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PS 132 Kite Festival – Sunday, June 9, 2013 from 12 pm – 5 pm
CitiStorage (N. 11th and Kent Avenue) in Williamsburg
Come prepared for a day of fun in the sun with amazing crafts, carnival rides, great food, photo booth, entertainment and raffles all to benefit our local Public School 132!! See below for entertainment schedule and Kite Festival sponsors!!
Crest Fest is an annual summer festival produced by Joe Franquinha, Liza Shields and Jeremiah Davidson, in celebration of the opening of the Crest Hardware Art Show (CHAS). As a means to give back to the community, Crest Fest is structured as a civic-minded, volunteer based event involving community organizations.
The program includes a long list of DJs, a live music stage, local creative art and food vendors as well as involvement from surrounding businesses. Estimated attendance throughout the day is 5000+.
Beginning this weekend, Williamsburg Walks comes back for its 6th year. They’ll be shutting down Bedford Avenue to traffic on June 8th, 15th, and 22nd, and reclaiming the street for fun pop-up parks and programming.
VOLUNTEER AT THE WALKS!
Organizers hope to make this year better and bolder than ever, but that means they need your support, your volunteer power, your ideas, and your amazing energy! Volunteers get first dibs on sod to take home at the end of the night!
Photo by Grant Heppes, local kayaker and photographer. More here.
MISSION STATEMENT: “The North Brooklyn Boat Club is dedicated to enabling and advocating for human-powered boating on the waterways bordering Greenpoint/Williamsburg Brooklyn.”
Paddle up the East River to the Roosevelt Island bridge, paddle Newtown Creek, paddle to the tip of Roosevelt Island, edge around the lighthouse and take the West Channel of the East River back to North Brooklyn. Paddle with the current to Bushwick Inlet, hang awhile and spot the resident birds, then return to Greenpoint with the current.
Arts in Bushwick has put together a super map/directory, which is really fun to look at. There are 612 615 studios represented! Keep ’em coming, AIB! This looks to be shaping up to be one kick-ass studio art and music event, with food! Yay! Map your plan now, because it’s 3 days long. Get busy.
The official programming of BOS ’13 events, hosted by AiB and ordered by date: