E M P T Y | V E S S E L | P R O J E C T | N E W S # 38 | MAY . 16 . 06
Sunday evening will be lovely. We will bring you the smell of burning charcoal, the lovely sounds of saws and drills morphing into guitars and cellos wafting across the water, a light oily film on the surface of the Gowanus reflecting a perfect sunset and laughter, lots of laughter. This is a great time to check out the boat if you've missed her.
Our Hours This Week:
Sunday, 1-10p
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, MAY 21
Work Day/Open Boat
1-6pm
**at the boat
also SUNDAY, MAY 21
Beginning French Conversation Class
4-5p
RSVP:dylan@enuff.de
**at the boat
also SUNDAY, MAY 21
Beginning Russian Conversation Class
5-6p
RSVP:pz@emptyvesselproject.org
**at the boat
also SUNDAY, MAY 21
Rock Show and barBque with Venice Elementary
(George Zapata of BOSTON BIRTHED BAND (MAD MAN FILMS))
George will sing some songs written only to be played once in front of a live audience, some songs soon to be MAD MAN FILMS tunes, and some songs that change every time they are played. Venice Elementary is a workshop for disposable music. George will be performing with Chris Lancaster who is a masterful cellist.
6.30p
BarBQue? (Bring whatever you want to grill)
8p show
free.
**at the boat
MONDAYS in JUNE and JULY
Haiti's Hades Harlequin's Hymns
**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.
You can look at the Empty Vessel Project calendar here:
http://www.google.com/calendar/render?cid=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fcalendar%2Ffeeds%2Finfo%40emptyvesselproject.org%2Fpublic%2Fbasic
or you can make your own Google calendar and subscribe to ours. Neat.
C H E C K T H I S O U T
This section is dedicated to work elsewhere congruous with the EVP's vision. We will occasionally direct your attention to the work of our fellow travellers. Our friends are busy this week!
SATURDAY, MAY 20, day time
Build It Green! Volunteer Day!
Volunteers are needed for late spring fun, helping us to continue our work of salvage, re-use and generally keeping usable materials from rotting in landfills.
**Build It Green! NYC
3-17 26th Ave.
Astoria, New York 11102
http://bignyc.org
718-777-0132
also SATURDAY,MAY 20, night time
MERMAID MUSTER AND TUGBOAT BALL
A benefit for the 99 year old tug Pegasus aboard another historic ship, the Lightship Frying Pan, docked at Pier 63 Maritime at West 23rd Street. Live dance music performed by The Mercantillers. All money raised will go to the restoration of the Pegasus, a vintage tugboat that towed fuel barges and railroad car floats through New York Harbor until she was retired in 1997. Now docked next door at Pier 62 courtesy of Chelsea Piers, she has begun her new career as a not-for-profit floating museum offering educational programs and harbor tours for children and adults (www.tugpegasus.org).
**at the Frying Pan, Manhattan
9p-2a
$25 per person, cash bar ($5 off plus two free drinks if you are wearing mermaid, merman or pirate garb)
212-406-222
MONDAY AND TUESDAY, May 22nd and 23rd
Dôme Theatre Companie
Night of Pity!
By Michel de Ghelderode
The story of one bar, serving the world its vaporous spirits, moon shaped, hour starved nights leak against the surface of plexiglass days, a woman approaches who can see the one last doorway that will open unto the Frozen abyss, and a visitor, more frequent than you can imagine gazes through the window, his eyes uncrossing to see you more clearly.
8:30 p
**Zebulon,
238 Wythe Street, between
N. 3rd and Metropolitan
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
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:
http://www.hopstop.com. We are 3 blocks
from the Carroll Street Stop on the F and G trains.
S H I P ’ S L O G
For updates on ongoing projects, check out our TWiki at
http://log.emptyvesselproject.org. Advice is always appreciated. Don’t be shy. Please post.
F U N D R A I S I N G
You can make a financial contribution to the EVP on our website at
http://log.emptyvesselproject.org or by clicking here:
https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_xclick&business=info%40emptyvesselproject%2eorg&item_name=Empty%20Vessel%20Project&no_shipping=0&no_note=1&tax=0¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF&charset=UTF%2d8
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.
W I S H L I S T
MATERIALS: We are creating a practice of re-use and salvage. We would like to give your old materials new life. Specifically, we are looking for: fire extinguishers, 10 gallon plastic buckets with lids, wet/dry vac, 50,000 –100,000 BTU oil or gas burning boiler OR a diesel stove, solar panels, 12V batteries, pressed tin, another small boat (canoe, kayak, motor), small fans, 1/2" or 3/4" plywood (about 12'x 42'), handles, hooks, and small cleats.
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.
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 Lending Library, Josh Wienstien, Dept. of Transportation Bridge operators, The Doctor, Erica Freas
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.
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PaulaZ - 16 May 2006
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