On Saturday, November 5th from 2-4pm, Green in BKLYN hosts a book signing & recipe tasting with Jane Gish, author of the Bananarchist Cookbook.

The Bananarchist Cookbook is organized like many cookbooks but is  interspersed with anarchist trivia, jokes, useful phrases in foreign languages, games, love letter mad libs, fortunes, manifestos, surveys &, of course, recipes like:

• Red Quinoa Salad with Lime Chipotle Dressing
• Butternut Squash & Chestnut Soup
• Rosemary Buttermilk Biscuits
• Blackberry Apple Basil Crumble
• Warm & Toasty Toddy Coffee

If a typical cookbook instructs one on how to make food, this cookbook offers additional instructions on making mischief & connecting with others.  The Bananarchist motto is:

• Hug it out.
• Be truthful to your vision.
• Break bread with your compatriots.

In addition to penning this lovely, loving cookbook, Jane is the maven of Super Foxy Sweets’ vegan & gluten free truffles.  So you know it’s gonna be a tasty event…  Hope you’ll come & break bread, compatriots!

In addition to how she brightens my day, Brenda has a wonderful local dance company that contributes free tickets and beautiful work to the neighborhood.

Recently, Brenda’s company – the Neville Dance Theatre – launched a Kickstarter campaign to fund more free tickets.  This time for children at the Ronald McDonald House  The campaign is in its last three days & could use your help…

In Brenda’s own words… Neville Dance Theatre is self-producing a special October New York City performance season of our original dance narrative ‘Memento Muerto’ – a haunting and powerful production about the vibrant and diverse Mexican Day of the Dead traditions, at the legendary Merce Cunningham Studio Theatre, this October 27-29, 2011, as one of the final productions performing there before its closure this November.

Last presented in 2007 on a much smaller scale, our upcoming production is set to bring the vibrancy of these traditions to life like never before in an expanded production.  As of now, we have a mind-blowingly awesome artistic team assembled, discounted rehearsal studios booked and a fabulous venue contracted, outrageously talented dancers working tirelessly learning choreography, vibrant slides and set designs selected, and promotional seeking press releases sent out.  Whew! Now, all we need is the money to pay for it all!

We are 100% committed to making the project and production happen, but presenting a full concert dance season, especially in New York, ain’t cheap!  We need support for our costs including theater and studio rentals, set & costume construction, slide projections, documentation, and making sure the dancers and collaborators get some kind of payment for all their hard work:) We also need a few special individuals as Ticket Sponsors’ whose pledges will provide tickets for twelve under-served children/families from the non-profit organization The Ronald McDonald House in New York City to have the unique opportunity to attend our closing night performance Free-of-Charge.

Again, the Kickstarter link is here and the company would love your support!

Update… Check out Park(ing) Day at Green in BKLYN and on Myrtle Avenue in the Brooklyn Paper’s on-line edition (click HERE).

Today is Park(ing) Day at Green in BKLYN…  And all over the world!

That means that, literally, ALL OVER THE WORLD parking spaces are being handed over to humans instead of cars for green and clean fun.

We’ll be hosting Eve Mosher’s “Insert_Here” project and taking ideas for eco-friendly solutions for the shop, the Avenue, the ‘hood, the city, the world…

Stop by, take a seat, run your toes through the grass and share your thoughts.  It’s a perfect day to park it here!

For more stuff on Myrtle Avenue, click here.  For more on “Insert_Here”, click here.  And for more on Park(ing) Day, click HERE.

PS – Stop in the shop for a cup of Green in BKLYN hot tea for when you park your seat in the Park(ing) Day spot.  We’ll be serving the good stuff all day long…

‘ZEPHYR’ is a world premiere performance of Neville Dance Theatre‘s newest work, which draws inspiration from atmospheric wind streams & employs large, working pedestal fans (ooh, fans). Including works by nine other exciting guest companies & choreographers as well, the evening is part of the In-Sight Suite Summer Festival (sounds cool).

WHAT: In-Sight Suite Summer Festival
WHEN: July 28, 29 & 30 @ 8pm & July 31 @ 2pm
WHERE: The Secret Theatre @ 4402 23rd Street, LIC, Queens
HOW: For tickets, click here.

On that day, as part of Make Music New York, hundreds of public spaces throughout the five boroughs become impromptu stages for over 1,000 free concerts in an amazing day long, live musical celebration!

Green in BKLYN celebrates Make Music New York with Citibank, the rest of Myrtle Avenue and the city of New York on Tuesday, June 21st…

• 12pm: Ed Vasquez - poetic vocals and fhytm
• 2pm: Rajdulari - jazz and funk
• 3pm: Nedelka Felicidad – vocalist

For the rest of Make Music New York’s schedule, check out their website.

It’s (gonna be) the first day of Summer! Let’s rock that long day out!

The Stroll is a self-guided tour of SONYArtist members’ studios and galleries in Clinton Hill, Ft. Greene, Wallabout and Bedford Stuyvesant and takes place Saturday, May 14th & Sunday, May 15th from 12-6PM both days, rain or shine.

With hundreds of great works of art on display, you can start or add to your own art collection and you can preview the artwork in the SONYArtist Registry, follow the links on each artist’s page for more information about them or contact them directly.

For more information or to download a map of the Stroll, check out SONYA’s website. A couple of days of free art, you can’t beat that!

Tiffany’s groovy book is jam-packed with 95 do-it-yourself “Recycling Projects from the Stuff You Usually Scrap”.  So you can transform outdated CDs into a lampshade, empty cereal boxes into a magazine holder, bottle caps into a game of checkers & a whole lot more!

Join us joining Tiffany & make something awesome with something scrappy.  Bonus crafty project included!

Write your own poem or borrow one from your favorite poet, just make sure to join in the excitement by carrying a poem in your pocket to share with your friends, family, classmates & colleagues.

And, if you show us your poem at Green in BKLYN, we’ll give you a page from our “Chalkboard Quotes” – those groovy daily quotes we put on that chalkboard outside the shop.

Stop in, show us your poem or drop us a quote & we’ll show you ours!

Tiffany’s groovy book is jam-packed with 95 do-it-yourself “Recycling Projects from the Stuff You Usually Scrap”.  So you can transform outdated CDs into a lampshade, empty cereal boxes into a magazine holder, bottle caps into a game of checkers & a whole lot more!

Join us joining Tiffany & make something awesome with something scrappy.  Bonus crafty project included!

The lovely & charming, talented & super eco-friendly Tiffany Threadgould will NOT be at Green in BKLYN on Saturday, March 19th signing ReMake It! - her brand new crafty book.

The event will be rescheduled in the future.

Tiffany’s groovy book is jam-packed with 95 do-it-yourself “Recycling Projects from the Stuff You Usually Scrap”.  So you can transform outdated CDs into a lampshade, empty cereal boxes into a magazine holder, bottle caps into a game of checkers & a whole lot more!

We’ll let you know when she’ll be here!