El Sol Brillante, 522 E 12th St (between Ave A & Ave B)
Sun 9/29, 11 am – 12 pm. Non-food-waste Bokashi Gardening [El Sol Brillante]
How to use the bokashi microbes to improve your soil, as well as, do non-food-waste bokashi composting.
Community Garden Tour 3 (of 3) — East Village Gardens: starting at El Sol Brillante 524 E 12th St (between Ave A & Ave B) > El Sol Brillante Jr. > Campos Community Garden > Toyota Children’s Learning Garden > De Colores Community Yard > La Plaza Cultural > Pancho’s Garden.
Sun 9/29, 1:30–3:30 pm. Meet at 1:20 pm. Community Garden Tour 3 [El Sol Brillante, El Sol Brillante Jr., Campos Community Garden, Toyota Children’s Learning Garden, De Colores Community Yard, La Plaza Cultural, and Pancho’s Garden]
Come meet the gardeners who tend these gorgeous green spaces and learn about the challenges these community gardens are facing and what it takes to overcome them.
This tour starts at the entrance gate of El Sol Brillante, 524 E 12th St between Ave A & Ave B. Meet your tour guide Magali Régis at 1:20 pm. This tour involves walking several block; wear comfortable shoes. Email questions to: fleurdelys@mindspring.com.
Tour 1: Sun 9/22, 1:00–3:30 pm >>
Tour 2: Sat 9/28, 3:30–6:00 pm >>
Tour 3: Sun 9/29, 1:30–3:30 pm.
M’Finda Kalunga Garden, 179 Chrystie St. & Rivington St.
Sun 9/29, 12:30–2:30 pm. NYC Birds [M’Finda Kalunga]
Bird tours between 1–2 pm.
There will be crafts, bird feeding, and birdwatching all afternoon! Make your own binoculars and learn about NYC birds!
Sun 9/29, 1–3 pm. Picture Book Festival [M’Finda Kalunga]
Kids – come and enjoy beautifully illustrated picture books, listen to a story, and choose some picture books to take home for yourself.
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
Sun 9/29, 1:30 pm. Matthew Silver’s Idiot’s Hour [La Plaza]
First Street Green Cultural Park, 33 E 1st Street (east of 2nd Ave)
Sun 9/29, 1:30–6 pm. Arts for Art Jazz
Sun 9/29, 1:30 pm. The Daves [First Street Green]
Dave Sewelson – bari sax
Dave Hofstra – tuba
Dave Hernandez – tuba
Sun 9/29, 2:30 pm. Lesley Mok Band [First Street Green]
Selendis Sebastian Alexander Johnson – trombone
Nathan Nakadegawa-Lee – reeds
Lesley Mok – drums
Sun 9/29, 3:30 pm. Warrior of Light [First Street Green]
Djassi Dacosta Johnson – dance
Shayna Dulberger – bass
Sun 9/29, 4:30 pm. Ayumi Ishito [First Street Green]
Ayumi Ishito – saxophone
Rema Hasumi – keyboard
Yuko Togami – drums
Miracle Garden, 194 E 3rd St (west of Ave B)
Sun 9/29, 2 pm. Poetry [Miracle Garden]
Mame-Loschen or “Mother Tongue”
Mame-Loschen is a poetry reading series at Miracle Garden featuring original works from local poets, works in translation, and selections from the neighborhood’s rich literary history.
6th & B Garden, 84 Ave B (E 6th St, southwest corner)
Sun 9/29, 2–5 pm. Fahrenheit Open Mic [6&B Garden]
DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
Sun 9/29, 3 pm. Poetry, Sparrow, the Truffles, Bob Holman, Kyra Gordon and provisional list. [DeColores]
6BC Botanical Garden, 624 E 6th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
Sun 9/29, 4 pm. Beyond Flute Group [6BC Botanical Garden]
East Side Outside Community Garden, 415 E 11th St (east of 1st Ave)
Sun 9/29, 5 pm. Marta & Spiritu Gitano [East Side Outside]
Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
Sun 9/29, 6 pm. Kid Java [Green Oasis]
KID JAVA is a NYC‑based band that plays “Blue Note Americana”, ie., music that is deeply indebted to the blues, but mix it up with other rootsy genres and often with a contemporary feel. Sometimes we’ll play a down-home traditional blues, other times more swing-oriented material, and then there is the New Orleans second-line or funk tune thrown in to keep things lively.
Sun 9/29, 7 pm. Ray Santiago [Green Oasis]
Afro-Cuban Jazz, Ray Santiago is New York City based pianist, percussionist, singer, composer, arranger and band leader, active in the US Salsa scene from the early 1970s.