When: August 15, 10am-5pm
Where: Picnic House North, Prospect Park, Brooklyn
We are moving our event to Sunday the 15th due to the rain. We will contact you if you get the tickets before this change.
It’s hard to imagine how we could’ve sustained the past year without nature. Be it the light seeping through clouds, the orchestra of the singing birds, the fresh air through the open windows, the plants in the gardens, or the wonders we experience through tea. Let those moments grow.
Join us to steep and sip tea together in the park with arts and music, sharing what we all appreciate through nature and connection.
See you there!
Lunch+General Admission ticket includes a Vegan Middle Eastern lunch from Tanabel. Order by August 12.
Cannot afford the ticket? Apply here to get your ticket fare covered.
Check out the details of the involving artists and collaborators below.
Nature Walk & Tea with Sara Shacket
10:30 am - 12:00 pm ( FULL )
Take a walk through some of Sara’s favorite trails of prospect park to enjoy the natural surroundings, and pause to enjoy a cup of tea. Joined by flutist Francesca Teora.
Heart Sutra Collectives with Ines Sun
(All ages are welcome! ) 2-4 pm
Everyone can write and can find peace and calm from calligraphy writing. Write and copy the Heart Sutra in Chinese Calligraphy style with Ines Sun. The partially copied sutras from NYC will be completed in a silk tea hut, which will later be installed at the Hoshino Ceramic Museum, Japan.
2pm
Based in New York, Innov Gnawa carries on the ancenstral heritage of the musical tradition in Morocco. The Grammy-nominated group is led by Maalem Hassan Benjaafar along with Amino Belyamani, and Ahmed Jeriouda.
Music by Hadi Eldebek from The Brooklyn Nomads
4pm
With roots in Middle Eastern and Arabic music traditions, the musician will explore songs from different cultures in new ways and create a listening experience that captures the joy and energy of our live concerts to make connections between different cultures and their people.
Hindustani Sarod by Michael Gam
3pm
3pmMichael is a New York City-based bassist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and producer in the lineage of Jazz bass giant Ray Brown and Hindustani sarod maestro Ali Akbar Khan. He will be performing an afternoon melody from the Hindustani (North Indian) traditional repertoire.
Squish in Summer 2021 by Yuko Nishikawa
Squish is a collection of handmade snuggling tea cups and flower vases which are formed by gently squishing them against one another when the clay is still soft and supple… The raffle winners will receive a pair of ceramics: one for themselves to keep, and the other to give to their friends as an invitation to the joy of sharing time and tea.
Drawing a Line to the Sun with smudge studio
10am - 10:30pm ( 2 spots left )
Drawing A Line to the Sun invites guests to re-establish an awareness of our direct connection to the sun, which has fueled planetary systems on Earth for the past 4.6 billion years….This tea-based micro-production will create a context for experiencing these singular moments of change together.
12pm - 5pm
Get your cup ready and fill them up with all the brews and the spirits of tea! Sharing what we appreciate in tea is one of our biggest joys in life. Let it be the flavor, the tranquility of time, the moments of connection, the sparks of life, or whatever else you discover.
(For lunch included ticket.)
Tanabel is a Brooklyn-based food and events company that works with refugee women from across the Middle East, preparing and preserving their traditional recipes. Each order will be individually packed and delivered to the park during lunchtime.
Burmese Sanwin Makin and Tea Leaf Salad by Syr
12pm
Tea leaves were used for cooking in many tea origins a long time ago. Some cultures still do nowadays. Burma is one of them! Let’s try this delicious dish like how locals appreciate it. Enjoy the Burmese Sanwin Makin with the tea.
Check out our COVID Health Protocols for outdoor events.
Summer Tea 2021 is part of the Nature Tea 2021 series. Our Nature Tea 2021 is sponsored, in part, by the Greater New York Arts Development Fund of the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, administered by Brooklyn Arts Council (BAC).
