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Celebrating NYBG: 125 Years

Join us for a photographic tribute by Larry Lederman to the Garden’s history and a prologue to its exciting future.

Free – $25

Holiday Train Show

For the 25th anniversary of NYC's favorite winter tradition, enchanting model trains zip through a display of 150 landmarks, each re-created with bark, leaves, and other natural materials under the twinkling glow of the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory.

Free – $25

Citizens Committee’s Neighborhood Grant

Through our Neighborhood Grants, Citizens Committee awards micro-grants of up to $3,000 to resident-led groups to work on community and school projects throughout the city. We prioritize groups based in low income neighborhoods and Title I public schools. Application due January 23.

Winter Jam, NYC’s Ultimate Snow Day

Presented by NYC Parks, Lake Placid, I Love NY, and I Ski NY, Winter Jam NYC is the ultimate snow day: a free winter sports festival for New Yorkers of all ages! Our partners at Gore Mountain will blow lots of fresh snow in the heart of Manhattan, so there will be plenty for all to enjoy!

Free

Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter

Museum of Modern Art 11 West 53rd Street, New York

For over 60 million persons in the world today, shelter is defined through constant movement or escape. Insecurities: Tracing Displacement and Shelter explores the ways in…

Free – $25

2017 Master Composter Course Application is OPEN

The Spring 2017 NYC Master Composter Course Application is open! This intensive course covers soil and compost science, compost system designs, management of a community compost…

Free

Urban Food Policy Forum: Food Systems and Regional Planning

CUNY Graduate Center 365 Fifth Ave btwn 34th & 35th, New York

Food related issues touch nearly every aspect of our society including the economy, health, transportation, and land and water use. Urban planners analyze these sectors in order to achieve strategic, policy, and sustainability goals with the intent of making cities work more effectively. With food playing such a pivotal role in the life of cities, planners are increasingly looked upon to take more of a central and active part in shaping the urban food environment. This forum looks at ways this is happening in New York City as illustrated by the recently released Five Borough Food Flow report and the upcoming Fourth Regional Plan.

Free