This coming Saturday, the M'Finda Kalunga Garden in Sara D. Roosevelt Park will be celebrating Juneteenth. The holiday, celebrating the end of slavery, takes place tomorrow, June 19th. The Lower East Side festivities, from noon- 4 p.m., will include...
The centerpiece of the recently-concluded Lowline exhibition in the Essex Street Market, a Japanese maple, has a new home. On Friday, it was moved over to the M'Finda Kalunga Community Garden in Sara D. Roosevelt Park. Click through for...
The M'Finda Kalunga Community Garden in Sara D. Roosevelt Park is a great place to visit anytime. But there's a special draw Friday evenings this month. Tomorrow night, the garden committee and a couple of neighborhood partners are kicking...
Here's an interesting alternative to the traditional fireworks show. On Wednesday, July 4th, fireflies will light up M'Finda Kalunga Community Garden. The "natural" celebration gets underway at 8 p.m. in the garden, located at Rivington Street in Sara D....
On Saturday afternoon, the M’Finda Kalunga Community Garden will host a Juneteenth Celebration from 12-4 p.m. The holiday dates back to the conclusion of the Civil War and celebrates the end of slavery throughout America. The day’s events will...
Word came yesterday that Elizabeth Hubbard, one of the dedicated leaders of the M'Finda Kalunga Community Garden, has died. The former co-chair of the garden (one of the Lower East Side's treasures) and current treasurer, passed away at home,...
This weekend marks the citywide celebration of public parks, with It's My Park Day events throughout the five boroughs. Some events are on Saturday and some on Sunday, and you can participate in activities ranging from litter pickup and planting flowers...
Spring has sprung in the M'Finda Kalunga Community Garden, but we won't be seeing much sunshine today. The rain will continue this morning, giving way to cloudy skies this afternoon. A high of 55 today. Mostly sunny tomorrow before...
We stopped by the Sukkot celebration at the M'Finda Kalunga Community Garden yesterday afternoon. And today K. Webster, the garden's co-chair, was nice enough to send us some photos from the event. Click through to see scenes from the...
K Webster, Co-Chair of the lovely M'Finda Kalunga Community Garden, has written to let us know that they will be holding a Sukkot celebration this Sunday, September 26th, from 12pm to 2pm at their garden on Rivington and Forsyth...
