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Friday, September 29, 2023 – Outline | Detailed >
CANCELED – RESCHEDULED TO SATURDAY NIGHT
Festival Opening Night
At La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden,
9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
6:30 pm.Moved to Sat 10/7 Campos 5 pm. Trio Daphne with Rie Yamaguchi-Borden Steve Nelson and Reid Taylor. An intimate Autumn Serenade of sentimental jazz standards.7:30 pm.Moved to Sun 10/1 Green Oasis 8 pm. KID JAVA plays the blues.
Siempre Verde Garden, 181 Stanton St (between Clinton St & Attorney St)
- SuKKOT! Will go up — sit under the sky until October 15 [Siempre Verde].
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- Elizabeth Street Garden, Elizabeth St between Spring St & Prince St.
- 10 am – 12 pm. Community Gardening at Elizabeth Street Garden.
- 10:30–11:30 am. Yoga with Sky Ting. [Elizabeth Street Garden]
- Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
- 11 am. “Joan Jokes For Change” A satire writing workshop with Joan Reinmuth, [Green Oasis]
- Canceled — Check back for rescheduled date, time, and location:
Kids Day After Dark6 pm. Musical Monsters Fairy Tale Marionettes. [Green Oasis]6:30 pm. Z Fire Flies, Zariah Maya Sapphire. [Green Oasis]7 pm. Charlotte Midnight Radio Show. [Green Oasis]
- Due to the weather, KIDS DAY Moves to Sunday 10/1, same time, same garden:
El Jardin del Paraiso, E 4th St (between Ave C & Ave D)Kids Day12 pm. Razzle Dazzle magic show—Tanya Solomon. [El Jardin]1 pm. Show Up Kids! Making it all up. [El Jardin]2 pm. Son Pecadores music and dance. [El Jardin]3 pm. Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater. [El Jardin]
- DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
- 12–7 pm. Songwriters Workshop – The Jack Hardy Circle. [DeColores]
- Due to the weather, El Sol Brillante’s garden benefit moved to Sunday 10/1, same time:
El Sol Brillante, 522 E 12th St (between Ave A & Ave B)12–7 pm. Garden party benefit. [El Sol Brillante]
- Canceled (May be rescheduled to Sat 10/7—TBD):
Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer Garden, 115 Loisaida Ave (Ave C between 7th St & 8th St)1–3 pm. Kellie Pryor-Knot & Crochet Workshop. [Carmen Pabon]
- Children’s Magical Garden, 129 Stanton St (at Norfolk St)
- Jazz produced by Arts for Art
- 2 pm. Hans Young Binter Trio. [Children’s Magical Garden]
- 3 pm. Dulberger / Johnson Warriors of Light. [Children’s Magical Garden]
- 4 pm. Aakash Mittal Trio. [Children’s Magical Garden]
- Jazz produced by Arts for Art
- Due to the weather, the 11th Street live music event moved to Sun 10/1, same time:
11th Street Community Garden, 422 E 11th St (between 1st Ave & Ave A)2–6 pm. The 11th Street Community Garden presents live musicGina Healy, Todd Louis
Ross Daisamont, Jason Green
Coby Petric, Manny Music
Diana Gitesha Hernandez and Marc Capon, Kieran Knightly and more. [11th Street]
- Miracle Garden, 194 E 3rd St (west of Ave B)
- 3 pm. Poetry: Mame-Loschen or “Mother Tongue” [Miracle Garden]
- Campos Community Garden, 644 E 12th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
- 4 pm. TAPi TAPi – Music. [Campos]
- 5 pm. Roisin McKeown Band. [Campos]
- 9th St & Ave C: La Plaza (southwest corner) and 9th Street Community Garden (northeast corner)
- 12–5 pm. Catty Corners ART – Live painting outside along the gardens’ fences.
- Siempre Verde Garden, 181 Stanton St (between Clinton St & Attorney St)
- Time TBD. Aaron Diskin & Jeremy Brown play Jewish music and more. [Siempre Verde]
- La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
- 2–5 pm. Green Guerillas 50th Anniversary Celebration. [La Plaza]
- FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT PARTY
- Music
5:306:00 pm. Avon Faire – Lively and moving “Fairy Baroque Folk”. [La Plaza]6:307:00 pm. DASO – Singer songwriter, salsa to hip hop. [La Plaza]7:308:00 pm. Chupacabras – A band of brothers inspire audiences to move, love, and live. [La Plaza]
- Le Petit Versailles Garden, 247 E 2nd St (west of Ave C)
- 7:30 pm. ¡Sólo una noche! One night only! Film and flamenco. [Le Petit]
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- Down to Earth Garden, 546 E 12th St (by Ave B)
- 11 am – 12 pm. Bokashi Gardening Workshop. [Down to Earth Garden]
- El Jardin del Paraiso, E 4th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
- Kids Day
- 12 pm. Razzle Dazzle magic show—Tanya Solomon. [El Jardin]
- 1 pm. Show Up Kids! Making it all up. [El Jardin]
- 2 pm. Son Pecadores music and dance. [El Jardin]
- 3 pm. Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater. [El Jardin]
- Kids Day
- El Sol Brillante, 522 E 12th St (between Ave A & Ave B)
- 12–7 pm. Garden party benefit. [El Sol Brillante]
- Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer Garden, 115 Loisaida Ave (Ave C between 7th St & 8th St)
- 1–3 pm. Carolyn Ratcliffe – Drawing Workshop. [Carmen Pabon]
- 4–6 pm. Anna Pasztor – Jewelry Workshop. [Carmen Pabon]
- East Side Outside Community Garden, 415 E 11th St (east of 1st Ave)
- 2 pm. Music Down Home with V/C—Victor and Carmine. [East Side Outside]
- Children’s Magical Garden, 129 Stanton St (at Norfolk St)
- Jazz produced by Arts for Art
- 2 pm. Heru’s “Basquiat Blues” [Children’s Magical Garden]
- 3 pm. Jason Kao Hwang: Human Rites Trio. [Children’s Magical Garden]
- 4 pm. Joseph Daley: The Tuba Trio. [Children’s Magical Garden]
- Jazz produced by Arts for Art
- Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
- 2–4 pm. Indigo Dye Process Workshop. [Green Oasis]
- 6 pm. Isabel Estrada-Jamison, Afro-Cuban Folklore Dance and Music. [Green Oasis]
- 7 pm. Jazz Mitchell Cheng Trio. [Green Oasis]
- 8 pm. KID JAVA plays the blues. [Green Oasis]
- 11th Street Community Garden, 422 E 11th St (between 1st Ave & Ave A)
- 2–6 pm. The 11th Street Community Garden presents live music
- Gina Healy, Todd Louis
Ross Daisamont, Jason Green
Coby Petric, Manny Music
Diana Gitesha Hernandez and Marc Capon, Kieran Knightly and more. [11th Street]
- Gina Healy, Todd Louis
- 2–6 pm. The 11th Street Community Garden presents live music
- Miracle Garden, 194 E 3rd St (west of Ave B)
- 3 pm. Baby Soda – from swing to jazz to early gospel and blues. [Miracle Garden]
- El Jardin del Paraiso, E 4th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
- 4 pm. Theresa Byrnes Performance Art, “Outline For A Tree” [El Jardin]
- La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
- 4 pm. Maputi – Mbira (the name of both the instrument and the music). [La Plaza]
- 5 pm. Pinc Louds – “NYC’s best imaginary band” [La Plaza]
- DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
- 4–6 pm. Bingo in the Garden, with Lala Wiggy – grab a card, win a prize. [DeColores]
- 7:30 pm. Film: “The Clash”, by Ben Shepard, a story about public space in NY. [DeColores]
- Sam and Sadie Koenig Garden, 237 E 7th St (east of Ave C)
- Time TBD. The 15th Annual Music and Art Festival – a tribute to Carla Savoy! [Sam & Sadie]
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- DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
- 7 pm. Film: “Freedom or Death”, a powerful and shocking narrative of the Ukrainian revolution and the beginnings of the war with Russia. [DeColores]
- Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
- 8 pm. Theater: “Elegy for an Underground Playwright”, the historic essentials of Robert Patrick, presented by Jason Trucco. [Green Oasis]
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- DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
- 7 pm. Film: “They Survived Together”, a true story of the survival of the Neiger family as they desperately try to stay together as a family while escaping certain death by the Nazis – with four small children. [DeColores]
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- DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
- 7 pm. Film: “Medium Hot”, In 2004 the Republicans came to NYC for their convention, and we made “Medium Hot”. [DeColores]
- Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
- 8 pm. Theater: “Elegy for an Underground Playwright”, the historic essentials of Robert Patrick, presented by Jason Trucco. [Green Oasis]
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- La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
- 7 pm. Film: “End of the Rope”, Suspicion falls on a sociopathic farmhand when a family mysteriously disappears from the town of Schafer, N.D., in the 1930s. [La Plaza]
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- Children’s Magical Garden, 129 Stanton St (at Norfolk St)
- 4 pm. Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater – The irreverent storyteller Vít Hořejš re-tells classic Czech and Slovak fairy tales. Co-starring guest-musicians from across the globe. [Children’s Magical Garden]
- Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
- Cancelled:
4:30 pm. “Away With The Fairies” – An afternoon of empowering magical crafts, fairy spells and enchanted hidden treasures! [Green Oasis] - Time change: 5 pm.
5:30 pm. “HARES AND BEARS” – A Cranky Show [Green Oasis] - Added: 5:30 pm. Musical Monster Show with Katharine Kaspar’s Marionettes [Green Oasis]
- Music —Time changes:
- 6 pm.
6:30 pm. Matthieu. [Green Oasis] - 7 pm.
7:30 pm. The Silos – American rock band with Walter Salas-Humara and Bob Rupe. [Green Oasis] - 8 pm.
8:30 pm. Faith NYC featuring Felice Rosser on bass and singing. [Green Oasis]
- 6 pm.
- Cancelled:
- DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
- Time change: 7:30 pm.
6 pm. Theater – A Bloody Business: INNOVATION IN SURGERY AND HOPE FOR THE HUMAN HEART with Dr. Christiaan Barnard. [DeColores]
- Time change: 7:30 pm.
- 9th Street Community Garden & Park, 703 E 9th St (at Ave C)
- 7 pm. Short Film Night at the Garden [9th Street]
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- Cancelled due to weather:
DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)Music- Moved to Sunday 10/8, 5 pm
1 pm. David Barish. [DeColores] - Moved to Sunday 10/8, 4 pm
2 pm. Head Peddlers and Santo. [DeColores] - Moved to Sunday 10/8, 5 pm at Green Oasis
3 pm. V/C. [DeColores]
- Moved to Sunday 10/8, 5 pm
- Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer Garden, 115 Loisaida Ave (Ave C between 7th St & 8th St)
- 1–3 pm. Workshop: Skin CARE WITH Khadijah. [Carmen Pabon]
- Cancelled due to weather:
11 BC Serenity Garden, 626 E 11th St (between Ave B & Ave C)2 pm. JAZZ – Steve Wirts Band with George Garzone, Jeff “Tain” Watts and Nick Jozwiak. [11 BC]
- First Street Green Cultural Park, 33 E 1st Street (east of 2nd Ave)
- Jazz produced by Arts for Art
- 2 pm. Sam Newsome Trio, [First Street Green]
Sam Newsome – soprano sax, Adam Lane – bass, James Paul Nadien – drums. - 3 pm. Christi / Nicholson / Thompson, Knife & Rose. [First Street Green]
Ellen Christi – vocals, Patricia Nicholson – vocals, movement, TA Thompson – drums. - 4 pm. Mixashawn / Hartigan. [First Street Green]
Mixashawn Rozie – reeds, voice, mandolin, Royal Hartigan – drums.
- 2 pm. Sam Newsome Trio, [First Street Green]
- Jazz produced by Arts for Art
- Cancelled due to weather:
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)- Moved to Sunday 10/8, 2:30 pm
2:30 pm. Wendy Brawer of Green Map leads a tour of the gardens. [La Plaza] - Music
- Moved to Sunday 10/8, 5 pm
3 pm. Marta & Arturo. [La Plaza] - Moved to Sunday 10/8, 2:30 pm
4 pm. Samara Lubelski, Songwriter, Singer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Improviser, and Engineer. [La Plaza] - Moved to Sunday 10/8, 3:30 pm
5 pm. Elliott Sharp – Elliott Sharp solo + duo with Tracie Morris. [La Plaza] - Cancelled:
6 pm. “Under One Sky” is a one-hour concert that includes songs about moon, stars and love with a blend of influences from jazz, R&B, soul, and Mandarin pop in both Mandarin and English. [La Plaza]
- Moved to Sunday 10/8, 5 pm
- Moved to Sunday 10/8, 2:30 pm
- Cancelled due to weather:
Campos Community Garden, 644 E 12th St (between Ave B & Ave C)- Cancelled:
3 pm. Oratorio. [Campos] - Cancelled:
5 pm. Trio Daphne with Rie Yamaguchi-Borden Steve Nelson and Reid Taylor. An intimate Autumn Serenade of sentimental jazz standards. - Moved to Sunday 10/8, 8 pm at Green Oasis
7 pm. Ray Santiago. [Campos]
- Cancelled:
- Cancelled due to weather:
9th Street Community Garden & Park, 703 E 9th St (at Ave C)- Moved to Sunday 10/8, 1–4 pm.
4 pm. El Cuarteto Los Primos – Old School Salsa. [9th Street]
- Moved to Sunday 10/8, 1–4 pm.
- 6BC Botanical Garden, 624 E 6th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
- 5:30–7:30 pm. Metacene Unleashed—Vines, garden growth and kombucha leather trim the steel sculptural Animalia figures. [6BC Botanical Garden]
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- Down to Earth Garden, 546 E 12th St (by Ave B)
- 11 am – 12 pm. Bokashi Other Uses Workshop. Bokashi personal care & bokashi fermented drinks. [Down to Earth Garden]
- La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
- 12 pm. Free Yoga provided by sustainable solutions. [La Plaza]
- 1–3 pm. Earth Celebrations – Natural Paint Workshop. [La Plaza]
- 2 pm. Dr Noreen’s Healthy walk – Free Medicinal Herbal Class. [La Plaza]
- 2:30 pm. Wendy Brawer of Green Map leads a tour of the gardens. [La Plaza]
- 2:30 pm. Samara Lubelski, Songwriter, Singer, Multi-Instrumentalist, Improviser, and Engineer. [La Plaza]
- 3:30 pm. Elliott Sharp – Elliott Sharp solo + duo with Tracie Morris. [La Plaza]
- 5 pm. Marta & Arturo – Portuguese Chanteuse. [La Plaza]
- 9th Street Community Garden & Park, 703 E 9th St (at Ave C)
- 1–4 pm. Music with El Cuarteto Los Primos – Old School Salsa. [9th Street]
- Creative Little Garden, 530 E 6th St (between Ave A & Ave B)
- 2–4 pm. Music: Under The Willow. [Creative Little Garden]
Music Schedule- 2:00 pm. Honeycrush [Creative Little Garden]
- 2:30 pm. Sister [Creative Little Garden]
- 3:00 pm. Quinn Devlin [Creative Little Garden]
- 3:30 pm. Pearla [Creative Little Garden]
- 2–4 pm. Music: Under The Willow. [Creative Little Garden]
- First Street Green Cultural Park, 33 E 1st Street (east of 2nd Ave)
- Jazz produced by Arts for Art
- 2 pm. Laubrock / Rainey. [First Street Green]
Ingrid Laubrock – reeds, Tom Rainey – drums. - 3 pm. Holmes / Sandoval. [First Street Green]
Patrick Holmes – clarinet, Sarah Sandoval – dance. - 4 pm. Devin Brahja Waldman Quartet. [First Street Green]
Devin Brahja Waldman – sax, Sam Newsome – soprano sax, Shayna Dulberger – bass, Michael TA Thompson – drums.
- 2 pm. Laubrock / Rainey. [First Street Green]
- Jazz produced by Arts for Art
- DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
- 2 pm. Poetry – Garden of Words, Garland of Song An afternoon of poetry and music. [DeColores]
- 4 pm. Head Peddlers and Santo. [DeColores]
- 5 pm. David Barish. [DeColores]
- 6 pm. Theater — A Bloody Business: INNOVATION IN SURGERY AND HOPE FOR THE HUMAN HEART with Dr. Christiaan Barnard. [DeColores]
- Le Petit Versailles Garden, 247 E 2nd St (west of Ave C)
- 6 pm. Tassles on Tassles, multi-disciplinary project combining dance and fabric art to create a unique and immersive experience for visitors to the community. [Le Petit]
- Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
- CLOSING PARTY
5 pm. V/C – Victor/Carmine music Americain. [Green Oasis] - 7 pm. “Sylvain Leroux & Source” [Green Oasis]
- Musicians:
Sylvain Leroux: Fula flute, flute, alto sax, donzo ngoni
Alexis Marcello: keyboards
Mamadou Ba: bass
Sean Dixon: drums
- Musicians:
- 8 pm. Ray Santiago – Afro Cuban Jazz [Green Oasis]
- CLOSING PARTY
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