Reading Chaos Independent Media (Have A) Blast & Other Surreal Happenings

February 12th Reading Chaos: Independent Media (Have A) Blast! with Oliver Arts & Open Press

April 2nd Fluo Funk Installation Art Party

Food Not Bombs Thursdays @ 11am

Yoga with Lama Ji Tuesdays @ 11am

Writing Chaos Monday & Wednesday 6:30pm

February 11th Paper Tiger presents KATZENBALL: a tiger cat masquerade dance party

February 25th thingNY SPAM v 2.0

March 13th Institute_Institut Focus Workshop

April 2-8 Gratuitous Art Films Scroll Bowl V

PERFORMANCY FORUM 12: COLLABORATIONS AND INFLUENCES

Anarchist BookFair AfterParty *more info soon

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READING CHAOS :

Independent Media (Have A) Blast

Saturday, February 12^th, 5-8:30PM

Surreal Estate | 15 Thames St. | Brooklyn NY

Join us for Happy Hour at Reading Chaos,

a gathering to celebrate and support independent media

in the face of an ever homogenizing corporate machine.

$5 Suggested Donation

Refreshments & Food For Thought

Sponsored by

Oliver Arts & Open Press

with Surreal Estate NYC

take the L to Morgan Ave. to SEE to HEAR:

READING by adam engel author of CELLA FANTASTIK and

phil rockstroh the poet and essayist and

eric larson author of YORICK published by oliver arts and open press

alan salant author of ABLONG published by oliver arts and open press

barbara mor author of THE BLUE RENTAL published by oliver arts and open press

VIDEO & INFOTAINMENT by Priya Warcry and Many More TBA

ILLUSTRATION by Jennie Devil Doll & Lucy Valkury SPEAKERS from Trigger93 Magazine & Writing Chaos Writers Group (workshops are for elves not writers) MUSIC by DJ Hidden Agenda & Singer Songwriters of Surreal Estate NYC + Zines, T-shirts, Prints, & More

To offer your publication or other media for sale or free at Reading Chaos

please contact zpainter@hotmail.com
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READING CHAOS

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February 20th "O Pear" Series

World Day of Social Justice

Please write to surrealestatenyc@gmail.com ATTN: O Pear if you would like to be involved in Surreal Estate's latest monthly event, the "O Pear" variety show, showcasing talent of all kinds in addition to creatively delivered news and information. Gathering underground personalities with a wealth to share, friends and strangers exchange at "O Pear" !

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Installation Art Party

Saturday, April 2nd

A completely magical environment created by installation artists

with a fractal and or fluorescent focus.

In conjunction with Ocular Delight Event Decoration

Mystifying performances by "Amazing Amy" yoga contortionist, Blake the Juggler, and many more TBA. + Late Night Disco $15/$10 for fluorescent outfits

Contact oculardelight@gmail.com if you would like to be part of the installation team or perform a mystifying/fluorescent act.

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Weekly Happenings @ Surreal Estate NYC

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Bushwick Food Not Bombs

weekly Thursday mornings at 11am-2pm

VOLUNTEERS WELCOME contact surrealestatenyc@gmail.com

Food Not Bombs shares free vegan and vegetarian meals with the hungry
in over 1,000 cities around the world to protest war, poverty and the destruction of the environment.
With over a billion people going hungry each day how can we spend another dollar on war?

Meals prepared at 13 Thames, 2nd Floor Kitchen, starting at 11am, and served at nearby Maria Hernandez Park.

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Yoga with Lama Ji weekly Tuesday mornings at 11am

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC contact Joanna zpainter@hotmail.com

Join us Tuesdays at 11am in our second floor space

for instructional group sessions with Lama Ji, covering:
Hatha, Tao, and Kundalini Yoga,
& Tsa Lung , a Shamanic practice of Zhang Zhung.

Beginners are welcome. Donations welcome.

Bring something to use as a mat if you can, but nothing special necessary...

The chillest most jovial yoga ever : )

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Other Surreal Happenings

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Paper Tiger presents . . .

KATZENBALL: a tiger cat masquerade dance party
& fundraising extravaganza

Starring Paper Tiger Video Collective’s all-star party brigade. With hat crafting, face painting, projections, mask making, mermaid raffle and delectable drinks prepared by guest bartenders from bar Kollectiv Morgenrot, Berlin...

DJ Stylus, DJ AndaLaLucha, and DJ JOHNNY spinning roaring dance tunes

Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South

Friday, February 11, 2011
7pm - 1am
$5- $20 sliding scale

Sign up on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=148752805181700

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February 25th thingNY: SPAM 2.0

Experimental music ensemble thingNY (www.thingny.com) and SE resident theater company The Panoply Performance Laboratory (www.panoplylab.org) are currently rehearsing in the Performance Space (www.surrehearsalspace.wordpress.com) for their TIME: A Complete Explanation in Three Parts (www.panoplylab.org/time.php). Watch for an open rehearsal at Surreal Estate, and check out thingNY's current work, SPAM 2.0 at SE sister space LPAC (http://www.lagcc.cuny.edu/lpac/) which compiles compositions, including one written by SE resident Brian McCorkle (http://www.panoplylab.org/brianmccorkle/)

SPAM 2.0 is thingNY's second-annual experimental variety show of commissioned compositions and noncompositions from composers writers, video artists, friends, relatives, strangers, pets and any other mammals with internet access SPAM v. 2.0 is more than the open and sincere exposition of hundreds of diverse images, notes and noises assembled into one theatrically driven performance. It is more than the rickety bridge, dangling above the canyon which separates participant and audience, composer and listener. More. Boldly, we proclaim this is the most prodigious commissioning project in the history of experimental music via email-submitted spam. we are not elitists. we are thingNY

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BUSHWICK CITY FARMS FUNDRAISER

The February Book sale & Potluck Fundraiser is moved to February 18th through 20th. Come help support Bushwick City Farm & enjoy good food, hot coco, books & winter fun at your neighborhood farm. Thanks & Hope to see you there!

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On Sunday, March 13, please join PPL's Esther Neff and Brian McCorkle from 2pm-5pm for a Focus Workshop, including a discussion of "institutions" and their effects on the daily lives of individuals. Share your experiences, ideas, and opinions, and we will use them to form a documentary opera called Institute_Institut, which will be performed in August, 2011 at Surreal Estate and in the other Focus Workshop locations.
RSVP to Esther, panoplylab@gmail.com.
Participants get a free ticket to the final production. This project is made possible through subsidized rehearsal space from Surreal Estate and funding from the Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC). Performers (singer/actors) interested in auditioning for the collaborative production team may also e-mail panoplylab@gmail.com or attend one of the Focus Workshops.

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Surreal Estate affiliate artists (http://gratuitousart.com/) Gratuitous Art Films' (hopefully you got to see their amazing installation at SE this past Halloween) Cat Gilbert is curating Scroll Bowl V at another SE sister space, 17 Frost Street. SCROLL BOWL V will take place April 2nd-8th at 17 Frost Street, with an opening night reception and scroll presentation on April 2nd hosted by artist John Jennison . This event with kick off the launch of The 22 Magazine, an online
arts and literary magazine that culminates in a series of salon style shows and events.

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Watch out for an invitation to PERFORMANCY FORUM 12: COLLABORATIONS AND INFLUENCES, which will show the solo work of collaborative artists and solo artists alike and provide a forum for discussion about influence in the visual arts, music, theater, and in between these. Work by Alejandro Acierto, Gelsey Bell, Hector Canonge, Ivy Castellanos, Brian McCorkle, Esther Neff, Paul Pinto, Brian Rady, Matthew Stephen Smith, and Meghann Snow.

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Surreal Classifieds

Submission Deadline: MEKANICA February 12th

QMAD, Queens Media Arts Development, invites artists to submit works for consideration for the first A-Lab Forum of 2011, MEKANIKA. The February forum will focus on the presentation of artists whose work deal with notions of machinery and its representation in visual arts. Selected artists will present their work on Saturday, February 19, at Crossing Art Gallery (136-17 39th Ave. Ground Floor, Flushing, NY 11354). Guidelines more info.

To be considered, submit sample work(s) via email to: alab.forum@gmail.com.

Submission Deadline: WRITING CHAOS February 21st

WRITING CHAOS Writing chaos
workshops are for elves not writers this is a very different group a very different group Oliver Arts & Open Press

$200. 10 weeks. 20 sessions. 9 writers.

SUBMIT to Writing Chaos bartlebysamsa65@gmail.com SUBMIT to Writing Chaos 1-5 pages poetry or prose. 1-5 pages, poetry or prose. 1-5 pages, poetry or prose poetry+prose == proetry. in the future will be proetry the future will be proetry the

FOR ADOPTION OR FOSTER HOME

Kimmy is a loving, playful, and beautiful 3-year-old spayed dog who always wants to be the center of attention. She is intelligent, trainable, and very loyal. She was rescued from a kill shelter a few months ago by SE resident Wendy with the intention of finding a permanent home soon afterwards, as she does not have the resources to care for her for very long, and her current environment is not suitable forher, either. If you have room in your life for a doggie, and want to help out both canine and her human caretaker, contact her right away at wendy@wetlands-preserve.org. Thanks!

For Sale or Free:

- one half circle grey bar on wheels originally from Ad Hoc Art. Make us an offer! For pick up only.

- one big corian sink. Make us an offer! For pick up only.

- one Red Bull can shaped drink cooler, clear hinged top, about 4 ft tall, on wheels. Make us an offer! For pick up only.

Performance Space Available:

Daytime rental for cheap at our rehearsal space, and also garage will be available starting in March. The space is available for practices, classes, for use as an art studio, art shows, readings, meetings, and more. Rates by the hour, week, or month. Please contact Programs Director Esther Neff at surrehearsalspace@gmail.com .

Rooms Available:

We currently have resident spaces open, available for February move-in. Ideal candidates have experience living communally and some background in social service/volunteering and/or activism of some kind. Please write to surrealestatenyc@gmail.com with Subject Line: Resident Application to request an application. Please note: all eligible applicants will be asked to provide personal references and proof of income.

The event is part of the on-going series "O Pear" which takes place each month near the full moon or new moon. More info TBA. Come on over, let minds meet!