The Museum at Eldridge will be hosting a free “Tu B’Shvat Winter Garden Festival” this Sunday from 1-5pm. The obscure Jewish holiday, Tu B’ Shvat, is a Jewish Arbor Day of sorts, and celebrates planting and spring. Hanna Griff-Sleven, the Director of Cultural Programming at the museum, says that the festival is a way to be reminded of the natural beauty around us, “That we can’t take it for granted, we need to nurture it and take care of it.” Participants will be encouraged to trace their family tree and plant a personal flower pot, sample holiday foods and participate in a traditional Tu B’Shvat seder. Sweet Life, Russ & Daughters and Tishbi Estate Winery has apparently contributed some “tasty donations”. Find out more about the festival on the Museum’s new blog here.
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January 28th, 2010
January 28th, 2010
January 28th, 2010
January 28th, 2010
In a startling turnaround, Michael Bloomberg now says the downtown terror trials would “cost an awful lot of money and disturb an awful lot of people… My hope is that the attorney general and the president decide to change their mind… It would be great if the federal government could find a site that didn’t cost a billion dollars, which using downtown will.” Meanwhile, six senators wrote to Attorney General Eric Holder, urging him to move the trials. And the president of the Real Estate Board of New York said the spectacle would “destroy the economy of Lower Manhattan.” Continue reading Bloomberg’s Terror Trial Turnaround, NYC Swings Budget Axe, Velazquez on SOTU January 28th, 2010
January 28th, 2010
In December, we previewed our new series, “On Essex,” a monthly exploration of one of the Lower East Side’s most fascinating blocks. Throughout 2010, we’ll be bringing you multimedia stories reflecting the old and the new - audio interviews with the people who work and live on Essex between Grand and Canal, paired with the striking black and white photographs of A. Jesse Jiryu Davis. Today, we begin with Len Zerling of G&S Sporting Goods, ensconced at 43 Essex since 1937. |
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