UPDATE: Click here for the most up-to-date schedule for Sunday, September 6th!

We're starting off with a bang! Move About Myrtle kicks off on September 6th with a jam-packed schedule of free activities, music, and merchant specials, and were adding more every week. Make sure to visit our website for the most up-to-date schedule of activities for each date.

In case you're just hearing about this for the first time…Move About Myrtle will transform Myrtle Avenue in Clinton Hill into an active, temporary pedestrian friendly public space between Clinton and Emerson perfect for walking, cycling, dancing, and people-watching! From 11am to 7pm each Sunday in September, the commercial corridor will become a neighborhood plaza, all organized with the help of local community groups and Myrtle merchants.

Heres a block-by-block summary of the activities planned for September 6th:

Emerson  Grand
The Brooklyn Urban Arts Market returns! This annual open-air market anchored by live music, DIY fashion, and local creative culture. Rock out with youth band School of Rock All Stars at noon, or dance to the old-school jams of DJs Soul Summit at 3pm. A temporary roller rink will bring some additional throw back flavor to this years events. Get your trendy back-to-school shopping done too. Brought to you by MARP, Rebel Music Management, BAM, Deutsche Bank.

Hall-Ryerson
Celebrate local farmers, local restaurants and local food initiatives with your neighbors on Myrtle between Hall and Ryerson, a block dedicated entirely to a delicious topic: food.

12pm -3pm CSA Potluck Picnics -With blankets and home-cooked food in tow, the Fort Greene CSA will be taking over a plot of the food block each week to host potluck picnics open to all. The first potluck will be an eat-in to raise awareness and take action for real food in our schools, and initiative championed by Slow Food USA.

12pm  2pm Teen Iron Chefs – Every Sunday, a small crew of local teens will be hosting interactive cooking demonstrations with seasonal, locally grown produce donated by Greenmarket farmers.

4pm  6pm Local Chef Cooking Demonstrations-Chefs from newly-opened Myrtle restaurant SanSouci will showcase their tasty Caribbean fare.

All day: Raised Garden Bed Construction – Local food activist Tree Williams from LiveSip will host an all day interactive eventconstructing and planting a mobile raised bed garden to be donated at the end of the day.

Washington  Hall
Brought to you by local yoga and dance studio Move with Grace , this block will feature free yoga, dance, and themed dance parties on each of the four Sundays. The first Sunday includes:

11am Mom and Me Yoga  Bring your mat!
1pm African Dance with drummers s  Bring your rhythm!
4pm Caribbean Celebration  Bring your flag!

Waverly  Clinton
For kids (and the inner child in all of us), this block will be devoted to good old-fashioned fun! Street games (think: four square), hula hoops, jump ropes, and sidewalk chalk will be on hand for open use throughout the day.

1pm-3pm Hoopdancing Class– Join Fitnotic trainer Sheryl Wilson, CPT, for a free beginners' class in hoopdancing – the latest fitness craze sweeping NYC! Class is appropriate for children and adults of all ages. In addition to hoopdancing instruction, Fitnotic specializes in prenatal, postnatal and mommy & me group fitness classes and personal training programs. Learn a few tricks and get a great workout!

Merchant Specials + Promotions

Five Spot is hosting an eating competition (food category still TBD) and music throughout the day outside the restaurant to celebrate their 13th Anniversary (Myrtle at Washington)

Enjoy free smoothie samples at Karrot (Myrtle between Clinton and Waverly)

Come to Green in BKLYN to recycle your batteries and cell phones (Myrtle between Clinton and Waverly)

Learn how to make your own pesto at Anima (Myrtle between Washington and Waverly)

NYCPet.com is providing a treats and a pet pool so that your animal friends can enjoy themselves too (Myrtle at Washington)

Myrtle Windows Gallery – New Works

4pm-8pm Opening Reception at Pillow Cafe (Myrtle between Ryerson and Grand?
Celebrate the opening of the fourth Myrtle Windows Gallery installation, which brings the works of local artists to storefront windows on Myrtle between Hall and Clinton. This exhibition is curated by Kennis Baptiste of The Rising Arts Gallery, and includes photography, paintings and multi-media works.

Interested in helping out? Well need a small army of volunteers to make this happen, and were lucky to have partnered with NY Cares for all four events. If youre interested in helping out — and believe us, it wont be possible without you  give Meredith a shout at Meredith@myrtleavenue.org.

Thanks to our sponsors: Pratt Institute, Associated, and Society for Clinton Hill.