Monthly Archives: March 2012

Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space, Play Space – Pining For You

[ June 16, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Saturday June, 16, 2012: 5 pm – 7 pm

Tracy Candido will facilitate a collective queer wedding celebration and performance at the Old Stone House, and a pine tree planting ceremony, exploring queer park space, gay utopias, Dutch history and contemporary culture in The Netherlands.

Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space, Play Space – Interactive Games with Gigantic Mechanic

[ May 19, 2012; 5:00 pm to 10:00 pm. ] Saturday, May 19, 2012: 5 pm – 10 pm

Game-designers Gigantic Mechanic will lead two different OSH-specific games: In the Rubber Ball Battle of Brooklyn (played from 5 pm-sundown), players grab a ball and storm the field in a giant game of dodgeball mixed with capture the flag. Shadowplay (beginning at sundown) is a live-action arcade game players play with their shadows. Both games [...]

4th Annual Brooklyn Bike Jumble

[ May 19, 2012; 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. ] Saturday, May 19, 2012: 10 am – 4 pm

Come join us for the 4th annual Spring Brooklyn Bike Jumble at the Old Stone House with vendors selling used bikes, new and used bike accessories and other great events, including the Eminent Domain Bike Tour with Bettina Johae.

This year we will also be celebrating the newly [...]

Brooklyn Utopias – Parks Space, Play Space: Eminent Domain Bike Tour

[ May 19, 2012; 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm. ] Saturday, May 19, 2012 @ Noon

As part of her ongoing Eminent Domain: NYC project, Bettina Johae will lead a bike tour of parks and recreation spaces in Brooklyn that resulted from the use of Eminent Domain. Meet on the patio facing 4th Avenue at the Old Stone House!

Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space, Place Space – Public Voice/Public Dream Mural Workshop

[ April 28, 2012; 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. ] Saturday, April 28, 2012: 5 pm – 7 pm

What is Your vision for Public Place? In this creative artist/activist workshop, with interdisciplinary artist/activist, Triada Samaras, and CORD, we will brainstorm this question and the possible future uses of “Public Place” for our community. The area once known as Citizens Gas Works, a manufactured gas site, and now commonly called, [...]

Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space/Play Space – Daydreaming with Kat Schneck

[ April 28, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Saturday, April 28, 2012: 5 pm – 7 pm

Kat Schneck will lead passersby in a collective sky-gazing session. People of all ages are invited to bring a blanket and join.

Brooklyn Utopias: Park Space/Play Space – Circle Rules Federation

[ April 28, 2012; 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. ] Saturday, April 28, 2012 – 5 pm – 7 pm

Circle Rules Federation will explore the tradition of the tournament by engaging visitors in the new Brooklyn-born sport Circle Rules Football. Mascots, music, play-by-play commentary, and strategy will be developed in a truly level playing field where revelry and community takes priority over competition and skill. Recommended ages: [...]

NYC 19th Century Society Extravaganza

[ April 29, 2012; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ] Sunday, April 29, 2012: 10 am – 5:45 pm

Join us for a fantastic day marking the culmination of the New York 19th Century Society’s first expo extravaganza!

10:00 a.m.-4:00 p.m.  19th-Century Base Ball Game
12:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.  Open Air Figure Drawing with Hal Hirshorn
1:30 p.m.-3:00 p.m.     Bartitsu: The Lost Martial Art of Sherlock Holmes
12:00 p.m.-5:00 p.m.  Old [...]


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