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It’s held only every other summer, so try and make it this year. We know this weekend is super-crowded, what with Bushwick Open Studios, and beer, plus beekeeping and chicken-tending, and whatever else ya’ll are up to, but try and make this!
Trinity Lutheran Church in Astoria / Long Island City
3118 37th Street, Astoria, New York 11103
As part of BUSHWICK OPEN STUDIOS on Saturday, June 1st & Sunday June 2nd I would like to invite you to the pop up exhibition called:
11 CENTRAL AVE.
(entrance on 91 Forrest St. right across from English Kills gallery)
Bushwick, Brooklyn NY (close to Morgan Ave, stop on the L train)
hours are 12noon to 7pm both days
RECEPTION: Saturday, June 1st
4-7pm with beer, wine & snacks featuring the installation:
WOOT! Just like the poster says, folks—bands, food, dancing, stuff for the kids, crafts, stuff for sale, and, of course, art! And it’s FREE! This festival supports the Crest Hardware Art Show, and it’s always jam-packed with fun people and fun everything! Mark your calendar, or write it on your hand. Do NOT miss this!
Your local hardware store could also be the next “It” neighborhood gallery if they take Joe Franquinha’s lead.
A few years ago when we started telling you about this art show in a Brooklyn hardware store, people questioned BSA’s sanity and it’s relevance to the street. Even now, there are some street artists who have not exhibited in this show, but that list will be trimming down to zero in the next few years. That’s because of two things – one is that Joe Franquinha and his family re-imagined their store at the same time that artists began to re-imagine the surrounding neighborhoods of Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick.
Photos by Kyle Depew
A recent example of The Illuminator after the Boston bombings, in April. The Illuminator was out by BAM with their message for Boston: “Our thoughts are with Boston. Our hopes are for peace.”
Come out to support and witness the local community activist group WIP, along with The Illuminator art collective, here in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. They are holding an outdoor projection event Thursday, May 30 at 9pm, to bring attention to WIP’s plan on behalf of the community, to offer a buy-out of Domino Sugar Factory site.
From ABC News: “New York City’s long-awaited and much-hyped bicycle-sharing program is finally set to begin.”
“Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will christen the beginning of bike-sharing at a docking station near the Brooklyn Bridge Monday morning. The privately funded Citi Bike bike-share program will launch with 6,000 bikes at 330 docking stations in Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Officials hope to expand to 10,000 bikes and 600 docking stations in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens.”