tour guide. The house is approximately 95 degrees, the temperature of heaven, but disciples are encouraged to keep their coats on and experience the warmth. During the day tours will be given every hour on the hour, and disciples will be led through the house, on a path of rebirth and total truth discovery. On Saturday at 9p begins a rave called PL(U/E)R aka Peace, Love, Unity or Ecstasy, Respect.
17-36 Stanhope Street, Brooklyn
Continues SUNDAY
L train to DeKalb station
10-6p tours, 9p-midnight rave; $?
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Role Play
Role Play selects people whose presence in dance is as someone contributing to dance but not the reason why dance exists. Role Play asks musicians, lighting designers, audience members, arts administrators to make the dance, while choreographers, dancers, and dance scholars discuss the dance. A proposed question: How does the work presented in Role Play relate to dance's history and contribute to dance's future? 2011's Role Play will feature work by Matt Mottel and Carol Nhan. Post-presentation will be moderated by Pedro Jimenez, Zena Bibler, and Omagbitse Omagbemi. BYO Coffee. Donuts will be served.
Chocolate Factory
5-49 49th Avenue, Long Island City, Queens
11a, no late seating; $free
chocolatefactorytheater.org/e_roleplay.html
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Sneak Preview Event of Degeneration X
Perf Productions will have a sneak preview event for their original multimedia production. Degeneration X uses live performance, film/video, graphic design, and music to chronicle the different pockets of one man's neurosystem through his journey with a rare syndrome, which causes him to hallucinate.
If this sounds interesting to you, please join us at our sneak preview event, a staged reading, trailer premiere, and sample of the visual footage, musical score, and art gallery. There will be a meet and greet directly following with the cast and crew. Beer, wine, and h'ordeuvres will be provided. This is a promotional, networking opportunity for you and us, to see if it's a good fit.
RSVP for address
8p; $10 suggested donation
RSVPperfproductionsgmail.com
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Site Fest
Arts in Bushwick is pleased to announce the third annual SITE Fest. Performance artists, dancers, and musicians will offer a condensed, two-day sampling of work from the burgeoning arts scene of Bushwick. SITE Fest focuses around four hubs that have swiftly become major forces in the Brooklyn art scene: Chez Bushwick, Grace Exhibition Space, the Bushwick Starr and 3rd Ward.
Over 75 performances will take place at our hub venues. Chez Bushwick will host a variety of dance and movement performances, including Regina Nejman and Company and Mari Meade Dance Collective. Join ConLab at the Bushwick Starr for #loveislove, a theatrical look at social media presence, the business of sports, and one athlete’s search for the love of the game. Arm and El Beau will investigate regional identity in Acres of Clams, a tour of Washington State told by a pioneer guide and her backup band of maverick loggers. At Grace Exhibition Space, Anya Liftig will challenge the boundaries of her own body and mind, confronting deeply embedded fears in Prove My Love. For the first time, SITE Fest will feature performance documentation from far and wide at 3rd Ward. Catch Shahar Marcus’ video Freeze and see ice carved chess pieces give way to time and myth.
In addition to the hub shows, SITE Fest will include more than 30 unique performances at satellite spaces: apartments, studios, street corners, gardens, and galleries. Do you pine for inner tranquility? BabySkinGlove welcomes you to join hourly spiritual retreats throughout the weekend, ending with raves and ceremonies for the ultimate Zen experience. At Regina Rex, SKOTE will explore the mystique and history of female rockers through a pop culture soiree.
Check website for complete listings.
Various venues
$5 per hub show, $10 day pass, $15 weekend pass
Continues SUNDAY
pressartsinbushwick.org
artsinbushwick.org.
***** Also on SATURDAY *****
Solo Results of Collaborations and Influence
Open house with installations by Alejandro Acierto and Ivy Castellanos. Collaborations and influences: Collaborative artists present solo work asking how their collaborations influence them, and solo artists speak to influences arising outside of collaboration. Featuring Alejandro Acierto (installation with performance on Saturday night), Gelsey Bell (performing from her solo song cycle Bathroom Songs), Hector Canonge (performs Ocular-Trance-Ocular with Maria Fernanda Hubeaut), Ivy Castellanos (installation with performance on Saturday night), Brian McCorkle (music/performance), Esther Neff (video/theater), Paul Pinto (experimental music), Brian Rady (theater/performance), Matthew Stephen Smith (theater, excerpt from an upcoming one-man show), and Meghann Snow (performance art). Part of Arts in Bushwick’s SITE Fest.
Surreal Estate
15 Thames Street, first floor, Brooklyn
7p-1a performances; $5 suggested donation
Continues SUNDAY
panoplylab.org/performancy.html
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Cinema 16
Psychic Ills perform a dazzling score to the five seductive short films including: Raymonde Carasco’s Gradiva Sketch I (1978), Lichter Peter’s Light Sleep (2009), Ron Rice’s Chumlum (1964), John E Schmitz’s the Voices (1953), Beryl Sokoloff and Crita Grauer’s Necromancia (late 1950s). Don't miss this extraordinary one night event.
The Kitchen
512 West 19th Street, Manhattan
7p; $10
cinemasixteen.com/
***** Also on TUESDAY *****
Dj Shakey and Include present:
Warper
NYC's largest electronic music showcase. Two floors of live music and visuals. Fifteen-plus electronic music acts.
Zamaan Bar
7349 Broadway, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
8p sharp; $free
21 and over
warperparty.com
XXXXX WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9 XXXXX
Spectacle presents:
See You Next Wednesday
Stanley Kubrick's the Shining screened forward and backward simultaneously, superimposed. Hosted by John Fell Ryan. Lecture by monomyth instigator KM with a few examples of the hidden anomalies lurking within.
Spectacle
124 South 3rd Street, at Bedford, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
7p and 10p screenings, 9p MSTRMND lecture; $5 admission
SpectacleTheater.com
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Funk in the Trunk
Come put some funk in your trunk at the hottest new dance party in Brooklyn. We're taking over the loft space for a funk, disco, and house extravaganza, with go-go dancers, video projections, and drunken revelry. Come be a part of it. Hosted by J Elektrik. Featuring DJ Stylus and En Route. Visuals by Silent Stream. Dancing and burlesque by LadyLUXXX and the Asstro-a-Gogos.
Public Assembly Loft Space
70 N. 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
10p-4a; $5
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* Annual Memorial Ride and Walk, March 13
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Nonsense is too long. The great thing about the internet is that it doesn't really cost much to run long listings and exhaustive descriptions. It turns out that's ... exhausting. After several complaints and a little deliberation, we're trying a new format: On the first Friday of the month we will run updated ongoing listings in each section: events, learning, and help. Other weeks we're going for leaner, meaner sections. If you're desperate for something to do on an off-Tuesday night we suggest you either look back a few issues ago in your inbox, or poke through our online archives, which you can find under the subscribe page.
Also, a note about better rock shows. Nonsense does not straight list rock shows in New York unless they occur in tandem with puppet shows or jump rope tournaments or in subway tunnels or in graveyards. For listings of good shows, especially shows that feature independent bands at quality venues like Death by Audio and those booked by hard-working promoters like Todd P or Sleep When Dead, consult resources like ohmyrockness.com, brooklynvegan.com/, sleepwhendeadnyc.com/calendar/, garagepunknyc.com, and eardrumnyc.com. For the most exhaustive list of underground shows at unusual venues, track down a copy of the extremely useful -- and handsome -- Showpaper.
XXXXX WISHLIST XXXXX
What have you been wishing for? Collaborators, grant monies, a new home? Please send brief listings to Alita at alitanonsensenyc.com. We only list available apartments, lofts, studios, and one-off rentals -- not spaces wanted.
***** ARTY STUFF *****
* We're looking for a small or small-ish gypsy, brass or Jewish polka band to help us marry a woman to the G-train in a very special short film, in which everyone on the train will burst into raucous dancing and celebration a la Kusturica's Underground. Shooting will be in March. Please email lovetunnels(at)gmail.com.
* Calling All Boat Builders and Maritime Creatives: EFA Project Space, Flux Factory, and The Gowanus Studio Space partner to bring you Sea Worthy (working title), an experiment in, exploration of, and tribute to maritime art. Beginning in late spring and continuing through the summer of 2011, Sea Worthy will combine exhibitions, workshops, and artist-led events in and around New York City’s waterways and waterfronts. With over 70 islands and 700 miles of coastline, New York City is a formidable archipelago; this collective project aims to prompt a discussion of access to and use of the waterways of New York â€" and to reclaim, if modestly, the largest open space in the city â€" while engaging with related themes in contemporary art practice. We are seeking artists, boat builders, and creative people to participate in this collective and layered endeavor, and we are soliciting proposals for workshops, construction projects, performances, interactive events, and exhibition-re
ady artwork. Participants will contribute to one or more of the three main project areas: Exhibition, Workshops and Projects, Boats for Public Voyage. Deadline: entries must be received via e-mail on or before 5 pm EST on March 7. Applicants will be notified of their involvement on April 2. See: wooloo.org/open-call/entry/186307. If you have any questions, please email ben(at)gowanusstudio.org.
* Sign up for one of the Laundromat Project's Create Change info sessions if you are an artist interested in applying to be a Create Change Professional Development Fellow or Public Artist in Residence. Have your questions answered about the application process and learn more about what the program offers. Applications are due on Thursday, March 24 (midnight). Contact info(at)laundromatproject.org.
XXXXX ALL THAT WE'VE MET XXXXX
All That We've Met is Pauline Pechin's series of interviews with artists, underground influencers, and people with interesting stories. You can email her here: pauline.pechin(at)gmail.com
This week: Performer and Rubulad Founder Sari Rubinstein
*What were you like as a child?*
"I think I was a pretty nerdy child. I mostly went to hippie school. I was also very sour-pussy because I had experienced the death of a loved one quite early. So I think I was more dark, more gothy. I really liked angry punk rock, as a kid. I became much more flower-powery later in life, after I went to visit my friend in Brazil, where people were much more cheerful than New Yorkers. I started liking happy music, instead of angry music. I read a lot. I wasn’t really as social as I am now."
Read the complete interview at
allthatwevemet.com/2011/03/sari-rubinstein-keeps-money-faith.html
XXXXX SPECTRE PRIORITY XXXXX
Before we had a name, the Spectre Event Horizon Group used to meet at a bar to commiserate and trade what our business friends like to call best practices. The group has expanded since then, but it remains focused on smartening the crowd mind. There are no subject limits; our favorite is the incredible sci-fi present, or anything that goes toward a better understanding of human behavior and our universe's ecology. Our simple intent is to connect good minds with as much quality mind-blowing information as we can freely locate and create a space for the informal trade of specialized investigative research, presented for the non-specialist.
The Spectre email list, which is a separate group from this column, is a moderated open forum. People are encouraged to join and to post. The list is compiled for Nonsense by J. Sinopoli. Contact us at spectre.event.horizon.group gmail com or spectregroup.org / spectrevision.org. Here's some of what came in this week:
***** Printing Replacement Kidneys *****
spectregroup.wordpress.com/2011/03/04/printing-replacement-kidneys/
""It's like baking a cake," Anthony Atala said as he cooked up a fresh kidney on stage at TED. Scanners are used to take a 3-D image of the kidney that needs replacing. A tissue sample about half the size of postage stamp is used to seed the computerized process. Then an organ "printer" works layer-by-layer to build a replacement kidney replicating the patient's tissue. The basis is a combination of cultured human cells and scaffolding built or woven from organic material. In one staggering setup, a patient lies on a table and a flatbed scanner literally scans her wound, followed by a printer that adds just the right types of tissues back on, at the right depth. "You can print right on the patient," Dr. Atala explains. Ninety percent of patients on the organ donation list are waiting for kidneys, a fist-size organ with a profusion of tiny blood vessels. Printing a new kidney takes about six hours, and it lasts for a lifetime - a young man came out on stage who had the surgery
10 years ago. "Scientists and engineers can use the 3D bio printers to place cells of almost any type into a desired pattern in 3D. Researchers can place liver cells on a preformed scaffold, support kidney cells with a co-printed scaffold, or form adjacent layers of epithelial and stromal soft tissue that grow into a mature tooth. The 3D bio-printers include an intuitive software interface that allows engineers to model the tissue construct, before the printer commences physical construction of the organs, cell-by-cell, using automated laser-calibrated print heads."
XXXXX LEARNING XXXXX
We look for the sort of classes you circled in college course catalogs but never managed to fit into your schedule. And we also look for the kind of things that no college could teach. Cheap and eclectic is the rule, though all rules get broken occasionally, and we especially love workshops, round-tables, and teachers who won’t take your work out of
your hands and show you how to do it right. One-time listings are categorized weekly, with general recurring classes listed at the end on the first Friday of each month We thrive on your suggestions, so make sure to tell us about upcoming classes that you think are nifty-keen.
Learning is compiled and edited weekly by Libby Sentz. Send listing suggestions to libby(at)nonsensenyc.com.
***** LEARNING: FRIDAY *****
Report Back: Indymedia Africa Convergence in Dakar
In February, in conjunction with the Dakar World Social Forum, the Indymedia Africa Convergence and Training program brought together activists from across Africa to learn about each other’s work and share media skills. This presentation, the first report-back, includes a discussion with organizers Sphinx from Indymedia Ambazonia and Twin Cities, Nicole Hummel from the Deep Dish Waves of Change project, Russell Shoats from GRIOT in Philly, Ross Glover from May First/People Link, Amy Dalton from Indymedia Philly, and others. There will also be a slide show and short video clips from the convergence, interviews with women from the Niger Delta who participated in the journalism and computer workshops, and a report on the follow-up radio building project that happened in Mali after the convergence. Refreshments will be served.
Global Information Network
146 West 29th Street; Suite 7E
6:30p; $free
RSVP: 212 244 3123
***** LEARNING: SATURDAY *****
Fifth Annual African-American Cultural Expo
Expect all kinds of free dance and skill-building workshops, including Chicago-style line dance, various forms of African dance, veil belly dance, lapa decorating, Internet defense, Tunisian crochet, seductive arts, voguing, praise dance, quilting, and on and on! There will be a variety of classes just for kids as well.
NYC Mission Society Beacon Center
215 West 114th Street, Manhattan
11a-6p; $free
Pre-registration required at the address above
***** LEARNING: Also on SATURDAY *****
Brewshop 102: Small Apartment Brewing
Brew your own beer. You’ll learn about extract brewing, malts, grains, yeasts and how to avoid or troubleshoot the most common problems. All reference materials will be provided as well as a home brew sample for tasting. We’ll also have starter kits available for purchase. Brewshop 102 covers all the essential material from our Brewshop 101 but focuses on smaller batch size and managing brewing needs in a cramped apartment. Beginners welcome.
City Brewshop
479 Park Place No. 1A, Brooklyn
2-4p; $55
citybrewshop.com
bit.ly/euku0x
***** LEARNING: Also on SATURDAY *****
Business School for Artists
If you are an artist, you might want to: get a studio, live off of your work, find fame and fortune, get a day job, start a design firm, or just throw a really great party. All of these things have an economic life to them.
Come hear about nuts and bolts, and big picture economic and finance theory. You might get some ideas for creatively shaping your life within the confines of a market economy. Economics is full of creative design problems, in your life and the world at large. Come get a leg up on solving themâ€"and have fun with supply and demand, and the time value of money. Led by Amy Whitaker, about whom ourgoods.com said, “I love Amy Whitaker because she wants artists to understand banking as much as she wants bankers to understand art.â€
In lieu of cash payment, please offer one of the following to Whitaker: your favorite vegetarian recipes, show her how to find good music online, help her understand social media and blogging, explain to her how to take a clip of a film and put it into a Powerpoint to show in one of her classes, write down what you would do with your life if you could do anything, tell her how you spend your day (in work and art, in hours, as you wish to draw or diagram it).
Trade School
32 Prince Street, Manhattan
4-5:30p; $trade (see items above)
tradeschool.ourgoods.org
***** LEARNING: SUNDAY *****
Greenhorns 101: Farming
Greenhorn (n): 1. a novice or beginner 2. a new entrant into agriculture 3. a young farmer. Founder and director of the non-profit organization The Greenhorns, Severine von Tscharner Fleming will give an introductory overview of many issues surrounding new and beginning farmers, explain institutions in the agricultural arena, and discuss how to organize and support farmers in your community and across the country.
This will be a briefing for newbie/aspiring farmers on what to expect, how to prepare, how to contextualize their first season farming, and which resources to tap into. It is also for those who wish to plug into the beginning farmer scene via non-farming trades or crafts; for those who want to WOOF, volunteer occasionally on a farm, and get a taste of the agricultural scene; and for those who might like to partner with farmers, help form farm businesses, or rent or sell land to farmers. In lieu of cash payment for this class, the teacher is accepting: video/film color correction, seamstresses, letter press artists or technicians, carpentry, bike mechanics, farm tool engineering or building, website development and skills, artist collaborators for Seed Circus events, tent designer for Seed Circus events, a copy machine that works, enthusiastic ideas for collaboration, your agreement to write a letter to one of your elected officials about supporting young and beginning farmers
, interest in organizing or hosting a fundraiser.
Trade School
32 Prince Street, Manhattan
4-5:30p; $barter (see items above)
tradeschool.ourgoods.org
***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****
A Taste of Mardis Gras
New Orleans will always stand out as America's oldest food town. If you've been, chances are a meal you had there left an impression, and if you're anything like us, you've wondered what it would take to re-create such wonderful flavors in your own kitchen. Fortunately with a little know-how and few special ingredients, it's easy. On this culinary tour of Louisiana, just in time for Mardi Gras, we'll cover gumbo from the ground up, whip up the Creole classic barbecue shrimp, and then move to the Cajun countryside to put together some rabbit jambalaya. And we can't overlook crawfish in a rich cardinale sauce. We'll top it all off with a true helping of bananas Foster and wash it down with home-made Hurricanes, Sazeracs, and more. Led by Joshua Stokes.
Astor Center
399 Lafayette Street, Manhattan
noon-4p; $125
212 674 7501
astorcenternyc.com
***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****
The Complete Rose Garden: Spring Rose Care
Join rosarian Sarah Owens to learn proper techniques for pruning, fertilizing, and mulching hybrid teas and other modern, repeat-blooming roses. The day will begin in the classroom studying the bloom cycle and nutrient requirements of roses. Bring warm pruning gloves and sharp shears for some hands-on practice with BBG’s very own shrubs! Bring a bag lunch or purchase your meal at BBG’s Terrace Cafe.
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
900 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
10a-3p; $59 members, $66 nonmembers
bbg.org
***** LEARNING: TUESDAY *****
Intro to TIG Welding
TIG is the welding method used for the most technical and demanding welding applications done, from aerospace to drag racers. Because of this it has a certain mystique and a reputation for being the last type of welding one should try to master -- but that’s not necessarily the case. TIG allows the learner to see exactly what is going on as a weld is executed, up-close and without being showered in splatter. Led by Ben Mortimer.
Madagascar Institute
217 Butler Street, Brooklyn
7-10p; $60
tigwelding.eventbrite.com
madagascarinstitute.com
***** LEARNING: WEDNESDAY *****
CircusYoga
Join dance/yoga teaching artist Helen Styring Tocci for an exploration of circus and yoga, and all the combinations that arise out of that union. CircusYoga is an invitation. Artfully designed to engage at any level, CircusYoga blends the consciousness of yoga with the communal celebration of circus. Expand who you are and what you think you can do as you discover this shared practice and play together. Circus offers you fun new ways to challenge your abilities and self-concept. Yoga contributes rich movement vocabulary and insight.
Discover your inner circus yogi or yogini and build strength, flexibility and stamina in this fun-filled workshop class that includes group games and play, partner acrobatics, juggling, diabolo, devil sticks, poi, flying/partner/group mandala yoga, and Thai yoga massage.
Brooklyn Arts Exchange
421 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn
Five Wednesdays 7-9p; $60 for full workshop, $15 drop-in class
bax.org
***** LEARNING: Also on WEDNESDAY *****
Women's Sexuality
Spend an evening with queer sexuality educator Amy Jo Goddard to explore, discuss, and assess your sexuality in a safe space with other women. The evening will include Goddard talking about what blocks women from feeling fully empowered sexually, a guided meditation and interactive discussion. You will also be able to ask questions of her and of former participants of her Women's Sexuality Empowerment Apprenticeship, a unique sexuality program for women. Walk away with clarity and feeling supported in exploring your own sexuality.
Moonheart Healing Arts Center
59 West 19th Street, third floor, Manhattan
7-9p; $free
718 974 6554
womenssexuality.eventbrite.com
amyjo(at)amyjogoddard.com
XXXXX HELP XXXXX
It is a wonderful thing, to help. Helping strengthens communities and allows you to meet new friends. With that in mind, we look for one-day volunteer opportunities with no long-term commitment required. We want to be open to fresh ideas and think of help in a broad way. These listings could include anything from a large-scale day-long service project to a local theatre company that needs volunteers for load-in; from an artist looking for film extras to a community garden that needs a few extra hands. Our goal is simply to help groups or individuals that serve the greater good in small but significant ways. Unique and interesting job opportunities are acceptable fare for this section as well. Looking for ways to help out? Need volunteers to get your own community project off the ground? Know of any existing opportunities? Send your requests to MeeO at meeo(at)nonsensenyc.com.
***** HELP: FRIDAY-SUNDAY, MARCH 3-6 *****
Art Fair in DUMBO
DUMBO will be the host to Verge Art Brooklyn, the first international art fair concurrent with the Armory Show. The main responsibility will be to liaise between visitors/exhibitors (galleries and artists) and the event manager. You will be assigned to a exhibition location to assist guests and exhibitors. This is a non-paid gig, you'll be provided with meal(s).
We are looking for responsible individuals who can commit to at least one (1) four- or five-hour shift on any one (or all) of these days:
Friday and Saturday, March 4-5, noon to 10 p and Sunday, March 6, noon to 6p
Please send brief information about yourself and hours available: staffandcast(at)yahoo.com
brooklynartfair.com
***** HELP: TUESDAY, MARCH 8 *****
Party With the Kids at Bellevue Hospital
Throughout the year, the Children of Bellevue’s Development Office hosts volunteer evenings with the children at Bellevue Hospital. They are often theme parties with arts and crafts, food, and music. These evenings are best for professionals who cannot commit to a daytime or weekly volunteer schedule but still want to make a difference. This Tuesday, we celebrate Mardi Gras.
Bellevue Hospital Center
First Avenue, between 26th and 29th streets, Manhattan
6:15p
bit.ly/icKmBL
***** HELP: NOW AND ONGOING *****
Hotline and Outreach
The New York Asian Women’s Center (NYAWC) helps women and their children overcome domestic violence and other forms of abuse by empowering them to govern their own lives. NYAWC provides multi-lingual support programs and shelter services. In addition, the Center works to raise public awareness about violence against women, advocates for the rights of survivors, and acts as an agent of social change. Hotline volunteers are needed to answer the hotline in our Manhattan office for minimum of 3-hour shifts between 9a-7p weekdays. We ask for a minimum of a 3-month commitment. There is a particularly high need for Chinese (especially Mandarin, Cantonese) and South Asian language (especially Hindi, Urdu, Bengali) speakers. Also seeking volunteers for outreach work in the community.
bit.ly/dJhBzu
xzhen(at)nyawc.org
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Bring the Party to Those Who Can't Get Out Much
Hospital Audiences, Inc. is a non-profit organization working to provide live arts and cultural experiences to people who are disabled, institutionalized, frail elderly, at-risk, and isolated residents of New York City. HAI sends groups from nursing homes, psychiatric care facilities, youth centers, etc. to plays, movies, dance performances, concerts, sporting events, and other cultural activities around Manhattan and the boroughs every week. We believe that art not only uplifts and inspires, but also heals.
Volunteers are needed for these events to act as hosts who greet the groups as they arrive, distribute their tickets, and generally help to make each event a positive social experience. Events are both in the day and evening.
jshon(at)hainyc.org.
bit.ly/fe3dv5
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Set Designer
SharkMother Arts Collective, a nonprofit arts collective, is currently seeking a set designer for their upcoming production of Hope for the Flowers, based on Trina Paulus’s 1972 children’s book of the same name. Preliminary rehearsals begin in May, and will be produced during late October at the Lyceum in Park Slope. We are looking to team up with a set designer as soon as possible, as we will be converting fairly raw space into a theater. Although we can’t offer a salary, we can offer a small $100 stipend, decent set budget, and the chance to work with a beautiful, non-traditional theater space. We are always looking to form lasting relationships with our collaborators, and hope to find a set designer that is interested in the same.
Please send your resume to sharkmother(at)gmail.com
sharkmother.org
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SOCIAL
* Trinity Place offers transitional shelter for homeless LGBT youth in Manhattan. Help with various duties. techhelpplease.com/tps/volunteer/
* Street Project serves at the University Soup Kitchen, Saturdays from 11:45a - 3:30p. streetproject.org/eventarchive.php
* St. John's Bread and Life: Help with the Soup Kitchen, Mobile Soup Kitchen, or Food Pantry. breadandlife.org/volunteer.htm
* GiveGoodGet Project recognizes people doing good for their community. facebook.com/givegoodget
* GALLOP, a therapeutic riding program for individuals with diabilities. gallopnyc.org
* RightRides and SafeWalk offers late night rides. Help to increase safety in our communities. rightrides.org
* The Fortune Society teaches reading, writing and math to former prisoners and young people facing prison time. 212 691 7554 x250 or fortunesociety.org
* Samitarians of NY offers a suicide-prevention hotline. samaritansnyc.org/volunt.html
* New York Cares: Attend an orientation to learn about volunteer opportunities. newyorkcares.org/volunteer
* Books Through Bars sends books to prisoners all over the country. Mondays and Thursdays 7:30-9:30p and Sundays 5-8p. abcnorio.org/affiliated/btb.html
* Food not Bombs serves vegan food in Tompkins Square Park. Sundays 1p on. abcnorio.org/affiliated/fnb.html
* Volunteer Referral Center will match you with a non-profit organization that needs your help, for free. volunteer-referral.org
* City Harvest feeds the homeless by hosting special events. cityharvest.org
* Housing Works provides housing and services for individuals affected by HIV and AIDS
housingworks.org
* Helping Hands for the Disabled. Volunteer for a special event, or read to a blind person over the phone. 718-728-0868
* New York Road Runners works with kids who run, race, and more. volunteers.nyrr.org
* Computers for Youth increases the availability of educational resources to low-income youth. cfy.org
* National Language Service Corps: Use your language skills to help others. nlscorps.org
* Stoked Mentoring mentors kids through skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding. stoked.org
* Paws NY helps pet owners experiencing financial hardship care for their four-legged friends. pawsny.org
* Carter Burden Center For The Aging offers support to homebound elderly. burdencenter.org
* GO Project: Become a mentor or tutor for low income elementary school students. goprojectnyc.org
* Bideawee finds good homes for pets and takes care of them while they’re waiting adoption. bideawee.org
* Animal Center of Queens helps care for pets awaiting adoption. acq.petfinder.com/
* Arab-American Family Support Center offers support for Arab American families including: After-school programs, Adult Education and more. aafscny.org
* Food Bank of NYC runs various food programs. foodbanknyc.org
* V.I.S.I.O.N.S. has services for the blind that include reading and fitness. visionsvcb.org
* Project Harmonist has an extensive list of volunteer opportunities and civic events in North Brooklyn. projectharmonist.org
* FIERCE, the only LGBTQ youth-led community organization in NYC. Various tasks. fiercenyc.org
* Picture the Homeless, mobilizing people who are homeless to be an organized, effective voice for systemic change. Various support tasks. picturethehomeless.org
* Restaurant Opportunities Center of NY works towards improving working conditions and raise standards in the industry. Various duties. rocny.org
* Urban Justice Center serves vulnerable residents through legal service, systemic advocacy, community education and political organizing. Seeks attorneys on a pro bono basis. urbanjustice.org
* Relit NY recycles books, hosts free book handout events and more. relitny.org
* Brooklyn Community Pride Center provides support for the LGBT community and their families in Brooklyn. lgbtbrooklyn.org
* MCCNY Homeless Youth Services provides emergency shelter and drop-in services for homeless LGBT youth at various locations. homelessyouthservices.org
* Hetrick-Martin Institute, Home of the Harvey Milk High School seeks volunteers for various tasks: graphic designer, food preparation, and more. hmi.org/Page.aspx?pid=214
* In Our Hearts Collective hosts Food Not Bombs in Bushwick, a free store in Bed-Stuy and more. on.fb.me/dLAuB9 (no FB account needed) or bit.ly/gjJGTd
HEALTH
* You Can Thrive! provides support and healing to those fighting breast cancer. youcanthrive.org
* The Bellevue/NYU Program for Survivors of Torture needs speakers of African languages and Tibetan for medical service translation. meghan.nickerson(at)nyumc.org
* The Medicare Rights Center ensures access to affordable health care for older adults and people with disabilities. medicarerights.org
* Hospice Care with Visiting Nurse Service of New York provides End of Life care for individuals and support for their loved ones. vnsny.org
* Bronx-Lebanon Hospital Center needs help to deliver quality health services to the residents of the South Bronx. asc.bliss(at)gmail.com or nmoss(at)bronxleb.org
* Haitian Centers Council, Inc.: needs health educators to reach out to the Caribbean community in Brooklyn. hccinc.org
* The Rock Dove Project connects holistic, natural, health care practitioners who offer services for cheap/free/barter, with seekers of those services. rockdovecollective.org
* Chemo Comfort: Work on projects to support patients going through chemotherapy. chemocomfort.org
* Positive Health Project, a multi-service agency for New Yorkers at risk of HIV/AIDS and other health problems is looking for volunteers to help with client outreach. dharris(at)phpnyc.org
* Community Emergency Response Teams (CERTs) needs community-based volunteers for disaster preparedness. Free training. nyc.gov/oem
* Third Root Community Health Center provides radical, sliding scale alternative health care including yoga, massage, acupuncture and herbal education/consultations. stephen(at)thirdroot.org
CREATIVE
* NY Street Opera is a non-profit musical theatre. nystreetopera.com
* NY Artists Unlimited brings theatre and art to under-served audiences. nyartists.org
* 826NYC: Volunteer as a writing tutor for 826NYC.org
* El Museo del Barrio: Help this Latino cultural institution with one of their many awesome events. elmuseo.org
* Market Hotel Project has a new initiative to create a sustainable, all-ages, open-to-the-community, 7-nights-a-week home for independent music and art. markethotel.org/
* The Landmark Loew's New Jersey Theater needs help with theater restoration and operation. loewsjersey.org
* The Garden State Theatre Organ Society is currently installing and/or repairing five theatre organs in north and central NJ. No experience necessary. gstos.org/orgproj.htm
POLITICAL
* Lambda Independent Democrats, Brooklyn’s oldest LGBT organization, representing the community in various political matters, voter registration, lobbying, and more. lidbrooklyn.org
* Transportation Alternatives: Biking, walking, and public transit advocacy. Office volunteers needed. elena(at)transalt.org or transalt.org
* lowercased democrats: Design a citywide public meeting house, support a petition drive. lowercased.org
ENVIRONMENTAL
* Project Safe Flight rescues disoriented and injured birds and help migratory birds. nycaudubon.org
* Brooklyn Animal Rescue Coalition needs help with dog walking and cat petting. barcshelter.org
* Time's Up!: Direct-action environmental advocacy: gardens, bike co-op, Bike Lane Liberation Clown Brigade. times-up.org
* The Bridge Incorporated is seeking open-minded volunteers with a green thumb and big heart to assist and co-manage the residence garden. staylor(at)hsny.org
* The Horticultural Society of New York has many opportunities to work with community garden projects. hsny.org
* The New Jersey Tree Foundation plants trees in Newark, most Saturdays. newjerseytreefoundation.org
* ioby connects donors and volunteers to environmental projects in their neighborhoods to inspire new environmental knowledge and action in NYC. ioby.org
* Trees Not Trash is transforming Bushwick with green space and gardens. treesnottrash.org
* Milliontrees NYC is filling the city with trees and maintaining them. milliontreesnyc.org
* Rainforests of NY, is taking action against NYC's consumption of tropical hardwoods. rainforestsofnewyork.net
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