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Saturday, August 22, 2015
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Thursday, August 20, 2015
(PLEASE LIST through 9/12/15) NYC PARKS GREEN THUMB ANNUAL HARVEST FAIR HOSTED AT DIAMANTE COMMUNITY GARDEN
| Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks | Listing | PLEASE LIST through September 12, 2015 IMMEDIATE |
NYC PARKS GREEN THUMB ANNUAL HARVEST FAIR HOSTED AT DIAMANTE COMMUNITY GARDEN
DATE: Saturday, September 12, 2015
TIME: 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Diamante Community Garden
307 East 118th Street btw 1st and 2nd avenues
Manhattan
DETAILS: FREE – rain or shine – all ages welcome!
Join NYC Parks’ Green Thumb to celebrate the fall harvest. Activities include Harvest Fair Contest (registration for this contest begins at 11:00 a.m. on site prior to event), workshops on window and straw bale gardening for small spaces and patios, earth henna, family yoga, raffle prizes and more! Performers will include Bomba Yo and Grammy-award-winning guitarist and composer Hernan Romero.
Event will also feature first ever Green Thumb Fresh Chef Contest. Contest will challenge 10 youth and 10 adults to create their most delicious and nutritious dishes with local and healthy ingredients, judged by a panel of VIP East Harlem chefs including Melba Wilson, Artist Thornton, Raphael Benavides and Irene Yager. Pre-registration is required to participate in Fresh Chef Contest. Youths (10-17) can register here. Adults (18 and up) can register here. All participants will receive a chef hat and apron and prizes will be awarded to the 1st and 2nd place winners.
For more information call (212) 602-5300 or email greenthumbinfo@parks.nyc.gov.
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Press Contact:
Tara Kiernan
pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov
(212) 360-1311
Wednesday, August 12, 2015
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Monday, August 10, 2015
(PLEASE LIST through 8/15/15) B'ROOK'LYN CHESS FESTIVAL
| NYC Parks | Listing | PLEASE LIST through August 15, 2015 IMMEDIATE |
B’rook’lyn Chess Festival
DATE: Saturday, August 15, 2015
TIME: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Dr. Ronald McNair Park
Eastern Parkway btwn. Washington and Classon Avenues
BROOKLYN
DETAILS: Learn to play chess, compete, sharpen your skills, meet and play a chess master, and have fun! No need to bring your board. All chess boards will be provided.
Activities include:
· Scholastic tournaments for grades 1-8
· USCF Action Tournament for grades 9-Adult
· Learn to play clinics for all levels
· Free play area
· Simul - Play International Grandmaster Giorgi Kacheishvili
· Play a Master - Play FM Andrey Krasnov and Azeez Alade
· Blitz Tournament
This event is free and open to the public. Please RSVP at bkchessfestival.eventbrite.com.
Contact:
Sam Biederman / Meghan Lalor
(212) 360-1311
pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov
Wednesday, July 29, 2015
PLEASE LIST through 8/4/15: CITYWIDE BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT IN CONEY ISLAND
| Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks | Listing | PLEASE LIST through August 4, 2015 IMMEDIATE |
CITYWIDE BEACH VOLLEYBALL TOURNAMENT IN CONEY ISLAND
DATE: Saturday, August 8, 2015, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Preliminaries)
Sunday, August 9, 2015, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Championships)
LOCATION: Coney Island Beach
West 10th Street & the Boardwalk
BROOKLYN
EVENT: NYC Parks is hosting a beach volleyball tournament in beautiful Coney Island. Registration is open through August 4. Teams who win on Saturday, August 8 go to the championship on Sunday, August 9. For more information, visit nyc.gov/parks.
DETAILS: Face off in NYC's ultimate summer competition! NYC Parks invites you to join us for a volleyball tournament on beautiful Coney Island Beach.
The Tournament is a two-day competition. On Saturday, August 8, players face off in the preliminaries. Divisions include: Co-Ed Quads (4/team), Women's Doubles (2/team), Men's Doubles (2/team) and a Co-Ed Quad Junior division for kids 15 and under. There will also be two Learn to Play clinics for beginners who want basic volleyball instruction. Winners from the divisions go to the championship on Sunday, August 9, so players must be prepared to play on both days. Event is rain or shine.
Registration goes live at nycbeachvolleyball.eventbrite.com from July 17 - August 4. Players can register individually or in groups. Bring friends! Spectators are welcome.
The tournament is presented by NYC Parks in cooperation with the Garden Empire Volleyball Association (GEVA).
Press Contact:
Meghan Lalor
(212) 360-1311
pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov
Tuesday, July 28, 2015
(PLEASE LIST through 8/28/15) BROOKLYN PARKS CELEBRATED IN LIVING LANDMARKS EXHIBITION AT CENTRAL PARK’S ARSENAL GALLERY
| Mitchell J. Silver, FAICP Commissioner, NYC Parks www.nyc.gov/parks | Listing | PLEASE LIST through August 28, 2015 IMMEDIATE |
BROOKLYN PARKS CELEBRATED IN LIVING LANDMARKS ExhibitION AT CENTRAL PARK's ARSENAL GALLERY
DATE: June 25 – August 28, 2015
TIME: Monday – Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., Closed Holidays
LOCATION: The Arsenal Gallery, Central Park
830 Fifth Avenue
At 64th Street and 5th Avenue
MANHATTAN
DETAILS: Living Landmarks celebrates the nine individually landmarked New York City public parks in honor of the 50th anniversary of the City's landmarks law. The exhibit showcases their contributions to landscape design and to the dynamism of the city through historical and contemporary photography, renderings, maps, artifacts, and memorabilia. Brooklyn is represented by more than 25 vintage and contemporary images of Prospect Park, as well as Eastern and Ocean Parkway, the first parkways in the nation. Objects in the show include an 1868 progress plan of Prospect Park, as well as stereopticon views of the park producing a three dimensional visual effect. A rendering of the Caton Avenue bridge crossing at Ocean Parkway reminds us that this historic landscape might have been lost had it not been for Brooklyn's preservation advocates, while an photo of the exuberant West Indian American Day Parade along Eastern Parkway reveals a purpose that designers Olmsted and Vaux never imagined.
This exhibition is FREE and open to the public. For more information, please call (212) 360-8163 or visit: INSERT WEB LINK
Media Contact:
Maeri Ferguson
(212) 360-1311 / pressoffice@parks.nyc.gov
Image Credit:
Giant Tinker Toys, Spring Festival, Prospect Park, May 28, 1968, NYC Parks Photo Archive
New Bicycle Path, Ocean Parkway Bicycle Path, 1894, NYC Parks Photo Archive



