From: "Jeff Stark" <jstark@nonsensenyc.com>
Subject: nonsensenyc: 7.24 to 7.30
Date: July 24th 2009

Friday, July 24
* Rubulad Proudly Presents: Beach Blanket Bacchanal, Brooklyn * Ladies Rock Camp, Manhattan
* The Border Project, Brooklyn
* DIY Music and Video Night, Brooklyn
* Cock Tales, Brooklyn
* Club Animals, Williamsburg
* Phil's House of Pretty Good Repute, Brooklyn

Saturday, July 25
* Astoria Music Now, Queens
* The Rights of Passage, Brooklyn
* A Benefit For Fall 2009 You Are Here: A Maze, Williamsburg * Manifest Video, Brooklyn
* Wit's End: A Monthly Celebration of the Jazz Age on the Bowery, Manhattan * Hobotech No. 03, Brooklyn
* FreaKKshow No. 2, Manhattan
* Glass Door, Brooklyn
* The Brooklyn Boogaloo and Barbecue Summer Fundraiser, Williamsburg * Facebook Live, Brooklyn
* G.I. Joe Stop Motion Film Festival, Manhattan * Pop Rocks, Williamsburg

Sunday, July 26
* Hey, I'm Walkin' Here! Bronx

Monday, July 27
* Board Game Olympics, Brooklyn
* Elect-A-Lujah, Manhattan

Thursday, July 30
* Nostalgia Nocturne, Manhattan

Ongoing
* Glasslands Game Night

Wishlist
* Old-School Loft

Spectre Priority
* Non-Vegan Battle Bots

Learning
* Blinky Tupperware Party

Help
* Pelham Bay Park Work Day

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XXXXX FRIDAY, JULY 24 XXXXX

Rubulad Proudly Presents: Beach Blanket Bacchanal

A sizzling summer spectacular. Live bands the Pimps of Joytime, Inner Princess, and Hanuman Sextet. DJs: Joro Boro, Reaganomics, Peter Gunn, $mall �hange. In the cabaret room: Corn Mo, Mary-Go-Round, Saturn Return (a film by Jason Tallon with live music by Samosa Hustle), Nathan Whipple, with your DJ soundman Greything.

In the Starlight Lounge G. Scopitronic�s Non-Stop Film Fest, Collin�s Scrumptious Samosas. Dress: bikini bongo.

You can help us continue to have a Rubulad in this space by being quiet coming and going, staying inside the space during the event and not pissing all over the sidewalk as soon as you get around the corner � which, incidentally, does attract the police and they will write you a summons. The less our neighbors have to complain about, the more fun we can have.

Rubulad Home Base
338 Flushing Avenue, between Classon and Taaffee, Brooklyn B61 bus to Flushing; G train to Classon station 10p doors, 11p show; $10 before 11p, in costume, or way late; $15 otherwise chrisspill.net

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Ladies Rock Camp

Presented by Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, Ladies Rock Camp is a one-of-a-kind, three-day musical adventure. Ladies Rock Camp brings together women from different walks of life and all levels of musical experience for a weekend of instrument lessons, songwriting, band practice, and workshops, all culminating in a showcase concert at a professional music venue.

No musical experience necessary. Ladies Rock Camp is all about music, collaboration, and fun. It�s the grown-up weekend edition version of Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls� renowned summer camp for girls. And it�s not just fun -- all proceeds go to the financial aid fund of Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls, which allows young women from low-income households to attend the girls� summer camp at low or no cost.

Urban Assembly School of Music and Art
10a-6p; $500 funds Willie Mae
continues through SUNDAY
212 777 1323
williemaerockcamp.org

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The Border Project

We have a dance-theater performance in the upcoming BoCoCa Festival and I would like to post on your website. Our event is dance-theater to live music. The composer is playing his track and mixing and adding atmospheric, percussion, and electronic sounds over it, improvising musically while we are performing. Furthermore, the space is an amazing new performance space that is housed in the old Hamilton Bank building in Carroll Gardens. It looks haunted and there are chandeliers hanging from the ceiling. the bank went under during the great depression and now it is owned by a family and turned into a performance space. Furthermore, we have a comedy dance piece during the evening to complement the Border Project, which is intense with the live music and French Text/Statements on US and French immigration policies. Post us. This is an event that no one should miss. All the senses coming at you and thru you. Performers: Lauren Birnbaum, Corey Bliss, Alice Chapman, Kristin Dexnis, Teresa Fellion, Kristin Henry, Melissa Plotnick, Gwenaelle Rakotovao, Anna Staloch, and Heidi Turzyn. Composer/Live Music: Christopher Cathode.

The Border Project is a physical response to human migration from one place to another. The Border Project aims to carve out a corporeal map of the space in between the familiar and the unfamiliar. It describes the aforementioned journey of displacement and reworking of identity that happens on the social level and then recreates it on a magnified, human level. The dance movement, theatricality, and text are so physically, emotionally, and spiritually rich, that they provide the audience with a supreme sense of immersion, growth, and satisfaction.

Archip Gallery Theater
498 Court Street, Brooklyn
5p; $16
Continues on SATURDAY and SUNDAY
bococaartsfestival.com

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DIY Music and Video Night

Four of the cream of crop up and coming Brooklyn and Boston-area indie acts come together for a night of live music and music video screenings. With Adrienne Anemone, Walter Sickert and the ARmy of BRoken Toys, Jaggery, and Garvy J. Featuring videos by each band, including winners at the Boston Underground Film Festival, the RI Film Festival, and NoHO Film Festivals.

Goodbye Blue Monday, Backyard in the Cordoba Alligator Garage Theater 1087 Broadway, Brooklyn
J train Kosciusko Street station
8p; $free (donations)

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Cock Tales

A juicy cocktail of bedtime stories. A victim of the deepest penis envy, Tjasa Ferm entertains us with her original playlets about her relentless attempts to catch and internalize the most elusive of creatures. An imaginative musical collage and other surprises spice up this unique journey.

Fresh from Slovenia, Tjasa made a show of wild variety of funny vignettes, sweet-dirty talking cabaret, burlesque acts and an inner penis growing class and more. Spread the words of pussy.. but don't tell daddy. Cock Tales promises the most bizarre, humorous, and refreshing entertainment

House of Yes
342 Maujer Street, between Morgan and Waterbury, Brooklyn L train to Grand Street station
8:30 doors, 9p show; $10-15 sliding scale houseofyes.org

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Club Animals

Club Animals has been criticized for being pointless, but the pointlessness is the point. In the latest addition, one of your animal friends will be personally delivering a 100 percent sugar crack rock (multi-colored and multi-flavored with snow cone syrup) to your Brooklyn house on demand. Expect a 7 foot tall man in a blue, plush fish mascot head, white gloves and a tuxedo to come knocking soon after you contact for delivery. You can purchase a few candy crack rocks for $1 a pop in a crack bag. Can't say much more here because y'know it's drugs.

L train, Bedford to Montrose stops only, Brooklyn 10p-2a; $free
347 742 2293 for delivery
clubanimalsnyc.blogspot.com

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Phil's House of Pretty Good Repute

Listen, folk. This is it. Party of the summer. We're throwing a party that's gonna hurt the parties-to-which-you've-been-going's feelings. If you've never been to my apartment, it's a 3400 square foot loft with a massive rooftop deck.

We're starting the night off with a performance by James Subudhi at 10, followed by the Peter Pinguid Society at 11, a DJ set by Miss Evans (or someone else) ... and then, around midnight...They've been the featured band in more than one Mardi Gras parade in my hometown, they've played Party on the Seine in Paris and the main stage at Siren Fest, and now the world-renowned, 15-piece Hungry Marching Band is coming to my apt to blow your mind into little pieces all over the wall. Hope you can dance without a brain.

Then, we'll have some more DJ sets, maybe little Little Milton, maybe I'll DJ for a second. Anyway, the DJs will be spinning tropicalia, dubstep, soul (the good shit), samba reggae, tropicalisimo, hip-hop, and maybe some dirty bmore club. BYOB, but we might get a keg, but still BYOB.

245 Varet Street, No. 3, Brooklyn
10p-4a; $5
646 242 4243
philrequardt@gmail.com

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Astoria Music Now

AMN is Astoria Music and Arts' second annual music and arts festival in Astoria Park, an environmentally friendly day of family fun and education to be held on the Great Lawn on July 25. Building upon last year's main and side stages, Astoria Music Now is adding a third stage dedicated to world music, DJs, dance and theater arts. There will also be vendors selling crafts, clothing, art and food at the event. We continue our tradition of live music that spans various diverse cultures from the community. Visitors will watch visual artists create works live, enjoy the sights and sounds of our culturally vibrant neighborhood and participate in this celebration of arts and music. We are still seeking volunteers, vendors, and visual artists. Activity begins at 12 noon.

Visit Astoria Music and Arts to volunteer or vend at Astoria Park on the day of the festival. All day long performances through the weekend. Check the website for complete listings. Also dont forget to bring your bathing suit cause we are gonna be taking over the pool there at Astoria Park.

Astoria Park Great Lawn And Surrounding Area Between Astoria Blvd South, 19th Street, Hoyt Avenue, and Ditmars Boulevard Noon-9p; $free
nycgovparks.org/parks/AstoriaPark
wordpress.com/astoriamusicarts
myspace.com/astoriamusiciansunite

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The Rights of Passage

Hundreds of revelers, performers, artists and musicians will take over two monumental spaces for an all-night journey. Your night begins within the cavernous interior of a 19th century defunct Brooklyn brewery, continues on a thrill ride through back streets and ends at the now infamous ferry boat docked on a hidden canal deep within Bushwick.

These summer nights are all about the journey, the music and the novelty of a boat party hidden amongst broken warehouses and clear nights in the darkest heart of Brooklyn.

Expect a series of challenges and escalating artistic adventures set against a half dozen DJs, live brass bands, fire and brimstone, induction by red wine, aerial acts, throw-down dance floors and a gorgeous sunrise. Free wine and cheap eats will be provided for early arrivers -- music and performance will continue past the early morning light. Even if you know the final location, you must RSVP and be initiated at the brewery/warehouse in order to enter the main event.

RSVP for details, Brooklyn
L train to Montrose station
7p-7a; $15 before 9:30p, $20 after
21 and over
thedanger.com/
thedanger.com/Some_Nights_Stay_With_Us

NOTE: on the title of the event. The boat, though? Sick. An extraordinary and unlikely thing, right in the middle of everything and on the edge of nowhere at the same time.

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A Benefit For Fall 2009 You Are Here: A Maze

Trouble presents a 12-hour concert for $12. Bands like Ninjasonik, Aa, and Nine 11 Thesaurus; special solo performances by members of Dirty Projectors, Zs, Extra Life, and Excepter; DJ sets, projections, guerilla theater, B-girl dancers, and delicious beverages served up by the ladies of Delicious Beverages.

Emphasizing the sprawling and interconnected nature of New York's underground, a trip through the maze offers a peak inside NYC's DIY art/music scene. A meditation on passage and desire, You Are Here engulfs the space and presents beckoning inhabitants, dead ends, and uplifting epitaphs. Medium and genre vary and overlapping and simultaneous performances are frequent, each performer establishing a different corner or dead end as his or hers. You Are Here was first presented in 2007 by Trouble (Sam Hillmer and Laura Paris) at Chashama's Visual Arts Space.

Trouble is devoted to creating extreme environments that have no exterior, public art both condoned and illegal, and other kinds of visual/sound art intended to be used for some purpose. Their work is about community, spirituality, politics, craft, and beauty. Outreach is a part of all of Trouble's projects, as is what they call in-reach: designing events that strengthen the ties within the DIY art community and the art world as a whole.

Performances: Ninjasonik, Aa, Nine 11 Thesaurus, Knife Hyts, Vaz, Mystery of Two, North Highlands, Sam Mickens Sings & Plays Shaolin Soul, Regattas (Sam Hillmer of Zs), Dave Longstreth (of Dirty Projectors), Charlie Looker (of Extra Life), Unicornicopia, John Fell Ryan (of Excepter), Chuck Bettis, and Mega Calderos. DJs: Marty McSorley (of WFMU), Lord Easy, Rich Zerbo (of The Social Registry). Xtras: Delicious Beverages, Dome Theater, and WorldDanceAround.

You Are Here: A Maze is a performance festival in a sculptural maze taking place at Williamsburg's Death By Audio from September 10 - October 2, 2009.

Death By Audio
49 South 2nd Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 4p-4a; $12
myspace.com/deathbyaudioshows

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Manifest Video

Division of Human Works present an environment of multi-channel videos, interactive projections, and sculptural media installation. Featuring work by artists Cristine Brache, Sara Bremen, Elim Cheng, Daniel Clapp, Kiwi Farah, Human Observation Society, Meng Li, Stephanie Marie, Svetlana Mikhaylova, Isabel Moros-Rigau, Arthur Patching, Marissa Roesijadi, and Nick Waddell.

Division of Human Works
1501 Broadway, at Bushwick, Brooklyn
J train to Halsey street station
8-11p; $free
divisionofhumanworks.wordpress.com/
divisionofhumanworks.org

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Wit's End: A Monthly Celebration of the Jazz Age on the Bowery

In one of the hottest months of the year, we bring you the coolest cocktails and the hottest jazz, served up for you by the Red Hook Ramblers. They kept the crowd dancing in March, and now they're back for your toe tapping pleasure!

Be sure to join us at 8p for a free dance lesson on 20s Charleston with Akemi Kinukawa of Sandra Cameron Dance Center. Band goes on promptly at 8:30p. As always, enjoy our menu of vintage cocktails and haute chocolates from our favorite chocolatier.

Wit's End is a monthly celebration of the Jazz Age, and vintage/vintage-inspired 1920s-40s eveningwear is encouraged. No casual attire is permitted.

Antik
356 Bowery between 4th St and Great Jones, Manhattan 7-11p; $?

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Hobotech No. 03

Image Node Benefit and Jon Margulies Record Release Extravaganza.

Join us to support the playa projects of Hobotech's Burning Man home Camp Image Node. Come on down to get your super-deluxe hobotech bonus edition of Jon's new album Too Big to Fail, available exclusively on custom USB flashdrive. Swing your bindle to the sounds of ATOM, FreeBass, Hobotrail, Jon M and more boxcar techno from the hobotech crew. Enjoy video by Housewives' Guide to Anatomy. Dress: high-tech hobo, low-tech robot, tech-house hilbilly, canned bean consultant, boxcar betty, Experimental Plasma Wave Bindle Scientist, stew bum sysadmin, Utah Phillips K. Dick.

House of Yes
342 Maujer Street, Brooklyn
9p-4a; $10 advance, $15 limited tickets brownpapertickets.com/event/73556
hobo-tech.com
imagenode.org/

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FreaKKshow No. 2

Please join Kostume Kult and friends for an annual celebration of circus sideshows and freakky fashions. Sub-themed evolutionary oddity this year, we suggest mixing classical circus style with nature-gone-wrong. Let us know if you would like to host a sideshow or perform. A Burning Man fundraiser with our NYrvana Village partners Squid Row, join the Award-Winning Mermaids and their aqua-evolutionary dance vibe in the Squid room.

DJs spinning house, breaks, electro in two rooms John O�Connor (Love Tribe), Tektite (Kostume Kult), Tarquin (Kostume Kult), Tim Fielding (Squid Row), Beenjammin�, and Small Change. Video art by Metal Tiger and Z Collective, Ballooning by Robert Bose, Flora by Greg Skolozrda and random acts of genius by you.

DNA Dance Center
280 Broadway, entrance on Chambers Street between Broadway and Elk Street just north of City Hall, Manhattan 10-5a; $15 limited presale, $20 freakky, $25 normal dnadance.org/site/
kostumekult.com/events/freakkshow2/

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Glass Door

A barbecue in the backyard behind a tattoo shop. Trouble! A day and night full of fun fun fun with go-go dancers, a drummer that spits fire, discount tattoos, mud/baby oil wrestling, drunkards, two open bars from 4-5 and 8-9 along with bands and DJs: Purple Crush, DJ Morsy, Radical Outing, Hank and Cupcakes, I'm Turning Into (ep release), Senors of Marseilles, Aquadora, Fictitious Tiger, Arkitek, and DJ Mad Jex (Thailand).

We are a DIY space in East Williamsburg called The Glass Door (we used to be called Retox). We have been operating since December and have had a ton of shows here.

102 Moore Street, between Graham and Humboldt, Brooklyn 4p; $7
myspace.com/theglassdoorbk

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The Brooklyn Boogaloo and Barbecue Summer Fundraiser

Come join the most civic museum in town for a summer throwdown, Brooklyn-style. The City Reliquary�s Brooklyn Boogaloo and Barbecue is our annual summer fundraiser in which we bring you the culture and cuisine of the best outer borough right in our own backyard, all while you support your favorite non-profit community museum. DJs Stacher and Barney Iller will be busting out the Boogaloo, an indigenous music formed the late 1960s by melding latin jazz, soul and rnb sounds. Boogaloo was invented in NYC�s very own Boogie-down Bronx.

Next to the dance floor, City Reliquarians will be grilling up locally sourced pulled pork sandwiches, burgers, dogs, and more. Brooklyn Beer and Homemade Sweet Summer Punch will be served at our bar, and a slideshow of Brooklyn images and sounds will be projected in our backyard. Also help celebrate the birthdays of a half-dozen Reliquarians and friends.

While enjoying the indigenous Boogaloo music, original eatables and delicious drinkables, peruse our current exhibit, Indigenous, a group show featuring drawings and artwork by a dozen Stuyvesant High School students and graduates, celebrating Brooklyn in all its glory.

City Reliquary Museum & Civic Organization 370 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 6-10p; $25-100 includes beer and booze
718. R U CIVIC
cityreliquary.org

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Facebook Live

This evening get your face out of that white Apple laptop and into a strange, strange world of love, candy canes, ice cream sandwiches, and bunny rabbits at HiChristina. Facebook live! Exchange photos (we will draw them out as the night develops), add friends (carry/cart/drag one over to your page), write on the wall (we will actually be writing on Fritz and Christina's walls), get people to join your group (speeches will be made, the most convincing/absurd wins a special prize), waste your time taking a silly quiz about nothing (Xeroxed copies of handmade quizzes will be passed out upon arrival). A special intermission tap-dance performance by Slick Shoes Bob -- if you, or someone you know would like to be Slick Shoes Bob, email me at rxapparel (at) gmail (dot) com -- as well as a lesson of all things virtual by our one and only Professor Squiqqletoothberg, including an in-depth lecture of the history of the world, in 1.5 minutes. Tonight we will also, though an interactiv e performance called Jumping Jacks, find out the answer to the ever pressing question "What will be the new Facebook?" Myths will be debunked, pantyhose torn. All while status updates are announced by the person, as they occur, over the microphone. Leave HiChristina tonight feeling better than you ever thought possible, but not before getting chatted at by someone you don't think you know.

HiChristina!
632 Grand Street, Brooklyn
10p; $5 donation, BYOB, free ice cream sandwiches 347 495 5868
hichristina.com

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G.I. Joe Stop Motion Film Festival

Forget the blockbuster live-action G.I. Joe movie coming out this summer. It�s sure to ruin your childhood memories and leave you wishing you�d stuck with something more true to the source material -- something like Gio Toninelo's G.I. Joe Fest, a celebration of stop-motion animated films created with real G.I. Joe action figures. The festival is a showcase of both the toys and the awesome creativity that springs from the mind of people who refuse to give up their cherished childhood memories.

The films are often funny, frequently bizarre and almost unfailingly interesting. You'll see re-creations of famous movies, including a variety of takes on an iconic Indiana Jones scene and a loving homage to John Carpenter's The Thing. One film tackles the absurdity of the War on Drugs, another sets up a Cobra vs. G.I. Joe dance-off and one of the strangest of all is a fractured fairy tale of obsession and suicide.

The program also includes a preview of an upcoming feature-length animated film by Austin animators Paul Hanley and Kieran Healy.

92YTribeca
200 Hudson Street, at Canal, Manhattan
8-10p;$12
212 601 1000
92y.org/shop/event_detail.asp?category=92Tri+92YTribeca+Film888&productid=T%2DMM5FJ24

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Pop Rocks

MART is hosting a special event from mixed bag of artists and designers selling wares, live bands, DJs, multimedia art installations, cheap eats, hair cuts, free make up demos, and more. Peruse photography, art, books, mixtapes, jewelry, interesting knick-knacks, clothing, shoes, and accessories while listening to live music and cutting loose.

MART is Brooklyn �s independent collective of fashion, product designers, artists, stylists, and musicians. Not stopping at the typical creative mix, we also include holistic, green minded professionals, as well as locavore and vegan-minded caterers. Housing Brooklyn �s emerging talent in one inspired, convivial, unrelentingly chic space, our objective is to connect one another and the greater NYC public to Brooklyn �s up-and-coming. Through diverse retail fashion events, screenings, parties, showcases, classes and more, we will build a fervent matrimony between talent and customers, industry professionals and the media. We anticipate fueling this passion in a pre-existing web-based marriage; we support and share in Etsy.com, Elsewares.com, Refinery29.com and Brooklyn Indie Market�s established online communities. Planting roots within this independent Brooklyn-based community, mart provides a physical space to meet, share information, and learn from each other, exhibit great work and to enthuse and cultivate a community of creativity and authenticity.

The Arsenal
143 Roebling Street, at Metropolitan, Brooklyn 3-10p;
347 341 1193
martbrooklyn.com

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Hey, I'm Walkin' Here!

A series of exploratory perambulations through the five boroughs. Or, less pretentiously: Get off your butt and come walk around the city with us. This week we'll trek 20 miles through the heart of the Bronx: Soundview, Castle Hill, Parkchester, Pelham Parkway, Williamsbridge, Wakefield.

Meeting point: Southeast corner of Westchester Ave and St. Lawrence Ave, Bronx 10a; $free
matt.burnsomedustgmail.com
burnsomedust.com

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Board Game Olympics

Registration for Board Game Olympics III is officially open. We�ll be accepting 12 teams, four people per team.

Union Hall
702 Union Street, just off 5th Avenue, Brooklyn 7-11p; $30 per team
metrometroland.com/events.htm
woodbat.org/

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Elect-A-Lujah

Vote Reverend Billy for Mayor fundraiser at the Highline Ballroom.

The rise of the fabulous 500 neighborhoods. With Joan Baez, the Life After Shopping Gospel Choir, Jollyship the Whiz-Bang, Greta Gaines, and more. Plus Yetta Kurland and NYC Green Party Candidates!!

Highline Ballroom
431 West 16th Street, between 9th and 10th avenues, Manhattan 7p showtime, doors at 6;
voterevbilly.org/events/elect-a-lujah-07-27

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Nostalgia Nocturne

Hosted by the Kyle and Cleo Show Experience. The Interdependence Project has teamed up with the variety show hosting pair Kyle Supley and Cleo Fishel to produce a night of vintage inspired performances with comics Nat Towsen and Bob Walles, the Cocoon Dancers, Singer Songwriter Camille Harris, Lisa Casper and Co, Ventriloquist and Comedienne Carla Rhodes with Cecil, Theater Ensemble TREe, 92 year old vaudevillian Victor Victrola, American Roots Musical stylings by Tin Pan, and a special reading by Penny Arcade from her new one woman show Old Queen!, Now showing at Dixon Place's Hot! Festival. After the show enjoy dancing, drinks and good company in the Suffolk�s gallery performance space, lounge, and outdoor sand bar. Encouraged dress: evening swank, speakeasy and cabaret, deco influenced 1960s.

The Suffolk Performance Space
107 Suffolk Street, between Rivington and Delancey, Manhattan 7p-midnight; $8
917 312 8859

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• Necropolis, August 1
• Flux Factory Presents Going Places (Doing Stuff) Part II, June 20-September 5

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• Better Rock Shows. Nonsense does not straight list rock shows in New York unless they occur in tandem with puppet shows or jump rope tournaments or in subway tunnels or in graveyards. For listings of good shows, especially shows that feature independent bands at quality venues like Death by Audio and those booked by hard-working promoters like Todd P or Sleep When Dead, consult resources like ohmyrockness.com, brooklynvegan.com/, sleepwhendeadnyc.com/calendar/, or the lively New York Happenings listserve on Yahoo groups launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/nyhappenings/. For the most exhaustive list of underground shows at unusual venues, track down a copy of the extremely useful -- and handsome -- Showpaper.

***** ONGOING: FRIDAYS *****

• Burlesque at the Beach. July 24: The Peach Tartes Let Their Freak Flag Fly. 10p; $15. Sideshows by the Seashore, corner of Surf Avenue and West 12th Street, Brooklyn. coneyisland.com/
• Sal Principato Teaches You to Cook, at his apartment (the address of which we'll leave undisclosed at the moment), time depends on when you're available; $15. Just email Sal at salvatpaol.com to set up a time and a date. http://salvatp.com/ NOTE: This listing comes from the excellent New Release list. Sign up for it here: newreleasenewyork.net.
• Manhattan Critical Mass. Union Square, 17th Street and Broadway, Manhattan. Last FRIDAY of the month. 7p; $free.
• Brooklyn Critical Mass. Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Second FRIDAY of the month. 7p; $free.

***** ONGOING: SATURDAYS *****

• Floating Cabaret. Trapeze, burlesque, song, dance. Hosted by Olga and Bjorn. Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn. 10p doors, $10. 718 222 8500. galapagosartspace.com.
• Coney Island Film Society. July 25: A Nightmare on Elm Street. 8:30p; $3-5, free popcorn. Sideshows by the Seashore, corner of Surf Avenue and West 12th Street, Brooklyn. coneyisland.com/
• Night Kayaking Tours, Manhattan and Brooklyn. Explore: Coney Island submarine, creepy Governors Island, gross Gowanus Canal, and money-making Manhattan. Website: http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrw24x5_167dxdpf3d9
• Rock and Roll 101. Watch music documentaries projected on the wall. St. Jerome's, 155 Rivington, between Clinton and Suffolk, Manhattan. 4-9p; $free.
• Barefoot Boogie: No shooze no booze. The Boogie is a not-for-profit alcohol-free event that happens every second and fourth SATURDAY of the month. Insight Meditation Center, 28 West 27th Street, 10th floor, buzzer No. 27. 8:30p-12:30a. barefootboogie.org

***** ONGOING: SUNDAYS *****

• Coney Island Ask the Experts. July 26: Charles Denson: Coney Island Creek. 4p; $5. Coney Island Museum, 1208 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn. coneyisland.com
• CrazyTown / Locoville. Odd open mike hosted by Steph Sabelli. Weirdoes welcome and encouraged. Under St. Marks Theater, 94 St. Marks, at First Avenue, Manhattan. 9p sign up-1a; $free.
• Grub. A cheap, simple dinner for strangers and co-conspirators. Rubulad home base, 338 Flushing, at Classon, Brooklyn. G train to Flushing or Classon stations, J,M,Z to Marcy, B61 bus to Flushing. First and third SUNDAYS, 6:30p doors, 7p dinner; $pay what you want, and bring your own booze. suckapants.com/grub.html
• Church of Craft, group crafting. Etsy Labs, 325 Gold Street, third floor, Brooklyn. 2-6p; $free. churchofcraft.org/
• NYC Bike Polo. No experience needed. We'll show you how to play. We have mallets and balls; bring your bicycle. 1:30-5p-ish (or later if it's really nice out); $free. Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Broome between Chrystie and Forsyth, Manhattan. groups.myspace.com/NYCBIKEPOLO

***** ONGOING: MONDAYS *****

• Glasslands Gallery Monday night Game Night. All ages, free food, free beer 8-9p, and live music. The Glasslands Gallery, 289 Kent Avenue, between South 1st and 2nd streets, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 8p; $free. glasslands.blogspot.com/ and myspace.com/theglasslands
• Free movie screenings. Double feature, with free popcorn. The Lovin Cup, 93 N. 6th Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. 9p; $free. myspace.com/movienightqueen
• Aerial Open Work Out. Come play in 29 feet of vertical fun. Use our silks, lyras, and trapezes, or rig your own. 8-10p; $15, Sky Box, 342 Maujer Street, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, L train to Grand Street. 585 507 1770. RSVP to skybox.info@gmail.com
• Williamsburg Spelling Bee, compete for bar tab at a real adult spelling bee, every other MONDAY, 7:30p; free, Pete's Candy Store, 709 Lorimer St., Williamsburg, Brooklyn. petescandystore.com
• The Big Quiz Thing. NYC's live trivia spectacular. Crash Mansion, 199 Bowery, at Spring, Manhattan. Two Mondays a month. 7p doors; $7, $200 grand prize.
• Show and Tell. Each performer gets seven minutes. Writing contest and Beer Walk for free beer. Hosted by the O'Debra Twins. Bowery Poetry Club, 308 Bowery, Manhattan. MONDAYS 10p; $3. Monday, January 31: The heavy and strange Thank You For Not Screaming open.

***** ONGOING: WEDNESDAYS *****

• Drink N Draw. Art. Nudity. Beer. We provide the beer and the model, you bring your drawing tools of choice. 3rd Ward, 195 Morgan, Brooklyn. Second and fourth WEDNESDAYS 8-10.30p; $15, or $20 for two. afenton3rdward.com, 3rdward.com/.

***** ONGOING: THURSDAYS *****

• The Lower East Side Community Choir, a non-auditioned choir that believes that everyone can sing and that singing together in harmony with others is essential for personal and community health and vitality. Our repertoire is eclectic. If you love a cappella music and want to be able to join a drop-in gathering of like minded people, then this is for you. Lower East Side Girls Club, 56 East 1st Street, Manhattan. 7-9p; $donations. ubuntuchoirs.net/locator_United_States.php
• Private Ear Audio Theatre: Radio Plays. 8:30p; $?. Brooklyn Lyceum. privateear.org
• $mall �hange and House of Yes present: No Parking on the Dancefloor. Next party: July 30. A party bringing it back to dancing. Basically we do not have any kind of dogma or judgment. Do what feels comfortable to you and be respectful to those around ya, that's basically all we ask. Different DJs every time. House of Yes, 342 Maujer, near Morgan, Brooklyn. Every third THURSDAY, 9ish-midnightish (starts/ends early); $5-10 suggested donation. NOTE: This event is every third Thursday, not every Thursday. Also, sometimes they cancel the event for some reason or another. You should check first: smallchange666@gmail.com
• Carmine Street Jugglers. All levels welcome to practice juggling and related arts. 7:30-9:45p. Club is free, but building requires NYC Parks and Recreation membership ($0-$75 per year). http://jugglenyc.com/clubs.html
• Rocky Sullivan's Pub Quiz, with Quizmaster Scott M.X. Turner. 8:30p; $free admission, potable prizes. Rocky Sulivan's, 34 Van Dyke Street, Brooklyn. rockysullivans.com/quiz.html

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What have you been wishing for? Collaborators, grant monies, a new home? Please send brief listings to Alita at alitanonsensenyc.com. We only list available apartments, lofts, studios, and one-off rentals -- not spaces wanted.

***** ARTY STUFF *****

• VROOM wants you. Are you a bus driver with a Commercial Driver's License? A Diesel Mechanic? A Veggie Waste Oil specialist? We are seeking folk-of-said-skills in NYC to consider joining our collective � it's a great way to throw down with some great local groups and pick up some cash along the way. VROOM (Vehicle for Radical Organizing and Other Madness) is a veggie-oil run former school bus available to groups and organizations for their journeys in pursuit of radical change and social, economic, and environmental justice. The bus is owned and operated by a consensus-based collective of individuals and partner groups. VROOM is a non-commercial project, and all fees and dues are channeled back into the bus for maintenance and related expenses. In providing the vehicle to other members of the activist community, we hope to assist organizations that engage in radical organizing and foment social change (especially the social change that needs to take a bus to get around somet imes). Skilled folks who are intrigued by this amazing collectively-owned and operated resource for radical organizing in NYC should contact us at VROOMNYC(at)gmail.com.
• 3rd Ward is pleased to announce its first ever Open Call for Photography. This call culminates in a group exhibition of the top 25 submissions, plus one photographer will be awarded $500 and a 3rd Ward bike. The top 25 photographers will receive a group show in 3rd Ward's gallery, a feature in 3rd Ward's Quarterly Publication, one month basic membership at 3rd Ward with access to our four photo studios, NYC-wide exposure -- post cards, flyers, press. Accepting submissions through August 7. Submit now: 3rdward.com/fallgroupshow09/.

***** SPACES *****

SUBLETS

• August Sublets: Flux Factory, an artists collective, has three (out of 13) rooms available for 24-hour occupancy throughout the month of August. One is long, skinny, 207 square feet, downstairs. It will have two brick walls and two drywall walls, and window that gives ample natural light. It rents for $645 a month. Two similar rooms, $610 and $630, with natural light from small windows, situated above head level. Wood floors. Prices are negotiable. Each room is beautiful in a sublime industrial kind of way. Prices do not include utilities, which depend on how much time you spend here (i.e. if you use the space just as a work studio, then there are no utilities). If you want to live in the rooms, then utilities run about $100 to $200 a month, including food (with veggies from a farm share) internet, gas, water, and access to common areas such as an open office, woodshop, living room, big kitchen, and soon to be printmaking studio. There will be about a dozen other people liv ing together, sharing bathroom, kitchen, etc. It's a wonderful easy vibrant environment that is constantly changing and engaged. Rooms are empty. We might be able to arrange for a bed and desk for you, but otherwise it's bare. Both rooms are available only for August and must be vacated on September 1. Located at 39 -31 29th Street, three blocks from Queens Plaza. Please don't hesitate to contact us directly by phone at 845 705 0740 or by email, chen@fluxfactory.org.
• Three-month Sublet, August 1: Aerialists, visual artists, dancers and musicians: There are five of us, looking for a sixth roommate, honest, clean, artist a plus ... so you can participate. $800, 200 square foot, custom-built room with beautiful reclaimed wood walls, and cabin bed plus two large dressers and closet. We live on the third floor of our own private building. All essentials, bathrooms, shower, kitchen are here. This can double as a live/work space, plenty of opportunity to get your art on. Our space has been existing for one year, and also includes a 1000 square foot performance venue, dance space, music studio and costume/sewing workshop. This is a semi-public space that has many visitors on the first floor. Third floor is private. Ideal for someone who wants to explore the artist community of Brooklyn and meet like-minded folks, movers, shakers and manifest a workable lifestyle, selling, creating and performing. East Williamsburg, two blocks from the Grand Str eet stop on the L train. Nice quiet block. Good neighborhood, near all sorts of stores and other creative spaces. Contact me with any thoughts or questions, and a short description. Kleinjesss(at)gmail.com.
• Seeking temporary roommate (month of August) to share a cozy, beautiful two-bedroom apartment in a guest house located at the rear of a beautiful garden behind a house on North 7th and Kent Avenue in Williamsburg. The place is fully furnished, clean, charming and a great oasis, steps from the Bedford Avenue madhouse. A great place to park for a month or so, (willing to negotiate a longer term, for those in dire need), while you visit NYC or search for an apartment in the neighborhood. The landlords, who live in the main house, are easy-going, alternative and responsive to tenant needs. Rent is $750 for the full month, all-inclusive. $250 damage deposit. Creative, responsible types (all ages, sexes, persuasions) encouraged to apply. Contact Greg at gregdkny(ny)gmail.com.

ROOMS

• One room available: Bushwick, $500. We're four ladies, ages 25-27, looking for a fifth for our new house. It's a second-story five-bedroom apartment with a large outside roof area, a huge living room, a separate dining area, and one and a half bathrooms. All five bedrooms are about the same: window, medium-sized room. Meg does electrical for movies, Vanessa's a jewelry designer and yoga teacher, Hannah's the best vegan chef I know (she makes a bacon lover like me drool), and Serra studies sculpture at Columbia and is a designer and metalsmith. All or some of us are into: gardening on our roof, setting up a craft space, a vintage-victorian aesthetic, having yoga classes on occasion, playing the banjo and guitar, making films, bikesbikesbikes!, skateboarding, roller derby, swing dancing, Serra's dog Matilda, and eatin damn good food with friends. We're divining the fifth slice of our pizza, the extra bag in our teapot, the last wheel on our five-wheel bicycle and we're thinki ng you're probably a boy, creative, who likes to cook and definitely likes bikes. You've got awesome friends we'll want to hang out with, too, and you'll take some sass just like you'll hand it right back to us. Hey, you've got a puppy that can hang out with Mattie? Awesome-possum. You don't want to live in a commune, but you're into maybe sharing food and certainly doing chores and keeping the place clean. We ain't gonna be yo mammas, cuz you're so good you might even remind us that we left some dishes in the sink. Right next to the M at Central, or about a ten minute walk to the L at Morgan. Contact lilac.menace(at)gmail.com
• $850 huge live/work private room, Bushwick: Available August 1. Asking first, last month and reduced security deposit. 300 square feet, spacious, sunny and private studio room in a 4000 square foot loft, the entire floor of a commercial building. With a large common area, breakfast nook, open kitchen, two bathrooms/showers, freight elevator and roof access. Fast internet connection available. There are six other rooms and roommates. We range in age from 27 to 33. Highly driven professional artists and designers, we occasionally host art openings and events. Friendly, considerate and tolerant. This is a great opportunity for anyone who needs some space, and want their living situation to include a studio/office/storage. Located in Bushwick, within a ten minute walk from both the L Morgan and L Jefferson and a fifteen minute walk to the JMZ. The apartment is in a family neighborhood. Melrose Street at Wilson Avenue. Contact ryanschroederart(at)gmail.com.
• We have a fabulous five-bedroom duplex with a large kitchen, two bathrooms, wooden floors, high ceilings, lots of light and a rooftop garden. The neighborhood is on the edge of Bed-Stuy and Bushwick. Train is directly across the street, but if you ride a bike, the world is your oyster. Our house is peaceful, clean and comfortable. It's smoke-free and we don't own a TV. We compost, we have two worm bins and a small vegetable garden on the roof. Three cats live here but the house is completely cat odor free! We keep the kitty litter outside on the roof. We keep a vegetarian kitchen and house. No meat is cooked, stored or eaten here with the exception of the cat food. The room we have is opening up on August 1st. It is on the back of the building, so it's quiet. You actually hear birds singing in the morning, not traffic. The rent is $650. It comes furnished with a double bed with drawers underneath and a desk. It has a window and a nice-sized closet. The people who live here are one male accordion player, one female artist, one gardener guy and a Dutch woman. We occasionally share meals or watch the sunset on the roof together. We are looking for someone who does his/her share of the chores happily and without prompting. Someone who has great communication skills and a sense of humor. We are queer-friendly, bike enthusiastic and DIY. Write us an email describing yourself and why you'd be an excellent roommate. Be sure to mention if you are a vegetarian. Bonus points if you can define the word normal. Contact artist.proof(at)gmail.com.
• I am looking for someone to rent a huge room on top of a brownstone. It's a railroad type with my room on one end, your room on the other, and an art studio in the middle that we share. $600 for the room itself (again, huge, windows, very lovely) and $100 for the art studio room that we share. If you are an artist/designer, this is like some fairytale deal. I'm looking for one lucky lovely human to take advantage of this beautiful opportunity to make work and live without the stress of a huge rent/not enough space/etc. It's about seven minutes on the train from Morgan, about twenty-three minutes from Union Square. I've lived here for two years and will continue living so we must get along. No smokers please, and unfortunately no pets. I'm a designer/artist myself and use the middle room as storage for bolts of fabric for collage, do some casting and work with silicone (ventilation necessary, you must be ok with this once in a while). The art studio will have a partition so that we don't get in each other's way. I have a billion projects running so I'm usually working in the studio every day. You must be ok with my work being my life, and that it is the tone of the living arrangement. You should have a job. You should be respectful, keep to yourself while keeping the kitchen clean. You should understand the messiness for the artistic process. Must not be an angry cleaner, but must also keep the common areas clean. Queer friendly, easygoing, focused. If you want peace and you want to work on your art while having a huge room to yourself, are not an angry or passive-aggressive person, understand that noone is perfect, and are excited about your life, contact Eugenia, eugenia.semjonova(at)gmail.com.
• $700 per month plus utilities. Real old school live/work artist loft. We both want the best of both worlds -- a serious and productive work environment and a comfortable home with lots of common living space. We are one 23-year-old boat captain, sculptor, printmaker, beam wrassler, and one 28-year-old seamstress, amateur rope swing/bicycle mechanic. The apartment is a duplex in a small warehouse building. Each floor is approximately 800 square feet with 11-foot ceilings. Upstairs is the "living" floor with an open plan kitchen/living room. The bottom floor is the studio floor. We are keeping the floor as open as possible to make sure there's enough room for big projects and to spread out as needed. The bedrooms are all lofted with three and a half foot ceilings. We just got the space and we are still building. This is the start of an ongoing project, so have the energy to help with building, patience to deal with incomplete projects as they're being completed, and a little sawdust. One-half block from JMZ at Myrtle. Contact Robyn, hastr683(at)newschool.edu
• The UnionDocs Collaborative is a one-year program for 12 emerging media producers, theorists, and curators. It is both a rigorous platform for exploring contemporary approaches to the documentary arts and a process for developing an innovative group project. The program focuses on providing what we believe are the most effective educational resources for individuals at the beginning of their careers: regular mini-masterclasses with visiting artists, exposure to a wide variety of practices and models, dynamic interaction among a network of talented peers, regular group critique sessions, mentorship toward the production of an original collaborative work, exposure through a toured exhibition and/or publication. There are three resident and three non-resident openings for September 2009. See uniondocs.org.

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Before we had a name, the Spectre Event Horizon Group used to meet at a bar to commiserate about the news. At some point we set up a way to send emails to each other, and that grew into an open forum for knowledge-sharing and what our business friends call best practices. The group has expanded online, but it remains premised on smartening the crowd mind. There are no subject limits; our favorite is our sci-fi present, and we like anything that goes toward a better understanding of human behavior and ecology. Our basic idea is to connect minds with mind-blowing information and create a space for the informal trade of specialized investigative research, presented for the non-specialist.

The Spectre email list, which is a separate group from this column, is a moderated open forum. People are encouraged to join and to post. This section is compiled for Nonsense by J. Sinopoli. Contact us at spectre.event.horizon.groupgmail.com or spectregroup.org. Some of what came in this week:

****** Non-Vegan Battle Bots *****

http://spectregroup.wordpress.com/2009/07/24/non-vegan-battlefield-robots/

Company Denies its Robots Feed on the Dead http://www.wired.com/underwire/2009/07/military-researchers-develop-corpse-eating-robots/ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2009/07/company-denies-its-robots-feed-on-the-dead/ "I never imagined I'd print a press release in full. Then, an hour ago, Howard Lovy e-mailed me the most incredible press release of all time:

Pompano Beach, Fla.� "In response to rumors circulating the internet on sites such as FoxNews.com, FastCompany.com and CNET News about a "flesh eating" robot project, Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. (Pink Sheets: CYPW) and Robotic Technology Inc. (RTI) would like to set the record straight: This robot is strictly vegetarian. On July 7, Cyclone announced that it had completed the first stage of development for a beta biomass engine system used to power RTI's Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot (EATR�), a Phase II SBIR project sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), Defense Sciences Office. RTI's EATR is an autonomous robotic platform able to perform long-range, long-endurance missions without the need for manual or conventional re-fueling. RTI's patent pending robotic system will be able to find, ingest and extract energy from biomass in the environment. Despite the far-reaching reports that this includes "human bodies," the public can be assure d that the engine Cyclone has developed to power the EATR runs on fuel no scarier than twigs, grass clippings and wood chips � small, plant-based items for which RTI's robotic technology is designed to forage. Desecration of the dead is a war crime under Article 15 of the Geneva Conventions, and is certainly not something sanctioned by DARPA, Cyclone or RTI. "We completely understand the public's concern about futuristic robots feeding on the human population, but that is not our mission," stated Harry Schoell, Cyclone's CEO. "We are focused on demonstrating that our engines can create usable, green power from plentiful, renewable plant matter. The commercial applications alone for this earth-friendly energy solution are enormous."

EATR
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,533382,00.html Biomass-Eating Military Robot Is a Vegetarian, Company Says / 7.16.09 "A steam-powered, biomass-eating military robot being designed for the Pentagon is a vegetarian, its maker says. Robotic Technology Inc.'s Energetically Autonomous Tactical Robot � that's right, "EATR" � "can find, ingest, and extract energy from biomass in the environment (and other organically-based energy sources), as well as use conventional and alternative fuels (such as gasoline, heavy fuel, kerosene, diesel, propane, coal, cooking oil, and solar) when suitable," reads the company's Web site. But, contrary to reports, including one that appeared on FOXNews.com, the EATR will not eat animal or human remains. Dr. Bob Finkelstein, president of RTI and a cybernetics expert, said the EATR would be programmed to recognize specific fuel sources and avoid others. "If it's not on the menu, it's not going to eat it," Finkelstein said. "There are certain signatures from different kinds of materials" that would distinguish vegetative biomass from other material."

See Also : Fly-Powered Flytrap
http://www.newscientist.com/data/images/ns/cms/dn6366/dn6366-1_250.jpg http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6366-selfsustaining-killer-robot-creates-a-stink.html Self-sustaining killer robot creates a stink "It may eat flies and stink to high heaven, but if this robot works, it will be an important step towards making robots fully autonomous. To survive without human help, a robot needs to be able to generate its own energy. So Chris Melhuish and his team of robotics experts at the University of the West of England in Bristol are developing a robot that catches flies and digests them in a special reactor cell that generates electricity. So what is the downside? The robot will most likely have to attract the hapless flies by using a stinking lure concocted from human excrement."

EcoBot III
http://www.brl.ac.uk/projects/ecobot/ecobot%20III/index.html http://www.brl.ac.uk/gallery.html

Carnivorous Domestic Entertainment Robots http://www.auger-loizeau.com/
http://www.materialbeliefs.com/prototypes/cder.php

Slugbot
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/03/0331_060331_robot_flesh.html "Living batteries, MFCs generate power from colonies of bacteria that release electrons as the microorganisms digest plant and animal matter. The lab's first device, named Slugbot, was an artificial predator that hunted for common garden slugs. While Slugbot never digested its prey, it laid the groundwork for future bots powered by biomass. In 2004 researchers unveiled Ecobot II. About the size of a dessert plate, the device could operate for 12 days on a diet of eight flies. "The flies given as a whole insect to each of the fuel cells on board the robot," said Ioannis Ieropoulos, who co-developed Ecobot II as part of his Ph.D. research."

Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) - Available Now http://www.microbialfuelcell.org/www/
http://microbialfuelcell.wordpress.com/ http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/MATERIALS/PDF/Price08.pdf http://www.ncbe.reading.ac.uk/NCBE/MATERIALS/MICROBIOLOGY/fuelcell.html "With readily-available chemicals (such as methylene blue), the fuel cell can be used to generate a small electrical current from the metabolic activities of ordinary yeast! Fuel cells like this are now used by a leading UK brewery to test the activity of the yeast used for their ales. The NCBE's improved high-quality cell is supplied with neoprene gaskets, carbon fibre electrode material, cation-exchange membrane and an illustrated instruction booklet."

Yeast-Powered Fuel Cells, Sewage Slurry As Fuel, Plankton-Eating Submarines http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16882-yeastpowered-fuel-cell-feeds-on-human-blood.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn4761-plugging-into-the-power-of-sewage.html http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg19125715.900-plankton-could-power-robotic-submarines.html

Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics, Amended http://www.physorg.com/news164887377.html http://www.asimovonline.com/oldsite/essay_guide.html#robotics

Psychopathic Robots, By Definition
http://works.bepress.com/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1000&context=weng_yueh_hsuan http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2009/07/robo-ethics/ "Two years ago, a military robot used in the South African army killed nine soldiers after a malfunction. Earlier this year, a Swedish factory was fined after a robot machine injured one of the workers (though part of the blame was assigned to the worker). Robots have been found guilty of other smaller offenses such as an incorrectly responding to a request. So how do you prevent problems like this from happening? Stop making psychopathic robots, say robot experts. "If you build artificial intelligence but don't think about its moral sense or create a conscious sense that feels regret for doing something wrong, then technically it is a psychopath," says Josh Hall, an AI scientist."

Artificial Conscience
http://www.cc.gatech.edu/ai/robot-lab/ethics/ http://www.cc.gatech.edu/ai/robot-lab/ethics/#multi

Programming Guilt
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11424_3-10278435-90.html http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-10281328-76.html

If Machines Could Balk
http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-04/robots-war http://bigthink.com/ideas/pw-singer-on-the-future-of-robotics-in-warfare http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1pr683SYFk

XXXXX LEARNING XXXXX

We look for the sort of classes you circled in college course catalogs but never managed to fit into your schedule. And we also look for the kind of things that no college could teach. Cheap and eclectic is the rule, though all rules get broken occasionally, and we especially love workshops, round-tables, and teachers who won't take your work out of your hands and show you how to do it right. One-time listings are categorized, with general recurring classes at the end. We thrive on your suggestions, so make sure to tell us about upcoming classes that you think are nifty-keen.

Learning is compiled and edited every week by Avital Oliver. He also runs the School of Mathematics (thewe.net/math). Send listings, announcements and corrections to him at avital(at)thewe.net.

***** LEARNING: SUNDAY *****

Hoop-Making Workshop

Learn to make your own dazzling hoop start to finish! These 'aint your daddy's Hula Hoops! They're great for dancing, fitness, or just having fun at the park or beach with friends. You'll discover where to get supplies, how to construct a hoop, proper taping technique, how to fix a broken/torn hoop and a couple of basic dance moves to get you started! You'll leave with your very own adult hoop, covered with brilliant, flashy tape, and much more rugged than those toys from the department store. These are built to last!

VOD
99 South 6th Street, Brooklyn
4:30-7:30p; $60 (RSVP required at thefunnestbootcamp(at)gmail.com) facebook.com/event.php?eid=99471217818&ref=nf

***** LEARNING: Also on SUNDAY *****

Blinky Tupperware Party

A new blinky creature has evolved! Behold!

Volver: The Missing Blink is a collaboration between Image Node and Disorient and is a 36 LED sequencer with 1600 pattern combinations by the Image Node and Disorient crews. It has a hole for a lanyard or necklace, runs off a 9V battery, and will get 15-20 hours runtime off 1 battery on the second brightest setting. It will also run off a rechargable 9V battery for 5-7 hours at the same setting. It has 4 brightness modes and 4 running modes, which includes Flashlight For The Portapotty Mode.

We are selling Volver as a kit, or assembled. If you would like to build one, but do not know how to solder, do not fear! We are holding a Blinky Tupperware Party at the Nodelab in East Williamsburg on July 26th, and a Mega Soldering Weekend on August 15th and 16th. We will teach you how to solder, and we will make sure your blinky works perfectly.

Nodelab
1717 Troutman Street #203, Brooklyn
3-8p; $free (kit sold for $40)
imagenode.org/blinky09/

***** LEARNING: UPCOMING *****

• Permaculture Design Certification in New York City with Andrew Faust and Guests. This course will cover the core 72 hour Permaculture Design curriculum, including additional hours of in class and out of class activities to adapt this course to our region and to contemporary ecological issues in the United States. You will learn how to apply Permaculture principles to a diversity of settings and issues with an emphasis on urban and temperate environments. Starts July 25. homebiome.com/index.php?top=courses#dc

***** LEARNING: ONGOING *****

• House of Yes is creating a Night School, for all people interested in educational, experimental learning. Night School is an opportunity to teach and learn a wide variety of miscellaneous skills at the House of Yes. We are now seeking "educators" who can lead a one-night workshop on any Tuesday or Wednesday night. Your workshop can be based on anything from interpretive dance, acting, improv, magic tricks, mime, opera singing, crafting & creating, alien yoga, tickling, sword fighting, bird watching, poetry, circus tricks, sock puppetry, DJing, video gaming, tap-dancing, wine tasting, ANYTHING. As long as you know what you are teaching, there will be people here to learn it. You are expected to promote your own class, but House of Yes can help by putting it on our mailing list and letting our friends know too! The cost of classes is up to the instructor. Available times for workshops are Tuesdays 9pm-12am and Wednesdays 9pm-12am. (Yes, its late. That's why its Night School.) Interested? Contact kaeburke(at)gmail.com to schedule your workshop today!
• Eyebeam Summer School: Curatorial Masterclass. Led by Eyebeam research partner Sarah Cook from CRUMB, the online resource for curators working with media art. The series will be an opportunity for emerging and established curators of art to get together within a focused period of time to learn from each other’s practice, and to develop a greater understanding of curating, open source methods, and working in the public domain. eyebeam.org/events/summer-school-curatorial-masterclass
• Eyebeam Summer School @ Night. A series of free evening lectures open to the public led by hosts from Eyebeam’s Summer School program and friends of Eyebeam. eyebeam.org/events/eyebeam-summer-school-night
• Hosh Yoga is a non-profit organization geared towards experiencing and exploring healthier living through yoga, meditation, workshops and strong community development. Pay-What-You-Wish every Saturday at 3p. hoshyoga.org/schedule.html
• $6 Yoga classes in Prospect Heights. HanaKyle Moranz believes in yoga as a gateway to mind-body connection, as well as physical and mental well-being. All levels of experience welcome; classes are tailored to the ability and interests of the students. Mondays and Wednesdays. hanakylemassage.com/yoga.html
• The Writhing Society. Join Tom La Farge and Wendy Walker and fellow Oulipians as they practice writing with constraints, that is, by writing with arbitrary, sometimes mathematical, rules invented by the French group Oulipo and others; no experience necessary. Wednesdays. proteusgowanus.com
• Freegan Bike Workshop. Learn how to turn found bike parts into working bicycles & build your own bike. For more info, call Christian at (917) 582-9010. To get more involved, come to our open meetings at 5pm on Wednesdays (an hour before the bikeshop opens). 123communityspace.org/event
• Yoga classes in Prospect Heights. HanaKyle Moranz believes in yoga as a gateway to mind-body connection, as well as physical and mental well-being. All levels of experience welcome; classes are tailored to the ability and interests of the students. Mondays and Wednesdays 8-9:30a. hanakyle(at)gmail.com
• Didge Project is a didgeridoo awareness movement that promotes the use of the didgeridoo for music, meditation and healing. Our goal is to bring a didgeridoo into every household and to facilitate happiness and harmony on planet earth. Didgeridoo classes in Prospect Park. Saturdays. didgeproject.com
• The Fixers Collective is a social experiment in improvisational fixing and mending. Our goal is to increase material literacy in our community by fostering an ethic of creative caring toward the objects in our lives. Thursdays. proteusgowanus.com/main/fixers-collective
• Project Film School is film-theory freeschool with a weekly screening series and online resources. We encompass a mind-set and community of learning in a non-traditional framework. Participate as much or as little as you want. Monday nights. projectfilmschool.org
• HoopSculpt is a fun, 4-week hoop fitness class for beginners. We will practice learning a few moves, group games (Hoopscotch, lasso back bends, hoop jumprope), partner up for circuit training, and more. This is a fitness class, not a free-form dance class - you will SWEAT. Various days. thefunnestbootcamp(at)gmail.com
• 3rd Ward offers multi- and interdisciplinary courses in visual art, technology and fabrication for artists (both amateur and career) and creative professionals looking to expand their skill set or just have fun. Mention nonsense nyc when you sign up for the member rates! 3rdward.com/classes
• Self-Hypnosis to Achieve Your Goals. aneweed.com
• Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian art form that makes a ritual of movements from martial arts, games, and dance. This is a Capoeira Group for beginners and advanced students at a very moderate price. Come and join us. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. capoeiratribeca.com
• Free Self-Defense Classes. Wednesdays. mkdkarate.com/classes.html
• Night Kayaking Tours, Manhattan & Brooklyn. Explore: Coney Island Submarine, Creepy Governors Island, 'Gross' Gowanus Canal, and Money Makin' Manhattan. docs.google.com/Doc?id=ddrw24x5_167dxdpf3d9
• Spoke the Hub's mission is to nurture both individual and community health and happiness through providing the general public with affordable creative arts study, contemplation, and practice opportunities of the highest caliber. spokethehub.org
• Art of balance: Group tightwire walking class and foot juggling workshop at Trapeze Loft in Williamsburg. Sundays 5-6:30p and various days. thetrapezeloft.com
• Screenprinting at 123 Printshop. Fridays 5-8p and Saturdays 3-5p. 123communityspace.org/program/screenprinting-workshop-50
• Gearilla! a Street Theater Workshop (on bikes). Tuesdays. monicahunken.com/Classes.html
• Bicycle Repair Classes at Time's Up! Various Days. times-up.org/index.php?page=bike-co-op
• Capoeira - Brazilian martial art and dance. Various days. afrobrazilarts.org/newyorkcapoeira/index.htm
• Co-ed non-sexual naked yoga classes. Various Days. groups.yahoo.com/group/coyoga/
• The School of Mathematics cultivates a natural and stress-free environment where everyone can explore, study and discover mathematics. Prior knowledge is not assumed. Various Days. thewe.net/math
• Beading Classes at Brooklyn Bead Box. Various days. brooklynbeadbox.com/Classes.html
• Balkan folk dance classes. Wednesdays and Fridays. nycfolkdance.org
• Classes in the needle arts at Brooklyn General Store. Various days. brooklyngeneral.com/classes.htm
• Classes in knitting and spinning at The Yarn Tree. Various days. theyarntree.com/studio/classes/
• Mosaic Workshops. Wednesdays 1-4p and 6-9p. newyorkartworld.com/things/things-mosaic.html
• Free Yoga with Becky and Lily. Tuesdays 8-9p. triskelionarts.org/events.htm#classesoffered (scroll down)
• Open Craft / Hack Nights at NYC Resistor. Thursdays 6-9p. nycresistor.com/2008/11/22/open-craft-hack-nights-on-thursdays/
• Figure Drawing at Brooklyn Artists Gym. Mondays 6:30-9p and Saturdays 12-3p. brooklynartistsgym.com/events.html#WORKSHOPS
• Free Rowing on the Hudson with FloApple. Floating the Apple's mission is to restore access to urban waterways to the community. floatingtheapple.org
• Wing Chun Kung Fu lessons in small class environment. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. louisoscarwingchunkungfu.com
• Parkour Workshops. Sundays. nyparkour.com
• First Aid for Cats and Dogs. Various days. nyredcross.org/viewclass.php/prmCID/32

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Ever taken part in an old-fashioned barn raising? We never have, but we think it would be kind of cool -- all those neighbors in funny hats and overalls coming together to pound nails, stand up walls, and raise the collective roof. In that spirit, we look for one-day volunteer opportunities with no long-term commitments required. Our goal is to help groups or individuals that serve the greater good in small but significant ways, avoiding mega-nonprofits and people just looking for free labor. Know of any existing opportunities? Looking for ways to help out? Or need volunteers to get your own community project off the ground? Send your requests to Joanie Schaffer at schafferificgmail.com.

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Pelham Bay Park Work Day

Pelham Bay Park is a beautiful oasis of woods and coastal wetlands. Unfortunately it is being degraded by various invasive plant species, and we need your help to remove them.Work gloves and tools will be provided, but you are welcome to bring your own if you prefer. As always, summer outdoors can mean exposure to sun, poison ivy, ticks, and mosquitoes, so we highly recommend a broad brimmed hat, long sleeve shirt and pants, and of course sturdy shoes. Use bug spray and sun screen at your own discretion.We will be meeting in the Southern Zone of Pelham Bay Park at the parking lot off Middletown Road. The meeting place is easily reached by car from the Country Club/Pelham Bay Park exit of I -95 (northbound only) or by public transportation. Take the 6 subway train or 12 bus to the Pelham Bay station, or check the internet for other options.

Pelham Bay Park
Middletown Road, Bronx
9a-12p; preregistration required
earthtendersgmail.com
917 846 8300

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Fort Tryon Park Beatification

Please join us at the Ft. Tryon Park. All we will be needing is a group of focused people. First time gardeners and those whom have never done any gardening work are welcome. Groups are welcome as well. Please be prepared to be flexible as we will be doing various task. We will be meeting at the information table set up between the two stone columns at the entrance of the main promenade to the Heather Gardens.

Ft. Tryon Park
Fort Washington Avenue toward Margaret Corbin Circle, Manhattan 10:30a-1p
streetproject.org/eventdisplay.php?eid=1011&pid=

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Garden at Brooklyn Bridge Park

Enjoy a spring evening at the beautiful Brooklyn Bridge Park. The views are spectacular and so is this little neighborhood park. The city-run side of Brooklyn Bridge Park has little funding and requires a lot of volunteer hours to maintain it's condition. Truly a great time to spend lazy days. Great eats close by for after the event, as well. This is a rain or shine event. This event will run irrespective of the weather, even if it is cold.

Brooklyn Bridge Park
1 Main Street, Brooklyn
6-8p
onebrick.org/eventdetails.asp?EventID=6212

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• Brooklyn Animal Action is a non-profit in the works looking to do animal rescue work in Brooklyn...the papers are being filed with the lawyer and it's close to being a done deal. Now we are looking for someone who would be willing to donate a little time and help us create a logo. Most of our work is with cats, simply because there are so many homeless cats in Brooklyn, but we don't rule out helping dogs, rabbits, or other animals in need. We do a lot of trap-neuter-return work as well as find foster and permanent homes for all of the kittens and friendly adult cats we come across. Our goal is to find homes for as many as we can, and for those we can't, we aim to at least improve the quality of their lives by providing them with medical care - neutering and spaying, vaccinations, etc, � and work to keep the population down. If any of you are artists and have an idea for an image, or if you know anyone who might be interested, it would be greatly appreciated (and I'm sure we could find a way to plug you/your business in our newsletters/at fundraisers, etc.)
• August 15-23: Downtown Dance Festival. Volunteers will work with staff from Battery Dance Company to present the 28th Annual Downtown Dance Festival, a free roving event held each summer in Lower Manhattan parks, plazas and piers. The festival invites audiences to enjoy nine days of ethnic, classical, and contemporary dance performances from around the world. This year, the festival will return to Chase Plaza and The Lawn at Battery Park and will also cross the harbor with performances on Governors Island. Dedicated and enthusiastic volunteers are needed in the weeks prior to the Festival for publicity and marketing campaigns (posting flyers and giving away postcards at restaurants, coffee shops, businesses and organizations around NYC). Then, during the nine days of the Festival, volunteer ushers will greet audience members, hand out playbills and help with other various tasks, such as helping to set up and take down the stage, setting up chairs at Chase Plaza, or working with groups of children who are visiting for our special educational outreach segment of the festival. And you will have plenty of time to watch the performances, as well. Volunteers should be able to commit to at least one day for a two-hour block during the week of August 15-23. Please contact Soni Jaiswal, Festival Intern, for further information on the time slots available at internbatterydance.org.
• August 30: The Inaugural 150th Street Ultimate Block Party and Arts Fest. We are currently seeking entertainers from all walks of life/genres, grassroots organizations to host educational and/or interactive booths, workshop organizers, prized for our raffle, artists for art installations, DJs, performance artists, dance ensembles, volunteers, etc. The Hybrid Movement Company, a fiscally sponsored organization, will be hosting the Arts Fest for our community, families, friends, and neighbors in the vicinity of 150th Street between Amsterdam and Broadway on Sunday, August 30. The block party provides a forum for neighbors and community members to get to know one another with the goal of strengthening neighborhood spirit and encouraging residents to look after the neighborhood, in addition to providing a family-oriented festive environment to celebrate the connectivity of community members, all while promoting the well-being of our environment. We welcome your participation. Contact thehybridmovementcompanygmail.com or 775 450 2484.

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• Looking for volunteers to do light administrative duties for non-profit outreach opera/musical theater group based in Washington Heights and Inwood. Most of the duties can be performed at home on your own computer. This is a great prospect for some one pursuing a degree in artistic administration. Looking for someone who can volunteer 5-10 hours a month. Again, just looking for someone to perform light administrative duties. For more info, contact cheron.g.cowangmail.com or visit nystreetopera.com.
• The GiveGoodGet Project is looking for "Good Deed Ambassadors" to take to the streets and find people doing good for their community! GiveGoodGet is a brand new project, still in its pilot stage, with the purpose of acknowledging good Samaritans for their contributions to making their neighborhoods stronger, friendlier places to live. We need outgoing, dedicated volunteers to identify and interview Samaritans on the streets, and award them with a small token of appreciation. To top off the fact that this is a great way to spread positive energy around the city and meet great people, all Good Deed Ambassadors will be compensated for their time (15/hr)! Interested? Please email marliewilsonstreetattack.com with your contact information, resume, and reason why you want to get involved.
• Reverend Billy Talen of the Church of Life After Shopping is the Green Party candidate for Mayor of NYC. The election is November 3 and we're looking for volunteers to help us between now and the election. Come share your fabulous talents with us, whatever they may be. We have a new headquarters at 250 Lafayette (between Prince and Spring) in lovely SoHo. Whether you're a poet, an artist, an organizer, or just willing to do odd jobs around HQ, like run errands or stuff envelopes, we'd love to have you working with us. To get involved, go to our web site and sign up on the volunteer page, stop by HQ, or come to our weekly meeting for new volunteers on Wednesdays from 7-9p in HQ. Right now we're especially in need of web savvy folks who know Drupal - we need Drupal administrators and Drupal themers to help with our web site. VoteRevBilly.org.
• Lit Drift: �Storytelling in the 21 Century� Seeks creative folks. I'm looking for bloggers, marketers, event organizers, and tech people to help out on our new blog dedicated to highlighting innovations in storytelling, with the ultimate goal to celebrate the art and craft of storytelling (in all its forms) by serving as a storyteller's resource and community. Lit Drift will start out as a blog, and eventually grow into an offline headquarters and creative space. But in the meantime, it's just a blog, so no one is getting paid until the site starts generating serious traffic and revenue. All I am looking for is a few passionate, creative people to pitch in for a few hours each week from the comfort of their own homes, and maybe get together every once in a while to discuss how the site is doing, where it's going, and schmooze over a beer or two (or ten). Please get in touch if you're interested at julialitdrift.com and tell me about yourself. litdrift.com.
• We can always use help in our office during regular business hours. There are a range of projects that volunteers can help with, some examples: press clippings, a Google Maps project (related to Community Boards and Council Districts), lending a hand in our events closet re-organization, general data entry projects and much more. Volunteers are welcome to come in for short or longer shifts, as often as you want. Please feel free to call or email Elena (volunteer and membership outreach coordinator) with any questions or to set up a time to come by and help out. elenatransalt.org 646 873 6036
• GALLOP, a New York City-based nonprofit corporation offers therapeutic riding lessons to individuals with disabilites at the historic Kensington Stables in the East Windsor Terrace section of Brooklyn, near Prospect Park. Staffed by a riding instructor certified by NARHA (North American Riding for the Handicapped Association) and a supported by licensed physical therapists, as well as a dedicated and experienced group of volunteers, the program offers a safe and supportive environment in which an individual can reap the many benefits of therapeutic riding. GALLOP is always in need of volunteers to help out with our program in any way. No horse experience is necessary, but it does help. We provide all the training you will need. We need people to help out at the stable with the horses and riders during lessons. Also, we have tons of "behind the scenes", such as office work, fundraising, grant writing, etc.Visit gallopnyc.org.
• SafeWalk is a free service to increase safety in our communities. From 11p Friday to 2a Saturday, we organize volunteers to take your call, bike to your location, and walk you to a destination within a 10-15 block radius. Our area of service currently includes Williamsburg, Greenpoint, Bedford Stuyvesant, Bushwick, Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and downtown Brooklyn. Interested in becoming a volunteer? Contact safewalknycgmail.com or visit rightrides.org/templates/volunteer.php?page=vol_service.
• More than a barn, we're raising the mother of all meeting houses. New Yorkers deserve the basic democratic right�enjoyed by most other Americans and in most of the country's big cities�to have a direct say in our city's future and the laws we live by. (Just think: we could actually make dancing legal again.) The right of citizens to propose and vote on laws is fundamental to democratic government around the country. Some of NYC's lowercase democrats aim to win it and bring it into the 21st century. Join in designing the meeting house (i.e. writing the needed amendments to our city's charter), help grow the November '09 - June '10 petitioning drive, or find out more at lowercased.org.
• The Fortune Society is looking for volunteers to teach reading, writing and math to former prisoners and young people facing prison time. Contact 212 691 7554 x250 or visit fortunesociety.org.
• NY Artists Unlimited is a 25 year old, multicultural nonprofit that takes professional theatre and art to under-served audiences. Volunteers/ interns are used in all areas: administration, office work, design, graphics, technical, fundraising & development, PR/marketing, creative areas, and more. We are soon moving back into our renovated East Village arts center and need help in design, planning & development, fundraising, PR/marketing. In the summer, we present the International CringeFest, which includes the Bad Plays, Bad Musicals, and Bad Films Festivals. All proceeds go to support our work with under-served audiences. Class credit is available for college interns. Come join us in an artistic, supportive environment where noble deeds are being done and great creativity is taking place. No pay, but snacks, beverages, occasionally lunch available. Visit the website for further info: www.NYartists.orgVisit the website for further info: NYartists.org or contact Nyartunlt[a t]aol.com.
• The Rock Dove Project focuses on connecting health care practitioners who offer cheap/free services with seekers of those services. rockdovecollective.org/project
• Mentor kids through skateboarding, surfing and snowboarding at Stoked Mentoring. Contact infostoked.org
• Rescue disoriented and injured birds and ultimately help migratory birds make it to their destinations as a Project Safe Flight Volunteer. volunteernycaudubon.org
• Volunteer with Books Through Bars, an affiliated project of ABC No Rio that sends books to prisoners all over the country. Books Through Bars meets Mondays and Thursdays 7:30-9:30p and Sundays 5-8p at the NYC AIDS Housing Network, 80-A Fourth Ave, Brooklyn. abcnorio.org/affiliated/btb.html
• Help feed the homeless by volunteering at a City Harvest special event. cityharvest.org
• Volunteer as a writing tutor for kids at 826NYC. 826NYC.org
• Dog walking and Cat Petting at the Brooklyn Animal Rescue Coalition. barcshelter.org

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