New Lost City // New Year's Eve

There is a story to this city.

It's one of fire and granite - of lust and possibility. There is a story to this city that rises from grit and falls from glamor.  There is a story to this city and this New Years Eve you are invited to celebrate it with us in a fashion so dense, beautiful and astounding that your grandchildren will know what you did at the end of this decade.

You are invited to:
New Lost City : New Year's Eve
http://www.newlostcity.com

This party comes in four sections spread across two buildings hidden in the heart of Brooklyn

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Fall Solo Show Artist, Johanna Heldebro: To Come Within Reach of You

2009 Fall Solo Show Artist 
Johanna Heldebro Presents 
To Come Within Reach of You
December 18, 7 to 10 p, Free Admission & Drinks

Johanna Heldebro presents images and video documenting the daily life of her father, who disappeared from her life two years prior.  After searching his name on the internet, Heldebro travels to Stockholm, Sweden to obsessively follow him, creating a series that refigures comfortable notions of adult identity. Join us for this compelling body of work that is at time as coldly detached as it is uncomfortably personal. 

Complimentary Bear Flag Wine & Colt 45.  Music from DJ Tanner. 

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On display through December 27.

2009 Handmade Holiday Craft Fair

Make an event out of holiday shopping this year at

The Handmade Holiday Craft Fair
Where giving really is better than receiving 
195 Morgan Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 

Presented by 3rd Ward & Brooklyn Based, this year's craft fair will be our biggest yet!  We’ll have two floors full of goods & treats from over 120 local artisans, craft mavens & culinary masters. Plus live music from Raya Brass Band, a continuous holiday mix of cult classics in video & audio from VJ Clay Franklin, free coffee fromGimme!, delicious drinks, tasty treats and free workshops & demos.  The first 300 guests to arrive will receive free tote bags specially designed by acclaimed illustrator Fernanda Cohen full of special gifts from our vendors.  Plus for no extra charge, you can get your old t-shirts screened with our awesome prints and get your picture taken & make your holiday wishes at our holiday photobooth.

The Handmade Holiday Craft Fair has something for everyone:

Custom cut clothes & jewelry, clocks and electronics, bathing suits and lingerie, baby clothes and toys, furniture & houseware, cookies, chocolates & cheese, wrapping paper & cards, pillows & soaps, hats, scarves, gloves and more!

Free Demos & workshops from 3rd Ward's education program will include:

Handmade Skincare, Wire Wrapping: Making Old Jewelery New, DIY Printing Methods, Heat Printing on Fabrics, How to Make your own Textiles with Textile Arts Center and more! 

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To check out pictures from last year's craft fair click here.

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Sugar Rum Cherry : A Naughty Holiday Party

3rd Ward and TheDanger invite you to our annual inelegant, decadent and potentially riotous holiday party:

Sugar Rum Cherry

This Saturday, December 12th,
9:45p through very very late...
rsvp at: http://www.thedanger.com

'Tis the season when we're supposed to act nice, but this night is naughty and filled with our vice.

Explore twelve thousand square feet of debauched festivities that somehow mix the best elements of all holiday traditions while respecting none. With dirty Santas, seductive elves, loud sound, jump-up dancefloors, cheap drinks, mistletoe and an abundance of whip-cream and cherries.

With performance, presents and liquor galore a party of decadence, deviance and more...

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SCORE! Pop-up Swap

SCORE! Pop-up Swap
November 21, 1 to 7 p,donations accepted up until 5pm, $3 entry

'Tis the season for sharing and exchanging. So get ready for SCORE! -- everyone's favorite pop-up swap. On Nov 21st, 3rd Ward will lend its space to a massive free exchange. Bring your old Blondie records, impulse sample sale buys, penny loafers, jane fonda workout videos, and harmonica chord progression manuals...and score some new treasures! Find a holiday gift for your mom, a smashing scarf for your friend, or a Queen Latifah cassette tape for your own personal collection. All items are free, and all remaining goods go to charity.

Categories include Clothing & Accessories(Mens, Womens, Childrens);Music;Art Supplies;Housewares;Books,DVDs & Media; andMiscellaneous.

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