The Fabulous Fifth Avenue
Street Fair promises to live up to its name again this year.
The fair – Sunday, May 18, from 11 am to 7 pm, on Fifth Avenue
between St. Johns Place and 12th Street – will feature a wide
variety of live music at two locations: at Ozzie’s main stage,
on Fifth Avenue between Garfield Place and Carroll Street, and
at Moda Cafe, on Fifth Avenue between First and Second streets.
Between Berkeley Place and Second Street, there will be a section
of tables offering fine arts and crafts, which attracted national
media attention last year. Event organizers anticipate vendors
will again offer purses and pillows, handcrafted stationary and
greeting cards, jewelry, personalized children’s stories and
more.
At 718 Gallery, Fifth Avenue at Degraw Street, photographer
Ann Rosen will snap individual and family color portraits against
a variety of backdrops. Twenty-minute appointments are available
between 1 pm and 4:40 pm. While you wait, check out "In
the Presence of Family," an exhibit of Rosen’s black-and-white
portraits of Brooklyn families, on display at the 718 Gallery
through May 31.
Brooklyn Papers photographer Greg Mango will also have a table
offering signed and numbered single prints and series of prints
at Fifth Avenue and Union Street.
And of course, Fifth Avenue is teeming with many restaurants
where fair-goers can dine al fresco: Blue Ribbon, Long Tan, Press
195, Los Pollitos, Bierkraft, Coco Roco and Mezcals.
Kids can enjoy rides all day throughout the fair, and make free
paper bag puppets and hats at the Puppetry Arts table, on Fifth
Avenue between Second and Third streets.
