Category: Arts

About an Hour

That was the scene on a recent sunny Friday afternoon in Central Park. The “Best Show in Town” is the Bathing Rocks at the southeast corner of the Pool at 103rd Street. This Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux rustic waterfall creates the perfect arena for watching bathing birds.

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What is a Park?

Being in nature is healing as it aids the body’s ability to deal with pain, inflammation and all illnesses, including autoimmune and Attention Deficit disorders. This is one of the reasons we need real parks.

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May Day May Night May Swenson

You may be familiar with May Swenson, or may be not. But with each April arrives National Poetry Month, leaving us twenty-four fortnights to bone up on this worthy wordsmith before four/twenty-four.

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Good Times, Bad Times

Losing or breaking feathers can be a disaster. Birds’ lives depend on flying. It’s not like they can order a replacement set and have them overnight expressed to their door. It takes months to grow new ones.

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Celebrating Women’s Artistry

Women’s History Month in March was brought to life by West Village resident and founder of the International Women Artists’ Salon Heidi Russell, with two celebrations of women-identifying artistry from history and the here and now.

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Spring Forward

As I head north along the promenade, a gray blur swoops in front of me, landing at eye level on a branch just ahead. Excellent. It’s an Eastern Phoebe, always one of the first returning birds of the spring.

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The Biodesigned World at the Jefferson Market Library

Within the design field, there is a practice we have modernly called Biodesign. This method of making draws inspiration from and collaborates with natural processes and biological organisms. During this lecture series, we will explore the history of Biodesign to contextualize its modern expansion.

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Rediscovering a Village Steel Magnolia

Known in the 1940s for the decorated tiles and ceramics she created in her Village studio and sold uptown which were eagerly purchased by wealthy shoppers on Fifth Avenue, she was a photogenic, engaging woman with a New York society drawl. Downtown she dressed bohemian and suited up when heading uptown.

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