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Archive for July, 2008

A Wild Edible Tour of the Lower East Side sponsored by Dias y Flores
Community with tour guide Victor Weiss will take place this Sunday,
August 3rd from 11:00am-1:00pm (Rain date: August10th @ 11:00am)
Come explore Lower East Side Community Gardens, Parks, and Streets to
learn about scrumptious weeds and other urban delectables!
Tour begins at Dias Y Flores Community [...]

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Dias y Flores Garden on East 13th St. between Avenues A & B announces the Anti-Mike Summer Open Performance Series, starting this Wednesday, July 23rd and continuing every  Wednesday through August 27th.
For those not too familiar with Antifolk, it is an indieacoustic/folk movement that exploded on New York’s Lower East Side during the post-punk days.  [...]

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Come out this Thursday night and support garden member Shelley Roger’s film “Whats Organic about Organic?“.
Here is a brief description of the film from the website:
WHAT’S ORGANIC ABOUT “ORGANIC?” is a character-based mosaic. It delves into the debates that arise when a grassroots agricultural movement evolves into a booming international market. The film’s six characters [...]

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Creative and practical art instruction will provide the beginner with the knowledge needed to confidently draw out their natural talent. A series of meditative and playful exercises will prime the pump and bring the beginner to a quicker understanding of subject.
Through the study of creative line, identifying shapes, and knowledge of value and textural relationships, [...]

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They called July the month of black cherries.
The Cherokee, the Kiowa, the Blackfeet.
Bring a poem and give July your own name.
Dias y Flores 6th annual poetry bbq jam.
Saturday, 2 to 5, July 19
520 East 13th Street between Avenue A & B
(open mic for first ten poets sign up 2 to 3,
plus special guests including Valery [...]

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Cornell Extension Program
As a follow up to the Urban Ecology training last month there will be a meeting on Saturday July 12 at 9:30 am. We will discuss and plan out a few lessons plans to use with the  9-12 year old children at the Campos Community Center Summer School in the coming weeks. Please [...]

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Drawing from Nature
Creative and practical art instruction will provide the beginner with the knowledge needed to confidently draw out their natural talent. A series of meditative and playful exercises will prime the pump and bring the beginner to a quicker understanding of subject.
Through the study of creative line, identifying shapes, and knowledge of value and [...]

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