Events
No Dinner Church
Due to the winter storm predictions, Dinner Church is canceled this week. Stay home and stay safe!
Epiphany Through Creativity: Intuitive Collage Art Workshop
Creative Bond presents Epiphany Through Creativity with Lynne Rutherford. It’s a soulful and fun filled experience designed to help you reconnect with your creativity and inner voice.
$10 material fee (all supplies included)
Light snacks and drinks provided.
Creative Bond: Work in Progress
Calling all creatives: bring your WIPs, your projects, drafts, and dreams! Once a month on the second Sunday (between Waffle Church and Dinner Church) Creative Bond hosts a casual time to make progress on your art (whatever medium!) in the company of other creatives. You’re welcome to bring a snack or bev to share!
Creative Bond: Mending Circle
Calling all knitters, crochet-ers, menders, craftspeople, or just folks who want to learn to mend, darn, and repair! The Creative Bond offers a monthly Wednesday evening mending circle at St. Lydia’s.
Creative Bond: Work in Progress
Calling all creatives: bring your WIPs, your projects, drafts, and dreams! Once a month on the second Sunday (between Waffle Church and Dinner Church) Creative Bond hosts a casual time to make progress on your art (whatever medium!) in the company of other creatives. You’re welcome to bring a snack or bev to share!
Creative Bond: Mending Circle
Calling all knitters, crochet-ers, menders, craftspeople, or just folks who want to learn to mend, darn, and repair! The Creative Bond offers a monthly Wednesday evening mending circle at St. Lydia’s.
Art Where You Are: Leather Workshop
Join this fun collaborative event of Creative Bond and Powerhouse Arts for an afternoon of leather making. Explore book binding, bookmark and wallet making or anything else your imagination can come up with!
Epiphanies of Artistic Action
Creative Bond presents Epiphanies of Artistic Action with Burke Gerstenschlager. On Wednesday January 7 at 6:30 pm, local artists, organizations and residences are invited to a roundtable dinner on how the arts can be a force for good in the face of the current administration.
From The Spirit Realm
A one night showcase of art from beyond rooted in philosophy, spirituality, and the heart.
Group discussion about art and spirituality at 8pm. Submit your work or send to artist friends! https://forms.gle/gSGxXBjzR65xEZhf8
Creative Bond: Work in Progress
Calling all creatives: bring your WIPs, your projects, drafts, and dreams! Once a month on the second Sunday (between Waffle Church and Dinner Church) Creative Bond hosts a casual time to make progress on your art (whatever medium!) in the company of other creatives. You’re welcome to bring a snack or bev to share!
Waffle Church: Christmas Pageant!
Sticky faith for friends and families! Everyone gets a part in this annual Christmas pageant.
Brackish
Last Brackish of 2025!
Lineup:
JACOB WICK - trumpet / OWEN STEWART-ROBERTSON - guitar / JASON NAZARY - drums
J PAVONE’S MANDIBLE TRIO:
ANNA ABONDOLO - double bass / WEBB CRAWFORD - guitar / JP - viola, compositions
CAROLINE DAVIS - alto saxophone / and Dustin Carlson - guitar
12/11 8pm at 304 Bond St BK
$15 suggested
Creative Bond: The Artist’s Way Meetup
The Artist’s Way is a book/program to overcome creative blocks and reconnect to the artist within. Through writing prompts and exercises like morning pages, artist dates, creative clusters, and spiritual practices, this journey helps to reignite creativity regardless of your artistic background.
The Creative Bond is excited to begin an informal Artist’s Way discussion group, with its first three gatherings set for October 8, November 12, December 10. Whether you’re a long-time practitioner, reading through it for the first time, or just curious about getting started, you’re welcome to join in the discovery and community!
Creative Bond: Mending Circle
Calling all knitters, crochet-ers, menders, craftspeople, or just folks who want to learn to mend, darn, and repair! The Creative Bond offers a monthly Monday evening mending circle at St. Lydia’s.
Drag Story Hour
Drag Artists for Expression is hosting a story hour at St. Lydia’s as a launch event for a beautiful campaign! A bilingual (English and Spanish) story hour will feature stories about self-acceptance, imagination, friendship, family and more. Guests of all ages are welcome to join, and donations of any amount are appreciated!
Fall of Freedom Walk
The Creative Bond collaborates with collage artist Rich Garr for a unique walking tour centered around local sites and stories of the Gowanus neighborhood and the freedoms under attack for those who live there.
Possible sites and stories are currently being collected. Submit them (gothamsidewalks@gmail.com / @gothamsidewalks on IG) by November 15th for consideration. All ideas welcome!
Get your tickets here!
Creative Bond: The Artist’s Way Meetup
The Artist’s Way is a book/program to overcome creative blocks and reconnect to the artist within. Through writing prompts and exercises like morning pages, artist dates, creative clusters, and spiritual practices, this journey helps to reignite creativity regardless of your artistic background.
The Creative Bond is excited to begin an informal Artist’s Way discussion group, with its first three gatherings set for October 8, November 12, December 10. Whether you’re a long-time practitioner, reading through it for the first time, or just curious about getting started, you’re welcome to join in the discovery and community!
Creative Bond: Work in Progress
Calling all creatives: bring your WIPs, your projects, drafts, and dreams! Once a month on the second Sunday (between Waffle Church and Dinner Church) Creative Bond hosts a casual time to make progress on your art (whatever medium!) in the company of other creatives. You’re welcome to bring a snack or bev to share!
Creative Bond: Mending Circle
Calling all knitters, crochet-ers, menders, craftspeople, or just folks who want to learn to mend, darn, and repair! The Creative Bond offers a monthly Monday evening mending circle at St. Lydia’s.
Dinner Church
All Saints Day is centered on the remembrance of loved ones who have died, especially in the past year.
Share stories, share the meal, work together.
Block Party: Día de Todos Los Santos
🌸 Día de Todos Los Santos Block Party – A Family Celebration of Life & Community 🌸 Join us for the first annual Día de Todos Los Santos Block Party, hosted by St. Lydia’s and Cafecito Social—right here in Gowanus! Inspired by the Guatemalan traditions of Día de Todos Los Santos and Día de los Muertos, this free, family-friendly event celebrates life, remembrance, and community through art, food, and culture.
✨ What’s Happening:
• Kite-Making Workshop with Powerhouse Arts — build your own colorful kite, a cherished Guatemalan tradition 🪁
• Community Altar — a shared space to honor loved ones and celebrate memory 🕯️
• Drag Artists for Expression NYC — storytime and (maybe!) a playful makeup tutorial 💄
• Arts & Crafts Zone for kids and families 🎨
• Live Music and neighborhood fun 🎶
Come connect with neighbors, celebrate Brooklyn’s diversity, and share in a day full of color, creativity, and love. Hosted by St. Lydia’s and Cafecito Social (your local Guatemalan coffee shop), with support from Powerhouse Arts, Drag Artists for Expression NYC, and more.
💛 All are welcome — come celebrate life, culture, and community with us!
