Classes (Workshops, Arts and Crafts)
Wild Medicine Opening Weekend
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Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 10:00am to 6:00pm Repeating every day through Sunday, May 19, 2013
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| Where: | 2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx NY 10458 | |
| Cost: | $35 5/18 Lecture and Award Ceremony. Other activities free with All Garden Pass | |
| Contact: | 718.817.8700 | |
| Website: | http://www.nybg.org//files/pr/Wild_Medicine_opening_weekend_media_alert.pdf | |
| Ages: | All | |
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Wild Medicine: Healing Plants Around the World, Featuring the Italian Renaissance Garden, explores the power of plants to cure and rejuvenate.
Activities on May 18 & 19 include:
Exhibition tours in the Conservatory, Saturday and Sunday, 11 a.m. – 3 p.m.
Opening Weekend Lecture and Award Ceremony: Andrew Weil, M.D., Saturday at 1 p.m. Advance tickets recommended.
Home Gardening Demonstrations: Herbal Healing Gardens, 2 p.m.
Music & Dance of the Italian Renaissance, Saturday, 3 p.m. and Sunday, 1 and 3 p.m.
Naturally Curious in the Everett Children’s Adventure Garden offers art and science activities from mixing and mashing plants to creating a pigment to making science notebooks.
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Storytelling: Fish For Jimmy By Katie Yamasaki
| When: | Saturday, May 18, 2013 at 1:00pm | |
| Where: | 170 Central Park West, New York NY 10024 | |
| Cost: | Free with admission | |
| Contact: | (212) 873-3400 | |
| Website: | http://www.nyhistory.org/childrens-museum/families/family-programs/upcoming-prog... | |
| Ages: | All | |
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Fish for Jimmy is an illustrated children’s book that explores the daily life, the food, and the hardships experienced by Japanese Americans placed in internment camps during World War II.
Program is in conjunction with the exhibition WWII & NYC. Katie will read from her book and share her own family’s experiences during World War II.
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Reading Into History: Around The World With Matt Phelan
| When: | Sunday, May 19, 2013 at 3:00pm | |
| Where: | 170 Central Park West, New York NY 10024 | |
| Cost: | Free with admission | |
| Contact: | (212) 873-3400 | |
| Website: | http://www.nyhistory.org/childrens-museum/families/family-programs/upcoming-prog... | |
| Ages: | 9-12 | |
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Discuss the graphic novel Around the World by author/illustrator Matt Phelan. There will be snacks, conversation, a Q&A with the author, a book signing, and a look at museum objects related to world exploration.
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Family Day
| When: | Saturday, June 22, 2013 at 11:00am to 4:00pm | |
| Where: | 65 Jumel Terrace , New York NY 10032 | |
| Cost: | Free | |
| Contact: | (212) 923-8008 | |
| Website: | http://www.morrisjumel.org/events/calendar/ | |
| Ages: | All | |
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Enjoy Roger Morris Park with your family. Play colonial games and make a historic craft project. The day will also include docent led tours.
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Pop-Up Audubon: Water, Water Everywhere
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Saturday, June 1, 2013 at Various times Repeating every week on June — Sunday, and Saturday through Sunday, June 30, 2013
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| Where: | 16th Street and Prospect Park Southwest entrance, Brooklyn NY | |
| Cost: | Free | |
| Contact: | (718) 287-3400 | |
| Website: | http://www.prospectpark.org/visit/places/audubon/pop-up-audubon#june | |
| Ages: | All | |
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Saturdays and Sundays in June.
Directly engage with nature through outdoor learning adventures:
Nature on the Go! Pond Prowl: 3 p.m.
A hands-on investigation of the Binnen Pools to discover the diverse aquatic life in the park.
Nature’s Helpers: 2 p.m.
Families are encouraged to take a tour of the park and help keep it clean. Gloves, garbage bags, and trash grabbers will be provided.
Discovery Tour: 4 p.m.
Take a Ravine hike to the waterfall trail, and take a close look at waterfowl habitats.
