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New York City craft fairs - your go-to guide for unusual, handmade gifts

MARISA MELTZER

3rd Ward Handmade Holiday Craft Fair in Brooklyn.

 

Who doesn't love a craft fair? They're knee-deep in bargains and one-of-a-kind gifts. Read on for the scoop on seasonal shop-a-thons, and meet some of the creative do-it-yourselfers who mill the hippest soaps in town, turn old bottles into charming terrariums, and do things with chocolate that are way beyond sweet. 

3rd Ward Handmade Holiday Craft Fair 
195 Morgan Ave., East Williamsburg, Brooklyn;
Dec. 4, noon-6 p.m. 

The fourth annual Handmade Holiday Craft Fair will occupy two floors of 3rd Ward's warehouse, where silkscreened and letterpressed gift cards, jewelry, gourmet chocolates, toys, photographs, homemade sodas, wood furniture, home decor, yoga mats and apparel await. Admission is free, and there’ll be live music, workshops, and food and drink to sustain holiday shoppers.


3rd Ward Handmade Holiday Craft Fair, Brooklyn.

Holiday Handmade 
Cavalcade
OpenHouse Gallery, 
201 Mulberry St., Manhattan;
Dec. 5, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. 

Up on Etsy? You should be. The online group of independent crafts sellers sponsors this craft-a-palooza. Expect an array of items, including felted jewelry, illustrations and hand-bound books.
And some nifty knits by Nguyen Le, 28, who lives in Park Slope.

She specializes in remaking ordinary household accessories into something extraordinary and which express her unique view of the world. 

Consider: There’s embroidered pendants ($25-$30), knitted power-cord scarves ($44-$110) that’ll keep you warm, and felt eyeball ornaments ($28) that are instant conversation starters. "I like being silly with vendors all day," she says. "They’re a fun-loving bunch."

Simone Tan, of Bay Ridge, concurs. Her newest product is a line of iPhone cases made from vintage skinny ties ($20). Tie clutches are $25 and handbags made of suits and sportcoats start at $50.
"I like to transform unloved textiles into something brand-new and infuse them with a new life," says Tan, 45, who runs the shop Groundsel (groundsel.etsy.com). 

"This process lends itself especially well to creating keepsake items like a set of matching purses a mother asked me to make for her daughters out of a loved sweater, or a tie clutch I created for a client from her husband’s tie."

BUST Holiday Craftacular
Metropolitan Pavilion, 
123 W. 18th St.
Dec. 12, 10 a.m.-8 p.m.
Admission: $2

BUST magazine sponsors this annual craft fair, which now has branches in Los Angelesand London. This year, their fifth, promises 300 vendors, goodie bags, a raffle and demonstrations. 

There will even be a celebrity appearance; Amy Sedaris will sign and sell her latest book, "Simple Times." 
You might bump into the actress and author browsing merch of vendors such as Dave Ball and Mari Gustafson, of Sunset Park, Brooklyn, whose casual and distinct clothes can be seen at uzinyc.com.

"Our latest collection looks like neo-Native American streetwear," says Ball, 41. "We silkscreen tribal patterns onto woven tees and tanks that we sew with American-made fabrics, and source everything we possibly can in NYC."

Fringed scarves, savage T-shirts and garments with unusually large proportions and bat-wing shapes sell for $25-$100.

According to Erica Bradbury, 33, BUST "is a perfect marketplace for companies like mine that are in this in-between territory of art, design, fashion and craft."

Her shop, Species by the Thousands, specializes in jewelry and printed eco-friendly T-shirts and sweatshirts. Silk scarves are $60, printed Bearded Man and ’70s Guy tea towels are $15.

Vegan cosmetics, organic perfume and sundries that are paraben-free and cruelty-free are the name of the game at Lollibomb, run by 27-year-old Luca Cusolito, who lives inJersey City.

Her bevy of BUST goodies will include Wash the Hipster Off soap ($5) and vegan lip balms in flavors like 
Candy Cane and Cannoli ($5). 

Gifted: A Holiday Market
Skylight One Hanson (the Williamsburg Savings Bank),
1 Hanson Place (at Ashland Place), Fort Greene, Brooklyn;
Dec. 15-23, 11 a.m.-7 p.m.

The second annual Gifted, presented by Brooklyn Flea, offers vintage/antiques, art, handmade toys, foods, stationery and jewelry. Think of totes with maps on them, home-brew kits, French soaps and vintage clocks. 

Got a sweet tooth? Know someone who does? 

Make a beeline for Liddabit Sweets, the brainchild of Liz Gutman, 26, of Crown Heights, Brooklyn. She has made a name for herself with seasonal and locally sourced candies, treats and sweets: like the Snacker (chocolate nougat and salted caramel with peanuts, $6.50), Beer & Pretzel Caramels (made with Brooklyn Brown Ale, East India Pale Ale and Martin’s Pretzels; $6.75/bag of 6), and a brand-new candy bar, the Humbug, a salted cocoa cookie with dark chocolate mint ganache, dipped in white chocolate and topped with crushed peppermint candy (also $7).

Sweet in a different way are twig terrariums by Michelle Inciarrano, 34, and Katy Maslow, 31, respectively of Marine Park, Brooklyn, and Midwood, Brooklyn. Their small-scale worlds — mini urban or pastoral scenes — tucked inside glass bottles and containers make big impressions. Terrariums go from $30-$350, DIY kits include figurines and cost $25 to $45.

You might carry one home in a Maptote, created by Rachel and Michael Berick, a couple of thirtysomethings who live in Park Slope. They’ll have an array of New York-centric locations on hand,
including tote bags ($17-$37), note cards ($4), zip pouches ($16), wine totes ($13), baby onesies ($25) and bandannas ($10). Merchandise runs from $4 to around $40.

Outside the city

The Harvest Art & Craft Festival at the Garden City Field House 
Garden City Field House, 295 Stewart Ave., Garden City, L.I.; Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m., and Nov. 28, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Adults $5, kids free.

These two fairs — which share many of the same crafts people — will feature original art, jewelry, pottery and custom-made furniture.

"I have been involved in the crafting industry for about 17 years in one way or another," says Stacy Simbrom, 47, of East Northport, L.I. Keep an eye out for her boxes and jewelry holders from recycled items. Items are priced at $20 and up. 

Mel Warren, 82, of Oyster Bay, L.I., is even more of a crafts veteran. He was in the hospital due to a bout with polio in the 1950s when he discovered leather tooling. His hand-tooled Monopoly boards are $200; Scrabble boards start at $180. Clocks are $45.

 

Crafts On Stage October 30th 2010

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	This is just a reminder that on Halloween weekend a special treat will be headlining on our Concert Hall stage and throughout The Performing Arts Center – our annual fundraiser, Crafts On Stage.  Just in time for the holiday gift buying season, the show gives you the opportunity to purchase distinctive one-of-a-kind gifts directly from the artists who created them. The beautiful crafts fashioned by award-winning American artists range from handmade ceramics and art glass to fine leather goods, hand-woven clothing, and unique jewelry. To learn more, visit our website.

22nd Annual Apple Festival & Crafts Fair Goold Orchards Schodack New York October 9 & 10 2010

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Celebrating our 22nd Year 

 

    The Capital Region's Original Apple Festival

         Saturday and Sunday October 9th~10th, 2010     

9 am ~ 5 pm

Rain or shine No Pets allowed 

   Adult Admission  $8.00~ Kids 12 and under are Free

Advance Festival Ticket Sales~ 4 Tickets for $28 (save $4)

 Crafter Information

Plenty of Free Parking

The 22nd Annual Apple Festival & Craft Show at Goold Orchards....a celebration of the arts, crafts, and agriculture of the Capital Region...again this year there will be Pride of New York and Uncork NY food vendors and wineries. We will have an array of crafters displaying and selling their handmade wares as well as Pride of NY farm producers with their specialty food items. Don'forget to stop by the Schodack Valley Fire Companies Food Concession. Maple Hill Key Club will host the Haunted House this year. This years Festival  will be held at Goold Orchards in Schodack, NY on: October 9 & 10, 2010

Goold Apple Festival a NY Times Favorite

The Brookview Station Winery ~NY Wine Tent

This year's festivities will include our award winning Brookview Station Winery and two other Hudson River Region farm wineries, the  Hudson-Chatham Winery , and  Cascade Mt Winery . From the Finger Lakes Region our friends from Hunt Country Winery from Branchport, NY along with Catherine Valley Winery  from Burdett, NY. There will be entertainment each afternoon at the tent.

 

Wine Tasting in the Wine Tent is $8.00

Includes tasting with souvenir a glass to take home

There is no charge to shop in the Wine Tent

Wine Tent opens at 10 am.

Open 10 am - 5 pm.

Everyone will be ID'd for proof of age.  

Apple Festival Hours 

 9am - 5 pm Daily.

For Directions to the Festival visit us at www.goold.com

Rain or Shine

Sorry No Pets Please.

 

"Mark Twain: A Skeptic"s Progress" Thru January 2nd 2010 @ Morgan Library & Museum

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/27/nyregion/27twain.html

New York’s Huckleberry Friend

Sara Krulwich/The New York Times

Mark Twain’s portrait at the Players, a club he helped found and that is still flourishing on Gramercy Park. Hanging above it is a pool cue said to be his.

 MICHAEL POLLAK

BACK in Hannibal, Mo., Jane Clemens had no idea that her 17-year-old son, Sam, her sixth child, had gone so far East to be a journeyman printer. She was surprised by a letter, his earliest known to survive, postmarked Aug. 24, 1853:

“Well, I was out of work in St. Louis, and didn’t fancy loafing in such a dry place, where there is no pleasure to be seen without paying well for it, and so I thought I might as well go to New York. I packed up my duds and left for this village, where I arrived, all right, this morning.”

The four-month sojourn was Samuel L. Clemens’s first visit to Manhattan — before piloting up and down the Mississippi, before christening himself Mark Twain, before the California gold fields and a certain jumping frog and immortality.

Mark Twain was a lifelong traveler, and his footsteps are all over New York City. Many of them are detailed in “Mark Twain: A Life” by Ron Powers (Free Press, 2005). Twain returned many times, renting, lecturing, being lionized and trying to raise money. Other Twain sites are better known, but on this, the centennial of his death, his ghost haunts a Twain enthusiast in New York.

There is Cooper Union in the East Village, where in May 1867 this Western humorist’s debut New York speech did for him what a speech in the same building had done forAbraham Lincoln seven years earlier — triumphantly cemented an outlander’s reputation in the East.

That year Twain attended Plymouth Church of the Pilgrims, still at 75 Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights, to hear the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher — Twain would later speak there himself — and within a few days, got caught up in a plan of Beecher’s for an excursion to Europe and the Holy Land. Twain went, and his satiric travelogue “The Innocents Abroad” was a hit. A fellow passenger, Charlie Langdon, introduced him to his sister Olivia, whom Clemens married.

There is the Players, a club still at 16 Gramercy Park, which was founded in 1888 by Twain, the actor Edwin Booth and 14 other men of the arts. There is the old Delmonico’s, most likely the one at 44th and Fifth, where he was toasted on his 70th birthday, and the Lambs Club (at 130 West 44th Street, since sold) and the Century Association, a club still at 7 West 43rd Street, a few of the many places where he spoke.

There was also the brownstone, long since demolished, at 3 East 66th Street, where a dying Gen. Ulysses S. Grantstruggled in pain to complete his memoirs, and where Twain, Grant’s publisher, frequently called to cheer up his hero.

Brief lodgings by Twain included hotels, now defunct, at 16th Street and Irving Place, Broadway and Prince, Broadway and 24th, and the surviving Gilsey House (now co-ops) at Broadway and 29th. Twain’s ghost has reportedly been seen at 14 West 10th Street, where he lived in 1900-01 (and where, in a gruesome postscript, Joel Steinberg beat Lisa Steinberg, age 6, to death in 1987).

When the four-story house at 21 Fifth Avenue, at Ninth Street, where Twain lived from 1904 to 1908, was demolished in 1954, after an unsuccessful drive to save it, the loss was mourned in Pravda.

From 1901 to 1903 Twain leased Wave Hill, an 1843 estate in the Riverdale section of the Bronx where the young Theodore Roosevelt had spent two summers. Twain built a parlor in a chestnut tree and wrote of the formidable winter views of the Hudson:

“I believe we have the noblest roaring blasts here I have ever known on land; they sing their hoarse song through the big tree-tops with a splendid energy that thrills me and stirs me and uplifts me and makes me want to live always.”

The chestnut tree and its parlor are gone, but the building, the elaborate gardens and the view are still there, and open to the public.

On his first New York visit Sam got a cheap room on Duane Street and was soon setting type at a printing house at 95-97 Cliff Street, in Lower Manhattan. He saw a number of Broadway plays and, on a day off, thrilled with teenage delight at the New York Crystal Palace exhibition in what is now Bryant Park. “ ’Tis a perfect fairy palace — beautiful beyond description,” he wrote his sister, Pamela.

He marveled at the Croton Aqueduct system and complained of Broadway crowds not unlike those jostling in Times Square today. In a letter to his older brother, Orion, he wrote: “When I get in I am borne and rubbed and crowded along, and need scarcely trouble myself about using my own legs; and when I get out it seems like I had been pulled to pieces and very badly put together again.”

But what he loved the most, he told Pamela, was the Printer’s Free Library, probably at 3 Chambers Street, with more than 4,000 books.

Next month the Morgan Library & Museum will showcase some of its collection of Mark Twain manuscripts, letters and artifacts that relate to his ambivalence toward encroaching modern age in a special exhibition called “Mark Twain: A Skeptic’s Progress,” to run through Jan. 2.

Two essential Twain sites outside the city are in easy reach of New Yorkers: Elmira, N.Y., where he is buried; and Hartford, where his Victorian Gothic home has been restored and is now a national landmark.

Beginning in 1871 Twain and his family spent more than 20 summers in Elmira at Quarry Farm, owned by his sister-in-law, Susan Crane. Mrs. Crane surprised him in 1874 with an octagonal writing room, designed to resemble a riverboat’s pilot house, overlooking the Chemung River. It was Twain’s most productive period; much of “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” “Life on the Mississippi,” “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” “The Prince and the Pauper” and other works were written there.

In 1952 the study was moved to the Elmira College campus, where it is staffed by student guides. Quarry Farm itself, now owned by Elmira College, is a home for visiting Twain scholars. Hamilton Hall at the college displays memorabilia from Twain’s summers in Elmira.

Mark Twain’s restored 19-room 1873 mansion in Hartford is known both for its ornate architecture and for its Victorian modernism — like central heating, a burglar alarm and one of the first telephones in a private residence. An exhibition through January examines Twain’s legacy.

Twain’s ambivalent attitude toward the New York he kept visiting shows in two of many quotations. The first is from an 1885 notebook:

“All men in New York insult you — there seem to be no exceptions. There are exceptions of course — have been — but they are probably dead. I am speaking of all persons there who are clothed in a little brief authority.”

And in an 1867 letter, reflecting on the city’s impersonality, he spoke for the ages: “I have at last, after several months’ experience, made up my mind that it is a splendid desert — a domed and steepled solitude, where the stranger is lonely in the midst of a million of his race.”

CENTURY ASSOCIATION 7 West 43rd Street, Manhattan; (212) 944-0090,thecentury.org.

COOPER UNION 30 Cooper Square, East Village; (212) 353-4100, cooper.edu.

THE PLAYERS 16 Gramercy Park South (a stretch of East 20th Street); (212) 475-6116,theplayersnyc.org.

PLYMOUTH CHURCH OF THE PILGRIMS 75 Hicks Street, Brooklyn Heights; (718) 624-4743, plymouthchurch.org.

WAVE HILL Independence Avenue and West 249th Street, Riverdale, the Bronx; (718) 549-3200, wavehill.org.

Outside the city:

TWAIN STUDY AND EXHIBIT Elmira College, Elmira, N.Y.; (607) 735-1941,elmira.edu (search for Twain’s study).

MARK TWAIN IN ELMIRA Chemung Valley History Museum, 415 East Water Street; (607) 734-4167, chemungvalleymuseum.org.

WOODLAWN CEMETERY (Twain grave) 1200 Walnut Street, Elmira; (607) 732-0151,friendsofwoodlawnelmira.org.

MARK TWAIN HOUSE & MUSEUM 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford, Conn.; (860) 247-0998, marktwainhouse.org..

A version of this article appeared in print on August 27, 2010, on page 

Great Jack O" Lantern Blaze 2010 October 2-3,8-11,15-17,21-24 & 28-31 November 5-7

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DON’T MISS the Hudson Valley’s biggest, most exciting, most electrifying Halloween event, featuring more than 4,000 individually hand-carved, illuminated jack o’ lanterns! Meander through an 18th-century riverside landscape and discover a breathtaking display: snakes, a giant spider web, an undersea aquarium, super-sized dinosaurs, pirates, ghosts, even a colossal Pumpkinhenge…all made of jack o’ lanterns!

October/November 2010
2-3, 8-11, 15-17, 21-24, 28-31, Nov. 5-7

41st Annual Garrison Arts Center Fine Arts & Crafts Fair

 

August 21 & 22

GARRISON ART CENTER 41^st  ANNUAL FINE ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR

 (For more details visit www.garrisonartcenter.org) 

 

Steven Ferlauto of Riverschool Boats, Beacon, NY

Come by train, car or kayak - but do not miss the upcoming Garrison Art Center 41^st Annual Fine Arts & Crafts Fair, August 21 & 22, 10am - 5pm (rain or shine).  Set on the river’s edge in Garrison, New York, with majestic Hudson River and Hudson Highlands views, the FAIR offers a uniquely exquisite spot to shop.  The event, now in its forty-first year, showcases two days of high quality crafts, a food court with an eclectic array of food, non-stop live music, free rides on the sloop Woody Guthrie and new this year  boat building demos.

 

The FAIR is a premier event in the Hudson Valley for collectors of hand-made traditional and alternative craft and for those looking for the unique gift.  This intimate FAIR hosts 90 plus juried artists/artisans with furniture, wooden kayaks, photography, jewelry, gourmet foods, glass items, one-of-a-kind clothing, fine arts, ceramics, furniture, tableware, and more.  For a description of the vendors review the 2010 Exhibitor List at www.garrisonartcenter.org.

 

Visitors can enjoy lunch at the Gourmet Food Court, FREE river rides on the visiting sloop Woody Guthrie, boat building demonstrations, fine art exhibitions by artists Judith Hoyt and Hong-Ling Wee inside the Art Center’s two professional galleries, and hands-on art workshops in the Art Center studios.

 

The FAIR Acoustic Music Series has two stages with live performances by Tiki Daddy, Eddie Diehl & Lou Pappas, Delta Dreambox, and Baby Soda Jazz Band, made possible through the generous support of Hudson Valley Magazine, The Garrison, and WHUD.  Print out an Acoustic Music Series Performance Schedule from the Special Events page at www.garrisonartcenter.org,

 

Organized by the 47-year-old Garrison Art Center, a not-for-profit multi-arts organization, the FAIR is a longstanding community event and an important fundraiser attracting 5,000 visitors annually.  Proceeds from the FAIR fund the Art Center's acclaimed programming and special arts events and exhibitions for adults and children all year. 

 

This year, visitors that arrive on the Metro North Hudson Line will receive 50% off admission. The FAIR is a short stroll from the Hudson Line, Garrison Stop.  Those who wish to come by boat must call the Art Center at 845.424.3960 regarding docking. There is also convenient free parking with continuous shuttle service from all parking areas.  FAIR admission is purchased at the gate, $8 adults, $5 Seniors, children 18 & under (with parent) free.  To find out more about the FAIR and Garrison Art Center visit www.garrisonartcenter.org, or call 845.424.3960.

Crafts On Stage Fair October 31-November 1 @ Purchase College

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			Looking for something to do this weekend? Come to our Crafts on Stage Fair! Our Prompters have been hard at work acquiring over 100 American craft artists to show their hand-made goods this weekend. Come and see a large variety of items, from jewelry, ceramics, wood, leather, fiber, glass, baskets, fine arts and more. Admission: Adults $8, Seniors $7 Weekend Pass $12 Children under 12 FREE Parking Included Tickets Available at the Door

Tap NewYork Craft Beer & Food Festival 2009 April 25 & @ Hunter Mountain

http://www.tap-ny.com/

April 25 & 26, 2009 
at Hunter Mountain
1-5pm Saturday; 12-4pm Sunday

The Hudson Valley Beer & Fine Food Festival, Inc. invites all to TAPSMNew York at Hunter Mountain. Craft breweries and brewpubs from across the state will be participating in the most prestigious beer and fine food event in New York. Admission to TAPSM New York includes your special souvenir tasting glass for trying out the over 100 beers representing many styles. You'll also get to sample gourmet foods, plus cooking demonstrations and much more. Join us at TAPSM New York and be a part of the most prestigious beer and food event in New York State. You must be 21 years of age or older to attend TAP New York. No infants or children will be permitted to enter the event. This includes infants in strollers or carried by a parent. For the benefit and safety of your child and all other attendees, please make arrangements to leave your children at home or with friends or relatives. Take the Bus from NYC to TAP New York!

Presented by Hunter Mountain and The Hudson Valley Beer & Food Festival 
We reserve the right to refuse alcohol to anyone who appears to be intoxicated.

“Hors’n Around Saugerties 2009” Carousel Horse Event May - August 2009

http://www.welcometosaugerties.com/horses-coming-to-saugerties.php

The Horses Are Coming to Saugerties

Make plans to host a decorated fiberglass carousel horse at your place of business or along Main or Partition Streets by becoming an Artist Benefactor.  At the Saugerties Area Chamber of Commerce-sponsored “Hors’n Around Saugerties” event, horses will be available for as little as $550 and will be decorated by a juried artist who will be selected by the sponsor.  Horses will be on display all summer throughout the Village and will be auctioned in September at the Merry-Go-Round Auction & Gala. We organize the Carousel Horse events. We do the promotion. You have fun and promote your business through “Hors’n Around Saugerties 2009”. How do you come up with the $550 sponsor fee? Be creative... Partner with another business to sponsor a horse. Co-op with... A neighboring business Your favorite purveyor Your regular customers Your local contractor or engineer Community organizations Your financial advisor or accountant Your local landscaper Your local fuel provider Your healthcare provider Your financial institution Some of your board members Your plumber, electrician, roofer... The opportunities are endless. All Sponsor names will appear on the Official “Hors’n Around Saugerties 2009” Guide and Map. Our goal is to have at least 50 horses featured throughout the Town and Village of Saugerties from May – August of 2009. Be sure to sign up for your horse before the herd is all adopted!! This is a COMMUNITY WIDE PUBLIC ART event and we encourage participation by all businesses, organizations and individuals. Saugerties students will be given the opportunity to join in the fun by decorating a “Flat Horse”.  These special horses will be on display in Village windows and sold at a Silent Auction at the Merry-Go-Round Auction and Gala. Become an Artist Benefactor today!!! Join the many Saugerties businesses and organizations, including the Village of Saugerties. For more information or to set up an appointment please contact the Saugerties Economic Development Office at 845-246-2800 ext. 371 or email: [email protected]

Hudson River Youth Sailing School