Here is What's Happening This Week:TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15th: Fundraising for Your Park Group 6:30pm to 8:30pm The Arsenal in Central Park 830 Fifth

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Here is What's Happening This Week:

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15th:

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Fundraising for Your Park Group

6:30pm to 8:30pm

The Arsenal in Central Park
830 Fifth Avenue
Manhattan

How did one park group raise $2,000 in their first online fundraiser? How did another group use social media to fund their movie nights? There are park groups all over the city finding creative ways to raise money for their groups, and you can too!

At this workshop, you will:
Hear about best practices from your peers in experienced park groups; Expand your fundraising toolkit by hearing from industry professionals; Learn 10 fundraising techniques, and learn when to use them; and Create a comprehensive budget and manageable for your park group.

This event is free and open to everyone.

Register and learn more here:
http://www.cityparksfoundation.org/event/partnerships-academy-fundraising-tools-for-your-park-group-manhattan/

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Queens Community Board 1 Meeting

7pm – 9pm

Astoria World Manor
25-22 Astoria Blvd.
Astoria, Queens

Learn about what is happening within your local community board. Community Board 1 includes the following neighborhoods: Astoria, Old Astoria, Long Island City, Queensbridge, Ditmars, Ravenswood, Steinway, Garden Bay and Woodside.

For meeting agenda and additional information,
call: (718) 626-1021
Or visit: http://www.nyc.gov/html/qnscb1/html/home/home.shtml

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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16th:

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Waterfront Alliance Holiday Party & Potluck

5-9pm

Waterfront Alliance
217 Water Street, Suite 300
Manhattan
(Elevator entrance is at 133 Beekman Street)

Please join the Waterfront Alliance Board of Trustees and staff to celebrate another momentous year on #OurWaterfront!

This is a potluck affair, so please bring a dish, snack, or drinks to share.

Please make sure to RSVP via the website link below as space is limited:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/waterfront-alliance-annual-holiday-party-tickets-19513938716

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Newtown Creek CAG Meeting

6:30-8:30pm

McCarren Play Center Community Room
776 Lorimer Street
Greenpoint, Brooklyn

ALL are welcome at the Newtown Creek Superfun CAG Meeting.

AGENDA:
-Follow up discussion to teh Newtown Creek Visioning process which started in February 2015
-Membership & Steering Committee updates.
-The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be on hand to address the following topics:
-Ecological Risk Assessment with Chuck Nace, EPA Ecological Risk Assessor
-Human Health Risk Assessment with Michael Sivak, Actiing Special Projects Branch Cheif & Human Health Risk Assessor
-Background Data Summary with Caroline Kwan, Remedial Project Manager

In addition to presentations there will be ample question and answer time.

More info:
www.newtowncreekcag.wordpress.com

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17th:

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Chance Ecologies Exhibit

6 – 9 pm

Radiator Gallery
10-61 Jackson Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

For the past seven months, Chance Ecologies has brought together a group of artists to explore the wilderness of Hunter's Point South, Queens.

The post industrial site stood in disuse for 35 years, allowing for a complex, contemporary ecology to develop.

Over the course of the summer 2015, Chance Ecologies organized a series of art events, workshops and happenings that invited the public to experience the site prior to being completely leveled in October 2015, as part of the Hunters Point South housing development project.

Please join Chance Ecologies to view a diverse collection of new pieces by 17 different artists, which will include video, photo, sound and sculpture installations, zines, books, walks, talks and more, looking at this unique part of New York City's waterfront.

Curated by: Catherine Grau, Nathan Kensinger, Stephen Zacks

More info:
http://chancecologies.org/
http://www.radiatorarts.com/chance-ecologies/

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Queens Action Council Meeting

6:30pm

Ravenswood Community Center
35-40 21st Street
Ravenswood, Queens

As Queens Action Council wraps up its third year, all are welcome to learn what is in store for the organization and for food equity in Queens.

More info:
https://www.facebook.com/Queens-Action-Council-276723469153522/

THE CHALLENGE OF CLIMATE CHANGE: What needs to be done and how do we do it?

6pm

Greater Astoria Historical Society
35-20 Broadway, 4th Floor
Astoria, Queens

This meeting will take place a week after the end of the international climate conference in Paris.

Conference attendee, Tom Paino from Long Island City will give a short presentation on the Climate Change Row House.

How do we build the pressure for change from the bottom up?

We will talk with activists and others about what is being done and what more can be done.

The emphasis in this workshop will be on the direct and personal – how do you respond to the threat of climate change and the issues it raises?

By examining what moves us to concern and action we can find the things that will move others.

This program is supported by public funds from the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs.

Additional support provided by the membership of the Greater Astoria Historical Society.

FREE!

www.astorialic.org

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Ongoing:

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Chance Ecologies Exhibit

December 17, 2015 through January 21, 2016

Radiator Gallery
10-61 Jackson Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

For the past seven months, Chance Ecologies has brought together a group of artists to explore the wilderness of Hunter's Point South, Queens.

The post industrial site stood in disuse for 35 years, allowing for a complex, contemporary ecology to develop.

Over the course of the summer 2015, Chance Ecologies organized a series of art events, workshops and happenings that invited the public to experience the site prior to being completely leveled in October 2015, as part of the Hunters Point South housing development project.

Please join Chance Ecologies to view a diverse collection of new pieces by 17 different artists, which will include video, photo, sound and sculpture installations, zines, books, walks, talks and more, looking at this unique part of New York City's waterfront.

Curated by: Catherine Grau, Nathan Kensinger, Stephen Zacks

More info:
http://chancecologies.org/
http://www.radiatorarts.com/chance-ecologies/

Emerging Artist Fellowship Exhibition

Daily through March 13, 2016

Socrates Sculpture Park
Vernon Blvd & Broadway
Ravenswood, Queens

Fifteen years ago Socrates Sculpture Park inaugurated the Emerging Artist Fellowship (EAF) Exhibition and launched what would become an annual exhibition of “artists to watch.”

This year’s Emerging Artist Fellows were selected through a highly competitive process that attracted over 350 applications, a record number for the program.
The 2015 Emerging Artist Fellows are: Kenseth Armstead, Charlotte Becket & Roger Sayre, José Carlos Casado, Torkwase Dyson, Carla Edwards, Davey Hawkins, Lena Henke, David Horvitz, Charlotte Hyzy, Melanie McLain, Kirsten Nelson, Freya Powell, Leah Raintree, Aaron Suggs, and Noa Younse.

As the culmination of a sought-after fellowship program, the EAF Exhibition is distinct in its commitment to emphasize individual artist projects. Rather than present an overarching theme, the exhibition highlights the singularity of each artist’s vision and subject matter, while providing critical consideration on diverse subjects, processes, and the specificities of site.

More info HERE.

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Click on image for full schedule and more information.

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Mobile Library at Hunters Point

Daily Until the Library Opens!

QUEENS LIBRARY & FRIENDS OF THE HUNTERS POINT LIBRARY PRESENT "THE SOLAR POWERED LIBRARY" IN GANTRY PLAZA STATE PARK!
Center Blvd & 48th Avenue
Hunters Point, Queens

Beginning May 31st and continuing on Saturdays, The Mobile Library will be parked each Saturday at Gantry State Park, Vernon Boulevard at 48th Avenue, from 8:30 – 5:30 to offer books and materials for all ages for loan as well as digital downloads onsite and special library offerings.

The Mobile Library will be on site, rain or shine, except during holidays.

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IT'S YOUR WATERFRONT!

Green Shores NYC works to enliven the Astoria-Long Island City waterfront by caring for and advocating for safe public parks, green spaces, street trees, waterways and a waterfront greenway. Visit us online at: www.greenshoresnyc.org

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