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WASH AVE ROCKS! A Washington Avenue Street Festival For Foodies, Fashionistas, & Families

Washington Avenue between St. Marks Ave. and Prospect Pl will come alive with local art, flavors, and families.

Event highlights include:

Taste-Off (Appetizer Contest) 1 p.m. will allow chefs to battle for the prize of "Best Appetizer." Judges will include Prospect Heights Patch ,Brooklyn Exposed and other local food bloggers. 

A runway show will feature fashion and hair exhibits by local clothing and beauty vendors.

Catch a full afternoon of performances by an eclectic mix of artists and dancers, including: VasudevaFREDRIX…LivendirectHigher Levin Steel Band, Ekayani Chamberlin, Sharon Azar, Keenan Bristol, and Kid Robot.

Children can participate in an African Dance class taught by Shambhala Yoga & Dance Center, a skateboarding class by Park Delicatessan, a moonwalk, face-painting, balloon art, and free snacks by NSA Supermarket.

Donate blood at “Music Brings Life” Blood Drive, co-sponsored by the New York Blood Center to raise 2012 pints of blood. The first thirty people that donate will receive a voucher for tickets to Nightmare: New York’s Most Horrifying Haunted House.

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