Satellite Magazine: Let's Talk About Cities + Strategic + Orange Burn + Mountain Animation @ The Way Station

7:30pm- Satellite Magazine: Let’s Talk About Cities
Better budgeting
Participatory budgeting is a democratic process in which community members directly decide how to spend part of a public budget. Since 2009, the Participatory Budgeting Project has provided support for more than 60,000 people allocating more than $45,000,000. Communications director David Beasley will use New York City as a case study to discuss how participatory budgeting can improve governance.

Dirt and data
Farming Concrete works with urban gardeners and farmers to design and use tools for measuring the good things they do. Mara Gittleman will discuss why data is important for the survival of community gardens and urban farms in NYC and show what folks are growing in these spaces, literally and metaphorically.

Urban micro-histories
Nonprofit documentary arts center UnionDocs has spent years restoring a 1984 film about the Latino community in its Williamsburg neighborhood. Founder and executive artistic director Christopher Allen will present.

Taxi history
New Yorkers are used to seeing yellow, green, and black cabs every day. But how do NYC’s many car services actually work and why did the system evolve this way? JP Allen, creator of the new CityLove YouTube channel, veteran of NYC government and the taxi-app wars, will explore the history, economics, and politics of your next cab ride.

*Image credit: Chris Kreussling via Creative Commons

9pm- Strategic
Genre:neo-funk
For fans of: Snarky Puppy, Lettuce, Gap Band

If your looking to see some good music that you can dance too, Strategic is the perfect band for you to check out. The music is a refreshing new sound on the live music scene, so groovy you can’t help but get up and dance. Energetic and lively come out and experience the strategic sound.

https://www.facebook.com/StrategicBand?ref=br_tf /

10pm- Orange Burn
Genre: Funk
For fans of: The Isley Brothers, Orgone, Parliament – Funkadelic, Roy Ayers, Donald Byrd, Chic, Tommy Bolin, Snarky Puppy

Orange Burn has a grand vision to make the most interesting funk music the world has ever heard. We play funk music and put jazz influence, prog influence and rock influence into that. We write catchy music that has groove, soul and sophistication. We’re a five piece and out music feature all of the members talents.

facebook.com/OrangeBurnNYC
Soundcloud.com/OrangeBurn
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQZFi5ja-OJYtvVTvgBRONg

11pm- Mountain Animation
Genre: Psych-Folk
For fans of: Townes Van Zandt, King Crimson

Up-tempo and ecstatic rock music played with banjos and violins.

“Zack Orion and Scott Murphy’s music is rhythmically playful yet possesses pathos that’s hard to shake.” -Aarik Danielsen, Columbia Daily Tribune

www.mountainanimation.com
www.mountainanimation.bandcamp.com