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Events Calendar Subscribe Share Past Issues Translate View this email in your brow ser August 2014 Events Calendar Dear Neighbor, Here are just a few of the events going in and around our district that I thought might be of interest. I'd like to highlight these four events: 1. TRAFFIC SAFETY TOWN HALL MEETING: Come join us TONIGHT (Thursday, July 31, 2014) at the Mickey Mantle School (P.S. M811) to discuss the redesign of the West End Avenue Corridor with the Department of Transportation and Community Board 7. 2. JOHN JAY COLLEGE TWILIGHT COMMUNITY CONCERT SERIES: John Jay College and Jazz Forum Arts, Inc. return for a second summer presenting a FREE rooftop community concert on Tuesday, August 12, 2014 @ 5:300PM. A flyer with more information is attached below. To RSVP, visit here. 3. FREE SUMMER MEALS: Kids 18 years and under can receive FREE summer meals from June 27- August 29! Find out more by calling 311, texting NYCMeals to 877-877 or visiting www.schoolfoodnyc.org. 4. PROJECT OPEN HOUSE : Project Open House, supported by the Mayor’s Office for People with Disabilities (MOPD) is designed to increase independence in the activities of daily living by removing architectural barriers in the home of people with permanent disabilities and providing an opportunity for many people with disabilities to remain in the community. A flyer with more information is attached under Community under Ongoing Events. To apply, visit the website. My office is happy to announce an event or volunteer opportunity that is open to the public and takes place in our neighborhood or specifically affects those that live in the area. If you would like your organization's event included in our events listing, email us at [email protected]. I look forward to hearing from you. Monday July 28th - Sunday August 3rd ARTS Ethics in Film Quiz Show Ethics in Film Quiz Show (1994). $5 Suggested Donation includes beverages and snacks. Date & Time: August 1 7:00PM Location: 2 West 64th Street off CPW. Access from the Columbus Circle Subway Lines : ABCD1 Ethics Association Sunday Assembly. An hour that combines engaging speakers and toe tapping songs. Socializing, coffee and cookies after the event. We are so excited to have Massimo Pigliucci as our main speaker! Also joining us is Julia Chanes from iMentor. Date & Time: August 3 2:00PM. Location: 2 West 64th Street off CPW. Access from the Columbus Circle Subway Lines : ABCD1 The Silent Clowns Film Series presents "A Little Princess". Classic silent films with live piano accompaniment performed by Ben Model. "A Little Princess" (1917) Adapted by Frances Marion from Frances Hodgson’s Burnett’s popular novel, A Little Princess is rarely seen today although it was one of Mary Pickford's biggest hits. Directed by Marshall Neilan and co-starring Norman Kerry and a young ZaSu Pitts in her first screen role, this comedy-drama also features the first scene directed by a then- unknown assistant named Howard Hawks. Don’t miss this forgotten gem that Variety called "Miss Pickford at her best." Plus The School Teacher and the Waif ('12) and Love Among the Roses ('10). For more information, visit the website. Date: Saturday, August 2, 2:30PM Location: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium. Panel Exhibition "Hiroshima and Nagasaki" & Photo Exhibition "From Above" by Paule Saviano. Talk by Paule Saviano, Kamishibai story telling, origami making and music performance. For more information, contact Rev. Dr. T. Kenjitsu Nakagaki at 646-797-7982 or [email protected]. Date: August 1-10 10:30AM- 4:30PM. Location: West Park Presbyterian Church 165 W. 86th at Amsterdam Ave. COMMUNITY Public Meeting: West End Avenue Corridor. Helen is hosting a public meeting on Thursday, July 31 at 6:30pm where the Department of Transportation (DOT) will present a plan to redesign West End Avenue from 72nd to 107th Streets before the Transportation Committee of Community Board 7. The meeting will take place at P.S. M811 – The Mickey Mantle School at 466 West End Avenue (between 82nd & 83rd streets), and it is handicap accessible. See the flyer below. Zen Medica works with licensed practitioners ready and eager to help the community to understand, to navigate, the complexity of a healthy life style with the use of alternative methods of healing. We are a supplement store relatively new in the neighborhood, and with our 2nd year anniversary , we hope to get the community involved. We hope to be more involved in the community and to let the community be aware of the fact, that Zen Medica is open 7 days a week and is ready willing and able. to provide our services to the community. If you have any inquires or adive, you can reach us at 212-873-5610. See the attached flyer for more information. EDUCATION New York Botanical Garden Teacher Program, The Art of Science. Discover the wonder of the outdoors through both art and science. Hone observational skills, ask questions, and explore how the physical beauty of nature provides an inquiry-based framework for learning. Dates: July 28-August 2 (Monday-Saturday) Amount: $200 (3 p-credits available for additional $125 fee) Summer School Ends for Elementary & Middle Schools. Date: Thursday, July 31, 2014 KIDS Big Apple Games. Big Apple Games for high school and middle school students, sponsored by the Public Schools Athletic League, are held indoors, from Monday, July 8 through Thursday, August 1. For high school students, games run Monday-Thursday, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Afternoon & Evening Teen Recreational Centers will host wrestling, volleyball, basketball, softball, floor hockey, team handball, gymnastics, ultimate Frisbee, arts and crafts, and swimming lessons. The Junior High School Program for students in fourth to eighth grades is open 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on weekdays, and offers a variety of activities including arts and crafts, game room fun and sports. All sites are staffed with licensed teachers and school safety officers. Registration is ongoing on a daily basis. Site also shows full schedule and list of locations. Dates: July 28 – August 1 The Children's Garden: Ethical Culture and the Free Kindergarten Movement. Paulo Ribeiro, Leader- in-Training. Free preschool is once again a major issue in New York City. The New York Society began its mission after the founding by establishing the city's first free kindergarten. In doing so, the Society became part of the controversial kindergarten movement that was overturning traditional conceptions about education. Date: August 3, 2014 Location: 2 West 64th Street off CPW. Access from the Columbus Circle Subway Lines : ABCD1 Learn Tennis for Free. CityParks Tennis offers free tennis lessons for youths aged 6 – 16 in parks throughout the five boroughs from July 1 through August 8. Lessons are offered at all skill levels, including beginners. Additional opportunities include tournaments, leagues, excellence programs and special events. More information may be found at CityParks Foundation. Monday August 4th - Sunday August 10th ARTS NY Society for Ethical Culture Poetry Workshop. Ishmael Islam will focus on the process of building a poem and emphasize the writer’s choice to experiment with poetic tools. From building a freewrite into a form of a sonnet or sestina, observation of line breaks and meter to the visual effect of a poem on page, these sessions encourage an accessibility to understanding poetry through play. Suggested donation $5 Date & Time: August 4 6:30PM Location: 2 West 64th Street off CPW. Access from the Columbus Circle Subway Lines : ABCD1 NY Society for Ethical Culture: Great Books Discussion Group. James Joyce's Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Suggested Donation $5 Date & Time: August 6 7:30PM Location: 2 West 64th Street off CPW. Access from the Columbus Circle Subway Lines : ABCD1 NY Society for Ethical Culture: A Political Candidates Forum on Criminal Justice Issues. Join Communities for Criminal Justice Awareness and the New York Society for Ethical Culture as we explore issues of criminal justice with those seeking political office in New York State. Free. To have your questions considered, we urge you to submit them (two per registrant) by using the Contact the Organizer button on the registration page . Date: August 7. Location: 2 West 64th Street off CPW. Access from the Columbus Circle Subway Lines : ABCD1 NY Society for Ethical Culture: Got Free Will? Richard Koral, Leader-in-Training. Ethical Humanism, and its mandate that we improve our world, has an inherent assumption - that people have the power to change, improve and try to live up to their highest aspirations. But philosophers have always struggled over the degree to which people really possess free will as many of our choices seem made for us, not by us. Now, new research in neuroscience shows that much of our thinking appears to be pre- programmed. In the age-old debate between free will and determinism, which side is winning? What are the implications for Humanists? Date: To have your questions considered, we urge you to submit them (two per registrant) by using the Contact the Organizer button on the registration page . Uptown Bounce at El Museo. At El Museo, hear artist Perla de Leon describe her experience photographing the Bronx in the 1980s, enjoyed art-making inspired by El Barrio, and dance to throwback hits courtesy of DJ duo D’Marquesina who will be spinning all night long. At the City Museum, DJ Grand Master Caz will be playing tribute to the golden era of hip hop and the NBS (Nothing But Skills) Crew will be showing off their break-dancing talents.
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