WELCOME TO 6BC GARDEN
A place to relax, meet your neighbors, and enjoy nature
6th Street between Avenues B & C * East Village * New York City
Our official season is just beginning, and whenever a member is in the garden, it will be open.
6th Street between Avenues B & C * East Village * New York City
Our official season is just beginning, and whenever a member is in the garden, it will be open.
Saturday, July 20, 2 - 4pm.
Fahrenheit Open Mic, Pen Pal Poets, & Rimes of The Ancient Mariner
Present
An Afternoon in the garden
"Got to get ourselves back to The Garden!" -Joni Mitchell 1969
Fahrenheit Open Mic, Pen Pal Poets, & Rimes of The Ancient Mariner
Present
An Afternoon in the garden
"Got to get ourselves back to The Garden!" -Joni Mitchell 1969
Please join us for the first of three garden readings this summer and enjoy a wonderful afternoon in a bucolic setting with amazing poetry and spoken word artistry. Free admission and all welcome.
Readers:
Before falling for poetry, Madeline Artenberg was a photojournalist and street theatre performer. Her work has appeared in many publications, such as Rattle and Literature Today: An International Journal of Contemporary Literature. She won Lyric Recovery and Poetry Forum prizes; was contest semi-finalist in Margie, The American Journal of Poetry; and Honorable Mention in the 2017 Highland Park Poetry Contest.
Creighton Blinn’s writing has been published on three continents. His poetry has appeared in The Binnacle, Down in the Dirt, Goldfish Press, Census, Door Is a Jar, From the Depths, The Helix Magazine, Conclave and Broad River Review. In addition, his prose story “The Fifth Day” has been serialized in the journal Zenite. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and performs his work regularly around the city. His blog may be viewed at http://pacingmusings.tumblr.com; his Instagram is pacingmusings.
Gabriel Don is a multidisciplinary artist who works in a variety of mediums: a filmmaker, artist, photographer, singer and writer. She has been published in numerous online and print publications. She received her MFA in creative writing at The New School, where she worked as the Reading Series and Chapbook Competition Coordinator and currently teaches writing at BMCC. Her short stories are forthcoming in publications such as Gargoyle 70 and her poetry collection, Living Without Skin, was just released with A Gathering of The Tribes, Fly By Night Press. Born in Australia, raised in Singapore and Dubai, Don now resides in New York City.
Anthony Thomas Lombardi is a poet / writer and former music journalist from Brooklyn, NY. He’s previously written for Under the Radar, Pop Matters, and The Big Takeover; has had his short fiction published by Abstract Magazine; his poetry published by Gravitas Anthology of International Poetry, Genre: Urban Arts, and Mangrove Journal; recently released a a chapbook, Abundance Mentality; and is in the process of finishing his first poetry collection.
Thaddeus Rutkowski got his start at the ABC No Rio gallery on Rivington Street. Since then, he has read at many venues in the US and abroad. He is the author of six books and the recipient of a writing fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Moira T. Smith is an obsessive writer and unrepentant show-off who gets her kicks unleashing the absurdity of her own psyche before a semi-captive audience. (That's you!) She's graced the stage at all the better dives (and some classy joints too!). Why? They begged her to do it and she couldn't say no.
No restrooms in the park so please look for relief at a local restaurant or bar prior to arriving and please take you trash when you leave.
Produced and Curated by Phillip Giambri & Linda Kleinbub
For information, contact: PhillipGiambri@gmail.com or Linda.Kleinbub@gmail.com
Before falling for poetry, Madeline Artenberg was a photojournalist and street theatre performer. Her work has appeared in many publications, such as Rattle and Literature Today: An International Journal of Contemporary Literature. She won Lyric Recovery and Poetry Forum prizes; was contest semi-finalist in Margie, The American Journal of Poetry; and Honorable Mention in the 2017 Highland Park Poetry Contest.
Creighton Blinn’s writing has been published on three continents. His poetry has appeared in The Binnacle, Down in the Dirt, Goldfish Press, Census, Door Is a Jar, From the Depths, The Helix Magazine, Conclave and Broad River Review. In addition, his prose story “The Fifth Day” has been serialized in the journal Zenite. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, and performs his work regularly around the city. His blog may be viewed at http://pacingmusings.tumblr.com; his Instagram is pacingmusings.
Gabriel Don is a multidisciplinary artist who works in a variety of mediums: a filmmaker, artist, photographer, singer and writer. She has been published in numerous online and print publications. She received her MFA in creative writing at The New School, where she worked as the Reading Series and Chapbook Competition Coordinator and currently teaches writing at BMCC. Her short stories are forthcoming in publications such as Gargoyle 70 and her poetry collection, Living Without Skin, was just released with A Gathering of The Tribes, Fly By Night Press. Born in Australia, raised in Singapore and Dubai, Don now resides in New York City.
Anthony Thomas Lombardi is a poet / writer and former music journalist from Brooklyn, NY. He’s previously written for Under the Radar, Pop Matters, and The Big Takeover; has had his short fiction published by Abstract Magazine; his poetry published by Gravitas Anthology of International Poetry, Genre: Urban Arts, and Mangrove Journal; recently released a a chapbook, Abundance Mentality; and is in the process of finishing his first poetry collection.
Thaddeus Rutkowski got his start at the ABC No Rio gallery on Rivington Street. Since then, he has read at many venues in the US and abroad. He is the author of six books and the recipient of a writing fellowship from the New York Foundation for the Arts.
Moira T. Smith is an obsessive writer and unrepentant show-off who gets her kicks unleashing the absurdity of her own psyche before a semi-captive audience. (That's you!) She's graced the stage at all the better dives (and some classy joints too!). Why? They begged her to do it and she couldn't say no.
No restrooms in the park so please look for relief at a local restaurant or bar prior to arriving and please take you trash when you leave.
Produced and Curated by Phillip Giambri & Linda Kleinbub
For information, contact: PhillipGiambri@gmail.com or Linda.Kleinbub@gmail.com
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Sunday, July 21, 4pm.
Third Sunday Jazz Cheryl Pyle, flute & Premik Russell Tubbs, saxophone 
Cheryl Pyle, flute
& Premik Russell Tubbs, saxophone are the FLUTE KARMA DUO #3rdSundayJazz #FluteKarmaDuo #MusiqueLibreFemmes #BeyondGroup #CherylPyle https://m.facebook.com/Sherry-Rubel-Photography-and-Foli-Video-300309007352028/ |
Tuesday, July 30, 6 - 8 pm.
Kahvë: The Turkish Coffee Therapy Session 
Uluç Ülgen is back! A professional barista specializing in Turkish Coffee and readings of its coffee grounds! Come to 6BC for a cup of coffee, and stay for a personalized reading of your fortune! IT'S FREE!
This ancient Turkish tradition, meant to relay words of positivity - hope - and encouragement, will occur in the charming treehouse of 6BC Garden. Enjoy a cup of Turkish coffee prepared on hot sand & have your grounds read in person by Uluç. First come, first served - while supplies last. Uluç Ülgen is the host of the critically acclaimed video podcast mürmur. Over 700 guests, both homeless and famous, have appeared in his East Village apartment for a chat and a read of their coffee grounds. This project has been featured in publications such as the New York Post, The Paris Review, and National Public Radio. |
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