11th Annual Columbia Waterfront Halloween Parade And Party At Urban Meadow

Do you have a great Halloween costume that you want to show off?  You might want to take part in the 11th Annual Columbia Waterfront Halloween Parade and Party hosted by Urban Meadow Community Garden.  It's this Sunday, October 27 from 10 AM  to 12:30.

Here is more information:

"You're invited to our neighborhood Columbia Waterfront Halloween Party and Parade -Sunday, October 27 10 am-12:30 at Mother Cabrini Playground, on President Street between Columbia and Van Brunt.
The Underground Horns band will be leading the neighborhood costume parade around 11 am - come in costume, bring percussion instruments and get ready for a good time. Mother Cabrini Playground, on President Street between Columbia and Van Brunt. This event is organized by volunteer members of the Urban Meadow Community Garden - Face painting, baked goods, coffee and hot chocolate and Urban Meadow t-shirts will be for sale with proceeds benefiting the Urban Meadow."


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Red Hook Jazz Festival 2013 At The Urban Meadow: 10 Incredible Bands For $10

The Red Hook Jazz Festival, a fun, family-friendly outdoor event held every summer at the Urban Meadow, is back for a sixth year with two Sundays in June. The Festival is sponsored by the Brooklyn Arts Council, The House Of Pizza & Calzone and help from the volunteers of the Urban Meadow Community Garden.  The event costs $10 for adults. It's free or kids.

Mark your calendars. Here are all the details:

Big Bang Productions presents the 6th annual RED HOOK JAZZ FESTIVAL 2013 on two consecutive Sundays, June 9 and June 16 in the Urban Meadow, a community garden on the Columbia Waterfront District.  

Celebrating its sixth installment this year's Red Hook Jazz Festival line-up features some of the world's most forward-thinking jazz musicians and composers playing today, with a focus on female artists and drummers, featuring the vocalist Fay Victor, the pianist Kris Davis, and saxophonist Ingrid Laubrock and Allison Miller (in both categories), Clarence Penn, Mike Pride, Mark Feber, Ted Poor, and Tom Rainey.Highlights of horn players are: Seamus Blake, Ralph Alessi, Tony Malaby Jon Irabagon, Loren Stillman, and Adam Kolker. Other well players include bassists Ben Street, Chris Lightcap, Drew Gress and Ken Filiano guitarist Adam Rogers, Nate Radley and Paul Kogut, piano players Gary Versace and James Carney and many other incredible musicians. 

The Red Hook Jazz Festival prides itself on being a homegrown jazz festival featuring an amazing line-up of mostly local talent. Where other festivals rely on corporate sponsorships and donations, the RHJF is an all-volunteer event proud to support a wide variety of superb figures in New York City and Brooklyn jazz, both young and old. The RHJF has truly developed a tradition of presenting great music with a laid back vibe, an outdoor setting, and a strong family-friendly focus, while striving to develop the next generation of jazz audiences. 

Last year, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz gave the RHJF a proclamation, and this year the RHJF is proud to announce a grant award from the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). 

The Urban Meadow is located at the corner of President & Van Brunt Streets in Brooklyn, NY. This year's RHJF is sponsored by the Brooklyn Arts Council, the House of Pizza & Calzone, and the Urban Meadow. 

Both days start at 1pm and end at 6pm. Entrance is $10 per adult/ kids attend free. Details, event schedule and directions follow below.For up to date announcements on the RHJF, visit: http://www.facebook.com/RedHookJazzFestival and the Urban Meadow's website: http://urbanmeadowbrooklyn.blogspot.com/p/directions-to-urban-meadow.html.

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Spring Egg Hunt At Urban Meadow On Columbia Waterfront This Sunday

This Sunday, Urban Meadow is hosting a Spring Easter Egg Hunt. complete with a visit from the Easter Bunny.  Don't miss it.  It's bound to be a lot of fun.

Columbia Waterfront Spring Egg Hunt & Easter Bunny!

Everyone is invited to the cutest local egg hunt around on Sunday, March 31 from 10-12 pm. To make room for all the kids, babies up to age 4 will hunt in the Urban Meadow and kids five and up will be in next door Mother Cabrini playground. The forecast is in the 50s for Sunday- and special guest the EASTER BUNNY will hop in around 11 o'clock!

Bring your baskets and don't be late - doors open for the hunt right at 10 AM. Corner of President and Van Brunt Streets. For more information see the Urban Meadow website: urbanmeadowbrooklyn.blogspot.com.


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Urban Meadow Hosting Red Hook Jazz Festival For 5th Year

photos courtesy of Tamar Smith

For the 5th year in a row, The Red Hook Jazz Festival is coming to the Urban Meadow in the Columbia Street Waterfront area. The event will be held during two consecutive Sundays. It's great fun, so don't miss it. Let's hope the weather co-operates.  Below is more information from the organizers:

THE FIFTH ANNUAL RED HOOK JAZZ FESTIVAL 

Sunday JUNE 10 AND Sunday 17, 2012

Gates open at 1 PM

$10 suggested donation/ free for kids

Celebrating its fifth anniversary presenting the most forward-thinking musicians and composers in modern jazz, big band productions presents the Red Hook Jazz Festival at its usual location, the Urban Meadow on two consecutive Sundays, June 10 and June 17 starting at 1 PM. The Urban Meadow is located at the corner of President & Van Brunt Streets in Brooklyn, NY. Both days are sponsored as in years past by both the Urban Meadow and local businesses, as well as a successfully funded Kickstarter fundraising campaign for the 2012 shows. There will be a suggested donation of $10 per adult per day for each day of the festival and kids are admitted free. Families are encouraged to bring a picnic and enjoy the music.

Concert organizer Mike Golub, who lives in the Columbia Waterfront District near the Urban Meadow said “We are thrilled to be presenting these great shows for the fifth year in a row. The Red Hook Jazz Festival prides itself on being a homegrown jazz festival featuring an amazing line-up of mostly local talent. We present great music with a laid back vibe, an outdoor setting, and a strong family-friendly focus, while striving to develop the next generation of jazz audiences.”

Where other festivals rely on corporate sponsorships and donations, the RHJF is an all-volunteer event proud to support a wide variety of superb figures in NYC jazz, both young and old.
Details, event schedule and directions follow below. For up to date announcements on the RHJF, visit: http://www.facebook.com/RedHookJazzFestival and the Urban Meadow's website.

Red Hook Jazz Festival 2012 line-up

SUNDAY, JUNE 10

Max Johnson Trio 

The Flail

Nick Gianni's Evolution

Hot Cup Chili Pepper 7 (aka: Mostly Other People Do the Killing + 3) 

Travis Sullivan's BJORKESTRA

SUNDAY, JUNE 17

Rick Parker Collective

Harris Eisenstadt's Canada Day Octet

SPOKE

Nate Wooley Quintet 

Mike Baggetta Quartet

Directions to the Urban Meadow:
The Urban Meadow is located on the corner of President Street and Van Brunt Streets in the Columbia Street Waterfront area of Brooklyn.
For a map of how to get to the Urban Meadow, go here.


Don't forget to bring a blanket, a beach umbrella. We will have food from Cosi Catering and pizza from the House of Pizza & Calzone.

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Columbia Waterfront's Urban Meadow Hosts Annual Plant Sale

I can't resist a plant sale, though I don't have any room left in my garden. But I still have a few empty planters that need to be filled...

Urban Meadow

Annual Plant Sale

corner of President and Van Brunt Street.

Saturday May 5 from 10 AM - 3 PM 

with a Mother's Day planting activity from 1-3 PM

Come to the Urban Meadow's annual plant sale. Great prices on beautiful annuals, perennials and herbs. We'll have a Mother's Day activity too - buy mom a plant and decorate a pot that says I Love You! At the Urban Meadow, corner of President and Van Brunt Streets.



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Halloween Events Around The Neighborhood

Love Halloween? Great. You will have lots of neighborhood events to chose. Below is a list of fun stuff to do, which I will add to throughout the week. Start planning now, so that you won't miss a thing.

*First thing first. By now, you have probably heard of the Costume Karaoke and Parade in Carroll Park next week-end. Both events are organized by Friends of Carroll Park, the volunteer organization that keeps our neighborhood park looking great.

Costume Karaoke, Saturday, Oct 29, 6:00 - 9:00. Come on your way to your next costume event and belt out some of your favorite tunes. This was a really fun time last year, despite the cold, and we were treated so some truly wonderful local talent. We're hoping for warmer weather this year, but we'll have hot apple cider to wet the whistle and maybe some snacks. Will post a confirmation of the hours once we've locked in the excellent dee-jay we had last year!

The Carroll Park Kids' Halloween Parade! Sunday, Oct 30, gather at 12:30 at the park, parade at 1:00 up Smith Street to Degraw and back on Court Street. This event is always a hit and is led by the park's playground associate, Kathleen Henderson. Noisemakers for the first 200 kids who arrive!

*Families First Brooklyn on Cobble Hill Brooklyn will be hosting a Halloween Party for babies and toddlers (0-4 year olds) on Sunday, October 30^th 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. ET. Below is a flier we are distributing with full details.

Families First Brooklyn is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to supporting families. The organization offers a wide variety of high-quality classes for children ages 0-7, support groups for parents, and enriching parenting workshops. Our facility also has a playspace where parents, caregivers, and children can socialize and play indoors. Families First is located in Cobble Hill, Brooklyn, adjacent to Brooklyn Heights, Carroll Gardens, Boerum Hill, and Red Hook. For more information, please visit us at www.familiesfirstbrooklyn.org.

*Join the volunteers of Urban Meadow at the Mother Cabrini Playground for their 9th Annual Columbia Waterfront Halloween Party and Parade!

Sunday, October 30 from 10 AM - 12 PM. Both the playground and the Urban Meadow are on President Street between Columbia and Van Brunt.

Bring the kids in costume for fun at this long standing tradition in our neighborhood. There'll be treats and Urban Meadow t-shirts for sale, a costume parade led by the Underground Horns band and a fire engine from a local FDNY ladder company, hula hooping in the Meadow and more!

*The yearly Cobble Hill Park Halloween parade will take place on October 31st at 4 PM. The Jah Pan Steel Drum Band will be providing musicThe event is free and everyone is invited. The park is on Clinton Street between Verandah Place and Congress Street

*Halloween Costume Swap at Build It Green! NYC - Gowanus, 69 9th Street, Gowanus, Brooklyn, Friday, October 28th 3pm – 6pm RSVP for the event here

Scare your Friends, Not Your Wallet. "Free GrowNYC Halloween Costume Swap keeps Halloween Black, Orange and Green!

Not impressing Bella with last year’s vampire outfit? Bring last year's clean costumes, accessories and funky clothing or just help yourself to some free Halloween fashion at GrowNYC’s Halloween Costume Swap. Swap items limited to clothing, costumes, and accessories only please.

Take a sneak peek at Build It Green! NYC’s new non-profit salvage surplus warehouse in Gowanus, Brooklyn - their second reuse center in the city! Activities include recycled cardboard mask-making with Solar One, spoke flowers hand crafting with Recycle-A-Bicycle, Halloween-themed music, a bone-chilling haunted house, festive family-friendly movies to watch, and an apple/donut-eating contest thanks to GrowNYC’s Greenmarket! There will also be a raffle for a children’s bike, thanks to Recycle-A-Bicycle."

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Jazz Returns To Red Hook Urban Meadow This Fall

Expect a great line-up and fabulous music when the Red Hook Jazz Festival returns to Red Hook's Urban Meadow this coming Saturday. Located on the corner of President Street and Van Brunt Street, the Urban Meadow is a community garden in the Columbia Waterfront area, which hosts not only wonderful events, but serves as a green oasis for many neighborhood families.

Read on for more information about the jazz festival:

Welcome back from the summer and to another fantastic Red Hook Jazz Festival show at the Urban Meadow. Next Sunday, September 19 from 12 PM - 6 PM, suggested donation is $5 for adults and free for kids (all proceeds go to support the activities of the Urban Meadow). And once again the line-up includes mostly incredible Brooklyn talent. The weather promises to be beautiful so pack your picnic blankets and come to a cool outdoor venue for great music. See the Urban Meadow blog for complete information about the show, and the Urban Meadow, including directions.

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"Take Your Father To A Jazz Show Day" At The Urban Meadow This Sunday

photo credit: The Urban Meadow

Get ready for the second Sunday of great music as part of the Red Hook Jazz Festival at the Urban Meadow. It will be a day on the Columbia Street Waterfront, right under the cranes in a beautiful outdoor spot. Many of the musicians who'll be playing the RHJF live in Brooklyn - from Carroll Gardens to Park Slope to Ditmas Park, Brooklyn is represented (and there will even be a few guests from Manhattan!)

Suggested admission at the door is $5 for adults, kids are free. (All proceeds go to support the Urban Meadow Garden and activities.)

Red Hook Jazz Festival

Part II

Sunday, June 20th

1:00pm – 5:00pm

1:00pm

James Carney with Tony Malaby, Chris Lightcap, Dan Weiss

2:00pm

Chris Lightcap with Tony Malaby, Chris Cheek, Craig Taborn & Gerald Cleaver

3:00pm

Todd Sickafoose's Tiny Resistors with Jonathan Goldberger, Mike Gamble, John Ellis, Alan Ferber & Ches Smith

4:00pm

Harris Eisenstadt’s Canada Day with Nate Wooley, Matt Bauder, Chris Dingman & Eivind Opsvik

For More Information go to: urbanmeadowbrooklyn.blogspot.com

The Urban Meadow is located on the corner of President Street and Van Brunt Streets in the Columbia Street Waterfront area of Brooklyn.

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Great Line-Up Planned For Red Hook Jazz Festival 2010

photo credit: Urban Meadow

Get ready for two days of great jazz music at the Urban Meadow in the Columbia Waterfront area. First held in 2008, the Red Hook Jazz Festival has become one of the most popular events at this wonderful community garden. Check out this year's great line up below.

Save the date - The Red Hook Jazz Festival is coming up in the Urban Meadow June 13th and June 20th from 1 PM- 5 PM both days. Suggested admission at the door is $5 for adults, kids are free. (All proceeds go to support the Urban Meadow garden and activities)

It will be two days of great music on the Columbia Street Waterfront, right under the cranes in a beautiful outdoor spot. Many of the musicians who'll be playing the RHJF live in Brooklyn - from Carroll Gardens to Park Slope to Ditmas Park, Brooklyn is represented (and there will even be a few guests from Manhattan!)

Sunday, June 13th 1:00pm – 5:00pm

1:00pm

Dave Sewelson's BQE with Bobby Radcliff, David Hofstra & Richard Dworkin

2:00pm

Welf Dorr with Tom Zlabinger, Dalius Naujo & On Davis

3:00pm

Nick Gianni's Evolution with Rick Botari, On Davis & Dalius Naugo

4:00pm

SPOKE with Andy Hunter, Justin Wood, Danny Fischer & Dan Loomis

Sunday, June 20th 1:00pm – 5:00pm

1:00pm

James Carney with Tony Malaby, Chris Lightcap, Dan Weiss

2:00pm

Chris Lightcap with Tony Malaby, Chris Cheek, Craig Taborn & Gerald Cleaver

3:00pm

Todd Sickafoose's Tiny Resistors with Jonathan Goldberger, Mike Gamble, John Ellis, Alan Ferber & Ches Smith

4:00pm

Harris Eisenstadt’s Canada Day with Nate Wooley, Matt Bauder, Chris Dingman & Eivind Opsvik

The Urban Meadow is located on the corner of President Street and Van Brunt Streets in the Columbia Street Waterfront area of Brooklyn.

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Lots Of Great Events Scheduled On Columbia Waterfront District's 'Urban Medow

A number of wonderful events are coming up on Sunday May 23 in and around the Urban Meadow - a community garden on the corner of President and Van Brunt Streets in the Columbia Waterfront District.

The Meadow will be hosting Brooklyn Folk Festival events sponsored by Jalopy Theater (including a square dance!). It's only $5 for all the events at the Meadow on Sunday, more if you'd like more of of the Folk Festival

And mark your calendars for the Red Hook Jazz Festival coming to the Urban Meadow Sunday June 13th and Sunday June 20th - lots more details about RHJF coming up soon!

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