Showing posts with label things that we like. Show all posts
Showing posts with label things that we like. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

It's diorama season at the Ninth Street Community Garden & Park



It's peephole season again at the Ninth Street Community Garden & Park on the northeast corner of Avenue C... as East Village artist J. Kathleen White has unveiled her 2015 collection of dioramas.

This year's theme: "Vital Niches"...



An EVG reader shared these photos...







White started creating and sharing the dioramas along the fence here in 2005. Here's her work from 2014 ... 2013 ... 2012 ... and 2011....

The 2015 edition will be up through Nov. 2.

P.S.

There's a free salsa concert Saturday afternoon in the garden...

Friday, September 26, 2014

Take a peek at the latest peephole dioramas on Avenue C



Since 2005, East Village artist J. Kathleen White has created a set of peephole dioramas that she displays along the fence in the Ninth Street Community Garden at Avenue C.

And the 2014 edition is now on display...







As always, be sure to check them out in person... and here are dioramas from 2013 ... 2012 ... and 2011....

This year's theme: Gold Eggs. (Or "Gold Eggs")



Photos by Bobby Williams

Friday, September 20, 2013

It's peephole season people!



Oh, what a bad headline! Anyway! Since 2005, East Village artist J. Kathleen White has created a set of peephole dioramas that she displays along the fence in the Ninth Street Community Garden at Avenue C.

And the 2013 edition is now on view, as Bobby Williams discovered yesterday...









Be sure to check them out in person... and here are here dioramas from 2012 ... and 2011...

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

A new era (and awning) for First Avenue Pierogi & Deli

A few weeks ago we noted that EVG favorite First Avenue Pierogi & Deli was closed for renovations...

[December 2011]

A reader sent us the good news last night that the shop looks ready to reopen... However, the bad news, depending on your fondness for old signs ... was that an awning had replaced that great old sign...


On the bright side, we do like that font...

Monday, September 17, 2012

Peephole reminder


In case you missed our post from Saturday, East Village artist J. Kathleen White's latest peephole dioramas are now on display along the fence outside the Ninth Street Community Garden at Avenue C. You can check out the art anytime — not just when the garden is open.

Saturday, September 15, 2012

Check out J. Kathleen White's excellent peephole dioramas for 2012

Since 2005, East Village artist J. Kathleen White has created a set of peephole dioramas and displays them along the fence outside the Ninth Street Community Garden at Avenue C ... Her 2012 set went up yesterday, and Bobby Williams took a look... and make sure that you stop by to appreciate them in person...






See her 2011 work here.

Friday, September 14, 2012

Things to do on Avenue A weekend nights that don't involve bars


Browse through the used book selection at Mast, 66 Avenue A between East Fifth Street and East Fourth Street...

Friday, October 28, 2011

An appreciation: Breakfast at Stage


For no particular reason... too often we mourn instead of appreciate around here at EVG...



Second Avenue between Seventh Street and St. Mark's Place.

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Peepshow returns to Avenue C

For the past five or six years, J. Kathleen White has created a set of peephole dioramas ... and she places them along the gate at Avenue C of the Ninth Street Community Garden... Bobby Williams has a look at her 2011 collection that just went up ...






Monday, September 14, 2009

Memories of daily life in now-empty storefronts



You may have seen the little signs taped to a few empty storefronts along 14th Street between Avenue B and First Avenue. It's the work of local artist Nicholas Fraser. I sent him a note asking for some background on the signs.




His response:

"The flyer/cards are my first stab at trying to collect memories people might have of their day-to-day encounters with now empty businesses along 14th Street. I will then re-frame these memories and create a series of ephemeral text drawings placed in front of unoccupied commercial spaces. The texts combine these donated stories and daily observations, evoking past and present moments of daily life at the transitional sites. Laid out in ash and other impermanent materials, each work disintegrates and disappears quickly under the rush of ongoing urban life, echoing the temporal and transitory nature of the moments documented."


This will be part of the Art in Odd Places festival that will feature performance/installations/etc. along 14th Street. You can see some earlier versions of this idea on his Web site.



He has since made larger fliers with more open-ended questions. As he says, it's not important that the memory be from a particular location -- only that it involves a now-closed store somewhere. (Certainly plenty to choose from.) "The limitation to 14th Street is somewhat arbitrary," he says. "Memories from any place in the city really are just as pertinent."

You may send your memories/anecdotes to stories@NicholasFraser.com