E M P T Y | V E S S E L | P R O J E C T | N E W S # 35 | APRIL . 28 . 2006
Welcome to south Brooklyn spring. We invite you (back) to EV for a spring of thunder in your heart and lightning in your eyes. We are inaugurating the season with the first of many Sunday bar-b-ques, followed by a set of acoustic stylings by some of our favorite songbirds. See you then there.
SUNDAY, APRIL 30
Gabriel Sean Farrell
Quinn Russell
Calla Mapel
Cecily Anderson
Erica Freas
All together in an acoustic set of embers for your bonfire, just in time for May Day. Voices and guitars, tangled up just for you.
Bar-B-Que starts AT 7PM - bring stuff to grill
Show at sundown
**at the boat
Now that spring is here we can't imagine anywhere better to be than on the bucolic
waters of the Gowanus Canal. We are inviting you and your group to take advantage
of our boat - a 63' ex-US Navy rescue boat with a capacity of about 50 people. We
are establishing regular hours Saturday - Monday. Contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org to schedule and/or share ideas. This is a
free venue in beautiful surroundings. All that we ask is that you don't set her
adrift.
Our new hours begin in May:
Saturday 2-8p
Sunday, 12-6p
Monday 4-10p
Come down to borrow the kayak, hang out in the hammock, work on a wall and meet your fellow crew members.
U P C O M I N G
SUNDAY, APRIL 30
Work Day/Open Boat
1-6pm
**at the boat
SUNDAY, APRIL 30
Gabriel Sean Farrell
Quinn Russell
Calla Mapel
Cecily Anderson
Erica Freas
All together in an acoustic set of embers for your bonfire, just in time for May Day. Voices and guitars, tangled up just for you.
Bar-B-Que starts AT 7PM - bring stuff to grill
Show at sundown
**at the boat
MONDAYS in JUNE and JULY
Haiti's Hades Harlequin's Hymns
**at the boat
We at the Empty Vessel are accepting proposals for events and collaborations in the
coming months: email
as@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org with your ideas.
We would also love to hear from potential long-term collaborators who can take on a
more active role in the project.
W H E R E I S T H E B O A T N O W ?
Access to the Empty Vessel is from the west side of 1st Street, one block south of
the Carroll Street Bridge over the Gowanus Canal.
To take a look at a bird’s eye view of the boat's location, check out
http://maps.google.com satellite image at
http://tinyurl.com/ba9cd
For directions by train: We are 3 blocks from the Carroll Street Stop on the F and G
trains.
W I S H L I S T
If you know where we can get several car/marine 12V batteries we want them.
If you know of where we can get a couple of approx 35 gallon steel drums then we
will work on making a wood gasifier.
If you have an inverter 12V DC to 120V AC then that would come in useful, too.
We will haul away any material contributions. Please forward widely.
Contact
tk@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org to donate.
MATERIAL DONATIONS:
We are partnering with companies that have ecologically friendly materials and
getting material contributions to the Empty Vessel Project.
BuildItGreen? (www.bignyc.org), a salvaged building materials warehouse in Astoria,
has contributed some great slotted floorboards to face the cabin walls.
Mojo Fine Art Moving has been very generous with their trucks.
Do you know a company that might be interested in showcasing their
products on EV? Contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org.
F U N D R A I S I N G
You can make a financial contribution to the EVP on our website at
www.emptyvesselproject.org
Thanks to the Madagascar Institute, we have a 501c(3) Non-Profit number we can
provide you for your contribution.
Give to the Empty Vessel Project = save on your taxes.
H E R O E S
A history of heroes:
Danny, GDM, Captain Jim, Fictional Company, Ed, Michael, Madagascar Institute, Cindy
Vanden Bosch, Dirty Fingers, Porkchop, northguineahills, Front Room Gallery, DJ
Olive, Steven, Ed and Brooke, Paris 1968, Corey and the Free Store, Christian, Mike
Topper, Alisa Blanter, Jesse Green, Leo Raphaely, Peter Field, Jeff Stark, Stephen,
Lee Azzarello, Nathan,
ToddP?, Dan and Elizabeth, Trevor, Brian Spinks, Andy Baker,
Shellshag (Jen and Shell), Urban Stitch (Alessandro and William), Paul Ford, Bez,
Brian, Alex Lucas, Leah Beeferman, Brent Arnould, The Daniel Carter Quartet, Estee
Pierce, Alison Prete, Jason Enghert, Rosie Weinberg, Johns Manville, Black Label
Bike Club, New York Harbor School, Eric Forman, Gregory Zaslavsky, Leslie Stem,
Andres Colapinto, Anney Fresh, Justin Green,
BuildItGreen?, Mojo Fine Art Moving,
Dave Sharps, David & Sharon Lefkowitz Hannah Marcus, Ruban, Cameron Hull, Bill
Wasik, Alyssa Abeta & Zeb Stewart of Union Pool, Dylan Gauthier, Arnie at the Puppet
Len
ding Library, Josh Wienstien, Dept. of Transportation Bridge operators, The Doctor,
Proteus Gowanus, Matana Roberts
W H A T I S T H I S ?
The Empty Vessel Project is an action, art, and sustainability experiment. We
salvaged EV, a WWII rescue boat, to create a space for re-imagining the
post-industrial urban environment. We are a non-profit, volunteer-run organization
and encourage participation on all levels.
EV is moored on Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. The boat is our first project. We invite
you to come join us on board to work and play.
We host work parties, movie nights, seminars, concerts, dinners, and workshops. The
Empty Vessel is available to realize your dreams and schemes.
This newsletter is your guide. It appears in your in box each week, listing events
and tracking changes. Can it be better? Contact
pz@emptyvesselprojectREMOVEANTISPAMMEASURE.org with
suggestions.
--
PaulaZ - 11 May 2006
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