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The Historic Harlem Parks Film Festival will take place in St. Nicholas Park at the end of July. Below is information about the films. All film events are free. Come join the Friends of St. Nicholas Park on the St. Nicholas Park Great Lawn as we celebrate summer with these special films.

Rain Venue: St. Mark’s Church, 55 Edgecombe Ave. (at 137th St.)

Wednesday, July 29th

Music: Live music by InJoy Enterprises (7:30 pm)

Film: Antonia (8:30 pm)
(Tata Amaral, Brazil, 90 min.)
Part Dreamgirls, part 8 Mile, Antonia is the rousing story of the members of an all-girl hip-hop group and its members who discover themselves as they survive on the mean streets of São Paulo.

Thursday, July 30th

Music: Live music by InJoy Enterprises (7:30 pm)

Film: Respond to Sound II (8:30 pm)
(Adrian (AJ) Younge, USA, 59 min.)
Respond to Sound II is an experimental documentary that uses a mash-up of archival footage and interviews to tell the history of African-American urban dance from Cake Walking to Break Dancing.

Short: Clave y Cajon
(Jack Coddington, USA, 30 min.)

Programmed by the Friends of St. Nicholas Park, this short film takes viewers into the world of Latino drummers (cajoneros), exploring the history of Rumba music and dance in New York City.

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We had a great turnout last week for 2 performances of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing. The production was produced by Theatersmarts. Theatersmarts strives to bring the classics and arts to families and communities.Below are some photos of the event. Make sure to check the Friends of St. Nicholas Park Events Calendar for more events like this during the summer.

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This month we are taking a break from the Coffee Bark since it falls on Saturday, July 4th. We will be back on the first Saturday in August – August 1st. Anyone interested in volunteering for the Coffee Bark please contact us at dogpark@stnicholaspark.org.

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from Darren Boch, National Parks Service:

The temporary garden was planted at 287 Convent Avenue, the Grange’s former home, on June 17 by students participating in the First Bloom program. Students from Ms. Torres’ fourth-grade class at PS 153 created the garden’s layout with help from advisors from the New York Horticultural Society. They were joined for the planting by members of the Harlem Boys and Girls Club.

First Bloom is a nation-wide program developed by the National Park Foundation to help connect urban youth with the outdoors and the national
parks through gardens comprising plants native to the area where they live. The students learn about the plants and gardening, design and plant the
gardens and then help tend them. In turn, they receive a sense of accomplishment, pride in their neighborhoods, and a stake in helping to
conserve and protect the national parks

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from Darren Boch, National Parks Service:

For the beginning of the year, most of the work on Hamilton Grange National Memorial has been happening on the inside or off-site. The mechanical systems work (HVAC, fire suppression, etc.) in the groundfloor level is proceeding as expected, and excavation for and installation of utility pipes and conduit has taken place and the resulting rubble removed. Off-site restoration of the original staircases and 10′4″ inch tall seven-panel doors and sashes is complete and those pieces are ready to be re-installed into the Grange as soon as the house is ready for them.

With the improvement in the weather, work on the exterior has resumed. Most notably, the piazzas are being installed on the east and west sides of the Grange. The floors and columns are in place on both sides of the house and the roof is on the western piazza. Investigation by the National Park Service’s Architectural Preservation Division and project Architects JG Waite and Associates has revealed that the original roofs for the piazzas were flat and probably covered with lead cladding, something not typical
for the time.

The main roof itself is mostly complete and is waiting for the chimneys and balustrade to be reconstructed/restored.

Hamilton Grange was awarded $2.3 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). Those funds will be used to complete the restoration (including fabrication and installation of exhibits on the ground and first floors) but not the refurnishing of the first floor rooms (library, dinning room, parlor, hallways and back chambers) and for the restoration of the non-public spaces on the second floor, including the upper hall, rooms and attic stairs. The balustrade on the roof will also be restored with these funds.

ARRA monies will also fund exterior lighting to provide architectural highlighting at night as well as security.

The New York City Parks and Recreation summer internship is open to college and high school students. The position is unpaid but provides excellent exposure to, and experience in, the works of the Offices of Deputy Commissioners, Marketing & Special Events, Natural Resource Management, Capital Projects – Architecture/Landscape Architecture, Forestry & Horticulture, Public Information, Management Information Systems and Operations, etc.

Interested applicants can apply on-line at http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_opportunities/internships.html or you can mail a cover letter and resume to:

830 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10065
Attn: Internship Coordinator
or fax them to (212) 360-8200.

Download PDF for more information

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Shakespeare comes to St. Nicholas Park this summer with 2 performances by Theatersmarts. Maura Kelly directs the family friendly comedy Much Ado about Nothing. This family oriented comedy is set to the world of baseball. The performance takes place on Thursday, June 25th at 7pm and Sunday, June 28th at 4pm. All performances will be at the 135th Street Plaza in St. Nicholas Park where audiences can sit on the lawn and enjoy the entertainment.

Theatersmarts strives to bring the classics and arts to families and communities.

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The city-wide event Make Music New York features dozens of musicians from around the city. This year in St. Nicholas Park we’ll have musicians performing in that 135th Street Plaza from 5pm-9pm. The Yaz Band performs from 5-6pm, Lynne Watson and Postive N-ergy perform from 6-8pm followed by Last Tribe NYC from 8-9pm.

The event is free. Click here to download the flyer in PDF.

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Last Saturday, dozens of Giraffe made by local school children were on display in St. Nicholas Park for its annual Hike the Heights event. Below are some photos of the Giraffes which symbolize the support for conservation of giraffes and the environments that house them. More info at www.thegiraffenyc.org

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Celebrate the Hudson River Quadricentennial at the West Harlem Piers Park Fishing Festival on Saturday, June 13, 2009 from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.* The festival is part of NYC400, a year of special events, exhibits, and outdoor activities and performances to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the arrival of Henry Hudson aboard the Dutch vessel “Halve Maen” to New York City.

Spend the day fishing with the Urban Park Rangers, I Fish NY and the Department of Environmental Conservation learning proper angling techniques, fish biology, and river ecology. Rods and reels will be provided by the Park Rangers; fishing is catch-and-release only.

Activities for the day will also include:
• Dutch Colonial and Native American Arts & Crafts such as beading, delft tile painting, corn husk doll-making
• Educational hands-on activities about life on and in the River
• Live entertainment from Astrograss, Thunderbird American Indian Dancers and New Amsterdam Musical Association

This event is FREE and open to the public.

West Harlem Piers Fishing Festival
Saturday, June 13, 2009
11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
West Harlem Piers Park
125th Street and the Hudson River, Manhattan

Presented by the City of New York Parks & Recreation, the Fishing Festival at West Harlem Piers Park is also produced in collaboration with the NY State Hudson-Champlain-Fulton Quadricentennial Commission and the Riverside Park Fund.

*Fishing Registration ends at 4pm.

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