Dumbo NYC

Saturday July 5, 2008, 12-4pm

Brooklyn Animal Care and Control will be arriving at 12p with a variety of rescued dogs and cats available for adoption. It usually takes a half hour to set up and get ready for potential adopters to meet the rescuee’s. Hosted by DUMBO Pet Care (www.DUMBOPetCare.com), adoptee’s will receive 20% off any food or supplies needed to get started as well as a discount on services. Vinegar Hill Vet Group (www.vhvetgroup.com) is also offering a free first exam and 10% off first round of vaccines in support.

If you’d like to volunteer to help when they arrive please email Cynthia@dumbopetcare.com for details. Even if you’re not looking to adopt now, please feel free to stop by and visit, ask questions, and/or make a donation. Hope to see you there!

Subject: July 4 Celebrations in Dumbo?
I was wondering if you would be so kind as to put up a post on places to watch the fireworks on Friday in and around DUMBO (including how early you need to stake your claim to get a spot, any food/drink restrictions in the parks, how crowded it gets, etc.)

Fireworks start at approximately 9pm. The Brooklyn Bridge Park, Fulton Ferry Landing, and Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park are perfect locations to view the East River fireworks. Since traffic will be busy, take the subway to the parks if possible since parking will be very limited. As was last year, the following streets will be closed from 8 pm to 10:30 pm:

• Hicks Street between Atlantic Avenue and Old Fulton Street.
• Furman Street between Old Fulton Street and Atlantic Avenue.
• Old Fulton between Prospect Street and Furman Street.
• Columbia Heights between Montague Street and Old Fulton Street.

If you live in or have friends who live in buildings in Dumbo, their rooftops are also a great place to watch the fireworks.

If you would like to share photos of your July 4 celebrations or fireworks, email photos to dumbonyc@gmail.com or add them to the DumboNYC Flickr Photo pool. Go to Macys.com for full fireworks details.

The DUMBO 1st Thursday Gallery Walk on Thursday. DUMBO 1st Thursday features area galleries and artists’ studios, open from 5:30 to 8:30, on the first Thursday of each month. There is no admission fee - participating galleries are open to the public. Gallery receptions, neighborhood dining and bars, and live music add to the evening’s festivities:

July 3, 2008 First Thursday Participants include, but are not limited to the following list. Please check with each gallery to confirm that they will be open late on Thursday.

5+5 Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 210
Aswoon Gallery, 14 Jay St.
Brooklyn Arts Council, 111 Front St., Suite 218
Byrd Hoffman Watermill Foundation, 111 Front St.
DUMBO Arts Center, 30 Washington St.
GalleryQB, 163 Plymouth St.
Gloria Kennedy Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 222
Henry Gregg Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 226
Klompching Gallery, 111 Front St.
Melville House, 145 Plymouth St.
Nelson Hancock Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 204
Pochron Studios, 20 Jay St.
Powerhouse Books & Powerhouse Arena, 37 Main St.
Pratt Institute, 111 Front St.
Rabbithole Studio, 33 Washington St.
Robert Wilson/rw Work Ltd, 111 Front St.
Safe-T Gallery, 111 Front St., Suite 214
Smack Mellon, 93 Plymouth St. @ Washington Street
Spring, 126a Front St.
Tivoli Home, 111 Front St., 1st floor
Umbrage Gallery, 111 Front St.
VII DUMBO, 28 Jay St.
Wessel + O-Connor Fine Art, 111 Front St., Suite 200

Some highlights include:

	Farmani Gallery Dan Wynn, Fashion Photographs July 3 - August 21, Wed-Sat 12-6pm, Sun 1-6pm Opening reception: July 3, 5:30-8:30PM Showcasing black and white fashion images from the late Dan Wynn. 111 Front Street, Suite 212, DUMBO Brooklyn, 718.578.4478 www.farmanigallery.com
	Pochron Studios Inevitable Failure: the impossibility of desire Thursday, July 3rd, 6-9pm The Blood Dumpster Artists Collective presents: “Inevitable Failure: the impossibility of desire”, a multimedia group show exploring the fantasized and always unattainable desires from several young artists from across the country. 20 Jay Street, 11th Floor Ste. 1100, DUMBO Brooklyn, 718.237.1332 x 305 www.pochronstudios.com (Image credit: “Rhine Stone Cowboy” Jody Jock, 20×30, glicee print, 2008.)
	Rabbitholestudio Summer Salon Show 34 Artists From tART Women’s Art Group July 3rd - August 1st Opening reception Thursday, July 3rd, 5-9pm Wed-Fri 6-8pm and by appointment through July 31 33 Washington Street, DUMBO Brooklyn, 718.852.1500 www.rabbitholestudio.com

RICE
Special Prix Fixe Paella Dinner $25- Bibb lettuce salad with crispy garlic, olive oil, sherry vinegar & a splash of salt with your choice of Seafood or Vegetable Paella & Rioja.
(81 Washington Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn)

Low Bar, The Speakeasy below RICE
$4 cocktails at Low Bar til 10pm on 1st Thursdays
(81 Washington Street, Dumbo, Brooklyn)

Superfine
Live Music, Fine Art, & Fine Dining at Superfine
(126 Front St., Dumbo, Brooklyn)

Will Scott will be performing every Wednesday night in July, August, and September at 68 Jay Street Bar in Dumbo with Wylie Wirth on drums. This weekly event continues to be one of the best mid-week gatherings in the neighborhood and is in its second year. Stop by, order a pint, and enjoy his music during the hot months. Scott’s music is a mix of Rock, Mississippi Blues and Americana.

“Will Scott, his voice as thick as blood, sometimes accompanies with guitar; his weird liturgies bring out the pathos in pop.” –New York Press

Shows start at 8:00pm and run until 11:30p.

July 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
August 6, 13, 20, 27
September 3, 10, 17, 24

See www.myspace.com/willscottmusic for details, bio and press.

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Olafur Eliasson’s Waterfalls project started this morning at 7am. Seems like every NYC news channel and blogs are covering this. From what we’ve seen, there is an increase in number of foot traffic in the area. As we previously mentioned, the installation will create at least $55 million in extra tourism revenue for the city and a lot more people coming over the Brooklyn Bridge to check out the falls.

Also open now is the Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 1. Pier 1 offers a cafe run by Dumbo’s RICE along with picnic tables, benches, landscaping with trees and grass, and a sand play area. Pier 1 will be open June 26 - Labor Day, seven days a week, from 10:00am - 10:00pm and located on the East River at the base of Old Fulton Street and Furman Street.

The rendering from a Daily News article shows what the Brooklyn Bridge Park will eventually look like:

The waterfalls will operate from 7am to 10pm every day until October 13th, except on Tuesdays and Thursdays, when they’ll be turned on at 9am. Check out some initial photos from rsguskind of The Gowanus Lounge. (Above image from rsguskind).

{Pop-Up Park Pops in Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brownstoner}
{The Waterfalls Start Falling, Brownstoner}
{The Waterfalls are Here!, Gothamist}
{Where To See The Waterfalls, Gothamist}
{The Freakin’ Waterfalls Are On: The Press Conference, Curbed}
{The Freakin’ Waterfalls Are On: Brooklyn Bridge Edition, Curbed}
{And, Now, the Brooklyn Bridge Waterfall, Gowanus Lounge}

Please join our childrens’ book reading and signing with John Rocco
Saturday, June 28, 2008, 4PM–5PM
37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201

John Rocco, award-winning children’s book author and DUMBO resident, reads from his just-published picture book, Moonpowder. Original artwork from Moonpowder will be on view in The powerHouse Arena.

Rocco’s first picture book, Wolf! Wolf!, won the Borders Original Voices Award.

On Moonpowder:

“Using spreads combined with comic-style panels, Rocco creates a hint of a graphic novel for the youngest readers. This original fantasy melds high adventure with a retro 1940s look in a long narrative perfect for older preschoolers and early elementary children. Readers will linger over the pictures and cheer for the businesslike but heroic Eli, who discovers tha sometimes things can just fix themselves.”
—School Library Journal

powerhousearena.com/Moonpowder.html

Previously: {Event: Wolf! Wolf! Book Release Party at Pomme 3/2/07}

(Photo by Rosalie O’Connor, courtesy of musictheatregroup.org)

The Music Theatre Group is launching a monthly performance series at 10 Jay Street, entitled HEAR/SEE. HEAR/SEE composer and songwriter Peter Whitehead will perform live on self-made and traditional instruments, found objects, and toys through words and music. June 26, 27, and 28 at 8:00 PM at MTG 10 Jay Street in DUMBO. Tickets can be purchased through smarttix.com or by calling 212.868.4444. $15 general admission.

Be there to see how Whitehead is redefining musical performance and composition through his songs and the unique instruments he makes from eclectic objects. For more, go to musictheatregroup.org.

Safe-T-Gallery launching their new show, “Brooklyn au Natural” tonight. Nine artists will be showing a wide range of work, all inspired, depicting or incorporating elements from the natural world.

What: Brooklyn au Natural
When: Opening Reception: Thursday, June 19, 6 - 8 PM. Show runs from June 19 to July 20th 2008
Where: Safe-T-Gallery, 111 Front Street, Suite 214, Brooklyn, NY 11201

The artists featured: Tim Connor, Juliette Conroy, Ana Delgado, Asya Dodina & Slava Polishchuk, Hugh Kearney, Mary Pinto, Fumiko Toda, and April Vollmer.

More info at safetgallery.com/BrooklynAuNatural/BrooklynauNaturalWriteUp.html

Tonight is the opening night for the sold out show Macbeth at St. Ann’s Warehouse. TR Warszawa, a Polish theater company under the direction of Grzegorz Jarzyna, will stage ‘Macbeth’ in an outdoor theatre, across the street from St. Ann’s, in the Civil-War era Tobacco Warehouse on the Brooklyn Waterfront. The production utilizes a dramatic two-story set, video walls, special effects and an underscore of original composition, pop songs, sound effects and spoken text. ‘Macbeth’ will be performed in Polish with English supertitles.

For more information, go to stannswarehouse.org

{Scottish Play Gets Polish Makeover, 11June2008, NY Times}
{St. Ann’s Warehouse Brings a Massive Macbeth to the Brooklyn Waterfront, 20May2008, Village Voice}

DUMBO Summer Celebration for Kids
Saturday, June 21, 2008 1-4pm, Pearl Street between Front and Plymouth Streets Activities include:

• Create a mural with Paint Across America incorporating recycled bike parts in the 2008 DUMBO Paint Out
• Teach Your Child to Ride class with Bike New York. (Pre-register)
• Free bike safety check up for kids ages 3 to 15 and bicycle safety skills rodeo provided by Recycle-A-Bicycle
• Free bike helmets to be given away by the NYC DOT Safety Education Division. (Note: You must have a parent/ guardian present with you at the event to sign a permission slip.)
• Fun activities with Half Pint and Modern Tots