WORKSHOPS AND LIVE MUSIC FOR OPEN GARDENS NYC ON E. 4TH STREET

 

Open Gardens NYC

Saturday, June 3rd, noon to 5:00 p.m.

Sunday, June 4th,  1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

 

For this weekend's sixth annual Open Gardens NYC, hundreds of community gardens--including our own East Fourth Street Community Garden--will open their gates to the public for free, outdoor activities and exploration.

 

Start on Saturday afternoon, June 3rd, with writing and bonsai workshops and a pollinator safari. Come back on Sunday afternoon, June 4th, for live music.

 

The garden is celebrating its new solar panel with a ribbon-cutting by special guests, including the Parks Department and elected officials.

 

Saturday, June 3rd

noon: Writing Workshop, "What Nature Tells Us," with gardener Micky Shorr

2:00 p.m.: "Pollinator Safari" using iNaturalist, with the Flatbush Gardener (children are welcome)

4:00 p.m.: "Beautiful Bonsai!" showcase and Q&A, with gardener Eric Boucourt

Sunday, June 4th

1:00 p.m.: Mariachi Nuevo Sol

2:00 p.m.: Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective

3:00 p.m.: Solar Panel Ribbon Cutting with special guests Carlos Martinez, Director of New York City Parks GreenThumb; Max Joel, NY Sun Initiative, NYSERDA; Marty Maher, Brooklyn Borough Commissioner, NYC Parks Department; Shahana Hanif, NYC Councilmember; Robert Carroll, NYS Assemblymember; TR Ludwig, CEO, Brooklyn Solarworks; Justin Green, Executive Director, Big ReUse

3:30 p.m.: Roberto Poveda, Music of the Cuban Troubadour

Location

East Fourth Street Community Garden

179 E. 4th Street

between Fort Hamilton Parkway and Caton Avenue

Windsor Terrace - Kensington, Brooklyn

http://eastfourthstreetgarden.tumblr.com

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FREE LIVE MUSIC SERIES IN KENSINGTON PLAZA: BROOKLYN BLUEGRASS COLLECTIVE

Press Release

 

Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective

to perform at Kensington Plaza 

Sunday, April 16, 2023, 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

 

Spring has landed full force, bringing with it the first Sunday afternoon musical performance at Kensington Plaza on Sunday, April 16th, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., by Kensington local bluegrass ensemble “Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective.”

 

Called MUSIC IN THE PLAZA, the series is produced by The Singing Winds and is underwritten by NYC Dept of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the NY City Council. The Sunday afternoon concerts will happen every Sunday, except April 30th and May 28th, until mid-July. Mothers’ Day, May 14th, will feature a performance by Grupo Wayno, Music from the Andes.

 

The Brooklyn Bluegrass Collective was a favorite of Diana Sanzone, the recently deceased chair of The Kensington Stewards. The Bluegrass Collective will perform a set of lively, danceable tunes that will get your toes tapping and hands clapping.

 

Four members of the Collective will perform on guitar, fiddle and other traditional American folk instruments. Musicians will be Jason Borisoff, Ellery Marshall, Jack Devereux, and Kells Nollenberger. The ensemble just played The Knitting Factory and performed at Avenue C Plaza several summers ago.

 

The Music in the Plaza concert series highlights mainly local and immigrant Brooklyn musicians presenting a diverse soundscape to our neighborhood and has done so at Kensington Plaza for the past 3 years.  Among the performers are two groups from Africa –and even an afternoon of circus performers, plus Andean flute musicians a women’s acapella choir, a  hammered dulcimer player, a Latin guitar ensemble, and an oud & hand drum duo.

 

The Kensington Plaza is the area in front of Walgreens at Church Avenue and Beverley Road. It is around the corner from the F/G subway stop on McDonald Ave at Church and adjacent to Denny’s Bar.