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Around Town: Brooklyn and Queens Events (as we get them)
Jan 11, 2006
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden (BBG) Events
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue
718/623-7200, www.bbg.org
FYI: BBG is a living or plant museum. Picking the plants is against the law
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Date: - Sunday, March 1
Time: 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Description: Visions of Nature 2009: BBG Student/Teacher Art Exhibition.
:: Public Programs, Gallery Exhibits, Tours
This annual art exhibition in the Steinhardt Conservatory Gallery showcases the finest work of adult artists studying and teaching at BBG. Works display the range of media used in classes at the Garden, including watercolor, pen and ink, photography, printmaking, and more.
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BBG 2009 Calendar of Events
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Friday, March 6
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Tai Chi Chuan I begins
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Tai chi chuan ("supreme ultimate force") is a Chinese martial art emphasizing how one's yin and yang can be brought to balance. This class includes step-by-step instruction in the principles of this ancient Chinese exercise. No previous experience is necessary.
(Pre-registration required)
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Date: Friday, March 6
Time: 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Tai Chi Chuan II begins
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Tai chi chuan ("supreme ultimate force") is a Chinese martial art emphasizing how one's yin and yang can be brought to balance. This class is appropriate for those who have taken Tai Chi Chuan I or have experience.
(Pre-registration required)
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Friday, March 6
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM
Tai Chi Chuan III begins
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
This class offers advanced study of tai chi. Students should have completed Tai Chi I and II or have equivalent experience. (Pre-registration required)
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Saturday, March 7
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Making Brooklyn Bloom 2009
:: Community Horticulture
Kick off spring gardening with this free event featuring displays, workshops, and speakers. The day focuses on timely topics that make gardening more sustainable.
No preregistration is required, but you must arrive at 10 a.m. to register for the day's workshops. Call 718-623-7250.
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Saturday, March 7 - Sunday, May 24
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Gallery Exhibition: My Favorite Garden: Works by Monika E. de Vries Gohlke
:: Public Programs, Gallery Exhibits, Tours
This impressive collection of watercolors, etchings, drypoints, aquatints, and sketches in pencil were produced over the last decade. The exhibition features images of the Garden's roses, orchids, and peonies, as well as some of BBG's remarkable trees, including hand-colored etchings of mango and coffee trees in the Tropical Pavilion and watercolors of the lesser-known native pawpaw and the curious Japanese raisin tree. The artist is a fellow of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Florilegium Society, and her work is in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Saturday, March 7
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Guided Tour
:: Public Programs, Gallery Exhibits, Tours
Free guided tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. Meet in front of the Visitor Center.
(Group tours are available for a fee; call 718-623-7220.)
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Sunday, March 8
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Introduction to Watercolor Painting Begins (Section B)
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Learn the basics of watercolor painting while exploring a wintertime variety of plants, pods, and foliage.
(Pre-registration required)
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Sunday, March 8
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Guided Tour
:: Public Programs, Gallery Exhibits, Tours
Free guided tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. Meet in front of the Visitor Center.
(Group tours are available for a fee; call 718-623-7220.)
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Sunday, March 8
2:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Painting the Plants of the Conservatory Begins (Section B)
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Brighten your winter days! Draw and paint water lilies, orchids, and other plants in the botanically diverse regions of the Steinhardt Conservatory.
(Pre-registration required)
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Monday, March 9
Closed Monday
:: BBG Hours
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is closed on Monday.
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Thursday, March 12
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Your Garden Tutorial begins
(Section A: All About the Space!)
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
This two-part class is for people who want to design their own garden with professional assistance from seasoned garden coaches.
(Pre-registration required)
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Saturday, March 14
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Early-Spring Watercolors begins
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Early spring is full of "firsts"?—first spring bulbs, first buds, first leaves, and first blossoms. Be the first to paint these ephemeral beauties in the garden this spring!
(Pre-registration required)
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Saturday, March 14
10:30 AM - 1:00 PM
Houseplants 101: Choose the Perfect Plant
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
This class will help you find plants that love exactly the amount of light, humidity, and other conditions your home has to offer.
(Pre-registration required)
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Saturday, March 14
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Guided Tour
:: Public Programs, Gallery Exhibits, Tours
Free guided tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. Meet in front of the Visitor Center. (Group tours are available for a fee; call 718-623-7220.)
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Saturday, March 14
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Houseplants 101: How Not to Kill Your Houseplant
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
After this class you will never again have to wonder whether you watered too much or too little, when it is time to "pot up" a plant into a bigger container, or about any other fundamental questions of indoor plant care.
(Pre-registration required)
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Sunday, March 15
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Painting Reflections
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Learn about working watercolors to paint water scenes and reflections, including basic and advanced techniques for mixing paint to keep colors clean and pristine.(Pre-registration required)
Sunday, March 15
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Guided Tour
:: Public Programs, Gallery Exhibits, Tours
Free guided tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. Meet in front of the Visitor Center. (Group tours are available for a fee; call 718-623-7220.)
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Monday, March 16
Closed Monday
:: BBG Hours
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is closed on Monday.
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Monday, March 16
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM
Intermediate Flower Arranging begins
(Section B, Fast Track)
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Learn advanced styles and complicated design mechanics with a variety of fresh flowers. This class allows you to be more expressive in your designs.
(Pre-registration required)
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Tuesday, March 17
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Starting Seeds Indoors
:: Community Horticulture
Feeling limited by the small selection of veggie starts available in local nurseries? Start your garden on the right foot this year by discovering the best methods to propagate tasty, beautiful varieties of plants from seeds.
(Pre-registration required)
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Wednesday, March 18
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Sympathy Designs begins (Section A)
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
To work in the industry you must learn the unique styles and techniques of sympathy arrangements. Learn about communication and etiquette with the bereaved family as well as the mechanics and design of arrangements for funerals and memorials. Create funeral baskets, casket sprays, and inside-the-casket designs. MORE INFORMATION (Pre-registration required)
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Saturday, March 21
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Indoor Bonsai Basics
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Learn the techniques, materials, and traditions of bonsai culture. You'll work on a pre-bonsai houseplant in class, repotting it into a Japanese container, pruning it, and wiring it into an appropriate style.
(Pre-registration required)
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Saturday, March 21
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Guided Tour
:: Public Programs, Gallery Exhibits, Tours
Free guided tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. Meet in front of the Visitor Center. (Group tours are available for a fee; call 718-623-7220.)
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Saturday, March 21
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Around the World in the Conservatories
:: Children's Classes/Drop-In Activities
The plants in our Conservatory collections come from all around the world! Join us for a fun-filled scavenger hunt to explore these global gems and pot up a plant to take home.
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Sunday, March 22
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Guided Tour
:: Public Programs, Gallery Exhibits, Tours
Free guided tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. Meet in front of the Visitor Center. (Group tours are available for a fee; call 718-623-7220.)
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Monday, March 23
Closed Monday
:: BBG Hours
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is closed on Monday.
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Monday, March 23
10:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Wedding Arrangements begins (Section A)
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Arrangements for weddings and other special occasions can make or break the event. Learn to make bouquets, corsages, pew decorations, centerpieces, and headpieces in the styles and flowers that most brides want. MORE INFORMATION (Pre-registration required)
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Tuesday, March 24
10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Exploring Pastels Begins (Section B)
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Develop your understanding of color and composition using pastel, an opaque medium that allows layering and building of color much like oil paint.
(Pre-registration required)
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Thursday, March 26
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Greening Up Your Street
:: Community Horticulture
In 2009 BBG's Greenest Block in Brooklyn contest celebrates its 15th anniversary. Come hear from block leaders who have won the contest. This workshop is for new participants or those who want tips for improvement. We discuss street trees, front-area gardens, containers, and window boxes, with examples that will inspire you.
(Pre-registration required)
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Saturday, March 28
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Gardening for Wildlife
:: Continuing Ed. Classes
Create a natural habitat alive with songbirds, hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies! This course focuses on providing food, water, cover, and places for animals to raise their young.
(Pre-registration required)
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Saturday, March 28
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Guided Tour
:: Public Programs, Gallery Exhibits, Tours
Free guided tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. Meet in front of the Visitor Center. (Group tours are available for a fee; call 718-623-7220.)
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Sunday, March 29
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Guided Tour
:: Public Programs, Gallery Exhibits, Tours
Free guided tours are offered Saturdays and Sundays at 1 p.m. Meet in front of the Visitor Center. (Group tours are available for a fee; call 718-623-7220.)
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Monday, March 30
Closed Monday
:: BBG Hours
Brooklyn Botanic Garden is closed on Monday.
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Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue
718/623-7200, www.bbg.org
Travel Directions
Subway: 2,3, Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum
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Date/Time: Mar28, 2009 1:00 p.m.
Event: Forest Pathology
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Category: Education, Nature, Tours
Cost: Free
Description: Join the Urban Park Rangers for a hike through the Midwood and learn about some of the fungi?…
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
Designing a Native Plant Garden
10:00 a.m.
Join the Rangers for an indoor lesson on the importance of native plant selection for your?…
Location: Marine Park, Brooklyn
Category: Education, Nature
Cost: Free
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The Giving Trees
March 29, 2009, 1:00 p.m.
Category: Education, Nature
Cost: Free
Discover Fort Greene Park?’s surprisingly vast collection of trees and learn how some of?…
Location: Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
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Wednesday, April 1, 2009 4:30 p.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Building Planting Beds in School
The workshop is open to all community gardeners, but we will focus on teaching students of?…
Location: P.S. 22 (443 St. Marks Avenue near Classon Avenue)
Category: Education, Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
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Thursday, April 2, 2009 10:30 a.m.
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Category: Education, Nature
Cost: Free
Brooklyn Botanical Garden Tree Planting Workshop
The Brooklyn Botanical Garden sponsors a basic tree planting workshop in historic?…
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Brooklyn Botanical Garden Tree Planting Workshop
April 2, 2009 6:00 p.m.?–8:00 p.m.
Location: Greenwood Cemetery
Category: Education, Nature
Cost: Free
The Brooklyn Botanical Garden invites you to a street tree bed gardening workshop in?…
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Early Morning Birding
Saturday, April 4, 2009 8:00 a.m.
Location: Marine Park, Brooklyn
Category: Education, Nature, Tours
Cost: Free
Join the Urban Park Rangers for this weekly Ranger-led birding walk of the Salt Marsh?…
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Hanami: The Cherry Blossom Viewing Season
Apr 4, 2009 8:00 a.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Category: Nature
Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the?…
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Urban Agriculture Series Alternative Planting Bed Construction
Apr. 4, 2009 10:00 a.m.?–12:00 p.m.
Location: Walt L. Shamel Community Garden
(1095 Dean Street, between Franklin and Bedford avenues)
Category: Education, Nature
You don't have to buy new lumber to make raised beds. You can use found and recycled?…
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Saturday, April 4, 2009
Email this EventAdd to Calendar Outlook Yahoo! Calendar Google Calendar iCalApr 4Come Volunteer at Fort Greene Park
10:00 a.m.?–1:00 p.m.
Come volunteer and make Fort Greene Park even more beautiful. Spend a few hours under?…
Location: Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
Category: Nature, Volunteer Events
Cost: Free
Email this EventAdd to Calendar Outlook Yahoo! Calendar Google Calendar iCalApr 4Spring Nature Journaling Series: Part I
1:00 p.m.
Spring into spring by making fun observations of the latest plants blossoming in the?…
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Category: Education, Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Email this EventAdd to Calendar Outlook Yahoo! Calendar Google Calendar iCalApr 5Hanami: The Cherry Blossom Viewing Season
8:00 a.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the?…
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Category: Nature
Email this EventAdd to Calendar Outlook Yahoo! Calendar Google Calendar iCalApr 5Brooklyn?’s Living Wetlands
10:00 a.m.
Join the Rangers for a marsh hike and experience the vast biodiversity that exists within?…
Location: Marine Park, Brooklyn
Category: Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
Email this EventAdd to Calendar Outlook Yahoo! Calendar Google Calendar iCalApr 5Nature?’s Foolery
11:00 a.m.
April Fools! Learn all about how nature plays tricks, including camouflage, mimicry,?…
Location: Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn
Category: Education, Nature, Tours
Cost: Free
Monday, April 6, 2009
Email this EventAdd to Calendar Outlook Yahoo! Calendar Google Calendar iCalApr 6Hanami: The Cherry Blossom Viewing Season
8:00 a.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the?…
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Category: Nature
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Apr 6 7:00 p.m.
Monday Night Lecture: Astronomy
Location: Marine Park, Brooklyn
Category: Education, Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
Join Richard Rosenberg, President of the Amateur Astronomers Association
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Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Category: Nature
Hanami: The Cherry Blossom Viewing Season
8:00 a.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the?…
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Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Hanami: The Cherry Blossom Viewing Season
8:00 a.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Category: Must See Events, Nature
Cost: Adults $8; Seniors (65 and over) $4;
Students 12+ with valid IDs $4; Children under 12 Free
Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of
viewing and cherishing each moment of the?…
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
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Thursday, April 9, 2009 8:00 a.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Category: Nature
Hanami: The Cherry Blossom Viewing Season
Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the?…
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Thursday, April 9, 2009
Spring Sprouts
1:00 p.m.?–4:00 p.m.
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Category: Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
Make your own collection of garden herbs to take home using newspaper, soil, and seeds.?…
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Friday, April 10, 2009 8:00 a.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Hanami: The Cherry Blossom Viewing Season
Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the?…
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Category: Nature
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Apr10
Spring Sprouts
1:00 p.m.?–4:00 p.m.
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Category: Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
Make your own collection of garden herbs to take home using newspaper, soil, and seeds.?…
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Saturday, April 11, 2009
Hanami: The Cherry Blossom Viewing Season
8:00 a.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the?…
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Category: Nature
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Apr11Spring Sprouts
1:00 p.m.?–4:00 p.m.
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Category: Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
Make your own collection of garden herbs to take home using newspaper, soil, and seeds.?…
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Apr11
Unscrambling the Egg
1:00 p.m.?–3:00 p.m.
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Category: Education, Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
Do you know how to hold an egg so it?’s impossible to break? How many eggs does it take to?…
Go to the event and find out the rest of the story.
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Sunday, April 12, 2009
Hanami: The Cherry Blossom Viewing Season
8:00 a.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Category: Nature
Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing tje blossoms?…
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Apr12 Spring Sprouts
1:00 p.m.?–4:00 p.m.
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Category: Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
Make your own collection of garden herbs to take home using newspaper, soil, and seeds.?…
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Monday, April 13, 2009 8:00 a.m.?–6:00 p.m.
Hanami: The Cherry Blossom Viewing Season
Location: Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn
Category: Nature
Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the?…
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Apr13
Water Wise
12:00 p.m.?–5:00 p.m.
Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Category: Education, Kids, Nature, Tours
Cost: Free
Discover cool facts about Brooklyn?’s only lake, conduct various water experiments and take?…
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CORONA FLUSHING MEADOWS PARK
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Event: Going Green In Queens
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2009
Time: 11:00 a.m.?–3:00 p.m.
Greening and an educational and networking conference that is organized by Queens Coalition for Parks & Green Spaces and sponsored by NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, Partnerships for Parks, Citizens Committee for NYC, Thrivent Financial for Lutheran Queens Chapter 31028. Free admission!
To register, contact (718) 343-6779 or Herr281761@aol.com.
Location
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Al Oerter Recreation Center: 131-40 Fowler Avenue (off College Pt. Boulevard)
Queens
Cost
Free
Categories
Education, Must See Events
Safe Activities on Friday nights for Teens
Al Oerter Recreation Center
131-40 Fowler Avenue
Flushing, New York 11355
Cross Streets: Fowler Avenue and College Point Boulevard.
Located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Center Manager: Dannette Leininger
Deputy Center Manager: Nelson Fung & Ken Conyers
Phone: (718) 353-7853
Fax: (718) 353-7687
Description:
Hours of Operation Building Hours
Monday - Friday 6:00 AM - 10:00 PM
Saturday 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Facilities and activities
Track (Indoor) - 1 Gymnasium - 1
Teen Room - 1 Fitness Room - 1
Ping Pong Table - 4 Dance Room - 1
Multipurpose Room - 1
Computer Resource Center - 1
Locker Room - 2 Cardio Room - 1
Lobby - 1 Basketball Court (Indoor) - 1
Handball Court (Indoor) - 1
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Community Board: 481
Council District: 21, 24
Council Member: Julissa Ferreras
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Travel Directions:
Train: Take the #7 Train to the Shea Stadium/Willets Point Station. Walk down the ramp to the left. Follow road passed the Golf Course. It is approximately an 8-minute walk.
Bus: Take the Q58 to the corner of College Point Boulevard and Folwer Avenue. Walk North on Fowler Avenue to the front of the Recreation Center.
Driving Directions:
From NYC:
Take the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge to the Grand Central Parkway East. Get off at Exit 9E.
Take the RT-25A E/Northern Boulevard ramp toward Shea Stadium.
At the exit ramp, make a right on Stadium Road.
At the third stop make a left. Continue past the USTA National Tennis Center and Pitch & Putt Golf.
Make a left. Continue straight past Avery Avenue (on your left) and you will see the Recreation Center.
From Long Island: Take the LIE/I-495 W and exit just before the Grand Central Parkway, at College Point Boulevard.
Take that to Avery Avenue and make a left. Follow Avery Avenue to stop sign and make a left at 131st Street. The Recreation Center will be on your left side.
This is an Accessible Recreation Center.
Remember that schedules do change, so be sure to check ahead.
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Workshop: Tree ID
Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009
Time: 11:00 a.m.
Cost: Free
Contact Number: (718) 352-1769
Location: Fort Totten Park
Fort Totten Visitor Center, Fort Totten Park (Ordnance and Lee roads, Queens
Description: Take a closer look at trees as we emerge from the winter and learn how to tell them apart.
Categories: Education, Nature
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QUEENS BOTANICAL GARDEN 2009 EVENTS
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Please keep checking back on this page as we add workshops and programs.
workshops & composting events | master composter training
WORKSHOPS & COMPOSTING EVENTS
The NYC Compost Project, funded by the NYC Department of Sanitation, offers a variety of workshops on indoor and outdoor composting and also participates in various environmental events throughout the five boroughs of New York City.
What: Bronx Compost Project
Where: The New York Botanical Garden
Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Rd.
Bronx, NY 10458-5126
Contact: compost helpline: (718) 817-8543
web: www.nybg.org/compost
directions to the garden: www.nybg.org/visit_the_garden/directions.php
email: bronxgreenup@nybg.org
Description: home gardening center compost demonstration ?•
Visit The New York Botanical Garden?’s CompostDemonstration in the newly opened Home Gardening Center. Learn how to compost in a 3-part compost bin that was constructed by the Bronx Green-Up staff and Master Composters. You will also see examples of other composting bins suitable for backyards, as well as community gardens and school gardens.
A Master Composter usually visits weekly and may be available to answer your questions.
Please consult www.nybg.org for a schedule of Home Gardening demonstrations.
Re: compost bins ?• The Bronx Compost Project does not stock compost bins for sale. See compost bins at reduced prices for NYC residents to find out where to purchase outdoor compost bins and worm bins.
Re: compost workshops ?• If you belong to a community or school garden that is registered with Bronx Green-Up and would like to host a class at your site, please call Bronx Green-Up at (718) 817-8543, or email bronxgreenup@nybg.org.
note: Except where indicated, the following workshops are provided at no charge, or for a nominal fee, thanks to the funding provided by the DSNY Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling.
For a complete schedule of events and activities at The New York Botanical Garden, please visit www.nybg.org.
Grounds admission is free to everyone all day on Wednesdays and from 10 am to 12 pm on Saturdays.
bring your leaves to drew gardens!
Drew Gardens, East Tremont Avenue, just east of Boston Road
Even though Sanitation suspended fall leaf composting collection this year, you can still do your part and compost your leaves. Bring bagged leaves to this Bronx community garden and Drew gardeners will turn it into rich compost.
To arrange a drop-off, call (718) 817-8026 or email jplewka@phippsny.org.
Event: worm bins made easy
Where: The New York Botanical Garden, Watson Education Building, Room 302
This hands-on workshop on the essentials of indoor composting with worms is ideal for those who want to compost food scraps but do not have access to an outdoor space. Workshop participants are given the opportunity to ?“adopt?” a dozen worms in a mini-bin made of recycled materials. Participants will also receive a coupon to purchase a worm bin and one pound of red wiggler worms at cost for $40 from the Manhattan Compost Project. Registration required.
application deadline: February 20
class dates and time: 6 Tuesdays, 6 to 9 pm: March 31, April 7, 21, 28, May 5, 12
field trips: Two Saturdays in April 2009 (Dates: TBA)
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Location: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
Category: Education, Kids, Nature, Tours
Cost: Free
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Brooklyn Compost Project
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11225
compost helpline: (718) 623-7290
workshop registration: (718) 623-7220
website & directions to the Garden: www.bbg.org
email: compost@bbg.org
compost workshops in brooklyn neighborhoods ?• The Brooklyn Compost Project will come to your Brooklyn community to present compost classes. Please contact us if you would like us to offer a workshop for your community garden, neighborhood association, or civic group in Brooklyn.
compost bins ?• The Brooklyn Compost Project offers compost bins at reduced prices to NYC residents. ?“Wormshop?” participants receive a coupon to purchase a Worm Condo, including 1 lb of worms, at cost for $40 from the Manhattan Compost Project.
teacher workshop: worm composting in the classroom ?• Looking for a way to introduce your class to ecology and recycling? Try composting with worms! Kids love it. This class may be held at any Brooklyn school for a group of ten or more NYC teachers. Call us for more information.
home composting exhibit ?• Come see how to compost at BBG?’s home composting exhibit near the Cranford Rose Garden. The display includes a variety of compost bins, different stages of decomposition, and new signs in both English and Spanish to explain the process.
note: Except where indicated, the following workshops are provided at no charge, or for a nominal fee, thanks to the funding provided by the DSNY Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling.
Saturday, March 7, 10 am to 4 pm
making brooklyn bloom
Kick off spring gardening with this free event featuring compost and garden displays, workshops, and speakers. No pre-registration is required, but you must arrive by 10 am in order to attend workshops.
Sunday, March 15, 10 am to 12 pm
family first green fair
Family First, 250 Baltic Street
Master Composters will be supplying free tip sheets and pamphlets designed to help answer composting questions. Master Composters will also distribute composting workshop schedules.
Friday, April 17, 12 to 3 pm
community garden day
Weeksville Heritage Center, 1698 Bergen Street
Master Composters will conduct a wombin composting demonstration and will also supply free tip sheets, pamphlets, and composting workshop schedules.
Thursday, April 23, Time TBD
federated brooklyn block association gathering
Borough Hall, 209 Joralemon Street
Brooklyn Compost Project staff will be supplying free tip sheets and pamphlets designed to help answer composting and recycling questions.
Saturday, May 2, 10 am to 2 pm
park slope food coop food conference
Old Stone House, 5th Avenue & 4th Street
Master Composters will demonstrate how to compost with a wormbin and will also supply free tip sheets and pamphlets to help answer composting questions.
Tuesday, May 5, 4:30 to 8 pm
Wednesday, May 6, 9 am to 7 pm
Thursday, May 7, 9 am to 12 pm
brooklyn botanic garden plant sale
Master Composters and Brooklyn Compost Project staff will be selling composting bins and supplying free tip sheets and pamphlets designed to help answer composting questions.
master composter certificate course
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
If you?’re interested in spreading compost know-how and enthusiasm with people in Brooklyn, consider the Master Composter Certificate Course. This train-the-trainer course is designed to promote the practice of home composting and the reduction of our city?’s solid waste. The course consists of 2 sessions of classroom training, two field trips, and 30 hours of volunteer outreach service in compost education and promotion. For more information and the online application, see Master Composter Certification Course.
class dates and times:
Session 1: 4 Thursdays, 6 to 9 pm: March 12, 19, 26, April 2
Session 2: 4 evenings to be determined, 6 to 9 pm: September 2009
field trips:
One Saturday in Spring 2009
One Saturday in Fall 2009
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Manhattan Compost Project
Lower East Side Ecology Center
P.O. Box 20488
New York, NY 10009
Rotline: (212) 477-3155
web: www.lesecologycenter.org
email: info@lesecologycenter.org
ongoing ?• Working with residents, schools, community gardens and civic organizations, the Manhattan Compost Project offers workshops on vermicomposting (indoor composting with worms) and rat-proof, Manhattan-style backyard composting. Please see below for a schedule of workshops, or contact us if you want to arrange for a workshop for your school or organization.
compost bins ?• The Manhattan Compost Project offers worm bins, worms, and outdoor compost bins at reduced prices for NYC residents.
worm corps ?• Worm Corps is a group of compost experts who volunteer to go two by two out into the world to bring Wormshops (worm workshops) to students at schools all over Manhattan. All workshops are free of charge. Interested? Contact Carey through the RotLine at (212) 477-3155 or carey@lesecologycenter.org
note: Except where indicated, the following workshops are provided at no charge, or for a nominal fee, thanks to the funding provided by the DSNY Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling.
Saturday January 10 and Sunday, January 11, 10 am to 2 pm
MulchFest
various sites in Manhattan
Bring your Christmas tree to a MulchFest site to be chipped into mulch that will nourish plantings across the city! Remember to remove all lights and ornaments before bringing the tree to a MulchFest site. You are encouraged to bring bags to take advantage of the free mulch offered at some of the sites. See the Parks Department MulchFest webpage.
Saturday, January 24, 1 to 3 pm
worm bin basics
Jefferson Market Public Library, 425 Avenue of the Americas
Learn how to set up and maintain a worm bin in your apartment. Bring home a Worm Condo, including 1 lb of red wiggler worms, available to wormshop participants at reduced cost. Registration required.
Wednesday, February 4, 3 to 5 pm
landscaper workshop: brewing compost tea
The Verdisian, 211 North End Avenue, Battery Park City
This workshop for landscapers provides step-by-step instructions for making compost tea, and explains application techniques and the benefits of incorporating compost tea into your business plan. The Battery Park Conservancy maintains the artfully landscaped Battery Park City Park and will be hosting the class on location. Registration required.
Thursday, February 12, 3:30 to 4:30 pm
composting for little hands: children's wormshop
Whole Foods Bowery, 95 East Houston Street, upstairs culinary center
Children's workshop covers the process of decomposition, worm anatomy, and caring for the worms. Each participant will make and bring home their own mini worm-bin. For ages 5 and over; children must be accompanied by an adult. Registration required.
Saturday, March 28, noon to 2 pm
backyard composting 101
La Plaza Cultural Community Garden, southwest corner of East 9 Street and Avenue C
Learn composting basics, set-up options, how to use finished compost, and troubleshooting. Outdoor compost bins available for purchase at cost. Registration required.
Registration opens May 2009; Application due Saturday, August 15
master composter certificate course
Whole Foods Bowery, 95 East Houston Street, upstairs culinary center
If you?’re interested in spreading compost know-how and enthusiasm with people in Manhattan, consider the Master Composter Certificate Course. This course is designed to promote the practice of home composting and the reduction of our city?’s solid waste. The program consists of 20 hours of classroom training (including two field trips) and 30 hours of volunteer outreach service in compost education and promotion. For more information and the online application, see Master Composter Certification Course.
application period: opens May 2009
application due: Saturday, August 15, 2009
orientation: September 29, 6 to 8 pm
class dates and time: 5 Tuesdays, 6 to 9 pm: October 6, 13, 20, 27, November 3
class location: Whole Foods Bowery, 95 East Houston Street, upstairs culinary center
field trips: Two weekend days in November 2009
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Queens Compost Project
Queens Botanical Garden
43-50 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355
compost helpline: (718) 539-5296
website: www.queensbotanical.org
email: compost@queensbotanical.org
compost workshops in Queens communities ?•
If you belong to a community garden, neighborhood association, or civic group, or if you are group of ten or more (the more the better), why not invite the Compost Project to come to your Queens neighborhood to present compost classes? Please contact us at (718) 539-5296 to schedule a workshop and we can come out and offer you not only composting tips, but tips on gardening and lawn care.
teacher workshop: worm composting in the classroom ?• Want to have animals in the classroom? Or looking for a way to introduce your class to ecology and recycling? Try composting with worms! Kids love it. This class may be held at any Queens school for a group of five or more NYC teachers. Teachers receive texts and may purchase a worm bin including a voucher for 1 lb or worms at cost for $40. Call for more information.
compost bins ?• The Queens Compost Project offers compost bins at reduced prices to NYC residents. ?“Wormshop?” participants may purchase a worm bin and a voucher for 1 lb of worms, at cost for $40.
note: Except where indicated, the following workshops are provided at no charge, or for a nominal fee, thanks to the funding provided by the DSNY Bureau of Waste Prevention, Reuse and Recycling.
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Sunday, March 8, 1 to 3 pm
celebrate the full worm moon
Sit cozy with your loved ones and listen to the Native American children?’s story, Full Worm Moon. The Full Worm Moon marks the coming of spring, when winter is ending and worms in New York become active again. Following the story, take a worm walk, and learn how NYC residents are making certain types of worms their pets and recyclers. Participants may purchase a worm bin, including a voucher for 1 lb of worms, for $40. For all ages. Registration is encouraged.
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Event: Infinite India
Date: to Sunday, March 29, 8am-4:30pm.
Fee: Free
<>Description: QBG is presenting the work of Ed & Joyce Morrill in their exhibition titled, Infinite India: An Excess of Reality.
This photographic exhibit will be on view in the Gallery of the Visitor & Administration Building from February 12 through March 29. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 8am to 4:30pm.
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Event: NYC Teacher ?“Wormshop?”: Worm Bin Habitat in the Classroom
Date: Thursday, March 26, 5-7:30pm
Fee: Free
Description: Discover the benefits of a composting worm bin in your classroom, an excellent hands-on and inquiry-based activity to teach biology, ecology, environmental science, recycling and responsibility. Learn great facts about earthworms, learn how to set up a worm bin, feed worms with food scraps, and maintain the system effectively. Creative curriculum-related ways to incorporate worm composting into science, math, and language arts will be discussed.
Teachers can purchase a bin and a voucher for a pound of worms at the end of the class.
Registration is encouraged.
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Event: Spring Lawn Care
Date, Time: Sunday, April 5, 1-3pm
Fee: Free
Description: Join QBG?’s Patty Kleinberg, lawn care expert extraordinaire, for an important introduction to natural lawn care. Learn how to start the season right with important lessons and tips for maintaining a healthy lawn without the use of artificial fertilizers and pesticides. Registration is encouraged.
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Event: NYC Teacher ?“Wormshop?”: Worm Bin Habitat in the Classroom
Date, Time: Wednesday, May 6, 5-7:30pm
Fee: Free
Descriptions: Discover the benefits of a composting worm bin in your classroom, an excellent hands-on and inquiry-based activity to teach biology, ecology, environmental science, recycling and responsibility. Learn great facts about earthworms, learn how to set up a worm bin, feed worms with food scraps, and maintain the system effectively. Creative curriculum-related ways to incorporate worm composting into science, math, and language arts will be discussed. Teachers can purchase a bin and a voucher for a pound of worms at the end of the class.
Registration is encouraged.
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Event: Composting in the City & Indoor Worm Composting
Date: Thursday, May 28, 6 to 8pm
Fee: Free
Description: Leaves, kitchen scraps, garden trimmings, and weeds can all become garden gold through composting. This class covers the essentials on composting, both outside in city yards and inside your apartment using a worm bin. See how making dark, rich, crumbly compost doesn?’t take much time, work, or space.
Registration is encouraged.
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Event: Summer Solstice Composting
Date: Saturday, June 20, 11:30am-1:30pm
Fee: Free
Description: Welcome the first day of summer with composting for the whole family! Join us for a fun workshop on how to compost your home, either outside or inside with a worm bin. Learn about decomposers, recycling, and the compsting process, and make a compostable and recyclable summer craft! Registration is encouraged.
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Tour New York City?’s most advanced green building, QBG?’s new Visitor & Administration Center. Includes the planted green roof, geothermal heating and cooling system, compost toilets, graywater recycling, cleansing biotope, and more.
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ALLEY POND ENVIRONMENTAL CENTER
Calendar Year 2009
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Alley Pond Environmental Center is open year-round with animal, science and nature programs for
children, adults and families.
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Mar28
Ponds of the Park: Alley Pond
11:00 a.m.?–1:30 p.m.
In this three-part series, the Urban Park Rangers team up with the Alley Pond Environmental?…
Location: Alley Pond Park, Queens
Category: Education, Nature, Tours
Cost: Free
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Sunday, April 26, 2009
Ho, Ho, Ho, Green Giant!
11:00 a.m.
Tulip trees are the tallest trees in NYC. Come visit and learn about the "Alley Giant," the?…
Location: Alley Pond Park, Queens
Category: Education, Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
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Mar 28 1:00 p.m.
Event: Be a History Detective
Location: Fort Totten Park, Queens
Category: Education, Nature, Tours
Cost: Free
Join the Rangers for a guided tour of historic Fort Totten. Explore.
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Date: Sunday, March 29, 2009 11:00 a.m.
Event: Tree ID
Location: Fort Totten Park, Queens
Category: Education, Nature
Cost: Free
Desciption: Take a closer look at trees as we emerge from the winter and learn how to tell them apart.
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Mar29 12:00 p.m.
Event: Return of the Plover
Location: Rockaway Beach, Queens
Category: Education, Nature
Cost: Free
Join the Urban Rangers to learn about the trials and tribulations that the piping plover.
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Date: Mar 29 1:00 p.m.
Event: Be a History Detective
Location: Fort Totten Park, Queens
Category: Education, Nature, Tours
Cost: Free
Join the Rangers for a guided tour of historic Fort Totten. Explore.
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Event: Native American History
Date: Saturday, April 4, 2009, 12:00 p.m.
Location: Cunningham Park, Queens
Category: Cultural, Education, Nature
Cost: Free
Learn about the history and cultural practices of the Native Americans who once inhabited this area.
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From Slumber to Spring
Sunday, April 5, 2009 10:00 a.m.
Location: Forest Park, Queens
Category: Education, Nature
Cost: Free
Many organisms are awakening from a long winter?’s sleep, so be sure to set your alarm clock?…
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Sunday, April 5, 2009 10:00 a.m.
Urban Park Rangers Tree ID Tour
Category: Education, Kids, Must See Events, Cost: Location: Fort Totten Park, Queens
Nature, Tours
Free
Hike through Fort Totten Park with Urban Park Rangers, exploring the forested areas and?…
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Apr 5
Dog Day Afternoon
2:00 p.m.
Bring your dog and join the Rangers for a walk in the woods. No pooch? No problem. Come?…
Location: Forest Park, Queens
Category: Nature, Tours
Cost: Free
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Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Garden Awakening
11:00 a.m.?–3:00 p.m.
Revitalize the garden after a sleepy winter and restore its splendor?…
Location: 173rd Street and 107th Avenue (across
from the Liberty Pool and Det. Keith Williams Recreation Center)
Category: Education, Nature
Cost: Free
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Plight of the Plover
2:00 p.m.
Now that the winter is over, come join us in a learning experience.
Location: Rockaway Beach & Boardwalk, Queens
Category: Education, Kids, Nature
Cost: Free
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Children?’s Weekday Programs
Wee Sprouts
Ages 18 - 23 months (parental participation)
Open up the world of nature to your wee ones! Let your child?’s first learning experience be at APEC.
Children will pet animals, enjoy free play with environmental toys, go on mini-nature walks and have a snack. Seven participants. No siblings allowed, except for infants in infant seats.
11 sessions $154M/$176NM
Thursday 9:30 - 10:30 March 5, 12, 19, 26
Friday 9:30 - 10:30 March 6, 13, 20, 27
Toddler Time
Ages 24 - 35 months (parental participation)
Toddlers love to explore new surroundings. Why not give your child a chance to explore the wonderful world of nature! Create nature crafts, read stories, take short nature walks, pet APEC?’s animals and begin to appreciate nature. 8 participants. No siblings allowed, except infants in infant seats.
11 sessions $176M/$198NM
Tuesday 9:30 - 10:45 March 3, 10, 17, 24
Wednesday 9:30 - 10:45 March 4, 11, 18, 25
Wednesday 11:15 - 12:30 Jan. 7, 14, 21, 28, Feb. 4, 11, 25, March 4, 11, 18, 25
Thursday 11:00 - 12:15 March 5, 12, 19, 26
Friday 11:00 - 12:15 March 6, 13, 20, 27
Saturday 10:30 - 11:45 March 7, 14, 21
Fledglings Ages 3 - 4
Join us as we explore the wonders of nature at Alley Pond Park! We will take enchanting nature walks, hold discussions, create nature crafts, pet APEC?’s animals and much more. This is the ideal next step after ?“Toddler Time.?” Participants must be toilet trained. Limited to 10 participants in the Tuesday class and
12 participants in the Friday class.
11 sessions $187M/$209NM
Tuesday 11:15 - 12:45 March 3, 10, 17, 24
Friday 9:30 - 11:00 March 6, 13, 20, 27
Sunny Bunnies Ages 3 - 4
This program will offer children hands-on opportunities with animals, exploration of our nature trails, discussions on different nature topics, crafts, free play, music time and more. Explore the wonderful world of nature!
BRING A BAG LUNCH.
Participants must be toilet trained.
12 participants. 22 sessions $396M/$440NM
Tues./ Thurs. 9:45 - 12:00 March 3, 5, 10, 12, 17, 19, 24, 26
Nature Club
Pre-k (Age 4 by December 31, 2008)
Nature Club is designed to meet the needs of young science and nature buffs. This class uses animals, nature and cooperative learning to reinforce children?’s school readiness skills while providing extra enrichment in the sciences. Activities include free play, story time, games, crafts, live animals and a snack.
Limited to 12 participants.
10 sessions $120M/$140NM
Wednesday 3:15 - 4:45 March 4, 11, 18
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Children?’s Weekend Programs
Toddler Time on the Weekend!
Ages 24 - 35 months (parental participation)
Toddlers love to explore new surroundings. Why not give your child a chance to explore the wonderful world of nature! Create nature crafts, read storie s, take short nature walks, pet APEC?’s animals and begin to appreciate nature. Limited to 8 participants. No siblings allowed, except infants in infant seats.
11 sessions $176M/$198NM
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Winter Clues Ages listed below
Discover how some of our resident animals survive the cold winter and learn how to identify their
footprints. Program includes a story, craft, detective game, nature walk, meeting live animals and a snack.
Participants must be toilet trained.
$12M/$16NM
Age 3 Limited to 10 participants
Age 4 Limited to 12 participants
Age 5 ?– 6 Limited to 12 participants
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Snowpeople Ages listed below
Join us for a day of fun in the ?“snow?”. Even if there is no snow outside, we will have our own pretend snow inside. Make your own silly snowperson. This program includes games, songs, a snack, a craft, a nature walk and time with APEC?’s own snowy white animals.
Participants must be toilet trained.
$12M/$16NM
Age3 linited to 10 participants
Age 4 limited to 12 participants
Ages 5 - 6 limited to 12 participants
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1The Story of the Mitten
Ages below
We will read Jan Brett?’s beautifully illustrated recreation of the classic tale, The Mitten and find out how eight forest animals end up squeezed inside a single, white mitten. Watch how the characters are then brought to life with our own recreation of the story using drama, live animals and a craft.
This program includes a snack. Participants must be toilet trained.
Age 3 limited to 10 participants
Age 4 limited to 12 participants
Sat. March 14 1:30 ?– 3:30 PM
Ages 5 - 6 limited to 12 participants
Sun. March. 1 1:30 ?– 3:30 PM
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Perfectly Penguin
Ages listed below
Wintertime is a great time to appreciate how perfectly penguins are adapted to life in the snow. Feathers, photos, stories and dramas are used to explore how these lovable birds survive and raise chicks in the freezing cold. We will meet live animals.
A snack is included.
Participants must be toilet trained.
$12M/$16NM
Age 3 limited to 10 participants
Sun March 22 1:30 ?– 3:30 PM
Age 4 limited to 12 participants
Sun March 29 1:30 ?– 3:30 PM
Age 5 - 6 limited to 12 participants
Sat. March 21 1:30 ?– 3:30 PM
Children?’s Nature Photography
Ages 6-11
Children will be introduced to the basics of composition and nature photography rules while using disposable cameras. During the first class they will practice their newly acquired skills, taking photographs during a nature walk on APEC?’s trails. During the second class the children will create frames to mount their favorite pictures. Film developing and all materials included.
Limited to 10 participants.
$48M/$54NM
Saturdays, March 7 and 14, 10:30 AM -12:00 PM
Animal Care Trainee
Ages 8-12
Children will be introduced to the basics of composition and nature photography rules while using disposable cameras. During the first class they will practice their newly acquired skills, taking photographs during a nature walk on APEC?’s trails. During the second class the children will create frames to mount their favorite pictures. Film developing and all materials included.
Limited to 10 participants.
$12M/$16NM
Saturday Mar. 14, 10-12 pm
Sunday Mar. 21, 10-12 pm
Mad Scientists
Ages 8-12
Calling all scientists!! Put on your thinking caps and join us as we answer important environmental questions with fun and easy experiments. Learn about your environment through studies and tests, some can be done with simple household supplies.
Limited to 8 participants.
Snack included.
$15M/$19NM
Microscopic Studies
Owl Pellet Dissections
Sunday Mar. 1 10:30-12:30 pm
Tracking Winter Wildlife
Ages 8-12
Scat, tracks and other clues are left behind as animals travel through the park; join us as we walk the trails of Alley Pond Park looking for clues of winter wildlife. Students will make their very own animal track to take home at the end of the class. We will take a walk rain or shine, so be sure to dress appropriately (and be prepared to get dirty) and wear comfortable shoes. In case of severe weather, entire program will run indoors.
$13M/$17NM
Sat., March 21 10:30 ?– 12:00
Field Biology High School Internship
tc \l2 "Ages- High School GradesFree competitive internship; open to all high sophomores, juniors and seniors interested in environmental studies. Join us as we explore the trails of APEC armed with field guides, experimental apparatuses and our brains. Please call for more information and our application or visit our website (http://www.alleypond.com/education/fbi.html). Admission is FREE, but acceptance
into the program is required in order to attend.
Spring 2009(application due February 1st)
tc \l1 "FREESat., 9am-12pm Mar. 7, 14, 21, 28, Apr. 4, 18
Summer 2009 (application due June 8th)
Thur., 9:30-12:30 pm
July 9, 16, 23, 30, Aug., 6, 13
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Children?’s After School Programs
Nature Club
Pre-k (Age 4 by December 31, 2008)
Nature Club is designed to meet the needs of young science and nature buffs. This class utilizes animals, nature and cooperative learning to reinforce children?’s school readiness skills while providing extra enrichment in the sciences. Activities include free play, story time, games, crafts, live animals and a snack. 12 participants.
10 sessions $120M/$140NM
Wednesday 3:15 - 4:45 March 4, 11, 18
Junior Nature Kids
Grades K - 2
Get wild each Wednesday at Alley Pond! Junior Nature Kids explore their environment with all
five senses through games, crafts, learning activities and nature walks. Help care for animals and better understand secrets such as camouflage. Investigate the mysteries of animals and plants up-close after school. Snack included.
10 sessions $120M/$140NM
Wednesday 3:30 - 4:45 March 4, 11, 18
Family & Adult Programs
AN EVENING WITH THE STARS
"AN EVENING WITH THE STARSREACH FOR THE STARS
"REACH FOR THE STARS Astronomy Programs with Mark Freilich
Saturday, March 14, 7:00-9:00 PM
FEE: for each session $10.00 per adult member, $12 per adult non-member, and $7.00 for children ages 7-12 (includes handout information packet)
Three separate but equally great sessions! Understand and appreciate the mystery and beauty of the universe with astronomer Mark Freilich. Learn about and view the winter constellations Orion Nebular, the Pleiades Star Cluster, and Deep Space Phenomenon. These programs comprise an indoor lecture on basic astronomy and outdoor viewing with a professional telescope. Participants are welcome to bring their own telescopes. Dress warm!
Experience different and exciting viewings at each event!
WATERCOLOR WORKSHOPS
Session B: March 5, 12, 19, 26, Apr. 2
1:30 - 4:30PM
FEE: $95 per person ($3 for additional materials to be paid to the teacher at first session)
Registration is for ALL five workshops. We cannot pro-rate workshop prices.
If you have always wanted to paint in watercolor, this could be your time to learn with award-winning artist Diane Lieberman. Each workshop focuses on technique and composition, and includes a demonstration and critique. For the beginner and advanced painter! Attention will be paid to each student?’s development of individual style and expression. Limit is 14 participants per session.
Please ask for a supply list when registering. Purchase of appropriate supplies prior to first workshop is mandatory.
PONDS OF THE PARK
In this three part series, the Urban Park Rangers team up with the Alley Pond Environmental Center to teach you about Alley Pond Park?’s prolific ponds.
All programs begin at Alley Pond Environmental Center (APEC) and are free of charge.
Part 1
Saturday, January 24, 11 AM ?– 1:30 PM
Today you?’ll venture outdoors to learn about the ecology of Alley Pond, followed by hot cocoa and coffee indoors.
Part 2
Saturday, February 28, 11AM ?– 1:30 PM
Today you?’ll venture outdoors to learn about the ecology of Oakland Lake, followed by hot cocoa and coffee indoors.
Part 3, Saturday, March 28, 11AM ?– 1:30 PM
Today you?’ll venture outdoors to learn about the ecology of the upper Alley ponds, followed by hot cocoa and coffee indoors.
USE LESS GAS, BREATHE CLEANER AIR, CLEAN AIR NY
Thursday, March 19, 2008 1PM-2PM
FEE: $3 members/$5 non-members
Want to Use Less Gas? Want Cleaner Air? Come learn how from Clean Air NY. Join Jessica Horne of Clean Air NY as she shares ways YOU can take simple steps to help improve the air quality and make New York a healthier place to live. She will also share with you why these steps are not only important on Air Quality Action Days, but every day of the year to bring about across-the-calendar improvements in air quality. A representative from CommuterLink, the transportation management association in New York City, will also be in attendance.
*Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch. Children are welcome. There will be air quality activities for all age groups.*
Special Events
APEC SQUARE DANCE
April 4, doors open at 6:30pm, dance 7-9 PM
FEE: Adults: $12 non-members, $10 APEC members
Children ages 7-12: $8 each
Children must be with paying adult
Join us for a fun evening of dancing with Square Dance Caller Jim Emory. Learn to Do-Si-Do,
Promenade, and Swing-Your-Partner. Beginners are welcome. It?’s fun and friendship set to music.
Try this fun way to exercise together. Partners are not required. Wear sneakers or comfortable shoes.
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Alley Pond Environmental Center, Inc. (APEC) is located at 228-06 Northern Boulevard, just
east of the Cross Island Parkway.
We are a one story building with parking behind the center.
Map can be found at:
http://www.alleypond.com/directions.htm
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Travel Directions
Public Transportation
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BROOKLYN MUSEUM of ART
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200 Eastern Parkway,
Brooklyn, New York 11238-6052
What's Happening
3/5/2009
Events
Talks and Tours: Museum Guide tour
1:30 p.m.
Meet in the Rubin Lobby, 1st Floor
A Museum Guide leads a free tour titled "American through the Eyes of its Artists" in the exhibition American Identities.
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Current Exhibitions/
Hernan Bas: Works from the Rubell Family Collection
Morris A. and Meyer Schapiro Wing, 4th Floor
February 27, 2009?–May 24, 2009
Unearthing the Truth: Egypt's Pagan and Coptic Sculpture
Robert E. Blum Gallery, 1st Floor
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February 13, 2009?–May 10, 2009
The Black List Project: Timothy Greenfield-Sanders and Elvis Mitchell
Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
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November 21, 2008?–March 29, 2009
Burning Down the House: Building a Feminist Art Collection
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
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October 31, 2008?–April 5, 2009
The Fertile Goddess
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, Herstory Gallery, 4th Floor
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December 19, 2008?–May 31, 2009
Small Wonders from the American Collections
Visible Storage ▪ Study Center, 5th Floor
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October 15, 2008?–June 28, 2009
From the Village to Vogue: The Modernist Jewelry of Art Smith
4th Floor
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May 14, 2008?–July 19, 2009
Magic in Ancient Egypt: Image, Word, and Reality
Special Exhibitions Hall, Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
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December 22, 2006?–October 18, 2009
Long-Term Installations
American Identities: A New Look
Luce Center for American Art, 5th Floor
Visible Storage ▪ Study Center
Luce Center for American Art, 5th Floor
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21: Selections of Contemporary Art from the Brooklyn Museum
Contemporary Art Galleries, 4th Floor
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The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art, 4th Floor
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Decorative Arts Galleries and Period Rooms
Decorative Arts Galleries, 4th Floor
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European Paintings
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
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Egypt Reborn: Art for Eternity
Egyptian Galleries, 3rd Floor
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Assyrian Reliefs
Kevorkian Gallery, 3rd Floor
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Arts of Asia and the Islamic World
Asian Galleries, 2nd Floor
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The Arts of Africa
African Galleries, 1st Floor
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Rodin: The Cantor Gift to the Brooklyn Museum
Martha A. and Robert S. Rubin Pavilion, 1st Floor
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Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
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Replica of the Statue of Liberty
Steinberg Family Sculpture Garden, 1st Floor
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Hours: Wednesday?–Friday: 10 a.m.?–5 p.m.;
Saturday?–Sunday: 11 a.m.?–6 p.m.
Getdetailed hours
Telephone: (718) 638-5000;
TTY: (718) 399-8440
Cost: Suggested Contribution: $8;
Students with Valid ID: $4;
Adults 65 and over: $4;
Members: Free;
Children under 12: Free
Subway: 2,3, Eastern Parkway/Brooklyn Museum
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WYCKOFF FARMHOUSE MUSEUM
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Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum,
5816 Clarendon Road,
Brooklyn NY 11203
Call: (718)629-5400,
Fax718)629-3125,
Email: nfo@wyckoffassociation.org
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Event: Pinkster!
Date: Sunday, May 24, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 4:00
Description: Come enjoy the Colonial Dutch and African celebration of Pentecost with music, food, children's crafts and more!
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Kinderdag: A Dutch Children's Day
Date: Saturday, June 13, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 4:00
Food, games, entertainment, crafts and more celebrating the Dutch from the child's perspective!
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Summer Thursdays
Date: June 18th ?– August 27th
Time: 5:00 - 7:00
Description: Various activities every Thursday evening; fire pit cooking demonstrations, garden workshops, lectures, etc.
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Bookdag: A Celebration of Stories, Old and New
Saturday, September 12, 2009
12 - 4
Discover the history of the Colonial Dutch, explore new worlds and experience the exciting ways books come alive. Book signings, readings, lecture, storytelling, apple pressing, kids crafts, and open fire-pit cooking!
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Event: Apple Festival
Date: Sunday, September 20, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 4:00
Description: Celebrate the harvest and ?“everything apple?”! Cider pressing, kids crafts, music, storytelling and more
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Event: Open House NY
Date: October 10 & 11, 2009
Time: 11:00 AM, 1:00 PM & 3:00 PM
Description: Cellar-to-Attic tour of New York City?’s oldest house
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Event: Halloween Harvest in Old Brooklyn
Date: Sunday, October 18, 2009
Rain date: Sunday, October 25, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 4:00
Description: Come discover how Halloween was celebrated in colonial Brooklyn, then join in our Halloween celebration!
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Event: Five Dutch Days
Date: November 11 ?– 16, 2009
A celebration of the Dutch legacy in New York City.
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Event: St. Nicholas Day
Date: Saturday, December 5, 2009
Time: 12:00 - 4:00
Description:
Visit New York?’s oldest house and greet St. Nick and his companion, Black Piet as they arrive on horseback. Adults and kids alike will enjoy Colonial music, holiday crafts, and traditional treats.
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Kids Candle Light Tour
Dates: Friday, December 11th and 18th, 2009
Time: 4:30 PM
Description: What was life like after dark in the olden days? View the oldest home in New York and learn, from a child's perspective, how people dealt with keeping warm, sleeping tight, and not letting the bed bugs bite.
Adults allowed if accompanied by a child ages 8 and up.
Reservations required.
Fees: $7.00 for adults, $3.00 for children and seniors, Members Free.
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Candle Light Tours
For adults only. This tour is not appropriate for children.
Saturdays, December 5, 12 and 19
Sundays, December 6 and 13, 2009
4:30 PM sharp.
Come and experience what was life like after dark in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries. Visit New York's oldest house as the sun sets and, in the gathering darkness, learn how people brightened their lives in the long winter nights before electricity.
Reservations required.
$7.00 for adults, $3.00 for seniors (60+). Members Free.
ALL DATES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE. PLEASE CALL TO CONFIRM.
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EXHIBITS, EXHIBITIONS
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BROOKLYN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Location:
128 Pierrepont Street at Clinton Street
Brooklyn, New York 11201
Current Exhibits
Brooklyn Redrawn
Exhibit dates: January 7 ?– April 26, 2009
Counter/Culture - The Disappearing Face of Brooklyn's Storefronts
Dates extended! Sept. 10, 2008- March 29, 2009
In Our Own Words: Portraits of Brooklyn Vietnam Veterans
Exhibit Dates: Ongoing
It Happened In Brooklyn
Exhibit Dates: Ongoing
The Legend of Martense's Lane: Folklore in Dutch Colonial Brooklyn
Exhibit dates: Dates Extended!
Public Perspectives Exhibition Series
The Public Perspectives Exhibition Series in the Independence Community Gallery provides a creative forum for Brooklynites to have an active voice at the Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS) by presenting community-curated exhibits.
Upcoming Exhibits
Public Perspectives Exhibition Series
Andrew Urban and David Madden, Brooklyn and the History of Chinese Immigration. Investigates how Brooklyn residents responded to Chinese immigration in the 19th century, and the 20th century development of a Chinatown in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. May ?– August 2009.
Exhibit Hours
Sunday 12-5
Monday closed
Tuesday closed
Wednesday 12-5
Thursday 12-5
Friday 12-5
Saturday 12-5
Closed July 4, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Years Day
Admission Fees
General admission provides access to all current exhibitions.
Members Free
Adults $6
Seniors 62 and over $4
Students 12 and over $4
College students must show student I.D.
Children under 12 Free
Travel Directions:
Subway
2,3,4,5 to Borough Hall,
A,C,F to Jay St/Borough Hall, or
M,R to Court St.
Bus
North ?– South: B 38, B52, B25, B26, B41 to Montague/Court Street
East ?– West: B 67, B65 to Jay Street
From Manhattan: B51 City Hall to Court St. /Cadman Plaza WEEKDAY SERVICE ONLY
BY Car
From Brooklyn
Take the BELT PKWY W., which becomes BROOKLYN QUEENS EXPWY/I-278 E., to ATLANTIC AVENUE (exit 27). Turn SLIGHT RIGHT onto ATLANTIC AVENUE. Turn LEFT onto CLINTON STREET.
From Manhattan
Take the BROOKLYN BRIDGE to CADMAN PLAZA WEST ramp. Go straight ahead onto MIDDAGH STREET. Turn LEFT onto HENRY STREET. Turn LEFT onto PIERREPONT STREET.
Parking
There is limited on-street parking in the neighborhood as well as several garages: Manhattan Parking, 40 Clinton St., between Pierrepont and Cadman Plaza West; 300 Cadman Plaza West, between Clinton and Pierrepont; and Ulltra on Montague between Clinton and Court.
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Competition, Entertainment, Exercise
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EXERCISE, FITNESS
Many of us made resolutions that involved fitness (going to the gym, losing weight, toning, building muscle, exercise, whatever). Well low cost help is on the way. Places listed below (and they have them in all boroughs thru the NY City Parks) tend to charge according to age, for example - 54 and under $75/yr; 55+ $10/yr using a part time schedule,; under 18 free with restrictions (does not include the fitness room.
Some places offer Boxing $55 extra; ask at each site
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Brownsville (FREE)
1555 Linden Blvd, Brooklyn, NY
Cross Street: Mother Gaston & Christopher St.
Phone: 718.345.2706
Gym, fitness room, game room
Herbert Von King
670 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn, NY 11213 Cross Street: Marcy & Tompkins Ave.
Phone: 718.622.2082
Fax: 718.622.2598
Dance room, computer room, two playgrounds, game room, athletic field, performance stage, arts & crafts room
St. John's Recreational Center
1251 Prospect Pl. Brooklyn,
NY 11213
Cross Street: Troy & Schenectady Ave.
Phone: 718.771.2787
Fax: 718.771.2653
Pool, library, fitness room, gym, games room,
computer center
Must register. There is a fee involved for all; seniors (discounted. The afterschool program is from 2:30 - 5:30. Persons over 13 are asked to wait until this time is over. You will not be permitted entry.
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Sunset Park
43rd St. & 7th Ave. Brooklyn, NY
Phone: 718.965.6553
Pool, fitness room, gym, game room, computer center
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Red Hook
155 Bay Street, Brooklyn, NY
Cross Street: Henry & Clinton St.
Phone: 718.722.3211
Fitness room, gym, game room, computer center
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Lost Battalion Hall
93-29 Queens Blvd, Queens,
NY 11374
Cross Street: 62nd Ave. & 62nd Rd.
Phone: 718.263.1163/4121
Fax: 718.520.5366
Fitness room, gym, Computer center basketball court; boxing room ($55 extra fee)
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Roy Wilkins Family Center
177th St. & Baisley Blvd., Queens, NY 11374
Phone: 718.276.8686
Fax: 718.276.8690
Fitness room, pool, gym, tennis courts, basketball courts
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Sorrentino
18-48 Cornaga Ave.
Far Rockaway, Queens, NY
Phone: 718.471.4818
Fax: 718.471.1819
Fitness room, gym, game room, computer center
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Metropolitan Pool & Fitness Center
261 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY
Cross Streets: Bedford and Metropolitan Avenues
Phone: 718.599.5707
Fax: 718.599.5745
Pool, fitness room, computer resource center
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MOVIES, SCREENINGS
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TRIBECA's film festival
April 22 - May 3, 2009
http://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/
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MUSEUM OF THE MOVING IMAGE
OVERVIEW
Daily in Behind the Screen 1:30 THE RED BALLOON
In Tut's Fever Movie Palace
Friday, March 13 7:00 FLIGHT OF THE RED BALLOON
At LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
Sunday, March 15 10:30 a.m. THE ANIMATED WORLD OF ROBERT BREER Family Program
At The Noguchi Museum
Friday, April 3 7:00 KILLER OF SHEEP
At LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
Friday, May 22 7:00 LEMON TREE
At LaGuardia Performing Arts Center
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FAMILY PROGRAM
The Animated World of Robert Breer
Sunday, March 15, 2009, 10:30 a.m.
At The Noguchi Museum
This free event for children between the ages of 2 and 12 and their families, features an hour-long program of short films by artist and filmmaker Robert Breer followed by art-making activities. Breer, who has been at the forefront of American avant-garde cinema since the 1960s, is a painter and sculptor who turned to animation to create a unique and amazing body of work.
Introduced by David Schwartz, Moving Image Chief Curator, Breer?’s playful and lively films will engage the entire family and provide a new point of entry from which to view and explore Isamu Noguchi?’s work. Following the screening, Noguchi Museum educators will be present to facilitate activities and art-making projects. Families are encouraged to bring a snack and kick back while they enjoy the films. See below for a full list of titles.
Free admission, but reservations are required.
To register, send an email to smurphy @ noguchi.org with your family?’s name, the number of attendees and preferred form of contact (phone or email) or call 718.204.7088, extension 203. <
The Noguchi Museum is located at Vernon Boulevard between 10 Street and 33 Road in Long Island City. Sunday shuttle-bus service is available between Manhattan and the Museum. Click here for more information or call 718.204.7088.
The following films will be screened:
Homage To Jean Tinguely's Homage To New York (1960, 9 mins.) This record of the birth and death of Tinguely?’s famous auto-destructive sculpture at MoMA is itself a sculptural work, through its camera and editing techniques.
Fuji (1973, 8 mins.) Rotoscoped images of Mount Fuji, as seen from a train, are blended into the magical dreamscape of this lyrical voyage.
Swiss Army Knife With Rats and Pigeons (1981, 6 mins.) Images from everyday life are intercut with abstract and imaginary shapes in this virtuoso collage of drawings and live action photography.
Bang! (1986, 10 mins.) TV images of a boy paddling a boat, an arena crowd cheering, flowers, phones, and a wide array of personal doodle, photos, and assorted images whiz by in this mayhem-filled gem.
ATOZ (2000, 5 mins.) In this film dedicated to his daughter, Breer uses humor?—along with a frog, planes, and other shapes?—to look at the impact of the ordered alphabet on a child?’s awakening mind.
Trial Balloons (1982, 5 mins.) One of Breer?’s most lyrical films, Trial Balloons combines home movies with animation and hand-cut traveling mattes.
What Goes Up (2000, 4 mins.) The richness and the impermanence of life are captured in this rapid-fire animation of images capturing the joys of family and work life, and of food, drink, nature, and love.
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FAMILY PROGRAM
The Animated World of Robert Breer
Sunday, March 15, 2009, 10:30 a.m.
At The Noguchi Museum
This free event for children between the ages of 2 and 12 and their families, features an hour-long program of short films by artist and filmmaker Robert Breer followed by art-making activities. Breer, who has been at the forefront of American avant-garde cinema since the 1960s, is a painter and sculptor who turned to animation to create a unique and amazing body of work. Introduced by David Schwartz, Moving Image Chief Curator, Breer?’s playful and lively films will engage the entire family and provide a new point of entry from which to view and explore Isamu Noguchi?’s work. Following the screening, Noguchi Museum educators will be present to facilitate activities and art-making projects. Families are encouraged to bring a snack and kick back while they enjoy the films. See below for a full list of titles.
Free admission, but reservations are required. To register, send an email to smurphy @ noguchi.org with your family?’s name, the number of attendees and preferred form of contact (phone or email) or call 718.204.7088, extension 203.
The Noguchi Museum is located at Vernon Boulevard between 10 Street and 33 Road in Long Island City. Sunday shuttle-bus service is available between Manhattan and the Museum. Click here for more information or call 718.204.7088.
The following films will be screened:
Homage To Jean Tinguely's Homage To New York (1960, 9 mins.) This record of the birth and death of Tinguely?’s famous auto-destructive sculpture at MoMA is itself a sculptural work, through its camera and editing techniques.
Fuji (1973, 8 mins.) Rotoscoped images of Mount Fuji, as seen from a train, are blended into the magical dreamscape of this lyrical voyage.
Swiss Army Knife With Rats and Pigeons (1981, 6 mins.) Images from everyday life are intercut with abstract and imaginary shapes in this virtuoso collage of drawings and live action photography.
Bang! (1986, 10 mins.) TV images of a boy paddling a boat, an arena crowd cheering, flowers, phones, and a wide array of personal doodle, photos, and assorted images whiz by in this mayhem-filled gem.
ATOZ (2000, 5 mins.) In this film dedicated to his daughter, Breer uses humor?—along with a frog, planes, and other shapes?—to look at the impact of the ordered alphabet on a child?’s awakening mind.
Trial Balloons (1982, 5 mins.) One of Breer?’s most lyrical films, Trial Balloons combines home movies with animation and hand-cut traveling mattes.
What Goes Up (2000, 4 mins.) The richness and the impermanence of life are captured in this rapid-fire animation of images capturing the joys of family and work life, and of food, drink, nature, and love.
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SUPERDAY WITH GREG MOTTOLA
Sunday, March 22, 2009
At the DGA Theater, Manhattan
In a trio of films ranging from the low-budget indie cult favorite The Daytrippers to the Hollywood blockbuster sex comedy Superbad, Greg Mottola has proven himself to be a gifted director of screen comedy. On the occasion of his new film, Adventureland, the Museum presents a daylong retrospective with Mottola in person and a special appearance by Liev Schreiber, part of the all-star cast of The Daytrippers.
All screenings take place at the DGA Theater, 110 West 57 Street, Manhattan. All films are directed by Greg Mottola.
The Daytrippers
Sunday, March 22, 2:00 p.m.
With Liev Schreiber and Greg Mottola in person
1996, 87 mins. Imported 35mm print. With Hope Davis, Stanley Tucci, Liev Schreiber, Parker Posey, Campbell Scott, Anne Meara. Unavailable in the United States in film or DVD, Greg Mottola?’s impressive debut film is an incisive and offbeat road movie about a suburban family who packs into their stationwagon and takes a day trip to Manhattan to confront a philandering husband.
Tickets: Free for Museum members / $15 non-members.
Superbad
Sunday, March 22, 4:30 p.m.
With Greg Mottola in person
2007, 112 mins. With Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen, Bill Hader, Kevin Corrigan. The time-honored (since Porky?’s) tradition of the raunchy teen sex comedy is kept alive by Mottola, producer Judd Apatow, and screenwriters Seth Rogan and Evan Goldberg in this shaggy-day odyssey about the endless night of a trio of horny teens.
Tickets: Free for Museum members / $15 non-members.
Adventureland
Sunday, March 22, 7:30 p.m.
Preview screening with Greg Mottola in person
2009, 106 mins. With Jesse Eisenberg, Kristen Stewart, Kristen Wiig, Bill Hader. A high school graduate who had planned to move to New York to study art history instead winds up with a summer job at a seedy amusement park. Mottola?’s new film, which premiered at Sundance, invests the teen comedy genre with emotional depth and insight. Followed by Pinewood Dialogue with Mottola, moderated by Chief Curator David Schwartz.
Tickets: $12 Museum members / free for Sponsor-level members and above / $18 non-members.
An all-day pass for non-members, including tickets for all screenings, is available for $35. Order tickets online or by calling 718.784.4520.
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WORLD CINEMA SHOWCASE
September 12, 2008 - May 22, 2009
Featuring movies from France, Hong Kong, Iran, Israel, Romania, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, and the United States, this diverse monthly film series reflects the vitality of contemporary global cinema. Films will be presented with digital projection, and most screenings will be introduced by guest speakers.
All screenings at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center, 31-10 Thomson Avenue (at Van Dam Street), Long Island City. Pictured: Flight of the Red Balloon.
Tickets: $10.00 public / $8.00 CUNY Students / Free for Museum members. Members RSVP to 718.784.4520. Advance tickets available online at www.laguardiaperformingarts.org ($2 surcharge) and on day-of-show at the LPAC box office.
Operation Filmmaker
With director Nina Davenport in person
Friday, September 12, 7:00 p.m.
U.S. 2008, 96 mins. Directed by Nina Davenport. With Muthana Mohmed. An aspiring young filmmaker from Baghdad is offered an internship on an American independent film being shot in Prague. He turns out to be as inept as he is narcissistic, and he insinuates himself into Davenport?’s life. In this hilarious and unnerving documentary, a good deed gone awry becomes an allegory for the Iraq war, when Davenport realizes she can?’t tear herself away from her needy subject?—and has no exit strategy for her own film. Screening followed by a discussion with director Nina Davenport, moderated by David Schwartz, Chief Curator.
Volver
Friday, October 3, 7:00 p.m.
Spain, 2006, 121 mins. Directed by Pedro Almodovar. With Penelope Cruz. In the latest and perhaps finest film by Spain?’s top filmmaker, three generations of women survive wind, fire, madness, superstition?—even death?—through a combination of decency, deception, and boundless vitality. Penelope Cruz earned an Academy Award nomination for her role as a single mother who opens her own restaurant?…and who hides a dark secret.
Offside
Friday, November 21, 7:00 p.m.
Iran, 2006, 93 mins. Directed by Jafar Panahi. With Sima Mobarak-Shahi. A group of young women are denied entry to an important Iranian soccer game because of their gender. A simple fictional story, filmed documentary-style against the backdrop of the real game, Panahi?’s deceptively simple masterpiece is a suggestive study of women?’s rights and political and personal freedom in the contemporary Middle East.
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days
Friday, December 19, 7:00 p.m.
CANCELLED DUE TO BAD WEATHER
Romania, 2007, 113 mins. Directed by Cristian Mungiu. With Anamaria Marinca. In this beautifully performed drama about the human cost of petty bureaucracy in the final days of Communism in Romania, two college roommates try to arrange an illegal abortion. The Palme d'Or winner at Cannes is one of the key works in the current resurgence of Romanian cinema.
In Between Days
With director So Yong Kim in person
Friday, January 23, 7:00 p.m.
U.S. 2006, 82 mins. Directed by So Yong Kim. With Jiseon Kim. So Yong Kim?’s feature debut traces the joys and risks of first love for a young Korean-American immigrant. On the threshold of maturity, Aimie struggles to find her place in a new city, and her own emotional place in the world. The film won a Special Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival. Screening followed by a discussion with So Yong Kim, moderated by Chief Curator David Schwartz.
Exiled
Friday, February 13, 7:00 p.m.
Hong Kong, 2006, 109 mins. Directed by Johnny To. With Francis Ng. In this powerhouse tale of childhood buddies-turned-hit men squaring off against a gang boss in 1998 Macau?—on the eve of the former Portuguese colony?’s absorption by China?—flames roar, waves crash, and dropped bullets thud like bowling balls. A Hong Kong action film supreme, Exiled also has unexpected moments of sentiment and tenderness.
Flight of the Red Balloon
Friday, March 13, 7:00 p.m.
France/Taiwan, 2007, 114 mins. Directed by Hou Hsiao-hsien. With Juliette Binoche. In this contemporary reinvention of the classic children?’s film The Red Balloon, a young Parisian boy, his harried single mother, and his watchful Chinese babysitter wander through the city. This is a tender and exquisite study of loneliness, beauty, and imagination by one of the world?’s great directors.
Killer of Sheep
Friday, April 3, 7:00 p.m.
U.S. 1977/2007, 83 mins. Directed by Charles Burnett. With Henry G. Sanders. The best-reviewed film of 2007 was made 30 years ago, but not released until it was restored last year by the UCLA Film and TV Archive. A landmark of African-American independent cinema, Killer of Sheep is also a neo-realist drama steeped in the lyricism of the blues, about a South Central slaughterhouse worker who struggles to support himself and his family.
Film program curated by David Schwartz and Livia Bloom, Museum of the Moving Image. Special thanks to Steven Hitt and Handan Ozbilgin, LaGuardia Performing Arts Center; Nina Davenport; Dennis Doros and Amy Heller, Milestone Films; Linda Duchin, New Yorker Films; Brian Fox, Swank Motion Pictures; Lori Fried, First Run Icarus Films; So Yong Kim; and Gary Palmucci, Kino International.
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CLASSIC SHORT FILMS
IN TUT'S FEVER MOVIE PALACE
Classic short films are screened daily inside this commissioned artwork by Red Grooms and Lysiane Luong.
Ongoing:
The Red Balloon
Daily at 1:30 p.m.
1956, 34 mins. Directed by Albert Lamorisse. A young boy and a red balloon wander through the streets of Paris in The Red Balloon, one of the most beloved children?’s films ever made. This short film, which has no dialogue, is suitable for all ages.
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CONTACT INFORMATION
35 Avenue at 36 Street
Astoria, NY 11106
(718) 784-4520 ?— Administrative Offices
(718) 784-0077 ?— Program Information and Travel Directions
ADMISSION
Film Screenings
All ticket sales are final. Tickets will be available for pickup the day of the screening and will not be shipped.
Individual Museum members are limited to one discounted ticket;
Dual members limited to two.
Sponsor Members are limited to one free ticket and two additional discount tickets.
Museum membership is verified for all discounted tickets.
Please have your card at time of pick up.
IFP members must call 718-784-4520 to purchase discounted tickets to Museum events.
IFP membership card must be presented at time of pick up.
The Daytrippers with Mottola and Schreiber,
March 22, 2pm
Non-Members: $15.00
Superbad with Greg Mottola, March 22, 4:30pm
Non-Members: $15.00
Adventureland with Greg Mottola, March 22, 7:30pm
Members: $12.00
Non-Members: $18.00
All-day Greg Mottola pass, March 22
Non-Members: $35.00
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COMEDY
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The Brooklyn Comedy Company
When: Monday Nights
Where: Ripple Bar.
769 Washington Avenue, between St. Johns and Sterling.
Cost: FREE
For more information:
http://www.brooklyncomedycompany.com
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THEATER
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Brooklyn Lyceum,
Where: 227 Fourth Ave.
(646) 831-3303
Fee: $15.
Time: 7 pm.
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Workshop
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Where: Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum,
5816 Clarendon Road,
Brooklyn NY 11203
Tele: (718)629-5400,
Fax: (718)629-3125,
info@wyckoffassociation.org
When:
Cost: Free
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What: SWIM LESSONS:
Where: Metropolitan Pool,
Bedford and Metropolitan avenues,
Williamsburg.
When: 9:30 am to noon.
Who: NYC Parks and Recreation
Cost: Free.
For info, call 311.
How: Registration for its learn-to-swim program.
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PUPPEt or MARIONETTE SHOWS
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PUPPETWORKS:
What:
Where: 338 Sixth Ave. at Fourth Street.
When: Saturday and Sunday, at 12:30 and 2:30
Cost: $8 Adults, $7 children.
Details: Recommended for ages 4 and older.
a marionette performance
(718) 965-3391 *leave message with number of tickets requested, show times, and telephone number. Your spot will be guarenteed.
www.puppetworks.org
Call for groups rates and/or reservations.
For every 10, one supervisor gets in free
Weekday:
Credit cards are not accepted.
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FARMERS MARKETS
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BROOKLYN
WYCKOFF FARMHOUSE FARMERS MARKET SEASON OPENING
Saturdays, 12-4 PM
Get your heaping helping of fresh vegetables, fruits, and herbs at our farmer?’s market on Clarendon Road. The market continues every Sunday through October. Farmers?’ Market Nutrition Program Coupons accepted.
The Wyckoff Farmhouse Farmers Market is supported by the Brooklyn State Senate Delegation and State Senator Kevin Parker; The J.M. Kaplan Fund; and the US Environmental Protection Agency.
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For information on tickets, concerts, master classes and workshops, please call the C.W. Post Department of Music at (516) 299-2475 or 299-3181. For additional information, visit the
Guitar festival website at www.liu.edu/gfest
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DROP OFF SITES [NOT Brooklyn/Queens, but since it's hard to find places to drop off used batteries, broken cell phones,and the like, we included it because we thought you might want to know. Editor]
Local Commercial Locations:
Whole Foods Market
250 7th Avenue
NEW YORK, NY 10001
Phone: (212) 924-5969
Days/Hours: Monday to Sunday 8am to 10pm
Distance: 6.05 mile(s from 11225 zip code - Brooklyn Botanic Garden )
Web Link: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com
Location Notes: This site is located at 24th Street.
Materials Collected / Services Offered:
Batteries: NiCad Batteries, Other Batteries (note), Rechargeable Batteries (non-NiCad), Single-use Batteries
Plastic: Plastic Bags
Reuse: Cell phone and Equipment Reuse/Recycle
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