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NOW: In History! Barnet Schecter on The Civil War Draft Riots of July 1863

NOW: In History!
The monthly live newsreel presentation at
Brooklyn’s FIRST Carnegie Library in Williamsburgh.
Tuesday, July 16th 2010
Refreshments at 6:00 PM, Lecture at 6:30 PM
Williamsburgh Library, 240 Division Ave. at Marcy Ave

The Second installment of: NOW: In History! at the Williamsburgh Library Auditorium
will feature New York City historian and author of “The Devil’s Own Work,”
Barnet Schecter on the topic of…
The Civil War Draft Riots of July 1863

About “NOW: In History!”… This new lecture series brings prominent authors, historians, and experts on New York City History to this LANDMARK BUILDING in Southside Williamsburgh. Each lecture is themed after a historic event which occurred during that month in NYC history.

About the Williamsburgh Library… With imminent Brooklyn Public Library budget cuts topping over $20 Million and a massive borough-wide cutback on library hours and resources, the historic Williamsburgh Library is losing critical funding. This new program series aims to bring the attention of those who love our local history to a public institute deserving of its support.

At the Williamsburgh Library, 240 Division Ave. @ Marcy Ave. Bklyn, NY 11211
t. 718-302-3485
Admission to all BPL programs is FREE.
Donations to the “Support our Shelves” campaign will be gratefully accepted!

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THurd THursday Presents: Rattle & Megan Reilly

Stop by the City Reliquary this THurd THursday, June 17th, for a musical concert of civic proportions. Performing on our backyard stage, not one, not three, but two luminaries of the Brooklyn lo-hi musical ephemera, to perfectly fit our quirky museum categories. Both acts will be performing to suit your musical ears, and as always, Brooklyn Beer will be served nicely chilled. $5 suggested donation, doors open at 7 and the music gets going promptly at 8.

Rattle is a new band comprising Pat Gubler (guitar), Greg Peterson (guitar), Sue Garner (bass) and Rick Brown (drums and electronics). Its members, all of whom also sing, have played in NY for many years in various groups including The Scene Is Now, P.G. Six, Run On, Batillus, The Shams, Metal Mountains and V-Effect. Rattle uses the classic instrumentation of rock music but the result has touches of ambient electronics and Appalachian harmonies, hints of folk-rock and inspirations as varied as black metal and Haitian rara.

Memphis native Megan Reilly’s Let Your Ghost Go “comes on like a fever-dream, slow, hot and swooning, brimming with love and death and sadness and joy…a voice both hazy and powerfully direct…a wonderful, timeless sophomore record of quiet, haunting country pop.” (Other Music) It received 4-Stars from Uncut magazine. “Drop dead gorgeous, melancholy folk-pop of the highest order.” (No Depression) “… as if Dolly Parton sang in her sleep and occasionally wailed in terror at a nightmare.” (Dallas Observer) She’s currently at work on her third album.

June 17th, 7-10pm
$5 suggested donation
At the City Reliquary, 370 Metropolitan Avenue
Williamsburg, Brooklyn

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Student Exhibition Opens THis THurd THursday: Thursday, June 17, 2010

Urban Memory Project and City Reliquary Museum worked with 20 students and their teacher at the Lyons Community School to study the history and trends of Williamsburg, and to capture their observations with photography. The result is a collection of beautiful photographs that document this neighborhood in transition.

The opening will begin at 5:30pm

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Crest Fest 2010!

Saturday, June 19th 2010, 12:00 noon

The profits from this year’s annual Crest Fest 2010 at Crest Hardware, will support the City Reliquary Museum & Civic Organization!

Join us for the opening day celebration of the Crest Hardware Art Show. Crest Fest 2010 brings the community together with art, food, drinks, live music and local vendors.

3rd Ward will be there with bikes, workshops, a photobooth and food! Located at 558 Metropolitan Ave. between Union and Lorimer Sts.

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6th Annual Bicycle Fetish Day, Saturday, May 22nd, 2010

WILLIAMSBURGH – It’s a block party for your bicycle! Come and celebrate at our sixth annual Bicycle Fetish Day from noon til night on Havemeyer Street between Grand and Metropolitan Avenues. Biking activities, bike competitions, bike rides, bicycle advocacy groups and artists selling their wares. With a BBQ grill and more, how could you miss this yearly celebration of all things bicycle.

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The First Ever Meals & Spiels

The City Reliquary Presents:
The First Ever Meals and Spiels:
An Evening of Dinner & Lectures about NYC Food!
April 27th, 2010 from 7-10pm at The Brooklyn Kitchen

WILLIAMSBURGH, BROOKLYN. The City Reliquary Museum and Civic Organization, in partnership with a host of Brooklyn’s finest purveyors of food, is putting on an event that is NOT to be missed. The First Ever Meals and Spiels, An Evening of Dinner & Lectures about NYC’s Food! Meals and Spiels is a dinner that will focus on the incredible food shops, breweries, bakeries, and kitchens of North Brooklyn. What’s more, each dish and beverage will pair with a lecture about the food on your fork and beverage in your glass!

All proceeds will go towards the City Reliquary’s operational funds, to keep us open to the community at large. Guests will take home a goody bag stuffed with City Reliquary souvenirs, a Not for Tourists guidebook and more!
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The Vanishing Icons of Metropolitan Avenue: A History of Williamsburg’s Handmade Shop Signs from the 1980s

Stanley Wisniewolski with Work

Not so long ago, a number of retro, sculptural shop signs lent a distinctive flavor to the area just east of the BQE in Williamsburg, among them a giant paintbrush, a diamond ring and the hammer that’s still outside Crest Hardware on Metropolitan Avenue. Neighborhood resident and writer Karen Hudes looks into the story behind the signs, about 75 of which were crafted 30 years ago by an artist named Stanley Wisniewolski.

At the exhibit, photos from the city’s Municipal Archives bring to light Williamsburg’s streetscape in the ’80s, which was rich in oversized coffee cups, handbags and cows’ heads made out of Styrofoam marking each storefront. See a collection of Wisniewolski’s original signs on display, find out why the smoke shop installation caused such a stir, and take in the vision of one of the neighborhood’s pioneering graphic designers (who certainly wouldn’t be the last).

Opening party at The City Reliquary
April THurd THursday: April 15th, 2010 @ 7 PM
$3 Brooklyn Brewery beers
Exhibit runs through mid-July.

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A Benefit Concert at the Knitting Factory St. Paddy’s Day Night 3/17

Reserve your St. Paddy’s Day Night 3/17
for a BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE CITY RELIQUARY

At the Knitting Factory, 361 Metropolitan Ave in the Williamsburgh section of Brooklyn
Doors @ 6PM, Show @ 7PM

6:00 PM – Doors open

7:00 PM – Cecilia Brauer, historic glass armonica virtuoso and lecturer

http://www.gigmasters.com/armonica/index.asp

8:00 PM – Drink Me, acoustic duo and Fanta-bottle music
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9:00 PM – Brian Dewan, with his auto-harp, accordian, melody gin, and “Civic Pride” film strip

http://www.dewanatron.com/

10:00 PM – Frankenpine, the Brooklyn-based bluegrassy string band
http://frankenpinemusic.com/
http://www.youtube.com/frankenpine

11:00 PM – Lucky Chops, Laguardia High School grads’ New Orleans-style brass band
http://www.myspace.com/luckychopsbrassband

Tickets $20 available in advance at the Knitting Factory website.

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Fire Sale Playing Cards

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FIRE SALE: New York City Firefighter Date-Auction

Fire Sale

The City Reliquary Presents:
FIRE SALE: New York City Firefighter Date-Auction
One HOT Benefit!
February 18th 2010, 6 – 10pm

WILLIAMSBURGH, BROOKLYN: The horns are blaring, the people are cheering, and a handful of New York City Firemen are in the heat . . . of the spotlight for the City Reliquary’s upcoming benefit. You read that right – the City Reliquary, home of such salacious artifacts as vintage subway tokens and World’s Fair Memorabilia – are having a Date Auction. But not just any Date Auction – a FIRE SALE: New York City Firefighter Date-Auction; One HOT Benefit! – a real life opportunity to take one of New York’s Bravest out on the town for a night of romance and adventure. Who knows – they might let you taste their three-alarm chili! Firefighters from Williamsburgh’s 35th Battalion and beyond will be there for your perusal . . .

The City Reliquary’s Firefighter Date-Auction; One HOT Benefit also coincides with our current exhibit – Company Journals of the Southside Firehouse, curated by Firefighter Patty D’Emic of Hook and Ladder 104.

Because this event is simply too hot for our community museum, the Date Auction will take place at the Knitting Factory, at 361 Metropolitan Avenue, immediately across from The City Reliquary. Doors open at 6 and the Auction begins at 7. All proceeds from the door will go to help the City Reliquary raise direly needed operational expenses. Help us reach our seasonal goal of $20,000 by treating yourself to a hot date while you keep YOUR community museum from extinction.

Details:
FIRE SALE: New York City Firefighter Date-Auction; One HOT Benefit!
February 18th 2010, 6-10pm Doors open at 6, event begins at 7:30pm.
Admission: $20 and up, with all proceeds going to the City Reliquary
Firefighters: Bring ID for drink specials!

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