Friday Night in Sunset Park: City Farm Summer Series presents Slothrust at Industry City

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Wednesday Night in Sunset Park: Willie Villegas y Entre Amigos at Industry City

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Sunday Afternoon in Sunset Park: The Bell House Summer Series presents Willie Villegas and Entre Amigos at Industry City

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Saturday Afternoon in Flatbush: Brooklyn March Against Gentrification, Racism and Police Violence starting at Ocean Avenue and Parkside Avenue

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Late Saturday Afternoon in Sunset Park: Boricua Festival presents Salsa at the Waterfront with Eddie Palmieri and La Perfecta 11 at the 58th Street Pier

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Sunday Afternoon in Sunset Park: Grupo Latin Vibe at Industry City

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Thursday Night in Sunset Park: Transviolet at Industry City Courtyard

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Friday Morning in Sunset Park: Brownsville-Bound New B35 Limited Bus at 39th Street and Third Avenue

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Late Sunday Morning in Sunset Park: The Great Brooklyn Lobster Boil at The Landing at Industry City

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Friday Night in Sunset Park: Armin Van Buuren at The Brooklyn Hangar

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Sunday Afternoon in Sunset Park: Cinco de Mayo Parade up Fifth Avenue and Festival at Sunset Park

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Friday Night/Saturday Morning in Sunset Park: Time Warp US featuring Ricardo Villalobos, Luciano, Seth Troxler, Jamie Jones, Black Coffee at the 39th Street Pier

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Sunday Night in Sunset Park: FKA twigs at the Brooklyn Hangar

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Sunday Afternoon in Sunset Park: Los Tecuanis de Piaxtla on Fourth Avenue and 55th Street

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Saturday Afternoon in Sunset Park: Anti-Police Brutality March from Fifth Avenue and 46th Street to the 72nd Precinct on Fourth Avenue and 29th Street

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Friday Night in Sunset Park: Skrillex featuring A$AP Rocky, Lunice and Tokimonsta at the Brooklyn Hangar

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Tuesday Night in Sunset Park: Stars of the Lid with Wordless Music Orchestra at the Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Help

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Late Sunday Afternoon in Sunset Park: Lion Dance at Grand Opening Chinatown Exit Sunrise Realty on 8th Avenue and 46th Street

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Sunday Evening in Sunset Park: Kinus HaShiluchim 5774/2013 Gala Banquet at the South Brooklyn Marine Terminal

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Thanksgiving Morning in Sunset Park: Occupy Sandy Relief at St. Jacobi Lutheran Church

Since we're useless at food prep or cooking, after we dropped off our donations for Occupy Sandy's Thanksgiving dinners at the kitchen at St. Johns Episcopal Church in Bay Ridge, we went up Fourth Avenue to Sunset Park to report for more suitable duty at one of the Occupy Sandy Recovery centers, St. Jacobi Lutheran Church, a beehive of frenetic activity.

It is a distribution and drop-off center,

and cars were lined up Fourth Avenue outside on both sides of the streets, getting loaded with food as Occupy Sandy volunteers in bright yellow vests skillfully directed the vehicles.

At the reception area, we filled our name, address, email, and phone; made a nametag with our first name;

and were told to report to the church sanctuary for new volunteer orientation

facilitated by Abraham, who explained a lot in a short period of time

in the spirit of the Occupy movement and an awareness of the needs of both volunteers (make sure you take care of yourself first, he said, and not overwork) and the people we will be working with.

There were lines outside for drivers and a shorter one for those of us who didn't have a car.

Four of us were assigned to go to Rockaway with Jordi from Bed-Stuy and we got into his car and were off,

our destination: Beach 113th Street in Rockaway.

We were excited to be going to a place we considered home but also a little afraid we'd be depressed at seeing destruction and devastation in an area where we spent so much of our life.