Prospect Heights artist (and Dean Playground crusader) Peter Krashes, pictured, got a mention today in Artforum’s Diary.

Linda Yablonsky writes: “…on Saturday afternoon … I dropped into Parker’s Box, in Williamsburg, for what the invitation had billed as a weekend ‘international art market’ … On their wall, Prospect Heights housemates Oliver Herring (Max Protetch) and Peter Krashes (Derek Eller) had photo-documented their careers and were mapping connections between them, many they had only just discovered.”

I know what you’re thinking - “How can I possibly compete in Atlantic Yards Smackdown: The Dailyheights.com Rock Paper Scissors Pro-Am Invitational on May 26 at Freddy’s when my RPS skills are so rusty? I haven’t trained all winter!”

Good news! TONIGHT at around 9:30 PM, a group of SMACKDOWN competitors will be gathering at an undisclosed location in Prospect Heights for a Pre-AYS Strategy Meeting. RPS will be thrown, and small quantities of money will be wagered (and large quantities of beer will be consumed).

We don’t have the location nailed down quite yet, so to get on the notification list for this (and other) pre-Smackdown trials, e-mail whatsnew@dailyheights.com.

Started at 11 a.m., on NBC, Channel 4. Thanks to Susan for the tip. Wasn’t Knit Guy supposed to give us a heads up on this?

UPDATE from Tony’s e-mail blast: “Freddy’s Knit Night was the first feature clip on the Jane Pauley Show. That’s right, folks–10 whole seconds of Bar/Knitting wonderment! One must ask, how can they call this neighborhood blighted? We have knitting, like most civilized countries.”

Stay tuned for the TIVOed clip whenever “we” get around to it.

Writer, comedian and Prospect Heights resident Jon Friedman brings The Rejection Show back to P.S. 122 on Wednesday, May 18th.

“The Rejection Show is a comedic based event that embraces the rejected and ‘turned down’ material of writers, comedians, cartoonists, artists, and human beings whom display their creative ‘failures’ live on stage.”
Link: The Rejection Show

WHAT’S THE STORY WITH THIS PHOTO? Jon tells us: “I used the bear as a way for me to do some comedy bits that would otherwise be rejected at other shows. For example….I slow-danced with it to Madonna’s ‘Crazy for You’, and I did a segment called ‘How My Favorite Movies Would be Different if They Were Starring a Bear.’”

The Rejection Show | May 18, 2005; P.S. 122 (150 1st Ave + 9th St.) @ 8PM

Featuring Mike Albo (Author, The Underminer), Andrea Rosen (Comedian, Variety Shac), Nick Stevens (Comedian, ESPN’s Dream Job), Chad Darbyshire, Drew Dernavich, & Matt Diffee (Cartoonists, The New Yorker) & The winner of the “Air Guitar with a Llama Contest!”

Plus “Rejection Inspection,” special guest clapper with “Rejectee” (The rejected Rejection Show mascot,) & more. Tickets available via Ticketweb or at the P.S. 122 box office.

sje writes: I found yesterday afternoon that the corner of Vanderbilt and Bergen (in front of Daffodil Hardware) has been Rock & Stopped! This is done by an artistic duo who go by the moniker “Thundercut” (http://www.thundercut.com), and who are also ProHo residents, albiet secretive ones. They leave public artworks in many places, there’s a few beautiful cutout wooden seahorses and bubbles a bit further up on Bergen.”

“Rock & Stop” is cool, but wouldn’t “Stop & Rock” be even cooler? I guess you can interpret it any way you want.

sje writes: I found yesterday afternoon that the corner of Vanderbilt and Bergen (in front of Daffodil Hardware) has been Rock & Stopped! This is done by an artistic duo who go by the moniker “Thundercut” (http://www.thundercut.com), and who are also ProHo residents, albiet secretive ones. They leave public artworks in many places, there’s a few beautiful cutout wooden seahorses and bubbles a bit further up on Bergen.”

“Rock & Stop” is cool, but wouldn’t “Stop & Rock” be even cooler? I guess you can interpret it any way you want.

Underhill Stacey writes: “These are my two ProHo cuties. Brandon is 9 years old, and the world’s best son. And this is a picture of him with his kitten, Sonic. Sonic does not seem to know that he is a cat. He loves to play with Brandon’s Game Boy, and gets annoyed if Brandon does not let him lay in front of him and watch.”

Q. Why is Brandon the World’s Best Son? And does he have a coffee mug to prove it? “He is the world’s best son because he thinks I am the best mom ever … he thinks I am way cool … And because he tells everyone his mom is 25 years old.”

Cuties in the Queue! Keep on compulsively reloading Daily Heights … On deck, we’ve got a penguin (!) and a cat that sits like a human. Where is your cutie? Send to cuties@dailyheights.com.

Here’s the announcement as it appeared on Yahoo! Groups. Speaking of Yahoo groups, DAILY HEIGHTS is now the moderator of the prospect_heights Yahoo group. Go take a look:

Click to join prospect_heights

BLOCK PARTY AND PLANT SALE! SATURDAY MAY 14 NOON-5PM PARK PLACE BETWEEN
UNDERHILL AND WASHINGTON

PLAY AND RIDE IN THE STREET!
PONY RIDES FROM 2-4 chalk,bike racing, bubbles and more
BAKE SALE BOOKS RECORDS PLANT SALE!!!!
TALENT SHOW–Your neighbors showing off their talents on stage!!! Jazz,
Poety, songs, music,
FUN! FUN!FUN!
PARK PLACE UNDERHILL AVENUE BLOCK ASSOCIATION
to volunteer or for talent show send an e-mail and we will pass along your message.