We’re asking five dollars for crafting supplies. Terrarium-ing will commence at 7pm and will run until 10pm. See you there!
Craft Night: Learn How to Make Your Own Terrarium on May 26
Annual Brooklyn Bridge Bike Ride on May 24th!
Happy 128th Birthday Brooklyn Bridge Bicycle Ride!
6-8pm; meet at the City Reliquary at 6pm
FREE! Yadda yadda donations.
Come on our yearly bicycle ride to celebrate the Brooklyn Bridge. We will ride from the CR to the Brooklyn Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, stop to sing her Happy Birthday and learn the story of her marvelous construction from licensed NYC tour guide Matt Levy. There will be birthday cake and milk. Afterwards we will repair to a Williamsburg bar to share our favorite Brooklyn Bridge stories.
BFD Is a BFD: Bicycle Fetish Day Returns on May 28th
Bicycle Fetish Day 2011 is almost upon us!
Saturday May 28th, 2011
12noon-6pm
Havemeyer btwn Hope and Grand in BEAUTIFUL Williamsburg, Brooklyn, USA!
Its a block party for your bicycle!!
Once again, the City Reliquary pulls out all stops for the best block party ever. Be blown away by the participants and events scheduled for this Bike Fetish Day, on track to be the biggest one yet in our 7 years.
Featuring vendors: Vaya Bags, Outlier Clothing, Dargelos, Nona Varnado, Talia Lempert and more. With tables from Advocacy types like: Transportation Alternatives, Recycle-a-Bicycle (w/ bike jewelry making workshop), IOBY (w/ a fun activity), NAG, and Bike New York
Awesome activities will include: Pimp your bike photo booth by Swimming Cities, GoldSprints, Bike pinata from Llaves Designs, Alleycat organized by Victor
Prizes for various bike categories will feature:
Cyclist outfittery from Outlier Clothing
Bag from Vaya Bags
T-shirts and tickets from Bike Film Festival
Tune-up from 9th St. Cycles
A gift from Bike Habitat tbd
A gift from Velo Brooklyn tbd
A gift from Nona Varnado, AND MORE!!
Performers:
Rude Mechanical Orchestra
DJs Stacher & Tinseltown
And food. With an after-party to follow at the City Reliquary , 6-10pm.
Dont miss the blowout bicycle party of the month!!!
Show-and-Tell Returns to the Reliquary on May 19th!
OPEN MIC SHOW-AND-TELL
Open Mic Show-and-Tell, hosted by Paul Lukas, returns to the City Reliquary on May 19th.
Open Mic Show-and-Tell is exactly what it sounds like: Anyone can bring an object of personal significance and talk about it for up to three minutes. No theme, no agenda — interesting stuff and the stories behind them are their own reward.
Objects that were featured last time included a 1950s report card from a Detroit vocational school, a 40-year-old vanilla bean, and a ticket from Burning Man. But it isn’t about the objects — it’s about the stories. Look in your pocket or your purse — there’s probably good show-and-tell fodder there, whether you realize it or not.
You can either (a) bring an object and be prepared to talk about it, or (b) just be part of the audience (because you can’t have show-and-tell unless there are people on hand to be shown and told). Either way, it’s a good time.
The City Reliquary
370 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn
L train to Lorimer Avenue Station
Doors and sign-ups at 7p; showing/telling commences at 8p
$5 suggested donation; beer available for sale
Show-and-Tell Returns on April 20!!
Open Mic Show-and-Tell, hosted by Paul Lukas, returns to the City Reliquary on April 20th.
Open Mic Show-and-Tell is exactly what it sounds like: Anyone can bring an object of personal significance and talk about it for up to three minutes. No theme, no agenda — interesting stuff and the stories behind them are their own reward.
Objects that were featured last time included an electro-shock therapy device salvaged from an abandoned hospital, a very obsessively annotated copy of a book by Proust, and a copy of Martha Stewart Living in braille. We’re expecting even better objects, and more interesting stories, this time around.
You can either (a) bring an object and be prepared to talk about it, or (b) just be part of the audience (because you can’t have show-and-tell unless there are people on hand to be shown and told). Either way, it’s a good time.
The City Reliquary
370 Metropolitan Avenue, Brooklyn
L train to Lorimer Avenue Station
Doors and sign-ups at 7p; showing/telling commences at 8p
$5 suggested donation; beer available for sale
Slice Harvester opening
That’s the theme of our new exhibition, produced in conjunction with Colin of Slice Harvester, who’s on a mission to sample a slice from every single pizzeria in New York City. The Reliquary is proud to be presenting hundreds of his photos of slices and the pizzerias that serve them — a greasy, cheesy celebration of this essential component of New York life.
We’re throwing a gala reception this Friday, March 18, at 7 pm, complete with complimentary slices from local pizza outlets. Colin will also be reading excerpts from the latest issue of Slice Harvester’s printed zine — an event not to be missed. So grab those oregano and red pepper shakers and come on by!
Show-and-Tell Returns to the City Reliquary on March 17!
Open Mic Show-and-Tell, hosted by Paul Lukas, returns to the City Reliquary on March 17th. (Yes, that’s St. Paddy’s Day, so we’ll have some Irish whisky-spiked cider on hand, along with our usual beer, but otherwise no crazy Irish/green shenanigans.)
Open Mic Show-and-Tell is exactly what it sounds like: Anyone can bring an interesting object and talk about it for up to three minutes. No theme, no agenda — interesting stuff and the stories behind them are their own reward.
Objects that were featured last time included a scrapbook made from torn-out pages from The New Yorker, a special good-luck keychain, a faded Polaroid, and wooden spoon that had been repurposed into a spanking device. We look forward to seeing even better treasures — and hearing even better stories — this time around (although the spanking spoon may be hard to top).
You can either (a) bring an object of personal significance and be prepared to talk about it, or (b) just be part of the audience (because you can’t have show-and-tell unless there are people on hand to be shown and told). Either way, it’s a good time.
Doors and sign-ups at 7p; showing/telling commences at 8p
$5 suggested donation; beer and spiked cider available for sale
Hope to see you there!
BOOZE AND SCHMOOZE with the City Reliquary! Benefit Event: Feb. 25th!
A Warming Winter Benefit, featuring Libations & Dissertations
Friday, February 25th, 2011, 7-11pm
At the Brooklyn Kitchen
WILLIAMSBURGH – The cold, dreary winter months in NYC are upon us. There’s only one real way to break out of the slush and snow, according to the City Reliquary Museum and Civic Organization –it’s with cocktail and conversation! Nothing else warms the mind and blood like Boozin’ and Schmoozin’ with the City Reliquary!
Please join us on Friday February 25th, at the Brooklyn Kitchen for an evening of awesome alcohols and delectable edibles. We’ll have FIVE (count ’em, FIVE!) cocktail tables, one beer table and one wine table. Our cocktails will include: The Ginger Lee No. 2, a dark rum daquiri from The Richardson, expertly mixed by Joel Lee Kulp and Jon DeRosa who will also explain how to make it at home. Sother Teague of Rye will concoct the Jack Rose, an Applejack Sidecar and talk about its pleasures and properties. Tim Sultan of Sunny’s Bar in Red Hook has invented and will present the Irish Manhattan (whiskey!). Nicole Austin of Kings County Distilling will pour shots of their un-aged whiskey and talk about what makes their booze so booze-a-riffic! And Breuckelen Distilling will have their marvelous Gin for sipping, straight up, on the rocks or as a G&T.
For Beer we’ve got Brooklyn Brewery and their Local 1 & 2 as well as Sorachi Ace. Accompanying the beer, local beer writer Josh Bernstein will talk about the exciting directions that new breweries are headed in. Tom Potter and Allen Katz, partners in New York Distillery will explain about making whiskey in Brooklyn. Lastly, Red Hook Winery will be pouring sips of their exciting wines, while Chris Nichoison and Mark Snyder are going to talk wines. And rounding up the Schmoozing section, Manhattan Borough Historian Michael Miscione will talk about Brooklyn’s historical need for water, gently reminding all guests of their personal need for the clear stuff following the tippling.
But thats not all! That’s just the booze! For food we’ve got tasty treats from The Meat Hook, Saltie, The Commodore, Roebling Tea Room, Momofuku Bakery, coffee from Oslo and more! DJ Sister Kate will be spinning vintage jazz and rhythm and blues. Goodie bags will be given to all guests.
$100 Happier Hour tickets at the door enable patrons to enjoy an extra hour, from 7-8, of small talk and nice pours; $75 for Happy Hour tickets from 8-11pm. Goody Bags will be provided to all. All proceeds will benefit the City Reliquary Museum and Civic Organization, a non-profit museum in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. Advance tickets available on Brown Paper Tickets here: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/155768 and on the City Reliquary’s Events Calendar.
Show-and-Tell Returns to the Reliquary on Feb. 17!
It’s coming up on that time of the month again, as Open Mic Show-and-Tell, hosted by Paul Lukas, returns to the City Reliquary on Feb. 17th.
Open mic show-and-tell is exactly what it sounds like: Anyone can bring an interesting object and talk about it for up to three minutes. No theme, no agenda — interesting stuff and the stories behind them are their own reward.
Objects that were featured last time included a quarter with a hole drilled in it, a pair of jeans purchased in Egypt (this was before the demonstrations started), and a kitchen device designed to prick little holes into pork skin. We look forward to seeing even better treasures — and hearing even better stories — this time around.
You can either (a) bring an object of personal significance and be prepared to talk about it, or (b) just be part of the audience (because you can’t have show-and-tell unless there are people on hand to be shown and told). Either way, it’s a good time.
Doors open at 7pm, showing/telling commences at 8pm
$5 suggested donation; beer available for sale.
Hope to see you there!
Show-and-Tell Returns to the City Reliquary Jan. 20!
Open Mic Show-and-Tell, hosted by Paul Lukas, returns to the City Reliquary next Thursday, Jan. 20.
Open mic show-and-tell is exactly what it sounds like: Anyone can bring an interesting object and talk about it for up to three minutes. No theme, no agenda — interesting items and the stories behind them are their own reward. Objects that were featured last time included a rice cooker obtained from a homeless man, a long piece of yarn that had to be surgically excavated from a dog’s stomach, and a bracelet that has been worn by its owner since second grade. We look forward to seeing even better treasures — and hearing even better stories — this time around.
You can either (a) bring an object of personal significance and be prepared to talk about it, or (b) just be part of the audience (because you can’t have show-and-tell unless there are people on hand to be shown and told). Either way, it’s a good time.
Doors and sign-ups at 7p; showing/telling commences at 8p
$5 suggested donation; beer available for sale