Recess

Air purifiers will be present, and we ask all guests to mask. For those who cannot mask due to an access need, we will make rapid covid tests available for you to take prior to entry. Thank you for practicing safety with us.

• Listen to the audio works, including Ridgewood Sick Center — the radio play that sparked the installation. • View the artworks and archives, including sick music scores, drawings of real & imagined instruments for horizontal players, and clippings from historical newspapers

This is your last week to visit the Sick Center at Recess—closing this Saturday January 10th! Open Hours: Thursday - Saturday, 12-5 pm

We can’t wait to see you in January for the final weeks of the Sick Music Center—to continue practices of sick listening, collective attunement, and care-centered experimentation together. Thank you for being part of this community. See you in the New Year!

The Sick Music Center remains open by appointment from December 26–January 2. If you’d like to visit during that time, please reach out to sickcenters@gmail.com to schedule.

As the year comes to a close, we’re wishing our community a warm, safe, and restorative end to 2025. 💛 Recess will be closed through January 2, reopening on January 3.

Your donation directly invests in this infrastructure of care. It helps fund free programming, artist salaries, youth stipends,& the holistic support network that defines Recess’ abolitionist approach Give before the 31st Campaign Deadline: loom.ly/jTm0mFg

This message underscores what your patronage makes possible: lights on and doors open, yes—but also mental health counseling, somatic support, community partnerships, and the conditions for artists and youth to flourish.

In this installment of our end-of-year video series, Saadiq Anderson-Bey, LMSW, CASAC, Recess Artist Social Worker, shares how your support sustains not only the art we produce—but the emotional and mental well-being of the artists and young people who make that work possible.

New Critical Writing piece by Gabrielle Rucker, written in conjunction with the Session project, Deli Radio. Rucker’s reflections, written 3,000 miles from the physical space of Deli Radio, explores isolation and connection. 🔗 Available online now: loom.ly/wK7fZb4

Join artist Ziedah Diata for a guided mantra-creation workshop where we will draw, write, & weave words with the healing sounds of water. Participants will leave with a personal prayer, poem, meditation, or mantra. Sat, Nov 1 & Sun, Nov 2 | 2–5pm RSVP: loom.ly/UgFWFxI

Every offering becomes part of the collective work — a living reflection of how we carry memory, movement, and care across time. Drop-in Hours at PORTALS: Thursday–Saturday 12–5pm 🔗 Learn more about PORTALS: Traversing Black Continuums — loom.ly/h5g_Rz0

You’re welcome to contribute to the evolving PORTALS community altar — bring something seemingly mundane that holds personal meaning for you. You can also choose to share a story or respond to one of the prompts provided.

During open hours, community members are invited to witness and participate in the art-making process. Stop by, linger, and be part of this unfolding space.