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MARKETLOWER , NYC SEPTEMBER 23 - OCTOBER 16, 2011

OVER 40 GROUPS ORGANIZATIONS INDIVIDUALS & BUSINESSES URA HSpecial P S Urban Section Renewal Area H Our ongoing investigation of the intersec- tion of art, labor, economics, and the produc- tion of unexpected social experiences has led us to initiate Introductionthis new project we call MARKET. The project creates space for direct conversations and reflections on the many diverse ways in which we make our world, and the kinds of social, economic, and cultural relationships we want to foster in our daily exchanges with others. [CONTINUED ON PAGE 3] FREE COMPLETE SCHEDULE PAGE 23 3 INTRODUCTION REVEREND BILLY AND THE CHURCH OF EAR- MUSEUM By Temporary Services THALUJAH 17 GOOD OLD 4 PICTURE THE HOMELESS 11 CUCHIFRITOS LOWER EAST SIDE COMMUNITY THE TEETH OF THE ARCHIVE HESTER STREET COLLABORATIVE & SUPPORTED AGRICULTURE By Gregory Sholette and others THE WATERFRONT ON WHEELS THE LOWER EAST SIDE SQUATTER-- CAKE SHOP BLUESTOCKINGS STEADER ARCHIVE PROJECT

5 PEOPS LOWER EAST SIDE PEOPLES’ FEDERAL CREDIT LIVING THEATRE By Fly UNION 18 COMMUNIST GUIDE TO 6 MAGIC BUREAU OF FOREIGN COR- 12 SPURA & THE CITY STUDIO By Yevgeniy Fiks RESPONDENCE Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, Buscada & New School’s Urban Studies program ALPHABET CITY ACUPUNTURE COMMUNITY TELEVISION CENTER 14 BULLET SPACE CHIPPY DESIGN

JIM’S PEPPER ROASTER DAMON RICH TZADIK

HOWL! ARTS TIME’S UP! 19 SELECTED MUSIC FROM OR ABOUT THE LES

7 PLACE MATTERS 15 LOWER EASTSIDE GIRLS’ CLUB 20 ALLIED PRODUCTIONS

LOWER EAST SIDE PRINTSHOP LOWER EAST SIDE HISTORY PROJECT SKIN BY KYRA

8 ABC NO RIO 16 LOCAL SPOKES ANTON VAN DALEN [CONTINUED P. 21]

9 SAVE THE MARKET DIAS Y FLORES COMMUNITY GARDEN 22 INTRODUCTION [CONTINUED]

STREET VENDOR PROJECT BOWERYBOOGIE.COM 23 MARKET SCHEDULE

10 WORLD WAR 3 ILLUSTRATED MILLENIUM FILM WORKSHOP THANK YOUS

THIN AIR MEDIA REVEREND JEN’S LOWER EAST SIDE TROLL CONTACT INFORMATION human relationships to the built and natural en- the Family Stone on the Ed Sullivan Show. vironment, social and spatial justice, and ethical A number of elements made Ask Me! an INTRODUCTION economic practices. MARKET is, in part, a response extraordinary experience. For one, it was free to at- By Temporary Services to the ongoing national and global economic tend. One could easily spend an entire day learn- and social crisis and its devastating impacts on ing in one on one or small group situations from Our ongoing investigation of the intersection of the economy, ecology, and on vulnerable popu- an enthusiastic and knowledgeable person that art, labor, economics, and the production of un- lations. would happily indulge your most naive questions. expected social experiences has led us to initiate The people at each booth were friendly, patient, this new project we call MARKET. The project cre- and generous. The range of participants, who rep- ates space for direct conversations and reflec- resented a broad racial, ethnic, and generational tions on the many diverse ways in which we make spectrum was uncommonly diverse for an artist-or- our world, and the kinds of social, economic, and ganized event. It appeared that Chicago County cultural relationships we want to foster in our daily Fair didn’t just ask their friends to participate. They exchanges with others. asked the parents of their friends, or their own par- MARKET provides indoor market stalls for a ents, or their friends’ children. The organizational range of people and practices that are not often structure, with its system of booths and the partici- included in traditional marketplace settings. Table pants’ use of props, photos, diagrams and other space is provided to people and groups that have learning aids created many points of access. The demonstrated a commitment to the Lower East project begged the question: why can’t more ex- Side. Participants are included regardless of the hibitions and events be this interesting?! economic intention or viability of their practice Ask Me! recognized that everyone has (the usual criteria for participation in a market). some area of specialized knowledge that they We have asked groups and individuals to partici- could share informally if they were given a cre- pate that do not have a public office or cannot INSPIRATION ative framework to do so. The art of the project afford rental property, neighborhood spaces that was sited in the creative organizing structure, do rent real estate but could use a boost in visibil- A project that has particularly inspired us over the which was certainly unlike any information fair ity or a change of audience, individuals that oper- years is Ask Me! – an event series organized by that we have ever been to. While static informa- ate outside of typical capitalist economies, local the now dormant Chicago-based group Chica- tional displays can be great, objects, images and experts, organizations that have heavily docu- go County Fair. The group’s members during this facts become so much more compelling when mented culture from the neighborhood, seasonal project were Laurie Jo Reynolds, Scott McFarland, they are animated by the live presence of an in- vendors and single-person enterprises, and others Kyle Harris and Robin Cline. dividual that can illuminate unnoticed details, or who add to the eclectic and dynamic energy of Each Ask Me! event consisted of a large answer follow up questions about information that the area. room filled with separate booths whose design lies below the surface. MARKET borrows the infrastructure pro- was inspired by the character Lucy van Pelt’s vided by Creative Time’s rental of the Essex Street “Psychiatric Advice” booth that appeared in the Market for the exhibition Living As Form. Each comic Peanuts. At each Ask Me! event, numerous ORGANIZING PROJECTS WITH MANY PARTICIPANTS participant in MARKET is given one of six six-foot self-proclaimed experts on a variety of subjects long stands to use for an entire eight-hour day, would appear in person to provide information MARKET expands an approach to exhibition and throughout the duration of the exhibition. Each and conversation for attendees. In a 2003 article project organizing that Temporary Services has participant will be able to use MARKET for one or by Cara Jepsen in the Chicago Reader, Laurie Jo been employing since the group began in Chica- more days, according to availability. Our design Reynolds explained, “Every one of us is an expert go in 1998. It has been common in our practice to of the brightly colored stands is modeled after in some way and is curious in some way ... But it make projects where we devise a creative struc- lemonade stands, produce stalls, and flea market takes some kind of interface to fulfill those needs. ture that then provides a platform or opportunity style table-top presentations. Each vendor’s table It seems like such a radical act to talk to a strang- for others to participate and enrich the larger en- is the same size and provided free of charge. Any er. There’s no place to have a conversation like deavor with their collective concerns. money made by those who sell things is kept en- that. That’s why we love booths – they make that Most often we do this by taking a preexist- tirely by the individual, group or business. act possible in a lot of different contexts.” In addi- ing infrastructure and opening it up to others who The Old Essex Street Market buildings were tion to providing a sign at each booth indicating likely would not have been invited, and some- built in the 1930s under the administration of May- each person’s area of expertise, there were lists of times do not normally participate in art exhibitions or . While one of the market sample questions to help break the ice. or art projects. To find participants, we follow our buildings on Essex Street remains active as an ac- A member of our group was able to see own interests, engage our preexisting social net- tual marketplace, the Old Market building that is Ask Me! at the Chicago Cultural Center in 2003, as works, and enlist the help of others in a community hosting “Living as Form” is managed by the New well as a later version of the event at Chicago’s Mu- who may share our values or have a deep com- York City Economic Development Corporation seum of Science and Industry. The Cultural Center mitment and investment in these practices and (NYCEDC). NYCEDC rents the raw building space event included sixteen booths with an astounding histories. We follow up on suggestions and aim for film shoots, events, and other temporary func- range of topics. There were experts on Iraq, a su- to create a diverse and compelling array of par- tions. permax prison (represented by family members of ticipation, often with clashing ideas and aesthetic MARKET temporarily restores the Old Es- men who were incarcerated at the Tamms Cor- concerns. At times the other participants already sex Street Market building at the southeast corner rectional Center in Illinois), and the Stone Moun- know and feel a kinship with one another. Others of Delancey and Essex Streets to its original func- tain Confederate monument. The member of our meet for the first time through their participation in tion as a marketplace and publicly shared space. group that attended stayed for over two hours. our project. MARKET is free to use and non-competitive and However, he had such intense conversations that We have spent many hours at book and particularly diverse in its offerings. he was only able to consult four experts. Among information fairs. Who you sit next to can make or This publication functions in part as a di- those were a speech pathologist who conduct- break the experience. Most often, it is rewarding rectory to the people and organizations and their ed an informal voice analysis accompanied by to have an extended period of time to talk with missions that can be consulted long after the exhi- anatomical diagrams, a six-year-old Yu-Gi-Oh! fellow “tablers.” We have designed the stalls of bition ends. It is a snapshot of active organizations and Power Rangers expert (whose attention also MARKET so that they sit in a semi-circular fashion and people working on the Lower East Side in the drifted to dinosaurs), and an expert on televised that projects outwards. It puts the people behind Fall of 2011. rock and soul music performances aired before the booths closer to one another. It is our hope MARKET champions the values of decen- the age of MTV and YouTube (who sifted through that this will make it easier for many conversations cy, compassion, working on a small scale, em- stacks of VHS tapes to fulfill requests). One minute to happen across practices, concerns, and initia- powerment, and non-exploitative relationships you could be learning about quantum physics, tives. with other people. Among the concerns we wish and the the next, you could be watching Sly and to highlight are creativity and self-representation, [CONTINUED ON PAGE 22] 3 the shelter system, as well as those who are un- able/unwilling to live within it.

www.picturethehomeless.org HSEPTEMBER 25 & 30, OCTOBER 1

PICTURE THE HOMELESS Picture the Homeless is an organization founded on the principle that in order to end homeless- of documents. Some are from pre-gentrified Low- ness, people who are homeless must become an er East Side. Others are more recent. Still others are organized, effective voice for systemic change. THE TEETH OF global in context. But all might be described as the We have a track record of developing leadership residue of a missing artistic mass or dark matter: among homeless people to impact policies and a typically overlooked cultural productivity that systems that affect their lives and our efforts have THE ARCHIVE is nonetheless indispensable to the coherence of created space for homeless people, and their the art world. For the Temporary Services MARKET agenda, within the broader social justice move- An installation by Gregory this shadow archive is organized like miniature city ment. Sholette and others blocks. And even here there are gaps or “missing We were founded by two homeless men teeth.” The gaps are labeled. Some are tagged as in the Fall of 1999, Anthony Williams and Lewis In the summer of 1977 I arrived on ’s artistic practices so well known they need no rep- Haggins, Jr. The catalyst for our founding was an Lower East Side to attend The . Com- resentation. Others are truly unspeakable, lacking urgent need to respond to the Giuliani adminis- ing from the suburbs of Philadelphia, my white either a voice or discourse. Meanwhile, visitors are tration’s policy of criminalizing homeless people, /lower middle class world was soon encouraged to add to this provisional process of broadly supported by the media. The co-founders transformed by life in . The city was still naming the unnamable. in the thralls of a decades-long economic and so- of Picture the Homeless (PTH) began reaching With so much discussion about social cial meltdown. The deterioration was everywhere out to allies for support, a place to meet and to practice, relational art, and participatory culture, evident. Subways ran sporadically and were never it seems that we remain today asleep within the figure out strategies to create an organization of air-conditioned, public hospitals were being shut- teeth of the archive. Fearing its crooked jaws will homeless people that could carry out this work. In tered, and schools and libraries were forced to tighten and choke us, we also know that without January 2000, PTH held its first organizing meeting. close. Mayor Ed Koch cut a deal with the finance, its largely unseen presence no drama will ever be Picture the Homeless has since worked to develop insurance, and real estate industries (F.I.R.E.) to es- possible. It is precisely what animates our story, its an organization directed and run by homeless sentially steal the city away from under the major- differences, and repetitions. people by building an infrastructure that keeps ity of residents including union workers, minorities, organizational decision-making in the hands of the working poor, as well as community and hous- www.darkmatterarchives.net homeless people. ing activists. The stage was being set for the en- We are a citywide, multiracial, bilingual or- trance of the new, networked creative class who ganization and our constituency includes home- would bring about a “renaissance” of the Lower less people living in shelters as well as those living SEPTEMBER 23, 24 East Side. H on the streets and in other public places. We serve But that reality, now fully completed, was a broad population of people because homeless- still off in the future. Moving about the streets of the & 25 ness cuts across all boundaries: race, ethnicity, neighborhood in the early 1980s meant traveling culture, gender, family composition, age, sexual an obstacle course. Years of not investing in urban orientation, language, etc., but what all homeless infrastructure meant city blocks sometimes looked people have in common as a community is ex- like mouths missing half their teeth, or inside-out treme poverty and social stigmatization. The vast caverns where stalagmites poked up CAKE SHOP majority of people in the NYC shelter system are randomly between building rubble. Here and Coffee • Cake • Booze • Music Venue • Last Black and Latino/a, and many of them are wom- there one came across scrappy gardens. Weeds Record Store in the Universe! en and children. There are currently nearly 40,000 naturally took over some debris fields, while oth- people in the New York City shelter system, includ- ers were carefully planted and organized by lo- 152 Ludlow Street ing over 9,000 families with over 18,000 children. cals. If you looked carefully enough, signs of sur- New York, NY 10002 These numbers do not include street-dwelling vival could be seen amongst the ruins. It was in www.cake-shop.com homeless people, or the hundreds of families wait- this physically and ideologically conflicted, some- ing for placement in a shelter, or the estimated times vertiginous world that my understanding of 350,000 doubled-up households throughout the art and its critique was born. OCTOBER 2 city. Our outreach targets individuals from within The Teeth of the Archive is an arrangement H NICK ZEDD

PENNY ARCADE ARTURO VEGA

different country every day. Between set-up, show I continue to publish PEOPs (currently time & other downtimes I would be drawing peo- up to #6) & my Lower East Side PEOPs can be seen PEOPS ple & making notes. regularly in the local paper The Villager. PEOPs is a By Fly Sometime in the later 90s I decided that life-long project for me. It is about my own person- these drawings would make a really great ! (I al worldwide community, about wanting people The PEOPs project is a continuing collection of have been making zines since the mid 80s.) That is to appreciate the hidden history of our everyday portraits & stories of exceptional, creative & pas- sionate people who I admire & who inspire me. when I came up with the name PEOPs. From there life & about radical networking. Everybody has an Each portrait occupies one page. The words are the project gradually got more formal & I would incredible story to tell & everybody deserves to be the story told to me by the subject & edited on make appointments with people. heard. the spot. It’s all very immediate. Some people tell The first PEOPs zine was published in 2K1. their life stories & others might just talk about a spe- A 200-page PEOPs volume was published by Soft For PEOPs info & to contact Fly: www.peops.org cific event or ideology. It’s all up to them & is very Skull Press in 2003 to great underground critical For other Fly art & publications: much influenced by my interaction with them as I acclaim. Around the same time I started doing www.flyspage.com am doing the initial drawing. a long-running PEOPs page in MAXIMUMROCK- When I was touring the world in the mid- NROLL. A PEOPs Show DVD was produced in col- nineties playing bass in a band called God Is My laboration with Killer Banshee Studios (Oakland) in OCTOBER 8 & 9 Co- we would be in a different city & often a 2003 to coincide with the firstPEOPs tour. H 5 ters through an assemblage of pictures, texts, vid- eos, books and zines, posters, stencil designs, and other media that express the special experiences JIM’S PEPPER of collective work to open, build and sustain these centers. ROASTER Jimmy Smith, inventor of Jim’s Pepper Roaster, is a House Magic wiki with three zine catalogs to native New Yorker and roasted bell pepper fanat- download: sites..com/site/housemagicbfc ic. Jimmy has returned to his home town after an interesting 25 years of raising and racing harness House Magic project blog: occuprop.blogspot. horses. After impressive wins in the com (New York, California, and Florida) and New Zea- land, as well as a track record in the Hippodrome Contact: [email protected] outside of Paris in Vincennes, France, Jimmy is back to his first love ... cooking. Self taught after an initial boost from his SEPTEMBER 24 & 25 Mother, Jimmy has always been on the lookout H for ways to improve the recipes and methods he learned. Loving the taste and many uses for a roasted bell pepper, either alone or with other foods, Jimmy was looking for a better way to pre- pare this favorite food. The old tried and true of roasting horizontally and turning, or cooking over an open flame with a fork just seemed wrong. Now, at the age of 79, Jimmy is ready to share with you the best method for roasting pep- pers every invented. Jim’s Pepper Roaster is his passion to share with you. If you live in New York City, or are visiting, give Jimmy a call and he may just invite you over for a taste. He can be reached at 212-677-5120 or HOUSE MAGIC: [email protected]. BUREAU OF www.jimspepperroaster.net FOREIGN COR- HSEPTEMBER 25 RESPONDENCE DOWNTOWN The HM:BFC project looks at the occupied social centers which have sprung up, mostly in Europe. These social centers arose out of direct action COMMUNITY , occupation actions that create social, cultural and political space for action in the city. This is “bottom up” planning, an urban TELEVISION development from below, undertaken without money, only with labor. They are neighborhood CENTER places that provide free space for cultural activi- Founded in 1972, DCTV is a nonprofit media arts ties, where you don’t need money to interact with center in . We believe that others. Many social centers work closely with im- increasing public access to electronic media migrant groups, organizing, supporting and dem- arts invigorates our nation’s democracy. DCTV onstrating to protect their rights. makes award-winning documentaries for national The social centers represent a new wave broadcast, offers low-cost programs and services HOWL! Arts showcases the rich artistic diversity of of activism, often highly theorized, with participa- for the community and provides the East Village. tion by both radical intellectuals and grassroots media training to New York City teenagers, all Inspired by the late poet–philosopher Al- activists. Increasingly architects, urban planners out of a former firehouse downtown. We tackle a len Ginsberg – a lifelong spokesperson for peace, and artists are joining political activists to work in number of different social issues through our work, justice, and freedom of expression — HOWL! Arts these centers. one of which is youth gun violence in New York Inc., the umbrella for all things HOWL!, exemplifies The form of the social center has deep City. Our program, Beyond Bullets, is dedicated to the uninhibited, spirited, iconoclastic, and irrever- historical roots in modernist political movements, creating and showcasing youth-produced media ent embrace of poet 's artistic in- including post-revolutionary Russia and Repub- about gun violence in order to raise awareness of vention. HOWL! Arts claims this legacy — as home lican Spain, the Italian Autonomist movement of this epidemic and help prevent youth violence. to "the best minds" of successive generations — to the 1970s, and the New York City squatting move- We travel to all five boroughs of the city to host inspire and galvanize new artists and audiences. ments of the 1970s and 1990s. screenings and workshops. You can learn more Presenting poetry, music, dance, theater, The form today includes cafes, free stores, about this program at www.beyondbullets.org, fine art, and intersections of popular culture, new library/bookstores, bike ateliers, performance and more about DCTV at www.dctvny.org. technologies and artistic expression that defy spaces and art galleries. The often short-lived so- easy categorization, everything HOWL! engages cial centers were important organizing foci of the and incites people to connect with the arts. global justice movement, and centers of the anti- The HOWL! imprimatur aspires to give the capitalist crisis mobilizations of today. SEPTEMBER 30 & public, both young and old, the tools to join in the The House Magic project privileges self- H creative process and to experience first hand the representation of these autonomous social cen- OCTOBER 7 high value of a creative life, the heritage of social history and the quality of contemporary culture To the extent that our small staff allows, we also which are the signatures of this vital community. provide technical assistance to groups working to HOWL! Arts, the umbrella company for protect cultural and historical places. The Place HOWL! Festival and HOWL! Arts Project, embraces Matters Toolkit is a resource for citizens seeking to the entire downtown community whose original take action on behalf of important place. perspectives have altered the landscape of fash- Place Matters promotes significant places ion, art, music, theater, poetry and dance world- through publications and public programs, such wide. as Community Focus projects, cultural tours, maps, The Howl Emergency Life Project (H.E.L.P.) discussion series, and more. was created to provide emergency financial as- sistance and social service support to artists who Image: designed by Wong have participated in the annual Howl Festival or who make their careers in New York City's East www.placematters.net Village and Lower East Side arts community and whose work challenges the traditional boundar- ies of dance, theatre, music, multimedia and the OCTOBER 16 spoken word. H Services include counseling and referrals for personal, family or work-related problems. Link- age to community resources for such needs as medical care, legal services, public benefits or el- der care. Workshops are offered on a variety of topics and include: finding affordable , fi- nancial education as well as health insurance op- tions. Financial assistance is available for rent, utilities, mental health and medical care as well as other basic living expenses. Grants are approved on a case-by-case basis based on need. Lower East Side Printshop is a not-for-profit studio For additional information and an application, in New York City that helps contemporary artists please contact: create new artwork and advance their careers. Through the Printshop’s workspace residency pro- The Actors Fund Intake Unit grams, artists receive space and time to work, 212.221.7300 ext. 119 stipends, technical assistance, career develop- or 800.221.7303 ext.119 ment, and public exposure. With its exhibitions, classes, internships, and other public programs, For emergencies at night or on weekends please the Printshop serves as a junction for artists, collec- call: tors, museums, galleries, and educational institu- 212.621.7780 tions to access and engage in contemporary art. With over 160 artists served each year, the Print- For Program Eligibility and More Information shop is the largest print workspace in the United www.actorsfund.org PLACE States. HOWL! H.E.L.P. Executive Board MATTERS Many established artists have worked at Riki Colon, Jane Friedman, BG Hacker, Hattie Ha- The Place Matters program, co-sponsored by the the Printshop, often in the earlier stages of their ca- thaway, Bob Holman, Judy Nylon, Lyn Pentecost, urban cultural center, , and the Munici- reers, including , Nancy Spero and Leon Robert Perl, Mark Satlof, Lucy Sexton, Nathaniel pal Art Society, seeks to foster the conservation Golub, Philip Taaffe, Robert Longo, Barbara Kru- Siegel, Chi Chi Valenti, of New York City’s historically and culturally signifi- ger, Paul Chan, Ghada Amer, and Zana Briski, and cant places. These are places that hold memories groups such as , Group Material, PAD/D, HOWL! H.E.L.P. Advisory Board and anchor traditions for individuals and com- Anti Utopia, and Bullet Space, among many oth- , Lenny Kaye, Richard Hell, Deborah munities, and that help tell the history of the city ers. Recent collaborations include Arturo Herrera, Harry, Chris Frantz, Tina Weymouth, Tommy Erde- as a whole. We are convinced that such places Ryan McGinness, Matthew Day Jackson, Chris lyi Ramone, , Nora Balaban, Eszter promote the well being of New York’s many com- Martin, Enoc Perez, William Powhida, Dana Schutz, Balint, Snooky Bellomo, Tish Bellomo, Adele Bertei, munities in ways that too often go unrecognized. Kate Shepherd, Jean Shin, Mary , and Kara Delphine Blue, Jahn Xavier Bonfiglio, Leee Black Our process begins with surveying New Yorkers to Walker. Childers, Cheetah Chrome, Mike DeCapite, Baby learn about the places they care about. We fol- low up with educational programs and advocacy Jane Dexter, Johnny Dynell, Annie Golden, June Lower East Side Printshop Honey, David Ilku, David Leslie, Kevin Malony, Tom to promote and protect these places and others 306 Wes 37th Street, 6th Floor Murrin, Kembra Pfahler, Binky Phillips, Chris Rael, like them. Place Matters conducts a citywide sur- New York, NY 10018 Clark Render, Edward Rogers, Melani Rogers, Jerry vey called the Census of Places that Matter to dis- Saltz, Andy Shernoff, Cynthia Sley, Patricia Sullivan, cover places that evoke associations with history, JG Thirwell, Arturo Vega, Russell Wolinsky, Becky memory, and tradition. Hundreds of New Yorkers Phone: 212-673-5390 Wreck have nominated places to the Census. Amount- Fax: 212-979-6493 ing to a new knowledge bank, the Census iden- In Memorium tifies places of public significance and helps us Email: [email protected] Claire O'Connor understand how and why “place” is meaningful Website: www.printshop.org to people. Place Matters advocates for places of his- SEPTEMBER 29 tory and tradition by working in the policy arena OCTOBER 8 & 9 H on landmarking and other protective strategies. H 7 ABC NO RIO ABC No Rio is a collectively-run arts center on Manhattan’s Lower East Side. Our gallery and per- formance space was founded by artists commit- ted to an actively engaged culture that promotes critical analysis and an expanded vision of our in- dividual lives and the untapped potential of our neighborhoods, , and societies. These values are still at the core of what we do today. Since our founding in 1980, ABC No Rio has been a welcoming and supportive venue for many thousands of emerging artists, performers, poets and musicians. Through both our events and our public facilities (zine library, printshop, dark- Abandoned city-owned building on , the site of . (Photo by Alan room and technology resources) ABC No Rio is a Moore.) The occupation of, and subsequent eviction from, this building led the City of New York to give structure for individual self-realization. It is a place the squatters the building that would eventually become ABC No Rio. where people share resources and ideas to im- pact society, culture, and community. We believe that art and activism should be for everyone, not just the professionals, experts, and cognoscenti. ABC No Rio is unique in that all our proj- ects and programs have been implemented and are collectively run by a volunteer staff of approxi- mately 50 individuals. We have no Program Direc- tors. We know of no other institution that operates in a similar way on as large a scale and scope. Our community is defined by a set of shared values and convictions. It is both a local and international community. It is a community committed to social justice, equality, anti-author- itarianism, autonomous action, collective pro- cesses, and to nurturing alternative structures and institutions operating on such principles. We be- lieve that artists must take responsibility for making things happen at the grass-roots level in an atmo- sphere of camaraderie and mutual support, and without seeking the validation of the dominant culture. ABC No Rio is now planning new construc- tion on our site. Our future facility will allow us to realize the amplified ambitions our past has led us to embrace. ABC No Rio’s contribution to MARKET is titled “What Brings You By Today?” www.abcnorio.org SEPTEMBER 23, 24 H Sunday morning at Orchard and Rivington, New York City, 1915, Library of Congress Prints and Photo- & 25 graphs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA Please show your support to help Save the Essex small businesspeople struggling to make ends Street Market. meet. Most are immigrants and people of color. SAVE THE They work long hours under harsh conditions, ask- www.savetheessexstreetmarket.org ing for nothing more than a chance to sell their goods on the public sidewalk. ESSEX STREET Yet, in recent years, vendors have been SEPTEMBER 23, 24 victims of New York’s aggressive “quality of life” H crackdown. They have been denied access to MARKETThe Essex Street Market (120 Essex Street, NY, NY vending licenses. Many streets have been closed 10002) on the Lower East Side of New York City is & 25 to them at the urging of powerful business groups. an original city-run market, operating continuous- They receive $1,000 tickets for minor violations like ly for over 70 years. It is thriving, with multi-gener- vending too close to a crosswalk — more than any big businesses are required to pay for similar ational vendors alongside independently owned violations. entrepreneurial startups, with success stories The Street Vendor Project is a member- reaching around the world. The market represents ship-based project with more than 750 active ven- our diverse neighborhood, serving people from all dor members who are working together to create walks of life. Those of us who live on the Lower East a vendors’ movement for permanent change. Side, as well as those who seek out the Essex Street We reach out to vendors in the streets and stor- Market — or come upon it by surprise — cherish its age garages and teach them about their legal history and service to the neighborhood. It’s a liv- rights and responsibilities. We hold meetings where ing piece of our Lower East Side heritage, created we plan collective actions for getting our voices for pushcart vendors in 1940. It’s been featured in heard. We publish reports and file lawsuits to raise many walking tours, movies, guidebooks, culinary public awareness about vendors and the enor- media, and the climax scene of the 1948 film noir mous contribution they make to our city. Finally, “The Naked City.” we help vendors grow their businesses by linking Our neighborhood — listed in 2008 as one them with small business training and loans. of the 11 most endangered historic places — in- The Street Vendor Project is part of the Ur- cludes the development site for SPURA, which ban Justice Center, a non-profit organization that includes the strong possibility of moving the Essex provides legal representation and advocacy to Street Market. We don’t want to see this historic, various marginalized groups of New Yorkers. iconic, and thriving market disappear. We feel it THE STREET The Street Vendor Project is funded cannot be simply ‘recreated’ in another location. through by member dues, a few private founda- Loss of this historic market in its current location tions, and generous individuals like you. To join our would be a loss for our neighborhood and for the VENDOR list of supporters, please visit: www.streetvendor. city of New York. The Essex Street Market is already org. a historic, culinary, and retail destination. There is PROJECT no guarantee that the current vendors — upon There are more than 10,000 street vendors in New whom many neighbors rely — could survive such York City — hot dog vendors, flower vendors, book OCTOBER 1 & 8 a move. vendors, street artists, and many others. They are H 9 Guest, Elmslie and Koch. Here too are Language opposed. Consumerism is normalized in the mind School innovators, of the avantgarde, of the average person, sometimes we even refer and new voices crying out at the cutting edge. to ourselves as consumers forgetting that we are These exciting poetry DVDs, many origi- also citizens, humans, men, women, animals. We nating from the Lower East Side, have the charis- forget that we share many resources, public spac- ma of a live poetry reading seen from the first row, es, libraries, information, history, sidewalks, streets, and have been eagerly collected as educational schools that we created laws and covenants and aids by over 300 academic institutions around the govenerments to protect us,, to support us, to country. help us… The subjugation of these resources and NYC’s Thin Air Media also produces the these laws to the forces of the market demands a popular weekly Poetry Thin Air Cable Show. Tune response. in every Wed. night at 8:30 p.m. on MNN4 (67) in We are a post religious church. We hold Manhattan. Or catch Poetry Thin Air on YouTube “services” wherever we can, in concert halls, the- — for dozens of poets online. For better or verse! aters, churches, community centers, forests, fields, Each week on cable, we bring you both parking lots, mall atriums, and perhaps most im- interviews and exhilarating montages of a whole portantly, inside stores, as close to the cash reg- boatload of talented poets doing their Whitman- ister as we can get, within spitting distance of the loving, free-versing poetry thing at such legendary point of purchase. WORLD WAR 3 venues as the Cornelia Street Café, the We sing, we dance, we preach, some- Poetry Club, and Nightingale Lounge. times we perform small “interventions”, invisible ILLUSTRATED Because we are poets who video poets, plays, acts of ritual resistance. We exorcise cash World War 3 Illustrated is a semiannual political co- the emotional bond is there. This intimacy trans- registers and remythologize the retail environ- mix magazine. Since 1980, we have made it our lates into “being in the moment.” The camera eye ment, we illuminate the Devil. We make media mission to shine a little reality on the fantasy world is humanized, as both poet and lens weave their and send it out around the world. We get hassled of the American kleptocracy. magic spells, combining for an uncanny “poetry by security guards and sometimes get arrested. time capsule” on Thin Air Poetry DVD. Above all we try to complexify the mo- www.worldwar3illustrated.org And let us not forget Thin Air Media poetry ment of purchase, to snap people out their hyp- chapbooks. Browse our booth counter for some nosis and back into the mystery of being human. great buys, plus come hear the mellifluous tones We remind people that things come from some- of NYC poets performing their wonderful work, where, that products have a resource past, a OCTOBER 9 amplified from our booth! labor past. Someone made It, and It is made of H something, we trace the route a product took to Contact: get on the shelf, the life it might have when we www.thinairvideo.com throw it away. We animate the objects that sur- Telephone: 212-254-2803 round us and in so doing we re-animate ourselves. [email protected] We become citizens again. Liberation is a radiant process, it spreads. We think freedom from consumerism is virulent, OCTOBER 2 & 9 contagious. Tell your neighbor you stopped shop- H ping and it gives her permission to do the same. One day we can all live in richly varied and hi- larious neighborhoods, with people who seem to have invented themselves, and so are endlessly fascinating, something beyond entertainment. Yes there IS a Life After Shopping!

Remember children... Love is a Gift Economy! — Rev

MISSION The Church of Earthalujah is a New York City based radical performance community, with 50 performing members and a congregation in the thousands. They are wild anti-consumerist gospel shouters, earth loving urban activists who have worked with communities on 4 continents defend- ing land, life and imagination from reckless devel- opment and the extractive imperatives of global POETRY ON DVD, TIME CAPSULE ELECTRIFIED, OUT- capital. They employ multiple tactics and creative DUELS THE BOOK strategies, including cash register exorcisms, retail interventions, cell phone operas combined with In New York City, for over 20 years, perhaps only REVEREND grass roots organizing and media activism. They are entertainers and artists, performing regularly one video chronicler of the public poetic act has throughout The US and Europe. been consistently seen around town — Thin Air BILLY AND THE Video’s Mitch Corber, himself a poet and a dedi- Photo: Rev Billy dramatizes the Tate Modern’s oily cated recorder of all those who live or come here mess to make the word electric and flesh. CHURCH OF We’re Thin Air Video (thinairvideo.com), www.revbilly.com your source for archival DVD readings of Gins- berg, Corso, DiPrima, McClure, Ferlinghetti — the EARTHALUJAHSTATEMENT OF BELIEF poets of the . Here are the mas- Let’s talk about the Devil. Corporate OCTOBER 6 ters of the New York Schoo l— Ashbery, Schuyler, Commercialism has sped up to a roar, virtually un- H Artists: Steve Ellis, Shanna Fisher, Gabe Kirchheimer, around envisioning the future for public park Rick Prol, , and Infinity SS space on the waterfront. WoW is travel- Co-curated by Ian Cofré and Alex Kiefer, Septem- ing around the Lower East Side and Chinatown all ber 27 - November 8, 2008. summer and fall of 2011! Image courtesy of Cuchifritos Gallery and Project Space. Photo: Heidi Russell. www.hesterstreet.org waterfrontonwheels.tumblr.com 120 Essex Street Essex Street Market New York, NY 10002 OCTOBER 15 South End of the Market, nearest Delancey Street. H Telephone: 212-420-9202 www.aai-nyc.org [email protected] HOCTOBER 14, 15 & 16 We carry over 6000 titles on topics such as queer and gender studies, global capitalism, feminism, police and prisons, democracy studies, and black liberation. You can also find some good ‘ole smut- CUCHIFRITOS ty fiction. We also carry magazines, zines, journals, Cuchifritos is an art gallery/project space located alternative menstrual products and other oddly right inside a local food market — the Essex Street hard-to-find good things. Market. We host readings, workshops, perfor- It is a program of the Artists Alliance Inc. mances, discussions and films almost every night. and is open Monday through Saturday 12:00 noon Please see our events calendar for details on up- to 6:00pm, and by appointment. Closed Sundays coming events, and when visiting the store, take and Holidays. a look at our community bulletin board to learn Cuchifritos’ mission: to act as a forum for about other events happening around the city. exploring fundamental ideas, issues and concerns Our cafe offers delightful organic, vegan, in contemporary art, to highlight the work of un- and fair trade goodness. We’ve got darn good derrepresented artists, and to make a connection coffee brimming with zapatismo. with the local community of the Lower East Side through the medium of contemporary art. 172 Allen St. Cuchifritos operates by inviting indepen- New York, NY 10002 dent curators to submit proposals. In addition, Telephone: 212-777-6028 anyone wishing to submit a proposal may do so Open Every Day: 11am - 11pm by following the submission policy and guidelines HESTER www. bluestockings.com linked below. Each Spring a curatorial advisory committee composed of curators and arts profes- sionals from diverse backgrounds choose exhibits STREET SEPTEMBER 22, 23 from the submissions. H Cuchifritos presents contemporary art ex- & 24 hibits feturing the work of emerging or under rep- COLLABORA- resented artists, and exhibits involving a clear con- ceptual theme structured to put the work of these TIVE & THE artists in context. The gallery’s location is designed to un- derscore the community value of The Essex Street WATERFRONT Market by provoking interaction and debate be- tween the multi-cultural local community and the artwork presented. ON WHEELS Noah Chasin of Time Out New York com- Hester Street Collaborative is a community design The Lower East Side People’s Federal Credit Union mented: organization on the Lower East Side. Founded in is a member-owned, not for profit financial institu- 2002, HSC’s mission is to empower residents of un- tion dedicated to meeting the financial services In the end, it is the experience of being in Cuchi- der-served communities by providing them with and credit needs of local residents, businesses the tools and resources necessary to have a direct fritos itself ... The diminutive space abuts the and community organizations. Our mission is to impact on shaping their built environment. We do southern end of the market, where local pundits stimulate economic and community develop- convene to gossip and feast. Their strident voic- this through a hands-on approach that combines ment by providing a safe, affordable and demo- es permeate the expected sanctity of the gal- design, education, and advocacy. HSC seeks to cratic alternative to traditional banks, and by rein- lery whose doors open onto this modern agora, create more equitable, sustainable, and vibrant making clear the vital connection between art neighborhoods where community voices lead the vesting our members’ money in the communities and life. way in improving their environment and neglect- we serve. ed public spaces. Cuchifritos creates a chance for real interaction Hester Street Collaborative is conduct- OCTOBER 6 between contemporary art and local community. ing a series of workshops, called The Waterfront OCTOBER 15 Image: The LouvreFritos on Wheels (WoW), that engage local residents H 11 SPURA & the City Studio

A long-term project about the human For more information about the project : OCTOBER 7, 8 & 16 experience of housing, urban renewal and http://buscada.com/project/ H urban change on the Lower East Side of visualizing-spura/ New York City. Get in touch at: City Studio is a project of Gabrielle [email protected] Bendiner-Viani / Buscada and students of the New School’s Urban Studies program.

More than forty years ago, New York City took Four years ago, Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani, a and everyday life of this complex site. In 2010, ownership of an area on New York City’s Lower professor of Urban Studies at the New School and “Exploring SPURA”, delved into the resources and East Side bounded by Essex, Delancey, Grand, co-founder of the interdisciplinary practice Buscada, restrictions of living at SPURA past and present. and Willett Streets for “ clearance” and urban began the “City Studio” project to consider this In 2011, our “(Re)Visiting SPURA” exhibition at renewal. You might know it as the area around the contested site and its history, while stressing the Abrons Art Center explored ways to see this Essex Street Market (where this exhibition is being engagement with the community planning process complex place, through the SPURA diaspora, held), or as the parking lots on Delancey Street, or and the multiple Lower East Side communities. SPURA’s current conditions, and the complex you may know someone who once lived there. This She has taught the City Studio class to challenge conversations about planning for its future. is SPURA, the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area. students to understand histories of housing in New York City, theories of urban development and In Fall 2011, City Studio is in residence at Few renewal projects have been so contested, community participation, and to engage in archival, Temporary Services’ MARKET at Essex Street, and very few of the originally-planned buildings ethnographic, visual and participatory research. showing four years of work and continuing our were ever built. As a result, it remains the largest research in, and with, the community. In 2012, our undeveloped city-owned parcel of land south of City Studio talks with people in Seward Park work will culminate in an exhibition at the Aronson . Many people were once displaced from buildings, at community visioning sessions and Gallery at Parsons The New School for Design. the site, some now live on it, and many people live at Community Board meetings. We research in the blocks around it. Many different communities SPURA’s history, and learn about possibilities for City Studio collaborates with a broad range of claim SPURA, and imagine different futures for its future. Students develop careful and creative organizations: Good Old Lower East Side, Pratt it. Planning for SPURA is happening now, with research methods and stretch their research by Center for Community Development, City Lore’s Community Board planning meetings that began making exhibitions that pose questions and help Place Matters project, the architecture firm & in 2010 and will continue into 2012. The decisions envision this site’s future. gallery common room, Settlement’s made now will have an enormous impact on the Abrons Art Center, Temporary Services and Lower East Side and New York City at large. In 2009, City Studio curated “Visualizing SPURA” Creative Time. The City Studio is sponsored by the at common room gallery on , to allow Office of Civic Engagement and Social Justice at visitors to make their voices heard about the future Eugene Lang The New School for Liberal Arts.

SPURA : The north side of Grand Street Image : City Studio, 2010 What is SPURA?

In 1960, the first phase of the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area (SPURA) created the high-rise Seward Park co-ops on the south side of Grand Street on New York’s Lower East Side.

What we now call SPURA (originally the SPURA Extension) is a city-owned area of land on the north side of Grand Street, cleared in 1967 for “slum clearance” and urban renewal, and intended for low and moderate income housing. For many reasons, including New York’s fiscal crisis and increasing controversies over the American urban renewal process, few of the originally-planned buildings were ever built. SPURA 1965 : Housing to be demolished Image : c.1965 ad for the SPURA plan

What was here? What is here? What will be here?

The SPURA site was 14 square city blocks SPURA in 2011 is populated by many SPURA’s future is still a question, but of densely packed housing - much of it like parking lots, some historic buildings and decisions on priorities are being made now. the that still remain on the Lower of worship saved from the 1967 ? Market-rate housing? East Side’s surrounding blocks. When this demolition, a few tenements that fought to Retail? Percentages of this land have been housing was demolished, 1,852 families stay, and the buildings built after demolition: allocated for these uses, but what should were displaced, many of whom were of the two Seward Park Extension houses, the the designs of these spaces look like? What low or moderate income, many of whom Grand Street Guild Houses, the Hong Ning should they feel like? How should they serve were people of color. Some residents were Senior Citizen house and the the local community and the city at large? rehoused in nearby, some left Bialystoker senior housing. There have been the neighborhood, and some were rehoused many controversial development proposals, Community visioning sessions have taken in new at SPURA. There were but none have served all the community’s place for years. There are now planning never enough units built for everyone to needs. SPURA is in the middle of a complex sessions taking place at the Community return, and the units that were built were and vibrant Lower East Side, where housing Board 3. We encourage you to get involved. often filled discriminatorily. Many people is at a premium and where costs have risen have always wanted to come back. sharply in the past fifteen years.

Join us!

We hope that City Studio can help people with divergent points of view come together in conversation about SPURA’s future.

In our residence at MARKET, we continue to present and explore the multiple stories of SPURA, so that these may inform the complex planning process. Please visit us to tell your own SPURA stories, to talk with each other at our booth, and to ask questions about what this means for the neighborhood! MARKET at Essex Street We are also collecting photographs you may have of any point in SPURA’s past and we welcome your images for its future as well. These will become part of the City Studio SPURA 2011 : Open lots, few buildings exhibition at the New School in 2012. Base map : Place Matters, City Lore 13 BULLET SPACE The Lower East Side, known variously as Loisaida, the East Village, Alphabet City, or just simply down- town, has a long history of immigrant struggle and changing ethnic communities, of political activ- ism and street battles, artists and outcasts, drug of heroin that was hustled on the block at that hand, masterplanned superprojects done in con- wars and squatters. time, a constant whisper on the street. sultation with big business were spreading. On the In January 1986 a group of squatters, with Bullet is home as an act of resistance, art other, activist residents were getting good at us- a sledgehammer hidden in a guitar case, occu- as a weapon, the power of the people. ing tools of public participation from hearings to pied 292 East 3rd Street and claimed it as their street protests to crash the political viability of ur- home. The building had no heat, power, or plumb- Image (left): courtesy Johanna Bartelt ban development. Battle lines of race, class, and ing, and electricity was rigged from the light pole. religion were drawn on maps and tested in court. This was the start of the 6 O’Clock squat, soon to www.andrewcastrucci.com/bulletspace The new city making its way towards SPURA may be known as Bullet Space. be seductively smooth on the surface, but it’s built There was a housing war in the neigh- over fragmented terrain. borhood as speculators fought over site control OCTOBER 2 of city lots and squatters moved into dozens of H Image (right): courtesy of Damon Rich abandoned buildings, using recycled materials to repair roofs and raise floors, teaching each other www. damonrich.net plumbing and electrical skills and creating out of the neglect and rubble of the city’s cast- off housing stock. We had work days to remove DAMON RICH SEPTEMBER 22 rubble and raise the posts under sagging floors. H We fought police evictions on the streets and the From lots of angles, New York City is the picture city in court to defend our homes. We eventually perfect post-industrial renaissance story. The tools won the right to stay, eleven surviving buildings of urban revitalization developed here — loft liv- out of more than thirty squats in the early days. ing, cool cities, big subsidies to global managers Bullet was the first of these buildings to become in finance, law, and consulting — have been ex- TIME’S UP! tenant-owned. ported to cities across the earth. But even though TIME’S UP! is a grassroots environmental group that Bullet Space, a gallery and performance you can eat a $300 meal on Clinton Street, the uses educational outreach and direct action to space, was created in 1987 as an outlet for the transformation of Manhattan isn’t quite done. A promote a more sustainable, less toxic city. For work of its residents — for art and activism. It has bit further south from the new boutique hotels and more than 20 years, TIME’S UP! has worked to edu- housed a screen-printing shop and a stage in the rising luxury of the Lower East Side, cate people about the environmental impacts of backyard. Events and participants include paint- past Delancey Street, an older and battlemarked everyday decisions, from the food we buy to the ers, musicians, dancers, poets, fire-eaters, a gueril- landscape waits to be remade by a glassy wave means of transportation we use. la radio station, radical puppet shows, art installa- of new construction. TIME’S UP! has not only been educating tions involving complex mechanical constructions Last century, there was an open and pub- people about global warming and greenhouse or Haitian altarpieces. It was named for the brand lic struggle for control of New York City. On one gasses but has been doing something about it. We have hosted thousands of bicycle rides that where girls and young women 8-23 can grow, have promoted non-polluting transportation as learn, have fun, and develop confidence in them- a fun and viable way to commute. These safe selves and their ability to make a difference in the LOWER EAST group rides have also encouraged new riders to world. By delivering strong arts, literacy, science, gain confidence and to become zero-emission health and leadership programs we provide girls daily commuters. TIME’S UP!’s fun bicycle rides that with the vision to plan — and the tools to build — SIDE HISTORY are aimed at new riders have caught on and are their future. All Girls Club programs develop envi- spreading to cities all over the east coast. ronmental, entrepreneurial and ethical leadership PROJECT We have helped save over 400 community in the girls we serve. Lower East Side History Project is an award win- gardens in NYC and have spread our techniques ning non-profit organization dedicated to local and concepts to other cities. We host dozens of www.girlsclub.org research, education and preservation. LESHP of- Green Space tours every year. fers unique public, private and group walking tours seven days a week, writes educational program- Image (above): Shut Down Indian Point [nuclear ming for local public schools and universities, and energy plant] action, August 2011, taken by Bren- OCTOBER 2 provides consulting services to museums, media nan Cavanaugh H outlets, movies & TV shows, and preservation ef- forts. www.times-up.org LESHP staff are native and veteran New Yorkers with multi-generational ties to the com- munity; they are professional authors, educators, SEPTEMBER 29 & 30 researchers and lectures who have been featured H at such regarded institutions as New-York Historical Society, Brecht Forum, Gotham Center and Tene- ment Museum.

Photo: by Justin Emter

www.leshp.org HSEPTEMBER 29 & The Lower Eastside Girls Club provides a place OCTOBER 6 15 film, video, and new media. Whether supporting artists in the development of their work, or critically engaging audiences, our wide range of programs and services place great value on the role artists play in stimulating social change, cultural aware- ness, and inspiring creativity in others. Much of the work shown and created at Millennium engages ideas and issues rarely covered in mainstream media, and acquaints audiences with new points of view that transcend race, ethnicity, class, age, and geography. This is the nature of non-com- mercial independent film, and our mission is to keep this art form vital, engaging, and accessible. This mission is fed by low cost access to facilities, equipment, and workshops; open dialogue be- tween artist and audience; programs that provide freedom of expression to all regardless of experi- LOCAL SPOKES ence and level of accomplishment; and the ex- Local Spokes engages neighborhood residents to ploration of moving picture media in all its forms envision the future of bicycling in the Lower East DIAS Y FLORES and its cultural, social, and political impact. Side and Chinatown. This coalition of 9 commu- nity-based organizations seeks to engage and Image: Filmmaker Paul Sharits teaching a work- understand the community’s various perspectives COMMUNITY shop at Millennium, taken by Lloyd Eby. through multilingual outreach and a youth am- bassadors program. GARDEN www.millenniumfilm.org Local Spokes has begun this neighbor- Dias y Flores Garden is a garden reclaimed from hood conversation by collecting over 1200 sur- the rubble of two burned out buildings by neigh- veys aimed at identifying residents’ thoughts on borhood residents in the late 1970s. Since 1980, the biking, transportation, and social issues. These garden has served the community by providing a OCTOBER 7, 9 & 14 results will be used to develop a series of com- safe, beautiful, open space for people to hang H munity visioning sessions throughout the fall and out, garden and learn about horticulture, get to- winter. Engaging young people is a key aspect gether for special events and community issues, as of Local Spokes’ work. This summer, the coalition well as participate in a variety of activities, classes, developed and led a 7 week Youth Ambassador and festivities for children, teens, and adults. Events and programming are free and program utilizing biking as a way to teach about open to all. Anyone can join Dias y Flores for as issues such as community development, organiz- little as $10 per year (waived in cases of hardship). ing, land use, bike repair and urban planning. The All members can get a key, plant and tend com- Youth Ambassadors will continue to work with the munity areas, and enjoy the space when they coalition in to the fall as an integral part of the vi- wish. sioning process. Local Spokes has also organized various community bike events and town halls Image: LuciaM on panoramio.com aimed at engaging residents directly, with infor- mation about the benefits of cycling, and getting www.diasyfloresgarden.wordpress.com people on bikes. Now, we invite you to take part in the con- versation as our visioning process gets underway this fall. See you at the Market on 10/13 and check OCTOBER 13 out LocalSpokes.org for more events this season. H HOCTOBER 13 REVEREND JEN’S LOWER

Bowery Boogie is a New York City-based, hyperlo- cal website that chronicles the happenings of the EAST SIDE Lower East Side. Our mission is to document the past, present, and future of the ever-changing TROLL MUSEUM It has been called “the eighth wonder of the neighborhood landscape. In doing so, we cover world” (by one person.) It has been called a “Dis- everything from the latest local news and com- neyland for intellectuals.” It has been called many munity events, to , graffiti, and film set lo- things, but one thing is certain: Reverend Jen’s cation information. Bowery Boogie is run by Elie Z. Lower East Side Troll Museum is the only Troll Mu- Perler and Dave Gustav. MILLENIUM FILM seum in New York and possibly the world. It boasts a collection of over 400 trolls while offering educa- WORKSHOP tional, enlightening and totally trippy displays to OCTOBER 1 The Millennium Film Workshop is dedicated to the the public. H exhibition, study, and practice of experimental The Troll Museum was started in September of 2000 after Reverend Jen imbibed undisclosed The Lower East Side Squatter-Homesteader Ar- substances and decided to take her troll dolls, put chive Project was founded in 2003 by a group them in one room of her apartment and call it a of former squatters and community members to museum. Since then, it has brought joy (along with create a comprehensive collection of documents a great knowledge of all things troll) to visitors from pertaining to the Lower East Side Homesteader/ allover the globe, all for a mere suggested dona- Squatter movement in the 1980s and 1990s. Af- tion of only 3,000 dollars! ter struggling to secure homes for their families Reverend Jen is (obviously) an avid troll through four municipal governments over the last collector and Trollologist as well as a performer, 25 years, losing over half their buildings, squatters painter, playwright, columnist, underground mov- attained “legal” status for their 12 remaining build- ie star, open mike host and elf who has lived on ings in 2001. Though their struggle continues, this the Lower East Side for 16 years and can’t afford victory afforded an opportunity to consolidate a to leave her crumbling, shitty apartment. She is a historical legacy in the form of a public archive, columnist for www.artnet.com and a former col- to be housed at NYU’s Tamiment Library, that will umnist for www.nerve.com. Her books include provide primary information on the most remark- Live Nude Elf: the Sexperiments of Reverend Jen, able urban housing movement of its kind in late Reverend Jen’s Really Cool Neighborhood and 20th century U.S. history. the upcoming Elf Girl (Nov., Simon & Schuster.) Her LOWER EAST handcrafted art books can be found in collec- For more information, email: tions including the Whitney Museum of American [email protected]. Art, the MoMA Library and the Warhol Museum. SIDE Rev. has performed and lectured in Eng- land, Germany, across the U.S.A. and on the Astral COMMUNITY OCTOBER 13 & 14 Plane. Her live action TV show “Reverend Jen’s Re- H ally Cool Neighborhood” was recently voted best off-off-off Musical Comedy Theater by SUPPORTED The Village Voice. She still lives in the Troll Museum with her Chihuahua, Reverend Jen Junior, an ac- tress and dog-clothes model. AGRICULTURE Who are we? www.revjen.com The LES CSA is a partnership between residents of the Lower East Side, the LES Food Coop, the Educational Alliance, and Monkshood Nursery of HSEPTEMBER 30, Stuyvesant NY. We are member-run and not-for- profit, organized in 2010 for the purpose of bring- OCTOBER 1 & 2 ing fresh produce to our community and support- ing local food programs. What is a CSA? CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, a program for purchasing fresh produce from a single, regional farm. With a CSA, you buy a fixed- price share of a farm’s output at the beginning of the season, and receive a selection of their har- vest once a week from June through October.

www.lescsa.blogspot.com GOLES (Good Old Lower East Side) is a neighbor- hood housing and preservation organization that has served the Lower East Side of Manhattan since SEPTEMBER 24 1977. We’re dedicated to tenants’ rights, home- H THE LIVING lessness prevention, economic development, and community revitalization. GOLES’ long-term goals are to: THEATREThe Living Theatre is an American theatre compa- ny founded in 1947 and based in New York City. It • Build the power of low-income residents on the THE LOWER is the oldest experimental theatre group still exist- Lower East Side to address displacement and ing in the U.S. For most of its history it was led by its founders, actress Judith Malina and painter/poet • Preserve and expand the low-income housing Julian ; after Beck’s death in 1985, company stock EAST SIDE member Hanon Reznikov became co-director • Assert community self-determination over the with Malina. use of public space SQUATTER- • Ensure a clean and healthy environment where Image: Courtesy of www.kennedyyankoart.com people live, work, and play HOMESTEADER www.livingtheatre.org www.goles.org ARCHIVE OCTOBER 14, 15 & OCTOBER 2 & 9 H H PROJECT 16 17 Biennale of Sydney (2008); Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art (2007); and Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art (2009, 2007 and 2005).

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COMMUNIST GUIDE TO NEW Alphabet City Acupuncture was established by Masha Schmidt, L.Ac. to bring holistic healthcare YORK CITY to the east village. No-one is too old or too young By Yevgeniy Fiks to benefit from the many modalities offered here. Treatments include acupuncture, acupressure, Communist Guide to New York City (Common Tui-Na orthopedic massage, cupping, aromather- books, 2008) is a collection of 76 photographs of apy, nutrition, lifestyle counseling and other mo- buildings, public places, and sites in New York City, dalities. Expect to be well cared for in this serene TZADIKThe East Village is one of the few real ‘villages’ that are connected to the history of the Com- and healing space. still extant in the City of New York. It has been the munist Party USA, including photos of buildings center of great artistic activity for many decades which housed at different times the headquarters Masha Schmidt, L.Ac. and still contains a very tangible creative energy of the CPUSA, residences of important American 646-326-5978 that inspires me every single day. What one learns Communists, sites where Communist-organized www.alphabetacupuncture.com in the East Village is how to keep on doing your strikes and demonstrations took places, and court own thing with no compromise whatsoever. The houses where American Communist leaders were history of East Village/Lower East Side creativity is tried. The photographs are accompanied by cap- OCTOBER 6 & 13 well documented, and today the scene contin- tions explaining the significance of each site. Ad- H ues to grow and thrive, with more musicians, art- ditionally, different neighborhood maps locate the buildings and sites within New York City. ists, writers and filmmakers (, Richard Hell, Kiki Smith, Elliott Sharp, Henry Threadgill all call With essays by Olga Kopenkina, Kim Förster, and it home) more young people, more diversity and Yevgeniy Fiks. more venues than ever before. It is home to the , Theatre for the New City, Edited by common room. La Mama, St. Marks-in-the-Bowery/Danspace/Po- Designed by Geoffrey Han. etry Project, P.S. 122, ABC no Rio, Nublu, The Pyra- mid, The Stone, the Vision Festival, Drom, Abrons Bio: Art Center, the Bowery Poetry Club, Nuyorican Po- Yevgeniy Fiks was born in Moscow in 1972 and has ets Café, The Living Theater, a variety of squats, Art been living and working in New York since 1994. galleries and dozens of other venues in the Lower Fiks has produced many projects on the subject of East Side club maelstrom. Our label Tzadik and the Post-Soviet dialog in the West, among them: performance space The Stone are run as profit “Lenin for Your Library?” in which he mailed V.I. sharing ventures and we champion a music that Lenin’s text "Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Cap- for decades has eluded easy classification and italism” to one hundred global corporations as a commodification. Although largely misunderstood donation for their corporate libraries; “Communist and marginalized by the world and mainstream Party USA,” a series of portraits of current members media as a whole, here in the East Village we find of Communist Party USA, painted from life in the a welcome home, a supportive community and Party’s national headquarters in New York City; an audience that accepts us for who we are and and “Communist Guide to New York City,” a series what we believe in. We are honored to be a part of photographs of buildings and public places in of the East Village/Lower East Side creative family. New York City that are connected to the history of For further information check us out on line: www. the American Communist movement. tzadik.com / thestonenyc.com Fiks’ work has been shown internationally, including solo exhibitions at Winkleman Gallery CHIPPY DESIGN and Common Room 2, both in New York (USA); Chippy Design does graphic design for Tzadik and Contemporary City Foundation, Marat Guelman will be sharing the booth with them. Photo of John Zorn: by Scott Irvine Gallery, and ARTStrelka Projects in Moscow, and the State Museum of Russian Political History, St. [See Tzadik in the next column to the right.] Petersburg (Russia); and the Lenin-Museo, Tam- OCTOBER 1, 8 & 15 pere (Finland). His work has been included in the Drawing: by Heung-Heung Chin H SELECTED MUSIC FROM OR ABOUT THE LES

This list features bands, musicians, albums and Nico – “60/40” (1981) songs that represent the Lower East Side. Bands Nightmare of You – “Dopesick Couples” (2008) that were based in or had members from the Low- Nu Band – Lower East Side Blues (2009) er East Side are represented by one album or EP. and the Lower East Side – Have a Mari- Live albums that were recorded on the Lower East juana (1968) Side are also included, as are instrumental records Molly Picon – Theater & Movie Hits (2005) that may reference the Lower East Side through Policeband – Stereo / Mono EP (1979) song titles. Iggy Pop – (1999) It should be noted that in researching this Prince – “Alphabet Street” (1988) music, it quickly became clear how ambiguous Rat At Rat R – Rock & Roll Is Dead, Long Live Rat At and disputed the boundaries of the Lower East Rat R (1985) Side are, with some writers extending the area – New York (1989) to include the East Village. In a message forum Red Rider – “” (1980) where we were tapping the knowledge banks of Santogold – “L.E.S. Artists” (2008) friends to generate this list, -based musi- Elliott Smith – “Alphabet Town” (1995) cian Ben Smith of the band The Brought Low com- Patti Smith & Lenny Kaye – February 10, 1971 (live) mented: (2006)

The term ‘East Village’ is actually a bit of a mis- nomer and was really a term created by real estate agents to make the area sound more at- tractive and safer to yuppies and the like as the The Clash – “Straight to Hell” (1982) name ‘The Lower East Side’ was as synonymous Dana Dane – “Delancey Street” (1987) with crime and as ‘South Bronx.’ The Dictators – “Avenue A” (2001) You didn’t really hear the term until the late 80s. Dogbowl – Tit! An Opera (1989) Prior to that pretty much anything south of 14th False Prophets – Implosion (1986) St. and east of 2nd Ave. was technically and Fear – “I Don’t Care About You” commonly referred to as the Lower East Side. Tim Finn – “Hit the Ground Running” (1993) ‘Alphabet City,’ refers to those avenues east of – The Fugs First Album (1965) 1st Ave. the river with letter names, but is just a – Voi-La Intruder (1999) part of the Lower East Side rather than a sepa- -­ The Holy Modal Round- rate neighborhood. ers (1964) Keiji Haino – New Rap (2006) This list is obviously incomplete and mainly focuses Steve Hobbs – On the Lower East Side (2008) on the last fifty years, but we hope it sends you off INDK – “Living With Even LES” (2002) to go hear some great LES music! Judge – “New York Crew” (1988) Massel Klezmorim – “Lower East Side” (1994) L.E.S. Stitches – Staja98L.E.S. (1999) Leftöver Crack – Mediocre Generica (2011) Soul Coughing – Ruby Vroom (1994) Loisaidas – Porque Te Amo (2011) Sshe Retina Stimulants vs. Komplet – Lower East Magnetic Fields – “The Luckiest Guy on the Lower Side Sleaze EP (2005) East Side” (1999) Steely Dan – “Daddy Don’t Live In That New York Medeski, Martin & Wood – Electric Tonic (1998) City No More” (1975) The Stimulators – Loud Fast Rules EP (1980) Suicide – Suicide (1977) Surgery – Nationwide (1990) Swans – Filth (1983) – “Ludlow Street” Tru Life – Tru York (2008) U.K. Subs – “Lower East Side” (1988) – The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967) Warzone – Lower East Side Crew EP (1987) White Zombie – Soul-Crusher (1987) John Zorn & Masada – Live At Tonic 2001 (2001)

THANKS TO THESE PEOPLE FOR HELP WITH THE LIST: Paul Sargent, Ben Smith, David Grant, Heath Ryan Adams – “New York, New York” (2001) Schultz, Anthony Elms, Philip Valois, Kaitlin Kostus, Aesop Rock – “6B Panorama” (2000) Jason Guthartz, Rachel Herman, Jed Hovey, Paul – Victim in Pain (1984) Dickinson, Julia A. Friedman, Jason Foumberg, Rubén Blades – “Pedro Navaja” (1978) Alexis Bhagat, Laurel Kurtz, Robby Herbst, Albert Bongwater – “Folk Song” (1990) Roger Miret & the Disasters – “Lower East Side” Stabler and Jen Fieber. – The Columbia Years: 1922-1940 (2005) (1994) Nausea – Extinction (1990) Visit the web site for links to the music: OCTOBER 1, 8 & 15 – No Gods, No Managers (1999) Randy Newman – “Lower East Side” (1981) www.temporaryservices.org/MARKET 19 at the of 27. Allied’s other longtime organizational following her dreams and nurturing the growth of associations through the intersection of common Skin by Kyra. Using facials and body treatments creative interests and activities include MIX NYC, as the jumping point to address specific con- and The Film Makers’ Cooperative. cerns, Kyra shares her abundant knowledge with her clients so that their spa experience is carried www.alliedproductions.org into their daily home care. Bombarded with the choices in today’s marketplace, clients return again and again to refine their routine with Kyra’s SEPTEMBER 23 assistance. She has a keen eye for what’s hot and H what’s hype! Kyra continues the study of Ayurveda on trips to . Her focus is on beauty and massage; adapting traditional Indian techniques to suite a lively New York pace. In addition Kyra attends advanced clinical skin care workshops in the US searching out the best educators and the top products. Kyra’s goal is to discover and deliver the best skin treatment results. Her core principle is to create balance in health and life; from the outside-in. Kyra can be reached at info@skinbykyra. com or through her website www.skinbykyra.com where you can learn more about her services and purchase products. HOCTOBER 9 ALLIED

SKINSkin by Kyra is a BYsanctuary KYRA for beauty and health PRODUCTIONS, tucked into a Lower East Side residence. You can find many services that are deeply relaxing and INC. will even soothe away your wrinkles. Kyra’s treat- Allied Productions, Inc. is a multi purpose non profit ments are inspired by Indian and Asian traditions arts umbrella organization giving opportunity for and vitalized with modern science; they really artists of various mediums to show their work, as work wonders. You can also pick up great hand- well as providing fiscal sponsorship, management made skin care products with exotic essential oils. support and project presentations locally, nation- Kyra Saulnier, founder of Skin by Kyra, ally, and abroad. combines a lifelong passion for food, design and Allied’s primary project is Le Petit Versailles the healing arts into her practice as an Esthetician. (LPV), the Operation Greenthumb garden that After graduating from The University of Vermont in hosts a Spring through Fall schedule of free public 1986 with a degree in Fine Art and Art History, Kyra events presenting film/video, readings, workshops, moved home to New York City’s Lower East Side forums, theater, performance, exhibition, installa- to begin a career in Interior Design. This first career tion, interdisciplinary practice, and live works. lead to several years as a photo stylist for mag- LPV promotes social activity in open azines such as Martha Stewart Living and Ladies green public space. The collective of artists form- Home Journal as well as countless catalogues. The ANTON VAN ing Allied Productions, Inc. have collaborated on free lance life enabled Kyra to pursue her interest innumerable projects since meeting in New York in healing and whole foods at The Institute for In- City’s downtown art, club, and political circles tegrative Nutrition (I I N). Kyra’s passion for healthy DALEN in the mid 80’s. The collective functioned as the food soon grew into a new career path. Over Image (above): Anton van Dalen, Avenue A Cut- second generation of artist-managers at Abc No nine years Kyra studied and worked for both the Out Theatre, detail. This performance piece re- Rio, bringing performance, performing arts, cin- Kushi Institute Summer Macrobiotic Conference veals the artist’s experience of life on the Lower ema, and inter-disciplinary art to the fore, while and the I I N. She has also prepared meal plans for East Side of New York City. The action revolves retaining the focus on challenging, experimental, many healing retreats around the country in addi- around the artist’s home and changes in his Av- socially-driven creative practice in visual arts es- tion to working with individuals to address health enue A neighborhood over the past 30 years. Pho- tablished by No Rio’s founders from Colaborative concerns and realize optimum health. to: Sarah Wells. From Collections Service, January 9 - February 20, 1998; an exhibition of work related Projects, Inc. (CoLab). Kyra went on to manage High Vibe Health to the urban environment and the alternative During this period Allied functioned as & Healing (NYC’s first natural food center to spe- cialize in raw foods and detox education). Her space movement, featuring Anton van Dalen, No Rio’s organizational management and fiscal Paul Ramirez Jonas, and Joyce J. Scott. sponsor. Allied’s current relationship with Abc No creative hands naturally migrated from the cook- Rio continues as outside advisors, consultants, and ing bowl to the beauty brush. She soon focused on Image (opposite page): courtesy Anton van conservators on archives and collections as a link the introduction and selection of the natural skin Dalen to the living history of progressive creative action. care products and their application. Kyra began Allied’s archival projects include the pres- her formal study of skin care at Atelier Esthetique www.antonvandalen.com ervation of works from the Naked Eye Cinema, the in 2002 and received her New york State license in extension of No Rio’s film/video program, and the 2003. works of Gordon Stokes Kurtti, a principal founding Working with the best natural ingredients OCTOBER 2 member who died of AIDS related causes in 1987 and up to the minute scientific advances Kyra is H OCTOBER 9

21 [CONTINUED FROM PAGE 3] staff, tables, chairs, and the gallery’s PR network One of the many advantages of including for getting the word out), there were few ad- others in invitations is that each invitee has their The creation of a newspaper or booklet ditional organizing costs and the two day event own audiences who may not overlap with those gives the participants a free space to present their came together quite easily. We did not charge who care about what we do. Additionally, when work and ideas in a format that will outlast the the participants anything to take part in FAIR and we are not working in a familiar city, we can in- event or exhibit it was created for, using a medium they were allowed to keep all of the money that vite participants who are far more sensitive to lo- that can reach many additional readers that did they made. In addition to giving publishers and cal issues than we are, and we learn a great deal not attend the project. artists a space to circulate their materials (which through our interactions with local participants. many bookstores will not sell), FAIR gave people a space to talk about what they do. It gave young practitioners an opportunity to work on their pub- lic speaking skills; some of the short lectures were the first time participants had spoken about their work to a public audience.

Temporary Services maintains a publishing imprint and webstore, Half Letter Press, and we partici- pated in FAIR as well. We could have organized a book selling event for only ourselves, but this surely would not have drawn nearly as many people or been as effective at creating an event that other publishers could cross-promote and attract their audiences to. Another obvious benefit is that by reach- It is our hope that others will organize ing out to creative people outside the group, we events like FAIR in the future when they have tem- can work together to create a more layered and porary access to free exhibition space and re- complex project with multiple - sometimes contra- sources that could be commandeered for events dictory - points of view, thematic concerns, pre- that help a larger community. A rotating series of sentation styles, and aesthetics. events like this would be a great boon for other One recent example of this is our project small business operators who do not have their Designated Drivers that we launched in 2011 dur- own retail spaces and cannot always afford to ing an exhibition titled Social Mobility at the Mary participate in larger, pay to play, commercial situ- & Leigh Block Museum of Art on the campus of ations. They cannot always afford to sell their work Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. through other distributors who take 40-50% of their For Designated Drivers, we invited an in- proceeds when they acquire their items at whole- ternational selection of twenty people and groups sale. Events like FAIR also connect publishers and to each fill one four-gigabyte USB flash drive with producers to their audience - an all too rare expe- material of their choosing. These drives were then rience in the art world. presented in the exhibition space, attached to wall-mounted retractable laundry lines. Visitors could load their own drives or laptops (or use a host computer and CDrs or DVDrs) with any of the CREATED OR BORROWED INFRASTRUCTURE material they would like from each of the flash drives. With MARKET, we designed an enveloping struc- The drives include images, films, audio, ture (six market stalls) for groups and individuals programs, and many publications worth of writing to present their work. Previous projects have bor- and graphic design. File types include: MP3, JPEG, rowed existing infrastructure with less original con- PNG, AIFF, TIFF, PSD, DOC, PPT, MPEG, PDF, AVI, GIF, struction or modification. and more. There is a mountain of material - often In January, 2010, Gallery 400 at University at higher resolution than is commonly seen on a of Illinois at Chicago invited Temporary Services to personal website, and in many cases material that present our project ART WORK: A National Con- PREVIOUS PROJECTS THAT CREATE PLATFORMS is not duplicated online at all. Some participants versation About Art, Labor, and Economics. ART FROM NEW OR EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE used this opportunity to present a few recent proj- WORK is a newspaper with a national selection ects with great depth, while others have chosen of over fifty contributing writers and artists that fo- It has been an ongoing theme of Temporary Ser- to survey their entire creative output over more cused on how artists, art students, and arts profes- vices’ work to create projects that function as an than a decade. sionals are coping with the miserable economic opportunity to initiate relationships with people climate we are living through and how we can we do not know, as well as to build on preexist- build different, more ethical arts infrastructures for ing relationships. Often when institutions invite ANTICIPATION the future. Exhibitions and distributions of the free our group to have an exhibition, we will include newspaper were usually accompanied by addi- these projects with multiple participants. This cre- We’ve written this essay to provide some back- tional discussions, lectures and events. ates exhibition opportunities for people who might ground into MARKET, to discuss a project by an- For the exhibition at Gallery 400, we orga- never have been invited to work with the institu- other group that continues to inspire us, and to nized a two-day event titled FAIR that presented tion that invited us. Bringing others into exhibitions describe some precedents from our own work. But the work of twenty-four different local makers and makes these venues more inclusive and less able it is still August and MARKET hasn’t happened yet. self-publishers. Borrowing an empty lecture room to control every detail of what happens. Author- It’s over a month away. We can plot and scheme, at University of Illinois at Chicago and a large ship is complicated as well, because these partici- review past efforts and seek advice from locals on number of tables and chairs from throughout the pants do not join Temporary Services when they the ground on the Lower East Side, but ultimately building, we staged a two day information, social, take part in our projects. They retain their own the project is an experiment that will take place and sales event, complimented by a string of short authorship and crediting within the structure we in the future. Will great conversations happen at presentations by many of the artists and groups create for them to participate, which sometimes a series of booths embedded in the middle of that were tabling their wares. Because we already turns what would have been a “solo exhibition” a dense exhibition? Will people shy away from had a space to use through the ART WORK exhibi- into a show that now has twenty or more people human interaction in favor of looking silently at tion, and because everything we needed to or- on board. photos and didactic materials? Will the invitees ganize FAIR was already available on site (gallery that sell things make any money? Will the activist Tzadik groups gain participants to help them with their struggles? Will new relationships form between OCTOBER 2 (12-8 PM) THANK YOUS the participants after they stand alongside each Bullet Space Temporary Services is Brett Bloom, Salem Collo-Julin and other for eight hours a day? Who will attend the Cake Shop Marc Fischer. We are based in Copenhagen (Brett), Phil- adelphia (Salem) and Chicago (Marc). We have exist- exhibition and what will they take from it? Lower Eastside Girls Club ed since 1998. We produce exhibitions, events, projects, We would like to hear about your expe- Lower East Side Troll Museum and publications. In 2008 Temporary Services initiated riences of MARKET. Would you be willing to take Thin Air Media Anton van Dalen Half Letter Press, a publishing imprint and an experimen- a minute to write us about your encounters with tal online store. the project and its participants? We’d love to hear Temporary Services would like to thank all the OCTOBER 6 (12-8 PM) from you. Contact: servers@temporaryservices. people that helped bring this paper and project into Alphabet City Acupuncture org being. MARKET was commissioned by Creative Time for Good Ol’ Lower East Side (GoLES) Living as Form. This paper would not have been pos- Lower East Side History Project sible without the support of Creative Time and the great Lower East Side Peoples’ Federal Credit Union and tireless people working there: Nato Thompson, Dina Reverend Billy and the Church of Earthalujah Pugh, Aliya Bonar, Julian Jimarez-Howard, Leila Tamari, To Be Announced Maria Levitov, Shane Brennan, Kevin Stanton, Laura MARKET Roumanos, Anne Pasternak, and Alexander Mills for OCTOBER 7 (12-8 PM) fabricating the MARKET booths. We would also like to Allied Productions extend thanks to Creative Time trustees Stephanie and SCHEDULE Dias y Flores Tim Ingrassia for their generous support of MARKET. Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani / Buscada As non-natives of New York, much less the Low- SEPTEMBER 22 (6-8 PM) Downtown Community Television er East Side in particular, it goes without saying that we Allied Productions Lower East Side Peoples’ Federal Credit Union could not have organized this project without the help Bluestockings Millenium Film Workshop of many locals. We would like to give special thanks Damon Rich to the following people for sharing their contacts with Temporary Services / Half Letter Press OCTOBER 8 (12-8 PM) us: Alan W. Moore, Gregory Sholette and Damon Rich Lower East Side History Project Allied Productions have been unbelievably generous with their sugges- To Be Announced Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani / Buscada tions, knowledge and contact information. Additional Fly thanks to Dara Greenwald, Josh MacPhee, Lize Mogel, SEPTEMBER 23 (7-9 PM) Lower East Side Printshop Lars Fischer and Common Room, Caroline Woolard, ABC No Rio Street Vendor Project and Max Schumann. Allied Productions Tzadik We want to extend our gratitude to the great Bluestockings folks who contributed to this paper and are participat- Temporary Services / Half Letter Press OCTOBER 9 (12-8 PM) ing in this project. The nature of organizing a project like Save The Essex Street Market Yevgeniy Fiks this is that we know many of these people only through Greg Sholette Fly emails, phone calls, and secondary points of contact. Lower East Side Printshop We are grateful for the trust and enthusiasm of all who SEPTEMBER 24 (10 AM - 10 PM) Millenium Film Workshop are presenting their work and we hope to meet every- ABC No Rio Skin by Kyra one face to face one day, if we haven’t already. Bluestockings World War 3 Illustrated LES Community Supported Agriculture Alan Moore OCTOBER 13 (12-8 PM) Save The Essex Street Market Alphabet City Acupuncture Greg Sholette Local Spokes Lower East Side Squatter-Homsteader Archive CONTACT SEPTEMBER 25 (12-8 PM) Project ABC No Rio To Be Announced Jim’s Pepper Roaster To Be Announced INFORMATION Alan Moore To Be Announced Temporary Services Picture The Homeless P.O. Box 121012 Save The Essex Street Market OCTOBER 14 (12-8 PM) Chicago, IL 60612 Greg Sholette Cuchfritos www.temporaryservices.org Downtown Community Television www.temporaryservices.org/MARKET SEPTEMBER 29 (12-8 PM) Living Theater [email protected] Howl! Arts Lower East Side Ecology Center Lower East Side History Project Lower East Side Squatter-Homsteader Archive Half Letter Press Time’s Up! NY Project P.O. Box 12588 To Be Announced Millenium Film Workshop Chicago, IL 60612 To Be Announced www.halfletterpress.com To Be Announced OCTOBER 15 (12-8 PM) [email protected] Cuchifritos Facebook: Half Letter Press SEPTEMBER 30 (12-8 PM) Hester Street Collaborative & The Waterfront On Downtown Community Television Wheels Good Ol’ Lower East Side (GoLES) Living Theater Lower East Side Troll Museum Lower East Side Ecology Center Picture The Homeless Time’s Up! NY Time’s Up! NY Tzadik To Be Announced OCTOBER 16 (12-8 PM) OCTOBER 1 (12-8 PM) Gabrielle Bendiner-Viani / Buscada BoweryBoogie.com Cuchifritos Creative Time Lower East Side Troll Museum Dias y Flores 59 East , 6th Floor Picture The Homeless Lower East Side Ecology Center New York, NY 10003 Street Vendor Project Living Theater www.creativetime.org Thin Air Media Place Matters [email protected] 23 Picture the Homeless www.picturethehomeless.org