Crown Heights 360: Vintage Signs, Ghost Ads and Community Murals

Intrigued after reading other blogs’ coverage of the vintage signs, ghost ads and community murals in Crown Heights, we decided to do a compilation piece highlighting these posts.  Together, they weave a picture of the rich history of Crown Heights.

Copyright Frank H. Jump.

Crown Heights Creative – Murals in South Crown Heights.
Fading Ad – Interboro Brewing Company on Montgomery Street.
Fading Ad – Burton’s Mattress Company on Franklin & Montgomery.
Fading Ad – New York Lumber on Utica & Empire.
I Love Franklin Ave – Uncovered on Franklin Dutch Boy Paints Sign.
Vanishing New York – Crown Heights Signage.

Eric Adams Presents Eco-Art Festival

For further information about the festival, please contact Kim Parker at NYS Senator Eric Adams’ office at 7180284-4700 or Aisha Glover at 917 952-8508

Filmmaker on the Roof

Spotlighting Rooftop Films:

Rooftop Films believes that independent film has great potential to effect social change not only through its content but also through the means by which it is presented to the public. We seek to expose issues and viewpoints that are underrepresented in mainstream media. By showcasing these films in exceptional locations for expansive, diverse audiences, Rooftop Films is providing opportunities for people to re-examine their relationships to issues, communities, and urban spaces through independent film. All of our screenings include pre-show music by some of the best emerging bands, and we almost always have after parties with free beer and wine.

Saturday, May 23, 8pm, $9 Dangerous Docs
Train surfers, beard competitions, and rare chicken rescues. You can’t make this stuff up.
Venue: On the Roof of Brooklyn Technical High School
Address: 29 Fort Greene Place (Fort Greene, Brooklyn)

Picture from Summer Time Films.

New Music and Art Exhibit Coming to Crown Heights

From FiveMyles art gallery:

Curator: Yuzo Sakuramoto

Artists: Taketo Shimada, Calder Martin, Keith Connolly, Yuji Agematsu

This group exhibition will present works by New York artists who are both visual and musical artists. “Music” is loosely defined to frame the artists’ works but metaphorically refers to works in flux, shifting and flowing, traversing different boundaries, groundless, at times pointing toward spiritual transcendence. Many of the works in the exhibition are presented as still in the process of growing, or articulating the process of their unfolding, either in form, content, or arrangement. Not quite asserting ideas about cross-fertilization or the intersection of sound and image; definitely NOT a posh ‘sound art’ show, here the realm beyond our own predictability and control can be explored. CanMUSIC be expanded?

Nicolas Cage Movie in Crown Heights

According to the Community Board 9 website, the filming of the new Nicolas Cage movie, “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”, which  began in April, will end on May 15th.  Apparently, there have been some mishaps in connection with the tapings in Manhattan.  Hopefully, that misfortune has and will not spill over to their Crown Heights film site.

The filming is taking place on Bedford Avenue between Union and President Streets.  Filminginbrooklyn.com has already posted some additional scoop on the shoot.  Get your popcorn, pen and autograph book ready.

Open Book Premieres May 11th

Open Book TV: Suheir Hammad from Open Book TV on Vimeo.

Open Book premieres May 11th at 8:30pm EST and May 13th at 11:30pm EST, nationally on LinkTV (DirectTV ch. 375, Dish Network ch. 9014, and cable channels nationally. To find where Link broadcasts on your dial, see linktv.org/reception

Open Book is a new show about books, focusing on a single spot on Earth in each episode to introduce you to the writers and other storytellers– —musicians, actors, poets and more– —whose work reminds us we’’re all connected through the stories we have to tell and the communities we inhabit.

In the premiere episode, we visit Ft. Greene, Brooklyn, a neighborhood with a rich cultural heritage, to meet some of the writers and artists who live there including former child soldier Ishmael Beah, award-winning novelist Jennifer Egan, legendary jazz musician Bill Lee, Walt Whitman devotee Daryl Blaine Ford, creative genius Carl Hancock Rux, Def Jam poet Suheir Hammad, singer Nucomme, and star of stage and screen, actor Jeffrey Wright.

“Lost and Found”: Franklin Park Reading Series

 

Franklin Park Reading Series

From identity crises to abducted relatives, four writers and performers share their stories of loss, recovery and epiphany. Novelists Jami Attenberg (The Kept Man) and Diana Spechler (Who by Fire) will be joined by memoirist Suzanne Guillette (Much to Your Chagrin) and storyteller Ann Carr (Comedy Central, Upright Citizens Brigade).

 

May 7, 8-10PM
Franklin Park Reading Series
Theme: “Lost and Found”

FREE
DRINK SPECIALS

Franklin Park
618 St. John’s Place, between Franklin and Classon Avenues
Crown Heights, Brooklyn

Subway: 2, 3, 4, 5 to Franklin Avenue
www.franklinparkbrooklyn.com

And for those of you on Facebook, here’s the event page:

http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/event.php?eid=73298173050&ref=ts

Hawthorne Street : Brooklyn Public Library fundraiser

Hawthorne Street : Prospect Lefferts, Brooklyn: Brooklyn Public Library fundraiser.

Fundraisers are a dime a dozen these days but if I had to vote I’d vote for throwing your spare dimes to the Brooklyn Public Library. Due to the budget shortages, the library is faced with cutting hours and services. But you can help—and drink some quality brew at the same time. The Brooklyn Vanguard, Brooklyn Public Library’s young donor group, is having a party nearby in Crown Heights (or Prospect Heights, if you’re a realtor).

Thursday, May 14, 2009
6-9 pm
Franklin Park Bar and Beer Garden
618 Saint Johns Place (near Franklin Avenue)

DJ Cosmo Baker will spin
Enjoy donated complimentary hors d’oeuvres, wine and beer.
$40 advance/$50 door

To purchase tickets, visit http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/support/vanguard or contact Maggie Beaute-Lucien at 718.230.2465

Target First Saturdays at Brooklyn Museum

The Nostrand Park crew will be in the building for this weekend’s First Saturdays at the Brooklyn Museum.  Saturday’s lineup is pasted below.  You can also click here for more info

 

Eco-Art Demonstrations

5–7 p.m.
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor

Turn your everyday objects into art and flowers by participating in outdoor demonstrations of recycled art making with RePlayGround and urban composting with GreenBridge. Ride your bike to the event and get a free repair lesson with Time’s Up! Rain Location: Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor.

 

Music

5:30–7:30 p.m.
The Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

Blending indie-rock with traditional Latin instrumentation, Pistolera traverses musical borders with their politically conscious, irresistibly danceable Spanish songs.

 

Screening and Performance

5:30–6:30 p.m.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

The Puppeteers’ Cooperative presents a popular theater using folk pageantry, parades, and earth-friendly themes. A screening of the short film El Ultimo Elote (2003, 2 min.), a claymation by Triqui children about the very last ear of corn, precedes the performance. Free tickets (340) are available at the Visitor Center at 5 p.m.

 

Hands-On Art

6:30–8:30 p.m.
Education Division, 1st Floor

Paint the reflection of a landscape on water, inspired by the work of artist Gustave Caillebotteand other nineteenth-century painters. Free timed tickets (380) are available at the Visitor Center at 5:30 p.m.

 

Film

7 p.m.
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor

See Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (Tim Burton, 1985, 90 min., PG), the classic love story of a man and his bike. Free tickets (340) are available at the Visitor Center at 6:30 p.m.

 

Young Voices Gallery Talk

7 p.m.
Meet at the entrance to Gustave Caillebotte: Impressionist Paintings from Paris to the Sea, 5th Floor

Student Guides give a conversational gallery talk on Gustave Caillebotte.

 

Film and Discussion

7:30 p.m.
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Forum, 4th Floor

Filmmaker Laura Hanna and activist farmer Severine von Tscharner Fleming share a sneak preview of scenes from The Greenhorns, their documentary about the young American farmer movement, and discuss the art of farming from a woman’s perspective. Free tickets (30) available at the Visitor Center at 6:30 p.m.

 

Artist Talk

8 p.m.
Meet at the entrance to the Contemporary Art Galleries, 4th Floor

Valerie Hegarty, a Brooklyn-based artist featured in the exhibition 21: Selections of Contemporary Art from the Brooklyn Museum, discusses her work. Free tickets (30) are available at the Visitor Center at 6:30 p.m.

 

Dance Party

9–11 p.m.
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor

DJ Franco spins rare vinyl, salvaged and recycled from discarded collections in West Africa, of African disco and highlife.

 

Target First Saturdays Book Club

9 p.m.
Meet in American Identities by the Cantor Gallery entrance, 5th floor

Join local food advocate, teacher, and author Leda Meredith to discuss Michael Pollan’s In Defense of Food.

 

Music

9:30–10:30 p.m.
The Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor

Blending indie-rock with traditional Latin instrumentation, Pistolera traverses musical borders with their politically conscious, irresistibly danceable Spanish songs.

Crown Heights Picture Blog: Wednesday, 29.04.09 רביעי

The Crown Heights Picture Blog updated their site today.  Click on the link below to see of their breathtaking images

Crown Heights Picture Blog: Wednesday, 29.04.09 רביעי.

Crown Heights Picture Blog