
596 Acres Benefit Event
BFI Catalyst Program participant 596 Acres and their Living Lots project is hosting a Brooklyn fundraiser on October 2 in DUMBO. 596 Acres enables local transformations by connecting vacant lots, people who want to co-create the city by transforming them and realistic pathways to change.
The event will include:
- presentations by NYC City Council members Stephen Levin and Antonio Reynoso about the incredible transformations of vacant lots into community resources in their districts
- Agnes Denes, legendary creator of Wheatfield – A Confrontation
- a pig roast by the fabulous Erika Nakamura, chef and butcherette
- veggie sandwiches from Foragers City Grocer
- pita, humus and salads from Sahadi’s
- potato salad, cole slaw and roasted veggies from Greene Grape Provisions
- salad by Feedback Farms
- an open bar with Lagunitas and Yonkers Brewing
- music by Consumata Sonidera
- a dance party on the stage with DJ Stylus
- awesome raffle prizes from the New York Giants, Four & Twenty Blackbirds, Abhaya Yoga, Brooklyn Larder, Gnarly Wines, Shake Shack, and others
- tattoos by Duke Riley of East River Tattoo
- hair trims and dos by the awesome stylists of Coiffeur NYC
- palm readings by Darcey Leonard of the Tarot Society, and
- personal map creations with J McDonald
See you there!
More info: http://596acres.org/en/donate/gala