An Evening of Haitian Poetry and Music, 08/20
Presented by Bowery Arts + Science and City Lore, in collaboration with Haiti Cultural Exchange and La Troupe Makandal, Performances of oral and literary poetry were accompanied by building-sized projections via the poetry mobil.

Contemporary Expressions: Art from the Guyana Diaspora, 08/13–09/03
Curator: Carl E. Hazlewood
Artists: Arlington Weithers, Philip Moore, Frank Bowling, R.A.Victor Davson, Donald Locke, Andrew Lyght, Dudley Charles, Leila Locke

To Gather, 08/06–08/13
Part performance, part installation, part gathering place in FiveMyles Garage Space. Event organized by Erin Gleason

Poetry and Music, 07/31
Event organized by Katie Byrum

Crown Heights Memory Project, 07/16–08/06
Photographs by Hiroki Kobayashi

Don't Think Twice, It's All Right, 07/12
Theater Installation with Bob Dylan Puppet by Daniel Parmanetter

10.000, 07/01-07/09
Installation of 10,000 Toy Soldiers by Francis Hollenkamp

When the Drum is beating (film), 06/26
Haitian Cultural Exchange presents the film directed by Whitney Dow.

New Work by Ernest Rosenberg, 06/21 –06/ 27
curated by Kevin L. Walks

F.O.K.U.S. and Soul of Brooklyn Art Market, 06/01

Stand (*an autumn play), 5/12-5/15
Presented by The American Laboratory

Definitions, 3/11-3/18
Exhibition of artwork made by students from Pratt Institute, organized by The Drawing Club.

We Are Nebeneinander. (We Are Side By Side.) With devised text from James Joyceʼs A Portrait of the Artist As A Young Man, 1/6-1/9
Presented by The American Laboratory

2010

Vodou Brooklyn - Book Launch and Performance, 12/18
Hosted by Stephanie Keith and Mambo Marie Carmel

Hanukkah puppet show, 12/08
by Craig Judelman

Ain't No Respect (For the soulsinger), 10/23 –10/24
An AfroFuturistic One-Womyn Show
by Karine Fleurima

Photographs from the Book, 08/08 –08/29
In the Presence of Family: Brooklyn portraits
by Ann Rosen

Paintings by Charles Lutz, 07/10 –08/01
Employing techniques used by pre-20th Century artisans, Charles Lutz's work deals with the nature of human desires and explore economic, social, and financial markets, including the contemporary art market.

Fashion Show, 06/27 at 6 p.m.
New Designs by George Beck

Gentrifying Brooklyn: The Buying, Selling and Repackaging of Crown Heights, 06/19 at 7 p.m.
Film by Laurel Brown and Abeni Garrett
Neighborhood borders and identities are being shifted in Crown Heights to attract more affluent buyers into this community.

The Slave Theater , 06/06 – 06/20
Photographs by Hiroki Kobayashi
In an effort to preserve the beautiful murals and paintings on the walls, Hiroki Kobayashi has documented this old theater on Fulton Street in Brooklyn, where generations of kids saw their first movies and where black activists held their meetings.

Expats, 05/16 – 05/29
Multimedia work by Salome Asega
Video by Yared Zeleke
With her multimedia work, Salome Asega negotiates ideas of Afro-identities, Transnationality and Movement. Yared Zelenke's film shows the story of Ye'absira, or Allula, a five year old who came close to being an orphan in one of the slums of Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Third Avenue Repertory Theater, 05/13 at 8 p.m.
A workshop-performance sequel to The Immigration Project – Anything to Declare?

International High School at Prospect Heights, 05/08 – 05/09
Annual Exhibition of artwork made by students from the International High School at Prospect Heights, organized by their art teacher Cynthia Chatman

Jack Ceglic draws neighbors on St. Johns Place, 05/06 – 05/08
For three days Jack Ceglic welcomes all neighbors who pass by the gallery to sit and have their portraits drawn in pen and ink.

Summer Space Program 2010, 05/03 – 08/29
The Space Program presents short exhibitions and impromptu events in the gallery space in-between FiveMyles' regular exhibition schedule. These performances, workshops, film viewings and exhibits show interesting and stimulating new work.

Coatlicue Theatre Company, 03/06/2010
Water is My Blood, Written, performed and directed by Hortencia and Elvira Colorado. Two native woman, the well-known Colorado Sisters, will perform a work on the sacredness of water. It is presented by the Coatlicue Theatre Company the women founded 21 years ago to create original works addressing social, political, cultural, and identity issues, and conducting story-telling/theatre workshops and performances throughout the Americas.


2009

St. Johns Place on Stage X, 08/22 2–6pm
The annual community barbecue and performance fest, now in its tenth year. With music performed by the Haitian band Djarara, dancing by Special and the St. Johns Place Summer Dancers, plus singing, storytelling and more.

Low Lives, 08/08 6–9pm
Curated by: Jorge Rojas
Low Lives is an event of live performance-based works transmitted via the internet by artists from different parts of the world and projected in real time. In collaboration with Diaspora Vibe Gallery in Miami, FL; and labotanica, Houston, TX.

Love, Life and Redemption, 07/25 – 07/26
A theater work written, produced and directed by Setor Attipoe {http://www.lambtoalion.com}

Turnstile I, 07/16 – 09/06
Curated by Elizabeth Josephson
The first of three exhibitions from The Riker’s Island Project, Turnstile I presents 67 paintings by adolescent inmates. Several of the artists in the exhibit are young men with unusual visual aptitude, who aspire to become professional artists; others use art-making as a means to explore the self.

Hip Hop Summit "Brooklyn Retrospect," 07/11 – 07/12
Organized by Educated Voices
Exhibition of Hip Hop photography and art
Artists: Giselle May, Tron, Vince Hunter, Flint707, Gibran K. Brown, Wayne Winston and Ramon "Redeem" Trevino

Panel Discussion on the past and future of Hip Hop, 07/11 4–7pm
Moderator: Jae Michael
Panelists: Count Coolout, Paula Perry, Break Easy, John Potash, & Bama of The Ex-Vandals.
Open Dance Circle featuring: The Dynasty Rockers, Shack Crew & Kid Freeze

International High School at Prospect Heights, 06/23 – 06/25
Annual Exhibition of artwork made by students from the International High School at Prospect Heights, organized by their art teacher Cynthia Chatman

Photo Essays, 01/10 – 01/22
Photo essays and video presentation by Debby Branch, Michael Britto, Fred Hecker, Stephane Barile, and Faith Astrada.


2008

St. Johns Place on Stage X, 8/23
A neighborhood barbecue and performance festival

End-of-the-Summer Exhibition , 8/17 – 8/23
Photographs from the photo-journalism workshop

Film Screening, 7/22
“Without the King”, Discussion with Director Michael Skolnik

Looking and Seeing on St. Johns Place, 7/25 – 8/15
Photography workshop with photographer Michael Britto

Opinion Polling, 7/5 – 8/17
Artist in residence, photographer Michael Britto, polls the neighborhood’s opinion on various issues discussed by the presidential candidates.

The Diamonds Forever Dance Program, 7/5 – 8/23
On-going and open dance rehearsals for girls with DJ Super Squad; Performance on August 23rd

Seeing Josephine, 6/28
Video work about Josephine Baker, by Wayne Hodger

Soweto 360, 6/1
iSintu presents the 2nd annual event, commemorating the June 16, 1976 Soweto Uprisings


2007

St. Johns Place on Stage IX, 8/25
The Summer King opera presented by The American Opera Project
A neighborhood barbecue and performance festival

Summer Dancing for Kids, throughout July and August
The FiveMyles Open-Door dance program, under the direction of Chana Adams, takes place several times a week for neighborhood kids during the summer vacation.

Utopias, throughout July
During July artist-in-residence Matt Freedman works with local high school kids on the drawing, painting and construction of Utopias, the resulting artworks to be exhibited in the gallery during August.

Summer Pleasures, Friday, July 20, 6–8 p.m.
An evening of poetry, songs and music by women artists. Organized by Leslie-Ann Murray.

There Goes the Neighborhood, Sound Installation, 6/21 – 7/15
Shawn Lane and Michael Britto have interviewed neighbors from this Crown Heights community, to talk about the changes taking place everyone's life because of the rapid real estate development in the area. These interviews are collaged with sounds from the neighborhood and will become a sound installation in the gallery throughout the summer. With photographs of the neighborhood by Michael Britto and a video by Julia O’Farrow of the co-ops and condominiums appearing seemingly overnight in the neighborhood.