The Garden Is Open!

Join us this Saturday as we kick off our backyard events season with a screening by [Visible Poetry Project](http://cityreliquary.org/vpp). Then, next Friday, engage all your senses as we indulge in the nostalgia that food can evoke at a [potluck with Beyond Bubbie](http://cityreliquary.org/bbpotluck).

Details below!

#### [Visible Poetry Project Screening](http://cityreliquary.org/vpp) Saturday, April 22 @ 7 PM [Artfully: $7/$5 Reliquary Members](https://www.artful.ly/store/events/11904) Door: $10/$8 Reliquary Members To inaugurate the new season of outdoor events at the Reliquary, and in honor of [National Poetry Month](https://www.poets.org/national-poetry-month/home), we welcome the Visible Poetry Project. See collaborative short films by select poets and filmmakers under the stars.

Discounted tickets online through [Artfully](https://www.artful.ly/store/events/11904). Admission will be slightly higher at the door.

Watch the Visible Poetry Project trailer to see some of their work: #### [Backyard Potluck with Beyond Bubbie](http://cityreliquary.org/bbpotluck) Friday, April 28 @ 7 PM Admission Variable (see below) The City Reliquary welcomes the [Reboot](rebooters.net) initiative [Beyond Bubbie](http://www.beyondbubbie.com) for an informal Shabbat-style potluck dinner and storytelling event.

Celebrate the rich, diverse narratives of New York City food culture through a dinner in the Reliquary garden. Share tales of your grandmother’s casseroles, your favorite bodega bacon-egg-and-cheese, or your go-to dim sum spot. Marinate in stories from neighbors spanning boroughs and generations while noshing on dishes from kitchens in all corners of the city.

Potluck participants should bring a food that evokes a memory. All guests are invited to bring a prop, poem, or song--something non-edible to facilitate sharing a story with the group. 

Scared to share? Contact [Zoe Penina Baker](mailto:zoe@rebooters.net?subject=Reboot%20at%20City%20Reliquary) from Reboot for help workshopping your story.

This event is part of the public programs for the current Reliquary exhibition [*Heroes of the Knish*](http://cityreliquary.org/knishheroes). This show explores the intersections of memory, food culture, and the immigrant history of New York City.

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**Admission:**
If bringing a dish: [$2 online](https://www.artful.ly/store/events/11943)/$5 at door. You must have the dish with you for entry at this price.

General admission: [$9 online](https://www.artful.ly/store/events/11943)/$12 at door

City Reliquary members: [$7 online](https://www.artful.ly/store/events/11943)/$10 at door

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Beyond Bubbie encourages the sharing of recipes and the stories and memories connected to food. The initiative has received coverage in Eater, the *New York Times*, and Flavorpill, among other outlets.

Check out the video of their **2013 Knish-Off**!

[Learn More](http://cityreliquary.org/bbpotluck)