6th & B Garden
located at 6th Street and Ave. B
OPEN HOURS: Sat. & Sun. 1-6PM
SEPTEMBER 2010 EVENTS
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PROJECT ONE ROOM environmental workshop. Join us in this two-day workshop where you will get creative while you recycle and rethink the meaning of waste. To bring with you: a recycled piece of cardboard, 2’X2’. First part: Saturday. September 11, 2-4PM; Second part, Saturday, September 18th, 2-4PM. For the best results, attend both sessions.
WMD’s – The not-so-secret Weapons for Mass Developments, 1-0-1, a transformational video arts presentation in composition with live music and poetry, presented by the NuMuse Gallery, Friday, September 18th, 5PM
M’BIRA WORKSHOP. Learn to play the African thumb piano. Coordinated by Alex Coleman. Sunday, September 19th, 3-5PM
CITY ROSES: The Manhattan Chapter of the N. American Rock Garden Society meeting features a slide presentation by Anne O'Neill, Curator at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. Learn about roses that are agreeable in small spaces, beautiful through the seasons, and don't require a chemical arsenal. Rock garden plants will be for sale. Monday, September 20th, 6PM
CLAY WORKSHOP Effie Serlis leads a class in working with clay. Kids under 7 must be accompanied by an adult. Sunday, September 26th, 11-1PM
September Under the Stars Music Night, coordinated by Joff Wilson, Saturday, September 25th, 7:30PM
GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING: Sunday, September 26th, 4PM
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THE 2010 EVENTS PROGRAMS ARE MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY PUBLIC FUNDS FROM THE FUND FOR CREATIVE COMMUNITIES/NYS COUNCIL ON THE ARTS DECENTRALIZATION PROGRAM AND THE MANHATTAN COMMUNITY ARTS FUND/NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS, ADMINISTERED BY THE LOWER MANHATTAN CULTURAL COUNCIL. THE PROGRAM WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE TRUST FOR PUBLIC LAND FOR ONGOING ASSISTANCE.
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The garden is open to the community for many events which range from children's workshops and lectures to music and films.
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6th & B Garden Events
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- Our events committee taps into the skills of the many artist members, who stage programs of crafts, horticultural/science workshops, slide shows, multicultural festivals, and performances from around the world. The events program, runs all summer, featuring over 75 events annually, drawing thousands of visitors. In addition, three preschool centers joined the garden; garden members developed an environmental curriculum to teach the children gardening and nature principles and skills. ------------------------------------------- The Events Program is generously supported by the Mary Flager Cary Charitable Trust and European American Bank. The Events Program would also like to thank the Trust for Public Land for ongoing assistance. These Programs are also made possible in part with public funds from The Fund for Creative Communites/New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA) Decentralization Program (DEC), administered by the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council(LMCC), and from The Rockefeller Flow Fund.