|  |  | | | We're lucky to have hosted so many enthusiastic groups at the park lately. First, an amazing cohort from Quizlet helped clean up the park—a few hours and a few full trash bags later, Seward Park was looking beautiful as ever! These important clean-up efforts were followed by our lovely volunteers from New York Cares and Barclays Center, who picked up trash, weeded out celandine, removed dead shrubs, and planted the beds in our historic Schiff Fountain (all while pushing through those pollen sneezes!). Stop by soon to see the new azaleas, phlox, and heuchera! We're grateful the park was in such gorgeous shape for our wonderful day of educational programming and hands-on experience in the garden with Apex For Youth. This lucky group of nearly 60 (wow!) kids was the first to ever be brought into our meadows, and we had a great time talking to them about our bee houses, pollinator plants, and more. |
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| Films on the Green: French Cinema in the Park |
| | Lights...camera...ACTION! We are excited to be hosting Films on the Green once again this year at Seward Park, with showings of Casablanca Beats on Friday, July 7th, 8:30pm and French Cancan on Friday, July 14th, 8:30pm. Bring a friend and some popcorn, and enjoy French cinema on a breezy summer evening in the park! Films on the Green is a free outdoor French film festival produced annually in NYC parks by Villa Albertine, NYC Parks, The Embassy of France, and the French American Cultural Exchange Foundation. We'll be posting more about these free, public events on our Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook, so be sure to follow us! |
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| Casablanca Beats: Anas, a former rapper, is hired to teach hip hop at a cultural center in an underresourced neighborhood of Casablanca. Amidst the challenges of restrictive traditions and issues of identity, religion, and politics, Anas manages to inspire his students, fostering unity and self-expression through the transformative power of hip hop culture. |
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| French Cancan: Set in the vibrant Belle Epoque, live entertainment entrepreneur Henri Danglard undertakes the renovation of a historic Parisian cabaret, the Moulin Rouge. Betting on the revival of the cancan dance, he turns young washerwoman Nini into a star dancer. Along the way, Danglard confronts the jealousy of his lover Lola, the fickleness of his sponsors, and the fierce competition of the Montmartre scene. |
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| | |  | | See powerful taiko performances, umbrella and fan dance, sword dance, and more traditional performances at The Festival of Japan: Drums & Dance, presented by The Japanese Folk Dance Institute of New York at The Abrons Arts Center Saturday, June 17, 7pm. Celebrate pride month by taking a Queer History Walking Tour of LES, starting at the Henry Street Settlement and ending at Bluestockings Cooperative, an LES queer and trans worker-owned bookstore, on Sunday, June 18th, 11am-1pm. Celebrate the diverse traditions that give LES and Chinatown its identity at the Museum at Eldridge Street’s Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas Street Festival! The festival fills Eldridge Street with a medley of Jewish, Chinese, and Puerto Rican tastes, sights, sounds, and crafts for folks of all ages to attend on Sunday, June 18th, 12pm-4pm. Celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival with the Museum of Chinese in America with an afternoon full of arts & crafts, storytelling, and scavenger hunts! Design your own buoyant boat, learn to warp zòngzi, stuff a fragrant xiāng bāo, and more at this family-friendly event on Saturday, June 24, 2pm-5pm. |
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| | DID YOU NOTICE? Seward Park was recently in the background of two photos posted on the famous Humans of New York page! Check them out here and here. |
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| | | | Seward Park Conservancy | PO Box 840 New York New York 10002 | info@sewardparkconservancy.org |
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