By Alexandra Light Volunteers are the unsung heroes of a neighborhood; they work behind the scenes and often do not get the praise they deserve for all their hard work. The locals of Hell’s Kitchen, Manhattan is just one of the many communities that have benefited from generous, hard-working individuals like Chana Widawski. In Mathews-Palmer [...]
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9 Apr
Documenting the Stage Build, SummerStage 2012
With unusually warm temperatures this spring, it is difficult not to think summer is around the corner. Another indicator that the highly anticipated season is on its way is when the stage at Rumsey Playfield in Central Park starts to take shape for SummerStage, which started last week. The build began on Monday, April 2nd [...]
20 Mar
CityParks Seniors Fitness Banquet 3-15-2012
By Alexandra Light On Thursday, March 15, City Parks Foundation hosted the annual Senior Fitness Banquet: an event held to celebrate the free programming for those over 60 and raise money to fund it. At 6PM, City Parks Foundation board members, employees, and supporters shuffled in to B.B. Kings Restaurant & Blues Club in Times [...]
1 Mar
CityParks Corporate Tennis League 2012
Experience the highly anticipated CityParks Corporate Tennis League with your co-workers, as it returns for another season to provide tennis to underprivileged youth. Details below. Who: You and your company! Previous participants include co-ed teams from HBO, Deloitte, Marsh & McLennan, TD Waterhouse, Barclays Capital, and ING What: The competition is in TEAMTENNIS format: A [...]
21 Feb
SummerStage Alumni- Ani DiFranco
By Alexandra Light Since its inception in 1986, SummerStage has had ample time to host insanely talented performers of all genres. One artist that has grown up with SummerStage is folk singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco. DiFranco first appeared on the Rumsey Playfield stage for a free show on July 1, 1995 with Joan Osborne. She must [...]
23 Jan
SummerStage Alumni- Amos Lee
By Alexandra Light Every year, SummerStage hosts over 100 performers in parks citywide. Many of these shows are free to the public, and feature unknown, up and coming artists. Did you know that the wonderfully talented Amos Lee performed at Rumsey Playfield? Probably not. And if you were at that show, you probably didn’t know [...]
9 Dec
Life After SummerStage
By Clare Lanning “Welcome home Clare,” was the thought running through my head like a flashing sign as my Dad and I made the long, four-hour drive in his station wagon back to school at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, for my senior year. What used to look so familiar and ordinary to me each [...]
2 Dec
Congrats SummerStage Alums Earning 2012 Grammy Nominations
SummerStage is thrilled to present the list of past SummerStage artists, from 1986 – 2011, who have been nominated for 2012 Grammy Awards. A note from SummerStage Artistic Director Erika Elliott on this year’s nominees: “As Artistic Director, my hope is that we are able to present the widest cross-section of contemporary music possible to [...]
21 Nov
City Parks Foundation/Richard Rodgers Foundation Announce Performing Arts Grant
Grant application period: November 14, 2011 – February 17, 2012 Grant letter of intent deadline: December 16, 2011 Grant Consultation & Facility Tour: January 18, 2012, 6:00-8:00 PM Grant application deadline: February 17, 2012, postmarked no later 5:00 PM Grant award notification: Within four to eight (4-8) weeks Grant Announcement [...]
19 Oct
Throughout the Years
By Maggie Margolis As I conclude my third summer working at SummerStage, I can’t help but reflect on each summer and how very different they have all been. My first summer was in 2009 and I was an Operations Intern and an usher for SummerStage. Through this position, I saw the behind the scenes work [...]
