East Village Zine Fair 2023

The 8 Ball Community, Printed Matter St Marks, East Village Zine Fair happened indoors at PS 122 Community Center this past weekend after being postponed from a rain date outdoors on St Marks Place in that city of New York in that neighborhood of the Lower East Side, now called the East Village for real estate marketing purposes maybe. 

And I had a great time vending #blacklivesmatter #nopolicestate #occupywallstreet #sh*tjustgotreal #washingtonsquarepark #unionsquarepark #morus #theshadow #yoga #music #brooklyn #eastvillage #lowereastside & #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains & pins $2 each & Tompkins Square Park t shirts for $10 each outside on the sidewalk next to Chris Flash of Shows in Tompkins Square Park, The Shadow Newspaper and indoors with Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space - MORUS at East Village Zine Fair at 8Ball Community Printed Matter Zine Fair/ St. Marks this past weekend.

And with over 70 exhibitors at this zine fair, if I were to copy and paste part of Printed Matter's website description of this event, (because hey, it's less writing sometimes....) it would read something like:

"Printed Matter / St Marks and 8-Ball Community are excited to welcome you to the third annual East Village Zine Fair, a celebration of NYC’s zine-makers, independent publishers, and the East Village’s history of DIY culture past and present.

Though originally planned for June 24, due to rainy weather the EVZF will now take place Saturday, July 8th AND Sunday, July 9th at Performance Space New York, 150 First Ave.

Saturday, July 8th 11AM - 7PM (11AM - 1PM are mask mandatory hours, register here*) 

Sunday, July 9th 11AM - 5PM 

For our new venue, we cannot imagine a better alternative than Performance Space New York, a fellow arts non-profit in the heart of the East Village. We are so grateful for their support and generosity in hosting the EVZF this year 📚🎱

 *Saturday will begin with two mask-mandatory hours and a reduced visitor capacity to ensure that those who are immunocompromised and/or disabled have a chance to browse the Fair. To ensure entry during this time, register via the link above or through tinyurl.com/EVZFMASK. 

For the rest of the Fair masks will be available and highly encouraged. 

We’re so excited to welcome everyone to the fair, and since we are not outside on St Marks Pl this year, we Are working with a much more limited visitor capacity. As such, we encourage you to arrive early and be prepared for potential wait times to enter the fair. Once inside, we are asking that guests try to keep their visit limited to 2 hours so that as many people as possible get to experience the EVZF. 

Questions? Email evzf@printedmatter.org. 

The EVZF and its programs are free and open to the public. Details about fundraising editions, musical performance and more are forthcoming!Stay up to date via Instagram Printed Matter, 8-Ball Community) and by subscribing to Printed Matter’s mailing list "

We are still living in crazy times. Have a great New York City festival day and more.

A Compilation of New York Freedom Rallies

And so I signed into this blog today, that finds itself that holiday of July 4th here on planet earth, solely for the purpose of posting that six minute New York Freedom Rally and East Ghost Reports/ NJEG Media compilation of New York Freedom Rallies video for when I can't figure out where to post it where it won't get taken down in the age of social media censorship for not following the New World Order narrative, though this blog seems to be hosted by Google, the biggest brother of them all. Maybe the text that is written in this video can describe what it is about when I am at a lost of words. We are still living in crazy times. 

MDC and Tompkins Square Park T Shirts

Chris Flash had another one of those Shows in Tompkins Square Park last weekend. I know because all of those photos he posted on his The Shadow Presents... Tompkins Square Park Concert Series Facebook page says so.  And some of those photos and videos I took at the 3rd Annual Wastefest as I vended those Tompkins Square Park t shirts for $10 each while listening to Millions of Dead Cops find themselves posted above.

The bands that played were: 

* The Stress

* Sewage

* Action Park 

* Ache

* Death Cycle 

* MDC 

* Urban Waste

And there's another flyer that's posted on Chris's Shows In Tompkins Square Park Facebook page that's coming up in August that says "35th Anniversary of the 1988 Riots".

And what, if anything does this have to do with a No Police State. We are still living in crazy times. Have a great New York City concert day and more

MORUS at The 36th Annual Loisaida Festival

We had a great time listening to Batala New York pass by in a parade while tabling at Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – MORUS during The 36th Annual Loisaida Festival this past Memorial Day weekend. Viva Loisaida!

And those are the words I find myself typing on this blog the day after that Memorial Day weekend of events that has since come to pass in that City of New York.

And if I were to copy and paste that 36th Annual Loisaida Festival Facebook event invite and the participants of this Loisaida Festival event, it would read something like as follows:

“For the 36th Annual Loisaida Festival, we’re taking it back to our streets! Join us for a day of community on Sunday, May 28th on Avenue C!

We are gearing up to celebrate the The 36th Annual Loisaida Festival, every year on the Sunday before Memorial Day, Loisaida, Inc. celebrates our Latino and Hispanic culture, heritage, food, music and art by turning the Avenue C – Loisaida Avenue corridor into a one-of-a-kind block party spanning across 14th Street to 5th Street inside the historic district known as the East Village/Alphabet City/Loisaida neighborhood.

Main Stage

DāSo+ DJ Drestar, Batalá New York, Dorill Initiative Teens, Eljuri Power Rock Trio.

Kinto Zonó Plena & Bomba, VIVA Loisaida! Awardees Recognition, Lower East Salsa, NaboriNyah

Theatre Lab at La Plaza Cultural

Line-Up & Schedule

12:00 pm – The Island School (short play)
1:00 pm – Brentwood High School Bilingual Theater – (short play)
1:45 pm – Westbury School Bilingual Theater – (short play)
2:00 pm – DJ Sunny Cheeba (music)
2:30 pm – Alejandra Rosa (poetry, performance)
3:00 pm – Adriana Devers (poetry, dance, stories)
3:30 pm – Teatro Yerbabruja (short play)
4:00 pm – Teófilo Torres con Pateco (performance)
4:30 pm – Jota Erre (music)

Street Level

5th Street – 12th Street

Conjunto, Los Fascinantes, Casa Adela Rumba with Jip Jop Jibarito, PRIDA Artisan Block, Charlie Rosario Exhibition, Bouncy Houses, Bio Bus, Pony Rides, Thrive Collective * Community Mural Painting in honor of Jean Michel Basquiat, LES Sports +, PSA – 4, Kids vs Cops, Basketball Game, Loisaida Inc. & Listening Lab Activation”

And then there’s MORUS, that Lower East Side radical history museum that finds itself in that city of New York, whose Facebook event invite reads something like as follows:

“Come celebrate the The 36th Annual Loisaida Festival. Join us for a day of community on Sunday, May 28th, 11:30 am – 5 pm, an all day festival of food, music artists, activists and vendors on Avenue C. MORUS will be tabling outside our space between 9th and 10th Street.’

And if I were to copy and paste their May/June mailing list , their upcoming events are:

DESIGN WITHOUT AUTHORITY

Pop-up design exhibit at the Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space

155 Ave C, NYC

May 19 through June 11

Opening: Friday May 19, 6-9pm
Viewing Hours: Fri-Sun, 2-6pm

“Design Without Authority” speaks to autonomous action, and building without authority in architecture and design. The project borrows lessons from an ad hoc approach often seen in the urban environment, where an abundance of improvised decisions, broken rules, unauthorized additions and constructions participate in the realization of the built environment. Can tacit architectural knowledge become ubiquitous, entering everyday life?

http://www.abcnorio.org/ 

Featuring Work by Catherine Grau + Nathan Kensinger, Fly, George Bliss, John Szot, Kotti & Co, LOT-EK, Marwan Kaabour, Mohamed Nahleh, Nina Cooke John, Nof Nathansohn, Ross Martin and Xavier Delory.Curated By Renan Teuman.& ABC No Rio In Exile

Screening: Saturday May 27 at 7:00Pm
DEVASTATING SOUNDWORKS Presents
SQUAT or ROT

HONEY BEE WORKSHOP

Sunday, May 21…………12:00pm

Green Oasis Community Garden, 8th St between Avenues C and D
Come learn the basics of beekeeping for city honey bees and their importance to the urban environment. From pollination to good tasting honey, learn from bee expert Dan Rothschild of City Bees and Peas.

https://www.citybeesandpeas.com/

POP-UP FREE SAILING SCHOOL

Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space. 155 Ave C

Thursday May 25th…………6pm-9pm

La Plaza Community Garden

One of the cleanest forms of transportation is the wind. Come learn how to sail and let the world be your new home! Once you complete your free sailing classes you will have the opportunity to sail you own boat on the East River.

THE 36TH ANNUAL LOUSAIDA FESTIVAL

May 28…………11:30am-5pm

Come celebrate Latino and Hispanic culture, heritage, food, music, and art by turning the Avenur C – Loisaida Avenue corridor into a one-of-a-kind block party spanning across 14th Street to 5th Street inside the historic district known as the East Village/Alphabet City/Loisaida neighborhood. Mesuem of Reclaimed Urban Space with be tabling outside our space between 9th and 10th Street.

FULL MOON CELEBRATION

Saturday, June 3…………8:00pm

Wednesday, July 5…………8:00pm
La Plaza Community Garden, SW corner of 9th St & Ave C  NYC

Celebrate the light of the full moon in La Plaza. Pause and be guided into unconscious bliss under the healing light of the moon with a meditation. Then reconnect sonically with ourselves and the planet. Get up and move with the moon in a moon circle of healing, sounds and higher consciousness. Release your limitations and step into nature.

COMMUNITY GARDEN VOLUNTEER DAYS

Help local communities as we help cultivate these beautiful community gardens

PROSPECT PARK MOON AND MAGIC HOUR RIDE

Last Saturday of the Month

May 27…………7:15pm. 

June 24…………7:15pm. 

Grand Army Plaza Entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn

Meets at 7:15pm at Grand Army Plaza entrance to Prospect Park, Brooklyn, across the street from the arch where the Saturday Greenmarket takes place. Discover Prospect Park at night with a peaceful ride that visits the park’s little-known treasures. Bicycle lights are recommended.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SKATE NYC

Meet every Wednesday at the south side of Union Square, 8pm, April through October. Weekly social skate through the streets of NYC, since 1996. 

THURSDAY NIGHT SOCIAL BIKE RIDE

Every Thursday 7pm meet at Columbus Circle entrance of Central Park.

Hosted by Social Cycling NYC.

CRITICAL MASS – MANHATTAN

Last Friday of the Month

May 26…………7pm

June 30…………7pm

Union Square Park-North

This Critical Mass bike ride will be a celebration of future renewable energy and non-polluting transportation. Critical Mass meets the last Friday of every month in over 200 cities around the world. NYC’s Critical Mass and group bike rides increased bike riding and created the sustainable, safe infrastructure that we now enjoy today in NYC.

8-Ball Zine Collective Outdoor Zine Fair

St. Marks Place between 1st and Avenue A

Saturday, June 24th…………..12pm

MoRUS and Time’s Up! will be tabling and leading a free radical outdoor walking tour starting at 2pm, meeting at our table.

NEW TIME’S UP LOCATION

626 E 14th St between B & C Manhattan.

FIX YOUR OWN BIKE WORKSHOP

Sundays at 4:00pm-8:00pm & Wednesdays at 4:30pm-8:00pm. New indoor space will open after Easter.

Come check out the new TIME’S UP space: 626 E 14th St between B & C Manhattan

Open shop – you use our tools and stands to work on your bike. Experienced mechanics will be present to answer questions but you do the work. Bike workshops are free but we strongly encourage you to make a donation or become a Time’s Up member to help support our efforts. If you have a big project in mind please be considerate of the time and plan ahead.

OUTDOOR BIKE REPAIR CLASS

La Plaza Community Garden. 9th St & Ave C, East Village

Come and learn how to fix your bike and do simple maintenance and tune-ups. This is a class, not a workshop, so you do not have to bring your bike. If you want to repair your bike you should be attending the indoor bike repair workshop which is every Wednesday and Sunday. 

First and Third Saturday of the Month.”

And in the midst of reading headline news of the day, some stories do not end as you expect and the only thing constant is change. Have a great Loisaida, Lower East Side Festival, Memorial Day weekend and more.

A Union Square Park NYC Vendors Row Protest

One generation passeth away, and another generation cometh, but the earth abides for ever. And the only thing constant is change and some stories do not end as you expect.

Everything happens for a reason. And it seems as if we are living in Satan's world these days and there is a battle between God and Satan

And this blog post is yet another one of those posts where I find myself rambling whatever thought comes to mind solely for the sake of attempting to maintain web 2.0  user generated content for this blog and my other blagh whenever bloggers block possible, and also to find a place to post those photos and videos from those events that have since come to pass. 

And in between reading the headline news of the day, somewhere in between that fig tree generation, gog and magog war, agenda 2030 new world order artificial intelligence mark of the beast system, a bazillion people are crossing the US Mexico border as Title 42 ends and those Justice for Jordan Neely protests from this world that we live in, I find myself in that city of New York, Babylon, which has historically been a police state for as long as I can remember, with I think something like 1 polizei for every 15 people that live there.

And on that thought, after attempting to vend those #blacklivesmatter #nopolicestate #occupywallstreet #notmypresident #sh*tjustgotreal #washingtonsquarepark #tompkinssquarepark #unionsquarepark #yoga #music #brooklyn #eastvillage #lowereastside & #iloveny necklaces, magnets, key chains and pins for $2 each at Union Square Park during a vendor crackdown by the New York City Parks Department doing the rounds of ticketing and shutting down vendors, it was a Union Square Park NYC vendors row protest May Day 2023 on International Workers Day event that I found myself attempting to protest the crackdown of NYC street vendors at and a 50th Anniversary NYC Cannabis Parade & Rally at Union Square Park that I found myself at also. Stop Ticketing vendors. Stop Shutting Down Vendors.

And those Facebook events and other protests of the day read something like as follows: 

Union Square Park NYC Vendors Row protest May Day 2023

Join vendors of Union Square Park vendors row May 1st, #MayDay2023 , noon-3pm @ Union Square Park in protesting the New York City Parks Department crackdown of handing out tickets and shutting vendors down at Union Square Park & Washington Square Park.

"Beginning April 1st, NYC sanitation will be the enforcing department of street vendors in the city. This change has been met with protest and pushback from vendors and city council members who say that street vendors are people, not trash." 

and 

2023 NTC Cannabis Parade & Rally

The New York City Cannabis Parade & Rally (NYCCPR) is among the longest running marijuana legalization events in the world. What began as a “Smoke-In” in Washington Square Park organized by the Yippies in 1973 has evolved into a two-part Event: A Parade down Broadway and a Rally in Union Square Park, all on the first Saturday in May. Sister events have taken place in more than 300 cities worldwide on the same day.

NYCCPR is the founding chapter of the Global Marijuana March.

Parade:
Location - Broadway between W.32 & W.33
Time - 11:00AM - 12:30PM

Rally:
Location - Union Square South Plaza
Time: 1:00PM - 5:00PM 

Have a great Union Square Park, New York City parks day and more. And what, if anything, does this have to do with a No Police State.