La segunda semana ha llegado a su fin y fue tan lleno de eventos como la primera. La semana empezó en Queens donde las chicas visitaron a Socrates Scuplture Park. Allá ellas trabajaron con una artista local para hacer canastas de viejos envases de yogur y varios tipos de papeles reciclados. ¡Más tarde ellas visitaron [...]
Archive for July, 2009
29 Jul
Green Girls Week Two!
Week two of the Green Girls Summer Institute comes to a close, and it was just as eventful as week one. The week started off in Queens where the girls visited Socrates Sculpture Park. Here the girls worked with a local artist to make baskets out of old yogurt containers and various types of recycled [...]
28 Jul
CityParks Dance Starts up this weekend at Queensbridge Park!
CityParks Dance festival starts up this weekend with Kulu Mele African American Dance & Drum Ensemble (below) on August 1, and Dancing in the Streets: Hip Hop Generation Next, and Ill Style & Peace Productions (above) on August 2. Free master classes for all ages start at 4pm, and all dance performances start at 5pm. [...]
28 Jul
Community Comments: CityParks Concerts
“Ever since I discovered CityParks Concerts last year, they have become the highlight of my summer. I am from Brooklyn, but I love traveling to different boroughs and discovering new neighborhoods. In addition to traveling, I love that CityParks Concerts are about quality hip-hop and quality music in general. While I was not around during [...]
24 Jul
Community Garden Programs in your Neighborhood!
Through the first three weeks of July, hundreds of children and families have visited our Learning Gardens in Queens, Brooklyn and the Bronx, learning about the life in the garden as they plant, play and enjoy the experience of getting their hands dirty. At Grove Hill Garden in the Bronx, children have munched on mint [...]
23 Jul
KRS-One Rocks the South Bronx
Last night at Crotona Park in the Bronx, people were dancing, getting all worked up for the show, and shouting lyrics along with KRS-One as he threw CDs into the crowd – and this was all during the sound check. There was no doubt that KRS-One would rock the South Bronx, in the park he [...]
22 Jul
Nas showed up to CityParks Concert @ Queensbridge Last Night
You didn’t miss the Lovebug Starski & Friends concert at Queensbridge Park last night, did you? If you didn’t end up braving the light rain, then you missed a great show, at the end of which Nas showed up and got on stage. If you were there and have pictures of the show email them [...]
21 Jul
CityParks Theater: jessica Care more TONIGHT @ Von King Park, Bklyn
jessica Care more is no stranger to the stage; she first gained recognition as an Apollo legend after becoming the first poet to win a record five consecutive weeks on the nationally televised It’s Showtime at the Apollo in the 90s. Now, she takes to the stage again – in the parks no less. Starting [...]
21 Jul
CityParks Education’s Green Girls: Week One Recap
Well, it’s hard to believe, but the first week of Green Girls is over! The girls have traveled to new places including Orchard Beach, Inwood Park, and Staten Island. Many of the girls are experiencing new things like fishing and bird watching, just to name a few. Tuesday’s service project at Inwood Park had the [...]
20 Jul
KRS-One: July 22 @ Crotona Park, Bx — PLUS MC Contest Accepting Entries!
Come on out to Crotona Park this Wednesday, July 22 at 7PM to see KRS-One rock his old neighborhood! PLUS: CityParks MC Contest to “Represent your Neighborhood Park!” Now Accepting Entries! Winner to open for Naughty By Nature August 18 at Mahoney Park, Staten Island. City Parks Foundation, New York City’s leading organization dedicated to [...]
