SAFER SPACES RECAP

Nina Mashurova wrote a piece ("Making Safer Spaces") about our conversation at Silent Barn Public Meeting X: Safer Spaces for The Media's 23rd issue. I really enjoy her conclusion at the end, which I've included above, courtesy of The Media.

You can also stream the entire audio recording of this discussion on Silent Barn's YouTube channel.

Relatedly important: we coined the term "brahvant garde" (meaning "bro avant garde") which I foresee being helpful in the forever future.

Thanks to Rachel Levy for snapping the photo above!

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SILENT BARN PUBLIC MEETING X: Safer Spaces

I'll be moderating this panel at Silent Barn tomorrow night at 7pm. I've written some questions to guide the discussion but you're welcome to reply here or contact me if there's anything in particular you'd like to ensure we cover. The second half of the panel will be a Q&A.

More info & RSVP: http://on.fb.me/GWRa0C

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Public Meeting X

What is a safer space? How can we create inclusive spaces that promote a culture of respect and accountability? How do safer space policies work; how are they negotiated; how are they implemented? What are the benefits of implementing a safer space policy? What are the possible disadvantages or fallouts? Can any space truly be considered "safer"?

PANELISTS:
░ Sky (Bluestockings) ░
░ Spencer (ABC No Rio) ░
░ Suzy (Shady Hawkins) ░
░ Leah (Support NY) ░
░ Megan (Lazurite) ░

MODERATOR:
░ Kate Wadkins (International Girl Gang Underground) ░

stay after for the show! music TBA

Zine table courtesy of DiTKO! Zine Library!

≡ FREE ≡
≡ ALL AGES ≡

≡ DOORS at 7 ≡
≡ PANEL at 8 ≡
≡ MUSIC at 10 ≡

Silent Barn
603 Bushwick Ave
J M Z to Myrtle/Bway
L to Jefferson
No BYOB, no drinking in the yard
No mean players

♡ 10 YEARS OF SALINAS RECORDS ♡

Salinas Records, run by my friend Marco Reosti, has been responsible for some of my favorite music and some of the most meaningful collaborations I've been a part of over the years. 

I made album art for P.S. Eliot a couple times, I wrote a little bit about Little Lungs, and I got to play with tons of bands on the Salinas roster. For that I thank you, Marco!

Today we're celebrating Salinas Records' 10 year anniversary at Silent Barn in Bushwick.

"PUNK IS IMPORTANT"

Salinas Records 10th Anniversary Party

Saturday, August 17, 2013

8pm at The Silent Barn

603 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn

All Ages, $8

(This show is NOT BYOB, and please, no drinking in the yard.)

Celebrating 10 years of Salinas Records, with*:

Swearin'

Delay

Radiator Hospital

The Ambulars

All Dogs

The Measure [sa]

PS Eliot

The State Lottery

Little Lungs

The Gibbons

North Lincoln

Ginger Alford (One Reason, Good Luck)

In 2003, Marco Reosti put out a 7" for his own band, Mumbler, under the label "Salinas," named for the hometown of his favorite author. For most of the next decade, Salinas Records was housed in a basement storage unit rented for $25 a month on Detroit's 2nd Avenue. In 10 years, Marco has put out almost 50 records, many of which contribute to the modern pop punk canon. Neither hyper-punk, nor particularly slick pop, Salinas is a reliable middle ground of earnest, gritty expression with faithfully melodic underpinnings. -bc

www.salinasrecords.com

*bands are playing abbreviated sets!

For all info & RSVP, click here

IMPORTANT QUEENS DIY VENUE REBUILDS AFTER BURGLARY

Wham City at Silent Barn, photo courtesy of SleepDeadNYC on Flickr.
Post reblogged from Hyperallergic.

Late Monday night, word quickly got around that the beloved DIY arts and music venue on the border of Queens and Brooklyn, Silent Barn, had been burglarized. $15,000 of musical equipment, handmade art and valuables was taken from the venue, and the place was violently trashed. New York indie media outlets reacted rapidly, passing on the information and waiting for updates, but rarely did I find a post that really tapped into the heartbreak felt community-wide after hearing the damage. 

Silent Barn, located in neighborhood Ridgewood, Queens, was founded in 2004. Launching the career of notable bands like Vivian Girls and Dan Deacon, Silent Barn has always maintained a rabidly all-ages show policy. Art covered the walls, it was rigged with sound equipment to capture some of the live music performances, and bands played in the kitchen. They housed a zine collection, one of a few in the area, boasting over 700 titles, in addition to their experimental video game arcade, Babycastles. I’ve had the pleasure to play among dirty dishes on a few occasions; most of my friends and colleagues can say the same.

Read the full story at Hyperallergic. I also recently wrote about Doodle Drag's subway drawing party.