March 2017

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SIGN-UP NOW FOR SPRING & SUMMER
DAY CAMPS AT SPOKE THE HUB!

STH Camp Kids in the Garden of Union - photo by Dalienne Majors

Monday - Friday, April 10-14
9:30am – 5:00pm

Learn about green, sustainable living practices. Each day includes: dancing, yoga and meditation; urban gardening; creative “actions” that help the earth or makes someone’s day; and building whimsical yet functional art works using recycled materials.

Junior Counselors-in-training, ages 13-15, also welcome.

Multi-Arts Summer Day Camps

July 10 - September 1, 2017
for ages Pre-K - 12

Early Bird Discount: 10% off if registered by May 1st.
SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATIONS NOW AVAILABLE

CREATIVE SPARKS: Ages: 3-4 & 4-5
Half-day program Monday - Friday, 9:00am – 12:00pm

Let your tiniest artists get fired up in a full morning of singing, dancing and make-believing activities, along with story-telling, music-making, and arts and crafts projects taught by three of the neighborhood’s finest master PreK teachers, Stephanie Franck, Mark Lamb and Sarah Pope!

Photo by Mindy Toro

July 10 - 14 ACTION HEROES WEEK
Use our bodies and minds to help save the world!
July 17 - 21 RAINBOW WARRIOR WEEK
Color our world with good cheer to inspire others.
July 24 - 28 UNDER THE SEA WEEK
Discover creatures and magic in our oceans.
July 31 - August 4 FOLK ROOTS WEEK
Explore community and culture around us.
August 7 - 11 AROUND THE WORLD WEEK
Travel the globe to learn about other cultures.
August 14 - 18 KIDS UNITED WEEK
Team-building arts activities inspire collaboration.
August 21 - 25 PLANET EARTH WEEK
Support all life on our beautiful planet.
August 28 - Sept 1 LIBRARY TOUR WEEK
Bring your favorite books to life!

ARTS EXPLORERS: Ages 5-8

Every week: Monday - Friday, 9:30am – 5:00pm

STH invites all curious and creative young artists on a great adventure where campers will explore Dance, Music, Storytelling, Fun With Food, Arts and Crafts, Gardening, Yoga and so much more! Every week offers a smorgasbord of different arts experiences, indoors and out-of-doors in our local community gardens, plus lots of daily free play and sprinkler fun at our favorite local playgrounds!

BUDDING ARTIST: Ages 8-12

Every week: Monday - Friday, 9:30am – 5:00pm

Where else can your child sharpen their dance and choreographic skills, hone their theatrical prowess, create original fashion, delve into the world of digital journalism and film-making, create an art portfolio, learn green construction and so much more? At STH's CAMP GOWANEE of course! Please join us for one spectacular week, or make art and new friends all summer long!

July 10 - July 14
Lights! Camera! Action! Digital Film-making
Do You Speak Dance? Exploring the Wide, Wonderful World of Dance
July 17 - July 21
Masterpiece Theater The Classical Actor's Trade w/ Freestyle Rep
Museums & Muses Visit Museums and paint your own masterpieces
July 24 - July 28
Peaceful Warriors Yoga, Meditation and the Martial Arts
Masterpiece Theater The Classical Actor's Trade w/ Freestyle Rep
July 31 - Aug 4
BKLYN Fashionistas (Ages 8-10) Fashion Design, Sewing and Modeling
Takin’ It From the Streets Hip Hop Dance, Music, Poetry & Stylin'
Aug 7 - Aug 11
BKLYN Fashionistas (Ages 10-12) Fashion Design, Sewing and Modeling
BKLYN Frontline Digital Journalism & Documentary Film-making
Aug 14 - Aug 18
Lights! Camera! Action! Digital Film-making
Move Over Picasso Studio Art Workshop
Aug 21 - Aug 25
Lights! Camera! Action! Digital Film-making
Go Green! Sustainable Living Practices For People and the Planet
Aug 28 - Sept 1
We’ve Got The Beat! Rhythm in Music, Dance, Art & Rhyme
Power Up! w/ Koko Open Source Green Energy Maker

STH YOUNG ARTISTS
SUMMER DANCE INTENSIVE:
Ages 9+ w/ permission of director

3 week program: Aug 7- 25 Monday - Friday, 9:30am – 5:00pm

Photo by Trey Pentecost

Students take Ballet and Modern Dance Technique classes every morning; classes are also open to drop-in teens and adult students.
Choreography students create and rehearse own original dance & theater works every afternoon and design your own costumes, lights, set, props & music or sound score.
Students perform their original work in full-length concert at the end of camp and again during STH's fall season.

WHAT'S SPINNING @ SPOKE

KING LEAR and THE SECRET GARDEN:
Young Actors Take the Stage @ Spoke the Hub

Photos by Freestyle Rep & Erik Almeida

Mike Durkin and Laura Livingston (of Freestyle Repertory Theatre) put STH’s young thespians through their Shakespearean paces this past fall in order to share their streamlined version of KING LEAR. The Friday night, February 5th production starring Clementine Avery, Judith Calvo, Saoirse Gira, Brad Lyon and Iris Rosenfeld, was funny, accomplished and timely. The YOUNG ACTORS WORKSHOP invites newcomers to join them after school on Wednesdays to work on their next Spring production.

STH's new Saturday YOUNG ACTOR'S PERFORMANCE WORKSHOP under the direction of Kerry Kastin of BLOWOUT THEATER, also performed a delightful version of Frances Hodgson Burnett well-known classic, “The Secret Garden”. Starring Louise Amarel, Judith Calvo, Eden Golomb and Madaeline Lyon, actors played multiple roles convincingly and masterfully while they brought the story to life through shadow puppets and an original cardboard set that transformed itself into various settings, including a wall, the garden gate, a bedroom, and of course, the magic garden itself where the story unfolded.

Kudos to all of STH's young actors in both productions for delivering two polished and moving performances!

WORKS ON THE WALL - Solo Exhibit:

Marcia Bricker Halperin

Photography
March 1 - April 7

Artist Talk / Reception: March 18, 5 - 7PM
STH Re:Creation Center - 748 Union Street @ 6th Avenue - Park Slope

Marcia Bricker Halperin, Gang on stoop, Hell’s Kitchen, 1979

Marcia Bricker Halperin was born in Brooklyn and dreamed of being an artist since she tried to ‘Draw the Lumberjack’ in 1970 to win an art school scholarship . After receiving an M. F. A. from Brooklyn College, she was a member of the documentation team of the CETA Artist’s Project. MBH’s photographs are included in the collections of the Brooklyn Historical Society, the Brooklyn Museum, the City Lore Photo Archive, and the Daniel Cowin Collection. Recently she has been making documentary films combining photographs, video footage, and narrative to tell unique stories. This is her first solo exhibition in nearly 35 years.

UPCOMING

ATTENTION DANCERS, ACTORS, MUSICIANS & INTERDISCIPLINARY ARTISTS:

The LOCAL PRODUCE Festival of the Performing Arts WANTS YOU!

Photo by David Kumin

STH is still accepting proposals from professional performing and teaching artists of all genres for:

WORKSHOPS & PERFORMANCES
Performances and workshops can be held under our big top tent in front of the STH Re:Creation Center on Union Street in Park Slope, orsomewhere out on the street itself on Saturday June 3th, 2017.

SITE SPECIFIC MULTI-ARTS WORKSHOPS & PERFORMANCES
Think low- or no-tech outdoor, site specific performances and participatory, family friendly arts workshops, to be presented in several of Park Slope’s most luscious community gardens throughout the month of June 2017. You choose your green space - or we will choose one for you -- and let us know what you would like to present. Presentations should be approximately 10-60 minutes long and could be composed of a combination of things - an informal performance followed by a participatory workshop, for example - or be part of a shared showcase of various artists' works.

COMPENSATION
Honorariums will be paid to all professional performers and teaching artists; exact amount will depend on number of performers and length of presentation.

Please send or drop off a one page proposal of what you would like to create/present at LOCAL PRODUCE plus a video link of 3 representative recent work samples.

APPLICATION or drop off:
Spoke the Hub, attn: Elise Long, 748 Union Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215

APPLICATION DEADLINE EXTENDED TO MARCH 6, 2017

Spoke the Hub’s LOCAL PRODUCE (mini) FESTIVAL of the PERFORMING ARTS, now in its 25th season, is a community-based, grass roots, cultural “green market” featuring the diversity, creativity and vitality of Brooklyn’s own performing artists-in-residence of all ages.

Did someone say DISCO-MANIA?

Photo by Erik Almeida

All men, women and children are invited to join Elise Long and STH in presenting another “flash mob” style disco “moment”at the Grand Prospect Ballroom on April 5th as part of the 5th Avenue BID’s annual “Taste of 5th” food-fest.

No previous dance or performance experience necessary, but professional dancers also very welcome! Two rehearsals required the 2 weeks before the event. (If you saw last year’s DAVID BOWIE flash mob, you know what a big hit it was in the ballroom. This year’s disco "intro" will be simpler choreography and more of an invitation to all to get up and get down on the dance floor. We will need a big group, so bring all your dancing friends and your best Bee Gee mojo, then let’s get busy! Contact spoke@spokethehub.org to sign-up and for further details.

STAFF & COMMUNITY NEWS

STH faculty member Stephanie Franck is delighted to introduce her new son Joey de Zengotita to the world. Joey was born on February 5, 2017 and was 8 lbs and 21 inches long at birth. Mother, father and baby are happy to report they are all doing fine!

“Taste of Fifth” at the Grand Prospect Ballroom

Celebrate Fifth Avenue's acclaimed destination restaurants and legendary watering holes at 5th Avenue BID’s annual "A Taste Of Fifth" on Tuesday, April 4th, from 6:30 - 9:30pm at The Grand Prospect Hall.

Buying a ticket not only allows you to sample all the savory offerings from our many local restaurants and bars (unlimited beer, wine, soda and vodka), but you'll also be benefiting STH! Tickets are $60 online with $20 of every ticket going to STH Or pay $70 and the BID will donate $30! Tickets

Join Ed Velandria at his annual DRAW-A-THON @ the High School of Art and Design for a 9-hour marathon of figure drawing with poses lasting from a few minutes up to six hours. Tickets are $10 (students) / $20 (non-students) Tickets

Che Malambo Dance Concert
Acclaimed Argentinian dance company, Che Malambo, will be offering a very special presentation of their fiery precision footwork, drumming, singing, and whirling boleadoras (lassos) at On Stage At Kingsborough on Sat., March 25th at 8pm. Tickets

Join Ellynne Skove and GoGo Babies
for a Used/Good Condition Baby Carrier Donation Event!

Saturday, March 4th 10 -2 @ Nest Space
518 Court St. @ Nelson Carroll Gardens
More info

In Loving Memory: Marta Becket 1925 - 2017

Ms. Becket, a ballerina, painter and Broadway dancer, stopped to fix a flat tire in 1967 at the tiny town of Death Valley Junction in California, and stayed for the next 5 decades, reviving an old western opera house and hotel while carving a life for herself and her Art, out in the Mojave Desert...

Elise Long Tribute
Ellynne Skove Tribute
New York Times Tribute

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