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Helping prevent potential pothole/sinkhole disaster with cones and cubed shelving here on St. Mark's Place between First Avenue and Second Avenue...
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At a previously documented sinkhole spot.
It's a WASTECREW party at Tompkins Square Park and Memorial show for the late Kenny "Waste" Ahrens.
With performances by:
> Skum City
> Cherry Pop
> Hot Blood
> Full Scale Riot
> Caught in a Trap
> The Undead
> Urban Waste
Second Chance Animal Rescue will also be at the Park, all donations collected will be used toward the care of the animals in need.
If you're into DIY arts and crafts Rude Girl Design will have also have a table set up.
To keep the party going, we have DJ AKB who will be spinning, scratching and taking requests for everything from the Old School to the New School music!
The Festival historically kicks off each year with the Community Parade, a carnival through the streets of Loisaida that leaves from Dry Dock Park at 11 a.m. sharp. Batala NYC, the all-women, Afro Brazilian samba-reggae ensemble will be marching with us! A Community Pageant later closes the Loisaida Festival Theater Lab.
Artwork, costumes, and other props for the Parade and Pageant are created from recycled and found materials from the neighborhood.
The women of Hopper Home have been busy creating everything from paintings and quilted scapes to poetry, each finding strength and healing through their mediums and in their community.
WPA Arts utilizes the power of the creative arts as a conduit to care for women in all areas of the criminal justice system and at any stage of their work with WPA.
WPA Arts groups feature a wide variety of arts-based activities including theater-based techniques, playmaking and role play, creative writing and poetry, and visual arts and music as the basis for a series of targeted workshops designed to enhance and supplement the quality of care for our women.
Participants are supported by their peers in a safe and secure group setting. They engage in fun, thought-provoking, and self-esteem building activities that improve their skills and harness the power of their own imaginations as stepping stones to making positive changes in their lives.
John Casey, an Irishman with a thick brogue who’s been making rubber stamps since the Carter administration, thinks the problem with the world today is that people don’t get their hands dirty anymore. His remedy? Stamps.
"Stamps are different to images on a screen. They’re tactile," Casey explains. "You can sit in front of the computer all day but you never get your fingers wet. Your hands don’t get covered in ink. With stamps, you can make a mess and get it all over the place."
People from all walks of life meander into his cramped East Village store to peruse the little eccentric stamps. Using red rubber, a Vulcanizer and wooden blocks, Casey’s is one of the only places left that makes novelty stamps the old-fashioned way.
"What do people do with these stamps?" Casey asks. "How the hell do I know? That’s exactly the point. People come in and say, 'What can I do with this?' It doesn’t matter. Buy it because you like it. You’ll figure it out later."