[OAS NODE #1]: More about Bat Haus & things to do in our Bushwick neighborhood

Here is the current look of Bat Haus, a co-working space and community nexus in Bushwick.[FROM THE BAT HAUS BLOG]:

Bat Haus is located at 279 Starr Street, Brooklyn NY, 11237 (Bushwick). We are right off Jefferson stop on L train, about 25 mins away from Manhattan.

Here are some of our neighbors:

1. The famous Tortillera Mexico taco joint is right next door from Bat Haus! 
2. Awesome local dive bar, Pearl’s Social & Billy Club (one block away),
3. One of our favorite get-together places, The Bodega Wine Bar (one block away), 
4. Great local food at Northeast Kingdom (one block away),
5. Organic and natural food market, Hana Natural (one block away), 
6. Super chill Wyckoff Starr Café (one block away), 
7. Delicious brunch at Café Ghia (two blocks away),
8. Ridiculous cheap but delicious food at Tina’s (ten min walk), 
9. Great brunch, great drinks, great dance parties at Tandem Bar (five min walk),
10. New cafe down the block, The Cobra Club (one block away).

Bat Haus is a coworking space (what is that?), co-founded by Cody Sullivan and Natalie Chan. You can find our little story here and an article with Natalie’s crazy jumping pics here. 

OAS: #TITMOTA e-flyer

Novadic Song in 7+ Parts

Dearly beloved,

Please find attached this novadic song for voice, guitar, subway train, whistle, siren, drunk girls, wind, silence, etc. Free to download here; encouraged to play in any order:

https://www.evernote.com/shard/s223//sh/b15eee1a-521b-4b6c-9490-fd70f4befaf8/08774e0860b39ae6fa9e67adc42f13a8

This was recorded from 2:30-3:40am on a pocket-sized hotness while finding my way from a shabbat dinner in Queens to a hot couch in Harlem, using a borrowed guitar, stealing melodies from singers I love (e.g. Calamity & the Owl) and words from the subway walls (do not pull the emergency cord, Emergency Workers...).

Excerpted Lyrics:
Wacky guitar...wacky guitar...oh no...oh no ooOOooOOooooo...and I wonder why the song is outside...We've got nothing left to do but play music on an empty subway platform...and o wonder why, the rails are electrified, why the floors all have their lights on (2x)...inside our minds, inside the heart, inside the hope of being One...and don't you wonder why the stars all healed inside, its not like were the last ones to consider the rain upon the sun...A Pyramid of muskets; a Teepee of guns...And don't you wonder why the lights are left on all night long...[whistles like clock chimes finding their own time]...and I wonder why, and I wonder why, and I wonder why, this song is outside. Ohhhhhhh ohhhh ooOOOooooooOOoo...

[Animation by Paul McLean, generated by Zen circles and compressed, digitized and/or dimensional simulations thereof... for OAS Node #1]

[PLEASE NOTE]:

Occupy with Art, Bat Haus and the Occupational Art School are pleased to announce that Jeremy Bold will be kicking off our Bushwick program at OAS Node #1 in August (details TBA soon).

Heads up gamers! Week of actions coming up.

Hey radical gamers, as a heads up there is a week of actions coming up soon. Below is the framework. Feel free to plug in. We definitely need some play all over this thing. The final day we take times square so definitely a good opportunity to make some awesome shit happen.

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WS2MS: April 28-9

This project would not be possible without the support of the Catskill Arts Initiative.  Thank you to the participating artists for their powerful work. Thank you to Catskill's generous building owners, merchants, the Village of Catskill, artists and neighbors. Immense thanks to the Hudson Valley's best digital printers; Frank Cuthbert, BRIK Gallery; Richard Edelman for Woodstock Graphics Studio; Chad Kleitsch Rhinecliff Printing Studio; Danette Koke Fine Art; Gilbert Plantinga Photo Graphics.  Thanks to the hardworking Jane Toby, Jenjoy Roybal, Ruth Leonard, Kico Govantes, Taha Awadallah, Adam Price, Sarah Barker and Paul Smart. Endless gratitude to interns, Chris Lannes, Sarah Brady and Kathleen Mentzer. The "It Takes a Village" prize goes to Pat Ruck, Laura Morgan, Nina Sklansky, Norma Tan, Ann Forbes Cooper and David Chmura.  We are grateful for grants from Art Is My Occupation and the Puffin Foundation. 

Extra special super duper thanks to the Wall Street to Main Street curators Geno Rodriguez, Paul McLean, Fawn Potash, Kate Menconeri, Jacqueline Weaver, Imani Brown, Boo Lynn Walsh, Sam Truitt and Arthur Polendo. 

Click here for a preview of next week's events...

Curators are available for group tours and special appointments.  Call Fawn Potash, Director, Masters on Main Street to reserve at 518/943-3400.

Download your Catskill Main Street Tour here or pick one up at the GCCA Catskill Gallery, 398 Main Street.

Check out the Wall Street to Main Street Message, a news guide to exhibits and events.

Check out our photo album.



WS2MS: Week 4

WS2MS: Update!

Updated on Monday, March 26, 2012 at 06:46PM by admin

In the wake of Occupy Wall Street’s six month anniversary, small town America’s continuing struggle provides the backdrop for a unique art activist project, Wall Street to Main Street.  At the March 17^th premier, curious locals and out-of-towners enjoyed a perfect spring day visiting the 20 pop-up exhibit sites along the Main Street in Catskill, NY.  Walking along four compact blocks, visitors had time to talk and digest ideas in between installations.  This ten week expo features over 50 exhibitors, performances, workshops and seminars with a newspaper that serves as the project’s guide, The Wall Street to Main Street Message.   The day culminated in a party with poetry, prose and protest songs at BRIK Gallery where a comprehensive exhibition introduces the movement’s historical and global context. Artists and organizers celebrated at the local Thai restaurant with laptops open to a live webcast as Michael Moore held a press conference announcing a fresh wave of protesters flooding into Zuccotti and Union Square Parks. 

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LL:O - Occupy with Art Flash Mob!!!

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Come flash mob to The Beatles' Revolution with us!

Three easy steps:

1. Learn the dance using this YouTube video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8dcrngOWv4&feature=youtu.be
2. Show up on March 3, 2012 at the Wayne Morse Free Speech Plaza
   ... (125 East 8th Street Eugene, Oregon) at 4:15pm.
   
3. Bring friends and boogey down to The Beatles at 4:30pm.

Come support the Occupy movement by being a part of 'Low Lives: Occupy!' a unique one-night-only program of live performance art, happenings, and public actions, simulcast to presenting host venues around the world.

'Language of Revolution' - Eugene's contribution to the festival - uses Occupy hand signals to create a fun, easy dance for anyone and everyone to enjoy and join in!

Low Lives: Occupy! will take place on Saturday, March 3, 2012 from 6 -10 pm (EST).

Watch the live simulcast on March 3 at http://www.occupywithart.com/llo-live-channel/

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