Hello Friends,
We just created a City Reliquary account on http://www.myspace.com/cityreliquary
Please help us cut our teeth in this scary new world on the internet!
If you are a MySpace’r too, invite us to become your “friend” and you won’t be sorry! See you in the virtual neighborhood.
CR on MySpace 9/8/6
9/9/6 September Tribute to Our City – Schedule
Please join the City Reliquary for the 3rd Annual September Tribute to Our City
SAT. 9/9/6 from 12 NOON until 6PM
Havemeyer St. btw. Grand & Metropolitan
Williamsburgh, Brooklyn
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Bicyle Fetish Day, July 1st 2006
The City Reliquary and the Brooklyn Civic Riders are pleased to announce our:
2nd Annual Bicycle Fetish Day
on July 1st 2006 from noon until 5 PM. Find the festival on Havemeyer between Grand & Metropolitan.
CONTESTS:
Best in Show, Best Vintage, Best Hand-made, Best Chopper, Best Small Wheel (includeds foldable bikes), Wheelies, BMX tricks, Track bike tricks, Heaviest Bike, Ugliest Bike, and more…
BANDS, FOOD, and RAFFLE PRIZES
including, IRO bike built-up by Bicycle Doc, Gift Certificates to: Catbird, Lodge, Foodswings, Loveshine, Cheeks Bakery, Maiden Brooklyn, Celebritay, and more… Brooklyn Bridge walking tours by Matt Levy of Vintage NY Tours, Merbag Messenger Bag, and more…
After party on Hope street between Havemeyer & Roebling Sts.
An INCREDIBLE DAY AND NIGHT for you and YOUR BIKE!!!
2nd Annual Collectors’ Night 2006
Sunday, April 9th at 5:00 PM
Friends,
If you thought the Grand Opening of the City Reliquary Museum was a big event… You haven’t seen
anything yet!
Collectors’ Night 2006 has been rapidly shaping up to easily surpass last year’s expectations. There will be
collectors of all kinds setting up their displays for your enjoyment and a special presentation which will give
amazing new insite to the wide world of collecting. Union Pool has agreed to open up their entire space to
allow for the displays to expand into the front room as well as the outdoor area (weather permitting). This
has allowed us to accept some incredible last minute additions to the line up of collectors. I assure you,
this year’s event is not to be missed! All the information is just below.
Hope to see you Sunday.
Always civic,
Dave
The 2nd Annual Collectors’ Night 2006
Sunday April 9th
Doors open at 5:00 PM
at Union Pool 484 Union Av. @ Meeker St.
in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn
Admission: $10
Featuring:
Ornithologist Mary Lecroy presents THE BOWER, a Collecting Bird
Performance artist LuLu LoLo explains the COLLYER BROS.
A presentation of Allen Koenigsberg’s vintage TALKING MACHINES
Dozens of Collectors’ DISPLAYS on-site
Collectors’ Panel Discussion and Show & Tell
And much, much more!!!
Location:
Collectors
February 26th, 2006
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Happy Presidents’ Day! When current presidential turmoil troubles you, turn to the folks at The City Reliquary. We’ve been working hard on the new City Reliquary Museum at 370 Metropolitan Ave. While we aren’t yet fully prepared to open our doors, we would like to offer you a special event to honor presidents, collectors, artists, and of course most importantly, our beautiful new windows!
The City Reliquary Inaugural Sidewalk Reception FEATURING:
Pedro Genao’s Abraham Lincoln Statue
Christy Gast’s Collectible Presidential Plates
AND
Honoring the first African-American female presidential candidate, Charlene Mitchell
AT:
The new City Reliquary windows at
370 METROPOLITAN AVENUE at Havemeyer Street
ON:
Sunday, February 26th beginning promptly at 12:00 noon
SERVING:
Civic pride, honorary degrees, and delicious refreshments.
Our featured presentation will include:
A special appearance by our honored guest, CHARLENE MITCHELL.
Ms. Mitchell, the first African-American woman to run for President, represented the Communist Party in 1968. A civil rights activist for over 50 years, Ms. Mitchell is also the founding National Coordinator of the Committee of Correspondence for Socialism and Democracy. She serves as national co-chair of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, the organization that grew out of the campaign to free Angela Davis. A portrait of Ms. Mitchell was included in a large wall mural called “When Women Pursue Justice,” which was recently completed by Artmakers, Inc. at 498 Greene Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant. She will be honored with a special presentation by our presenter of Presidential Plates, Christy Gast.
A collection presented by CHRISTY GAST of COLLECTIBLE PRESIDENTIAL PLATES with
Limited Edition FEMALE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES
In honor of the 2004 campaign season, Ms. Gast created a set of Limited Edition Lady Presidential Candidates Collectible Plates, featuring the first ten women to run for President. The candidates and their stories are largely unknown, although a number of them were major players in their times. Some of those included are: Victoria Woodhull, whose running mate was Frederick Douglass, was the first female stockbroker on Wall Street. Margaret Smith, Shirley Chisholm, Bella Abzug, and Patsy Mink all served in the legislature in the mid-twentieth century, and Charlene Mitchell, a native New Yorker, has been a civil rights activist and union leader for 50 years. Thanks to Melissa Memory, Rodney Harrison, and Kevin Harper for generously lending their collections of original collectible Presidential Plates.
PEDRO GENAO’s Life-size Abraham Lincoln Statue made of 100% hand-felted wool.
Pedro moved to New York in 1992 from the Dominican Republic and soon became employed as a Maintenance Technician at the Steiner School, a part of the Waldorf school system. There he watched some of the teachers’ craft presentations working with wool. He has since taught himself many finer techniques of NEEDLE FELTING and is now considered to be easily among the best in his field. The Abraham Lincoln statue presented in our windows was created by Pedro during the course of 3 years and over 300 hours. Pedro estimates that the statue was pointed with a single needle over 3 million times. As he should be, Abraham is standing tall at over 6 feet 4 inches not including his 9-inch top hat and supports his own weight with absolutely NO INTERNAL ARMATURE.
CITY RELIQUARY ON TV!
This FRIDAY February 24th, our hometown news channel NY1 will feature a story about the City Reliquary, LIVE at 7am, 8am, and with recorded highlights throughout the day.
NEXT MONTH:
The Grand Opening Celebration of the City Reliquary Museum and the 2nd Annual Collector’s Night, at Union Pool.
We’ll keep you posted with the final dates for these two exciting events!
Thank you for your support.
THE NEW CITY RELIQUARY MUSEUM
Ladies and Gentlemen,
As of January 1st at 12 o’clock midnight, we all ushered in the new year 2006
(happy new year to all of you.) At this same time, we at the City Reliquary, have also ushered in a new era in our mission to serve the people of New York City. Effective today, January 1st 2006,
I am astoundingly proud to announce…
THE CITY RELIQUARY will be opening a new storefront MUSEUM
(with gift shop!)
at 370 METROPOLITAN AVENUE at HAVEMEYER STREET,
just 2 blocks away from our current residence!
This means GREAT OPPORTUNITIES for our museum and the scope of COMMUNITY OFFERINGS which we have dreamed of and planned for so long. Soon to come will be: a museum dedicated to preserving and displaying the artifacts of New York History which often go overlooked by those larger museums, a public space for community events, an office for our Civic Organization meetings, educational classes, and neighborhood comradery, as well as a quintessential Museum Gift Shop complete with unique New York souvenirs, books, hand-made keepsakes, and the original “City Reliquary T-Shirt.” Rest assured, this will not be another Williamsburgh boutique. We’ll be maintaining our window-museum style charm on Metropolitan Avenue as well as part of our displays on Grand Street and all the other things you love about the Reliquary.
At this time of great new beginnings, I want to extend SINCERE APPRECIATION to all of our SUPPORTERS. It is due to all your enthusiasm, involvement, and endurance of these e-mailings, that we have been able to begin this next step as a civic organization for-the-people, not-for-profit!
OPENING DAY of new facility will be within the next few months, and we will be sure to invite the entire neighborhood to celebrate with us. In the mean time, feel free to stop by and witness the MUSEUM-IN-PROGRESS.
November Events
Thursday, November 3, 2005, 8:00 – 10:00 PM
WCRM – The Citizens’ Radio Music Station
LIVE Broadcast of The Coffee Show on www.cityreliquary.org
This month, WCRM starts a little earlier but is bound to stay up later as the theme this month is COFFEE. We’ll have this month’s collector Rodger Stevens in the studio for a few questions about his display of NYC Paper Coffee Cups in our Community Collections window. We’ve also asked Marshall Brain, creator and chief contributor of HowStuffWorks.com, to explain for us “How Coffee Works.”
Throughout this broadcast we will be treated to a selection of music curated by Erica Matthews, resident Coffee Connoisseur. Erica also brings us movie quotes, literary references, and coffee facts as we dig into the cultural effects of the coffee bean.
Regular contributers to the show this month include: Jesse James Arnold, Dave Herman, Mindy Abovitz and George Ferrandi.
Write to [email protected] for more info, music requests, feedback, and other comments.
www.cityreliquary.org/wcrm
Saturday, November 5th
The Annual Brooklyn History Fair in Bensonhurst
10:30 A.M.
Brooklyn Barbecue: July 7. 2005
The City Reliquary Museum presents:
WCRM, The Citizens
August & September Events
SUNDAY, September 11th on Havemeyer Street between Grand and Hope Streets. 1:00 until 7:00 PM Block Party
“The September Tribute to Our City”
featuring live bands throughout the day
plus, the street will be closed for you to enjoy your picnic lunch under the trees.
B.Y.O.>B.B.Q.
Schedule:
All Day – bring your own B.B.Q. We will also be sharing delicious treats such as Big Apples and Big Apple Cider supplied by Red Orchard Apple Farms, home made Brooklyn Browncakes, freshly grilled Cobblestone Corn, and many other less witty delicacies.
1:00 – SALSA & SAMBA HOUR – Bring your drums, shakers, congas, and whistles to join in the street music of Williamsburg’s Puerto Rican Southside.
2:00 – CIRCUS CONTRAPTION – This Seattle-based circus will have musical and acrobatic performances to coincide with their New York show currently running at the Theater for the New City.
3:00 – RUDE MECHANICAL ORCHESTRA – Enjoy the sounds of this street marching band as seen at Bicycle Fetish Day, The Mermaid Parade, and many other events around town.
4:00 – LAVENDER LAKE – The impressive jazz duo of Mindy Abovitz and Tianna Kennedy, both of WCRM Radio show fame!
5:00 – THE GOOD GOOD – If you’ve seen them before you know this indie band always lives up to their name!
6:00 – PINATALAND – As heard on the WCRM September Tribute radio show, this incredible band finds their inspiration in the rich history of our great city, New York!
We will also be accepting donations for the Red Cross Hurricane Katrina fund throughout the day.
Please stop by to enjoy the benefits of civic life and appreciate the greatness of being a New Yorker during this special day of remembrance. The streets are yours. Let’s enjoy them together.
Friday, August 19th at the City Reliquary (Grand & Havemeyer), 7:30 PM, FREE for the people!
Community Collections Sidewalk Reception
Collector of the Month, Ervin Mendez presents just a small sample of his collection of over 300 bobble-heads. Better known as “nodders” to the proffesionals, these nodding figures will fill the Reliquary windows through September 8th, complete with animatronics, black light figures, and an LED display! Come to the reception for “jiggly” refreshments, and a chance to win the Giant Bobble-Head RAFFLE! This oversized nodder is a promotional character for the Funko company Wacky Wobblers which make up the majority of Ervin’s collection and has an “MSRP” (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) of over $200.00!!!
Sunday, August 21st; Reception from 3:00 to 6:00 PM at the Matzoh Files (Rivington and Suffolk Streets, L.E.S.)
A Lower East Side Howl Festival Event; the City Reliquary with the Matzoh Files at the Streit’s Matzoh Factory
Featured in the Matzoh Files’ “Top Drawer Exhibition” will be a selection of New York City specimens by Resident Geologist Nik Sokol. Also included will be selections from the Streit’s Factory and City Reliquary Archives displayed by V.P. of Collections Bill Scanga. The show opens at noon as a part of the Alan Ginsberg inspired Lower East Side “Howl Festival”.