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