A “Be-In”
in Our Park Slope Community Garden
September 11, 2011
2-7 pm

SEEKING Dancers, Percussionists, Body Painters, Poets & Writers, Photographers, Videographers, and advance & on-site Event Organizers for "CELEBRATION of LIFE!"

“Celebration of Life!” - a dance-percussive-art “Happening” - features Sticks & Stones healing ritual artist Judith Z. Miller’s primal wearable art and sculpture made from trees and stones, set to a live soundscape of global rhythms by Music for the Masses DJ Neva Wartell, in our lush St. Marks/Warren Street Community Garden.

If you want to participate, please let us know what skills you'd like to share!

Admission is free and open to the public. Garden members are encouraged to attend and collaborate.

Potluck: Please bring food & non-alcoholic drinks to share.

“Celebration of Life” will include dancers in body paint wearing Judith’s handmade, one-of-a-kind amulets, moving throughout the garden with her “Sacred Staffs” made from the roots and trunks of trees. Dancers will be accompanied by music spun by DJ Neva along with live percussion. The community will be invited to participate.

Dancers are invited to honor the earth by creating movement in response to the song “MANKIND” by MAURI, accompanied by live music. The song may be heard & downloaded at this link:



This is a community event - participation is on a VOLUNTEER basis only.

*RAIN DATES, Saturday September 24/Sunday, September 25th.

** Those participating in the videotaped documentary must sign a standard model release form.

PLEASE RSVP on the Facebook Event Page by searching “Celebration of Life! “Be-In”

Event Hashtag: #911COL

Event email: CelebrationofLifeNYC@gmail.com

DJ NEVA (Music for the Masses) is an ethnomusicologist and long-time cultural activist. Along with performances at festivals and events, she co-produces "New York International" — NY’s longest-running weekly live-format World Music radio show — on Haitian community station Radio Soleil .

More information:
Radio show archive:

Judith Z. Miller (Sticks & Stones) is a self-trained healing ritual artist who lives in an erotic, musical, spiritual universe. Inspired by the beauty of nature and the guiding force of her intuition, she draws and creates primal sculpture and wearable art from trees, stones and found objects, which she fashions into ritual staffs, instruments, wearable amulets, and employs in healing rituals.

To learn more about Judith Z. Miller, go to: