AN INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE: KULTUR/NATUR
A “PERFORMANCE” TO FEATURE
 WILHELMSBURG’S
COMMUNITY GARDENS & GARDNERS 

With guest artist Susan Leibovitz Steinman

WHAT IS KULTUR/NATUR?
 A month long series of public events and exhibits explores the nature of art, community and the environment in Wilhelmsburg (16 August 16 to 14 September). 
WHO IS THE ARTIST?
Susan Steinman (USA) collaborates with community groups to create public gardens as art that connects everyday life with environmental and social issues.

YOUR PARTICIPATION IS NEEDED AND WELCOME, SO PLEASE JOIN US.

This event is part of a daylong KULTUR/NATUR program culminating at the Tonne Building at 6pm to celebrate the Art Exhibition Opening. 
Everyone is welcome to enjoy art, music, barbeque, and performances.

TITLE:            “KITCHEN TABLE—TASTY CONVERSATIONS”

WHAT:            An improvisational performance exploring
The joys and merits of gardening in Wilhelmsburg.
WHEN:            SATURDAY AUGUST 16            6:30pm to 7:30pm
WHERE:            Outside the Tonne Building alongside the Canal

THE SETTING:  On the south patio outside the Tonne, there will be a long table, covered with tablecloths, surrounded by growing garden plants.  This table represents everyone’s own kitchen table.  Although our lives are unique, we share the concept of the kitchen table as a special place that nurtures health and ideas. 

THE PERFORMANCE:
Gardeners bring samples of food grown by them from their gardens and wear clothes symbolic or representative of their garden.  Baskets will be provided to hold the food, unless gardeners prefer something they want to bring themselves.
While talking to guests, gardeners will slice vegetables into small tastes that they offer to guests to stimulate palettes and conversation.
Gardeners invite guests to sit down at the table and stay a while to taste and to talk.
Gardeners are encouraged to talk about their own particular gardens--how and why they like to grow their own food; how guests could either start their own small garden or join their group; special tips or advice for growing healthy organic food locally.