FORT GREENE -- Move About Myrtle, which begins next Sunday, Sept. 6, will take the Department of Transportation’s pedestrian streets program to a whole new level. Every Sunday in September will rock on Myrtle Avenue, with workshops, a roller rink, dance classes, and most importantly, a safe family space to just “be.� Check out some of these programs, set up for Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

• Greening Your Urban Jungle... a workshop for Your Budding Concrete Cultivator Join local food educators and activists for an afternoon of easy and exciting urban greening. Come learn the basics of starting your own plants from seed, building raised-bed gardens, food recycling from scraps to soil and the diversity of New York's growing season. All activities take place on the Food Block on Myrtle between Hall and Ryerson.

• Myrtle Windows Gallery – Opening Reception Come celebrate the newest installation in the Myrtle Windows Gallery series at Pillow Café (505 Myrtle Ave.) from 4 to 8 p.m. The reception is free, and light refreshments will be available! Meet and support local Brooklyn artists!

• The BRANCH Project

The Citibank parking lot at Clinton and Myrtle will be transformed into a temporary library branch, free to everyone! On Sept. 6, volunteer designers and librarians will work with local residents and visitors, kids and adults, to plan and design the space. Come out and tell us how the library should look and what kind of books and activities it should offer. Architecture for Humanity will also display ideas generated from a design competition on the temporary library.

• Free Screen-Printed Tote Bags by Pratt’s Pressure Print Collective
Pratt’s printmakers will be silk screening live onto canvas tote bags that will be given away to the visitors while supplies last. Support sustainability by picking up a reusable shopping bag at Move About Myrtle (between Ryerson Avenue and Grand Street, beginning at 11 a.m.)

• Brooklyn Urban Arts Market & Roller Rink
The Brooklyn Urban Arts Market returns. This annual open-air market anchored by live music, DIY fashion, and local creative culture. Rock out with youth band School of Rock All Stars at noon, or dance to the old-school jams of DJs Soul Summit at 3 p.m. A temporary roller rink (which has a special guest co-sponsor this week – the Clinton Hill Blog) will bring some additional “throwback� flavor to this year’s events. Get your trendy back-to-school shopping done too with local favorites like Harriet’s Alter Ego and Coup d’Etat Brooklyn (Myrtle between Emerson and Grand).

• Free dance and yoga classes
Brought to you by local yoga and dance studio Move with Grace, this block will feature free yoga, dance, and dance parties on each of the four Sundays. The first Sunday includes Mom and Me Yoga (11 a.m,), African Dance with drummers (1 p.m.) and Caribbean Flag Celebration! (Myrtle between Washington and Hall)

• Hoopdancing Class for All Ages
For kids (and the inner child in all of us), Myrtle between Ryerson and Grand (note change in location) in front of the Post Office will be devoted to good old-fashioned fun! Street games (think: four square), hula hoops, jump ropes, and sidewalk chalk will be on hand for open use throughout the day. From 1 to 3 p.m., take part in a free Hoopdancing Class with Fitnotic trainer Sheryl Wilson. Learn a few tricks and get a great workout.

• Cooking Demos and Free Tastings
In front of Associated Supermarket (between Hall and Washington), we’re setting up a cooking station where all kinds of healthy food will be prepared by local chefs of all ages! Teen Iron Chefs (noon-2 p.m.) will be hosting interactive cooking demonstrations with seasonal, locally grown produce donated by Greenmarket farmers. Taste the fare of soon-to-open Sans Souci, a new Caribbean restaurant on Myrtle between Washington Park and Carlton, from 2 to 4 p.m.

• Merchant Specials and Promotions

* Five Spot is hosting an eating competition (food category still TBD) and music throughout the day outside the restaurant to celebrate their 13th Anniversary (Myrtle at Washington)

* Enjoy free smoothie samples at Karrot (Myrtle Avenue between Clinton and Waverly streets)

* Come to Green in BKLYN to recycle your batteries and cell phones (Myrtle Avenue between Clinton and Waverly streets)

* Learn how to make your own pesto at Anima (Myrtle Avenue between Washington and Waverly streets)

* NYCPet.com is providing a treats and a pet pool so that your animal friends can enjoy themselves too (Myrtle Avenue at Washington Street)

And that’s just the first week. In the coming weeks, according to the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership, there will be a Parks Department Mobile Unit featuring free skates; a New York Transit Museum exhibit with historic photos from its collection to preview its upcoming Myrtle Avenue El exhibit, "Last Day of the Myrtle Avenue El: Photographs by Theresa King"; design workshops for the upcoming Myrtle Avenue Pedestrian Plaza; a recycled arts and crafts projects with Livable Streets Education, a mobile farm in the back of a truck, bike safety lessons for kids from Bike NY, and more.

--Compiled by Gina Osnovich

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