In Our Hearts

The Brooklyn Free Store will not be held today due to forecasted rain. Join us next week and each Friday (weather permitting) at the Brooklyn Free Store located at Lafayette & Marcy in BedStuy! We will be there from 12 noon ’til 5pm.

In case you thought we weren’t hardcore see the video below from a January Free Store. We will continue to hold the free store weekly no matter how hot or cold but the books and clothes people like to share are not waterproof.

The idea of the Free Store is simple: take whatever you can use, bring whatever you can give that someone else could use. It is a model for another way of living without money and without scarcity

Broken Angel resident and artist Arthur Wood is facing eviction today after his long time home was foreclosed on. Please join us and rally at 4-8 Downing St. at Quincy Brooklyn, NY immediately.

Sunday May 19th – Grub: Community Dinner 7pm at 274 Quincy St., Apt. 1 at Nostrand in Brooklyn just a short walk from the G train to Bedford-Nostrand or the A/C train to Nostrand. This will be our first time holding Grub at this location which has backyard seating available.

Watch First the Dishes Then the Revolution by Jeff Stark and get an idea about what Grub is.

We plan to be able to serve approximately 50 people, so it’s first come first serve. There will be plates for vegans and vegetarians alike. About 99% of the food we share is freegan, which means it is excess, ripe, nearly ripe or slightly damaged food that has been recovered from the waste of grocery stores.

Most importantly Grub is about building a stronger and more supportive community, so feel free to come early and hang out. We need help gathering, cooking and preparing food for Grub (culinary skill not necessarily required). Volunteers are welcome to bring vegetarian (freegan and vegan is preferred) food and make their own dishes or help out with the preparation in general.

And as we’re sure you always already do, please go out of your way to talk to strangers and to welcome new people. That’s why we’re here.

Please come as early as 3:30pm if you would like to help us prepare the meal! All are asked to make a contribution.

Check in with us on Facebook twitter, or our here for the most up to date info.

Join us today and each Friday (weather permitting) at the Brooklyn Free Store located at Lafayette & Marcy in BedStuy! We will be there from 12 noon ’til 5pm.

It is still dorm move-out season, so we again have lots of things being shared.

Expect crates of books, household goods,  as well as dozens of bags of used and new clothing that we would love to share with people.

The idea of the Free Store is simple: take whatever you can use, bring whatever you can give that someone else could use. It is a model for another way of living without money and without scarcity

The well loved Lower East Side Community & Cultural Center CHARAS El Bohio (P.S. 64) has been shuttered and vacant for more than 11 years now. If a rich and connected developer has is way it will one day soon be turning a profit renting beds to well-to-do ballet students and members of an incoming tuition paying Cooper Union class, despite the fact that the building is by law designated for “community use” only.

Irregardless of the fact that residents of the L.E.S. have been shut out of the building, it’s theaters, performance, and classroom spaces for more than a decade the struggle to preserve and now restore a not for profit space for community and culture has not been forgotten. A 5pm march is planned for today from the boarded-off former school on 9th St. and Ave B to Cooper Union where alumni, current students, and faculty have occupied the Presidents office in support of the school remaining free.

• In 2006 a memorial for murdered activist, journalist, anarchist Brad Will culminated in the forced yet brief re-occupation of CHARAS by a crowd of hundreds, who left but vowed to again retake the building back permanently.
• In December 2011 a somewhat raucous lively demonstration resulted in four arrests.
• In April a planned protest camp-out outside of CHARAS was dispersed by police, following which three cars were burned on the site.

According to The Wall Street Journal The Joffrey Ballet School has agreed to lease two floors of CHARAS from owner Greg Singer. Previously rumors that NYU and or the New School were planning to house students in the former community center were denied by both schools. There is a good chance that this West Village ballet school will do the same when they realize what they may have gotten themselves into.

Contact The Joffrey Ballet School – Phone: 212-254-8520 Fax: 718-228-9612 Email: joffrey@joffreyballetschool.com or in person at 434 Ave of the Americas 5th floor, NY NY 10011. They also have a page on Yelp.

[Updated as of 3pm 5/15/13]

A receptionist from the ballet school could not confirm that any commitments had been finalized between the school and Greg Singer and said that things are still “in the air.” She was unaware of controversy surrounding the building and the project, but appreciated learning of it and said that she would pass along concerns to her superiors.

Join us each Friday (weather permitting) at the Brooklyn Free Store located at Lafayette & Marcy in BedStuy! We will be there from 12 noon ’til 5pm.

It is dorm move-out season, so we have lots of new stuff this time.

Expect crates of books, household goods,  as well as dozens of bags of used and new clothing that we would love to share with people.

The idea of the Free Store is simple: take whatever you can use, bring whatever you can give that someone else could use. It is a model for another way of living without money and without scarcity

Sunday May 5th – Grub: Community Dinner 7pm 21 Clinton Ave 2nd floor, by the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

Watch First the Dishes Then the Revolution by Jeff Stark and get an idea about what Grub is.

We plan to be able to serve approximately 50 people, so it’s first come first serve. There will be plates for vegans and vegetarians alike. About 99% of the food we share is freegan, which means it is excess, ripe, nearly ripe or slightly damaged food that has been recovered from the waste of grocery stores.

Most importantly Grub is about building a stronger and more supportive community, so feel free to come early and hang out. We need help gathering, cooking and preparing food for Grub (culinary skill not necessarily required). Volunteers are welcome to bring vegetarian (freegan and vegan is preferred) food and make their own dishes or help out with the preparation in general.

And as we’re sure you always already do, please go out of your way to talk to strangers and to welcome new people. That’s why we’re here.

Please come as early as 3:30pm if you would like to help us prepare the meal! All are asked to make a contribution.

Check in with us on Facebook twitter, or our here for the most up to date info.

Saturday, May 4th 9pm 274 Quincy St., Apt. 1

This is the celebration for living through the May Day celebration–or really, the past year and half! Take a night off, laugh, drink, and/or dance it out, and as always great political conversation included! Friends of friends welcome and expected! What better way to spread the movement than one party at a time!? Music provided by DJ Suggested D.

Grub community dinner is holding an organizational meeting/potluck open to anyone interested in getting more involved with this semi-monthly project.

Friday, May 3rd at 7pm
274 Quincy St., Apt. 1, Brooklyn

Each 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month, we organize a special freegan community dinner for building a stronger, more supportive community, meeting like-minded people, reducing waste, and promoting mutual aid. We always need help with scheduling, sourcing and recovering food, and transporting cookware and food, in addition to the preparing, cooking, and cleaning that happens during the dinners. Come to the meeting to get more involved! Bring some food to share if you wish, we will have some snacks.

See you there!

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Join us each Friday (weather permitting) at the Brooklyn Free Store located at Lafayette & Marcy in BedStuy! We will be there from 12 noon ’til 5pm.

Expect crates of books, household goods,  as well as dozens of bags of used and new clothing that we would love to share with people.

The idea of the Free Store is simple: take whatever you can use, bring whatever you can give that someone else could use. It is a model for another way of living without money and without scarcity