Waterfront Museum Books & Author's Festival & Showboat Shazzam Held 6/26

By: Jun. 24, 2010
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Come on down to the Red Hook waterfront this weekend for the Red Hook Waterfront Books & Authors Festival!

The festival is curated by author Gabriel Cohen featuring live readings and talks by authors who have written books with a waterfront or maritime theme. The authors' books will be presented for sale by cosponsor BookCourt bookstore. Pinataland, Brooklyn's longstanding "dark old history" Americana band will be on deck, performing a special selection of sea and waterway-related songs. Refreshments compliments of Fairway Market & Arizona Iced Tea.
WATERFRONT BOOKS & AUTHORS FESTIVAL
SATURDAY JUNE 26
NOON TO 4 PM

ALL TICKETS $6
SCHEDULE OF PRESENTATIONS

Noon-12:15 Welcome audience

12:15-12:30 Ben Gibberd, NY Waters
12:35-12:50 Jessica DuLong, My River Chronicles
12:55-1:10 John Waldman - Heartbeats in the Muck

1:10-1:30 Pinataland-20-minute music set

1:35-1:50 William Kornblum, At Sea in the City

1:55-2:10 Trevor Corson, The Story of Sushi,
The Secret Life of Lobsters

2:15-2:30 George Matteson, Tugboats of New York

2:30-2:50 Pinataland-20-minute music set
2:50-3:00 Raffle, politician speeches


3:00-3:15 Gabriel Cohen, The Ninth Step and
The Graving Dock
3:20-3:35 Terry Walton, Harbor Voices
3:40-3:55 Nathan Ward, Dark Harbor:
the War for the New York Waterfront
FINAL SHOWBOAT SHAZZAM PERFORMANCES
SUNDAY AT 1 & 4 PM.
CAPTAIN'S SPECIAL: ALL TICKETS $10!
ENTER LEHIGH AS SMARTTIX DISCOUNT CODE.

Showboat Shazzam 2010 closes Sunday, June 27 with dazzling performances at 1 & 4 PM. Captain's Special: $10 Tickets available from Smarttix by clicking on the link to the right and using lehigh as the smarttix discount code.

Appearing Sunday:

Luke Wilson, A classical British juggler and poker-faced magician, he redefines the term "sleight-of-hand".
Dikki Ellis, "Clown Prince of the Slackwire", is a consummate Renaissance performer: an accomplished juggler, magician, acrobat and fool.
Petra Lange, this versatile and dynamic German artist presents a daring dance on vertical rope.
Amram Linkov, a Master of Gravity on multiple steel rola-bola's & virtual wizard of hand balancing.

COME ON DOWN TO THE SHOWBOAT!
"Tugboats and Waterfront Scenes" - encaustic paintings by Brooklyn artist Rich Samuelson.
Free Boat Tours Thursdays 4 - 8 pm & Saturdays 1 -5 pm
aboard Red Hook's antique wooden barge.
Donations Appreciated.

Coming Soon: "Tug & Barge Week" 

coming to Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6
August 26 - 31.
Free tug rides and barge tours.








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