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SUMMER Issue 16 SUMMER 2021
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Orchard Beach Summer Concert Series
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What a difference a year makes. Summer is finally here and with the lifting of restrictions means we have more opportunities to enjoy outdoor and indoor activities in The Bronx! The Bronx Museum of the Arts has some great new exhibits! Kusama at the New York Botanical Garden is a must see! Brew at the Zoo is making a comeback. Plans for the Orchard Beach concerts including Bronx SalsaFest are in the works and we are even looking to a surprise blockbuster ending to the summer. Stay tuned by subscribing to our Go Bronx eNews. No doubt that the past year has been challenging. As we begin to unravel our new lives and thinking through some of the seriousness of the last year, let us try to remember to add laughter and fun into our days. To that end, we have collected a few events happening throughout the borough in the following pages of this publication to get your “to do” list started. We will continue to keep you posted when we see new and fun things come up through our website and through our eNews. We miss you. On behalf of The Bronx Tourism Council… welcome back. Bronxfully yours, Olga Luz Tirado Editor-in-Chief, Go Bronx Magazine Producer/Host, Go Bronx Podcast Executive Director, The Bronx Tourism Council
Summer 2021 Olga Luz Tirado Executive Director Sofia Thierfelder Grifoll Deputy Director
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EVENTs CALENDAR UNTIL OCT 31 | 10am – 6 pm
BARNSLEY BEDS ALL-DAY EXPLORATION Explore the beautiful display of fruits and vegetables found on a farm at the Barnsley Beds. New York Botanical Garden - Get Tickets 2900 Southern Blvd. MAY 22 - JUN 27
GYUN HUR: SO WE CAN BE NEAR This installation visualizes histories that are personal, familial and intimately shared. Under soft, yellow light, etched mirrors line the edges of the Sunroom to open up the space for reflection and introspection. Wave Hill 4900 Independence Ave More info
SAT, JUN 19-21-26 | JUL 10-17-24 | 3 pm
STAGE GARDEN RUMBA IS BACK IN SOUTH BRONX COMMUNITY GARDENS! Presented in partnership with We Stay/Nos Quedamos, Stage Garden Rumba is an open invitation for all New Yorkers to experience the cultural riches, green spaces, and vibrant Casitas of the South Bronx! The 2021 series comes at you in pumped-up hybrid mode, with both in-person performances throughout the summer and new digital episodes for online and public access television broadcast! For more information about locations, click here. TUE– THUR, JUN 22 to 24 | 7:30 pm
BRINGING TOBACCO & CEDAR: DIGGING INTO PLANTS, ROOTS, JOURNEY
“Salad Days” are here! Explore and learn more about the spring crops (and lots of lettuce!) growing in the garden. Children are invited to pot up their own spring salad mix to take home. New York Botanical Garden 2900 Southern Blvd. click here for more info
Pregones/PRTT is proud to partner with Jane Gabriels and PEPATIÁN for the second digital edition of their annual Indigenous Women Artists Residency, a project co-directed with Caridad de La Luz. This residency is as a border-crossing gathering that raises the visibility of self-identified Indigenous women artists by providing virtual space to share knowledge through conversation, creative workshops, informal showings, and opportunities to reflect, rejuvenate, and reconnect with the rivers and green spaces of The Bronx, and with its people. Live Online
SAT, JUN 19 | 10am – 2 pm
THUR, JUN 24 | 12 pm - 1 pm
MAY 11 – JUN 20, | TUE – SAT | 1:30 – 5:30 pm SUN and MON Holidays; 10am – 5:30 pm
DIG! PLANT! GROW!
INTERMEDIATE CANOEING Few experiences compare with being on the open water in New York City. All canoe programs are for ages 8 years and older. Participants are chosen by lottery. Free! Orchard Beach Parking Lot (in Pelham Bay Park) Register here SAT & SUN, JUN 19-20 | 10 am – 1 pm
FAMILY ART PROJECT: CHOSEN FAMILY TREES Celebrate Pride and commemorate the Stonewall Uprising by creating your own chosen family tree! For LGBTQ people, found families are bonded by an unwavering love, and are supported by each other so they can be their full selves. Celebrate this kind of love by inviting your own chosen family to co-create tree sculptures holding photographs or drawings. Free admission Wave Hill 4900 Independence Ave
WAVE HILL PRESENTS: JERRON "BLIND BOY" PAXTON
Jerron “Blind Boy” Paxton is an American multiinstrumentalist, blues musician and vocalist from Los Angeles. He plays banjo, piano and violin, and his musical influences are rooted mainly in the early blues from the 1920s and 1930s. Paxton’s family, originally from Louisiana, moved to L.A. in the 1950s where he grew up before moving to New York in 2007. With a strong interest in blues and jazz music before World War II, Paxton’s sound is influenced by the likes of Fats Waller and “Blind” Lemon Jefferson. As Will Friedwald has written in The Wall Street Journal, Paxton is “virtually the only music-maker of Continue on page 6
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VAN CORTLANDT PARK CELEBRATES JUNETEENTH BY HOSTING THE
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tradition Negro spiritual, I Want Jesus to Walk With Me, on viola. The Enslaved African Legacy in Van Cortlandt Park Project is a combined effort, led by the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance in concert with Van Cortlandt House Museum and Kingsbridge Historical Society, and in partnership with NYC Parks. The group works with the Enslaved People Project Task Force Steering Committee made up of residents, activists and historians. The Bronx was Lenape land up until the 17th century. As colonists took over New York and slavery became the main economic driver in the state, the area now known as Van Cortlandt Park became a plantation. The prominent Van Yahaya Kamate
Photo Credit: Robert Benimoff
n Saturday, June 19, Van Cortlandt Park Alliance hosted an event to commemorate Juneteenth National Independence Day declared a federal holiday only two days prior to the celebration. The morning consisted of the consecration of a location in the park determined to be the site of an African Burial Ground with a Libation Ceremony presided over by Chief Baba Neil Clarke, accompanied by Khuent Rose on the steelpan. The day’s program included remarks from elected officials and community leaders as well as entertainmnt such as African drumming performed by Yahaya Kamate; the singing of Lift Every Voice and Ain’t That Good News, traditional Negro spiritual songs sung by Beverly FlemingCamejo; The reading of a poem written by Carole Boston Weatherford Freedom Fighter by Ashley Hart Adams, accompanied by bassoonist Kika Wright; and Judith Insell, Executive Director of The Bronx Arts Ensemble, performed another PAGE 4
Ashley Hart Adams & Kika Wright Photo Credit: Robert Benimoff
NYC Parks, Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and its partners are leading the charge to bring to light the history of the enslaved Black and Native American people who lived in and built the park and house. Moreover, the project aims to elevate the interpretation of this story to make Van Cortlandt Park a world-class destination for the study of Enslaved People in an urban park setting and combine this history and the park’s ecology to tell a story of environmental justice issues in our Bronx community. Out of respect for the souls of the enslaved African people who worked the land, and in response to the community task force’s urgent request, the location was closed to foot and vehicular traffic early in 2021, the year marking the 200th anniversary
of the freeing of the African slaves held by the Van Cortlandt family. There are other initiatives being planned
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Judith Insell
Cortlandt family were slavers and their wealth depended on the backbreaking work of enslaved Africans. The land was a provisioning plantation, growing wheat and milling it to be sent to the West Indies, where the more lucrative sugarcane crops grew. For nearly 200 years, enslaved people worked this land. The Parade Ground, now known for cricket and baseball, had been a planting field, tended by enslaved people; evidence points to their having built Van Cortlandt House, the lake, the mill dam, and the colonial road that traverses the park (its stone wall remnants are still visible today). In 2019, a ground penetrating radar study conducted by the USDA discovered what is likely to be the outline of coffins underground in the park, adjacent to a confirmed colonialist burial ground. Additional anecdotal evidence and documentation gives credence to the belief that the area is an African Burial Ground. In 2020, Van Cortlandt House Museum opened a room in the attic to visitation, believing the space to have been slave quarters, based on an architectural analysis in 1994. Despite an overwhelming amount of information and interest, there is no interpretation of this important history still visible in the park. Working together with
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for the project which include the installation of wayfinding and interpretive signage, creating a self-guided history trail for visitors. The renaming of the Van Cortlandt Lake to Hester & Piero’s Mill Pond in honor of Piero, the Miller and his wife. The plans also include the creation of a memorial to the memory of the Enslaved Africans who lived in and built the park and educational programming to teach the public about this important history. #
continued from page 3 his generation playing guitar, banjo, piano and violin, among other implements to fully assimilate the blues idiom of the 1920s and ’30s, the blues of Bessie Smith and Lonnie Johnson.” Free Virtual Concert SAT, JUN 26 | 10 am - 1 pm
BARTOW QUEST
Test your mettle during this indoor-outdoor challenge race/scavenger hunt throughout the grounds of Bartow-Pell. This event requires cleverness, agility, teamwork, and speed, so lace up your sneakers and brush up on your history for a chance to win BARTOW QUEST. Be the first team to complete all 14 challenges and you’ll not only have bragging rights, but your team will also receive a complimentary picnic on the lawn, a Friend Family level membership to the museum, and we’ll throw in $100 for good measure. This event is suitable for children ages 8 and up when accompanied by an adult. Teams MAY consist of two to five team members. Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum 895 Shore Road Pelham Bay Park| info@bpmm.org 718. 885.1461
Stephanie Ehrlich is the Executive Director of the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and the Park Administrator for NYC Parks.
SAT JUN 26 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am
LGBTQ+ PRIDE MONTH: PRIDE BIRDING Celebrate LGBTQ+ Pride Month with the Urban Park Rangers. On this fun and inclusive adventure, we will enjoy a hike about all things birding, from color identification to conservation. All friends and allies are welcome. Free! Click here 242nd Street and Van Cortlandt Park East SAT JUN 26 | 3 pm - 5 pm
EXPLORING THE GRAND CONCOURSE, FROM ART DECO BUILDINGS TO YANKEE STADIUM Did you know that the Bronx's Grand Concourse is home to the largest collection of art deco residential buildings in the world? Join New York Adventure Club as we explore the historic apartment buildings and mansions on the Grand Concourse, a thoroughfare through the Bronx modeled on the Champs-Élysées in Paris. Led by Sam Goodman, a Bronx-born urban planner in the office of the Bronx Borough President, our unique experience between 161st & 166th Streets on the Grand Concourse | $32 | Pre-register
DePrator, a member of the Enslaved People Project Task Force Steering Committee is moved by the Juneteenth ceremony. Photo Credit: Robert Benimoff
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SAT, JUN 26 - 27, | 10 am - 1 pm
SUN, JUN 27 | 2 pm - 3:30 pm
We thank the bees, bats, birds, moths, and butterflies for their work to help flowers reproduce. Use pressed petals that have naturally fallen from plants to create a landing pad for these generous beings. Then, use seeds and dirt to create a living sculpture of a pollinator you would like to honor to take home and plant. Native Pollinators Day event. Free with admission Wave Hill 4900 Independence Ave
Pollinators seek out certain plants that provide rich sources of nectar or food for hungry caterpillars. In this workshop with Wave Hill Senior Horticultural Interpreter Jess Brey, learn about plants that support local pollinators while planting a container with pollinator-friendly plants. Perfect for a sunny terrace, deck, rooftop or backyard garden. Containers, potting mix, care instructions and a robust selection of plants provided. Native Pollinators Day event. $65, including admission to the grounds. Wave Hill Members save 10% | Register Wave Hill 4900 Independence Ave
FAMILY ART PROJECT: PETALS FOR OUR POLLINATORS
POLLINATOR CONTAINER GARDEN WORKSHOP
WED, JUN 30 | 7 pm— 9 pm
FREEDOMLAND USA: THE BRONX’S LONG - LOST “DISNEYLAND OF THE EAST” WEBINAR In the 1950s, the former right-hand man to Walt Disney decided to start his own venture and create the "Disneyland of the East" in New York's northernmost borough — and after a few short years, he succeeded in building the largest and most expensive theme park on Planet Earth. But how could such a monumental project that was revered by its visitors, and meant to last for decades, go bankrupt only a few short years later? This is the story of Freedomland USA and the impactful legacy it left behind. Join New York Adventure Club as we travel back in time to explore the Freedomland USA fair — completed in 1960 in the Baychester area of the Bronx, this theme park — the world's largest at the time — featured over 40 thrill rides, shows, and live action attractions dedicated to American history. | Online Pre-register | $10
SUN JUN 27 | 6 pm – 7 am
FAMILY CAMPING: BRONX The Urban Park Rangers celebrate the tradition of camping and we look forward to welcoming your family. Participants are chosen by lottery. Free! Orchard Beach Nature Center (in Pelham Bay Park) Click here SUN JUN 27 | 10 am - 5 pm
NATIVE POLLINATORS DAY Praise the pollinators! Celebrate National Pollinators Week and the tiny creatures who beautify our gardens and put food on our tables. Join a naturalist -led walk to see pollinators in action, plant a portable pollinator garden and make seed and petal sculptures in the Family Art Project. Garden Workshop requires registration and additional fee. FREE | Wave Hill 4900 Independence Ave
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Bronx Podcast Wins Prestigious Webby Award
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o Bronx Pod has been named the Best Limited Series Podcast in the 25th Annual Webby Awards Internet Celebration. Hailed as the “Internet’s highest honor” by The New York Times, The Webby Awards, presented by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), is the leading international awards organization honoring excellence on the Internet. IADAS, which nominates and selects The Webby Award Winners, is comprised of Internet industry experts including Mitchell Baker; MOMA Senior Curator Paola Antonelli; Host of NPR’s Code Switch Shereen Marisol Meraji; R/GA Global Chief Creative Officer Tiffany Rolfe; CoInventor of the Internet Vint Cerf; DJ and Founder, Club Quarantine D-Nice; Co-host Desus & Mero on Showtime Desus Nice; SVP of Content at Twitch Michael Aragon; Twitter Senior Director, Product Design Richard Ting; and Founders of VERZUZ Swizz Beatz and Timbaland. This is an unparalleled honor and a remarkable achievement! With nearly 13,500 entries from all 50 U.S. states and 70+ countries—and 2.2 million votes cast by over 600,000 people in the Webby People’s Voice Awards—the 25th Annual Webby Awards is our most competitive season in our history! As a Webby Winner, you truly set the standard of excellence on the Internet. “Go Bronx Pod has set the standard for innovation and creativity on the Internet,” said Claire Graves, Executive Director of The Webby Awards. “This award is a testament to the skill, ingenuity, and vision of its creators.”
“We launched the podcast in the height of the pandemic because if people couldn’t come to The Bronx, we brought The Bronx to people,” says podcast producer/host and Executive Director of The Bronx Tourism Council, Olga Luz Tirado. “It was our way of sharing the history of this great borough with them even if they couldn’t be here.” Co-host and historian Angel Hernández said “working with Olga on Go Bronx Pod was one of my best experience during the pandemic. With museums, libraries, and other cultural institutions closed, we’ve managed to keep our borough citizens informed with their hometown history – and we did it with fun. The Bronx is a special place with a rich history encrusted with firsts, while it continues to host an array of diversity and change that always made good content for a future episode. We are so honored to receive the 2021 Webby Award and would like to thank our supporters and subscribers for listening to us. God bless The Bronx.” “The ‘Go Bronx Podcast’ combines two of my favorite things: history and the borough of The Bronx,” said Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. ” I want to congratulate Olga Luz Tirado and Angel Hernández for their Webby Award and for being recognized by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. This platform is a great way for all of us to learn more about what makes The Bronx so historically special.” To see the five-word acceptance speech, click here.
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FRI, JUL 2 | 6 pm - 8 pm
MON, AUG 9 | 9 am – 3 pm
FIRST FRI WITH THE NINA GORDON PARTY
ADVENTURES IN TIME SUMMER HISTORY CAMP
The Nina Gordon Party will perform retro -rock classics on the back terrace overlooking the pebble court and gardens. Enjoy the music, stroll the grounds! Light refreshments will be served. If inclement weather, the event will take place in the double parlors. | Tickets BPMM Heritage Members and above: Free; Not-Yet Members: Adults $15; Students/Seniors: $10 Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum | 895 Shore Road info@bpmm.org | 718. 885.1461
Send your child on an adventure back in time this summer at Van Cortlandt House Museum at our Adventures in Time Summer History Camp. Campers will learn about the history of the Van Cortlandt family and how they relate to the history of New York City all while having fun. All activities will take place outdoors including on rainy days when we will make use of an 18thcentury style canvas dining fly. We will be immersed in activities exploring the everyday life of a child in the 18th century, historic foodways, and the local history of the land as a plantation and park. Children will also travel in time back to the early years of the Revolutionary War and experience the life of a soldier in General George Washington’s army. They will lend a hand with pitching a tent and setting up camp. “Enlistment” in the army, military drill, and reconnaissance are also part of the action. Camp Dates 2021 Week 1: AUG 9 - 13 | Week 2: AUG 16 - 20 Hours: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm each day Registration Fees $350.00 per child/week Campers who are enrolled in two weeks of camp or two or more children from the same family qualify for a 10% discount on registration fees. Click Here. Van Cortlandt House Museum
SAT, JUL 10 | 9 am - 11 am
VEGETABLE GARDENING PRIMER: FOLLOW-UP Join Ann Loughran in Bartow-Pell’s veggie garden for a mid-summer workshop to see how the garden is coming along. Learn tips and tricks designed for the home farmer. This event is free, but registration is required. Click here. Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum | 895 Shore Road info@bpmm.org | 718. 885.1461 JUL 26 - AUG 6 - 9 am - 2 pm
BPMM DISCOVERY CAMP Children ages 6 – 12 are invited to spend a week at Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum from 9 am to 2 pm having fun and learning about gardening, sustainability, and local history. This unique program mixes core activities in the vegetable garden with exploration of the 19th-century mansion, the Northeast Woodlands wigwam, and family life in both. Kids will also enjoy engaging crafts, wildlife investigations, creative cooking, nature hikes, and more. Click here. Space is limited to 10 children per session. Session I JUL 26 through JUL 30 Session II AUG 2 through AUG 6 Cost per session: $300 APR 10 - OCT 31 | 10 am - 5:30 pm
KIDS GET COSMIC!
Kids and their families embark on an adventure to observe the natural environment while learning about the life and work of Yayoi Kusama. Click here. New York Botanical Garden | 2900 Southern Blvd.
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MAY 22—JUN 27
SAT, APR 10 – SUN, OCT 31 | 10 am – 6 pm
KUSAMA: COSMIC NATURE
Contemporary Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama is one of the most popular artists in the world, drawing millions to experience her immersive installations. Exclusively at NYBG, Kusama reveals her lifelong fascination with the natural world, beginning with her childhood spent in the greenhouses and fields of her family’s seed nursery. Her artistic concepts of obliteration, infinity and eternity are inspired by her intimate engagement with the colors, patterns, and life cycles of plants and flowers. Click here. New York Botanical Garden | 2900 Southern Blvd. TUE, MAY 22 - AUG 15 | 2 pm - 3:30 pm
THE SHADOW OF THE SUN: ROSS BLECKNER AND ZACHARI LOGAN
The Shadow of the Sun: Ross Bleckner and Zachari Logan pairs New York-based artist Ross Bleckner and Canadian artist Zachari Logan, kindred spirits whose individual practices and collaborations explore the omnipresence of life and death through notions of loss, decay, visibility/ invisibility, memory, flora and landscape. In conjunction with the exhibition, Wave Hill presents a series public programming, including conversations, a panel discussion, and verbal description tour. Zoom | Free Registration
SUN, JUL 4-11-18-25 | 2 pm - 3 pm GARDEN HIGHLIGHTS WALK Join a knowledgeable Wave Hill Garden Guide on a tour of favorite garden areas and summer highlights. Severe weather cancels. Walks do not include the Conservatory at this time. This walk ends at 2:45PM. Free Admission Wave Hill | 4900 Independence Avenue
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SHOSHANNA WEINBERGER: FRAGMENTS OF PERCEPTION Inspired by Wave Hill’s Aquatic Garden pool and tropical plants, Shoshanna Weinberger’s installation treats the garden as a metaphorical space to explore the complexity of her Caribbean-American heritage. The artist uses a grouping of abstracted, anthropomorphic sculptures made of laser-cut, two-sided, acrylic mirrors to draw associations between plants and the human body. The work features parts of Weinberger's signature muse “Strangefruit,” a recurring figure that represents her own body and other, marginalized, female bodies. These hybrid, plant-human forms reflect the challenges of seeking refuge in a tropical landscape and simultaneously struggling to blend in. | Wave Hill | Glyndor Gallery | 4900 Independence Ave JUL 22 to 25 | 6:30 pm
INDIGENOUS WOMEN ARTISTS RESIDENCY Pregones/PRTT is proud to partner with Jane Gabriels and PEPATIÁN for the first digital edition of their annual Indigenous Women Artists Residency, a project co-directed with Caridad de La Luz. This border-crossing gathering raises the visibility of selfidentified Indigenous women artists by providing virtual space to share knowledge through conversation, creative workshops, informal showings, and opportunities to reflect, rejuvenate, and reconnect with the rivers and green spaces of The Bronx, and with its people. Culminating in online performances and public dialogue, this third installment provides the artists with novel ways to build bridges and deepen connections for First Nation peoples from British Columbia, Canada’s westernmost province, to the Boogie Down, NYC’s greenest borough. More information click here.
TUE, AUG 24 | 7:30 pm JOE CONZO’S MAS AFRO LATIN “I was blessed to be around to document the birth of Hip Hop with my camera as a young Latino growing up in The South Bronx. But when I wasn’t hanging out with my childhood friends, I was hanging on my Dad’s coat tails. You see, my dad, Joe Conzo Sr., is known as the foremost historian of Afro Latin music, and it was with him I documented some of the genre’s great talents and great events. The late 1970’s and early 1980’s were a thrilling high point for Salsa —Tito Puente hated that word!— and I was right there with Dad, a fly on the wall, capturing moments among the giants. Growing up listening to Puente, Celia, Lavoe, Eddie, and Charlie, I was in heaven and in awe that I got the chance to photograph them. I was a teenager with “all access,” and the legends treated me like family: ‘Déjalo. Es el hijo de Conzo, is all good!'” All photos property of the artist and used by permission. See more at www.joeconzo.com. Curated in dialogue with Alvan Colón Lespier, Associate Artistic Director, Pregones/PRTT. Catch our SPOTLIGHT: Creatives at Work episode with Joe Conzo. More information here.
FRI, JUL 23 | 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
MEET THE ARTIST: KAMARI CARTER Join exhibiting artist Kamari Carter and Curator of Visual Arts Eileen Jeng Lynch for a conversation about Carter's project in the Sunroom. They will discuss the artist’s multimedia installation, which investigates the local, forgotten, colonial-era histories of Black communities in the Hudson Valley, examining systems of violence, racial and social control and identity. Carter will talk about how his sculpture commemorates and memorializes the lives of two, young, enslaved Black women who were accused of arson and publicly lynched in 1794, despite a lack of evidence. | Zoom| Free Registration TUE, AUG 10 | 6 pm - 7:30 pm
ART IN CONTEXT: CRITICAL DISCUSSION The Shadow of the Sun: Ross Bleckner and Zachari Logan pairs New York-based artist Ross Bleckner and Canadian artist Zachari Logan, kindred spirits whose individual practices and collaborations explore the omnipresence of life and death through notions of loss, decay, visibility/invisibility, memory, flora and landscape. In conjunction with the exhibition, Wave Hill presents a series public programming, including conversations, a panel discussion, and verbal description tour. | Zoom | Free Registration TUE, WED and THUR AUG 3-5 | 7:30 pm
SOLFEST: A LATINX THEATER FESTIVAL... is back in innovative digital format and ready to provide drama and inspiration during the dog days of summer! Produced by The Sol Project in close partnership with Pregones/PRTT, this year’s program is also realized in collaboration with Play At Home and North Star Projects. SolFest 2020: Virtual Edition will include three days of Latinx work, including works in progress, film, panels, short plays, immersive and interactive projects and multi -disciplinary collaborations. RSVP Now Open for the festival’s three public events all starting 7:30 pm.
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ONGOING EVENTs
NYBG at Home for Kids & Families Keep kids growing at home with lessons plans, recipes, videos and more. Learn about science, nature, and gardening, in a series of live, online workshops. More than a dozen virtual field trips are available. Virtual Workshops. Click Here. New York Botanical Garden | 2900 Southern Blvd.
The Plant Doctor Is In Whether your orchids need repotting or you want to try your hand at indoor seed starting, we’re here to help! Chime in during our weekly calls for questions on social media and our plant experts will answer them each FRI. Whether your orchids need repotting or you want to try your hand at indoor seed starting, we’re here to help! Email us at plantinfo@nybg.org or chime in during our weekly calls for questions on social media and our plant experts will answer them each FRI. Ongoing, Online New York Botanical Garden | 2900 Southern Blvd. Virtual Herbarium Expeditions Contribute to scientific research from anywhere by helping botanists interpret herbarium specimens. Train yourself using our online resources and join one of our virtual expeditions today! Ongoing, Online New York Botanical Garden | 2900 Southern Blvd.
Virtual Garden Tours Join us each week as we take you on virtual walks through the Garden's different collections each season. Take a virtual tour through The New York Botanical Garden’s summer sensations with Todd Forrest, Arthur Ross Vice President for Horticulture and Living Collections Ongoing, Online New York Botanical Garden| 2900 Southern Blvd. EcoQuest Challenge -Daily EcoQuests, part of the NYC EcoFlora Project, challenge New Yorkers to become citizen scientists and observe, study and help conserve the native plants and animals of the City, using iNaturalist, an easy-touse mobile App. Each month, NYBG EcoFlora will announce a new Challenge where we need your help to document the wild flora and fauna of New York City by taking and sharing photos via iNaturalist, an easy-to-use mobile App. New York Botanical Garden| 2900 Southern Blvd. Click Here.
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