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 [...]
Archive for the ‘Queens’ Category
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 [...]
24 Aug
Street Reporter: The Persuasions Review
“Wow” is probably the best word to describe the throwback up in the county of Queens. The Persuasions were simply amazing, unlike anything I had ever seen. Entirely a cappella, they epitomized the true essence of raw musical talent. In an era plagued with artificial sounding “music,” the Persuasions were a breath of fresh air. [...]
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
MC Contest Winner: Final Outlaw, to open for Naughty By Nature tomorrow!
City Parks Foundation is excited to announce the winner of the summer’s MC Contest: Final Outlaw! To listen to the winning submission, click here. Final Outlaw is an American born recording artist raised mostly in New York City. During his childhood he spent some time moving around the east coast due to poverty/personal issues, but [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
