El Sol Brillante

El Sol Brillante

A community garden in the East Village
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About the garden

Learn about our history and mission and what makes El Sol one of the most special gardens in the neighborhood.

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Come one, come all! Saturday, December 14 from 2 t

Come one, come all! Saturday, December 14 from 2 to 6 pm, we’re hosting our last event of the season: a bonfire! We’ll have drinks warming (cocoa, cider, gluwein), locally-raised meat roasting, and vegetarian chili simmering. It’s sure to be a heartwarming and hand-warming time. Hope to see you there! 🍁🍂☕️

The days are shorter and the garden is brighter ~

The days are shorter and the garden is brighter ~ All are welcome at our next meeting on November 23 at noon✨🍂🪴

Another garden party in the books! Thanks to all w

Another garden party in the books! Thanks to all who came out in support of El Sol—we love sharing this space with you, our community 🧡🤎💛

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday! See you there 😎

Saturday, Saturday, Saturday! See you there 😎

Poster credits:@frankievigilante 🎸🎷🥁

The banner was hung by the garden with care, in ho

The banner was hung by the garden with care, in hope that our neighbors would soon be there. 🍁🍂☀️ Fall Fundraiser Party on October 19! Mark your calendars!

🍃 There's a seat open for you at our next meeti

🍃 There's a seat open for you at our next meeting 🍃 All are welcome Tuesday, October 15 at 7:00pm 🍃 Featuring scenes from our community garden meditation during the LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival 🍃

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EVENT: Poetry and prose in the Garden! This Saturd

EVENT: Poetry and prose in the Garden! This Saturday, September 28th, 3 PM at El Sol Brillante.🍃🍂📝🧚‍♂️

Join a participatory writing exercise inspired by a prose or poem prompt. Sitting beside experienced writers, we’ll listen to the prompts, write whatever comes to mind, and share a few of our spontaneous creations with the group.

Here's a poem by Mary Oliver that may inspire you to join us:
"Lines Written in the Days of Growing Darkness"

Every year we have been
witness to it: how the
world descends

into a rich mass, in order that
it may resume.
And therefore
who would cry out

to the petals on the ground
to stay,
knowing as we must,
how the vivacity of what was is married

to the vitality of what will be?
I don't say
it's easy, but
what else will do

if the love one claims to have for the world
be true?

Today! See you soon💚🧘✨ & Happy Autumn Equ

Today! See you soon💚🧘✨

& Happy Autumn Equinox to all🍁🍂🎃

🌱🧘‍♀️✨Free Loving-Kindness Meditatio

🌱🧘‍♀️✨Free Loving-Kindness Meditation on Sept. 22 @ 2✨🧘‍♀️🌱

Please join us in El Sol Brillante community garden for a 30-minute guided meditation, led by a certified meditation teacher from East Village's beloved Three Jewels Enlightenment Studio (threejewelsnyc). Seated among the plantlife, we'll focus on our breath and joy and love for all beings, using comfortable stillness and visualization techniques. It's a free event and open to all (including first-time meditators!). We will begin promptly at 2:00 PM, so please arrive a few minutes early to find your seat. We'll have benches and chairs, but you might like to have a blanket to sit on if it fills up. We hope to see you there and enjoy this beautiful moment of peace together.

El Sol 💚s the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival! Tha

El Sol 💚s the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival! Thank you to the incomparable band and lively-as-ever audience—we can’t wait ‘til next time🎷🌱🎺

Highlight of the 2024 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival

Highlight of the 2024 Charlie Parker Jazz Festival
@ ESB may have to be this 🪇marcas solo🪇

Scenes from Jazz in the Garden 🎺🍃🎷#charli

Scenes from Jazz in the Garden 🎺🍃🎷#charlieparkerjazzfestival Big shoutout to everyone who makes it possible year after year!

One of our favorite events of the year! See you th

One of our favorite events of the year! See you there! Details below👇

🌷🎷🌹🎺

CHARLIE PARKER JAZZ FESTIVAL IN THE GARDEN: CUCHO MARTINEZ & FRIENDS
📆Wednesday, August 21, 2024 | 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
📍El Sol Brillante | 522 E 12th Street
Hosted in association with The Jazz Foundation of America and Ariana’s List

Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 13 ~ Garden

Mark your calendars for Saturday, July 13 ~ Garden meeting at 12:00 noon, Bokashi composting workshop at 1:30. All are welcome!

Poetry shared among flowers and friends. An ideal

Poetry shared among flowers and friends. An ideal summer evening @ ESB. Thanks to all who read and listened!🌸😌🌸

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