Rescheduled LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival 2024 Last Day Closing Party!
Campos Community Garden, 644 E 12th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
Sun 10/6, 3:00 pm. dell’Arte Opera [Campos Garden]
Clockwise from upper Left: Boris Derow, Oleksandra Hrabova,Elizaveta Kozlova and Jennifer Gliere
dell’Arte Opera is pleased to participate in this year’s ‘LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival’! We are featuring four wonderful singers in a collection of Ukrainian songs, excerpts from La Traviata and La Bohéme, and Musical Theater favorites!
Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
Sun 10/6, 2 pm. Poetry, Sparrow, the Truffles, Bob Holman, Kyra Gordon and provisional list. [DeColores]
Sun 10/6, 4 pm. Mitchell Chang [Green Oasis]
Sun 10/6, 5 pm. Elliott Sharp [Green Oasis]
Sun 10/6, 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 10/6, 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.
Community Garden Tour 1 (of 3) — Along Houston Street: starting at LaGuardia Corner Gardens 511 LaGuardia Pl (between Bleecker St & Houston St) > Elizabeth Street Garden > Liz Christy Garden > Albert’s Garden > First Street Garden.
1:00–3:00 pm. Meet at 12:50 pm. Community Garden Tour 1 [LaGuardia Corner Gardens, Elizabeth Street Garden, Liz Christy Garden, Albert’s Garden, and First Street Garden]
Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
3:00 pm. A city-wide meeting of community gardeners to discuss the Mayor’s order for all city agencies to review city owned property for potential development. [Green Oasis]
Community Garden Tour 2 (of 3) — East Village Gardens: starting at El Jardin del Paraiso 311 E 4th St (between Ave C & Ave D) > Orchard Alley > Parque de Tranquilidad > 6BC Botanical Garden > 6&B Garden > Green Oasis > Pancho’s Garden > La Plaza Cultural.
3:30–6:00 pm. Meet at 3:20 pm. Community Garden Tour 2 [El Jardin del Paraiso, Orchard Alley, Parque de Tranquilidad, 6BC Botanical Garden, 6&B Garden, Green Oasis, Pancho’s Garden, and La Plaza Cultural]
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.
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]
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]
Rain or shine!
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.
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
Sun 9/29, 12–5 pm. Art around La Plaza [La Plaza]
Art around LaPlaza, paint draw, exhibit your art on the Garden Fence, we supply the canvas you bring your brushes, paints, creativity. For Kids of All Ages!
Sun 9/29, 1:00 pm. Matthew Silver’s Idiot’s Hour [La Plaza]
An Avant Clown Variety Show, that celebrates your inner idiot.
Co-produced and Co-hosted by Matthew Silver and The Powerful Comedy
Sun 9/29, 5–8 pm. Pinc Louds and Lumberob [La Plaza]
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.
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]
Sun 9/29, 2 pm. Mame-Loschen or “Mother Tongue” – Poetry [Miracle Garden]
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]
Campos Community Garden, 644 E 12th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
Sun 9/29, 3:00 pm. dell’Arte Opera [Campos Garden]
Clockwise from upper Left: Boris Derow, Oleksandra Hrabova,Elizaveta Kozlova and Jennifer Gliere
dell’Arte Opera is pleased to participate in this year’s ‘LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival’! We are featuring four wonderful singers in a collection of Ukrainian songs, excerpts from La Traviata and La Bohéme, and Musical Theater favorites!
DeColores Community Yard and Cultural Garden, 311 E 8th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
Sun 9/29, 3:00 pm. “The Thin Ice Tour” – Comedy from Joan Reinmuth [De Colores]
Sun 9/29, 3:30 pm. Poetry, Sparrow, the Truffles, Bob Holman, Kyra Gordon and provisional list. [DeColores]
Children’s Magical Garden, 129 Stanton St (at Norfolk St)
Sun 9/29, 3:00–3:45 pm. Music by Latido a percussion teaching circle [Children’s Magical]
4–5 pm. Followed by performance.
Experience Latido, a vibrant fusion where soaring vocals weave tales of love and longing, inspired by pop and Latin American traditions. A piano-driven foundation grooves with infectious Latin rhythms, complemented by rock-infused guitar. Rich harmonies and captivating dance movements add another dimension on select songs. Defying definition, Latido’s fresh sound compels you to move! Join the celebration!
6BC Botanical Garden, 624 E 6th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
Sun 9/29, 4 pm. Beyond Flute Group [6BC Botanical Garden]
Carmen Pabon del Amanecer Garden, 115 Loisaida Ave (Ave C between 7th St & 8t St)
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, 4 pm. Mitchell Chang [Green Oasis]
Sun 9/29, 5 pm. Elliott Sharp [Green Oasis]
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.
El Sol Brillante, 522 E 12th St (between Ave A & Ave B)
Sat 9/28, 11 am – 12 pm. Bokashi Mudballs [El Sol Brillante]
How to use the bokashi microbes to make mudballs which can be used to inoculate contaminated soils and waters.
Sat 9/28, 3 pm. Poetry Prompt [El Sol Brillante]
Ian Caskey Carl Heubner Andreas Apostolides
Join a participatory writing exercise inspired by a prose or poem prompt. Sitting beside experienced writers, we’ll listen to the prompts, write whatever comes to mind, and share a few of our spontaneous creations with the group.
Here’s one I hope appeals to Gardners: by Mary Oliver LINES WRITTEN IN THE DAYS OF GROWING DARKNESS Every year we have been witness to it: how the world descends
into a rich mass, in order that it may resume. And therefore who would cry out
to the petals on the ground to stay, knowing as we must, how the vivacity of what was is married
to the vitality of what will be? I don’t say it’s easy, but what else will do
if the love one claims to have for the world be true?
Orchard Alley, 346–354 E 4th St (west of Ave D)
Sat 9/28, 11 am – 1 pm. Hounds of Harvest [Orchard Alley]
Bring your dog for a free outdoors doggie shoot in a dog friendly community garden. Treats and water will be served!
El Jardin del Paraiso, 311 E 4th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
Sat 9/28, 12–4 pm. GreenThumb Harvest Fair [El Jardin]
Join NYC Parks GreenThumb and GreenThumb community gardeners in celebrating the start of fall with workshops, healthy cooking, Harvest Fair Competition, and more.
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner).
Sat 9/28, 12–3 pm. Natural Paint Workshop [La Plaza]
Join Earth Celebrations for Climate Week with NYU at LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival. Natural Paint Workshop making paint from fruit vegetable and plants and painting climate solution banners.
Sun 9/28, 2–5 pm. Tapestry Weaving Workshop — New York Textile Month. [La Plaza] This workshop is part of New York Textile Month.
Amirtha Arasu and Lin Qiqing will host a workshop to teach the basics of tapestry weaving and how to use a simple frame loom. Participants will be introduced to non-traditional materials such as hand-made paper yarn, and natural fibers such as cotton, hemp, and linen. Each participant will be able to take a hand-made loom home after the workshop, so you can keep on weaving!
Fibers will also be provided.
Sun 9/28, 3:30–4:00 pm. “I dreamt I was the ocean” [La Plaza]
Theresa Byrnes performs
Theresa, inside her painting process brings us into the creative zone and into deep contemplation.
Sat 9/28, 5–8 pm. Pinc Louds and Lumberob [La Plaza]
Sat 9/28, 8 pm. Music at the Cotton Club [La Plaza]
Sat 9/28, 8–9 pm. A Special 70s Music Tribute [La Plaza 137 Ave C]
Hosted by: Lee Soulja
Performers: Ivana Black Kristy Blaze La’Nece Onassis
6th & B Garden, 84 Ave B (E 6th St, southwest corner)
Sat 9/28, 1–4 pm. Biodiversity Day [6&B Garden]
What makes the world go round? Birds & bees… and the plants, of course!
Learn about backyard biodiversity with George Silvera Seamans & Loyan Beausoleil (Local Nature Lab), Melinda Billings (LES Ecology Center), and Amy Berkov.
Ave B Open Street between 8th & 9th Streets
Open Arts LES on Avenue B
Sat 9/28, 1:00 pm. Arts Workshop [Ave B Open Street]
Sat 9/28, 1:30 pm. Duo Chuño Argentinian percussionist & singer play melodies of South and Central America [Ave B Open Street]
Mr. Pablo (photo by Amber Chang)
Sat 9/28, 3:00 pm. Mr. Pablo Latin fusion band mixes Latin styles with rock, reggae and funk [Ave B Open Street]
First Street Green Cultural Park, 33 E 1st Street (east of 2nd Ave)
Sat 9/28, 1:30–6:00 pm. Arts for Art Jazz
Sat 9/28, 1:30 pm. Devin Brahja Waldman Trio [First Street Green]
Devin Brahja Waldman – sax Georgia Wartel Collins – bass Malik Washington – drums
Sat 9/28, 2:30 pm. Siren Xypher [First Street Green]
Melanie Dyer – viola Kyoko Kitamura – voice Mara Rosenbloom – piano
Sat 9/28, 3:30 pm. Anne Waldman – poetry [First Street Green]
Sat 9/28, 4:30 pm. Michael Wimberly Trio [First Street Green]
Jay Rodriquez – reeds John King – guitar Ken Filliano – bass Michael Wimberly – drums
El Sol Brillante Jr, 537 E 12th St (between Ave A & Ave B)
Sat 9/28, 2–4 pm. Intentional Mending [El Sol Brillante Jr]
“Intentional Mending” It is a form of mending that is not disguised, but shown. Often with interesting stitching. It has a long history in Japan. Also known as Boro or Sashiko.
There is a resurgence in popularity in the art of mending. Before the age of disposable fashion, our grandmothers bought good clothes and, as they became worn, they mended them. They darned socks and learned how to match fabrics and patterns so mending could only be seen with close inspection. The beauty of mending clothes is in preserving old favorites with slow, meditative stitches that extend the life of garments or home accessories.
Campos Community Garden, 644 E 12th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
Sat 9/28, 2–5 pm. BWAY Z SKETCH CLUB [Campos Garden]
Campos Garden welcomes the fabulous BWAY Z SKETCH CLUB with LIVE FASHION MODEL DRAWING EVENT SATURDAY 28 SEPT.
BRING YOUR SKETCH PADS!!!!
11th Street Community Garden, 422 E 11th St (between 1st Ave & Ave A)
Sat 9/28, 2–6 pm. Live Music Series [11th Street] Gina Healy & Friends Stephanie M. Hall Brooklyn Bluegrass All-Stars Mimsey Mack Kieran Murray Ross Daisomont Lower Heights
La Sala de Pepe y Foto Espacio, 73 Ave C
Sat 9/28, 2 pm. Unknown Tales From The Gardens [La Sala]
Community Garden Tour 2 (of 3) — East Village Gardens: starting at El Jardin del Paraiso 311 E 4th St (between Ave C & Ave D) > Orchard Alley > Parque de Tranquilidad > 6BC Botanical Garden > 6&B Garden > Green Oasis > Pancho’s Garden > La Plaza Cultural.
Sat 9/28, 3:30–6:00 pm. Meet at 3:20 pm. Community Garden Tour 2 [El Jardin del Paraiso, Orchard Alley, Parque de Tranquilidad, 6BC Botanical Garden, 6&B Garden, Green Oasis, Pancho’s Garden, and La Plaza Cultural]
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 Jardin del Paraiso 4th St between Ave C and Ave D (next door to 309 E 4th St). Meet your tour guide Magali Régis at 3:20 pm. This tour involves walking several blocks; wear comfortable shoes. Email questions to: fleurdelys@mindspring.com.
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
Fri 9/27, 6:30 pm. Everloving [La Plaza]
Everloving is a NYC rock band that plays the music of Henry Flynt.
With Jonathan Kane – drums (La Monte Young, Swans, February), Dave Soldier – violin, vocals (John Cale, David Byrne, The Kropotkins), Jim McHugh – guitar, vocals (Sunwatchers, Eugene Chadborne, Drunken Foreigner Band), Peter Kerlin – bass (Sunwatchers, Daniel Carter, Brigid Dawson).
“The NYC supergroup Everloving promised a modern update on Henry Flynt’s avant-hillbilly jive; they more than deliver, with enormous excitement and transcendent bliss.I’ve only seen one gig, and it’s killing me waiting for the next one!” – Scott Williams / WFMU
Fri 9/27, 7:30 pm. Chupacabras [La Plaza]
Transcending time and space, we welcome you to the other side of reality. Journey with us on this distinct experience. Weaving old-school surf rock with funk and ruminations of psychedelic flavors. A seven-piece band of brothers, Chupacabras peppers Afro-Cuban beats with jazz, rock and a captivating stage presence, inspiring audiences to move, love and live like never before.
Pancho’s Garden — Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden (9th Street Community Garden & Park), 709 E 9th St (entrance: Ave C, east side, between 9th & 10th St)
Fri 9/27, 7 pm. Short Film Night in the Garden [Pancho’s Garden]
Laurie Olinder Evie McKenna Bill Morrison George Hirose
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
Thu 9/26, 7–9 pm. Richard Freeman’s Natural Universe – Films [La Plaza]
A biopic of the Australian fisherman, photographer and physicist, Richard Freeman, and his fascinating, theoretical, Natural Model of the Universe. In this film, Mr. Freeman showcases scientific facts that prove out his new model, all while detailing his life as a fisherman for over 40 years on Australia’s Sunshine Coast.
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
Wed 9/25, 7–9 pm. Films [La Plaza]
The Deplorables & The Despicables. 66 minutes . A documentary shot in 2017 in Washington, DC at Trump’s Inauguration, Saturday, January 20, followed by The Women’s March, Sunday, January 21. “The Deplorables and Despicables” is a mashup, a shout out, a hootenanny, a hymn, a hip hop poem to a country in need of inspiration. It’s a primer for the voting public. It’s a cautionary tale of the future we are now living.
This lovely film retraces the history of the Centre Tyabala de Guinée and l’école fula flute through the eyes of its students and teachers. The director artfully weaves the story of children growing into accomplished artists through a decade’s worth of clips and interviews.
La Plaza Cultural de Armando Perez Community Garden, 9th St & Ave C (southwest corner)
Mon 9/23, 7–9 pm. Six Films by MM Serra – Films [La Plaza]
Endless possibilities Jack Waters & Peter Cramer
Divine Possibilities
Silent Garden
Jack Smith’s Apartment
Chop Off
NYC
MM Serra is an experimental filmmaker, curator and was the Executive Director of Film-Makers’ Cooperative until March 2023. Serra has created over 32 short documentary films that have screened at festivals including Sundance, The New York Film Festival and the Tribeca Film Festival and at the Louvre, Paris. She was awarded the Emily Harvey Foundation Venice Residency in 2023. On May 27, at the Millennium Film Workshop she had a retrospective of her films curated by Erica Schreiner. March 16, 2024, the Society of Cinema and Media Studies hosted a panel discussion on MM Serra’s films and her years as Executive Director of the FMC. In 2024, she was awarded a New York State Council on the Arts Individual Arts grant to create a film on community gardens.
El Sol Brillante, 522 E 12th St (between Ave A & Ave B)
Sun 9/22, 11 am – 12 pm. Bokashi Dog Run [El Sol Brillante]
How to use the bokashi microbes (i.e., Activated EM or bokashi spray) to spray down a dog run to minimize odor and pests, such as biting flies.
Sun 9/22, 2:00 pm. 30-minute Guided Meditation in the Garden [El Sol Brillante] Please join us in El Sol Brillante community garden for a 30-minute guided meditation, led by a certified meditation teacher from East Village’s beloved Three Jewels Enlightenment Studio. Seated among plantlife, we’ll focus on our breath and joy and love for all beings, using comfortable stillness and visualization techniques. It’s a free event and open to all (including first-time meditators!). We will begin promptly at 2:00 PM, so please arrive a few minutes early to find your seat. We’ll have benches and chairs, but you might like to bring a blanket to sit on in case it fills up. We hope to see you there and enjoy this beautiful moment of peace together.
Le Petit Versailles Garden, 247 E 2nd St (west of Ave C)
Sun 9/22, 12:00–4:30 pm. Tie Dye Shibori Workshop [Le Petit Versailles]
Tie dye shibori workshop. All ages. Bring your own white t-shirt or tank top. T-shirts with the garden’s logo are available. $5 Suggested donation. Communal indigo vat. Shibori and tie dye folding patterns demonstrated. (Set up at noon.)
Pancho’s Garden — Francisco “Pancho” Ramos Community Garden (9th Street Community Garden & Park), 709 E 9th St (entrance: Ave C, east side, between 9th & 10th St)
Sun 9/22, 12–6 pm. Laurie Olinder [Pancho’s Garden]
Paintings in the Garden of Earthly Delights One Day Only reception 4–6 pm.
ALL WEEK [Pancho’s Garden]
M’Finda Kalunga Garden, 179 Chrystie St. & Rivington St.
Sun 9/22, 1–3 pm. Inspired by Nature [M’Finda Kalunga]
Join us for an exhibition of beautiful garden themed painting, ceramic and digital work by our M’Finda Kalunga Gardeners
Miracle Garden, 194 E 3rd St (west of Ave B)
Sun 9/22, 1–3 pm. Baby Soda — Prohibition Era Jazz Band [Miracle Garden]
Baby Soda is an adabtable 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. babysoda.org
Carmen Pabon del Amanecer Garden, 115 Loisaida Ave (Ave C between 7th St & 8t St)
Sun 9/22, 1–3 pm. Knit and Crochet Workshop [Carmen Pabon]
Community Garden Tour 1 (of 3) — Along Houston Street: starting at LaGuardia Corner Gardens 511 LaGuardia Pl (between Bleecker St & Houston St) > Elizabeth Street Garden > Liz Christy Garden > Albert’s Garden > First Street Garden.
Sun 9/22, 1:00–3:30 pm. Meet at 12:50 pm. Community Garden Tour 1 [LaGuardia Corner Gardens, Elizabeth Street Garden, Liz Christy Garden, Albert’s Garden, and First Street 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 LaGuardia Community Garden, LaGuardia place between Bleecker & Houston Street. Meet your tour guide Magali Régis at 12:50 pm. This tour involves walking several block; wear comfortable shoes. Email questions to: fleurdelys@mindspring.com.
Aakash Mittal – reeds, percussion Colson Jimenez – bass Juan Pablo Carletti – drums
Sun 9/22, 2:30 pm. Ingrid Laubrock [Children’s Magical Garden]
Ingrid Laubrock – woodwinds Tom Rainey – drums
Sun 9/22, 3:30 pm. L.I.P [Children’s Magical Garden]
KJ Holmes – dance Jeremy Carlstedt – drum
Sun 9/22, 4:30 pm. Amirtha Kidambi [Children’s Magical Garden]
Amirtha Kidambi – vocals David Leon – saxes/woodwinds Henry Fraser – bass Lesley Mok – drums
El Jardin del Paraiso, E 4th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
Sun 9/22, 2–5 pm. Kids Day [El Jardin]
Sun 9/22, 2 pm. Czechoslovak-American Marionette Theatre [El Jardin]
Sun 9/22, 2:30 pm. Son Pecadores [El Jardin]
Sun 9/22, 3 pm. Sayma Karim [El Jardin]
Sayma Karim performing The Naughty Tiger.
Sun 9/22, 3:30 pm. Show Up Kids! [El Jardin]
“Show Up, Kids!” When the main attraction doesn’t show up, the kids in the audience help create a comedy show from plot to props, characters to costumes, and set to sound. Anything can happen at Peter Michael Marino’s internationally acclaimed show!
Sun 9/22, 4 pm. Razzle Dazzle Magic Show [El Jardin]
11 BC Serenity Garden, 626 E 11th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
Sun 9/22, 2:00–3:30 pm. Swordplay [11 BC]
Come join Gotham Swords for an afternoon of swordplay at 11 BC Serenity Garden! We will be offering beginner-level fencing classes that introduce guests of the garden to the wonderful world of Historical Martial Art.
Sun 9/22, 4:00 pm. The Beyond Flute Group [11 BC]
Cheryl Pyle – C flute/alto flute Michael Eaton – soprano sax Gene Coleman – bass flute/piccolo Sylvain Leroux – C flute/fula flute
Sun 9/22, 5:00 pm. MAPUTI [11 BC]
Maputi is a group dedicated to performing mbira music from Zimbabwe… with violin and Fula flute twists. With: Nora Balaban & Susan Rapalee: mbira and vocals; Rima Fand: violin and vocals; Isabel Thompson: hosho; Sylvain Leroux: qromatica, Fula flute, and vocals.
Green Oasis Community Garden, 370 E 8th St (between Ave C & Ave D)
Sun 9/22, 3:00 pm. A city-wide meeting of community gardeners to discuss the Mayor’s order for all city agencies to review city owned property for potential development. [Green Oasis]
ON THE EDGE
LUNGS’ LUCKY 13th Annual Harvest Arts Festival finds us on the edge. Elections are looming, the weather is erratic, and the City of Yes is threatening our community gardens.
On August 21, Mayor Eric Adams issued an executive order requiring all city agencies to review city owned property for potential housing development. NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue praised Adams’ order as “an important step in addressing New York City’s affordable housing crisis.”
Which makes any community gardener with a sense of history very suspicious.
It is ridiculous to consider destroying gardens to build housing. Our gardens serve multiple purposes: they provide critical free, green space for socializing, exercise, relaxation, and growing food in neighborhoods underserved by the Parks Department.
But the gardens are prizes that developers drool over.
In 1996, Giuliani was mayor, and he tried to auction off every community garden across the city to developers. The gardens were listed by the city as empty lots. Gardeners mobilized city-wide, demonstrations, pranks, and arrests followed. We lost some gardens but ultimately prevailed.
In February 2024, it was reported that at least 26,000 apartments were being warehoused by landlords. I’m not sure Mayor Eric Adams knows what he wants or what he is doing.
The garden licenses we signed with the Parks Department state, “this License is terminable at will by the Commissioner in his or her discretion at any time, upon sixty (60) days written notice, and Licensee shall have no recourse of any nature whatsoever by reason of such termination.”
We are the biggest community garden program in the country — and yet we are not safe. The past tells us we have to be proactive. We cannot sit back and wait to have our gardens listed as available. We’ve got to make some noise.
This might be a good thing. We need to re-energize, mobilize again. Covid has led to complacency. Gardens are all about renewal and resilience; now we offer resistance. We envision a green, healthy city. We must be prepared to stand up for ourselves and our community. We welcome allies and invite new blood to join us.
That is why, in the middle of our 13th Festival, LUNGS is convening a city-wide community gardener meeting to discuss what needs to be done. It is important to hear each other out and to stand together. Sunday, September 22 at 3pm at Green Oasis, 370 E. 8th St between Avenues C & D. All are welcome to attend.
CHARLES KREZELL
Sun 9/22, 6:00 pm. Kiki and the Fellas [Green Oasis]
Kiki Cotto is a local legend and a Loisaida staple for generations, growing up in the midst of the Nuyorican cultural movement. Starting with Bomba, which captured his interest in music at a young age, Puerto Rican folklore helped him find his way through the tumultuous era in the Lower East Side. Kiki & The Fellas now play a vibrant mix of boogaloo, son, cha-cha-cha and boleros. Their performances are full of energy and spontaneity, featuring call and response and improvised elements to engage the crowd. Kiki and his crew will bring this Loisaida-Latin groove out for this show in the garden.
Sun 9/22, 7:00 pm. Marta & Spiritu Gitano [Green Oasis]
Sun 9/22, 7:30 pm. Caña y Cadencia [Green Oasis]
Sun 9/22, 8:00 pm. Isabel Estrada-Jamison [Green Oasis]
6th & B Garden, 84 Ave B (E 6th St, southwest corner)
Sun 9/22, 6:00 pm. MoRUS Film Festival [6&B Garden] EVERY LITTLE THING: Closing Night Shorts Rain Location at Museum: 155 Ave C (between 9th & 10th St)
Liquid Denial — 6 Min. — MoRUS
Shut Down Indian Point — 5 Min. — Time’s Up!
Village Green Recycling Team Archives
The Nature of Green Maps — 2 Min. — Green Map
Scene From Viva Loisaida — Marlis Momber
MoRUS — Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space, morusnyc.org
Campos Community Garden, 644 E 12th St (between Ave B & Ave C)
“Everything in New York goes BANG!” NY NY: Two New York artists share their joy under the stars in an outdoor East Village Garden setting as part of the LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival. “Everything in New York Goes BANG!” and “Broken Ceilings” are a one-night-only engagement that takes place FREE. Garden gates open at 4 pm! This is a free show.
Sun 9/22, 6:00 pm. Galinsky [Campos]
Sun 9/22, 7:30 pm. Swihart [Campos] Garden gates open at 4pm! This is a free show.
About Morgan Swihart, from Beatsperminute.com, Joshua Pickard: “From Mercury Lounge to any number of DIY venues scattered across NYC, Swihart absorbs inspiration and history directly from her surroundings – from concrete, graffiti, and outdated metalworks that act as urban touchstones of decades gone by. Finding a happy medium between the cutting emotional rictus of PJ Harvey and the more introspective exhalations of Hope Sandoval, she breathes hope into dim landscapes, bringing a gauzy illumination to the craggy contours of our communal anxieties.”
About Galinsky’s “BANG!” from Artistic Director of Educational Alliance, Cory Michael Herman: “…a gripping and raw exploration of systemic injustice, blending sharp humor and poetic cadence with the harsh realities of a society that fails its most vulnerable. Through his vibrant storytelling and a deeply personal lens, Galinsky offers a powerful reminder of resilience, hope, and the enduring value of every human life.”
