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cutlog: From Paris to the LES

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cutlog NY at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center

cutlog NY at Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center

cutlog, a Parisian exhibition of “emerging, under-represented and off the grid artists,” has crossed the Atlantic straight into the Lower East Side’s Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center to bring you: cutlog NY. Focusing on “cutting-edge and established galleries that promote the work of contemporary artists,” cutlog NY hopes to foster a “creative labratory” with art from Beijing, Dakar, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Istanbul, Johannesburg, London, Los Angeles, Lyon, Miami, Milan, Montpellier, Moscow, Paris, Philadelphia, New York, Santiago, Taipei, Tel Aviv, Saint Petersburg and Vancouver…whew. Obviously, the most exciting part is that it’s all happening at our member’s house (i.e. the CSV Center)! Expect a total takeover of the former public school, from classrooms to the parking lot. Take a look at cutlog NY’s site, and start getting excited for world-class exhibition in the middle of our neighborhood. Open for five days only, starting today at 5pm. And tickets range from only $4-$15. steal.


NOCD-NY Invites YOU: City-Wide Forum On Culture And Community

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NOCDNY

Thursday, May 30
El Museo del Barrio and El Barrio community sites
11:00am – 7:00pm

Naturally Occurring Cultural Districts (NOCD) New York invites you, members of the LES community, to join in on a citywide forum to “develop a vision for NYC that is grounded in the cultural vitality and social networks that make our communities strong.”

The all day event will include a lunch hosted by one of El Barrio’s network of community sites, including Art for Change, Hip Hop Theater Festival, Manhattan Neighborhood Network Firehouse and others, roundtable discussions on community health and sustainability, innovative uses of urban space, community resilience and renewal, and equitable development and there WILL be a closing party.

Learn more about the event and REGISTER here.

The Blind Pig: A Speakeasy Benefit for FABnyc!

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The Blind Pig

Groovy meets chic at The Blind Pig FABnyc’s Annual Benefit!

Enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and stunning views of the City from The Penthouse at The Standard, East Village. Try your luck in a raffle and silent auction, and shake a tail feather to speakeasy-themed live music.

Purchase Tickets at www.fabnyc.org/blindpig.php

FABnyc is proud to be an active leader helping to cultivate the dynamic, creative community of the Lower East Side. We provide year-round support to our 28 member organizations, connect local partners to one another, and ignite lasting relationships that help make our community and City better.

The Blind Pig will not only be a celebration of this, but will also help us kick-off (in style) another year of innovation and community building.

How Much Fun.

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So, you may be asking yourself, “How much fun can I really have at a benefit for FABnyc? Will there be a blind pig? Has the humane society been notified?”

Well, let’s take a deep breath, and revisit all the wholesome, humane fun we had last year. A great way to preview what’s to come June 18th!

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The Blind Pig will be so fun because you’ll live like a king (for a night) overlooking your fair city

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So fun you’ll want to bring your parents! (they can give you insider tips on authentic speakeasy attire)

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Because after one to three free drinks (see Bee’s Knees package) you’ll begin to loosen up, even throw some bunny ears around.

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So fun you’ll be shakin’ and shimmyin’ in your best tiger and candy stripes.

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So much fun because it’s so rooomantic…

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you’ll just have to get a little bit closer.

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So fun because anything and everything at the auction can be yours. ALL YOURS!

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So fun because you can look down upon the tiny ant-people that make up Lower Manhattan…and possibly pretend to squash them.

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So much fun because…

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your moustache will refuse to cover your glowing face!

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Especially when you win the GOLDEN TICKET (i.e. a one-night stay at The Standard, East Village).

For instance, Rob lost his whole moustache in a single instant!

Yeah! We love you Rob!

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So fun because you’ll spontaneously start dancing. Maybe even whip your hair back and forth.

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You’ll throw your hands up. Work up a dance sweat…

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and this beautiful faux-open air shower will just sit there, mocking you.

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But don’t worry — you can instead take the time to reflect on this magnificent place you live in, and the densely beautiful community FABnyc has helped you realize.

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I mean, look at this.

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It’ll be so good you’ll just want to wear the party home.

Sontag: Reborn at New York Theatre Workshop

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New York Theatre Workshop is Fourth Arts Block June Member of the Month

Sontag: RebornOn the dark stage at the New York Theatre Workshop, a projected image of an aging Susan Sontag slowly puffs a cigarette, looking quizzically at her audience. It is the wise face of someone who contemplates her life through her memoirs, a much less humiliated countenance than I would have if someone were reading what my 15-year old self wrote in my less-than intellectually stimulating diaries.

Director Marianne Weems’s Sontag: Reborn is a one-woman performance in collaboration with the Builders Association. Adapted and performed by the inimitable Moe Angelos, the 75-minute play takes the audience through literary critic and author Susan Sontag’s personal life. Devised from Sontag’s journals from 1947 to 1980, Reborn is an intimate portrait of the writer, dwelling less on the politics of her writings on everything from camp to philosophy and more on the woman behind the desk.

Based on the books “Reborn” and “As Consciousness Is Harnessed to Flesh: Journals and Notebooks,” Reborn was originally put on by the Builders Association at the Public Theater in 2012 as part of the Under the Radar Festival. It seems only appropriate that the play be put on at the New York Theatre Workshop as Sontag was familiar with the institution, having been a board member of the Builders Association since its founding in 1994 until her death in 2004 and having put on her play Alice in Bed at New York Theatre Workshop in 2000.

Interestingly, the majority of Angelos’s performance is given behind a desk on stage. While the larger, projected Sontag watches and interrupts intermittently with sly remarks and revelations, the physical manifestation of the writer is the memory of Sontag at different ages, writing at her desk. Another projection hovers above stage, an aerial view of the surface of the desk: pencils and knick-knacks mingle with books and pages that have been torn in frustration; a coffee mug is slowly filling with cigarette ash while the writer pens her golden words.

The performance is a synchronized dance between the two Sontags, a desk, and further projections of photographs and music, offering visual snapshots of the New York City, Paris and San Francisco that Sontag would have known. At the young age of 16, Sontag was accepted to Berkeley and quickly transferred to the University of Chicago to do her post-graduate studies. She continued her higher education at Oxford while taking time to also study at the Sorbonne—quite an impressive resume for an 18 year old.

Perhaps the most impressive part of Angelos’s performance is her transformation from the precocious, angst-ridden, teenage Sontag— “What is it to be young in years and suddenly wakened to the anguish, the urgency of life?”—to the more solemn adult who questions her sexuality and longs for clarity of thought when it comes to matters of the heart.

Reborn is a complex piece of theater, successfully portraying the nuances of Sontag’s ever-thinking brain while shrinking away from high, intellectual abstractions in favor of the more base emotions of lust and death. Angelos’s performance is truly spectacular as she convincingly renders Sontag’s ghosts from memory. As Sontag concludes about her journal writing: “I write because it gives me pleasure,” so too must we indulge in the pleasure of experiencing this performance.

Written by Erica Cheung; Sontag: Reborn runs Now-June 30th

Don’t turn a blind eye to The Blind Pig!

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The Blind Pig: A Speakeasy Soirée to Benefit FABnyc
June 18, 2013, 7-10PM at The Penthouse at The Standard, East Village
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Don’t turn a blind eye to The Blind Pig!

This year, FABnyc’s annual benefit will be a not-so-secret speakeasy party with a contemporary twist. Join us atop The Standard, East Village with stunning views of the city skyline for a night to remember, chalk full of fun and frivolities including….

Sweets & Treats
Delicious cocktails by Caledonia Spirits and Bitburger beer, along with complimentary hors d’oeurves by The Standard, East Village and desserts by Spirited

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A Chance to Dance
Live accompaniment and danceable tunes courtesy of Seth Kessel & The Two Cent Band

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“Summer in the City” Silent Auction & Raffle
Luxurious, delicious, and delightful experiences that will help you make the most out of NYC this Summer including…

FOOD
* L’Apicio dinner for 4 with wine
* Dell’anima dinner for 2 with wine
* Margarita brunch for 6 at Hecho en Dumbo

DRINK
* Year of Beer at Jimmy’s No. 43
* Gin & Honey package from Caledonia

STYLE
* Salon Session at Eva Scrivo
* Gift certificate to Uncommon Goods of $150 value

HEALTH
* Bicycle from Recycle-A-Bycicle
* Two Citi Bike year-long memberships

FUN
* Dual year-long membership to the New Museum
* A trip to Royal Palms Shuffle Board Parlor with 1 hour playtime for 4
with cocktails & a private lesson
* Four tickets to The Daily Show with signed portrait of Jon Stewart
* Two VIP tickets to The Colbert Report

& a raffle where everyone wins…
When you enter our raffle, you’re bound to win a treat, be it 1920′s style candy, tickets to performances in the Lower East Side, or even a one-night stay at
The Standard, East Village!

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Speakeasy To-Go
To top it all off, Works in Progress will be on site making silk-screened prints of our speakeasy mascot, available for $20 each.

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All proceeds from “The Blind Pig” go to support our work to foster community and culture in the Lower East Side. This event generates a vital portion of our budget for the upcoming year. Get your tickets today, and be a part of something special!

Purchase ticket HERE.

*Blind Pig illustration by Orlando Arocena & Skyline images by Whitney Browne*


Lower East Side Fiction

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The Penalty is now at Dixon Place!

“Mutilation, romance and humor- all set to music!” -Gregg Mozgala, starring role

Set in the unforgiving streets of 1920s New York City, this tale follows Blizzard, a bitter man with only one goal: get revenge against the doctor wrongfully amputated him at the age of 10. This accident left young Blizzard a cripple begging for change in the streets. Now the kingpin of underground activity in the Lower East Side, Blizzard softens his guise only when he meets a young aspiring artist, Sophie. Intrigued by his unique appearance, Sophie asks Blizzard to model for a bust of his face. Blizzard agrees, and through a surprising turn of events learns that Sophie is the daughter of the doctor who performed his amputation. Will love take over or will Blizzard go through with his master plot?

The play is a full-length musical adaptation of Gouverneur Morris’s 1913 pulp thriller by the same name. Written by Clay McLeod Chapman. Directed by Kris Thor. Music and Lyrics by Robert M. Johanson & Clay McLeod Chapman. Starring: Gregg Mozgala, Sarah Buffamanti & Phillip Taratula.

Playing at Dixon Place Fridays & Saturdays: June 21 & 22, 28 & 29 at 7:30

Tickets: $15 (advance), $18 (door), $12 (student / senior)
Click to purchase your ticket now!

Emergency Fund for Bodega Worker Critically Injured on East 4th St.

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Via Bowery Alliance of Neighbors…

Below are details re: an emergency fund set for the bodega worker
critically injured this week when a drunken driver racing down 2nd ave
at 80 miles an hour careened onto the side walk mowing down a tree,
Muni Meter, fire hydrant, and flower stand, injuring a biker and 3
bodega employees, most seriously 62-year-old Mohammed Akash Ali,
who worked 7-days-a-week outside at the flower stand.

The well-liked, always friendly Mr. Ali has a wife and 3 sons.

Any support you can help out with will be greatly appreciated by all.

Direct link to fund:  ”Aid for Akkas Ali and Family

Many thanks to CB3 member Chad Marlowe who moved with lightning speed to set up the fund.  Thanks also to neighbors Bill Koenlein and David McReynolds who got the word out so quickly.

EV Grieve article about the fund effort

EV Grieve initial article about the incident

East Villager article about the crash

 


NYTW: Looking Back, Moving Forward

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East Fourth Street in Manhattan is lush with a constant flow of new, innovative, weird, experimental, awe-inspiring, and incredible art – not to mention a long-term home for theater, dance, and energies of urban vitality. One of the most recognized theaters within this heavy stream is New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW), which FABnyc is proud to spotlight as our June Member of the Month. Neighboring a number of experimental and cutting edge FABnyc members, such as IATI Theater and La MaMa Experimental Theater Club, NYTW is a nucleus of new, inventive theatrical works, providing a platform for many artists to springboard into robust artistic growth.

NYTW A Little History

Founded by Stephen Graham in 1979, NYTW continues to support new noncommercial playwrights and directors whose visions inspire and challenge the norm. Their productions are cutting edge and high calibre, aimed at exploring perspectives on our collective history and respond to the events and institutions that shape our lives – e.g. the ever-present hardship of paying New York rent as played out in the widely popular musical Rent by Jonathan Larson.

As an Off-Broadway venue, NYTW has acted as an incubator for new talent since its incorporation in 1982. The Workshop has been a generative home to playwrights and actors such as Tony Kushner, Deb Filler, Caryl Churchill, Jonathan Larson and Martha Clarke. Notable plays birthed in NYTW include Rent and Once.

Serving Artists Today

Mind the Gap

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During a time when “limited resources” is a phrase used far too often in the downtown art community, NYTW upholds its mission in the East Village by providing much needed opportunities for artistic development and residencies.

NYTW also provides a number of educational programs, including Mind the Gap: Intergenerational Theatre Workshop, a unique workshop where half the participants are over 60 and half are between 14 and 18 years old. NYTW began Mind the Gap four years ago with the mission to foster mutual respect and understanding between these age groups, allowing them to see different generations in a new light.

Productions and Performances

New York Theater Workshop’s most current production is Sontag: Reborn, an immersive multi-media performance about activist, writer, and intellectual Susan Sontag, sourced from her early journals (show runs through June 30th). The production pays homage to a growing lineage of feminist artistry: from Sontag, who became a prominent figure in NYC’s artistic and intellectual scene, to Moe Angelos and The Builders Association, the brains behind this show.

A literal testament to NYTW’s ability to identify outstanding work and produce its full potential, the major New York publications have declared Sontag, “a spellbinding X-ray of a writer’s psyche” (New York Times) and as a “dazzling multimedia experience, as visually stunning as it is illuminating” (New York Post).

Sontag: RebornNYTW takes the lives of New Yorkers, and shines them in a light that varies from ingenious, to beautiful, to terrifying, to perfectly illustrative of the NYC-human’s experience. Always pushing forward with their work and their artists, NYTW’s next season of works are certain to cohere with NYTW’s rigorously innovative spirit. We at FABnyc can’t wait to welcome their new group of artists to the block this fall! For more information on NYTW’s next season, visit nytw.org.

- Written by Yuliya Skurska, Intern @ FABnyc; Edited by Erica Reich, Program Assistant @ FABnyc

Dixon Place gets HOT!

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July’s Member of the Month, Dixon Place, is a non profit organization regarded as “the one of city’s most important and fiercely experimental artists’ nests” by the Village Voice.

This month, Dixon Place turns up the heat with its 22nd annual HOT! Festival. The festivities run from July 1st to August 3rd, 2013 and will feature burlesque, circus acts, comedy, dance, literature, music, musical theater & cabaret, theater and performance. Festival passes are available for $60 and will grant admission to all events. (wow!) Below are some selections from their extensive lineup.

Dandy Darkly’s Gory Hole- Four Tales of Sex and Death

New York City’s storyteller of supernatural sleaze and homosexual horror Danny Darkly invites you to enter his Gory Hole (if you dare) for a riveting evening of laughs, thrills and chills. In alternative cabaret fashion, Darkly shares four stories of supernatural sleaze and homosexual horror.

July 5 at 7:30 PM Cocktail Lounge, Free

July 27 at 7:30 PM Dixon Place: Mainstage, $12 (advance) / $15 (door)

THE LOUDEST SHOW ON EARTH! With Lea Delaria & Maggie Cassella

The queerest urbanites to exist since Eileen Warnor and Kitty Carlisle, Lea Dillaria and Maggie Cassella, provide rage, anger, music and laughs as they yell at each other about the queer experience of urban existence. This unmissable event will be a riot of F-bombs and hilarity- a conservative’s nightmare!

July 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 (Fridays & Saturdays) at 10PM Dixon Place: Mainstage, $15-$25

GJ Dowding: (Miss)ter Silhouette Man

Enter a queer young boy’s consciousness, his desires and fears, as he embarks on a journey of identity and community. Haunted by his first influence from a femme fatale (his mother, of course), the boy treasures his secret from the public’s scornful eye.

July 16 at 7:30 PM Dixon Place: Mainstage, $12 (advance) / $15 (door)

Trevor Bachman: Coromandel

Coromandel is a vibrant musical odyssey adapted from poems by Edward Lear. The performance will consist of six 10-minute operas and transport viewers of all ages into a quirky, magical land. A must-see for lovers of sound, Coromandel will fuse rock, jazz, bluegrass, tango, musical theatre and classical sounds into a swirling, quivering frenzy.

July 29th at 7:30 PM Dixon Place: Mainstage, $12 (advance) / $15 (door)

For more information, a full calendar listing and tickets, visit the HOT! Festival Site here.

Dixon Place is located at 161A Chrystie Street, New York. Phone: 212.219.0736. http://dixonplace.org/

“SWISSTED” Opening Reception & Book Party on July 23rd

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62804_10201602462283159_1433125798_n SWISSTEDFABnyc is thrilled to announce the launch of SWISSTED an art installation by Mike Joyce, developed from designs from his new book SWISSTED: Vintage Rock Posters Remixed and Reimagined.

Joyce has creatively reinterpreted vintage punk, hardcore, new wave and indie rock flyers in the style of Swiss modernism, creating a playful juxtaposition of aesthetics and homage to two wildly different cultures. The result is a book published by McNally Jackson featuring 200 posters designed by Joyce, perforated and ready for personal display.

The corresponding exhibition of blown-up vinyl posters is the newest installment of Artist Alley, FABnyc’s ongoing series of murals and art installations at Extra Place. Artist Alley is inspired by the rich history of Extra Place, the infamous alley behind the former CBGB. Joyce’s SWISSTED posters have been installed in the windows of L’Apicio, the restaurant opposite Extra Place on East 1st Street and will be on display through Fall 2013.

To celebrate this exciting event, FABnyc, in conjunction with L’Apicio and McNally Jackson, are hosting a reception and book party at L’Apicio on Tuesday, July 23 from 5:30-7:30pm.

The reception will include light snacks from L’Apicio and a selection of specialty cocktails for $5 to benefit the public art project. Books will be available from McNally Jackson. All book purchases will include a free specialty cocktail! Joyce will also be onsite for book signing and mingling.

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Extra Place; Photo by Udom Surangsophon

The exhibition coincides with another Artist Alley exhibition: a large-scale mural on the sidewalk of Extra Place inspired by a poem written by Dee Dee Ramone after Joey Ramone’s death. Artists Raul Ayala, Crispy T, and James Rubio took the poem and created a vibrant, highly detailed tribute to the Ramones, punk culture, CBGB, and the recently deceased Arturo Vega. Go check out both when you’re passing through the East Village!

SWISSTED is funded by Epicurean Group. FABnyc’s Public Art Program is also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.

Epicurean Group, established in 2007, is a team of creatives and entrepreneurs, that works together to develop, produce and operate a portfolio of world-class restaurants, events and catering services including dell’anima, L’Artusi, Anfora, and L’Apicio and Epicurean Events. With a strong passion for the arts and community, Epicurean Group teamed up with FABnyc to establish Artist Alley, a rotating outdoor installment of local artwork. We can’t thank them enough! 

HTTG Presents: SUMMER BURLESQUE BLITZ

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Angie Pontani in Burlesque A Pades Photo credit Barry FidnickYour summer just got hotter thanks to Horse Trade Theater Group’s Summer Burlesque Blitz featuring classic striptease with Angie Pontani’s Burlesque-A-Pades, Kita St. Cyr’s Intime Burlesque, and The Paper Dolls troupe, nerdlesque with D20, RAWR!, and Storybook Burlesque, boylesque with Epic Win and Shocks & Cocks, and storytelling striptease mashups with Bare.

The Summer Burlesque Blitz will receive a four-night engagement at The Kraine Theater (85 East 4th Street between 2nd Ave and Bowery), July 18-21.

Burlesque A Pades featuring Pinkie Special Photo credit Barry FidnickTickets ($20; $35 front row VIP) are available HERE!

 

The Future of Education, Arts and Culture in New York City: A Conversation with the Mayoral Candidates and New Yorkers

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Join One Percent for Culture, Teacher’s College Columbia University, and Young Audience New York for a conversation about the future of education and the role that the arts, culture, and arts education play in shaping New York City. The audience will learn first hand candidates views on the arts, culture, and education as a foundation for creating a smarter, more livable, and economically competitive city.

What would you like to ask the candidates? Tweet your questions with #asknycarts

MODERATORS: Public Radio’s Kurt Andersen and Leonard Lopate

WHEN: Tuesday, July 30, 2013, 6:00 p.m. Forum

WHERE: Joyce Berger Cowin Auditorium
Teachers College, Columbia University
Broadway between 120th and 121st Streets

FREE: SPACE IS LIMITED AND TICKETS TO ENTER THE EVENT ARE MANDATORY.

GET TICKETS HERE.

1st Annual MoRUS Film Fest

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The Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space (MoRUS) is a preservation center for the East Village’s rich history of grassroots movements. The museum provides tours of abandoned buildings and vacant lots in the area that have been transformed into vibrant living spaces and thriving community gardens by dedicated locals. MoRUS allows New Yorkers and tourists alike to glimpse into a world only known by savvy residents of East Village.

On August 3rd, MoRUS opens its week-long 1st Annual MoRUS Film Fest. In light of this year’s theme, “reclaimed space,” film screenings will be held in various “reclaimed” community gardens of the Lower East Side.

Films include:

Your House is Mine
Squat or Rot
Tompkins Square Park: Operation Class War on the Lower East Side
Heart of Loisaida, directed by Marci Reaven and Beni Matias (details)
Viva Loisaida, directed by Marlis Momber
L.E.S., directed by Coleen Fitzgibbon (trailer)
B/Side, directed by Abigail Child (details)
Not For Sale, directed by Yael Bitton (details)
More Than Flowers, directed by Laura Beer (details)
Loisaida, Avenue C, directed by Maeva Aubert (details)
7th Street (trailer)
Landlord Blues, directed by Jacob Burckhardt (details)
No Picnic, directed by Phil Hartman (details)

1st Annual MoRUS Film Fest
August 3 – August 10, 2013
Held at various “reclaimed” LES sites
All access pass only $20

For a full schedule, ticket info and more click here.

Bright Highs, Cool Lows – Sarah King at IATI’s PAM Festival

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“Smile even though your heart is aching. Smile, even though it’s breaking,” Americana singer Sarah King sweetly croons, opening her set in IATI Theater’s intimate and newly finished concert hall. Performing a capella, King performs a jazz standard without aural distractions, soothing all with a voice so richly complex. Seamlessly, King transitions between bright highs and cool lows, a range that is at once broad, warm and smooth.

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Evoking an Ella-esque charm, King pulls out a ukulele to accompany herself, confessing that the transition from cumbersome guitar to tiny ukulele still throws off her balance. Nevertheless, she maintains her stead, and continues to command the stage with the silliness of a kindergartener and the poise of an experienced performer.

Mid-way through a song, King realizes she has neglected to plug in her uke. The whole room chuckles, but quickly quiets as a fuller sound transforms the space, so much so that King must remove her shoes. There is a felt bond between audience and performer–we no longer sit in a dimly lit room and passively enjoy King’s song, but experience her performance alongside her. Finding content in her selection of solo works, she ushers an 8 piece band to the stage. Then things got literally wild.

Plunging into a jazz-funk fusion, the band’s presence brought out a side of King only hinted at in her solo performance. Carefree child turned sultry jazz vixen, commanding a wall of sound–a show that began in near stillness is now an ecstatic burst of energy.

The band (drums, bass, hand percussion, trumpet, trombone, bass sax, regular sax, guitar and Miss King’s voice and ukulele) is professional, well-rehearsed, and has a tight horn section. The band began as a collaboration between King and multi-instrumentalist Jose Conde. This performance was the band’s debut.

Sarah King’s concert at IATI Theater marks the second night of the venue’s annual Performing Arts Marathon (PAM). This year’s PAM lineup features an eclectic grouping of talented and innovative performers, including Cloud of Fools Theater Company (Europa) , Marjuan Canady (Callaloo: A Jazz Folktale). The program ranges from dance to theater to interdisciplinary arts. For a full schedule listing and ticketing, visit the PAM website. To follow Sarah King’s performance schedule and stream selections from her upcoming demo EP, visit her website.

 

Review by FABnyc Marketing Intern, Yuliya Skurska with edits by Program Assistant, Erica Reich.


What’s Going On With Gmail?!? (A special note from FAB)

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GMAIL?

If you don’t use Gmail, you can go ahead and skip this message.

But if you do, or your friends do – this info may be illuminating about new Gmail features that may have you feeling a bit confused. Big thanks to University Settlement for sending this along and letting us pass on the message!  Read HERE.
 
A little context…  
Gmail recently launched a new “tabbed inbox” system. It is being rolled out in phases, so you may already know what we’re talking about. If not, you’ll see it appear soon. They have (or will) split your inbox into 5 separate inboxes all tabbed across the top with the labels “Primary, Social, Promotions, Updates, and Forums.”
 
So what does this mean for you and your favorite arts and cultural organizations?
A lot of emails will end up in a tab marked “Promotions” or “Updates” – even if they are things you’re really interested in. With so much clutter, it will be easy to miss important content from your favorite arts and community groups – and no one wants that to happen!

Good news is – we have your solution to tabbed inboxes!
If you use Gmail, look at your account to confirm that the new tabbed inboxes have been turned on (you’ll see new labels across the top of your emails). If so, here’s how to ensure you’re seeing exactly what you’ve asked to see:
1.    Click on the Promotions or Updates inbox tabs.
2.    Drag any emails from people or organizations that you want to hear from and drop them onto   the tab that says Primary. Then, when it asks if you want future emails to go into your Primary inbox, just click yes!

For the next few weeks, as Gmail continues to implement these new tabbed inboxes, be sure to check your additional inboxes to ensure that nothing else you really want ends up there.

Note: Some people might want to totally turn off their tabbed inboxes. To do that, just click on the Settings “gear” image in the upper right corner of your inbox and select “Settings.” Click the “Inbox” tab and uncheck all categories except “Primary” and save your changes.

 

Call for Donations: “Load OUT!” Unwanted Materials

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Load OUT! Fall 2013

Help us divert valuable material from the waste stream.

You are invited to DONATE: Costumes, clothing, textiles, books, props, furniture, and electronics to Load OUT!, a creative recycling, re-use & repurposing event with FABnyc:

Saturday, November 2, 2013 from 12-3PM @ 11 E. 3rd St.

Donated items should be dropped off at 19 E. 3rd St. on Friday, November 1st between 10AM-6PM. Drop off is free, but you must schedule an appointment with FABnyc to do so.

If you would like to donate to this event or to learn more, please contact Hannah Gorback at loadout@fabnyc.org or call 212.228.4670.

At Load OUT!, artists and community members are invited to take home items for their next artistic endeavor…

Unclaimed items will be collected for reuse and repurposing by our partners: Film Biz Recycling, GrowNYC, Wearable Collections, Lower East Side Ecology Center, and the NYC Department of Sanitation.

Learn more here!

Photos by Whitney Browne

Review: “Light of Night” at IATI Theater

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Light Of Night

Relief and freedom—these are two emotions rarely felt at the end of any show, except, perhaps, in the work of Cecilia Copeland. In her new work, Light of Night, which debuted this week, your emotions are not your own. This might be a rare experience for audience members, given that many theater performances are designed to invoke comprehension, but not true understanding or empathy. This Latino retelling of the Persephone myth drags you under along with its Persephone, trapped in a suburban, white, American Hades.  Embattled by her desire to be Latina, but abused into remaining demure and white, feelings of confusion, passion, fear, and overwhelm are hard to stave off during the performance.

This clever, occasionally comical, yet heart-wrenching story results from a powerful triad of remarkable writing, directing, and acting. The show did contain a few bumps along the way (as it was preview night, after all), but the cast rapidly pulled their audience back into Stephanie’s underworld time and time again.

Light of Night is presented by IATI Theater, a founding FABnyc member who proclaims themselves “artistic adventurers. Never shying away from the unknown, but fearlessly venturing into the new.” This staging affirms their mission – though challenging and frightening, it has been conquered by a remarkable team.  Be sure not to miss this short run through October 27, 2013, though I suspect this piece will not halt at IATI. Get tickets today, and get discount tickets with this FAB Deal!

- Written by Phoebe Stern

Fun for Foodies in the Fall

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Foodies and fans of the fabulous Epicurean Group, in case you haven’t heard, there are some very special (and tasty) eating events you really shouldn’t miss – both of which will benefit the work that we do in the LES!

First up, Not My Day Job 2013: Celebrating Art, Talent, and Taste (10/27):

Join FABnyc at the fourth annual talent extravaganza hosted by Epicurean Group – Not My Day Job: Celebrating Art, Talent and Taste! The food industry is overflowing with talented people, going beyond servers and prep cooks, to include actors, musicians, artists and more. Each year, Epicurean Group gives them a stage to express these gifts, showcasing the beat-boxing cook, the tap-dancing food runner and the singing server. This Sunday, enjoy culinary and beverage skills of over 20 restaurants while watching the many talented performers. While the goal is to celebrate the artists in our industry, this event will also be an effort to support FABnyc and Heritage Radio Network.

And, though we’re sure you know all about what we at FABnyc does, you should also check out Heritage Radio Network, the other beneficiary of Not My Day Job, as they are a foodie favorite as well. HRN covers food content as it pertains to the most important topics of our day: Business, News, Science and Tech, Pleasure, Health, Opinion and more. They broadcast from inside two re-purposed shipping containers in the back of Roberta’s Pizza, the nexus of the Brooklyn food movement and they are bringing you the freshest national voices in food. Tune in at www.HeritageRadioNetwork.org to hear more!

And in November, join us at Lower East Side Eats: An Evening with L’Apicio (11/7):

The Lower East Side is undoubtedly one of NYC’s top culinary destinations, and Whole Foods Market Bowery Culinary Center is providing delicious proof tonight with another benefit class to spotlight the ongoing efforts of local nonprofit and beneficiary, FABnyc (us!). Come and experience the contemporary Italian-inspired cuisine served at L’Apicio, and let Chef Gabe Thompson show you why this charming neighborhood newcomer has earned such a devoted following and widespread acclaim just one year after opening its doors on First Street and Bowery.

The Insider Scoop on Basic Training Neo-Futurist Workshop

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TMLMBGBThe first time I saw TMLMTBGB*, I got lucky. Someone spit several chunks of kiwi on my face in one play, and hugged me deeply in another. Later, during a play called something along the lines of “Trying to Sleep in a Small Train Town in the Middle of Kansas,” a Neo pulled me onto the stage, motioned for me to lie down on three black blocks, and proceeded to ‘tuck me in’ — pillow, blanket, teddy, and goodnight kiss included. The lights dimmed, and an actor standing in the darkness upstage began making faint train noises into a microphone. Far away. Muffled. I was confused. The noises got louder and faster, as if the train were getting closer. I looked out at my friends and the rest of the chuckling audience for help, but they didn’t know what to do either. Eventually the actor just flat out screamed into the microphone and I, at the height of discomfort, broke out into craughter**. At last, the train noises subsided, someone called “curtain” and the audience broke out into a cacophony of order numbers for the next play. Now, I assume the person sitting in the back row saw a very different show than I did that night, but it was the best theater experience I’d ever had. I remember it like it was last night. I felt like I had watched 5 people run a messed up marathon. I was hooked.

I recently took a Basic Training Neo-Futurist workshop with Neos Dan McCoy and Flor De Liz Perez. I walked in thinking, “Alright, I’ve seen the show. I’ve talked about Neo-Futurist philosophy with my knowledgeable theater friends. I know what’s up.”

I DID NOT KNOW WHAT WAS UP.

(I still don’t know what’s up.)

In less than 5 hours on the first day, Flor/Dan’s introduction to Neo-Futurist work completely deconstructed my understanding of what theater could be. Why? Well, I’m an actor. Actors usually learn a bunch of lines and say them to other actors (who have learned their own bunch of lines) in order to tell a story that has been written by someone else. We try to create an illusory world into which the audience can be sucked. Poof! You’re in London. Poof! You’re in a magical forest, and I’m the fairy queen. Poof! Theater. Neo-Futurism is not like this. You want to work Neo-Futuristically? You need to write your own plays, from your perspective, about your own experiences. That’s not to say that there’s no place for crazy lighting effects, dynamic performance styles, and plenty of absurd abstractions. When performing, though, you must always be who you are, be where you are, and be doing what you’re doing. You must create theater from the bottom up. It sounds simple, right? Yes. Is it easy? No. No. No.

Neo-Futurism is difficult because it forces me to be honest with myself and with others. It’s difficult because it forces me to create something entirely on my own. It forces me to validate my life story as one worth telling and myself as someone worth being. And those, dear reader, can be difficult tasks. “Whoa, Dan and Flor, you want me to write a play about a mundane thought I had this week? Who would care? Nothing really interesting happened to me this week…” But, as it turned out, I had just downloaded Snapchat, and its creepy ephemeral nature spurred an existential debate in my head. It became a play. Someone else wrote a play about an awkward moment in an elevator. Another ordered some dumplings and a sesame pancake from Vanessa’s Kitchen. Like, for real. During the play, he asked someone else in the class to order it, then ran to go pick it up, came back, and gave it to him. The only things you really need to make an interesting play are a person performing a task, any task, and a person to watch it.

A professor I deeply respect once told me that acting is not therapy. Sure, I get that, but it can be therapeutic for both actor and audience member alike. As we worked together those three Saturdays, I came to know and care for the members of my class. We had running jokes. We told each other stories about our failures, our loves, hates, fears, insecurities, and guilty pleasures through our work. We related to each other. I feel like I walked away from that workshop with a fresh perspective on my potential as a theater-maker, and theater’s potential to be a lasting, positive experience. I mean, I still don’t know what that the EFF that train play was about and I will always be haunted by “Chock Full O’Nuts,” but who cares? I had a good time.

Maybe you won’t ever take a workshop with the Neos, but if this retelling of my (anything-but-mundane) experience sparks your interests, you can catch a performance of Neo-Futurism ANY Friday or Saturday night starting 11/1. You won’t be disappointed… I promise.

*Too Much Light Makes the Baby Go Blind

**Craughter: laughing so hard that you cry (or crying so hard that you laugh, either way).

- Written by Kelly Rogers -

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