2016 has been heralded as the “year of virtual reality” but few people know about its potential outside of a futuristic gaming technology. However, a market-driven…
Enjoy a whole day of family fun on the High Line! Get your hands dirt in our garden, create art, hear stories, watch performances and more!
Don't miss this traditional county fair with blue ribbon competitions in livestock, produce, home crafts, arts & crafts, and more. The fair features pie eating- and corn husking- contests, hayrides, pig races, carnival rides, midway games, and kids' entertainment by jugglers, magicians, and acrobats! Dance the day away at the Bavarian Garden with an Irish band (Saturday) and German band (Sunday).
Join us for our sixth Creative Climate Awards, an annual series of events that showcase artists creating climate-inspired, public works. Our Creative Climate Awards program uses creativity to share knowledge, broaden the climate conversation, educate, and incite action.
The Opening will feature interactive and performance art pieces done by submitting artists Vangeline Dance Theater, Mechthild Schmidt Feist, and Danielle Boudrand.
Come learn the basics of bicycle repair from female mechanics at our workshop designed by women and for women. No previous experience with bicycle repair required. Each week we will cover a different topic!
Get your “hands dirty” and join us outdoors at the East Side Outside Garden with Common Ground Compost to prepare the urban garden for the fall and to learn about their business’ environmental sustainability based model.
Come paddle on the Neversink Reservoir. The Neversink Reservoir is the highest in elevation in NYC's water system with it's spillway at 1,440 feet in elevation. Put in service in 1955, it helps supply NYC with roughly half of its daily water intake along with its 3 sister Delaware system reservoirs.
Come hear Robert Kanigel talk about his book, the first major biography of Jane Jacobs. “Eyes on the Street: The Life of Jane Jacobs” is about the irrepressible woman who changed the way we view and live in cities, and whose influence can still be felt in any discussion of urban planning to this day.
RSVP here. As global institutions like the United Nations turn to their attention to human rights and climate change, local groups have been fostering the…
Start the night with "Urban Tumbleweed", a live performance from the Vanessa Long Dance Company. Stay for a screening of documentary, Merchants of Doubt.
As global institutions like the United Nations are turning their attention to human rights and climate change, local groups have been fostering the links between natural environments and digital environments for more than a decade.