2nd Annual Mott Haven H.E.ARTS Festival

MAIN STAGE: Hip Hop Legends: Grand Wizard Theodore  (Inventor of Scratching!), DJ Phase, T Ski Valley, Voice  of Harlem, Happy Original Pioneer | M.A.K.U.  Soundsystem | Mazarte Dance Company |  UpBeat NYC Latin Jazz Big Band RSVP The 2nd Annual Mott Haven H.E.ARTS Festival will bring  together a wide array of local South Bronx residents, artists,  musicians, grassroots organizations and businesses to  celebrate Mott Haven as a uniquely vibrant and diverse  community. The event's focus will be on the conversion  of the former Lincoln Detox Center into a center for health,  education and the arts that will serve as an anchor for our  families and local organizations who are fighting systemic  injustice and displacement (including the unveiling of our  recently completed feasibility report!) Participating Organizations: Birthing Project | Boogie Down  Books | Bronx Filmmakers Collective | BxArts Factory |  Community Connections for Youth | ID Studio Theater |  MLK SUNY ATTAIN | Mott Haven-Port Morris Community  Land Stewards | National Acupuncture Detoxification  Association | NY Dept of Youth and Community Development  | Radical Health | South Bronx Unite |Taller Experimental  del Arte | UpBeat NYC FOOD Traditional cuisine for sale from local families and vendors ARTS, FILMMAKERS, CRAFTS & APPAREL Local artisans, filmmakers and vendors will offer their  goods for sale ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS Arts projects, children's books, face painting and bouncy house  HEALTH & EDUCATION ACTIVITIES Meet and greet education and health professionals with  discussions/services related to community building,  alternatives to incarceration, acupuncture, pregnancy,  birthing and much more  FEASIBILITY REPORT UNVEILING H.E.ARTS Center design and feasibility report and model  unveiling, as well as information about our local community  land trust, the Mott Haven-Port Morris Community Land  Stewards More about the H.E.ARTS Community Center- Following multiple community envisioning sessions and  several large-scale events and festivals, the Mott Haven- Port Morris Community Land Stewards (community land  trust) aims to acquire and renovate the city-owned, vacant,  28,000 square foot former Lincoln Detox Center into a home  for more than a dozen health, education and arts  organizations in the Mott Haven-Port Morris community. Other Actions/Events Taking Place