On
August 8th, around 11.30am, 17th Street between 5th and 6th Avenues will be closed to traffic and they will be having one of its annual block parties. Given that it is a South Slope street, it provides enough incline for a soap box derby.

Woo hoo.

*We
will obviously be taking every precaution to make this event as fun and
safe as possible for the kids including brakes on the cars and a net on
the end of the course but a bicycle helmet and any other protective
gear is surely a good idea," says one of the organizers of the event.

This will come after a three week workshop for kids conducted by artists Hubert Dobler and Monika Wuhrer of Open Source Gallery, who will supevise the kids in the construction of creative, fun
and functional soap box racers made out of found materials.
I think the workshop is full and they are not accepting applications. But they say everyone is welcome to drop by to see the workshop in action.