Johnson avenue Block Festival Promo

“Sneak Preview” Event

Friday, November 1st

1-3 Pm In front of Starbucks

3503 Johnson Ave.

Suzanne Hockstein and Richard Hockstein of Seeing Voices joined us for the promo. Singer/songwriter Suzanne Hockstein and guitarist Richard Hockstein have been writing and playing music in bars and clubs around NYC for many years - performing in CBGB's, The Cat Club, The Bitter End, Kenny's Castaways, The Continental, The C Note, Don Hill's and countless others . They are also regular performers at An Beal Bocht Cafe in River-dale. Their more notable groups over the years have included Cult Failure, When Worlds Collide and cur-rently Seeing Voices. Their music has been de-scribed as blues tinged psychedelic rock or even Blondie meets the Yardbirds. Suzanne has a strong melodic voice, an engaging stage presence and a deep often introspective lyrical sensibility. Richard wears his blues/rock influences squarely on his sleeve and strongly believes in little amps turned up loud. See their website for more details about their latest album "Rumblestrut" www.seeingvoices.net

Elisa Contemporary Art also offered a “sneak preview” of the art they will be exhibiting at the upcoming festival including a work by artist Elaine Galen. Internationally-recognized as a painter, sculptor, and educator, Elaine Galen has created an intimate dialogue with nature, us-ing the painting process to explore its mystical, surreal and the spiritual aspects. Though her early work began in the style of Abstract Expressionism, she quickly de-veloped her own distinctive style and evocative visual language. Elaine’s landscapes are both perfectly abstract and wildly expressionistic. Her landscapes capture the emo-tional intensity and ever-changing moods of nature

where light and color are in constant transition. Paint in her hands is fluid and swift, streaks of brilliant color alternating with open passages. Her work has been acclaimed by art critics and curators as “hauntingly beautiful” and “powerful” …”bordering on the visionary and surreal” and a “mystical realiza-tion of place”. Elaine Galen's artwork was part of the 1962 Whitney Museum Biennial and is in the permanent collec-tions of the Neuberger Museum of Art; the James A. Michener Museum, Tampa Museum of Art; Missis-sippi Museum of Art; Brooklyn Museum; University Museum of Arizona Museum of Art; Musee Rigaud, France; Israel Museum, Jerusalem; Wellsley College, Yale University, Smith College; Concordia Col-lege. Some of her largest works can be viewed locally at the Hudson Valley Hospital Gallery in Cort-landt Manor, NY where they were selected for their special “Art for Healing” program.

Johnson Avenue Block Festival Promo “Sneak Preview” Event Our festival is coming soon! Today, we held a '"sneak preview" promo event! Friday, November 1, 2013 1-3 pm in front of Starbucks, 3503 Riverdale Avenue The promo featured a tent with balloons, tables featuring KRVCs signature “blocks” exhibit and a vari-ety of promotional materials for the upcoming event. Street Performer Adam Auslander joined us for the promo and will also be a star attraction at our festival,. This Friday's promo event also featured live music by some of the members of the band Seeing Voices, which will also be performing on the main stage at the festival and an original art preview by Elisa Contemporary Art, who will also be exhibiting artists at the festival. Festival sponsors were invited to attend and festival organizers distributed promotional materials. As always, the media was invited and encouraged to attend this promo and to help us promote the festival!

Adam Auslander, Street Performer, Actor and Filmmaker, trained with the Ringling Bros Clown College and toured with their Red Unit on Gunther Gebel-Williams’ farewell tour. Since then his career highlights include performing at Carne-gie Hall, Lincoln Center, annually with the Macy’s Thanksgiv-ing Day Parade, the world renowned Halifax Buskers Festi-val, and the Big Apple Circus Clown Care Unit. His TV and film credits include Late Show with David Letterman, Late Night with Conan O'Brien,The Rosie O'Donnell Show, Satur-day Night Live, Law & Order Criminal Intent and The Hoax. In the theater, he has been directed by David Shiner in Pomp Duck and Circumstance and Mark Ruffalo in Naked and Hate Free. His award winning film 'The Thin Blue Sign' can be seen on YouTube. adamaus@aol.com

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