Explore the hidden gems of New York City with local tour guides, and learn about the city's history, culture, and architecture in these immersive walking tours.
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Urban Edge Forest Therapy @ Park Drive North, E 72nd St, New York, NY
November 17, 2019 Leaves change color and fall, and the air continues to cool. Wake up your senses with an autumn forest therapy walk! Enjoy the many invitations that will connect us with this transitional time of year. December 15, 2019 Center yourself during the holiday season. This is a great opportunity to think about transitions. Following the winter solstice, the daylight hours are beginning to increase, just as we start to head into the...
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Get to know one of humanity’s most beloved constellations, Orion. Learn how different cultures have seen this collection of stars, how to identify it, and about its deep-sky objects like the eerie Horsehead Nebula. If it is clear, we will view this seasonal delight through a telescope. In case of cloudy weather, activities to hone your star-gazing skills will take place in the classroom. Rain or shine, discover the heavenly wonders revealed as...
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Discover the culture and traditions of an authentic Japanese tea ceremony in the spirit of Kyoto's Zen gardens. During a demonstration on a specially crafted tea stage in the Japanese Hill-and-Pond Garden, presented by Omotesenke style tea ceremony instructor Keiko Kitazawa Koch, taste seasonal sweets and delicious matcha tea while experiencing the tranquility of this ancient practice. Participants will also be treated to a guided tour of...
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92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Poetry and Art are intimate companions. The vitality of imagery creates the poet's vision. This studio/seminar will explore images in a selection of poems from the 17th to the 21st centuries as well as similar imagery in paintings and sculpture from New York City's museums. Passes to two museums are included in the class. Each class gives students time to write, creating new poetic structures in response to visual art.
WCS Zoos @ 2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY
Looking for a creative and fun class for you and your little one? Come learn all about wildlife in our Wild Wonders program where you and your child will meet an animal up close, enjoy a guided tour of an exhibit, and engage in multiple activities to explore where animals live, including games, art, dramatic and sensory play! Please note: This program includes walking outside. All paths are wheelchair and stroller accessible. All ages are welcome....
Q.E.D. @ 27-16 23rd Ave, Astoria, NY
Have you ever wondered how a place got the name Flushing? Or why some people think Ridgewood is in Brooklyn? Which Queens parks are comparable to Central Park? And exactly what did the Astors have to do with Astoria? If you’re curious about such knowledge, here is your crash course in all things Queens -- taught mostly through walking tours. Our final class will be an Astoria walking tour that begins and ends at Q.E.D., where we'll have...
WCS Zoos @ 53-51 111th St, Corona, NY
Join us for a springtime adventure. After setting up your tents your family will join us for some evening activities and zoo explorations. Through activities and observations, you will learn how we care for our animals in the Zoo. Meet some of our animals, go on a night hike and end the even with some tasty snacks. In the morning after breakfast, we will explore the wild birds around the zoo and greet our zoo animals as they go out in their exhibits....
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Prospect Park - Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
We will collect the growing edible wild roots sych as Burdock, Sassafras, ginkgo trees, and Sechuan pepper. Various roots thrive in the park late in the season: Burdock root, an expensive detoxifying herb sold in health food stores, abounds in cultivated areas throughout the park. The leaves are all but decayed, yet you can still use the remnants to locate the massive taproots. Try using them to make Burdock Pickles. Wild carrots are a spectacularly...
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Union Turnpike & Park Ln, New York, NY
This is one of the best places in the world for early spring foraging, with a wide selection of wild herbs, greens, roots, and even some cold-weather mushrooms. Habitats include miles of mature forest, as well as the trail edges, and the disturbed, overgrown, and cultivated habitats that provide homes for all sorts of diverse species. Burdock, a root vegetable prized in East Asia and served in Japanese restaurants, grows in view of the baseball...
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Stroll to the Native Flora Garden to peep stunning fall colors and take in the sights, scents, and flavors of the season as your guide shares select tidbits about fall plants and wildlife. As a bonus, enjoy a botanical fall beverage on this after-hours garden tour.
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Alley Pond Park, Queens, NY
You will learn how this large wetland park offers vast foraging opportunities, even as winter approaches. We begin with a small, young woodland. It contains large quantities of field garlic, with leaves like chives and bulbs like onions or garlic. There's also garlic mustard, a garlic-flavored mustard green with a taproot that tastes like horseradish. Nearby grows sassafras, with a root you can use for tea, as a sweet seasoning, or...
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY
Learn how to identify and sustainably harvest the abundance of wild edibles growing right here in Brooklyn, such as purslane, sassafras, wild cherry, burdock, and many more. You’ll also get tips on the best ways to prepare as well as preserve them.
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 19600 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows, NY
This underappreciated urban park has enough habitat variety and plant species to keep foragers busy for days. We'll highlight those species in season as summer fades into fall, in conjunction with The Down to Earth Farmer's Market. The event begins with a wild demo at the market, before we set off into the woods, thickets, and fields that make up the park. The park is a great place for wild fruit, and plenty of species are ripe at...
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 19600 Union Tpke, Fresh Meadows, NY
This underappreciated urban park has enough habitat variety and plant species to keep foragers busy for days. We'll highlight those species in season as summer fades into fall, in conjunction with The Down to Earth Farmer's Market. The event begins with a wild demo at the market, before we set off into the woods, thickets, and fields that make up the park. The park is a great place for wild fruit, and plenty of species are ripe at...
Home Cooking New York @ 46 Eldridge St, New York, NY
Manhattan's Chinatown is full of edible treasures that are hidden from the beaten path. Join us as we take a tasting tour of NYC's most jam-packed neighborhood for discovering delicious foods. Chef-Instructor and roving gourmand John Scoff knows his way around these streets like the back of his hand. He'll show you how to properly eat your soup dumplings, where to find delicious Malaysian beef jerky, Vietnamese bahn mi sandwiches, fresh and chewy...
Home Cooking New York @ E 17th St & Broadway, New York, NY
This class meets at Union Square Greenmarket and ends at our school in SoHo. Please meet us on the SW corner of Union Square West and East 17th Streets in front of Pret a Manger Learn what is most important to fill your shopping bags with and why (one secret: fresh eggs...vastly superior to the supermarket variety and she'll explain the difference). If you have ever felt overwhelmed at the farmers' market by all the choices and unfamiliar produce...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Join us at 6:30 for our free open house to meet our staff, tour our art gallery and studios, participate in a demonstration or food & wine tasting, and get help selecting the perfect class. Stay from 7:30 to 9:30 pm and take one of our special $20 introductory classes in fine art & design, ceramics, jewelry, music, dance, food & wine, professional networking and much more. Please note: Must R.S.V.P here to attend open...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
From Peter Stuyvesant’s bouwerie (“farm” in Dutch) to the Lower East Side immigrants to the hippie ’60s and ’70s to Alphabet City’s renowned restaurants — the East Village has undergone tremendous changes over the decades. NYC neighborhoods are always changing – it is part of what makes the city so fascinating. Manhattan's East Village is a perfect example of this evolution; from German, Irish immigrant communities, to wealthy landowners,...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Contemporary Art Underground Tour: Times Square Subway & Grand Central Stations Join contemporary art educator and curator Riva Blumenfeld on a special tour of the newest public art installations at Times Square and Grand Central Stations. These highly anticipated projects are the latest pieces of NYC’s invest in public art. We’ll start our tour at the new 42nd Street Connector to experience Each One, Every One, Equal All, by celebrated...
92nd Street Y @ 1395 Lexington Ave, New York, NY
Visit Mana Contemporary, the biggest art hub in Jersey City, a previous tobacco warehouse converted into an art community with artist studios, exhibitions space, and other art related services. This place has been dubbed Disney land for art lovers. This excursion will include viewing exhibitions, visiting at least 5 artists in their studios, and a silkscreening demonstration. We will also have an opportunity to have lunch within the Mana compound...
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