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Westbeth Flea Market is the subject of feature articles in WestView and The Villager Newspapers

It’s in the Bag at Westbeth Flea Market
It’s been three wild days (Nov. 11-13, 2017 ) of bargains and amazing finds at the annual Westbeth Flea Market. Think: Coach leather bags and Lands’ End and Ralph Lauren Polo coats and jackets all for $5.
Click for Villager article Photo credit: The Villager

After the Storm
If you enjoy second-hand shops for things like clothing and furniture, you’re likely to find the familiar faces of shop-owners waiting in line at 10am on Tuesday, November 6th, as they hope to get the pick of the litter. They’ve gotten wise to the fact that artists have good taste! In addition to the vintage wears and wares you’re likely to find, there’ll be numerous works of art donated by the residents. You can get an amazing bargain, particularly on the striking pieces by artist and original Westbeth resident Edith Isaac Rose, who passed away this year.

Read the entire article by Stanley Wlodyka at WestView News Nov 2018

Westbeth Flea Market 2018
$5 Bag Sale

Now in its 35th year, the Westbeth Flea Market once again offers Bargains Galore in clothing, books, electronics, housewares, sports, collectibles, as well as Affordable Original Art.

Our donations come mostly from the artists who live at Westbeth. Their keen eye for the remarkable, the unique and the amazing makes the Flea Market a destination for those who are explorers to new worlds and old. Plus our prices have barely changed in 30 years.

Our original Affordable Art are all donations from artists or the families of artists. Paintings, watercolors, sculpture, fine art prints, sketch books plus information on the artist (when available ) accompanies each artwork.

DAYS AND HOURS
Election Day Tuesday Nov 6 10AM – 8PM
Saturday Nov 10 11AM – 5PM
Sunday Nov 11 11AM – 5PM
Monday Nov 12 11AM – 5PM

$5 Bag Sale!
Saturday Nov 17 11AM – 2PM

Come Once, come every day. New donations are made daily.

PROCEEDS:
Every year, proceeds from the sale go to projects for Westbeth; as well as to local, national and international charities, such as Gods Love We Deliver, Tenants and Neighbors Org; International Red Cross; Planned Parenthood, Mercy Corps; etc, as well as emergency disaster relief.

All leftover items after the sale is donated to the Salvation Army.

Merce Cunningham Plaque at Westbeth featured in The Villager

Mikhail Baryshnikov speaking at ceremony. Photo Tequila Minsky

Dance and arts luminaries gathered at Westbeth Artists’ Housing at noon on Thurs., Sept. 20, to unveil a plaque in the memory of the great choreographer Merce Cunningham.

Among the dignitaries at the ceremony, at 55 Bethune St., were legendary dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov; Joan Davidson, president emeritus of the J.M. Kaplan Fund; Carolyn Brown, a dancer and founding member of Merce Cunningham Dance Company; and the author and artist Richard Kostelanetz.

Cunningham, who died at age 90 in 2009, was an original tenant of the famed West Village affordable artists’ housing complex. His studio was located on Westbeth’s 11th floor for four decades.

– Lincoln Anderson

Read More Here

David Greenspan ‘s new play THE THINGS THAT WERE THERE opens at Abingdon Theater Company on October 18, 2018.

When: October 10 – November 3, 2018 Monday performances too.
Where: Abingdon Theatre Company

The Things That Were There is a memory play and a meditation on loss set on the occasion of a celebratory family dinner.

” My new play, The Things That Were There, premieres at The Bushwick Starr in a co-production with I’m performing in the play alongside a superb cast – and as one of the producers of the project I am especially pleased to be working with such a talented team.

I’ve performed twice before at The Starr – and this production deepens my relationship with a theater highly respected for its innovative programing. And I’ve performed under the direction of Tony Speciale, whose Abingdon Theatre has lent tremendous support and encouragement – so here too I have an opportunity to develop a closer relationship with an exciting company.

I hope you’ll be able to attend. “

– David Greenspan

THE THINGS THAT WERE THERE

Written by David Greenspan
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
Co-produced by The Bushwick Starr and Abingdon Theatre Company

Performed by:
Evander Duck, Jr., David Greenspan, Caitlin Morris, Cesar J. Rosado and Mary Shultz

Set and Costume Design: Carolyn Mraz, Lighting Design: Barbara Samuels, Production Stage Manager: Bryan Bauer, Assistant Stage Manager: Acacia Drake, Production Manager: Ann Marie Dorr, Assistant Scenic & Costume Designer: Susanne Houstle, Assistant Lighting Designer: Kenzie Carpenter, Producer: John Del Gaudio, Associate Producer: Madeleine Goldsmith

TICKETS: https://web.ovationtix.com/trs/pr/999621