Saturday in NYC
TOMPKINS SCARE PARK Halloween Festival
with the "HEALTHY HALLOWEEN" communities program
Saturday, October 27th, Noon-8pm+, Rain or Shine
~ A Halloween event to inspire the world ~
Bringing together a small army of NY area artists, community groups
and artistic works from 20+ New York City high schools, Tompkins Scare
Park is a participatory arts event that promotes an important future
vision for Halloween everywhere. In the fight against children's
obesity/ diabetes, the "Healthy Halloween" communities program
promotes 'Creativity over Candy' and 'Experience over Consumption' to
demonstrate that Halloween is not just about branded costumery or
processed sugar candy.
From a park known for artistic brilliance and social activism there
will be both. In this international city, in a neighborhood where it
is Halloween every day, NY's most colorful people come together to
demonstrate the creative genius of NYC in this participatory theater
event where participants are urged to create, costume and commingle.
For the US and countries around the world who are now beginning to
celebrate the holiday, we demonstrate that trick-or-treat can be more
about art, healthful treats and interactive experiences giving
memories instead of products. Halloween is the most creative holiday
and Tompkins Scare Park strives to be an example for what can be done
everywhere.
100% Free
~ Summary ~
TOMPKINS SCARE PARK & HEALTHY HALLOWEEN
WHEN: Saturday, October 27th, Noon-8pm+
WHERE: Tompkins Square Park, East Village, NYC 7th & Avenue A
HEAVY RAIN: Alternative Location: Theater for the New City- 155 First
Ave, betw 9th and 10th Streets
COSTUMES: All forms of beauty and insanity are encouraged
LINKS: www.scarepark.org and www.healthyhalloween.net
FLYER: http://www.healthyhalloween.net/flyer.html
COST: 100% Free
PROGRAM & PARTICIPANTS INCLUDE: (full details/times at ScarePark.org)
· Interactive events all day
· Kids costume giveaways, facepainting and crafts (early)
· Healthy & creative trick or treat stations
· Art/ performances by 20+ NYC high schools
· Hungry March Band
· Ray Santiago Afro-Cuba band
· Zagnut Cirkus Orkestar
· Luminescent Orchestrii
· 1PM: Million Superheroes March
· 2PM: Press conference with famous heart surgeon Dr. Mehmet
Oz and Grandmaster Melle Mel + +
· 3PM: Zombie Olympics (with Red Bastard)
· 6PM: Thrill the World (NYC rendition of Michael Jackson's
Thriller being performed by Zombies around the world)
· Dan Green's Monster Robots (of IFAM/ Collective Unconscious)
· Butoh dancing workshops & performances with Vangeline (for
kids) and Corinna Hiller (adults) - Participants wanted!
· Performance poetry worships with Gathering of the Tribes/
Chavisa - Participants wanted!
· Penny Arcade's Globesity Festival
· MC's Zeroboy and Christopher
· Body Temple's Bardic dance circle
· Shenanigans by Kostume Kult
· Video Dome by Glass Bead Collective
· Fashion shows and random acts of brilliance.
· New York's most colorful people prepping for the most
creative party night of the year...
· A multi-media haunting of the park as darkness falls...
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
1. Fun Police: Be an event Ranger (shifts all day)
2. Be a Robot! Need 7 big strong people to wear Dan Green's awesome
robot costumes, 1-4pm-ish
3. Workshops: Participants needed! Butoh Dancing (kids and adults),
story telling, poetry slams... Sign up now!
4. ZOMBIES!: Need folks for the Thriller dance-off at 6pm
(choreography/training beginning at 4)
5. Moop pickers: help leave the park spotless... (moop= matter out of
place)... All day and 7-9pm
6. Paid Positions: Building & Breakdown helpers (moving and
schlepping/ stipend) 9am-noon & 7pm-10pm
If interested/available please email 'The Rachel' at red0910@gmail.com
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Tompkins Scare Park is an annual Halloween Festival launched by Action
Arts League in 2006. The Healthy Halloween communities program is
being developed as a partnership with Dr. Mehmet Oz's Healthcorps.
Action Arts League is a cultural arts 501c3 organization that supports
participatory artforms including art festivals, costuming, street
theater and multi-media interactive art. Healthcorps is a health
education oriented 501c3 that teaches healthy lifestyle programs in 28
New York City High schools with a larger network growing nationally.
More can be seen at www.actionartsleague.org and www.healthcorps.net