July 6, 2026

Look What I Found in the Trash Care Café | July 21

July 21, 2026
Tuesday, 5-7pm

Community Arts Space
74A East 4th Street
New York, NY 10003

This is a free event! You can either RSVP through the link or drop in anytime between 5-7 pm.

Created by Lois Weaver
and cohosted with Kim Ima, Peggy Shaw,
Erin Amlicke, and Spencer Olsen

Photo by Lori E Seid

Third Tuesday Care Cafés

THIS MONTH

Who doesn’t like finding treasures in the trash? Especially when it offers some comfort or wisdom? I found the framed embroidery in the photo above in the giveaway pile at the county dump. And like the sampler says,

‘What wisdom

can you find

that is greater

than kindness’

For the July 21 Care Cafe, we invite you to bring a found wisdom or a trash treasure to share. It could be in the form of an object, a saying, a story, or even some magical trash materials that we might use to make something wise and wonderful – like a collage, a mobile, or a wall hanging like the one in the picture. As usual there will come cool refreshment and plenty of care and kindness to go around.

About

A Care Café asks us to turn up as we are, with no specific agenda, expectation, or discussion topic, simply asking the question: How can we maintain an attitude of care in an uncaring world?

Set up like a conventional café with small tables and chairs, the Care Café acts as a temporary venue for community and conversation with some simple table activities set up within a framework of care. Just by entering the room, we acknowledge something of our own needs in the present moment and our desire to give and receive care.

You can RSVP with La Mama to let us know you are coming, but you can drop in anytime between 5-7 pm.

To learn more about The Care Café and how to hold your own, please visit THIS page.