OPENING AT FIVEMYLES GALLERY

To Gather Opening Reception: Saturday August 6, 5-8 pm Performances begin at 6 pm Part performance, part installation, part gathering place, To Gather; is a collection of performative and architectural artifacts from a cross section of Crown Heights’ social spaces. Bringing a local perspective to urban flux, the artwork raises questions about perceptions of ‘authenticity’ in a rapidly changing neighborhood. Visitors to the installation in FiveMyles Garage are encouraged to hang out on the stoop, converse in the makeshift pulpit, and relax in the barbershop chair. Erik da Barber will be on hand opening night, as well as hip-hop duo DobleFlo, vocal artist Malesha Jessie, poet Lynne Procope, and comedian Elon James White. For the remainder of the exhibition, the public is invited to linger and use the artwork as their own gathering place. To Gather; August 6-14, 2011 FiveMyles Gallery 558 St. Johns Place Brooklyn, NY 11238 Gallery Hours: Thursday–Sunday, 1–6 pm or by appointment Subway: 2,3,4,5, S to Franklin Avenue

Largest Human Chain Ever in Brooklyn

We received this email as an URGENT request to join in TAKING A STAND. Peace in Brooklyn will not be given, it must be earned. On July 2nd and 3rd, @ 1PM Sharp! please STOP ALL activities, go OUTDOORS hold hands with your family, friends, neighbors, local businesses, law enforcement, organizations, clubs, fraternities, sororities, etc. and Stand for Humanity. Form the largest Human Chain! ever in Brooklyn. Block by Block. Our politicians, police, community leaders, and clergy cannot do it alone. Please SUPPORT them by TAKING A STAND! Share this info. and ask others to join you.

Participartory Urbanism Unveiled

Please join architect Manuel Avila Ochoa on Friday, April 22nd, at LaunchPad from 6 - 8pm as he presents the results of his "participatory urbanism" project. Details on the Participatory Urbanism Crown Heights Blog

Gardening Event & Affordable Housing

Celebrate Earth Day with the Young Friends of PACC The Pratt Area Community Council (PACC) invites you to join them for the third annual PACC Earth Day gardening event. After the gardening event, you'll have a chance to tour neighboring PACC affordable rental buildings. Saturday, April 23, 2011 9:30am - 1pm (Rain Date 4/30) 2 Spencer Pl. at the c/o of Hancock St. Bklyn To RSVP, call 718.522.2613 ext. 28

FORCE AND FLOW'S THIRD ANNUAL

Vendors still needed Sunday, Dec 12 12 - 7PM, Force and Flow 1102 Dean St. #4, Between Franklin & Bedford Ave's To throw a little spice into the holiday shopping season and to offer beautiful, locally crafted alternatives to petroleum based plastic gifts from China, Force and Flow is once again organizing a holiday bazaar. Inspired by the wildly colorful markets of the Morocco, the studio will transform into an exhilarating venue for affordable hand crafted goods. Here's a chance to spend your money on gifts that support the community, sustain the environment and satisfy your taste buds all at once. With live music, bodywork samples and other suprises, this promises to be your most surprising and exhilarating shopping outing this year! We still have space for a few more vendors, so if you would like to sell your goods at the bazaar please contact us at info@forceandflow.com

SOUND WALK

SOUND WALK Sunday, Nov 28th 6PM, meet at Force and Flow 1102 Dean St. #4 $15 suggested donation, no one turned away for lack of funds Our monthly Sound Bath series returns with a very special installment of sonic immersion - a guided Sound Walk! On Sunday, Nov 28 Katie will lead us on a walking meditation on how we hear through the streets of Brooklyn. We will take turns, half the group at a time, walking blindfolded so that our listening senses become heightened as our ears become ever more finely tuned to the sonic environment around us. Walkers will experience the phenomenon of deep listening through other senses such as touch, taste, and smell, getting in touch with the soundscapes we usually take for granted. This is a sonic adventure not to be missed, a great way to get to know the neighborhood and to walk off all that extra Thanksgiving food!!! Bring a warm hat and coat, and if it decides to rain on us we'll do a more traditional Sound Bath indoors. For more info please contact us at info@forceandflow.com

4th Annual Daffodil Bulb Planting on Franklin Ave.

Saturday November 6th @ 10:AM at Park Place and Franklin Avenue  

Join your neighbors as we plant daffodil bulbs on Franklin  Avenue and the front of the Garden. In the spring, watch the flowers that we planted bloom!  

From 10:00 a.m. to noon,  volunteers will loosen soil in tree pits and plant boxes & plant daffodil bulbs  

Wear clothing and shoes that you don't mind getting some dirt on.  

if you can, bring: a hand cultivator, a trowel, a bulb borer, anything else that's useful for digging and planting, extra gardening tools, if you have them, for your neighbors to use.  

Please RSVP so that I know how many people are committed. 

RECYCLE YOUR LEAVES

We are participating in

NYCLeaves: Project Leaf Drop:

http://nycleaves.org/

Please bring your leaves to

the Crow Hill Community Garden

Saturday November 6th

Sunday November 14th

11 AM - 2 PM

Franklin Avenue between Park Place & Franklin

Please bring your leaves to the Crow Hill Community Garden to be used for composting & mulch. If possible, please use paper leaf bags (available at Home Depot) We will have composting information available at the garden during the drop off times. The city no longer collects leaves for composting, if you put them out in your trash, they end up in landfill.

HALLOWEEN PARADE

Our Kids Halloween Parade will be Saturday Oct 30
It will start at 3:30 at the Community Garden at 1099 Dean St
and will end at the Crow Hill Community Garden on Franklin
Afterwards there will be pumpkin painting here at LaunchPad (just across the street) sponsored by Urban River Arts
Bring noise makers/instruments

Free Art Classes at LaunchPad

Free Art Classes at LaunchPad Adults & children Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursdays 3-6PM until 10/22 721 Franklin Ave Interns also needed for Sunday 10/24 noon-6PM see this flyer for more information or contact Kimberly urbanriverarts@gmail.com or 917-584-4616

27th ANNUAL NIGHT OUT AGAINST CRIME

TUESDAY 8/3 - BROWER PARK (Park Pl between Kingston & Brooklyn) 11 AM - 8 PM presented by: 77th Precinct Community Council & the 77th Precinct Please Join us for a fun filled day of food, music, fashion, games, Brooklyn Steppers, Health Fair, etc.

3rd Annual Kids Day Event

Come out and enjoy a beautiful fun-filled day at the 3rd Annual Kids Day Event! This Saturday, July 24th from 12-5PM, Franklin Avenue between Park Place and Sterling Place will be closed and transformed into a carnival. Let your hair down and feel like a kid again-there’s no doubt that you will have fun. Come celebrate the neighborhood as well as the children within the Crow Hill community. There will be rides, prizes and entertainment at no expense to anyone who wished to attend. The event is paid for entirely through donations from local businesses as well as successful fund raising efforts; About Time Boutique made it a point to involve everyone especially the children residing within the Crown Heights community which was seen in their enthusiastic participation at weekly bake sales held on Franklin Ave. So Show Some love and support and come out to the 3rd Annual Kids Day Event.

BlockStar2: Brooklyn Presented to the Community

Calling all skaters! Want a day of skating without too many restrictions? The Park Place Improvement Block Association with the aid of the Hampton,Sterling,Virgina Place, and Kingston Avenue Block Association in conjunction with SDC Productions are inviting all skaters to BlockStar2:Brooklyn on July 17, 2010. If you are a beginner do not hesitate, The Uptown Skate School will be there from 1-3PM providing any adventurous new comer with the opportunity to pick up a new hobby. All levels of skater skills are invited to come and enjoy the food, exercise, and fun. With its previous success, this is the second time this year that BlockStar2:Brooklyn is being presented to the community. So let’s make the event more successful than the first time around!

Crown Heights Community Mediation Center’s Leadership Training Institute's "Eat Healthy/Eat Local Fair" June 26, 2010 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM St. Gregory the Great Parish Roman Catholic Church 224 Brooklyn Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11213 Contact: Rachel Levy Tel: 718-773-6886 Email: rlevy@crownheights.org view press release

MEETING RE: NY STATE & FORECLOSURES

ROSA PARKS DEMOCRATIC CLUB

Will be hosting a meeting

Update

Supervising Administrative Supreme Court Justice Sylvia Hinds-Radix

Will be discussing the new laws effecting foreclosure proceedings in New York State and what you should should to protect your most valuable asset!!!

Saturday, April 17, 2010 at 10:00 a.m.
284 New York Avenue (entrance on Lincoln Place)
--
Jesse E. Hamilton III, ESQ.
43rd District Leader
New York State Democratic Party
Always Working for You
284 New York Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11216
Cell-917-553-7953
Office 718-778-8924
www.attorney@jessehamilton.com
www.jessehamilton3@gmail.com

LOFT EVENT THIS SATURDAY MARCH 20TH

LOFT EVENT THIS SATURDAY MARCH 20TH.
WINE. LIVE CHEF. SHORT FILMS. GOOD MUSIC

Masai Marketing is a Brooklyn based event marketing group. Our recent focus has been on promoting the diversity, culture, businesses, talent and real estate of Crown Heights and Prospect Heights Brooklyn, NY. Our previous event Experience the Heights, held on Feb 6th 2010 at the Five Myles art gallery was a success despite the Blizzard that weekend. Our upcoming event will take place at the Pacific Street Lofts, a trendy condominium development in Crown Heights Brooklyn. We focus our efforts on the Cross Marketing of both the neighborhood and businesses of Crown and Prospect Heights. Please visit our website http://www.masaimarketing.com/ for pictures of our last event, participating businesses, blogs who supported us and more information on Masai Marketing and what we do.

We hope you can take an opportunity to stop by this Saturday, March 20th, 5pm - 9pm, 1311 Pacific Street @ New York Avenue (please feel free to tell a friend or 3). Here is one of the local blogs the event is currently posted on http://www.nostrandpark.com/ Kind regardsMASAI MARKETING

info@masaimarketing.com
http://www.masaimarketing.com/

FUN & FUNDRAISER FOR A NEW COMMUNITY SPACE

LAUNCHPAD Pencil Party (...And Silent Auction...)

Do you ever wish there were more places for grassroots social gatherings? Where people can meet to share random ideas, hard goods, fun services, delicious food, and hearty laughter? Yeah, us too! So we'd like to create one...

LaunchPad: A future homebase for creative minds and curious spirits; a mixed use community space in New York City where people can rally together, trigger ideas, launch projects, and have tons of fun.

read more here: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/LaunchPad/launchpad

"What's the pencil party?", you ask. Well it goes a little like this - you show up and get a pencil. Then you step into the future home of LaunchPad, where all the walls are white. After that it's just some simple math... Your creativity + pencils + white walls * (music + drinks) = pencil party. Fun, right?

The night will also include a silent auction with amazing items donated by various artists and crafters. All winning bids go directly toward the LaunchPad project. And there's a fun twist: the artists/crafters who attract the 3 highest bids in the auction will receive their own LaunchPad exhibit in the near future. The exhibit will include an opening party and a one month display of work.

So come join us! And please spread the word.

Saturday, March 6 at 7pm

721 Franklin Avenue, Brooklyn, NY

Pencil it in. ;-) The party won't stop until the last person walks out the door.

We can't wait to see you there!

P.S. We're currently accepting submissions for the auction. Anyone who is interested in donating a piece of work should please contact us quickly: art@BrooklynLaunchPad.org

Experience the Heights

November Events

CLICK HERE to find out more about the events and opportunities listed below This information brought to you by our friends at Citizens Committee of NY Block transformation grant deadline is November 30th! Group Structure workshop is on November 14th. Fiscal Sponsorship workshop is on November 24th. Tenants & Neighbors fact sheets on tenants’ rights available online! Credit Card Management/Identity Theft Prevention workshop is in December. Foreclosure Prevention workshops in Brooklyn are on November 7th and 21st. Office of Rent Administration public hearing is on November 6th. Rights of Way: New Politics of Movement in New York City? event in Manhattan is on November 12th. Free H1N1 Flu Vaccinations in Queens. “Food, Inc.” documentary screening and panel discussion is on November 19th. Bronx Green-Up workshops are scheduled throughout the month. Check out the event calendars of Just Food, Green Thumb, and CENYC. Participate in community events at the New York Public Library or your local library!

POETRY SLAM

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6 at 7 PM
Cavin Hall - 15 Rochester Ave.

for more info & to register: 718-224-7371