Saturday September 30, 2023

Elizabeth Street Garden, Elizabeth St between Spring St & Prince St

Sat 9/30, 10 am – 12 pmCommunity Gardening [Elizabeth Street Garden]
Join us for community gardening every Saturday & Sunday. All volunteers and neighbors welcome during this time! 
Gardening tasks will vary each week. See you in the garden! 


Sat 9/30, 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) 

Sat 9/30, 11 amJoan Jokes For Change” [Green Oasis]
Satire writing workshop with Joan Reinmuth.
Just Married or Just Married; now Barbie says “I want a divorce.”
Tell jokes like Joan does, with the pleasure of knowing she didn’t lose the file she just moved it.


Canceled—Kids Day After Dark—Check back for schedule.

Kids Day After Dark

Sat 9/30, 6 pm. Musical Monsters [Green Oasis]
Fairy Tale Marionettes presents Musical Monsters. This is our Monster / Halloween themed show featuring popular songs and poems spanning the decades.


Sat 9/30, 6:30 pm. Z Fire Flies, Zariah Maya Sapphire [Green Oasis]


Sat 9/30, 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 Day 

See Sun 10/1Sat 9/30, 12 pm. Razzle Dazzle magic show. [El Jardin]
Tanya Solomon, a magician and clown performing in New York for over a decade.


See Sun 10/1Sat 9/30, 1 pm. Show Up Kids! [El Jardin]
Making it all up. This fresh twist on the traditional kids’ show blasts off into unknown comedy zones when Denisse enlists the Audience to help write, design, and Direct it. What could possibly go wrong?


See Sun 10/1Sat 9/30, 2 pm. Son Pecadores music and dance. [El Jardin]


See Sun 10/1Sat 9/30, 3 pm. Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theater. [El Jardin]
The irreverent storyteller Vít Hořejš re-tells classic Czech and Slovak fairy tales. Co-starring guest-musicians from across the globe.


Kids Day continues After Dark at Green Oasis Community Garden, above.


DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)

Sat 9/30, 12–7 pm. The Jack Hardy Circle [DeColores]
SongWriters Workshop. Jack Hardy was a lyrical singer-songwriter and playwright based in Greenwich Village, who was influential in the folk music scenes for decades. In songwriter circles, Hardy was as well-known as a teacher and mentor as he was as an artist. Come and hear this current crop of singer-songwriters.


Due to the weather, El Sol Brillante’s garden benefit moves to Sunday 10/1, same time.

El Sol Brillante, 522 E 12th St (between Ave A & Ave B)

See Sun 10/1Sat 9/30, 12–7 pm. El Sol Brillante garden party benefit. [El Sol Brillante]
Live music, food, refreshments, and fun.


Canceled (May be rescheduled to Sat 10/7—TBD)

Carmen Pabon Del Amanecer Garden, 115 Loisaida Ave (Ave C between 7th St & 8t St)

Sat 9/30, 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

Sat 9/30, 2 pm. Hans Young Binter Trio [Children’s Magical Garden]
Hans Young Binter – piano
Che Buford – violin
Joshua Mathews – drums


Sat 9/30, 3 pm. Dulberger / Johnson Warriors of Light [Children’s Magical Garden]
Shayna Dulberger – bass
Djassi DaCosta Johnson – movement


Sat 9/30, 4 pm. Aakash Mittal Trio [Children’s Magical Garden]
Aakash Mittal – saxophone
Ivy Fu – electronics
Lesley Mok – drums


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)

See Sun 10/1Sat 9/30, 2–6 pm. The 11th Street Community Garden presents live music [11th Street]
Gina Healy, Todd Louis
Ross Daisamont, Jason Green
Coby Petric, Manny Music
Diana Gitesha Hernandez and Marc Capon, Kieran Knightly and more.


Miracle Garden, 194 E 3rd St (west of Ave B)

Sat 9/30, 3 pm. Poetry [Miracle Garden]
Mame-Loschen or “Mother Tongue” is a monthly reading series inspired by the Yiddish poets living on the Lower East Side in the early 20th Century, each session welcomes readers to present works by other authors that speak to their personal canon as well as new original works.


Campos Community Garden, 644 E 12th St (between Ave B & Ave C)

Sat 9/30, 4 pm. MusicTAPi TAPi. [Campos]
TAPi TAPi is the lean, mean offspring of the Afrodelic trance-dance band Timbila.


Sat 9/30, 5 pm. Roisin McKeown Band. [Campos]
Róisín McKeown is a New York-Irish singer-songwriter, whose influences stem from jazz, blues, soul and folk. 
Having grown up between New York’s Lower East Side and Dublin, Ireland, Róisín takes inspiration and cues from both cities, while developing her own sound along with her global community of friends and collaborators.


9th St & Ave C: La Plaza (southwest corner) and 9th Street Community Garden (northeast corner)

Catty Corners ART

Sat 9/30, 12–5 pm. Painting [Outside La Plaza & 9th Street Community Garden]
Live painting along the garden fences.
Bring your own paint and brushes, we supply the canvas.
Artists exhibit their work with Eric Yung, Chun Park, Savanna Fortgang, Eileen Doster and more.


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)

Sat 9/30, 2–5 pm. Green Guerillas 50th Anniversary Celebration [La Plaza]
Celebrate 50 years of creating, preserving, and protecting community gardens.


FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT PARTY

MUSIC

Sat 9/30, 5:30 6:00 pm. Avon Faire [La Plaza]
Lively & moving “Fairy Baroque Folk” ~ weaving harmonies thru delightful Celtic & English songs. 


Sat 9/30, 6:30 7:00 pm. DASO [La Plaza]
Singer, Songwriter, Youth Development & Community Organizer. David Soto aka Daso has dedicated several decades to music and the activism through art movement. From his first show with Cultural Music Bomba Y Plena Group Cemi at age 8 to Live performances with his own Afro Latin Caribbean Soul band at Music Venues throughout NYC and beyond. A few of his accomplishments include: Music Artist As Daso El Afro Caribeño, Founder of the PIRAGUA clothing brand, Owner of the PIRAGUA ART SPACE, Founder of the yearly multicultural New Village Music Festival, Founder of the record label DeKora Digital, Founder of the New Village Foundation connecting artists to community and youth development. 


Sat 9/30, 7:30 8:00 pm. Chupacabras. [La Plaza]
Chupacabras serve as the guide to bring both young and old on a celestial journey of chaos and transformation, restoring balance to the galaxy. But as new cosmic turbulences arise, this band of brothers continues to travel through time and space, inspiring audiences to move, love, and live like never before.


Le Petit Versailles Garden, 247 E 2nd St (west of Ave C)

Sat 9/30, 7:30 pm. ¡Sólo una noche! One night only! [Le Petit Versailles]
An evening of film and flamenco, Noe Kidder & Flamenco Rosado.


Friday September 29, 2023

LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival

CANCELED BY THE WEATHER!!
PArty on SaTurDay Sept 30

Friday Night Opening Party

at La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)

Fri 9/29, 6:30 pm.Moved to Sat 10/7 Campos 5 pm. Trio Daphne [La Plaza Campos]
With Rie Yamaguchi-Borden (b) Steve Nelson (g) and Reid Taylor (b) will visit sentimental jazz standards for intimate Autumn Serenade with some uplifting swing numbers in the beautiful La Plaza Community Garden.


Fri 9/29, 7:30 pm.Moved to Sun 10/1 Green Oasis 8 pm. KID JAVA [La Plaza 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. KID JAVA has shared bills with such blues greats as Albert King, Otis Rush, Pinetop Perkins, and Johnny Copeland.


Siempre Verde Garden, 181 Stanton St (between Clinton St & Attorney St)

The SuKKOT! Will go up — sit under the sky until October 15. [Siempre Verde]


OUTLINE – LUNGS 12th Annual Harvest Arts Festival Schedule


Climate and schedule subject to change

To see the entire detailed schedule with full descriptions and images, go here.
Below is a quick OUTLINE & DIRECTORY of events.

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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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Saturday, September 30, 2023 – Outline | Detailed >

  • 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 Dark
      • 6 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 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]
  • 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]
  • 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 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]
  • 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
      • 5:30 6:00 pm. Avon Faire – Lively and moving “Fairy Baroque Folk”. [La Plaza]
      • 6:30 7:00 pm. DASO – Singer songwriter, salsa to hip hop. [La Plaza]
      • 7:30 8:00 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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Sunday, October 1, 2023 – Outline | Detailed >

  • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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]
  • 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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Monday, October 2, 2023 – Outline | Detailed >

  • 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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Tuesday, October 3, 2023 – Outline | Detailed >

  • 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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Wednesday, October 4, 2023 – Outline | Detailed >

  • 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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Thursday, October 5, 2023 – Outline | Detailed >

  • 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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Friday, October 6, 2023 – Outline | Detailed >

  • 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]
  • DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
    • Time change: 7:30 pm. 6 pm. TheaterA Bloody Business: INNOVATION IN SURGERY AND HOPE FOR THE HUMAN HEART with Dr. Christiaan Barnard. [DeColores]
  • 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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Saturday, October 7, 2023 – Outline | Detailed >

  • 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]
  • 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.
  • 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 SharpElliott 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]
  • 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 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]
  • 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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Sunday, October 8, 2023 – Outline | Detailed >

  • 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 CelebrationsNatural 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]
  • 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.
  • 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. TheaterA 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
    • 8 pm. Ray Santiago – Afro Cuban Jazz [Green Oasis]

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The 12th Annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival

THE 12TH ANNUAL LUNGS HARVEST ATS FESTIVAL 2023 starts with an Opening Night Party, Friday, September 29, 6:30 pm and runs through Sunday, October 8, 2023.

OPENING NIGHT PARTY CANCELLED AND MOVED TO SATURDAY NIGHT (9/30) at La Plaza.

Community gardens throughout the Lower East Side and East Village will be participating.

Schedule changes to Saturday 10/7 & Sunday 10/8 >>
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Sunday October 16, 2022

Tai Chi

10–11 am Free and Open to all.

Elizabeth Street Garden, between Spring St & Prince St.


Botanical Mini Pumpkin Decoration Workshop with Local Artist Kuki Go

12–4 pm

El Sol Brillante, 522 E 12th St between Ave A & B.

We’ll take participants for a tour at El Sol Brillante and select and recognize, leaves, flowers and plants from the garden to decorate mini pumpkins.


Seed Giveaway

Noon – 5 pm. Saturdays and Sundays

LaGuardia Corner Gardens, 511 LaGuardia Place & Bleecker Street

We will be having a seed giveaway, with seeds of flowers and veggies gathered from our garden. 

We will also be doing sun prints, if the sun cooperates. And our Butterfly expert, Johannes, may also be tagging and releasing monarch butterflies, getting ready for their trip to Mexico.


Bokashi Composting Workshop with Shig Matsukawa

1–3 pm

Down to Earth Garden, 546 E 12th St, corner of Ave B.

Down to Earth Garden

We will make the bokashi fermentation starter, both the bokashi sprinkle (with wheat bran) and the bokashi spray (a liquid microbial fermentation starter). See how we ferment food waste and how we use the resulting fermented food waste to amend soil or to produce compost.


Miraculous Music

1–3 pm 2:30 pm

Miracle Garden, 194 E 3rd St (between Ave A & B).

Baby Soda is an adaptable and ever changing group with an eclectic set of influences ranging from 30’s era swing and New Orleans jazz to early gospel and blues. Playing trumpet, trombone, clarinet, banjo, the unique one string box bass and low boy, the band has performed at some of New York’s finest venues, breathing the spirit and joy of the music into the present. 


Chopin in the Garden

2–4 pm

Albert’s Garden, 16 E. 2nd St (between Bowery and 2nd Ave—close to the Broadway-Lafayette/Bleecker Street subway stops and the 2nd Avenue stop on the F line).

Join us as we welcome Kristopher “Kris” Hull, pianist errant, for a concert of Chopin’s works in Albert’s Garden. He’ll be performing under a striking mural by the Belgian street artist ROA.

As a self-taught concert pianist, Kris travelled the world, finding pianos wherever he could, practicing for countless hours a day.

Eventually, he landed back in the United States and in 2008, he loaded an upright piano into the back of a pickup truck and drove “from Miami to Denver inventing and committing pianist errantry — the noble art of performing and bringing Chopin out of the concert hall and directly to those in need.”


Music Akimbo

2:30–5 pm

DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & C).

  1. 2:30 pm. AVON FAIRE

Freshly returned from their 5th tour of England, Avon Faire is a fun, 3-part harmony female singing group, embellished with guitars, recorder, percussion, harp and a dancer, performing folk treasures, romantic Renaissance ballads, and shanties from the British Isles and beyond.

  1. 3:30 pm. Roisin McKeown 
  1. 4:30–5:30 pm. Hed Peddlers

Theresa Byrnes Performance Art

4 pm

La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner).


FESTIVAL CLOSING NIGHT

5–8 pm

Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & D).

  1. 5 pm. Batala

The music of Batala originates in Salvador de Bahia, in North Eastern Brazil.  Batala is an international co-ed organization with a giant Batalá family, and owes its existence to Giba Gonçalves, a drummer and composer from Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. Batala has spread to over 30 international cities. 

  1. 6 pm. SOURCE

SOURCE is an African Jazz group led by flutist-saxophonist Sylvain Leroux that was founded in the East Village in the late nineties and had a 12-year monthly tenure at the Zinc Bar’s African Fridays. SOURCE delivers a message of human spirit, individual and collective creativity through the melding of authentic African groove with the individuality of Jazz expression.

Sylvain Leroux: Fula flute, flute, sax, ngoni
Alexis Marcello (not pictured): keyboards
Mamadou Ba: bass
Andy Algire: drums


Saturday October 15, 2022

I don’t wanna work, wanna paint on the fence all day

Paint your masterpiece at a garden near you

Calling all Artists

October 8 & 15, Saturdays 12–5 pm

Exhibit your work at La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner).

Artists who are exhibiting only must sit with their work while it hangs in the garden—LUNGS is not responsible for any damage or theft of exhibited work.

Live Painting — Bring your own brushes & paint🎨 & Enjoy the music. Live painting will be done on canvas attached to fence. Canvas supplied.


HONKNYC

12–5 pm

La Plaza Cultural, 9th St & Ave C, and all over.

HONK NYC! brings the tradition of global street band music & spectacle to audiences everywhere. 


Seed Giveaway

Noon – 5 pm. Saturdays and Sundays

2pm Pressed Flower Workshop making notecards andbookmarks

LaGuardia Corner Gardens, 511 LaGuardia Place & Bleecker Street

We will be having a seed giveaway, with seeds of flowers and veggies gathered from our garden. 

We will also be doing sun prints, if the sun cooperates. And our Butterfly expert, Johannes, may also be  tagging and releasing monarch butterflies, getting ready for their trip to Mexico.


KIDS GARDEN DAY!

Noon — 7 pm

Green Oasis, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & D). 

  1. 1–3 pm. Indigo Workshop for Children: age 7 and up, we will experiment with folding patterns and indigo dye to design a t-shirt. Children will have a chance to look at the results during the workshop led by visual artists Brigitte Engler, Kazuha Okuchi, Asami Onuki and Jan Werner. T-shirts, gloves and indigo vat provided. Free.
  1. 1–5 pm. TOY MAKING WORKSHOP

BRING Your old and broken toys and make them into new. 
Drop Off your broken toys at LaPlaza Cultural 9th St & Ave C.

Sonny & Sara reinvent timeless characters and cherished heroes into new, one-of-a-kind friends and legends. You are invited to get creative and build your own creations out of up-cycled toys!

  1. 1–3 pm. Treasure Hunt by Margarita.
  1. 2 pm. Show Up Kids!

This fresh twist on the traditional kids’ show blasts off into unknown comedy zones when Denisse enlists the Audience to help write, design, and Direct it. What could possibly go wrong? 

  1. 3–4 pm Singalong with Susie
    Parent and child together sing alongs, dancing together.
  1. 6:00 pm. Midnight Radio Show

Midnight Radio Show (MRS) is a Shadow Puppet and Fairytale Theatre collective based out of Brooklyn, NYC. The company creates collaborative works headed up by “bona fide fairy princess” Charlotte Lily Gaspard, joined by a diverse group of artists, musicians, actors and puppeteers.


COMPOST CONFERENCE

2 PM

El Jardin del Paraiso, E 4th St (between Ave C & D).

Moderated by Laura Sewell.


Music and a Model

2 pm

6BC Botanical Garden, 630 E 6th St (between Ave B & C).

Trudy Silver on the Piano and a live model for your drawing pleasure.



MUSIC on 11th St.

2–6 pm

11th St Community Garden, 422 E 11th St (between 1st Ave & Ave A).

Gina Healy and friends Blues, Roots and Rock-n-Roll.


Story Telling

3 pm (Rescheduled from Thursday, October 13).

DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & C).

Tell Tell Garden” presented by Kate Gorland


Remembrance and Protection for Urban Forests

3:30–5 pm

El Jardin del Paraiso, E 4th St (between Ave C & D). 

Learn how to protect NYC’s trees from disease, climate destruction, and illegal dumping.
A moment for appreciation for their gifts of clean air, shade, stormwater management, habitat, beauty and remembrance for those we have lost. On this first City of Forests Day, you’ll also hear about the grassroots-led defense of the City of Atlanta’s lush tree cover from clearcutting.
Let’s take action for urban forests!

3:30Land acknowledgement for those who preceded us, two minutes of silence for the trees gone in East River Park and other places throughout the City.
3:40Tree stewardship with David Goldberg, a Tree Steward from Siempre Verde Garden.
3:50Biodiversity and urban forests with Dr. Amy Berkov of 6&B Garden.
4:00Guarding trees on your block with Alexis Adler and Lorraine Forte from Down to Earth Garden and El Sol Brillante community gardens on making tree guards, then a visit to the 2 to 3 tree pits just outside the garden gate most affected by dumping.
4:15Tree Songs and Tree Mapping.
4:25Defend the Atlanta Forest’s Laurel Leckert shares the story of that city’s plans to clearcut over 400 biodiversity-rich acres to create an enormous police training and film soundstage complex; action steps to follow.

Refreshments provided.


Music Extraordinaire

5–10 pm

Campos Community Garden, 644 E 12th St (between Ave B & C).

  1. 5 pm. HONKNYC presents New Orleans.
  1. 6 pm. TIMBILA, AFRODELIC 4 PIECE with Nora Balaban.
  1. GALINSKY, Campos gardener & actor, presents his version of the Ginsberg classic poem HOWL!!!!
  1. 7 pm. Afro Cuban JAZZ from RAY SANTIAGO.

Music Under the Stars with Joff Wilson

7:30–10 pm

6&B Garden, Ave B & 6th St.

Local Legends—and Up-and-Coming Local Legends—will present an evening of unforgettable and inspiring music.


Friday October 14, 2022

Jewelry Workshop with Anna Pasztor

3–6 pm

Carmen’s Garden, 117 Ave C (between 7th & 8th Streets).

Materials provided.


Bleu y Blues MUSIC

6:30 – 9 pm

Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & D).

6:30 pm. Graffiti Child Project “Improvised Electronic Beat Music”

7:30 pm. MATHIEU EVEILLARD, a French singer songwriter from Brittany. He has released 5 albums under his own name since his move to NYC in 2015, all available on the digital platforms. Before that, he was the founding member of KOWALSKI, a French folk rock quartet. His lyrical songs are written in French and in English. He will perform a selection of songs from all his albums, between dogs and wolves. 

Mathieu Eveillard

PETE MARGOLIS, New York City guitarist, mandolin and banjo player, playing many genres of music from jazz to bluegrass and world music.

Pete Margolis

Dance & Films

Campos Community Garden, 644 E 12th St (between Ave B & C). 

6–7 pm

MAGICAL DUET

Gina Bonati, actor/dancer, performs with Christopher Lee Hodel, bassist.


7 pm (Rescheduled from Thursday, October 13).

FILMS

Four short videos from Campos Garden & Cuala Foundation’s 2020 “Samhain” (SOW-en) event exploring the dark feminine roots of Halloween and other indigenous LES cultures (Native, Taino, Arawak, Afghan, Thai etc.).
Videographer: James Higgins.
Editors: Jacob Swartz and Jacob Weisblatt. 

Also, a rare opportunity to see Rachel Amodeo’s Lower East Side classic “What About Me?” about a young woman who becomes homeless on the streets of Manhattan. (1993 B/W 1 hour 27 min)


Music & Comedy

DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & C).

7 pm. V/C — Victor & Carmine


8 pm. Comedy Stand-up, “10009 Zip Comedy”

Presented by Joan Reinmuth

“I studied comedy on the streets where comedy lives.

‘I teach Satire classes “because that’s how you learn you’re smarter than you were told”.

“I believe I understand this economy, who benefits and who pays. I predict: we will return to a time when we had webbed feet and hugged each other.


Thursday October 13, 2022

Story Telling

7 pm Moved to 3 pm Saturday, October 15.

DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & C).

“Tell Tell Garden” presented by Kate Gorland


Films

7 pm Moved to 7 pm Friday, October 14.

Campos Community Garden, 644 E 12th St (between Ave B & C). 

Four short videos from Campos Garden & Cuala Foundation’s 2020 “Samhain” (SOW-en) event exploring the dark feminine roots of Halloween and other indigenous LES cultures (Native, Taino, Arawak, Afghan, Thai etc.).
Videographer: James Higgins.
Editors: Jacob Swartz and Jacob Weisblatt. 

Also, a rare opportunity to see Rachel Amedeo’s Lower East Side classic “What About Me?” about a young woman who becomes homeless on the streets of Manhattan. (1993 B/W 1 hour 27 min)


Wednesday October 12, 2022

PHOTO SLIDE SHOW.
“Time Exposures” 
With Photographers GEORGE HIROSE & DAN ROOT

7 pm

DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & C).

Dan Root, “Wandering Downtown: Predawn NYC”

George Hirose, “Midnight in the Peoples Garden: Night photos from NYC Community Gardens.”


Tuesday October 11, 2022

Hispanic Heritage Month Film Festival 

7 pm

DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & C).

Highlighting Latinx film makers and collectives in Ecuador and Honduras. 

Featuring the documentary “Mujeres en Movimiento (Women in Movement)” about the lives of migrant women living in the north of Ecuador. It is a very rich film in the sense of the union and strength that exists between women when they connect. 

Refreshments provided by “A Farm For All.”