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Butterfly Walk
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Leapin’ Lepidoptera! During the summer, wildflowers and other blooms abound at the Garden, attracting different types of butterflies. Join naturalist Paul Keim on a leisurely walk through the grounds in pursuit of these colorful and delicate creatures. Note: You must bring your registration confirmation to the Garden for admittance to each class session.
Saturday Jun 24th, 1–3pm Eastern Time
Get to Know Your Trees: The Oaks—BLENDED
Brooklyn Botanic Garden @ 1000 Washington Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11225
Take a deep dive into the singular and storied genus Quercus. Few trees loom as large as the oaks in art and western folklore. Today they are often underappreciated or seen as a monolithic group, perhaps due to their historic use as symbols for other values. It’s time to lift the veil and give Quercus the dedicated attention it deserves.
Thursday Jun 22nd, 6–8pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
Not So Still Life: Drawing What You See
Think Olio @ 1063 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
Not So Still Life: Drawing What You See and the value of Repetition *This is a 3-part workshop that will take place on Wednesday evenings 7-9pm. No previous art experience is required. In this three-part Olio we will be drawing a still life from many different angles, learning and improving with every new study of the still life. Then, using the series of drawings, we will create a looping animation of the still life spinning around in a...
Tuesday Sep 5th, 7–9pm Eastern Time
(3 sessions)
Forest Park (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Union Turnpike & Park Ln, New York, NY 11415
This is one of the best places in the world for fall foraging, with a wide selection of wild herbs, greens, roots, nuts, and mushrooms, even in late fall. Habitats include miles of mature forest, as well as the trail edges and the disturbed, overgrown, and cultivated habitats, all providing homes for many diverse, renewable species. Before we even enter the park, we'll stop at a row of ginkgo trees across the street from the meeting spot. A relic...
Saturday Jun 10th, 11:45am–3:45pm Eastern Time
Central Park (Teens/Adults)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 5th Ave & E 106th St, New York, NY 10029
Central Park provides a great window into the world of wild foods of mid-spring. It's the peak of the season for wild salad greens, and we'll be finding great quantities of renewable ingredients: Spicy mustard greens, such as garlicky garlic mustard, hot hedge mustard, and even hotter poor man's pepper, will abound on lawns or under trees anywhere, and lemony sheep sorrel thrives in sunny places. Offset their flavors in a salad with milder-tasting...
Saturday Jun 24th, 11:45am–3:45pm Eastern Time
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Prospect Park (Kids 12 & Under)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Prospect Park - Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY 11238
Prospect Park provides such a superabundance of wild foods in mid-spring, it's hard to cover them all in just four hours. We begin with spicy hedge mustard, corn-flavored chickweed, and spinach-flavored lamb's quarters, all growing near the park's Grand Army Plaza entrance. Then we move along to goutweed, taking over along the path near the Vale of Cashmere (and throughout other sections of the park). This invasive European herb tastes like parsley,...
Sunday Jun 11th, 11:45am–3:45pm Eastern Time
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Central Park (Kids 12 & Under)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 5th Ave & E 106th St, New York, NY 10029
Central Park provides a great window into the world of wild foods in early spring. Making a meal with these plants is simple at this time of the year. For an appetizer, try simmering field garlic bulbs in diluted vinegar with Italian seasonings, to make an outstanding pickle. It's the peak of the season for wild salad greens, and we'll be finding large quantities of leafy, green ingredients. Spicy mustard greens, such as garlicky garlic mustard,...
Saturday Jun 24th, 11:45am–3:45pm Eastern Time
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Forest Park (Kids 12 & Under)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ 8040 Park Lane, Queens, NY 11415
Forest Park is one of the best places for foragers in mid-spring. Get lost in this vast park, and you'll have plenty to eat (that is, if you can distinguish the gourmet plants from the deadly ones.) It boasts a large, mature, secondary growth forest, trail edges, thickets, and cultivated areas—all overflowing with wild plants, and Violet Brill, America's go-to gal for foraging, will teach you how to identify, harvest ecologically, and use dozens...
Saturday Jun 10th, 11:45am–3:45pm Eastern Time
Sunken Meadow State Park (Kids 12 & Under)
"Wildman" Steve Brill @ Sunken Meadow Park - Kings Park, LI, Kings Park, NY 11754
This is an outstanding park for foragers in mid-summer. We'll explore cultivated areas, the seashore, and woods, all in one day. The most spectacular find in this park grows within sight of the ocean. Dozens of blackberry bushes in nearby thickets provide thousands of exquisitely delicious berries. Smaller than their commercial counterparts, and more seedy, they taste so much better, they'll make you forget all about your iPhone! This won't...
Sunday Jun 11th, 1–4pm Eastern Time
Bonsai
RESOBOX @ 91 East 3rd St, New York, NY 10003
Bonsai is the ancient Japanese art form of miniature trees in containers. It is an art form that helps connect us to nature. Through this process, it strengthens our spirit. This is why Bonsai can be a figurative mirror image of the grower. With an open heart and mind, students can start their own journey of personal growth through the art of bonsai taught by Bonsai Master Julian Velasco. Learn the artistic, philosophical, horticultural, and technical...
Sunday Jul 16th, 11am–1pm Eastern Time
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Reiki Level 1 Training and Certification
Vibra Wellness @ 141 W 28th St, New York, NY 10001
This Reiki Level One training is a combination of the traditional Japanese Usui style, the Western-style as introduced by Mrs. Takata, and Holy Fire® Reiki, introduced by the International Center for Reiki Training. At the completion of this training, you will achieve an excellent foundation and be able to give Reiki treatments to yourself and your loved ones. This beginning training is one of the most thorough and comprehensive available, taught...
Saturday Sep 23rd, 10am–6pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
Waking the Senses: An Exploration in Watercolor
Think Olio @ 1063 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11216
This 3-part Olio workshop will introduce us to formal painting skills while emphasizing the therapeutic nature of the material. During these three sessions, we will explore the technical aspects of watercolor painting - focusing on different elements over each week: light, color, and composition. We’ll come to understand that “learning how to paint ''in the traditional sense can intersect with the therapeutic and mindful use of watercolor painting. ...
Wednesday Sep 27th, 6:30–8:30pm Eastern Time
(3 sessions)
Expanding Your Influence: Understanding the Psychology
American Management Association @ 1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
Expanding Your Influence: Understanding the Psychology of Persuasion Bringing about the reaction you want from others and expanding your influence require insights that go beyond the actual process of influencing—and into the psychology of what truly prompts us to say yes or no. This 2-day influencer training explores these psychological triggers, plus how this knowledge may be used not just for compliance but for mutually desirable outcomes....
Tuesday Sep 26th, 9am–4:30pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
Assertiveness Training for Women in Business
American Management Association @ 1601 Broadway, New York, NY 10019
In todays ever changing business environment it is vital for women to have an assertive voice in business. Assertiveness techniques, when used effectively, can enhance almost every aspect of your job and life — Knowing which tools and techniques to use, and how and when to use them, is critical. AMA’s assertiveness training for women is a 3-day seminar that addresses the unique challenges women face in business and provides them with the assertiveness...
Monday Aug 7th, 9am–4:30pm Eastern Time
(2 sessions)
The Production of Nature
We think of nature as the pristine, untouched landscape, the idealized version of the earth before or simply without humans. We even build ‘shrines’--as geographer Cindi Katz says--to this nature in the form of local and national parks, wildlife preserves, land trusts, etc. However ‘nature’ has never been completely devoid of people, so how did we come to this ideology? Whose interests does it serve to view nature this way, and how does...
$15
