Fun and free events in all 5 boroughs over the next week! Ice Festival in Manhattan Celebrate winter and revel in the Park’s beauty as you watch artists from Okamoto Studio carve the Park’s best known architectural gems of Bethesda Terrace into ice sculptures. Location: Bethesda Terrace in Central Park When: Saturday, January 18, 12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m. For more information: nycgovparks.org/events/2014/01/18/ice-festival Global Lens Film Series: Modest Reception (Paziraie Sadeh) in Brooklyn A mysterious couple from Tehran travels the countryside in their Lexus coupe, testing how far the impoverished inhabitants of a mountainous Iranian border are willing to sell out for a fat bag of rials. The cagey couple invents increasingly brazen strategies for placing cash in the hands of the wary, proud or indifferent. This comedy-drama subtly handles themes of power, privilege and corruption. Farsi/Persian, with subtitles in English. Location: Central Library, 10 Grand Army Plaza When: Saturday, January 18, 4:00pm-6:00pm For more information: catalog.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/record=g1009175&searchscope=0&SORT2=R Wave Hill Garden & Conservatory Highlights Walk in the Bronx Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Location: Perkins Visitors Center in Wave Hill, W 248 St, Independence Av , W 252 St When: Sunday, January 19, 2:00 p.m. This event repeats every Sunday through February 23. For more information: nycgovparks.org/events/2014/01/19/garden-conservatory-highlights-walk At Long Last Love: Music of the Great American Songbook in Queens Broadway singer Jean McClelland and her husband, pianist Bill McClelland, will perform music of the Great American Song Book, featuring timeless classics from George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Stephen Sondheim, Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers. Location: Flushing Library, 41-17 Main Street When: Saturday, January 18, 1:30pm - 3:00pm For more information: queenslibrary.org/event/at-long-last-love-music-of-the-great-american-songbook Writing Workshop in Staten Island Anyone interested in any type of writing is invited to participate. Each student is required to bring only a pen and pad. We do free writing exercises in class. These warm-ups help to loosen all the debris we accumulate, sometimes for decades. Imagination is also coaxed and brought out. Location: New Dorp Library, 309 New Dorp Lane When: Tuesday, January 21, 2:30 - 4:30 p.m. For more information: nypl.org/events/programs/2014/01/14/clone-writing-workshop-led-ellen-aug-lytle?pref=node_type_search%2Fevents We hope you have been able to nibble on many of the exciting and fun NYC community events that have been highlighted in the weekly Scrumptious Nibbles. If you have, please share your experiences at these wonderful NYC neighborhood events, by emailing [email protected]. Your comments may be used for marketing and promotional purposes.
Posted on: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 16:57:29 +0000
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