Weekend Events
Renegade Craft Fair This weekend is the third annual Brookyln Renegade Craft Fair. The annual DIY event, started in 2003 by Sue Blatt and Kathleen Habbley, welcomes over 150 vendors and thousands of shoppers from all over the country. Check out DIY knitting, jewelry, sewn items, paper goods, silkscreening, comics, zines and more. Saturday and…
Renegade Craft Fair
This weekend is the third annual Brookyln Renegade Craft Fair. The annual DIY event, started in 2003 by Sue Blatt and Kathleen Habbley, welcomes over 150 vendors and thousands of shoppers from all over the country. Check out DIY knitting, jewelry, sewn items, paper goods, silkscreening, comics, zines and more. Saturday and Sunday, June 16 and 17, from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., McCarren Park Pool, Lorimer Street, between Driggs & Bayard Avenues.
Bed-Stuy Stoop Sale
The Hancock Neighborhood Block Association is sponsoring a block-wide stoop/yard sale to be held Saturday, June 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The location is in Bedford Stuyvesant on Hancock Street, between Throop Avenue and Marcus Garvey Boulevard. The proceeds benefit their Block Beautification Program. Rain date is Saturday, June 23.
Vinegar Hill Flea Market
This Saturday, June 16, Vinegar Hill hosts its sixth annual flea market from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., from Front Street to Water Street and Bridge Street to Hudson Avenue.
Bed-Stuy Father’s Day BBQ
This Saturday, June 16, is the first annual Quincy Street 700 Block Father’s Day BBQ. The event is free, but donations for the park and a planned memorial are appreciated. Bring food and drinks. Saturday, June 16, 3:00 p.m. until sundown, Quincy Street Pocket Park, on the corner of Quincy Street and Malcolm X Boulevard.
Soil Care and Vegetable Workshop
Sponsored by New York Restoration Project, this free hands-on workshop for beginning and seasoned gardeners alike covers basic soil care and vegetable gardening techniques. Saturday, June 16, 10:00 a.m. 900 Bedford Avenue Association.
BWAC Silent Auction
This Sunday, June 17, is the last day of the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition’s Spring Art Show “Connections.” It is also the final day of the Silent Auction, featuring 132 works with minimum bids as low as $35. Auctions start closing at 4:00 p.m. The BWAC gallery is located in Red Hook at 499 Van Brunt Street.
LAPC Cabaret Benefit
To raise money to save the beautiful old organ at Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church, parishioners are putting on a cabaret show on Saturday at 8pm (come a little early for some food and drink). Music will include Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Irving Berlin, Steve Allen, Rodgers & Hammerstein, and many others. Admission is $15 and includes one drink. LAPC is located at 85 S. Oxford Street, near Lafayette Avenue.
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It’s not quite as bad as “bwack” claims. I’ve never seen anyone”hounding” visitors for a donation–I sure don’t do that when I’m working an entrance. There IS a sign that the suggested donation is $4. I know that some members of the BWAC board are concerned about whether suggesting a dollar amount might turn people away. FWIW, I worked at the main (Van Brunt) entrance a week ago Saturday. This was an especially busy day, I imagine because it coincided wsith the Red Hook open studio tour. At the end of the day, the BWAC president asked me if I noticed anyone turning away because of the $4 signs. I did not. I DID see many people entering without a donation or after donating only a dollar or two. I also saw many people donate considerably MORE than the suggested amount.
As to making members pay when they miss their scheduled shift, instead of just making up the time later, AFAIK that is only done if you fail to call in ahead of time (which IMO is the least that could be expected).
Note that I am just a BWAC member–not any kind of “insider”. I find belonging to BWAC a valuable experience, even though I have better sales at other venues, especially when I have a solo show. I really like showing my photographs along with paintings, prints, sculpture, etc.
BWAC has gotten worse as the years go on, they went from having a donation bucket in one area, to aggressively hounding visitors for a 4.00 “suggested” donation at every entrance. The artists went from six hours in one day volunteering to 16 hours mandatory volunteering broken up into 3 days, and if you miss your time, they dock you 12 bucks an hour, the membership is up to $85 a year, and now the show “chairs” (some with no real art judging backgound) get to choose what you are allowed to put in. you used to be able to pay your dues and set up whatever you like. Anyone else been hating on BWAC lately?
I was dissapointed by the renegade cracft fair last year. So many of the vendors were totally unoriginal. The majority of them seemed to have funny/ironic/artsy t-shirts or stuffed animals. Not a lot more. Hopefully its more diverse this year.
the 7th avenue fair held this sunday, june 17th in park slope is one of the largest, most popular street fairs in the city…
Street Fair. Seventh Heaven: June 17, 2007
Park Slope Chamber of Commerce presents its annual Seventh Heaven, a street fair on 7th Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and 15th Street.
For more information contact MaryAnn Devlin at (718) 789-4100. (Posted: January 16, 2007)
The Renegade Craft Fair is mindblowingly huge (250+ vendors). I went last year and enjoyed myself thoroughly. If you go, keep an eye out for Kimberly Hamlin, aka Keep It Moving Design – she does amazing handknits and jewelry…
what’s that? no one emailed us about it…
How did you miss the 7th Heaven fair on Sunday?
Mr. B, this column just gets better and better. Some of these events would not get noticed past their immediate vicinity. This is a great opportunity for people to see other nabes while enjoying a fun event, with the monies spent going to good causes. There are at least two I might go to. Thanks!