By Jack Margolis Never would I have thought that in just one week’s time I would be driving up north to the Bronx’s Van Cortlandt Park, then all the way south to Staten Island’s Tappen Park. Working for SummerStage Kids has allowed me to do this, and let me see parts of New York City’s [...]
Archive for the ‘Bronx’ Category
18 Nov
Tell us who you want to see at SummerStage in 2010
Why dream of Sugar Plum Fairies when you can dream about your favorite artist performing live at Central Park SummerStage in 2010! As the cold weather months begin to settle in, we here at City Parks Foundation are eagerly preparing for our most memorable Central Park SummerStage season yet in celebration of our 25th Anniversary. [...]
23 Sep
Learning Gardens on a Worldly Scale
The environmental education idea is simple: build a communal garden, combine it with a series of wonderful lessons, and then invite community members—schools, senior and day care centers, families, and organizations—to work on their gardens and cultivate valuable benefits. We serve over 2,850 community members, children, and teachers through school, out-of-school and summer programs. The [...]
20 Aug
Learning Garden Interns Talk About Their Summer
Learning Gardens is a program of CityParks Education, serving over 2,850 community members, children, and teachers through school, out-of-school and summer programs. The environmental education idea is simple: build a communal garden, combine it with a series of wonderful lessons, and then invite community members to work on their gardens and cultivate valuable benefits. Below [...]
18 Aug
Dancing in the Streets: Dance Party @ St. Mary’s Park
I was on my way to St. Mary’s Park in the Bronx last weekend, a bit tired and with an ice coffee in hand, ready for the performance Dancing in the Streets: Hip Hop Generation Next Generation Next. The heat was sweltering as I trudged down St. Mary’s Street, but as I came around the [...]
13 Aug
Hook & Smith Productions Spend a Day with the Green Girls
“On a lovely summer day, we visited the Green Girls program in Jamaica, Queens so we could interview one of the ladies that run the program. At first we were lost, since the area was compacted with dozens of plants and trees. We were escorted to this beautiful pond in this deep wooded place where [...]
7 Aug
CityParks Dance: Free Dance Classes before each show in St. Mary’s Park!
Summer’s no time to sit still; this weekend come check out one of the CityParks Dance performances, with free dance lessons before each show. Masters classes at 4pm, performaces at 5pm: On Saturday, August 8, Dayton Contemporary Dance Company (DCDC) & Germaul Barnes/Viewsic Expressions will be lighting up St. Mary’s Park. Having won national and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
