By Hana Raskin As a native New Yorker, SummerStage was always a quintessential part of Summer. But like many other New Yorkers I still didn’t fully process that SummerStage wasn’t just in Central Park- it’s in all five boroughs. Part of my responsibility as a Marketing/Public Relations intern at City Parks Foundation/SummerStage was to attend [...]
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12 Aug
City Parks Foundation’s Young Golfers get lessons from LPGA Pro Cristie Kerr at CityParks Junior Golf Center’s Free Clinic!
Tuesday August 10, 2010 was a lucky day for 50 intermediate level golfers, ages 10 to 17. The participants in CityParks Foundation’s free lessons presented by René Lacoste Foundation in parks across the five boroughs, got the chance to receive coaching from LPGA pro Cristie Kerr. This opportunity at CityParks’ Junior Golf Center in Bay [...]
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 [...]
10 Sep
Kayakers Navigate the NYC Watertrail This Week
On Tuesday evening, a set of thirty adventurous people set out from the Long Island City Boathouse on a fleet of kayaks. The group was from Partnerships for Parks, a joint program of City Parks Foundation and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation, and their goal was to explore the NYC Water Trail. They [...]
1 Sep
Hook Productions Create a Green Map of Red Hook
The sun was beating down on the pavement in Long Island City one summer afternoon, as 24 Brooklyn teens straddled their bikes, ready to take off down the proposed Brooklyn Greenway, a 14 mile route down through Brooklyn. On another such day, the group took to the waters, with kayaks in Valentino Pier in Red [...]
26 Aug
Community Contribution: Frankie Negron Collage
“I usually look forward to Summer Stage in Central Park. However, attending a CityParks Concert in Red Hook was such a different experience. People come from all over to see the concerts in Central Park, and even Prospect Park. But in Redhook Park it seemed much smaller, tighter and truly the local community. It was as [...]
20 Aug
Street Reporter: Naughty By Nature Review
Naughty by Nature killed it last year in Queensbridge, so I was eager to make the trek into Staten Island from Brooklyn to see them again. The opener, an emcee by the name of Final Outlaw proved a powerful presence as he spun lyrical tales of his impoverished childhood. A true emcee, Final Outlaw was [...]
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 [...]
19 Aug
DJ Battle in Red Hook, Bklyn Last Night
The elements showed mercy last night, saving the torrential downpour until after the epic battle between DJ Premier and DJ Scratch. Hosted by a mellow Danny Castro of Lyricist Lounge, these legendary DJs broke out some Sugar Hill Gang, James Brown, Michael Jackson and KRS-One, to name a few, and showed off with some ill [...]
