The Manhattan Times

Story, photos and video by Sherry Mazzocchi

“It’s important to start teaching the children in the community about trees,” said Miriam Aristy-Farer.

Miriam Aristy-Farer wants city kids to experience holding loamy soil in their hands, to watch the magic of seeds growing into plants.

But when she approached a community garden close to her children’s school, P.S. 153, they said the school should tend the trees on their own street.

So Aristy-Farer, and the teachers at Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Elementary School got busy. They wrote grants, and with the proceeds bought soil, plants and mulch and beautified the block.

That was three years ago.

Historia, fotos y video por Sherry Mazzocchi

El Livin' Lean and Green Day presento clases de baile impartidas por Theara Ward de Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Miriam Aristy-Farer desea que los chicos de la ciudad experimenten tocando arcilla cenegoza con sus manos, que contemplen la magia de las semillas convertirse en plantas.

Pero cuando ella abordó a un jardín comunitario cercano a la escuela de sus hijos, P.S.153, ellos le dijeron que la escuela debería atender los árboles en su propia calle.

Asi que, Aristy-Farer y los maestros en la escuela elemental Adam Clayton Powell Jr. se pusieron a trabajar.  Ellos solicitaron una subvención, y con el producto, compraron tierra, plantas y abono y embellecieron la manzana.

Eso fue hace tres años.

By Led Black

May 13 – May 18

It’s on people. The Northern Manhattan Restaurant Week has begun and that means a bunch of great deals at some of your favorite restaurants. The promotion also gives you a reason to try some of the spots you haven’t patronized yet. So from an Uptown institution like Coogan’s, to the lighter fare of Pick And Eat, to the flair and fusion of Mamajuana, there is a host of great deals to get you to keep those Uptown dollars Uptown. But hurry, Northern Manhattan Restaurant Week ends on Sunday, May 26^th.

The always-incredible Carnaval Del Boulevard goes down on Saturday, June 1st from 11am to 6 pm on St. Nicholas Avenue from 181st to 188th Streets. This event is fun for the entire family and this year, artists from the WHIN By Any Means movement will be doing their thing on stage. Make sure your there for one of the most important events of an Uptown summer.

Story, photos and video by Sherry Mazzocchi

Moose Hall’s technical director Catherine Bruce “shops” at Material for the Arts. 

This is the sixth in a series of articles about Moose Hall Theatre Company’s summer season.

Opening night is just two weeks away and Catherine Bruce has a long list of things that need to get done.

That list involves a trip to Materials for the Arts (MFTA).

The trip is a combination shopping extravaganza and big game expedition.

Historia, fotos y video por Sherry Mazzocchi

Bruce examina un traje.

La noche de apertura está a sólo dos semanas y Catherine Bruce tiene una larga lista de cosas pendientes.

Esa lista incluye un viaje a Materials for the Arts (MFTA).

El viaje es una combinación de paraíso de las compras y expedición mayor de caza. Materials for the Arts se basa en la idea de que la basura de un hombre es el tesoro de otro.

No es diferente de un Salvation Army gigante de gestión citadina que acepta donaciones de muebles, artesanías, tejidos, ideas y otras cosas al azar.