Powerhouse Arena: DUMBO

Wdnsdy Mar.26.2008 1:39pm | by lvhrd

Powerhouse Arena is a gallery, bookstore, workshop, boutique and event space nestled between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges in DUMBO.

The two-tier amphitheater is perfect for speakers and performances; the wrap-around windows let out onto the bridges and Manhattan skyline.

We’ve had two events there: BIFOLD: YOUTH and PHTHRD II: a rock & roll show and a Photographer’s Duel. The space easily accommodated hundreds of guests, DJs, amplifiers, bars, and even an afghan rug show. We’ll be back for more.

Powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Street, DUMBO

BIFOLD YOUTH Photo Gallery

Wdnsdy Dec.19.2007 7:23pm | by lvhrd

Check the Photo Gallery for pics of your favorite iconic Brooklyn illustrators and underage rockers at BIFOLD YOUTH on December 18th.

BIFOLD YOUTH Photos

BIFOLD YOUTH

Wdnsdy Dec.19.2007 12:12pm | by lvhrd

Last night in DUMBO at the cavernous Powerhouse Books Arena LVHRD and Veer finished the 2007 tour of events with BIFOLD: YOUTH, an evening of music and interactive inquiry into the ability a youthful mindset has to positively impact the world.

Waiting for the show to start, guests browsed a massive selection of photography and art books while DJ Woodman from Turntable Lab laid out some atmosphere music from his perch high up on the Arena wall.

A throwback to the days when we were front-yard entrepreneurs, our very own Lemonade Stand passed out…

BIFOLD YOUTH HOST: Kristine Angell

Tsdy Dec.18.2007 2:20pm | by lvhrd

Our host for BIFOLD YOUTH, Kristine Angell, is a former co-chair of the AIGA/NY Mentoring Program, where she put young people with mentors who helped them grow wisely through that critical time known as COMING OF AGE or, as literature professors love to whistle: BILDUNGSROMAN.

Currently, Kristine is the Design Director for daSILVA Architects. In her spare time she stalks the streets of NYC with her HOLGA camera and watercolors, immortalizing the morels of human existence that pop up through the cracks.

You can see her photos and sketches on her website:…

BIFOLD YOUTH Talent: Ted & Betsy Lewin

Mndy Dec.17.2007 10:42am | by lvhrd

Tomorrow night at BIFOLD YOUTH, illustrators Ted & Betsy Lewin will share their artistry and expertise garnered from two careers spent teaching the youth with award-winning illustrations.

From a young age, both Ted and Betsy wanted to nothing more than to be artists.

Each took a different route into children’s book illustration: Ted spent fifteen years as a professional wrestler, ultimately leading to his ALA Notable Book, I Was A Professional Teenage Wrestler.

Betsy designed greeting cards after graduating from Pratt, doing her own projects on the side until an editor noticed…

Too much youth with youth

Frdy Dec.14.2007 12:03pm | by lvhrd

One of the delightful side effects of youth is that it makes things melt. Like Raiders of the Lost Ark melt.

You need look no further than the effect youthful exuberance has on Gummy Bears, on Crayola wax sticks, on Francis Ford Coppola.

On one vastly superior grade school field trip to Sun Splash water park in Arizona: we came back to the school bus after a day of humid tunnel-slides, our equilibriums still set to the wave pool’s tidal swell, and found a giant package of Gummy Bears had bonded…

Lemonade stand

Thrsdy Dec.13.2007 1:44pm | by lvhrd

We hear tell from a little bird that there’s going to be a special brand of pink lemonade available at BIFOLD YOUTH next Tuesday.

Going to taste a bit different from what you used to sell for a quarter to old Mrs. McGregor…

Going to taste much, much better. Especially accompanied by the soothing sounds of Tiny Masters of Today.

Get your tickets to BIFOLD YOUTH, December 18th, coming to a borough near you.

Tiny Masters of Today to play BIFOLD YOUTH

Frdy Dec.7.2007 6:12pm | by lvhrd

Brooklyn bred brother and sister rock duo, The Tiny Masters of Today will are dialed in to play BIFOLD YOUTH on December 18th.

Their first album, Bang Bang Boom Cake came out in September.

Ivan and Ada are going to bring the jam to our intimate discussion series.

Get your tickets today.

Age is a lie: Linsky, Anderson, Mamet, Monet

Tsdy Dec.4.2007 7:00pm | by lvhrd

Paul Thomas Anderson turned in a David Mamet script in a college screenwriting class to test his professor.

The professor gave PTA a D, not because he recognized the script as Mamet’s but because he thought it would make a poor film.

Anderson took this as a sign the ruling establishment didn’t know its ass from elbow and dropped out of film school.

The recent success of Freddie Linsky, a two-year old whose paintings have critics raving in Europe (they didn’t know he was a kid) reminded me of the PTA story.…

Scars of childhood: worst toys ever

Mndy Dec.3.2007 6:53pm | by lvhrd

With BIFOLD YOUTH coming up we thought we would remind you that being a child was not all gumballs and lollyroses. Check out Radar’s list of the deadliest toys of all-time: your scars will burn in a whole new way.

Toxic Aqua Dots, semi-radioactive Atomic Energy Labs, lethal Jarts:

“The best part about Jarts was that they eliminated all speculation from true outdoor fun. (Is this dangerous? Hell yes, now chuck it!)”

With more than a dozen toys on the list, we wonder how we walked away from childhood into the…

The Smallness of Imagination: A meditation on play

Mndy Nov.26.2007 6:46pm | by lvhrd

I have all my action figures. He-Man and Skeletor, a little faded from all the love, but still loin-clothed and still smelling like summer plastic. The glory of backyard battles, trenched in under the olive trees where I played out elaborate story lines and did the sound effects exactly right.

When I was young, being in control of the worlds I created gave me vast comfort. Masters of the Universe, G.I. Joe, Lego: I left the world I had been born into for a trip to a playground (albeit a…

BIFOLD YOUTH

Mndy Nov.26.2007 10:00am | by lvhrd

LVHRD will close out the 2007 schedule of events with BIFOLD YOUTH, an examination of coming of age, what it means to TEACH THE YOUTH, and what we can learn when THE YOUTH TEACH.

Via two experts working in different fields - an instructor directly influencing the thoughts & values of future generations, and an accomplished young artist shaping the world around them - BIFOLD YOUTH will take a unique look into what we are teaching the leaders of tomorrow, and what the baby-geniuses of today are currently trying to…