The beloved Halloween Harvest Festival is back with family-friendly workshops, a community resource fair, as well as New York’s second largest dog costume contest co-presented with Chateau le Woof. Celebrate the autumn season with us with pumpkin decorating and creative workshops. It’s a Halloween Harvest like no other that you do not want to miss!
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
12:00pm: Kick off and welcome!
Community Resource Fair
The Department of Mental Health and Hygiene
Greater Astoria Historical Society
Growing Up Green Charter School: Halloween Costume Swap! Bring your old (clean) costumes or accessories to swap out for another!
ART MAKING ACTIVITIES
12:00 – 1:00 PM: Pumpkin Carving. Limited Slots available/first come – first served!
12:00 – 3:00 PM: Drop-in Pumpkin Decorating Workshop. Pumpkins provided, while supplies last or bring your own!
12:00 – 3:00 PM: Create your own pipe cleaner crown with Wearable Tracy!
VENDOR MARKETS
12 – 5pm: PLANTED CULTURE MARKET a Vegan Food Market Curated by Eric Muñoz
12 – 5pm: Artist For Mutual Aid Market
Artists for Mutual Aid NYC (AFMA) is a volunteer-run collective of NYC activists that host art markets to fundraise for mutual aid groups and other local social justice efforts. AFMA typically chooses a mutual aid effort to support, and asks vendors to donate 15-20% of their day’s profits toward it. In the past, AFMA has fundraised for the No North Brooklyn Pipeline Alliance, BK Rot, the Divine Explosion Art Program in Brownsville, Mayday Space, and the Dandelion’s Collective. This season, all fundraisers will go to Mi Tlalli, an organization that directly supports immigrant families impacted by ICE pre, during, and post detention.
Vendors:
Married to Earth, Kourtney’s Kitchen, Ghost City Queers, Baeyani, Mystic Embers, Hello Larry Designs, Vibrate Higher Boutique, Je Artista, This Tramp Stamps, Asher Caswell, JD Jewelry, De La Luna, Sally Chen, Bespoke Jewelry, HISS
PERFORMANCES
1:00 – 2:00 PM: Circus Amok presents: Xylocarp
Xylocarp is Brooklyn’s own Queer, Anti-Facist, Drag-o-Licious, String band featuring performers:
Mary Feaster
Pher
Jennifer Miller
Eléonore Weill
Maura Gahan
And
JMDC
Performing 3 exhilarating dances featuring performers:
Zo Williams
Noa Rui-Piin Weiss
Maura Gaha
2 – 2:45 pm: Pioneers Go East Collective Present: A Sea In-MOTION
A Sea In-MOTION is a low carbon footprint performance and visual installation that advocates for radical pacifism in an Eco-Feminist Futurity. Weaving together a song cycle, dance, and new media, in a site-specific installation made of sustainably harvest materials, A Sea In-MOTION reflects on the broken systems perpetuating unethical economic practices. Developed by the Radical Queer artists collective Pioneers Go East Collective, it draws inspiration from Françoise d’Eaubonne’s Eco-Feminist writings and Guattari’s LGBTQ+ theories.
Credits:
Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte (director/filmmaker/ visual installation), ALEXA GRÆ (composer/performance artist), Symara Sarai (choreographer), Philip Treviño (production design/ installation), and Mark Tambella (visual installation/ fabrication), Bree Breeden and Kathleen Kelley (cinematographers/ video animation), with performing artists Danielle Venne (musician), Darrin Wright (dancer) and Kentoria Earle (dancer).
Dog Costume Contest!
3:00 PM – Annual Halloween Dog Costume Contest co-hosted with Chateau le Woof. 3 Prizes for Winner of the Contest, Runner Up and 3rd Place.
MC: Jennifer Wehrung
Dog Costume Contest registration begins at 1pm, at Chateau le Woof’s table on-site. Thank you to Friend with Four Paws, Modern Vet Care, and Weruva for the prizes and giveaways.
