Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Ghouls & Gourds, October 26, 2008

Ghouls & Gourds

Sunday, October 26, 2008 | Noon–6 p.m. | Kids Under 12 Are Free

Show off your costume, carouse with colossal puppets, make raucous rhythms, and shake your bag o' bones at Brooklyn's wackiest costume parade!

Enjoy music for families by the Revolutionary Snake Ensemble, John Carlin & the Kids Music Underground, Guy Davis, Bash the Trash, Maracatu NY, and the Von Swing Family. Plus, chat with celebrated children's book authors and illustrators, cavort with stilt walkers, feed carnivorous plants, wonder at Phydeaux's Flying Flea Circus of Fate, enjoy Thai pumpkin carving, get inked at our tattoo parlor, and create recycled junk instruments, sprout necklaces, and gorgeous gourds.

Performers

Bash the Trash	Phydeaux's Flying Flea Circus of Fate	Mortal Beasts & Deities	Guy Davis	The Von Swing Family
Thai Dancing	John Carlin & the Kids Music Underground		The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble	Maracatu NY

We're covered for the weather! All events are sheltered.

Printer-friendly Schedule of Events

Noon–12:45	Bash the Trash Groove to real "grunge music." Location: Main Stage Bash the Trash website
12:30–1:00	Phydeaux's Flying Flea Circus of Fate Thrill as these tiny acrobats hit the big top. Location: Tractor Stage
1:00–1:15	Mortal Beasts & Deities Enjoy larger-than-life puppets and splendid stilt dancers. Location: Main Stage Mortal Beasts & Deities website
1:30–2:15	Guy Davis Marvel at spellbinding stories strummed by a blues master. Location: Main Stage Guy Davis website
1:30–2:15	The Von Swing Family The Garden is alive with the sounds of swing. Location: Tractor Stage The Von Swing Family website
2:30–2:45	Thai Dancing Delight in these graceful and colorful dancers. Location: Tractor Stage Tourism Thailand website
2:30–3:15	John Carlin & the Kids Music Underground Bounce to Brooklyn's "Titan of alt-kids rock." Location: Main Stage John Carlin website
2:45–3:15	Phydeaux's Flying Flea Circus of Fate Thrill as these tiny acrobats hit the big top. Location: Tractor Stage
3:30–4:15	The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble Be charmed by these funky New Orleans street beat sounds. The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble website
4:30–6:30	Costume Parade and Drum Circle Maracatu NY leads our celebrated costume parade and drum circle like nobody's business! Carry giant puppets and wear colorful beads, join the band, shake your bag o' bones, or just show off your costume for all to see! Parade begins at the Main Stage Puppeteers Cooperative

Noon–4:00	Recycled Junk Instruments Calling all funky chickens! Make an egg shaker and get in the groove.
Noon–4:00	Sprout a Bean Necklace It's alive! Create your own living pendant.
Noon–4:00	Gorgeous Gourds Decorate a mini gourd and explore the many uses of gourds big and small.
Noon–4:00	Creepy Crawly Compost Critters Meet some wriggly worms and discover the Brooklyn Compost Project.
Noon–4:00	Bug Out Mask Making Puppetry Arts Theatre helps you transform into the dragonfly, ladybug, or spider of your dreams. Puppetry Arts website
Noon–4:00	Traditional Corn Grinding Try your hand with a stone pestle and learn about corn from around the world.
12:30–2:30	Drum and Dance with Maracatu NY Band leader Scott Kettner gets you shaking to the rhythms of northeastern Brazil. Maracatu website
2:30–3:30	Horn Transformers Cardboard tubes become fabulous horn honkers with a little help from Bash the Trash.

Noon–4:00	Carouse with a pack of Giant Puppets Strut your stuff with our puppet menagerie.
Noon–4:00	Jewelry from the Underground Potatoes are transformed into one-of-a-kind beads by eco-jeweler Margarita Poulson.
Noon–4:00	The Art of Thai Pumpkin Carving Not your ordinary jack-o-lanterns!
2:00–4:00	Carnivorous Plant Feeding Watch as Morticia Addams (aka BBG gardener Jennifer Williams) feeds her hungry houseplants.
Noon–4:00	Ghouls and Gourds Tattoo Parlor Get inked with temp tats!
2:00–4:00	Giant Flock of Doves Enjoy as these Mortal Beasts & Deities stilt walkers soar, cavort, twirl, and dive into a feeding frenzy.
4:30–6:30	Costume Parade and Drum Circle Maracatu NY leads our celebrated costume parade and drum circle like nobody's business! Carry giant puppets and wear colorful beads, join the band, shake your bag o' bones, or just show off your costume for all to see! Parade begins at the Main Stage Maracatu website

Noon–4:00	Chat with celebrated children's book authors and illustrators! Enjoy book signings and selected readings with:
	Selina Alko Illustrator of Greetings from the 50 States · My Subway Ride · My Taxi Ride
	R. Gregory Christie Illustrator of Jazz Baby · Love to Langston · When Louis Armstrong Taught Me to Scat R. Gregory Christie website
	Nina Crews Author and Illustrator of A Ghost Story · The Neighborhood Mother Goose · Below Nina Crews website
	Etienne Delessert & Rita Marshall Delessert: Illustrator of Humpty Dumpty · Big and Bad · Full Color; Marshall and Delessert: I Hate to Read · I Still Hate to Read Etienne Delessert & Rita Marshall website
	Keith DuQuette Author and Illustrator of Little Monkey Lost · Cock-a-Doodle Moooo!: A Mixed-Up Menagerie · They Call Me Woolly: What Animal Names Can Tell Us Keith DuQuette website
	Deborah Gregory Author of Catwalk · The Cheetah Girls Series Cheetahrama website
	Paul Jacobs & Jennifer Swender Authors of Abiyoyo Returns · My Subway Ride · My Taxi Ride Paul Jacobs & Jennifer Swender website
	Huy Voun Lee Author and Illustrator of In the Leaves · In the Snow · 1,2,3 Go! Huy Voun Lee website
	Kevin Lewis Author of Runaway Pumpkin · Chugga-Chugga Choo Choo
	Johan Olander Author and Illustrator of A Field Guide to Monsters: Googly-Eyed Wart Floppers, Shadow Casters, Toe Eaters, and Other Creatures Johan Olander website
	Sean Qualls Illustrator of Before John Was a Jazz Giant · Phillis's Big Test · Dizzy Sean Qualls website
	Misako Rocks! Author and Illustrator of Biker Girl · Rock and Roll Love · Detective Jermain Vol. 1 Misako Rocks website
	David Ezra Stein Author of Leaves · Monster Hug! · The Nice Book David Ezra Stein website
	Javaka Steptoe Illustrator of Rain Play · Jones Family Express · In Daddy's Arms I Am Tall Javaka Steptoe website
	Lauren Thompson Author of Hope Is an Open Heart · Wee Little Chick · The Apple Pie That Papa Baked Lauren Thompson website