Sunday, January 26, 2025
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Mulchfest at Owl's Head Park 2025
Drop off trees: December 26, 2024 - January 12, 2025
Chipping: January 11-12, 2025
Please bring discarded trees to the park house.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/festivals/mulchfest?mc_cid=343edd0028&mc_eid=356329620a
Citizens Committee Grant Opportunity Workshop
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
With José Dobles and Carlos Santiago at Citizens Committee NYC
Citizens Committee for New York City (CitizensNYC) has a long tradition of providing micro grants to support local greening and other community-based projects. Join CitizensNYC staff to discover how their grants can empower you—grassroots leaders and local businesses—to drive meaningful change in your communities. Whether you’re interested in the Community Leader Grants or Neighborhood Business Grants, this session will provide all the details you need to get involved. Don’t miss the opportunity to connect with CitizensNYC staff and take this important step toward strengthening your community!
Visit: https://www.bbg.org/classes/citizensNYC_grant_opportunity_info_session
NYC Parks Electric Micromobility Pilot
As an initiative of Mayor Adams' "Charge Safe, Ride Safe: Electric Micromobility Action Plan ," NYC Parks is piloting a new rule to allow electric bikes (e-bikes) and electric scooters (e-scooters) to use park drives and greenways. The pilot program is in effect from June 20, 2023 through May 31, 2025. NYC Parks are spaces shared by everyone in our city; all park users must be respectful of others and operate their vehicles in a safe manner.
To ensure that all park users share the road safely and respectfully, we’re asking you for your thoughts on the conditions of NYC Parks’ greenways and drives. Use the map tool below to find and share any specific locations you’ve encountered with the flow of bikes, e-bikes, e-scooters, pedestrians, or other park users. We’ll use your feedback to create better experiences and help manage the flow of traffic.
Visit: https://www.nycgovparks.org/planning-and-building/nyc-parks-e-pilot-map-input-tool
Make Music New York's Mobile Hallelujah
Saturday, December 21, 2024
12:00-2:00pm
Throughout Midtown Manhattan
Visit: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeEEto9CqyfAUcKZuuERrHo800Og2ce4c2773TnCLiKgQ9wbw/viewform
Conductor Douglas Anderson and producer Melissa Gerstein again team up to lead “Mobile Hallelujah,” bringing the oldest continuously performed piece of Classical music to the streets of NYC. Participating singers will gather at seven popular midtown locations to sing the famously uplifting “Hallelujah Chorus” from George Fredric Handel’s Messiah, surprising passersby with seemingly spontaneous outbursts of the most famous choral piece in history.
Any singer who knows their part to the chorus is welcomed and encouraged to participate simply by showing up to their preferred location by the start time, but we encourage you to register ahead of time via the Google document at this link:
https://forms.gle/dqUXazYccJBDWipS9
Pop-up locations and approximate performance start times
(travel time is worked into the schedule):
o 12:00pm at the main branch of the New York Public Library, 476 5th Avenue (on Fifth Ave between the lions)
o 12:15pm at One Vanderbilt Ave (in front, next to the exit from Grand Central Terminal)
o 12:30pm at St. Patrick’s front steps
o 12:45pm at Duffy Square (7th Ave and 46th St, in front of the George M. Cohan statue)
o 1:00pm at Carnegie Hall, 881 Seventh Avenue (On 57th St., in front of main entrance)
o 1:15pm in the 59th St. Subway Station (At Turnstyle Underground Market)
o 1:30pm at 10 Lincoln Center Plaza (In front of the fountain, facing east]
In preparation, prior to the evening of the vocal parade, you can also download the sheet music for free at < http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/af/IMSLP41602-PMLP90564-Hallelujah_Chorus_Chorus_and_Piano_Only.pdf > . And if you want to practice your part ahead of time, free files are available on Cyberbass < https://cyberbass.org/ >
Questions? Reach out to Melissa at: mmnymobilehallelujah@gmail.com
