Please join Parents for Climate Protection (www.climateactivism.org) and the Congregation Beth Elohim for our 2nd Annual Climate Awareness Day on Sunday January 23, 2011. We have planned exciting activities for both grown-ups and children on this afternoon of action, activism, and outreach.The featured speaker will be Liz Butler, campaign director of 1Sky (http://www.1sky.org), the largest collaborative climate and energy campaign in the United States. Ms. Butler has more than 17 years of experience of organizing for environmental issues, with a focus on both market and legislative campaigns. She was a co-founder of ForestEthics, and was directly responsible for the protection of over 50 million acres of forests in the U.S., Canada, and Chile.Ms. Butler’s address will be followed by an audience Q & A and a letter-writing session directed at local and national politicians urging them to take action on climate change legislation. There will also four breakout sessions that focus on topics including environmental policy at the state and local level, the impact of climate change on food production, green values and ethics, and new developments in building and transportation efficiency.There will also be special activities for children of all ages.
Dancin' in the Rain
Friday, May 21, 2010
7 – 10 p.m
The Boathouse at Prospect Park
Cocktails Hors D’Oeuvres
Music
Boat Rides Silent Auction
Cocktail Attire Parking Available
Tickets: $75 and up
A donation to Prospect Park's playgrounds is a unique way to honor a child
The Prospect Park Alliance’s Playground Committee works to support the Park’s seven award-winning playgrounds. Founded in 2004, the Committee has raised more than $150,000 to date to ensure that these spaces receive diligent care and maintenance, in addition to raising awareness and advocating on behalf of the Park’s playgrounds and open spaces.
More details at http://www.prospectpark.org/
SYREN at St. Francis Xavier
November 14, 2009 ~ 7:30PM
736 President Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
ONE NIGHT ONLY - JOIN US IN PARK SLOPE!By Subway: Take the R to Union Station, the B or Q to 7th Avenue, or the 2 or 3 to Grand Army Plaza.
Tickets: $20 (cash only at the door)
Advance Sales: 212-868-4444 or www.smarttix.com
Group Sales: groupsales@syrendance.org
More information: info@syrendance.orgSYREN presents the last of the leaves (March 2009) as well as excerpts of Dolce, a new work set to premiere in April 2010, at St. Francis Xavier School in Brooklyn, NY.
Highly physical, the last of the leaves uses the driving and churning idiosyncrasies of John Adam’s “Shaker Loops” to explore the mysteries surrounding the cycles of human life. Birth, illness, death, and the different energies needed to experience them, are points of departure for this piece as eight dancers journey through qualities both distant and tender.
Dolce is a rich and joyful exploration of the different relationships women share. Set to the playful and passionate score by Edvard Grieg, the music of "Holberg Suite" leads the way as the six ladies of SYREN lusciously move through space in groups, duets, and trios. The movement vocabulary is filled with jumps, turns and intricate partnering and is tightly connected to Grieg's versatile score.
Brooklyn, NY - Nature Babies is a delightful nature-themed program of music, movement, storytelling and crafts for 18-month- to 3-year-olds and their caregivers. Children are introduced to the living environment of Prospect Park both outside and indoors at the Prospect Park Audubon Center at the landmark Boathouse. Each week’s activities are built around themes such as leaves, ducks and other aspects of nature available for children to experience up-close in Prospect Park.
Mondays, starting March 16
10:00am – 11:15 a.m.
$140 for the eight-week session. Drop-ins are also welcome ($20).
Call (718) 287-3400 x104 to register. Sign up now - space is limited.
"We’re so happy to have Lloyd Miller as the lead instructor of the nature babies program,” said Jillian Rubio, Director of the Prospect Park Audubon Center. “Many parents and children know Lloyd as the founder of the Brooklyn-based rock band for kids, the Deedle Deedle Dees. He has this great, infectious energy and gets the kids up moving around to music. Plus he’s a wonderful storyteller. Lloyd’s talents complement that of the Audubon educators on our staff who also bring their expertise to the Nature Babies program.”
Nature Babies info: http://www.prospectpark.org/
My semi-artsy attempt to compare the films my Grandfather shot in the 1930's to their modern-day equivalents. From memory, I tried to stand on the very spots my Grandfather shot 70 years ago and see how things have changed over time and re-capture Park Slope, Brooklyn...then and now.
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