grouphug, issue three – launch & fundraiser
Join us saturday march 28, 2026 at the Brooklyn Peace Center for the launch of the third issue of the solution-oriented, new york minded, for you & your friends magazine – grouphug.
*** Each ticket guarantees a launch-exclusive edition of grouphug issue three that includes a limited run insert by printmaker afrida ahmed (instagram) ***
This launch is also the opportunity to raise funds for Friendly Fridge BX (website) and Fenix Community Fridge (instagram). They are community fridges and mutual aid non-profits led by neighbors and community member. Rescuing food, sharing resources at a local level. Volunteers always welcome.
We're throwing together a day of workshops, crafts, talks & readings, and, of course, so you can grab your copy of grouphug. We'll be there with our other work, incense, and the work of some of the people who contributed to this issue of grouphug.
nick d'ornellas, issue three's featured artist, will exhibit his incredible print work for the event.
We'll have workshops from :
- nick d'ornellas (website) building a community weaving project from his own printwork off-cuts, and your own items! Bring bits and pieces you want woven into this project!
- missvideo4u (website) on the relationship to memory/media preservation & distribution, to be developed into a video project.
- kohana wilson (website) our throughline feature artist needs your help to make a big looping flipbook! come complete frames they've drawn and contribute to this project.
- marina 'heron' tsaplina (website) will lead an eco-puppetry workshop to leave visible scars, in an act of suturing/repairing 60 soils-puppets that are used in performance to connect people to the spirit of the soil where the largest terrestrial oil spill in the (so-called) United States began.
Talks and readings from :
- missvideo4u giving a presentation on their generative and communal video work,
- margarett garrett sharing about her work as a criminal defense lawyer for immigrant populations,
- nick d'ornellas reading the beautiful piece he wrote as part of his feature in the magazine,
- jesse wolmart reading his NYC how-to guide, one of (7) in the magazine.
- marina t.s. heron (website) reading of their poetry featured in the magazine.
Also :
- seltzer,
- homemade cookies,
- a bake sale for Friendly Fridge BX and Fenix Community Fridge
and actually, much more...
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All that at the Brooklyn Peace Center on march 28, 2026 from 1:30pm to 5:30pm. Come celebrate the launch of grouphug issue three. We cannot wait for you to have this magazine in your arms.
grouphug issue three represents the work of so many thoughtful new yorkers, features the artwork of nick d'ornellas, kohana wilson, and the ethereal hauntings of Green-Wood Cemetery as witnessed by its grounds & restoration team, led by joe charap, sara evans, and neela wickremesinghe.
All bound together by the effort of your neighbors.
We thank Linco Printing for supplying us with their 50 years of expertise to produce our magazine.