Posts Tagged ‘Central Park’

Central Park Love Song

Written by admin on October 29, 2009. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

I love Central Park. As a very young person, I missed the spiritual lesson in the perennial beauty of blooming and dying flowers. I’ve a long view from my living room of Central Park treetops to Harlem. Falcons glide on wind currents at my windows. Right now, fat leafy treetops look like bridal bouquets. Winters,
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FUNDRAISER FOR DAMAGED PARK

Written by admin on October 15, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

The Central Park Conservancy is holding a fundraiser to repair damages from an Aug. 19 thunderstorm. Grill On the Hill, on Oct. 17, will feature live music, food and family activities. The fundraiser starts at noon at the Great Hill, near Central Park West and West 106th Street. For more information, call 212-310-
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Central Park Strings

Written by admin on October 9, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Elyssa Samsel plays her violin beside the Conservancy Pond in Central Park. Photo by Andrew Schwartz
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Summer Hula Hoopla

Written by admin on September 10, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Eight-year-old Noah Oliveras shows off his skill with the hula hoop by keeping six hoops in motion at the same time. The hula hoops were courtesy of Lenny Wilkens, a.k.a. Lenny Hoops, who teaches Central Park visitors his techniques. For more photos, visit our photo gallery. Photo by Andrew Schwartz
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Top Chef of the Campground

Written by admin on September 2, 2009. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

San Francisco Chef Melissa Perello, from the restaurant Frances, cooks up her best meal using camping cooking equipment. The event was part of the Campfire Cooking Challenge at Adventures NYC in Central Park, featuring outdoor activities like rock climbing, kayaking, fishing and yoga. Photo by Andrew Schwartz
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A ‘Bad Boy’ to Get Your Blood Racing

Written by admin on August 26, 2009. Posted in Arts & Film, Theater

Dog days of August slowing you down? Well, the new production of Euripides’ The Bacchae at the Delacorte Theater can set your blood racing again. Directed by JoAnne Akalaitis, the ancient Greek story is alive and kicking with a multi-racial cast. The last New York staging of The Bacchae was at the 2008 Lincoln Center
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I Love Animals Every Moment

Written by admin on August 19, 2009. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

This is a tale with twists. I am the sort of person who lurks at the pet store on Lexington Avenue at 63rd and convinces other people to buy the puppy they’re cuddling. Gentle reader, I confess, I also say hello to a cardinal and a raccoon in Central Park. My first pet wasn’t a
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A Soul for Greek Drama

Written by admin on August 5, 2009. Posted in Arts & Film, Theater

Theater legend Andre De Shields will be upping the star-voltage in the Central Park production of Euripides’ The Bacchae at the Delacorte Theater, which begins its run on Aug. 11. Having just come off his star turn in Archbishop Supreme Tartuffe at the Clurman Theatre, the Hell’s Kitchen resident is at the top of his
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The Handball Symphony

Written by admin on July 22, 2009. Posted in Uncategorized

One harsh thwack of rubber ball meeting hand, then a moment later, a flatter, harder thwack of ball meeting wall. Then the same two beats over again. Soon, a rhythm emerges. These are the trademark sounds of a game of handball. Put several games together, as the Inner City Handball Association (ICHA) did last weekend
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A Few of My Favorite Things

Written by admin on July 8, 2009. Posted in On Topic OTDT, Opinion and Column

I love summer, a time when I forcibly inject hedonism into my hectic life. I desert John Stuart Mill and even Woody Allen, who believe pleasure is merely the absence of pain. Afternoons I enter Central Park at Sixth Avenue and start breathing pure air deeply. A cardinal and his red-crested wife fly by. A
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