From: "Jeff Stark" <jstark@nonsensenyc.com>
Subject: nonsensenyc: 5.28 to 6.3
Date: May 28th 2010

Friday, May 28
* Metropickle Madhouse, Manhattan
* Don't You Find Us Charming? Manhattan * Maelstrom Fiestival, Brooklyn

Saturday, May 29
* Banzai!!!! Brooklyn
* The Artist Is Absent, Manhattan
* Saturday Night Special
* The Lower East Side Murder Mystery: The Ryan Case, Manhattan * Hey, I'm Walkin' Here! Staten Island
* HiChristina Bike Wash Body Wash, Manhattan

Sunday, May 30
* Ask the Experts: Dick Zigun's State of Coney Island Address, Brooklyn * Sunday Best, Brooklyn
* RE/Mixed Media Festival 2010, Brooklyn * Indie Film Fest, Brooklyn
* Zombie Dance Party A Go-Go, Williamsburg

Monday, May 31
* Quit Facebook Day
* The Big Quiz Thing, Manhattan

Tuesday, June 1
* The Bushwick Book Club, Brooklyn
* Unconventional Wisdom, Brooklyn
* Now Repeat in Steinese, Manhattan

Wednesday, June 2
* Shoals, a Performative Social Activity, Brooklyn

Thursday, June 3
* Tiny Offerings, Manhattan
* Cinema 16, Brooklyn

Wishlist
* Cooks

Spectre
* Farming Fallow Malls

Learning
* Self-Organization and Emergence

Help
* Art Teachers

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Cottonwood seeds swirling in the late afternoon light.

XXXXX FRIDAY, MAY 28 XXXXX

Metropickle Madhouse

The first ever Metropickle Madhouse Burning Man fundraiser. An evening of dubstep, art, performance, live music, dancing, and revelry. We will provide the beats, jams, dancers, body piercers and piercees, acrobats, hoopers, and deviant art from all over the country. You provide the funds Metropickle needs to get a pickle into the torrid hands and depleted bodies of Black Rock Denizens all over the playa.

With beats by Morphous with Shizaru. DJ Joie De Vivre. Live music by the Binary Marketing Show. Performances: acrobatics by Angela Buccini and Jessica Krueger, corset body piercing by Kati Vaughn, pole dancing by Elinor, Urban Hoop Ballet by the Bex, modern dance by ArtsEclectic.

239 West 14th Street, between 7th and 8th avenues, Manhattan 8p; $10 with two free drinks 8-9p
21 and over

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Don't You Find Us Charming?

Bushwick's favorite improv comedy team Chester brings another night of comedy to ABC No Rio. Improv from Swoon. Standup from Dan St. Germain. Storytelling from John Flynn.

ABC No Rio
156 Rivington Street, Manhattan
8p; $3-$10 sliding scale
212 254 3697

***** Also on FRIDAY *****

Maelstrom Fiestival

Maelström-a Belgium-based publisher, artist, agent of ideas and propeller of acts-has organized an annual fiestival of poetry, theater, visual art and music in Brussels. This May, for the first time ever, maelström will ignite the cultural skies of New York City with a three-day creative party featuring such renowned artists as Jerome Rothenberg, Nicole Peyrafitte, Pierre Joris, and Dwayne Morgan, as well an international palette of phenomenal emerging artists.

The Invisible Dog Art Center
51 Bergen Street, at Smith Street, Brooklyn 7p; $free
Continues through SATURDAY
theinvisibledog.ny gmail.com
theinvisibledog.org

XXXXX SATURDAY, MAY 29 XXXXX

Muffinhead and Eric Schmalenberger present:

Banzai!!!!

Art and performance bash. Performing: AlieNation, Bunny Love, Schaffer the Darklord, Sequinette and Vagina West, Nicholas Gorham, Casa De La Blanca, and back by popular demand the Return of Soigné Deluxe.

Human Installation: Narcissister. Special Guest DJ: Michael Cavadias (Lily of the Valley). VJ projection courtesy of Wetcircuit. Visual Artists: Matthew Burrows, Gigi Chen, Ariel Chiqrie, Molly Crabapple, Lainie Dalby, Zev David Deans, Dearraindrop, Soigné Deluxe, Mark Dugally (LA), Ignacio Gutierrez, Hackworth Ashley, Kanae Nahye H, Scott Lawrence, Matthew Le Baron, Scooter Le Forge, Steven Mertens, Chad Moore, Sarah Moran, Samoa Moriki, Muffinhead, Orion (LA), Andrew Warman, and Ventiko.

Red Lotus Room
893 Bergen Street, Brooklyn
8p doors, 10:30p performances-3a; $10 online, $15 door muffinheadland.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

The Artist Is Absent

On the occasion of the closing weekend of Marina Abramović's retrospective The Artist Is Present, a group of NYC artists and performers will present reperformances of some of Abramović's best-known works at 25CPW gallery under the title The Artist is Absent. The show, curated by Ariel Speedwagon, Daniel Lang/Levitsky and Quito Ziegler, will give New Yorkers the opportunity to experience works by Abramović and Abramović/Ulay in a context closer to their original presentation.

The works included will center on the physically and emotionally intense performance pieces through which Abramović has been most influential, including Imponderabilia, Freeing the Voice, and Rhythm 0. The group of performers draws heavily from the queer, transgender and BDSM/leather/kink communities, whose connections to Abramović's work are frequently alluded to but rarely made explicit.

The Artist Is Absent presents an alternative approach to reperformance than the one displayed at the MoMA, performing her works sequentially rather than in crowded galleries; by performers with a more varied and contrasting group of bodies; placing the exchange between audience and performer at the heart of the work. The curators' challenge to the MoMA's retrospective aims to preseve the vitality and energy of Abramovic's work and honor her achievements as a pioneer both of performance art and of re-performance.

25CPW Gallery
Central Park West at 62nd Street, Manhattan 10a-1a; $free
theartistisabsent.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Saturday Night Special

Mister Saturday Night welcomes summer to Brooklyn with open arms and dancing feet. The party returns to our new favorite spot, a place replete with secret nooks, cozy seats, a private rooftop and a springy dance floor.

Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter have combed through their crates for cuts that celebrate scorching days, steamy nights and tomorrow morning. Drop in early for free beers, and stay late -- Mister Saturday Night loves Sundays, too.

Secret Location, RSVP for location information 10p-late; $10 advance, $12 before midnight with RSVP, $15 otherwise mister@mistersaturdaynight.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

The Lower East Side Murder Mystery: The Ryan Case

Can you solve a mystery? Carlo D'Amore, award winning actor and director comes together with Live In Theater to create an interactive, theatrical experience where participants solve a notorious crime. This two-hour journey takes participants through the streets of Chinatown as they search for clues in order to solve a murder based on a true, unsolved New York City crime from the 1870s.

Participants assume the role of detectives and will be briefed on the murder -- a horrible crime that has shocked the community. An outcry from the citizens demand justice is served quickly to restore order. Important details on the case will be shared before these new detectives are dispatched to roam the streets and catch a murderer.

This adventure will immerse participants in this historic time period, acting as detectives trying to solve the case and interacting with unsavory characters directly tied to the Lower East Side Murder Mystery: The Ryan Case. These men and women from the city's past know key pieces of information and clues to help crack the case. Can you solve this case?

Starts at the Church of the Transfiguration in Chinatown 25 Mott Street, enter on Mosco Street, between Mott and Mulberry streets, Manhattan 6p; $30
Continues SATURDAYS through September
liveintheater.com

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

Hey, I'm Walkin' Here!

A series of exploratory perambulations through the five boroughs. Our founder is currently walking to Oregon but we're gonna take it easy and just go across Staten Island. Join us for 18 miles of city streets, abandoned highways, mansion lined hills, backwood hiking, and great pizza. We'll be walking rain or shine, but if the weather turns out nice we'll finish the day at Great Kills beach.

Meeting point: Underneath the first S in the big Staten Island Ferry sign outside the Staten Island Ferry Terminal, Manhattan 8:45a; $free
Contact: nedwal gmail

***** Also on SATURDAY *****

HiChristina Bike Wash Body Wash

Bikini clad workers wash your body and your bike on the sidewalk outside in the sun, with suds and warm water. Perfect fun for the hot day's sun.

Air dry or blow dry or shake-like-a-dog dry. Get washed in paint and put your body on the canvas. Cool off inside in the shade. Leg warmers, arm warmers, head bands and spicy red candies to heat you up. Cool mints to dry you down. And after you're done, hang out and talk about summer vacations past and future.

HiChristina!
163 Eldridge Street, between Delancey and Rivington, Manhattan 4-7p; $10 donation BYOB
hichristina.com

XXXXX SUNDAY, MAY 30 XXXXX

Ask the Experts: Dick Zigun's State of Coney Island Address

Dick Zigun, the Officially Unelected Mayor of Coney Island, Artistic Director and Founder of Coney Island USA will give his annual overview of the current state of affairs in America's Playground.

Zigun is expected to highlight the launch of the New Luna Park, the excitement of the long-anticipated "rebirth" of the amusement area, and the remaining questions about the future of the important historic structures that remain intact in Coney Island's historic district.

Coney Island Museum
1208 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn
4:30p; $5

***** Also on SUNDAY *****

Sunday Best

Sunday Best returns to the industrial yet bucolic banks of the Gowanus Canal, which can only mean that summertime is here. Tacos and huaraches are on deck, the wooze-inducing sangria is steeping; Eamon Harkin and Justin Carter are switching out their Saturday night records for their sunniest jams; Doug Singer's preparing his secret stash of gospel house; and Kompakt maestro Michael Mayer is flying in from Cologne to mark the occasion. Put on your short shorts.

Bklyn Yard
400 Carroll Street, Brooklyn
3-9p; $8 advance, $12 otherwise

***** Also on SUNDAY *****

RE/Mixed Media Festival 2010

RE/Mixed Media Festival 2010 The festival is our way of contributing to the ongoing conversation about remixing, mashups, copyright law, fair use, and the freedom of artists to access their culture in order to build creatively upon it. Events addressing these issues are usually discussion-based, featuring lectures and panel discussions about policy. We believe that one of the best ways to make the general public aware of these types of issues is by demonstrating all the types of art and culture that remix touches. In order to truly bring these issues into the public sphere -- where of course they belong -- we need to bring it to the public in a way that will provide not just an intellectual connection, but also an emotionally affective relationship with the issues. We also need to be able to look at the topics being discussed not just as arbitrators and public advocates, but also as artists, as producers, and as consumers.

On Sunday, May 30 we take over Galapagos Art Space in DUMBO for the day and fill it with the kinds of art, artists and performers that are pushing the definitions of remix like Elisa Kreisinger and Jon McIntosh of politicalremixvideo.com, other artists who work in the medium of machinima and video game graphics, musicians, sound artists and DJs , video-art duo Sweatshoppe who perform live remixed 3-D visuals and actually paint with video, and legendary remixer Steinski, a pioneer in audio remixing. We'll also be featuring video remixes submitted by the public, and one winner judged by a panel of experts will receive a cash prize. We'll also be featuring a remixed fashion show, a silent auction of remixed visual art curated by Jan Larsen Art, a Roots of Remix room, an artists-only panel discussion moderated by Deanna Zandt (author of the upcoming book Share This.) and music from Hobo Tech, Mad Happy, and others. We'll begin the day with the New York premiere of Perry Bard's ex periment in collaborative storytelling: Man With a Movie Camera: The Global Remake, followed by a Q and A with the artist. And this is honestly just the tip of the 11-hour iceberg of performance, art, and film that we have planned.

Galapagos Art Space
16 Main Street, Brooklyn
2p doors, 2:30p show; $free
remixedmedia.org

***** Also on SUNDAY *****

Indie Film Fest

We'll be screening a host of shorts from young New York City directors that have been screened Tribeca, SXSW, Aspen, and Slamdance.

Here are the short films: Shaka King Surrogate, the Ride, the Roe Effect, Kiel Adrian Scott, In Space, Simple Pleasures, 7th Grade Guidance Counselor. Plus a rare Muhammed Ali Documentary. And the Long Goodbye. And for the bicycle community that is very dear to us a secret secret screening of the most awesome bike messenger movie from 80s featuring Mr. 6 Degrees of Separation himself. Bring a bottle of wine and a date who you want to impress. Bring your film lover friends.

The House of Yes
342 Maujer Street, corner of Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn L train to Grand Street station
Noon-10p; $10 all day

***** Also on SUNDAY ****

Zombie Dance Party A Go-Go

Zombies of all shapes and sizes are invited to join us for an all ages zombie blowout. With Raspberry Brothers, the Undead, Zombie Burlesque, hot zombie contest, DJ dance party for the reanimated with DJ Jeremy Bastard, Thrill the World, and more.

Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 7p; $10
bk.knittingfactory.com/event-details/?tfly_event_id=10181 raspberrybrothers.com

XXXXX MONDAY, MAY 31 XXXXX

Quit Facebook Day

Why are we quitting?

For us it comes down to two things: fair choices and best intentions. In our view, Facebook doesn't do a good job in either department. Facebook gives you choices about how to manage your data, but they aren't fair choices, and while the onus is on the individual to manage these choices, Facebook makes it damn difficult for the average user to understand or manage this. We also don't think Facebook has much respect for you or your data, especially in the context of the future.

For a lot of people, quitting Facebook revolves around privacy. This is a legitimate concern, but we also think the privacy issue is just the symptom of a larger set of issues. The cumulative effects of what Facebook does now will not play out well in the future, and we care deeply about the future of the web as an open, safe and human place. We just can't see Facebook's current direction being aligned with any positive future for the web, so we're leaving.

What should I know?

Quitting Facebook isn't easy. Facebook is engaging, enjoyable and quite frankly, addictive. Quitting something like Facebook is like quitting smoking. It's hard to stay on the wagon long enough to actually change your habits. Having peer support helps, but the way to quit Facebook is not to start a group on Facebook about leaving Facebook.

Part of quitting is understanding the nature of the problem, and there have been a number of recent articles and posts that do a much better job than us at articulating what's wrong with Facebook. We encourage you to read them and form your own opinions. Moving on will be easier to do when you have made a clear and conscious choice about why you'd prefer your online life to be Facebook-free.

What are my options?

There are alternatives to Facebook. Understanding what is best for you will depend a lot on what you need out of your social graph on a daily basis. For some, a combination of services like email, Twitter and Flickr might work. For others, a Ning group or a specialized social site like Akoha might be an option. If the entire population of Brazil can use Orkut, we think that there's hope for you to find a new home on the web. Wired, ReadWriteWeb and others have recently called for an open alternative to Facebook, and we're personally excited about the potential of the Diaspora project. At the moment, there aren't a lot of great options for direct replacement, but know that you're not alone. When there's a market need, it's not long before better options appear. In our minds, the best thing to do is to contribute to that need - and that's what Quit Facebook Day is about.

quitfacebookday.com/

***** Also on MONDAY *****

The Big Quiz Thing

The ultimate live trivia experience remembers. Featuring $250 in cash prizes. Plus much, much more. With our video round Sayings of the Silver Screen, and our audio round. And more, including the lightning round, smart-ass points and the big three-way finale. Quizmastered by Noah Tarnow.

Poisson Rouge
158 Bleecker Street, at Thompson, Manhattan 7:30p; $7
21 and over/bigquizthing.com
info bigquizthing.com.

XXXXX TUESDAY, JUNE 1 XXXXX

The Bushwick Book Club

The next meeting of the Bushwick Book Club will feature songs inspired by Frank Herbert's Dune. A pre-show screening of the David Lynch interpretation is also on the table. Sci-fi snacks and drink specials for sure.

Songwriters: Toby Goodshank, Liv Carrow, Joe Crow Ryan, Justin Remer, Buffie Roseanne, Up Against the Wall String Band, Tanto BenEverett, and Susan Hwang.

Goodbye Blue Monday
1087 Broadway, Brooklyn
J,M,Z trains to Myrtle station
8p; $free
718 453 6343
bushwickbookclub.com/vol1/

***** Also on TUESDAY *****

Adult Education presents:

Unconventional Wisdom

With Andrea Dezsö, Lessons From My Mother; Todd Lamb, A 10-Point Plan for a Better Life; Andrew Beccone, Jogging with Jesus at the Reanimation Library; Tom Mccormack, Turning Jail Into Joy. Hosted, as always, by the inimitable Charles Star.

Union Hall
702 Union Street, Brooklyn
8p; $5
adult-ed.net

***** Also on TUESDAY *****

Now Repeat in Steinese

One short play by Gertrude Stein performed four times (by four different groups/people) in one night.

Drawing upon Ms. Stein's reputation for repetition, Now Repeat in Steinese is actually four productions of her early enigmatic one-act White Wines paired with four different white wines. Fruity? Dry? Acidic? Sweet? Now Repeat in Steinese has you covered both as a play and a beverage. Participating artistes: Ryan Bronz, Kurt Braunohler, Drew Pisarra, and Laura Sheedy.

Under St. Marks Theatre
94 St. Marks Place, between First and A avenues, Manhattan 7:30p; $20
Continues Tuesdays in June
917 974 6822

XXXXX WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2 XXXXX

Shoals, a Performative Social Activity

Presented by Analogous Projects. Shoals draws on the seminal flocking algorithm of Craig Reynolds' Boids but isolates the internal dynamics rather than the external motion of the flock: Fish always try to move away from the edge of the shoal, seeking the safety of the centre, creating a dynamically varying shape that can move between chaotic complexity and stable patterns. Shoals uses a large group of participants who play sustained pitches on laptops or smartphones via a web-interface, following a simple algorithmic text-score based on the dynamics of shoaling fish. Bring a wifi-enabled laptop or smartphone with audible sound.

Devotion Gallery
54 Maujer Street, Brooklyn
6 and at 8p; $free

XXXXX THURSDAY, JUNE 3 XXXXX

Tiny Offerings

Tiny Offerings is a collaborative performance event where each person who attends is invited (but not required) to make an offering to everyone else. Artists are encouraged to bring or do something other than what they usually do i.e. some other medium or type of performance. An offering can be anything people like to do (tell jokes, stories, sing, draw, things we often think of a talents, etc.) or something they know how to do (a weird trick or genetic tic for instance) or want to show and tell (a drawing, photo, sculpture, found object of interesting or sentimental value, etc.) There's a time limit of three minutes (less is more).

Roulette
20 Greene Street, Manhattan
8:30p; $?
212 219-8242
TOfferingsgmail.com
roulette.org/events/event.php/HUTCHINSON10

***** Also on THURSDAY *****

Cinema 16

For this incarnation of Cinema 16, the band Lemonade will score four short films including Shirley Clarke's Bridges Go Round, Ezra Johnson's W.V.B., PSA Coney Island from 1940s, and Peter Tscherkassky's Outer Space.

Smack Mellon
92 Plymouth, Brooklyn
7p; $?

XXXXX UPCOMING XXXXX

• Come Out and Play Festival, June 4-6
• Rubulad presents Yacht Rock, June 4
• Splendor in the Green: Fundraiser for Build it Green and Solar One, June 12
• Beauty and Ruin, June 5
• The Golden Angel Waltz Orchestra presents the Waltz Ball, June 19
• Mermaid Parade, June 19
• Lumen, June 26

XXXXX ONGOING XXXXX

Nonsense is too long. The great thing about the internet is that it doesn't really cost much to run long listings and exhaustive descriptions. It turns out that's ... exhausting. After several complaints and a little deliberation, we're trying a new format: On the first Friday of the month we will run updated ongoing listings in each section: events, learning, and help. Other weeks we're going for leaner, meaner sections. If you're desperate for something to do on an off-Tuesday night we suggest you either look back a few issues ago in your inbox, or poke through our online archives, which you can find under the subscribe page.

Also, a note about 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.

XXXXX WISHLIST XXXXX

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 *****

• Request for proposals: In conjunction with Lumen (lumenfest.org), COAHSI would like to invite artists to make the walk from the ferry terminal to Atlantic Salt an art work. COAHSI anticipates that about 1.000 guests will be taking this walk over the course of the day. The walk is about 1.25 miles. The art work/walk could be music/performance/happening/sound-based/photo-safari/spoken word or anything else that the artist wants it to be. Five artists will be selected. Each will receive a $100 stipend. The artist (or their assigned representative) will be asked to do the walk three times between the hours of 4:00 and 10:30pm (the artist can request particular times that suit their proposal) on Saturday, June 26. Proposals are due by Friday, June 4 to melaco(at)gmail.com. Participating artists will be announced Monday, June 7.
• I am pleased to inform you that Assembly Line is starting next month. This new program consists of bi-weekly workshops focused on the realization of one creative project at a time. Basically, people bring us ideas for a project that would greatly benefit from a group effort, and in exchange for receiving help, they participate in helping out on another project. We have gotten some truly interesting proposals already, and the summer schedule is filling up. We will continue to accept proposals on an ongoing basis, but if you have any ideas for a workshop, or know of someone who might have a great one, I encourage you to send it along soon, so we can have it in mind when mapping out the schedule. Here is a link to the complete information for 'Assembly Line' on the website: efanyc.org/assembly-line/2010/4/21/assembly-line.html. I would also like to bring to your attention that we have a request for proposals out for our 10/11 exhibition season- deadline is the end of next week . If you are interested in more info, check out this link: efanyc.org/project-space-opportunities/2010/5/11/exhibition-proposals.html
• I am writing to all of my friends who like to cook and also to all my friends who like puppeteers. Great Small Works Ninth International Toy Theater Festival will bringing puppeteers from across the country and from over the seas to perform at St Ann's Warehouse during the first two weeks of June. We will be feeding these intrepid performers after each show and I am looking for folks who would like to volunteer to cook. Would you like to take on the shopping, cooking and delivering of a meal for one of the evenings? Or if that seems too daunting, you could offer to help me cook. We are planning meals for June 2 (already covered), June 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 13. All meals will be eaten at the Great Small Works studio in DUMBO and dinner will be at around 11:30 (except for June 6 at 10p). There is no kitchen at the studio so the meals would need to be prepared elsewhere. There is a budget of 150 dollars per night and to feed about 40 people. Drinks, dishes, and cutler y are a part of a different budget so that is 150 dollars for food. We are also looking for cookies for the opening reception of the Temporary Toy Theater Museum and miniature parade! That is happening at 3p on Sunday June 30. So if you have a hankering to bake or swing by your favorite bakery on Sunday morning contact me! Contact Erin, erinkorr(at)mobileteaparty.org.

***** MONEY *****

• Brooklyn Grange, a rooftop farm: kickstarter.com/projects/1909670623/brooklyn-grange-rooftop-farm
• The City Reliquary, a neighborhood museum, benefit by Crest Hardware at their June 19 event: cresthardwareartshow.com/

***** SPACES *****

• $600 Sublet a room in Mott Haven, June-August: Amy and Lance, a couple, both grad students, have a sunny, floor-through, three-bedroom with a lovely bathtub, big kitchen, ceiling fans, comfy sofas, and lots of beautiful plants. We are looking for a person or couple to rent the large, bright, quiet, two-closet bedroom for July, and August (and June too, if you want), for $600 per month. You will have the apartment to yourself in July and most of August; Amy will be here in June. The room will be furnished. Queer friendly. The room comes with a CSA share. We live in Mott Haven, right by the 3rd Avenue/138th Street stop on the 6 train, and also walking distance to the 4/5 and 2. We're about 25 minutes from Union Square. There is wireless access, free laundry in the building, and lots of big grocery stores really close by. We need someone who can take care of the small black cat (who is no trouble at all) and water the plants while we're gone. You can also use our bikes. If you 're interested, write amy.starecheski(at)gmail.com or lancethurner(at)gmail.com.

XXXXX SPECTRE PRIORITY XXXXX

Before we had a name, the Spectre Event Horizon Group used to meet at a bar to commiserate and trade what our business friends like to call best practices. The group has expanded since then, but it remains focused on smartening the crowd mind. There are no subject limits; our favorite is the incredible sci-fi present, or anything that goes toward a better understanding of human behavior and our universe's ecology. Our simple intent is to connect good minds with as much quality mind-blowing information as we can freely locate 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. The list is compiled for Nonsense by J. Sinopoli. Contact us at spectre.event.horizon.group gmail com or spectregroup.org. Here's some of what came in this week:

***** Farming Fallow Malls *****

spectregroup.wordpress.com/2010/05/27/mall-farming/

Mall as Greenhouse
deadmalls.com/
rentedspaces.com/2010/03/12/future-farmers-of-the-mall/ "Shopping malls may be on the brink of major reinvention and adaptive reuse ... as farms. The Galleria Mall in Cleveland, Ohio is leading the way by growing organic food for mall patrons and local restaurants. The mall has transformed the lost retail space within its glass-top confines into a gigantic, organic-food greenhouse. The idea sprouted when the mall's marketing and events coordinator Vicky Poole teamed up with Jack Hamilton, a business owner in the Galleria. Together they began operating Gardens Under Glass, a hydroponic garden in the Galleria at Erieview in downtown Cleveland. The project is funded by a $30,000 start-up grant from the Civic Innovation Lab. Gardens Under Glass at the Galleria will start with lettuce, spinach, peas, tomatoes, and herbs, and, if successful, add fruits, more vegetables and edible flowers. Food will be raised hydroponically, aquaponically and in organic soils through a combination of raised beds, vines and vertical structural supports. T he plan also includes composting and using nutrient-rich waste from aquariums to nourish the plants. The duo hopes that the project will be a model for sustainable farming, while bringing additional visitors or curious onlookers to the mall's stores. If successful and implemented at the mall on a larger scale, Gardens Under Glass could help extend Ohio's short growing season and increase the amount of food dollars spent locally. It could also serve as a case study for communities struggling to figure out productive uses for otherwise underutilized or abandoned shopping malls. The adaptive reuse of the space is not without obstacles. For example, even though the glass ceiling provides ample light and the interior location significantly reduces possible pests, the mall was not built to be insulated and heated like a typical greenhouse. So, hardy crops need to be selected. Another challenge -- and opportunity -- is finding people to tend the mall's gardens. For now, the workers will be volunteers, but one can easily imagine a future where farmers are hired to work inside the mall. It's predicted that shopping malls and other "single use" structures will slowly disappear over the next 30 years. That could be the extreme pressure required for positive reinvention."

Food Court
civicinnovationlab.org/newly_funded.aspx web.me.com/gardensunderglass/gardensunderglass/Opportunities.html blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/02/galleria_has_gardens_now.html "Millions in Cleveland have passed through the Galleria at Erieview, sun glinting on its barrel-shaped glass roof. But it took a nurseryman's granddaughter to look up and think: This place looks like a giant greenhouse. Now Vicky Poole, the Galleria's marketing and events director, who worked on her grandpa's farm as a child, expects that by late spring or early summer, there will be fresh tomatoes for sale among the shops and galleries at the downtown Cleveland mall. Very fresh -- as in vine-grown in bags and troughs hanging from steel stair banisters and ceiling beams in the shopping center that stretches between East Ninth and East 12th streets. "I know of no other urban garden in the country like this," said Hamilton about Gardens Under Glass. Poole got the idea last year when she spotted a photo of dozens of plants growing on a two-story window grid in a New York cafe. "I said, 'That's our food court.'" They dream of hosting school groups and teams of volunteer urban gar deners eager to work beds of herbs and greens and vine systems raised hydroponically, aquaponically and in organic soils. On Thursday, Poole gave a presentation to the Cleveland chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers, composed of professionals and students. "One of the students came up to me after and said, 'Have you ever considered growing aereoponically?' " said Poole. "I invited him to come in and help me set up a system."

Because of Ohio's short growing season and the fact that the Galleria will not be heated to greenhouse temperatures, Poole is focusing on easily raised greens, herbs and tomatoes. That is good news for the manager of Sweetwater's Cafe Sausalito, a long-established Galleria restaurant. He sells a lot of salads at lunchtime. "I'm very excited about the project," said Chandrababu, who has already given a list of the herbs the restaurant uses to Poole. Michele and Mark Bishop, who operate Urban Organics from their Brunswick farm, will soon provide Sweet Peet, an organic mulch, as well as organic soils to Gardens Under Glass. Meanwhile, Poole, 57, and Hamilton, 44, have collected products from other such vendors to grow the plants they are purchasing with grant money. "So far, we haven't had to pay for a thing," said Poole, who is also searching for a composting system that would take care of scraps from the food court. Within two weeks, two portable 6-by-12-foot beds will be inst alled on the first floor of the Galleria, where passers-by will watch greens grow. "We'll be propagating seeds for that this week," said Poole. By summer, she expects lush banister mountings of greens and tomatoes. "It will be beautiful."

Contact
Vicky Poole and Jack Hamilton
facebook.com/gardensunderglass
e-mail : gardensunderglass yahoo

Seed Libraries
seedsavers.org/
treehugger.com/files/2010/05/maker-faire-2010-seed-libraries-prove-tough-to-sprout.php "SPROut is based on gardeners taking only the seeds they need for the plants they're really going to grow (one doesn't need a whole packet of seeds of broccoli when they only have room for 5 plants) and bringing back at least one seed of that type of plant. The more gardeners who participate, the more diverse the seed library becomes as members contribute the plants that they enjoy the most.

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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 weekly by Libby Sentz. Send listing suggestions, announcements, and corrections to her at libby(at)nonsensenyc.com.

***** LEARNING: SATURDAY *****

Self-Organization and Emergence

Allison Rowe and Brian Conley lead a discussion called "The Whole Ball of Works" at Mildred's Lane Historical Society and Museum, a place deeply influenced by ideas of self-organization and emergence. These concepts along with complexity and entanglement create a matrix of processes that Mildred's Lane seeks to engage to produce a new kind of art school structure and experimental pedagogy. Mildred's Lane chooses to move straight into practice rather than worry over resolved explanations of these concepts. In fact, the plan is to give definition through practice. This is one of the methodologies and peculiar strengths of artmaking where ideas are used as talismanic-like guides in the search through convoluted and nested cultural material.

Rowe and Conley will discuss the application of self-organization and emergence in both science as well as human organization. The discussion will range from inorganic patterns to organic structures and various forms of collective animal behavior. The undulations on the surface of sand dunes, the shape of slime molds, the pattern on zebras, the flocking of birds and the human wave, will all be considered. They will also venture into army ant raids, firestorms, the election of Barack Obama, free-market capitalism, and the origins of mind.

Mildred's Lane Historical Society and Museum Beach Lake, Pennsylvania
7:30p; $?
570 729 7395
mildredslane(at)gmail.com
mildredslane.com

***** LEARNING: Also on SATURDAY *****

Free Writing Workshop With Ellen Lytle

Poets & Writers, Inc., with the support of the NYS Council on the Arts, presents New York poet Ellen “Windy” Lytle, who will be conducting a six-session workshop on writing. Bring your memories, your images, even your angst.

St. George Library Center
5 Central Avenue, Staten Island
Noon-2:30p; $free
718 442 8560

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

Spellbinding Burlesque With Veronica Varlow

Here's your chance to work with Veronica Varlow, coach on MTV's Emmy-award winning show Made, in an intimate class. Learn how to prepare to entrance and hypnotize your audience, whether for a private seduction or a stage presentation. Veronica teaches secret techniques for finding inspiration, for feeling you are at your peak to perform, and for letting your audience share your passion. Charm is the word.

Veronica's class is highly interactive, starting in a circle discussion to get everyone confident and comfortable. Veronica will focus on many different ways to bring out your inner beauty and how to create a signature look to make you absolutely unforgettable! Learn what your burlesque archetype is, learn what styles and era works best for you, and learn how to keep all eyes on you. There's no dance experience required -- her burlesque acts are known for their slow, defined sensuality. Students will also learn simple seductive moves that they can take home to create their own routines and unique burlesque persona. The class is part-mental, part-physical; the goal is to learn how to weave magic into your performance. Online registration required, no drop-ins.

School of Burlesque
440 Lafayette Street, Manhattan
12-6p; $95
schoolofburlesque(at)gmail.com
schoolofburlesque.com

***** LEARNING: MONDAY *****

Free Make-a-Bot Meetup

Join us as we build robots. Bring your RepRaps, Makerbots, mousebots, or telepresense robots, and such, and work on them with others at the hackerspace. Or if you're just starting out, come by and plan your your next Johnny Five or powerwheels bot.

Alpha One Labs
65 Maspeth Avenue No. 1A, Brooklyn
8p; $free
psytek(@)alphaonelabs.com
alphaonelabs.com

***** LEARNING: TUESDAY *****

Free Yoga

This free workshop celebrates the new donation yoga classes being offered at The Commons, a community center offering a range of classes, workshops, talks, debates, skill-shares, art exhibits, parties, dances, rooftop gardening, beekeeping, and yoga, and more.

The Commons
388 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
6:30-8p; $free
410-991-4630
yogaatthecommons(@)gmail.com
yogaatthecommons.wordpress.com

***** LEARNING: WEDNESDAY *****

Sandwiches

Sara Reistad-Long and Jean Tang lead this course, Slow U: Sandwiched in New York. Healthy food and healthy living writer Sara Reistad-Long, and ethnic food and travel journalist Jean Tang. They will cover everything about sandwiches in New York City -- from the current state of NYC sandwich art to the surprising health benefits of sandwiches, tips on reinventing your sandwich vocabulary, building radical, and easy, new sandwiches, maintaining a home arsenal of unique sandwich condiments, and pairing the perfect beverages with your sandwiches. You'll sample cutting-edge sandwiches paired with local wines. Proceeds from this event will benefit the programs of Slow Food NYC.

Astor Center
399 Lafayette Avenue, Manhattan
$45; 6:30-8:30p
astorcenternyc.com

***** LEARNING: Also on WEDNESDAY *****

Struggle for Eden: Community Gardens in New York City

The history of community-based initiatives on behalf of community gardens in NYC presents a complex set of dynamics and conflicting agendas. The linkages between locally bounded efforts and citywide efforts to save the gardens involve several interdependent notions of "community" that are part and parcel of a creative and dynamic process particular to urban settings in the late-20th and early-21st centuries. Beginning as small-scale efforts in individual neighborhoods, the community garden movement in the 1990s evolved into a citywide effort to compel the city administration to reconsider its position with regard to vacant lot administration and community gardens in all boroughs. Today, there are community gardens in all boroughs, combined with an extensive patchwork of city-wide coalitions engaged in supporting community gardens at many different levels.

In this two-hour workshop, anthropologist Malve von Hassell will provide an overview of essential elements of this history, with a focus on the Lower East Side. She will discuss different forms of activism and constructions of community, arguing that community gardens are situated at a critical intersection of public and private interests and as such provide a setting for vibrant and constructive community activism on the ground.

Brecht Forum
451 West Street, Manhattan
6-8p; $free (subscribers), $6-$15 sliding scale (nonsubscribers) brechtforum.org

***** LEARNING: Also on WEDNESDAY *****

Maximize Your Harvest

Learn how to care for your garden through the summer and fall. We’ll identify weeds and pests, learn the best ways to use organic fertilizers for higher yield crops, and discuss how you can extend your growing season into the fall and winter. Take home some organic fertilizer and a spray bottle.

Bedford Stuyvesant Community Garden
94 Malcolm X Boulevard, Brooklyn
6p; $10 materials fee
212 333 2552
creynoso(at)nyrp.org
nyrp.org

***** LEARNING: THURSDAY *****

Technique of Sexy Dancing

A new dance class fusing hip-hop, jazz, burlesque, booty bounce, and everything in between, focused on releasing your inner slut for the stage. Taught by Kathryn van Assche, a.k.a. ViVi of the Horror Show fame, this two-hour workout will leave you dripping with sweat and begging for more. All levels welcome.

House of Yes
342 Maujer Street, Brooklyn
2-4p, $10-$15 sliding-scale donation
houseofyes.org

***** LEARNING: THURSDAY *****

All About Flowers

Professional florists and casual flower designers alike will benefit from this A-to-Z refresher on the basic science of plants used in the industry, including botany, identification, and naming, along with lessons on care, cutting, treatment, and handling of different kinds of flowers. Dress for the weather; class includes a walk in the garden to study the plants as they grow. Students will take home a variety of flowers to experiment with treatments.

Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue, Brooklyn
10a-3:30p; $102 members, $109 nonmembers (includes materials) 718 623 7220
bbg.org

***** LEARNING: Also on THURSDAY *****

MIG Welding With Ryan

The class that made Madagascar Institute famous. Impress your friends, your older brother, and that cute bartender with your tough new skill. This three-hour introductory welding class will teach you the very basics of MIG welding and familiarize you with the tools you’ll need to finish a project: the grinder, the chop saw, etc. MIG welding is the handy hot glue, do-all kind of welding, the primary kind of welding used in making train cars, art, cranes, etc. All sorts of people have come through Madagascar Institute knowing nothing about a shop and have become capable metal workers, get your start here. Bring leather gloves and eye protection, and wear heavy-duty all natural fibers–in other words, jeans, and a long-sleeve shirt. And no open toed shoes—boots are ideal. Polyester and nylon will melt onto your skin if hot molten metal drops onto them and ouch that hurts. You will get dirty.

Madagascar Institute
217 Butler Street, Brooklyn
7-10p; $35 members, $60 nonmembers
Register: madagascarinstitute.com

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Digital Textile Design at 3rd Ward, Brooklyn. Saturdays June 5 to August 7, 3:30-6:30p. Mention Nonsense NYC when you register (deadline June 1) for a 10 percent discount. 3rdward.com

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What is your dream class? There's a new intergenerational free school coming to Greenpoint in July. School of the Future is a project about what a school can be. From solar-powered lighting to a giant Scrabble board, giant Tyvek mountains and experimental food sculptures, the School of the Future is an invitation to experiment and analyze learning through the arts. Submit your requests now for the types of classes you'd like to see this school offer, at schoolofthefuture.org

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It is a wonderful thing, to help. Helping strengthens communities and allows you to meet new friends. With that in mind, we look for one-day volunteer opportunities with no long-term commitment required. We want to be open to fresh ideas and think of help in a broad way. These listings could include anything from a large-scale day-long service project to a local theatre company that needs volunteers for load-in; from an artist looking for film extras to a community garden that needs a few extra hands. Our goal is simply to help groups or individuals that serve the greater good in small but significant ways. Unique and interesting job opportunities are acceptable fare for this section as well. Looking for ways to help out? Need volunteers to get your own community project off the ground? Know of any existing opportunities? Send your requests to Rob Voigt at robpastyvoigt(at)gmail.com.

***** HELP: SATURDAY and SUNDAY *****

Deck Hands Needed

Coinciding with Fleet Week, the historic 1933 steamship Lilac, a former US Coast Guard lighthouse tender, will celebrate her 77th birthday with a party on Saturday. This community celebration will be held on board the ship berthed on the north side of Pier 40 in Hudson River Park.

On the day of the event, help is needed for set-up beginning at noon. This will include arranging chairs and tables and helping to move equipment and supplies on board. Later, volunteers will be needed to assist with children's workshops, serve food, assist guests on and off the ship, instruct visitors in basic on-board safety, lead tours of the ship, re-supply paper products in portable toilets, staff information table, empty trash, etc. Clean-up assistance is needed on Sunday beginning to move equipment and trash off the ship, stack chairs, sweep, etc.

Pier 40, at W. Houston St. in Hudson River Park Saturday, noon-midnight
Sunday, starting at noon
Mary Habstritt, 917-709-5291 or mhabstritt(at)verizon.net. bit.ly/9yO1iA

***** HELP: SUNDAY *****

RE/Mixed Media Festival

We are currently seeking a number of volunteers to assist with the production of this 10-hour event in Dumbo. We're currently looking for people who can work a 4 hour shift for a diverse array of duties from assisting with tech, handing out programs, assisting the artists, manning merchandise tables, and so on. This is a great opportunity for students - or anyone interested in the subjects of remix, free culture, creative appropriation, and copyright reform - to get involved and get to know some of the artists involved in remix culture. Please see the link below to submit a volunteer form.

Galapagos Art Space, 16 Main Street, Brooklyn 2p-midnight
remixedmedia.org
lofilounge.org/how-to-help

***** HELP: TUESDAY through JUNE 7 *****

The World Science Festival

From June 2 to 6, the 2010 World Science Festival turns New York into a grand stage with science as the star, and we need tons of volunteers to make it happen.

worldsciencefestival.com/get-involved/volunteer

***** HELP: deadline extended to JUNE 8 *****

Logo Design

The 4th Street Food Co-op comprises a community of people who care about food and its production. The completely vegetarian member-run food co-op (the only one in Manhattan) offers healthy, high-quality and ethically-produced food. Fresh produce, bulk and packaged goods and many locally produced items (produce, grains, beans) are available for purchase to the public. Products are organic or better, and we avoid buying from transnational corporations. As a non-profit co-op, we can offer some of the most competitive prices in the area.

We’re having a design competition for a new logo for the co-op. Anyone may submit a logo, and multiple submissions/variations are permitted. E-mail for a design brief with all the details. The winner gets $250 cash or the equivalent in membership dues.

social(at)4thstreetfoodcoop.org
bit.ly/9BCzKr

***** HELP: SOON *****

Deck Builder for the Greenway

The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative is a non-profit working to create a 14-mile waterfront trail from Greenpoint to Sunset Park on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. Once inconceivable, the Greenway is now recognized as an essential public health and sustainable transportation resource that will shape the future development of Brooklyn’s waterfront. We’re in a public planning process and have considerable political support, but we still need the help of volunteers to keep running.

We have a small office in the rear of a storefront, and we’re looking to expand into our garden by building a ground level deck to host events, meetings, volunteer programs, and so on. If you have experience building decks, we could sure use your help. We'll provide all of the materials and round up volunteers to help you. We will also consider you an in-kind sponsor of the Greeenway and get you up on our website for a year.

Additionally, we are interested in recruiting interns who would like to work on the project, and would love to hear any proposals for public art projects and interesting ideas for the Greenway. Feel free to check out our website for more information, and if you can help with the deck or have any other ideas, please be in touch.

Brian, bmccormick(at)brooklyngreenway.org brooklyngreenway.org

***** HELP: SOON *****

Not-for profit children's theater is currently looking for a volunteer to run sounds and lights for our fairytale shows on the weekends. You don't have to be a professional.

bit.ly/ducRIV

***** HELP: SOON *****

Art Teachers

Hello, I'm the new Event Coordinator at Jan Hus Homeless Outreach. Currently we have been having art workshops it least once a week for our guests/clients. Our last one eneded this past week so I'm seeking some new instructors to continue. We're pretty open to any ideas and can get materials we just need someone to lead the group through something like painting, drawing, making masks, or anything else. The community we work with is great, mostly men but some women as well. They're of all ages but no younger than 23, and very creative - so, come by, take a peek at the place or call me.

Amy, 212 288 6743 ext 16

***** HELP: SOON *****

Art Photographers/Videographers

No Longer Empty (NLE) is a NYC based non-profit arts organization. NLE is seeking volunteer photographers and videographers to help us document our installations. You can meet the artists. record exciting events, and build your resume.

NLE curates art exhibits in the NYC area including upcoming on Governors Island (June 4) and East Harlem (June 15th). Our curators have curated for The Guggenheim, The Whitney and The Chelsea Art Museum. Our artists are emerging and established artists who have shown in galleries and museums around the US and the world. The hours are varied - including during press events, usually Tuesdays or Wednesdays 6-9p, and flexibly during the hours installations are open Wednesday through Sunday noon to 7p.

You will have the opportunity for creative expression - producing documentaries, interviewing artists, having NLE artists sit for portraits, and so on. Knowledge of composition, lighting and editing for various distribution formats is necessary. Please send along your resume if you’re interested.

Kathy, kathy(at)nolongerempty.org
www.nolongerempty.org

***** HELP: SOON *****

Road Trips

I'm a student at the CUNY Graduate Center doing a short project on road trips, including video, interviews, and historical research, with a focus on gendered experiences of them. If you've ever been on a road trip, or are planning on going on one soon, please let me know if you'd like to talk about it.

I'll be doing interviews back in NYC throughout the summer starting at the end of June.

bit.ly/cPUQCY

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• June 4-6. The Movement Research Spring Festival 2010. This year’s festival is almost here and the curators are looking for some awesome volunteers to help out with this year's amazing roster of events. The Festival will run from Wednesday, June 2nd until Monday, June 7th and there will be panels, workshops, performances, and events happening throughout each day. We are especially looking for volunteers to assist the performers and help with event logistics from Friday, 6/4-Sunday, 6/6 on Governor's Island and the hours are 10:30a until the late afternoon each day. If you would only be available for part of the weekend, that would be helpful too. If you are interested in helping out at this or other events, or if you would like more information, please write to mrfest10(at)gmail.com with VOLUNTEER in the subject line. movementresearch.org/performancesevents/festival
• June 5. Garden Party Day. Have a green thumb? Join the Institute for Community Living at our Annual Gardening event in Brooklyn. Enjoy food, dance, and artwork, come plant in our garden. bit.ly/9r3jan
• Until June 15 and on June 22. Yoga at the Great Lawn - Karma Crew. On June 22, 2010, Flavorpill will host the world’s largest yoga event ever as 10,000 people of all backgrounds, sizes, and skill levels will simultaneously practice on the Great Lawn in Central Park, NYC. We are seeking over 100 volunteers to distribute flyers between now and June 15th and support the event on June 22nd from 3-7p. Volunteers will arrange mats on a massive grid, check in participants at the entrance, and usher individuals and groups to their practice location. All volunteers will have the opportunity to participate in class from 7-8:15p. To get involved as a volunteer and earn a guaranteed ticket, a free week of classes at YogaWorks, and a whole lot of good karma please e-mail: volunteer(at)flavorpill.com.
• June 18-27. BoCoCa Arts Festival. Volunteers needed for the box office, postering, venue managing, and more. There will be a mandatory training session prior to the festival, and you get free access to all festival shows and our lifetime gratitude. bococaartsfestival.com/InKindSupport.php
• June 26. American Diabetes Association’s NYC Tour de Cure. The Tour is a ride, not a race, with routes designed for everyone from the occasional rider to the experienced cyclist. Whether participants ride the 15 miles or 100 miles, they will travel a route supported from start to finish with rest stops, food to fuel the journey and fans to cheer them on. Help the American Diabetes Association make this experience the best it can possibly be by volunteering - volunteers needed for route marking, set up, breakdown, working the rest stops and more. If interested, please fill out a volunteer form: bit.ly/8CNKZe
• Help wabbits! bit.ly/dqzGTi

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