Olam HaBa Community Quilt Showcase 

Date: Sunday, March 23, 2025

Time: 2-5 PM // Presentation at 2:30 pm

RSVP here // suggested $18 entry donation ($12 minimum)

Accessibility: Masks encouraged. Studio space accessible, Wheelchair accessible bathroom next door. 

In mid-October 2023, Sophia Alhadeff (she/they) and Shug Munic (they/them) met at a Jewish Voice for Peace meeting and began organizing a community quilt. Together, they agreed that the quilt would be a site for grief and a memorial to the ongoing violence at the hands of the US and Israeli Empire. 

Olam HaBa translates to “the world to come.” Drawing from the history and legacy of community activist quilts, this quilt acts as a communal practice of envisioning the world we wish to live in and create with our communities. The invitation extended to anyone who identifies as anti-zionist to respond to the question: How is Jewish safety and Palestinian liberation inherently intertwined?

After putting out the call for quilt blocks at the end of November 2023, they received 36 blocks from the US and Canada. Quilt blocks were made at workshops in Minneapolis & Chicago as well as individually. As you engage with this piece, we invite you to hold the question “What is the connection between urgency and steadfastness?” as exemplified by the quilting process during an ongoing genocide. 

Please join us to view the Olam HaBa quilt, speak to organizers about how the project came to be, and raise funds for crucial mutual aid resources in Brooklyn and Gaza. All funds will be split between Equality for Flatbush and The Sanabel Team. 

The organizers are also inviting folks to donate pins to the quilt to be adorned on the blank borders. Pins can be related to any land back & solidarity movement as liberation is interconnected. Your pin will be permanently donated to the quilt.

The quilt will be displayed at The Brooklyn Artery on March 23rd, 2025, from 2 pm to 5 pm EST. The speakers will share about the process between 2:30pm-3:30pm. We hope you join us to continue building community across the country and envisioning the world to come! RSVP HERE.

Join us for a special night of stories and songs in the round featuring Emily Barnes, Lily DeTaeye, Sophia Deleo, & Alexa Barchini… Doors @ 7:30, show begins at 8. Suggested donation of $10-20+ all goes to the artists, and refreshments also available by donation. Come on down!

Craft Circle is always a lovely time.... bring whatever you'd like to work on and be crafty in community! Any tips or guidance also available as needed from experienced crafter Jessie Kritt (@the_weekend_weaver )

Join us for a special night of live music featuring Lily Blu, Dangle, & Addie Vogt. Doors at 7:30, show starts around 8. Suggested $10-20 donation all goes to the artists!

As part of the PS139 Read-a-Thon, kids and families are invited to attend one or both author visits on March 9th! This event is open to ANY families, not just PS139 students. Buy TICKETS HERE! Please note the recommended ages for each reading in the flyer.

1 ticket ($20) includes admission to the chosen reading for 1 child & 1 adult, a copy of the author's book which can be signed in person, and light snacks at the reading. A portion of ticket sales will also support PS139's student and community programs!

Join us for an evening of live music with Martina Liviero & Grey McMurray! Doors at 7:30, show at 8. Suggested donation of $10-20 all goes to the artists. Refreshments also available by donation. Come on down!

Whether you're a sake newbie or a seasoned pro, this Sake 101 class is the perfect opportunity to dive deep into the history, brewing process, and tasting techniques of this versatile and storied beverage. 

While the staff of Kings County Wines are sake enthusiasts, we decided to bring in a certified sake expert to lead this class. Joshua Neiderer has more than 15 years of experience in Japanese cuisine and beverage sales. He started his career behind the sushi bar working his way up to sushi assistant/beverage director at renowned NYC omakase restaurant, New York Sushi Ko. Today, he's the Regional Manager for the Northeast and North Central U.S. for Joto Sake, one of the top premium sake importers.

Together we'll explore a thoughtfully curated sake flight featuring a variety of styles, learn the art of savoring each sip, and uncover a wide range of unexpected food pairings!

RSVP soon, spots are limited!

It’s ~ Parlor ~ time again folks! Come through on Feb 28th and see what these extra special local writers & artists have cooked up for you. We’ve got drama, fiction, performance… Our writers are Micaela Camacho-Tenreiro/ Tony Tulathimutte/ Em Wren/ Cristina Pitter/ Xander Browne/ Nina Divina.

This season’s theme is ~ harness, devour, ascend ~ so all are invited to let those words into your heart and see what grows there.

$10-20+ suggested entry donation all goes to the artists, and we’ll also have some refreshments on tap at the cash bar.

Keep your eyes peeled on our instagram this week to learn more about each individual writer! And thanks as always to Annie Del Hierro of @killa.collage for the (siempre) original collage image ❣️

Take a midweek break & join our winter Portrait Paint & Sip, led by local artist Melissa Alvey, a painter and licensed art therapist. Melissa approaches art-making as a form of self-care by means of reconnecting with ourselves through discovery and play. Come create art alongside friends & neighbors, & paint a portrait (self or other)!

Registration is $35 and includes:

* one free drink (boozy or not!), more available

* all painting materials

* a masterpiece to take home or gift away

Register HERE!

Join us for an extra special night of live music with the Xavier Del Castillo Quartet and the James Wengrow Crypsis Trio…. Doors at 7:30 and sets at 8:00 and 9:00. Suggested $20 donation all goes to the musicians. Come on down and bring your friends!

Craft Circle is always a lovely time.... bring whatever you'd like to work on and be crafty in community! Any tips or guidance also available as needed from experienced crafter Jessie Kritt (@the_weekend_weaver )

Learn how to paint with wool fibers during this three-hour felted painting workshop with amazing NY-based artist Mallory Zondag. Students will learn how to create an image using only wool fibers and a felting needle on 5"x7" piece of wool felt. We will cover painting techniques such as color theory, atmospheric perspective, light and shadow and more! Everyone will create their own unique and woolly image by the end of class to take home or gift away!

• Wednesday, Jan, 29th, 6:00 - 9:00pm

• $65 workshop fee

Register HERE and learn more about Mallory here :)

Join us for a special night of live music featuring Ezgi Karakus, Trevor Turla, Beau Bledsoe, Nick Jost, & Felipe Fournier. Doors at 7:30, show starts around 8. Suggested $10-20 donation all goes to the artists!

Guitarist-organizer Tom Csatari and his “gothic, campfire freak jazz” cabal Uncivilized top the bill at this freewheeling celebration of the New Year’s arrival. Sharing the bill are Ryan El-Solh (billed on “solo keys”), the duo of tuba player Ben Stapp and soprano saxophonist Sam Newsome—and, if we’re reading correctly, “AI Michael Moore.”

Nick Jost -- upright bass

Sean Mullins  -- drum set

Tom Csatari --  electric guitar & effects, AI development

Kevin Sun - tenor sax

Aaron Burnett - tenor sax

Tom Miritello - laptop

Dom Mekky - AI development

+ special guests, playing selections from an upcoming triple album entitled Savage Detectives , as well as selections from their recent post-jazz EP GUMMYZ (https://uncivmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gummyz)

It’s our last Craft Circle of 2024, and a great chance to work on handmade gifts or just projects you want to complete before the end of the year! Craft Circle is always a lovely time.... bring whatever you'd like to work on and be crafty in community! Any tips or guidance also available as needed from experienced crafter Jessie Kritt (@the_weekend_weaver )

Join us for a benefit celebrating Nic Adams' Neck Down, a new play premiering as part of the 2025 Exponential Festival at We Are Here, an event space in Brooklyn. This evening is hosted at Brooklyn Artery and co-produced by Melissa Mickens.

Doors open at 7:30pm for: Beverages A private, after-hours shopping experience * Custom tarot readings with playwright and deck-master Lori Felipe-Barkin

At 8pm, a program of live performances will begin, featuring: Live music from Angel Desai A performance-offering from "NECK DOWN" star Cristina Pitter Live music from Jack Adams A sneak peek at the play * More TBA!

RSVP HERE! $40 per attendee

Flyer features art by Kylie Brown

NECK DOWN Synopsis:

Set in New York City in 2021 at a lot-viewing appointment the morning before an ancient coin auction, three characters duet with the voices in their heads about lottery winnings, caskets, sex fantasies, delusions of grandeur, Diaghilev, and Big Oil Banks, and mount a tragicomic class stand-off and a toast to the heroism of broke artists. 

Directed by Princess Grace Award-winner Marissa Joyce Stamps ("Being Up in Here and All the Other Businesses that Don't Concern You"), with a cast led by Cristina Pitter ("BONDiNG" on Netflix, "Behind the Sheet"), this production synthesizes the paranoid, righteous, and surreal national consciousnesses that have fermented since the COVID-19 pandemic. With the punishing gig economy under the microscope, the play explores the relentless spirit of artists and the heroic force necessary to lead a culture away from calamity.

In this playful and imaginative class, young children explore the elements of dance through captivating stories and creative play. With gentle guidance from experienced dancer and educator Veronica Santiago Moniello, they will learn foundational dance concepts while developing coordination, balance, and a sense of presence—all in a nurturing and fun environment. También hablaremos español.

For this iteration, guest teaching artist Lucia Jeesun Lee will join us to collaboratively imagine sensitive scenarios and envision a world we can shape together for a beautiful present and future.

Time: 9:30-10am 

Participants: 10 kiddos + 1 caregiver each 

Cost: sliding scale $15-30 per child

Who we are: INSTRUCTOR BIOS

RSVP HERE :)

Our final live music show of 2024 is a fundraiser concert for Gaza, featuring performances by Lily Talmers (@el_tee_music), Neil MacLeod (@littlecliff_), and Amalia Juliane (@amaliajuliane)

All proceeds from the door will be donated directly to a family in Gaza. 🍉🫂♥️♾️

A heartfelt thank you to the amazing artists on this bill and Dorée Gordon (@doreegordo ) for coming together to make this event possible. We’re deeply grateful for your generosity.

Join us as we learn the art of fiber jewelry making with neighbor and expert crafter Jessie Kritt-White (@the_weekend_weaver) You'll learn to create your own woven fiber jewelry and walk out with a handmade pair of earrings or a necklace that you can wear or give as a gift!

• Saturday, Nov 23, 2:00 - 5:00pm

• $65 per participant; registration required. RSVP HERE!

Come through on Friday Nov 22nd for some beautiful music and vocals with local artists Chandanie and Lucia Stavros. Suggested $10-20+ donation at showtime all goes to the artists, and beverages are available at our lil donation bar. Come down!!

Join Jim and Hannah of Kings County Wines as we survey and celebrate two of France’s most important regions — Burgundy and Beaujolais — on Thursday November 21st, which also happens to be Beaujolais Nouveau Day!

We'll unpack and explore the top-shelf reputation that precedes the Burgundy wines, and we'll also learn more about the adjacent, but wildly diametric region of Beaujolais and its namesake wine, along with Chardonnay, Gamay, & Pinot Noir. Taste 10 wines and earn $20 in KCW loyalty points with every registration.

Register HERE!

Craft Circle is always a lovely time.... bring whatever you'd like to work on and be crafty in community! That mending project you've been meaning to get to, that drawing or weaving you want to finish... come on down, it's free! Any tips or guidance also available as needed from experienced crafter Jessie Kritt (@the_weekend_weaver )

Don't miss the final installment of this special monthly live music series with the Brooklyn Jazz Underground, a grassroots jazz collective representing many of the borough's most exciting jazz musicians.

This show on November 14th features two sets — first up at 7:30 is Noa Fort (vocals) and Thomas Morgan (bass). Then at 8:30pm we'll hear True East, with Dan Lehner (trombone), Ran Livneh (bass), and Zack O'Farrill (drums). 

Come through and enjoy! 7pm doors, 7:30 start. $10-20+ suggested entry donation all goes to the artists!

Are you a shower singer? Aspiring karaoke star? Someone who just loves to sing but wants more access to their voice? This workshop is for you!

Singing is a practice that has greater purpose than mastery or high level performance. It’s a human impulse, available to anyone who wants to release emotion through sound and body. Singing is proven to decrease stress, help your sense of belonging and connection, and even improve overall breathing and lung function. The principles learned in vocal training can be applied across many areas of your life to improve overall well being. 

In this workshop we will explore the fundamentals of singing and how it works, sonically and inside of our bodies. This will include exploration of diaphragmatic breath, the forming of vowel sounds and shapes to produce sound, resonance in our bodies and in space and some light vocal practice to see how your singing can be further unlocked!

• Wed November 13, 7:30-9:30pm

• $25 – 40 sliding scale (when registering, you can add additional $ if you are able to pay along the scale!)

• No experience or materials needed!

• Register HERE :)

Join us for a heart-guided yoga experience led by Elle Pierre. Tuesdays we offer "Like Water: A Dynamic, Fluid Flow" / Fridays are "In Gratitude: A Flow to Cultivate Joy." Both are deeply grounding, gentle, and open to all levels. Yoga mats, blocks, straps, cushions, and blankets provided, or bring your own. Sliding scale pricing (starting April 1) between $20-35 per class; $15 deposit to register and the remainder paid by cash, card, or ApplePay upon arrival on class date. Register now as space is limited :) Register here!

Join us as we gather alongside community members, organizers, and change-makers who work at the nexus of creativity and the carceral system, as we learn together and imagine a more liberated future for all. You can expect….

• Shares from community advocates using the arts to support currently and formerly incarcerated persons

• Discussions to support collaboration across communities and carceral boundaries

• Activities to envision futures beyond incarceration

• Shared resources and community connections

• Light refreshments :)

Join us for a fundraiser show for Gaza. All funds will be donated to Ele Elna Elak an organization based in Gaza that provide clean water, medicine and clothing to Gazans 🍉🫂♥️♾️

🍉 Saturday, November 9th, 7:30pm

🍉 If you can’t make it to the show but would like to donate clic HERE *

Many thanks to the bands on this bill and Danny Sher for putting this show together. We’re so grateful to you all!

* Please note the base donation is set at $10 but there is an option to add an additional amount if you’d like.

Note: Brooklyn Artery is wheelchair accessible to enter, but the bathroom is not accessible. Masks are welcome and please stay home if you aren’t feeling well.

Learn the basics of drawing and hone your observational skills while working from a live model in this introductory drawing class led by local artist and art professor, Camille Hoffman. In this two-hour course, students will have the opportunity to work on both quick gesture poses and longer sitting poses with the model. 

Featuring special guest model, Nostalgia!

Students of all levels are welcome.

$35 registration fee

Drawing boards, sketch pads, and pencils will be available for in-class use,2 or feel free to bring your own!

Learn more about Camille Hoffman here, and register for the event HERE!