Nickelodeon is looking for entries for their annual Animation Festival. The Nickelodeon Animation Festival is the first and only multi-platform animation festival in North America. The festival, the largest of its kind, showcases animators from around the world who submit their original animation, ideas and characters for a chance to win great prizes. The festival also offers animators the unique opportunity of having their work broadcast on-air, online, and shown at a live event at the Nickelodeon Studios in Burbank, California.

Show 'em how it's done, New Yorkers!

This summer Moviehouse and the Open Space Alliance present CinemaParque, a series of six screenings projected on the handball courts of Sternberg Park in Brooklyn. Every other Wednesday, starting July 1, both sides of the handball wall feature remarkable Spanish-language shorts, videos and documentaries (complete with sub-titles.)

This Wednesday six massively talented filmmakers aged 14-21 present honest films on their experiences with immigration, sexual identity and unfair labor practices in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn.

Filmmakers Desiree Camacho, Michael Vasquez, Jeremy Lopez, Joshua Carrero, Bryan Lopez, Patricia Torres are part of New Children/ New York, a program that uses filmmaking to tell the stories of young NYC Latino/as from their unique points of view.

For the past 3 years, the project has been training young people in Bushwick, Brooklyn to make films about their striking lives. They have made nearly 30 videos about their personal concerns, which have shown on television, the web, in many public screenings and at youth and major film festivals.

Sternberg Park is located at Lorimer Street and Boerum Street in East Williamsburg http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Lorimer+Street+and+Boerum+Street,+Brooklyn,+NY&ie=UTF8&split=0&gl=us&ei=CSRKSu3UJJO2NovVhJcB&z=16&iwloc=A

You taught us all not to stop till we had enough, and for that, we will always love you.

Say hi to Elvis and Kurt for us.

Love,

3rd Ward

Sunday brought the rain and The Yes Way, Aviation Orange, Medium Cool and Sigmund Droid brought the rock! Check out the pictures here.

-- Genevieve Belleveau, Sex Cells Winner at the Sex Cells Gallery Opening

Make Music New York at 3rd Ward!, June 21
2 to 8 p, FREE admission, cheap eats & drinks

3rd Ward is topping your wildest summer-BBQ-dreams for "the largest music event ever to grace Gotham," Make Music New York! Soak up the sun, enjoy sensuous eats from Chef Eric Sherman and rock out with The Yes Way, Aviation Orange, Medium Cool and Sigmund Droid. Just throw on those short shorts, pop on your shades, and come out to 3rd Ward to shake what your mama gave you!

PLUS it's your last chance to sneak a peak at Sex Cells in the gallery!

RSVP events@3rdward.com

If you missed our hottest gallery opening yet, then you missed seeing Sex Cells Winner, Genevieve Belleveau (pictured on the right) perform her song Ice Cream Girl. But you can still check out the pics here.

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Head out to our BBQ this weekend for your last chance to take a peak at Sex Cells and your first chance to soak up the sun, enjoy sensuous eats from Chef Eric Sherman and rock out with The Yes Way, Aviation Orange, Medium Cool and Sigmund Driod.

Check out photographer and long time 3rd Ward Member Eli Schmidt in Whatswear.com.

Savannah College of Art and Design’s graduating fashion design students were given an amazing opportunity to break into the industry the right way - with a team of experienced and talented professionals working to create a visually stunning and truly editorial look book. Satisfy your curiosity and...find out how this production came together from Mr. Schmidt.

With 3rd Ward's Education Program, Even You Can Invent the Square Watermelon.

A round watermelon can take up a lot of room in a refrigerator and often sits awkwardly on refrigerator shelves.

So smart Japanese Farmers have forced their watermelons to grow into a square shape! They insert the melons into square, tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine.

Don't waste time, the pineapple's still round, sign up for one of our many classes here!

Our friends at Chashama would like to cordially invite you to this year's Pirate Party Pig Roast at Water Taxi Beach!

Hula hoop artists, jugglers, fire-breathers, acrobats, face-painters and vaudeville buskers provide for a rowdy evening of eating , drinking, laughing and dancing. In the fantastic ambiance of Long Island City’s own beachhead, guests can watch the sunset on Manhattan’s skyline, dance under the stars with mash up DJ Party Ben from San Francisco, enjoy the open bar and eat their fill of bar-b-que or vegan delights with our run-away pirate crew on our fantasy island. There's also the chance to bid on items ranging from restaurant certificates to high fashion bounty during our silent auction. In addition to the festivities, $100 prizes will be awarded to the top “Best Pirate Costume” in the children, male and female categories!

Enjoy all this for the low price of $20 (in advance, $30 day-of).

Purchase Tickets here!

Written, photographed and produced locally by us for you.

Our first 24-page paper features:

     - An interview with Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO & a paint by number of his work

     - Spring Solo Show Artist, Selena Kimball

     - Submissions from our Open Call Sex Cells

     - Summer Classes & Events

     - And more! 

Pick one up and then head to 3rd Ward to sign up for membership and get your FREE BIKE!

A very special thanks to all the amazing people who lent their talent to this amazing project.

I Heart Brooklyn Member, Gerald LaStarza, has created a great website to showcase brooklyn based furniture and jewlery design.

Join us for a very special one night reception & exhibition by Joan Benefiel in the Hudson River Park on June 11 from 6:30 to 9 p.

Come out for a lovely evening on the Hudson River and help celebrate this innovative public art project.
Click here to R.S.V.P. to the party or to request a full press release.

The Hudson River Pilings Project will temporarily place a group of glowing orange sculptures on the old Pier 42 pilings in New York City. With permission from the Hudson River Park Trust, New York artist Joan Benefiel is creating this visionary public artwork. It will be free and open for everyone to enjoy.

If you thought ice cream trucks were just for serving up delicious cones packed with cold and creamy treats,  let Sex Cells Winner, Genevieve Belleveau, school you for a moment with her song Ice Cream Girl.

Arts in Bushwick Presents the 2009 Bushwick Open Studios and Arts Festival (B.O.S.) this weekend - June 5-7, 2009. This incredible festival brings together and showcases the talent of a diverse group of more than 200 Bushwick Community Members, artists, performers and organizers.

Check it out this weekend and feel free to stop by 3rd Ward for maps and information!

Check out Chiun-Kai Shih leading our very first Erotic Photography class!

Peter Giang presents his most recent images to the class.

After a group critique, the students get down and dirty..

Chiun-Kai and the students discuss how the shoot went.

Thanks to CSI Rentals for making the shoot possible!