WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: starting at 7pm on Saturday, community, activism and artists come together to breathe life into the vacant Engine 212 Firehouse, creating an event in the spirit of the rough and raw art happenings, performances and exhibitions that have made Williamsburg a vibrant center of the arts in New York City.

"The People's Firehouse" is a dance installation inspired by the firehouse's history of civil service and its deeply rooted relationship with its community. The dance explores the space's specialized depth and structure, as dancers move through each other and work together to celebrate the firehouse's evolving role in the neighborhood as an arts space, accompanied by violist Brian Thompson playing selected repertory works from composers such as J.S. Bach, Hovhaness, and Benjamin Britten. Nick Yulman will play selected audio stories about Williamsburg from No Bills, an oral history project carried out in conjunction with the North Brooklyn Public Art Coalition. More information about the project is available at http://www.nobillsstories.org/.

The exhibition is free and takes place from 7pm to 9pm, at 134 Wythe Ave. btw. N. 8^th and N. 9^th Streets in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Performances start on the hour at 7pm and 8pm.

This Series is made possible by: the City of New York for providing access to the site, the NTHCCC Arts Committee: Paul Bargetto (Production Manager), Lise Brenner, Aslihan Demirtas, Melissa Estro, and Jackie Moynahan, countless volunteer’s donated time, equipment, and the artists.

This series is sponsored, in part by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC) and is also made possible with public funds from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, both administered in Kings County by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC).

Join us for an evening of cocktails for the cause, at DRINK Williamsburg Greenpoint, Tuesday June 28th, 8pm at the Brooklyn Brewery. Enjoy "Sips" of signature cocktails created for the event from the neighborhood's best. Watch as top bartenders put their skills to the test in a "Iron Bartender" style battle, fashioning two different cocktails from secret ingredients, revealed that night. Top prize awarded by a panel of guest judges including Toby Maloney from Alchemy Consulting, NYC, and Brooklyn Brewery's Brewmaster Garrett Oliver. Live music by Djangos and Tangos and bar snacks provided by local restaurants and food purveyors.

Tickets are $25 advance sale, and $35 the day of: GET YOUR TICKETS NOW

Cocktail "sips" from Dram, The Drink, Maison Premiere, The Richardson, Rabbithole, Manhattan Inn, 285 Bedford, Saint Vitus, Brooklyn Winery and more...Also sample The Concoction, Brooklyn Brewery's latest Brewmaster's Reserve, based on The Penicillin cocktail.

This event is 21 and over only. IDs will be checked at the door. "Sips" are limited to quantity at hand, arrive early to ensure you'll get to sample them all!

All proceeds from the event will benefit the building of the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center a joint project of two longtime North Brooklyn neighborhood non-profits, Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) and The People's Firehouse, Inc (PFI.) Located on the site of the former Engine Company 212 firehouse, the redesigned building will provide a permanent home for the two founding non-profits to continue to serve, organize, and advocate for the community, a flexible cultural exhibition and community meeting space on the ground floor and serve as a place for all to celebrate and build community.

We need a few good volunteers for Drink, contact community@nthccc.org for more info.

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Check out filmmaker Minos Papas's video from our last Arts Happening, "A Collaboration of Dance and Musical Composition" by Alon Nechushtan and Stephanie Sleeper.

Arts Happening Series Presents: A Collaboration of Dance + Musical Composition - 5/14/2011 from Northside Town Hall on Vimeo.

Drop by this Saturday at 2pm, 5pm and 8pm for screenings of film at the firehouse and our latest Arts Happening - "This is a History of New York," an evening of experimental documentary film curated by Mary Billyou.

An Evening of Experimental Documentary Film

curated by Mary Billyou

Saturday June 11, 2011

Engine 212 Firehouse: 134 Wythe Ave. Williamsburg B’klyn

WILLIAMSBURG, BROOKLYN: starting at 2pm on

Saturday, community, activism and artists come together to breathe

life into the vacant Engine 212 Firehouse.

This is a History of New York is a screening of experimental

documentary films about NYC, curated by Mary Billyou.

The event features films by: Mary Billyou, Jem Cohen,

Koken Ergun, Brian Frye, Paul Garrin, Ken Jocobs,

Jonas Mekas, Martha Rosler, Shelly Silver and Caspar Stracke.

The exhibition is free and takes place from 2pm to 10pm,

at 134 Wythe Ave. btw. N. 8^th and N. 9^th Streets in

Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Screenings start at 2pm, 5pm, and 8pm.

This series is sponsored, in part by the Greater New York

Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department

of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts

Council, Inc. (BAC).

This series is also made possible with public funds from

the Decentralization Program of the New York State

Council on the Arts, both administered in Kings County

by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC).

A Collaboration of Dance & Musical Composition

Alon Necheshtan and Stephanie Sleeper

Saturday May 14th, 2010

5 pm - 8 pm

@ Engine 212 Firehouse: 134 Wythe Ave

Starting at 5pm on Saturday, community, activism and artists come together to breathe life into the vacant Engine 212 Firehouse.

A Collaboration of Dance & Musical Composition is a collaboration between choreographer Stephanie Sleeper and composer Alon Nechushtan exploring together the spaces

between performance and soundscape. The event features musicians from the other string quartet and performers from sleepdance.

This series is sponsored, in part by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the NewYork City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC).

This series is also made possible with public funds from the Decentralization Program of the New York State Council on the Arts, both administered in Kings County by the Brooklyn Arts Council, Inc. (BAC).