June 25th, 2009 by webmaster · News
Next up in our free summer concert series at the West Side Community Garden this Sunday is a family program by The New York Consort of Viols, featuring soprano Kristin Gould with appearances by Green Man and Shlumpy the Clown.
Note the slightly earlier time for this weekend’s concert, 5 PM.
In the event of rain, the concert will be relocated to the Stephen Gaynor School, 148 West 90th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues, just down the block from the garden.
Our remaining schedule:
JUNE 28 New York Consort of Viols - Renaissance music, with a children’s slant, 5 pm
JULY 5 Geoff Burke - Bebop alto sax master and friends, 6 pm
JULY 12 Sweet Plantain - Classical Latin String Quartet that is tight and skillful, 6 pm
JULY 19 Community Sing-Along - Jackie Bukowski and her Met Opera friends lead us all in song, 6:30 pm
June 24th, 2009 by webmaster · News
June 19th, 2009 by webmaster · News, concert
Our free “Music in a Garden” summer concert series continues this Saturday, June 21 at 6 PM.
Andre O’Neil will play J.S. Bach’s Suites for Unaccompanied Cello #3 and #6 on an authentic baroque instrument. Please join us for what promises to be a special evening.
As always, all our concerts are free and open to the public. The remaining schedule is as follows:
JUNE 21 Andre O’Neil - plays 2 Bach Unaccompanied Suites on Baroque Cello, 6 pm
JUNE 28 New York Consort of Viols - Renaissance music, with a children’s slant, 5 pm
JULY 5 Geoff Burke - Bebop alto sax master and friends, 6 pm
JULY 12 Sweet Plantain - Classical Latin String Quartet that is tight and skillful, 6 pm
JULY 19 Community Sing-Along - Jackie Bukowski and her Met Opera friends lead us all in song, 6:30 pm
June 11th, 2009 by webmaster · News
A few days ago we rolled out a new Info page on the WSCG website.
The Newsletters section will hold the current and previous issues of the West Side Community Garden Newsletter, available for your downloading pleasure.
The Articles section will link to, you guessed it, articles about gardening and related topics. This section has the potential to become a great resource to our members, friends, and other community gardeners around the world, but we need content! If you have any gardening tips or stories you would like to share, please send them to info [at] westsidecommunitygarden [dot] org.
Our first article, “Lasagna Gardening”, is from Sharon Kimmelman and also appears in the June 2009 Newsletter. No ricotta necessary.
May 22nd, 2009 by Randa Kirshbaum · News
JUNE 10TH BENEFIT PARTY - BUY YOUR TICKET NOW
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Angela LaGreca (comedian, singer, actress) will host an international al fresco dinner at The West Side Community Garden, honoring Susan Henshaw Jones and The Greenmarket. The event is on Wednesday, June 10th, from 6 to 8 pm. Everyone is welcome.
Location: The West Side Community Garden amphitheater, between 89 and 90 Streets and Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. Tickets: $60. In addition to a sumptuous meal, there will also be a raffle to have lunch with Bradley Whitford, award-winning star of The West Wing.
This is our biggest fundraising event of the year, and helps support such programs as the Tulip Festival, our “Music in a Garden” Concert Series, Potluck Picnic, Theater… all free and open to the public.
For more information call ESMarks, 212-873-9661
