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August, 2008 |
Vol. 4, No.8 |
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Free NYC Events in August Thursdays, 7:30 pm. 8/7, An
Evening With Lisa Minelli; 8/14, Salsa By the Sea (bring your dancing
shoes. Asser Levy/Seaside Park,
W. 5th and Surf Ave., Coney Island/Brighton Beach. D to Stillwell Ave./Coney Thursdays,
7-9 pm. to August 14. Latin Music
Concerts. Salsa,
rock, Latin Funk, reggae, etc. El
Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Ave. @ 104th St. 6 train to 103 Fridays, 6:30 pm. until August 22. Battery Park City Sunset Jam on the Hudson. Sunset drumming let by a master drummer. Borrow drums, bells, shakers, and sticks or bring your own. Afterwards, walk the esplanade along the Hudson River at Battery Park City. Or take the free Staten Island ferry for a cool trip across the water with magnificent views of the Manhattan skyline and New York Harbor. Wagner Park, just northwest of Battery Park on Lower Manhattan map, to the right. Sundays, 6:30-9pm,
Aug. 3&10, Moondance. Dance the night away under the stars at Hudson River
Park’s Pier 54@14th St...
Free dance lessons at 6:30pm.
Live bands go on at 7pm. 1,2,3,A,C,E,L to 14th St. and walk west
to River, 14D crosstown bus (make
sure to get off before bus turns on 10th Ave.). Saturday, 11am on, August 9. International
Yo-Yo Contest and Activities.
Daylong music, activities,
and (of course) yo-yo demonstrations.
South Street Seaport. Fulton St. and East River. (See map in right column.). Sunday, 2-9pm, August 24, Blues BBQ. 9th annual Blues&BBQ festival. Enjoy blues bands at one of NYC’s premiere
waterfront spots. Hudson River Park’s
Pier 54@14th St... (See directions for
Sundays, 8/3&8/10 above) New--Free Sundays at the Studio Museum
of Harlem, 144 W.
125th St. Free admission every Sunday from
12-6pm. Featured current exhibition by Kehinde Wiley, The World Stage: Africa Lagos~Dakar to October 26. 2,3,1,B,C,D,4,5,6
trains to 125th St. Onassis Cultural Center Take a short walk from the Institute to the Onassis
Cultural Center in the Olympic Towers, 654 5th Ave, Suite
304. See From the Land of the Labyrinth:
Minoan Crete, 3000-1100 BC. Mon.-Sat.,
10-6pm. Enter on 51st or 52nd Sts. between 5th
& Madison Aves. Free Classical Concerts From September to June, NYC’s famous music schools
like Julliard, Mannes, and Manhattan schools of music offer hundreds of free
classical and jazz music concerts. During
the summer, classical music lovers can hear free concerts by young world
class performers at Pace University’s Michael Schimmel Center as part of the
River to River festival. Mondays at 7:30 pm--8/4, Wu Man, pianist; 8/11, Monica
Yunos, soprano. Pace University near Brooklyn Bridge. 2,3 to Park Place or 4,5,6,R,W to City
Hall/Brooklyn Bridge and walk east to Park Row, then north on Park Row to
Spruce St. River
Flicks
“Flicks”
is slang for movies. Free with popcorn
Wednesdays at 8 pm. For seating, arrive early. Pier 54, 14th St. and Hudson
River—8/6 Saturday Night Fever, 8/13
Rock Star, 8/20 The Blues Brothers. (See
Sun., 8/3&8/10 directions.) |
Lower Manhattan Map
Roosevelt
Island—Featured Neighborhood Manhattan
is an island. But did you know that
there is an island in Manhattan named Roosevelt Island? Located in the East
River between Manhattan and Queens, Roosevelt Island is home to a small
community of about 9,000 people in the midst of this huge City. It is sometimes called the Little Apple, an
amusing reference to Manhattan which is sometimes called the Big Apple. Its Main Street seems to have one of everything
(but only one) you would find in Manhattan—a pizzeria, a Chinese restaurant,
a library, a deli, a bank, etc. Its residential areas contain quiet,
leafy, low-traffic streets. Its green spaces are a lovely contrast to
the congestion of Manhattan Island. You can take the F train to the Roosevelt
Island stop or the Q102 from Astoria.
But it is more interesting to take the Tramway (see picture,
above). The New York Times calls the
4-minute ride on the Tramway to Roosevelt Island “the most exciting view in
New York City”! The Tram is a funicular or gondola that
rides over the East River. The fare is
$2 each way, Metrocard accepted. It leaves
from 59th St. and Second Avenue several times an hour. Once you arrive, there is no reason not to
walk since Roosevelt Island is only two miles long. Or, for a quarter, you can ride the little
red bus that runs in a loop around the Island. Once on the Island, walk the promenades
along the East River. Sprawl on
Meditation Steps and gaze across the water at the Manhattan skyscrapers. Fish near the Lighthouse at the Island’s
northern tip (probably not a good idea to eat the catch, however). There are outdoor playing fields and tennis
courts (permits required) and an indoor Sportspark at the southern end of the
Island. The Big Apple Why
is NYC sometimes called the Big Apple?
At one time, NYC had four major horse racing tracks. In the 1920s, a NYC reporter supposedly
heard New Orleans stable hands refer to the City as the “Big Apple.” Soon after, jazz musicians began to use the
term to refer to NYC and Harlem as the jazz capital of the world. The jazz musicians of the
1930s and ‘40s put the phrase “The Big Apple” into more or less general
circulation. College
Honor Roll
Congratulations to all
the Institute students recently accepted to college. Give us a copy of your college acceptance
letter and we will post it on the school’s College Honor Roll walls. Find Out
More--Student Club Newsletters and Bulletin Boards Published monthly. Back issues available online: http://www.sai.nyc/ClubNews/. Read about free activities and interesting
neighborhoods in New York City. Make sure to check school bulletin boards for more
events than listed here. Bulletin
boards are updated frequently. Student
Bike Club Participating
is easy. Just talk to your teachers
and classmates. E-mail us when you’d
like to first take a tour (usually on a Saturday at noon. Bring a change of pants (if you plan to
kayak), sturdy sneakers, a camera and a friend . . . e-mail bikeclub@sai.nyc |
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