[Tompkins Square Park last night via Michael Sean Edwards]
Feature obituary on the great Leee Black Childers (The New York Times)
Video: An interview with the Birdman of Rainbow Music on First Avenue (GammaBlog)
A "die-in" protest on Grand Street (The Daily News)
"The Two-Character Play" gets a two-week extended run at Bullet Space (292 Theatre)
Details on "The Real Estate Show, What Next: 2014" (BoweryBoogie)
Ai Weiwei's first museum show in the city opens next week at the Brooklyn Museum (The Wall Street Journal)
More about the future of the restaurants on East Houston and Orchard (The Villager)
There's a new NYC summer concert venue at Pier 97 (Brooklyn Vegan)
... and via the EVG inbox...
Ukrainian Easter Egg Decorating Workshop with Anna Sawaryn
Saturday April 12, noon - 2 p.m.
6th & B Garden - Avenue B between 5th & 6th Street
(Since we work with candles and hot beeswax children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult.)
Ukrainians have been creating beautiful pysanky using a batik process for centuries. Eggs represent life and were given to friends, as a symbol of good fortune and protection from harm. With the acceptance of Christianity in 988 the pysanka, a symbol of rebirth, became a part of Ukrainian Easter traditions.
Eggs are dyed, starting with the lightest and ending with the darkest, usually black. A stylus and hot beeswax are used to cover, the color beneath. Whatever is covered with beeswax will remain that color and be protected from the next dye. In the end all the beeswax is removed revealing the many layers of color.
Nice photo by Mr Edwards
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ReplyDeleteWE MUST HAVE MORE SURVEILLANCE!!! You can't make this stuff up,. the slaves are protesting that they aren't being chained fast enough! I can hear it now 'oh no, grump, these nice citizens simply want nice shiny new chains so they might not be killed while serving their masters'
The eggs are beautiful!
ReplyDeleteGo go go and try to make pysanky! (the Ukrainian Easter eggs). I go to the workshops they hold every year at the Ukrainian Museum on E 6th St and it's an incredibly interesting and gratifying process. And amusing, too, if you've never tried this before :-)
ReplyDelete@ NOTORIOUS- Seconded. I don't think my eggforts would look that good!
ReplyDeleteI'm just reading this now. Are there any future egg workshops?
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