E M P T Y | V E S S E L | P R O J E C T | N E W S # 44 | JUNE . 27 . 06
Our Hours This Week:
Friday, 6.30 - 11p
Sunday, 1-6p
We are taking it slow and celebrating our independence with slow breaths of woodsy air. We hope you are well and look forward to seeing you at our FIRST BIRTHDAY PARTY next Saturday, July 8.
U P C O M I N G
FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 8pm ::: Josh Weinstein presents Matthias Fritsch
Video work from Matthias Fritsch, german image maker who investigates the interconnectedness of all things; screening will feature "The World's Simile" (57 min), a cinematic journey, existing out of excerpts of visual diaries. A meditation on society, social systems, mass culture and individual perception, developed during a number of journeys made between 2000 and 2005 in Russia, Siberia, Mongolia, Italy, the USA and Germany. followed by a musical guest
9pm, $3-10 suggested donation
SUNDAY, JULY 2, 1-5pm ::: Work Day
The tin is looking beautiful on our cieling. It even makes it taller! Come partake in this very satisfying work. It goes like this: scrape, hold, hammer, repeat.
1-6pm, free
SATURDAY, JULY 8 ::: EV'S BIRTHDAY
Come celebrate a year of rockin on the water with the EV Crew, Shellshag, DJ Dirty Fingers and G.Lucas Crane vs. Non-Horse spinning YOUR mix tapes into a dance frenzy. More details next week. Save the date.
For more upcoming events,check out our calendar at
http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=info%40emptyvesselproject.org
or
http://log.emptyvesselproject.org/view/Main/GoogleCalendar
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 or the Union stop on the R train.
W I S H L I S T
MORE wood shavings, preferably the curly kind that come from a planer.
We need one (1) old working car stereo system with speakers to have fully solar powered audio. Got one?
H I S T O R Y
On April 19,1775, the American Revolutionary War began with the battles of Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The war continued for six long and bloody years. On July 4, 1776, representatives of the 13 States signed a Declaration of Independence. It was rejected by the British. The British actually offered peace to the "Patriots" or "Rebels" (as they were called depending on who was doing the talking) in exchange for withdrawing the Declaration. Despite the odds, the representatives refused to trade peace for liberty.
That July American Rebel army amounted to about 17,000 men. The quality and equipment of the troops were even more discouraging than their numbers: they were ill-disciplined, ill-armed, and for the most part completely inexperienced. They had little ammunition and practically no armor. They were not even sure that they were fighting for a common cause; instead they were distracted by provincial jealousies, prejudices, and animosities.
That same July, the British army in the Colonies numbered 30,000 men, many of them veterans, all of them excellently equipped, and provided with a fine train of artillery.
In August and September 1776, during the Battle of Brooklyn, Gowanus saw some of the most brutal fighting of the Revolutionary War. During the battle, the British killed 256 American soldiers, and wounded or captured another hundred. The British Army went on to take New York City and hold it for the duration of the war. But General George Washington retreated across the Gowanus Creek and on into Manhattan that ensured that the American Continental Army would live to fight another day.
H E R O E S
Susanna Conaway & because designs (gorgeous new stained glass swallows); Erica Freas, Iris Lasn & the Miss Rockaway Armada (a wonderful party on Satuday night that proved that we can actually take our little corner of the universe and shape it to suit); Imaginary People and Watersports (inaugural show of our new Music In the Magic Hour Sunday series rocked).
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, Chris Leo
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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