The Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center Presents:

Arts Happening Series

Friday April 9th, 2010 6pm - 10pm FREE
Engine 212 Firehouse: 134 Wythe Ave. Williamsburg B’klyn
Featuring work by:
Julie Fotheringham, Zevan Rosser, Vera Angelico and Zahava Rozman

The Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center presents the first in a series of Friday evening performances held once a month from April through August. Starting at 6pm on Friday community, activism and artists come together to breathe life into the vacant Engine 212 Firehouse to create an evening in the spirit of the art happenings and ad-hoc events/exhibition of the old Williamsburg days.

Artists Julie Fotheringhamm & JarryLowder will present a durational performance art piece with live sound; Zevan Rosser will embark on Gesture Capture, multimedia performance with custom software; and Vera Angelico & Zahava Rozman will engage the passing public and attending audience in a performance art piece by asking, “What’s Your Burning Issue?” The intention is to create a sacred space where visitors can freely and openly express themselves in a community of supportive listeners. This event will give initiation for the coming up new renovation of the building into a community center.

134 Wythe Ave. btw. N. 8th and N. 9th Streets in Williamsburg Brooklyn.

CALLING ALL ARTISTS!!!!

(Filmmakers, Visual Artists, Sculptors, Musicians, & Performers)

Interested in presenting your work in an untraditional raw space in Williamsburg???

The Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center Inc., (NTHCCC) is looking for artists to present their work in the currently vacant Engine 212 Firehouse – the future home of the NTHCCC.

Art Happening Series 2010 Dates:

April 9th, May 7th, June 11th, August 6th

you can download application and RFP here or email arts@nthccc.org

All applicants MUST attend a site visit on March 20^th from 2pm- 4pm before submitting their proposal.

Deadline for Applications is March 31^st, 2010 in the office- postmarked applications will NOT be accepted.

NTHCCC Art Happening Series-

where activism, art and culture stand together

Have Questions? Contact Art Happenings Producer- Jackie Moynahan at arts@nthccc.org or 516-647-9555

People's Firehouse Holiday Party!

December 18th

5 - 11PM 113 Berry Street

The People's Firehouse, Inc. (PFI) has a very special relationship with the old Engine Company 212 Firehouse on Wythe Avenue.

In 1975, The People's Firehouse pioneered the community involvement in efforts to save Engine Company 212. Once again, in 2003, citizens of the community led by The People's Firehouse Inc., fought to save fire protection in the Northside of Williamsburg. This struggle laid the groundwork in the City's decision to deliver the Wythe Avenue Firehouse to the community as the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center. Please join us in a celebration of this commitment by so many over the years, and the continued community commitment today in securing the building for our neighborhood.

PFI and NAG (Neighbors Allied for Good Growth), in partnership now lead our campaign to raise over $2MM in the renovation of EC 212 - and bring the Northside Town Hall Community and Cultural Center to fruition.

Contact info@nthccc.org to get involved, and read all about the efforts on the NTHCCC blog and website.

We wish you all a very happy holiday season and thank you for your continued support!

Join North Brooklyn advocacy organization Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) for a holiday party and Fundraiser on Thursday, December 10 from 7-10pm at The Woods.

No cover (but we'll be happy take your donations!)

Come meet your neighbors, listen to some music, drink some cheap drinks, and bid on a silent auction, featuring great stuff from neighborhood spots, including:

-Third Ward
-Word Bookstore
-The Brooklyn Kitchen
-Alter Clothing
-The North BK Compost Project
-Three Kings Tattoo Parlor
-Charm School Design
-Transient Pictures

... and more to be announced!


NAG is a volunteer-based community planning and environmental justice organization that has been performing grassroots organizing, advocacy and outreach/education to the North Brooklyn waterfront community of Williamsburg/Greenpoint since 1994.

This past year, NAG guerrilla gardened, fought for the creation of new waterfront park space, lobbied for more bike racks in the neighborhood and safer and better transportation options, improved street tree maintenance, sponsored Williamsburg Walks, recorded oral histories from the neighborhood's longtime residents, held an educational forum on housing rights for tenants, counseled tenants one-on-one in landlord disputes, and began plans to turn the former Engine 212 building into the Northside Town Hall. Whew!

Next year we have even more exciting plans in store, but we can't do it without YOU!

The Northside Town Hall held a Bake Sale on Saturday to raise funds and awareness about the Town Hall Project while sharing some sweet treats with the community. Thank you to the Greenpoint Food Market for allowing us to be apart of the market and share a table alongside the amazing array of local food entrepreneurs.



For those of you who might not already know, The Greenpoint Food Market is a celebration of all foods fresh and local, artisnal and homemade. It functions as a support system for the growing variety of local food makers by providing them an opportunity to present and share their home-crafted goods while bringing the community together over delicious food.

GFM takes place once a month at the Church of the Messiah, the next market will be Dec 19th, 2009 SAVE THE DATE!