Artists Unite Issue

Join us April 7th at Caerleon Isle for the opening of Through the Virtual Looking Glass and the premiere of the Your Voice as Art, Field of Voices. Slurl, http://slurl.com/secondlife/Caerleon%20Isle/113/85/41

Collaborators Dekka Raymaker, Misprint Thursday, Penumbra Carter, Selavy Oh, and Aequitas have encapsulated the theme of the Real life / Second Life crossover exhibition with their Networked Collaboration, Field of Voices previously mentioned in New World Notes January 21, 2010.

The idea was to illuminate the shift of perception from outside to inside the virtual world. The visitor is presented with a beautiful expanse of white columns not unlike a circuit board or a graveyard. Jumping down in to the field we are treated to the voices of a diverse group of real people belaying the sterile perception of Second Life, and social media in general by reminding us there are people behind the virtual avatar on the screen. The effect is quite touching and before you know it the visitor falls through the floor and is treated to a soothing light show as they walk through the amusing, touching, and clever proximity activated voices in the poles.

This is all part of Virtual Art Initiative and the the RL/SL crossover exhibition Through the Virtual Looking Glass opening April 7th in five real world galleries and other spaces in as many countries, specifically, France, Germany, Holland, Italy, and the United States.

Australia will also participate in the April events virtually, while hosting a real world exhibition at a time later this year.

Organizers of the exhibition in each country will choose its content and methods of display which will include interactive artworks from the virtual worlds Second Life and OpenSim, images and machinimas (virtual world videos) shown on plasma screens and digital frames, prints of virtual artworks, physical sculptures and paintings inspired by virtual art, some with embedded electronic components, and literary readings and musical performances occurring in the real world exhibition spaces and streamed live into Second Life and OpenSim.

Through the Virtual Looking Glass is organized and presented by a network of international groups, all of them leaders in the field of virtual art, including the Caerleon Sims/Virtual Art Initiative, Cybernetic Art Research Project/Diablous, Museo del Metaverso/Uqbar, Pirats, the University of Massachusetts, and the University of Western Australia.

It’s never too late to share your voice and participate! more info here. http://arsactual.com

If you haven’t had a chance to contribute your voice to the project we open simultaneously in six countries: Italy, France, Holland, Germany, Brazil, and the USA this April 7th. Students seem to be the most creative at this point and we have an overwhelming majority from the US with Australia a close second. Is your country represented? I made a new video showing a tease of what the visitors experience is withholding a few surprises for the opening. I contacted William Powhida about adding the project to his #class extravaganza. If your in NYC and went to the Whitney instead of this, shame on you. Here’s a chance to make your voice heard in new media art throughout the world.

Call for artwork:

Artists Unite Creative Venues: Projection Show
June 25-27

When is a wall not a barrier?

Artists are invited to submit video or still images of work in any medium. The work will be projected onto a prominent building wall in northern Manhattan (the exact location in Washington Heights/Inwood will be announced once approval is finalized). 

Please submit work that considers the concept of wall — barrier, community, container, environment, canvas, etc. — in ways that transcend the cynical. The exhibition aims to create an instance of inspiration and wonder, using scale, wit, abstraction, analogy, and inquiry. The exhibition will simultaneously be exhibited online and remain as an archived exhibition at www.artistsunite-ny.org

Washington Heights/Inwood is a diverse community with a prominent Latino population and many visual and performing artists. The exhibition will be viewed by the general public over three evenings and coincides with the Uptown Arts Stroll, a month-long celebration of the arts in Northern Manhattan.

The exhibition will be drawn from invitations by the curators and through submissions.

To submit work for consideration, join Artists Unite’s member network if you haven’t already (http://artistsunite.ning.com) and upload submissions according to directions below. IMPORTANT: in the tag field for each photo or video, enter the word “wall” (Work without this tag will not be seen as a submission). Then send an artist statement and resume to websubmissions@artistsunite-ny.org.

• Photography or still images of other media: At the member network site, click on the tab Photos and then on the link “Add Photos.” Upload up to 6 images for consideration. Images should not exceed 2MB.
• Video: At the member network site, click on the tab Video and follow the upload procedure. Videos should not exceed 50MB and should be no more than approximately 1 minute in length and without sound.

Deadline for submission is Friday June 12 at midnight. Selection notifications will be made in approximately 2 weeks.

Curated by Anthony Archibald J. and Peter Ferko

Send questions to websubmissions@artistsunite-ny.org

Here’s the plan for tomorrow’s gallery crawl 3/27: Meet at 11:15 am at The Drawing Center (35 Wooster St). From there, we’ll go see Bruce Pearson’s work at Ronald Feldman Gallery (31 Mercer St), then on to Location One (26 Greene St) for Laurie Anderson installations, The Painting Center (52 Greene St), and lastly Margarete Roeder Gallery (545 Broadway) to see works by John Cage and Tom Marioni. Maybe something else thrown in between for kicks…it depends.

Join us for all or part of the crawl. Call me at 917-992-4001 if you’re trying to find where we are mid-way. All are welcome!

Now that SoHo has again become “off the beaten path” unless you’re looking for designer fashions, furniture, food, or bathroom fixtures, I’ve decided to visit some of the ol’ ‘hood’s die-hard art holdouts for March’s gallery tour.

We’ll head to The Drawing Center, Ronald Feldman Gallery, Location One, and more.

Details about meeting time and place will be posted at Drawn Together in advance. The agenda’s loose, and all are welcome to crawl along with us for all or part of the rounds.

Singer/Songwriter’s Handbook Q. 43

If a singer/songwriter falls down in the middle of a set and no one is there to hear him, does he make a sound?

Yes.

An awful clankity clank sound with some feedback and then a resounding thud as he hits the floor.

It looks really funny.

Josh Moore W/ Jeff Washburn
The National Underground
Friday, March 20th
10PM 10$

JOSHMOOREMUSIC
THENATIONALUNDERGROUND
THEJEFFWASHBURN

Friends and Fans of Music,

Audacious as it may be, I hope that everyone I know can make it out to The National Underground on Friday March 20th. All the proceeds from the door and all merchandise sold at the show will go to The Michael J. Fox Foundation For Parkinson’s Research. For more information please visit:MichaelJFox.org

Rock The Jam,

Josh Moore
Josh Moore Music

Kay WalkingStick will be having a retrospective works on paper exhibit at the Grossman Gallery of Lafayette College in Easton, PA, opening March 7th. The show will remain on view until April 25th. The artist will be giving a lecture on the development of her work at 4:00 pm at the Williams Center, also at Lafayette College, after which there will be a reception. [More information, PDF]

“The works in this exhibition were completed over a 20-year span and directly relate, often as value studies, to the paintings made at the same time.

When I look at these works, I see and remember different periods of my life, various states of mind. My mind. Drawing is the most direct medium; it is as immediate as dance, and often as vigorous. Each of these series of works represents one of four rather distinct decades of my life, expressed very directly in marks, like a journal. The earliest are representative of the minimalism of the New York art world, and my involvement in it. The colorful group of oilstick works from the 1980s reminds me of my travels in the Southwest; the dark charcoals of the late ’80s and early ’90s are of loss and redemption; and the final charcoal drawings are about my life in Rome and the possibility of refound love. These drawings are a chronological representation of my life.” —Kay WalkingStick

[above image, copyright Kay WalkingStick]

On Thursday, I had a couple of hours to dash through The Art Show of ADAA member galleries at the Park Avenue Armory. Given the amount of work on view, you do have to keep up a fast pace to see it all in that amount of time.

The overall mood of the dealers was perceptibly and understandably somber, and the show had far less exciting work to offer than usual. Some galleries had a big sticker next to a piece stating “ADAA Dealer’s Choice.” At first, I didn’t know what this meant, but apparently it was code for “This piece is $10,000 or less! Get your bargains here!” They might as well have had a sign “Buy one, get one 1/2 price!” It was depressing, and if you were the artist who created the “Dealer’s Choice” piece, I bet you’d cringe to see that big, ugly sticker next to your work.

I missed encountering the wild and unknown tangential work of major artists, often sequestered in private collections forever, which had become the main thing I always looked forward to seeing. Nonetheless, there were still plenty of things that stood out, and as always, I wish I had more time to peruse!

Here’s a list and some pictures of highlights:

Ron Nagle at Rena Bransten Gallery. Nagle’s two diminutive sculptures on view were some of the most surprising and original work to catch my eye. A catalog from a recent show of his made me crave to see even more. The work has something of the comic sadness of Guston. Nagle’s idiosyncratic use of form and color make these engaging abstract sculptures both entirely human and entirely his own. [Above, "Scrunchabunch," copyright Ron Nagle, courtesy of Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco.] Also at Rena Bransten, a beautiful wire piece by Ruth Asawa. A rare treat to view work by this superb artist.

Above: An untitled slate sculpture from 1945 by Isamu Noguchi (for $1.2 million) at Martha Parrish & James Reinish. This booth also had a couple of outstanding Milton Avery landscapes, pure and simple.

One could watch the subtle movements of Julian Opie’s digital piece Maria Theresa with Red Shawl, 2008, above, at Barbara Krakow, for hours. It was interesting to overhear discussions about the problems the technology of this work presents in terms of preservation and conservation. It’s a concern for the artist, collectors, and museums alike. There were some other powerhouse works in this booth, notably Tara Donovan’s untitled (glass drawing) and a very dynamic series of wood block prints of spirals by grand dame Louise Bourgeois.

[continued at Drawn Together]

February’s gallery crawl is this Friday. Details posted here.

CALL FOR ARTWORK:
MTA –Artists Unite Subway Elevator Poster Project:

Deadline:  Friday, August 22, 2008 7:00 PM.

Dear Artists, Friends and Community Members,

The MTA-Artists Unite Subway Elevator Poster Project*, a long standing effort by the community, is happy to announce this call for artwork to be placed in the subway elevators at the A-Line 184h St (181st. Subway Stop) & 190th St. Subway Stations.

We are looking for six (6) original artworks by artists from the community (must be CB 12 resident)** to be produced as posters and placed, one in each of the 3 elevators per station. Three other poster slots per elevator will display MTA Arts for Transit posters.

This is a one-year pilot project, changing mid-year for new images. It is our hope that in time, we can eventually claim all frames for local artists, setting a model program for the MTA to place community-inspired artwork and neighborhood depictions in the subway system

(*Originally begun under the auspices of the Washington Heights Quality of Life Committee.)

** CB 12 covers Manhattan north of 155th street, river to river.

Guidelines:
• Material must be sensitive to and respectful of the diversity of the community.
• Materials may reflect icons associated with the surrounding neighborhood (by way of example, local parks, places of interest, etc.); they may not include depictions of commercial establishments or photographs of individuals, pets, or private residences.
• Materials shall not include written or printed text.
• Materials shall not include messages that might reasonably be interpreted as an endorsement or advocacy of any political, religious, social or ethnic organization, cause, or belief nor contain logos or other symbols of same.
• The transit system is used by a diverse population, and accordingly, the materials shall be appropriate for viewing by persons of all ages and varying backgrounds.  They shall not include content or references which might be reasonably construed as being of a sexual or violent nature.
• Proposed art must lend itself to reproduction as a two-dimensional poster, no more than 29.5 inches wide by 45 inches long, printed on standard paper stock.
• Allow room for a seven-inch strip running across the bottom of the poster on which will appear the text, “New York City Transit Celebrates Washington Heights” and the MTA New York City Transit logo.

Deadline for submissions: Friday, August 22, 2008, 7:00 PM.

Projected Exhibition Dates: September 28, 2008 – March 28, 2009
It is our hope to have the posters in place for the Medieval Festival.

Submission Format:
Work may be in any medium: painting, collage, sculpture, photography…
Please submit no more than 3 images for viewing: JPGs or photos. (Do Not Mail The Original Art Work.)
JPG Files should be @ 72 DPI and no larger than 700 by 700 pixels in any direction.
(Selected artists will be contacted regarding image specifications
for reproduction.)

Send Images by e-mail to: rosa.naparstek@verizon.net
or mail JPGs CD or Photos to:
Rosa Naparstek
720 Fort Washington Ave. #2K
New York, NY 10040  (or hand delivery by arrangement)

Please include a stamped, self-addressed envelope
if you want your CD or photos returned.

For More Information:
contact rosa.naparstek@verizon.net or call: 212.740-9378

Judging:
Artists Unite will convene a 5-7 person panel to select artwork. Final approval
by the MTA in accordance with listed guidelines.

We look forward to your entries. This is an exciting opportunity to develop a model for an MTA- community based arts program for our city’s subway system.

Thank you,
Rosa Naparstek

Concurso de Arte
MTA –Artists Unite Subway Elevator Poster Project:
Plazo limite para someter propuestas: 22 de Agosto de 2008 @ 7:00 PM.

Estimados artistas amigos, y miembros de la comunidad:

El  MTA-Artists Unite Subway Elevator Poster Project*, anuncia que esta recibiendo propuestas de trabajos art_sticos  para ser expuestos en los elevadores de la L_nea A  en las estaciones de la calles 181st & 190th .
Se buscan 6 trabajos de Arte de artistas residentes en la comunidad (deben residir en la zona del CB12)**. Los trabajos ser_n reproducidos como carteles (posters) y exhibidos en cada uno de los elevadores en ambas  estaciones del tren.

Este es un proyecto piloto  que durara 12 meses y que cambiara los carteles a mitad del periodo. Se espera que este proyecto se vuelva permanente y se convierta en un programa modelo de  MTA que promover_ y apoyar_ a los artistas de la comunidad.

(*Originalmente comenz_ bajo el apoyo del Washington Heights Quality of Life Committee.)

** CB 12 abarca toda la zona Norte de Manhattan desde la calle  155th .

Bases de la propuesta para el cartel (poster):

Debido a la variedad de edades y procedencia de los usuarios del sistema publico de transporte. el dise_o del cartel (poster) no deben tener referencias de contenido sexual, violencia, s_mbolos de grupos espec_ficos ni contenido religioso.

Los materiales a utilizar:

• Deben respetar la diversidad de la comunidad.

• Pueden representar iconos asociados con la comunidad (parques, puntos de inter_s etc.), sin incluir lugares comerciales, fotos de personas o animales y/o residencias privadas.

• No deben incluir texto escrito o impreso.

• No deben incluir causa, creencias o mensajes pol_ticos, religiosos, sociales o _ticos incluyendo logotipos y/o s_mbolos.

• La propuesta art_stica debe permitir ser reproducida en dos dimensiones sin exceder 29.5 pulgadas de ancho por 45 pulgadas de largo, impresas en papel de tama_o est_ndar.

• El cartel debe designar un espacio en la parte inferior para incluir un emblema que diga: “New York City Transit Celebrates Washington Heights” incluyendo el logotipo del MTA.

Plazo limite para someter propuestas: 22 de Agosto de 2008 @ 7:00 PM.
Fecha de Exposici_n: 28 de Septiembre de 2008 – 28 de Marzo de 2009 ( Se espera que los carteles est_n en los elevadores el d_a del Festival Medieval en el parquet Ft. Tryon)
Formato del trabajo:
El arte puede ser pintura, collage, escultura, fotograf_a o cualquier otro medio.
Favor enviar JPG o fotograf_a. No enviar trabajo original y no m_s de 3 im_genes. (JPG Files deben ser @ 72 DPI  y no mas de 700 x 700 p_xeles).  Los artistas seleccionados ser_n contactados para detalles sobre sus im_genes.

Instrucciones de envi_:

Por email: rosa.naparstek@verizon.net

Por correo JPGs CD o Fotos:

Rosa Naparstek
720 Fort Washington Ave. #2K
New York, NY 10040

Favor incluir sobre con direcci_n y estampillas si desea que su trabajo le sea devuelto.

Para mas informaci_n escriba a rosa.naparstek@verizon.net o llame al  212.740-9378

Jueces:
Artists Unite reunir_  a un panel de  5-7 personas para seleccionar los trabajos. la aprobaci_n final ser_ hecha por el MTA de acuerdo a las reglas establecidas.

Gracias por su participaci_n.

Rosa Naparstek

Hello Shadowy Creatures of the Night,

As you know, on June 8th, Sunday, at 7:30 Life in a Blender will be playing
at Joe’s Pub in New York City with a contorted new horn section that recalls
the bugles of Appomatox. I consider them each brave warriors. The U.S. mint
should issue a coin with all their faces somewhere on it. So I suggest you rummage
around in your desk drawer for that Sharpie–give it a little sniff–go
ahead–and mark June 8th with a big X. Now pop a danish in the microwave, get that
cup of coffee, stand by the window and watch the children running…running
down the street….as if they had ants in their pants…but no it’s probably not
ants or at least not real ants…yes, it’s the school bell beckoning them to
another day of brain fertilization. You can almost see the the seeds of
intelligence taking root in the head of little Tubby Winkle as he tries so valiantly
to keep up with the other children. “Run, Tubby, Run!” you think to yourself
as you watch him, coffee cup in hand, robe left slightly ajar to let in the
gentle morning breeze. Ahh, thank god I live in suburban America where I’m free
to do and think and…oh yes…feel whatever it is I’m feeling without having
to pay a fine or suffer a scolding. That’s why my baby can wear this American
flag diaper and my husband can keep a collection of false Hitler moustaches
hidden in his underwear drawer. Freedom. I hear it ringing like the school bell
down the street. Or buzzing like my digital alarm clock in the morning,
waking me for the early shift. I hear it’s robotic voice calling Free-dom.
Free-dom. Get up and work now. I am in such a reverie. Ding-dong. It’s the door bell.
Who could it be? “Hello Ma’am, I’m the milkman. A wonderful morning, isn’t
it.? Beautiful morning for such a world full of hurt. Doncha think? Have you been
enjoying the milk I’ve been delivering to you for the last three months? You
have, have you? Well, let me ask you this then? Have you ever thought about
paying for that milk?” Of course, you have the money for his precious milk. Just
a minute. I’ll be right back. And off you go up the stairs, into the
bathroom, and harriedly scramble out the bathroom window. Into the backyard and
running….running…running. That milkman will never get catch you now. You’re
running to the arms of Life In a Blender. June 8th, Sunday, at 7:30. Our arms
await you.

If you really want to help, go to Joe’s Pub web site NOW and order tickets.

VENTURES
MAY MAGIC
CELEBRATE WASHINGTON HEIGHTS
INCLUDES A GUIDED WALK IN THE PARK WITH NANCY BRUNING AND BRUNCH
AT THE Y WITH AUTHOR AND HISTORIAN JAMES RENNER. FOLLOWED BY JAZZ
CONCERT WITH JAMIE FOX JAZZ TRIO
SUNDAY, MAY 4TH at 10:30AM
$15 ADVANCED PREPAID ADMISSION
$20 AT THE DOOR
$15 FOR WALK AND BRUNCH ONLY, $5 FOR CONCERT ONLY
VENTURES BOOK CLUB
THIS MONTH’S BOOK IS NINTEEN MINUTES BY JODI PICOULT
MONDAY, MAY 5TH AT 6:30PM
GROUP MEETS AT A PRIVATE HOME, CALL FOR LOCATION
INTRODUCTORY SPANISH CLASSES
START LEARNING SPANISH OR BRUSH UP ON YOUR CONVERSATION
BEFORE YOU TRAVEL THIS SUMMER
TUESDAY, MAY 6TH AT 7PM
WOMEN’S SUPPORT GROUP
WEDNESDAY, MAY 14 AT 6:30PM
BRUNCH: HOW CHANGES IN JEWISH HUMOR REFLECT CHANGES
IN JEWISH LIFE
WITH ANDY SILOW-CARROLL, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF NJ JEWISH NEWS
SUNDAY, MAY 18TH AT 11:00AM
$10 IN ADVANCE OR $15 AT THE DOOR
YOU AND YOUR AGING PARENTS: A LOOK AT TODAY’S SANDWICH
GENERATION
MONDAY, MAY 19TH AT 6:30-8PM
WORKSHOP WITH SUSAN KALEV AT THE BERKSHIRE BANK (Where Pinehurst,
Cabrini and 187th st meet)
FEGS WORKSHOP
HOW TO CREATE AN AGELESS RESUME
WEDNESDAY, MAY 21ST AT 7PM
Ongoing classes in Dance It Off (NIA), International Folk Dance, Yoga, Belly Dancing, Abs & Butt-
Class Schedule 8 weeks.
Call Linda at 212-569-6200 ext 233 or email lstorfer@ywashhts.org for registration or information

Harold Wallin
New Works on Paper
May 2–31, 2008

Reception Friday, May 2, 6:30–9 p.m.

NoMAA Gallery

Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA)
The Cornerstone Center (Use North Entrance)
178 Bennett Avenue, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10040

Artists Unite LIVE! is funded in part by a discretionary grant from Councilmember Robert Jackson and by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. Artists Unite receives funding from the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) and the Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone.

Artists Unite LIVE is proud to present
JAZZ COMPOSERS SERIES
The first Thursday in March, April and May

$10 admission 7:30-9:30 p.m.

KB Gallery
875 W. 181st St. (212) 543-2393.
Take the A Train to 181st St. Walk west 3 blocks to Riverside Drive.

Artists Unite LIVE presents a new series of three concerts featuring NYC based contemporary jazz composers. Each performance will include a conversation with the composer on the background and genesis of the works performed.

A reception will follow the show.
KB Gallery is an ideal setting for these intimate concerts. Recently opened by sculptor Khachik Bozoghlian, it is a beautifully designed space with a stunning view of the George Washington Bridge. For information visit www.artistsunite-ny.org.
March 6 The Allen Won Quartet
Spiritual and Spirited Saxophone music.
Performing selections from “Jewel In The Lotus”
with Mike Sarin on drums, Rave Tesar on piano
and Randy Landau on bass. www.allenwon.com

April 3 Ken Wessel and Alankar
Ornette Coleman’s guitarist plays Indian
influenced chamber jazz with Badal Roy on tablas
and Stomu Takeishi on bass. www.kenwessel.com

May 1 Stephan Crump’s Rosetta Trio
Bassist Crump with guitarists Jamie Fox and Liberty Ellman
“Here is a string ensemble for the new century!”
—All About Jazz-NewYork www.stephancrump.com

This project is made possible in part with public funds from The Fund for Creative Communities, supported by the New York State Council on the Arts and administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and funded in part by New York Presbyterian Hospital Neighborhood Fund. Artists Unite is funded in part by the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance and Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone.

Looping the Loop: Poems and Stories
Hattie Gossett “diva deluxe …. intellectual godmother of rap artists” –Village Voice
Nicholas Johnson “poems…both hilarious and disturbing” –Martin Mitchell, Home Planet News
Carol Novack “flavor samples for all of the senses.” –Cicily Janus, at eclectica.org

Hattie Gossett is a poet, essayist, and fiction writer. As a spoken word artist, she performs solo or with her Poetry Jazz band; recent gigs include the Hudson Valley Writers Guild and the Vision Festival. Alvin Alley Dance Company and Urban Bush Women dance to her words, which are preserved in the Smithsonian Institute. She is the author of Presenting Sister Noblues and is a co-founding editor of Essence magazine and Kitchen Table Press. She lives at the intersection of Harlem and the Dominican Republic and works with Seniors Helping Seniors.

Nicholas Johnson is co-founder and editor of BigCityLit.com. He has been a MacDowell Colony fellow, a Pushcart Prize nominee, and winner of The Lyric Recovery Festival Award 2000. A teacher of creative writing at the Payne Whitney Clinic and The Lighthouse, he holds an MFA in poetry from Brooklyn College and an ABD from the Catholic University of America. His poems are forthcoming in The Same, Heliotrope, Orbis and the Greek-American anthology Pomegranate Seeds. His chapbook Degrees of Freedom is from Bright Hill Press.

Carol Novack used to practice criminal and constitutional law and now publishes Mad Hatters’ Review. A fusionist and frequent collaborator, her writings have been published or are forthcoming in American Letters & Commentary, Fiction International, First Intensity, Journal of Experimental Fiction, LIT, Notre Dame Review, and Otoliths. Her first multi-genre chapbook will emerge this year. Her performance work is recorded on the CD Inventions : Fictions, Fusions & Poems. Her Web site is http://carolnovack.blogspot.com.

Sunday Best Reading Series
Spoken-word performances by fiction writers, poets, and dramatists

The Lounge, Hudson View Gardens
Pinehurst Avenue and 183rd Street

April 20th at 4:00 p.m.

Suggested donation of $7 includes one free drink and free snacks
Reception after to meet the writers

The bookseller for this event is MOBILE LIBRIS (Sharon Preiss, Proprietor)

By subway from downtown: Take the A train to 181st Street. Be at the front of the train. Walk upstairs; take the elevator to Fort Washington Avenue. Cross the little park you’ll see (Bennett Park), bearing left around the great circle. When you’ve crossed the park, you’ll be on Pinehurst Avenue. Look left. You’ll see 183rd Street, which continues into Hudson View Gardens as a private road. To your right, you’ll see a sign that says “The Lounge.”

Ask about our program of special discounts for student and other groups.

Patricia Eakins, Curator
Sunday Best Reading Series
116 Pinehurst Avenue, #C-42
New York, NY 10033

212-923-7800 x1342
212-928-4227

PRAISE FOR THE SUNDAY BEST READING SERIES
“…a sumptuous setting. The room just glowed in the late afternoon
sun, jammed with friends and members of our tribe. And the delicate,
fresh touch of the flowers set up on either side of the podium … simply elegant!
Not too much, not too little.” –Elaine Sexton, poet, author of Sleuth and Causeway

” The space, audience, and whole event was so thoughtfully put together.
The reception, especially, was great as we  all had a chance to talk.” –Suzanne Parker, poet and director of the Brookdale Visiting Writers Series

“Great to discover an ongoing literary event in upper Manhattan.” –Geer Austin, poet and Inwood resident.

“I’m  giddy and glad that an event of such caliber is happening in such a gorgeous setting
in our neighborhood. Top-flight and equal in quality to any: that’s key to me and it’s great. SO kudos and bravo to you for doing it! ”
–Amir Parsa, author Drive-by Cannibalism in the Baroque Tradition and  resident of Washington Heights.
********************
Patricia Eakins is an award-winning fiction writer. Please visit her Web site.
www.fabulara.com

Diana Schmertz
Solo Exhibit
ECHOES
April 1 - 26, 2008

Opening Reception:
Friday April 4, 6-9pm

K.B. Gallery:
875 West 181st Street & Riverside Drive.
New York, New York 10033
Contact: 212 543-2393
Tuesday-Sunday 11am-6pm or by appointment

image:
Contact, Acrylic on Canvas, 22 x 30 inches, 2008

Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance (NoMAA) in partnership with the New Leaf Café presents the first NoMAA Artists’ Salon, a gathering of local artists at the New Leaf Café in on Monday, March 31st at 6pm. Representatives from Manhattan Mini Storage will be at the NoMAA Artists’ Salon.  Manhattan Mini Storage is launching its WorkSpaces in the former Verizon building on Broadway at W. 214 Street.  These are office spaces that could be turned into artists spaces, painters studios, rehearsal rooms, etc.  They are interested in hearing what needs artists have so they can try to accommodate them. Please refer to the attached document for more details on the Artists’ Salon.  For more information contact NoMAA at 212.568.4396.

I’ve been working with choreographer Laura Peterson at my day gig for the past few months, and she’s the rare artist who is both good with people and good with art. Consequently, we all love her, and I’m going to shamelessly promote her here. Her new work Electrolux stems from a consideration of man’s affect on everything he touches. Peterson, Kate Harris, Christopher Hutchings and Kate Martel rock out in a landscape of carpet and construction material to songs by Led Zeppelin.

Peterson likes the connection between dance and visual art (her last piece was called I love Dan Flavin) and she arranged for visual artist Edie Nadelhaft, who is collaborating on Peterson’s next work to show paintings of cow snouts and flies in the adjacent gallery. For more info and a video interview with a preview of the dance, click here. Shows are next weekend. Don’t miss this one!

VENTURES , a new program for baby boomers presents An Evening of Chocolate Making and Tasting with Beryl Brenner, BA,MA Recreational Therapist with the Department of Veteran Affairs. Spend a sweet evening by creating chocolate and sampling gourmet milk and dark chocolates as you expand your knowledge of chocolate. Everyone is invited to participate, not just “chococonnoiseurs.”
March 26th @7pm at the YM & YWHA of Washington Heights & Inwood. Admission $5 prepaid in advance, $8 at the door.

Tales of New York and Beyond

Jonathan Baumbach reading from You or the Invention of Memory
Nava Renek author of Spiritland
Steve Schrader author of Stories from a New York Life

Sunday Best Reading Series
Spoken-word performances by fiction writers, poets, and dramatists

The Lounge, Hudson View Gardens
Pinehurst Avenue and 183rd Street

March 16th at 4:00 p.m.

Suggested donation of $7 includes one free drink and free snacks
Reception after to meet the writers

The bookseller for this event is MOBILE LIBRIS (Sharon Preiss, Proprietor)

By subway from downtown: Take the A train to 181st Street. Be at the front of the train. Exit the uptown (north) end of station; take the elevator to Fort Washington Avenue. Cross the little park you’ll see (Bennett Park), bearing left around the great circle. When you’ve crossed the park, you’ll be on Pinehurst Avenue. Look left. You’ll see 183rd Street, which continues into Hudson View Gardens as a private road. To your right, about 100 feet in, you’ll see  “The Lounge.”

Ask about our program of special discounts for student and other groups.

Patricia Eakins, Curator
Sunday Best Reading Series
More info at fabulara@earthlink.net