Open Space Alliance

I just spoke to the Open Space Alliance who oversee all concerts in North Brooklyn parks (and do a whole lot of other park stuff too). They assured me that, despite what may or may not have gone down at the community board meeting last night, there will be concerts at the Williamsburg Waterfront this summer...

It will look much prettier when they build a stage and stuff, but those asphalt softball fields are where Beirut is playing on June 17th (tickets) and Guided by Voices & Wavves are playing on June 18th (tickets)...

Schumer @ the 1st Pool Party of 2010 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford) Summary: Senator Chuck Schumer (says he) saved the final, August 29th, Pool Party (that had been cancelled), OSA points out that they also found other financial donors to cover part of Jelly's tab, Assemblyman Lentol was working on this too, and OSA Board member Adam Perlmutter said "OSA looks forward to presenting diverse free programming in the future, from Chromeo to Copland"...

August 8th Pool Party (more by Benjamin Lozovsky) Jelly has responded to OSA's cancellation of the final Pool Party and accompanying press release...

..."New York is creating a two-tier system," said Geoffrey Croft of New York City Park Advocates, a frequent critic of the Parks Department...

OSA Presents @ The Williamsburg Waterfront (more by Chris La Putt) Whoah. Earlier today I got a tip, from someone that would know, that the final (August 29th) Pool Party has been cancelled...

Williamsburg Waterfront - June 20, 2010 (pic by Eric Polow) Band of Horses had a busy weekend: Friday night they played Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal, Saturday they opened for Broken Social Scene and Pavement on Toronto Island, and Sunday they headlined their own sold-out gig at Williamsburg Waterfront, the first show of the season there, with Grizzly Bear and Karen Elson opening...

'your tax deductible benefit ticket helps fund needed improvements to our park' - OSA Williamsburg Waterfront (more by Bao Nguyen)"The Open Space Alliance for North Brooklyn (OSA) does fund raising for North Brooklyn parks and works with Jelly and the East River State Park in producing the Pool Parties on Sundays...

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