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Wave Hill presents Black Friday Meditation
Wave Hill’s Black Friday Meditation participants. Photo courtesy of Wave Hill
What better way to start your Thanksgiving
celebration than making and baking
your own, scrumptious pumpkin pie—and
end it with a session of Black Friday Mediation
at Wave Hill. Great Performances chef
Robert Valencia leads this annual, much
loved cooking workshop. Yoga for Bliss’s
Neem Dewji takes over for an hour of meditation
Friday morning.
Saturday, November 23; Sunday, November
24: Family Art Project: Sí Se
Puede: Listen to stories of farmers and activists
Dolores Huerta and Cesar Chavez
to learn more about the United Farm Workers
Union. Then, look to the creative ways
some of today’s farmers are cultivating and
harvesting the land. Use this as inspiration
to create a dream farm maze to meander
through. Free, and admission to the
grounds is free until noon. Wave Hill House,
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Saturday, November 23: Cooking Workshop:
Perfect Pumpkin Pie: Do you have
pie anxiety? Chef Robert Valencia from
Great Performances alleviates all of your
pie-making fears in this hands-on workshop.
Mix and roll pastry from scratch and
make a delicious pumpkin fi lling laced with
seasonal spices. We’ll bake your pie in our
Café kitchen and you’ll take it home the
same day, plus an extra crust to bake at
home. $40; Wave Hill Members save 10%.
Registration required, online at wavehill.
org or at the Perkins Visitor Center. Wave
Hill House, 1 to 3 p.m.
Saturday, November 23: Gallery Tour:
Tour Glyndor Gallery with Wave Hill’s Curatorial
Assistant or Gallery Greeter to get
an insider’s view of current exhibitions. A
fl ower’s life cycle of budding, blooming and
pollinating, as well as its process of decay,
strongly echoes the human condition.
The exhibition Figuring the Floral features
artists who apply this symbolism to their
work—touching on race, ethnicity, class,
gender, sexual orientation, aging and other
facets of identity. Participating artists are
Derrick Adams, Nicole Awai, Bahar Behbahani,
Christian Ruiz Berman, Sanford
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Gallery, 2 p.m.
Sunday, November 24: Garden Highlights
Walk
Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for a
public tour of seasonal garden highlights.
Free with admission to the grounds. Meet
at Perkins Visitor Center, 2 p.m.
Wave Hill is located at 675 West 252nd
Street. For further information call (718)
549-3200.
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Fort Schuyler Presbyterian Church,
2950 Dewey Avenue, will host a fall concert
on Sunday, November 24, at 4 p.m., in their
church ahll.
The concert will feature The Elim Korean
Band, vocalist Lloyd Williams, and
oldies group Godfather Sound.
Donation is $35 per adult and $15 per
child. Dinner will be served. The concert
will be held in aide of the church heating
system.
To RSVP or for tickets, call Millie at
(718) 829-5791 or Gwen at (718) 823-4336
or (347) 208-5502.
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The New York Botanical Garden,
2900 Southern Blvd., will present the following
events and programs:
Kiku: Spotlight on Tradition, through
November 17, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. In the Nolen
Greenhouse’s Bourke-Sullivan Display
House: See the culmination of meticulously
trained kiku. The chrysanthemum—
or kiku—carries a centurieslong history as
a treasured fl ower and horticultural passion
in Japan, representing the apex of a
craft that demands precision, care, and
patience. Our own kiku display is the result
of all three: an exhibit of unparalleled
beauty representing #plantlove in its truest
form. Expertly trained NYBG horticulturists
spend countless hours across 11 months
nurturing and coaxing these chrysanthemums
into both modern and ancient forms,
including the sculpted curves and twists
of the bonsai style; the colorful waterfall
of Kengai (“Cascade”); the immense, demanding
Ozukuri (“Thousand Bloom”); and
more.
Traditional Taiko Drumming, Saturday
and Sunday, November 16 and 17, 1 and 2
p.m. (30-minute performances). Leon Levy
Visitor Center: “The voice and spirit of the
Japanese people” rings out in the Garden
as taiko drummers create a thunderous
soundscape of traditional percussion.
Holiday Train Show®, Saturday, November
23, through Sunday, January 26,
2020: The New York Botanical Garden’s
Holiday Train Show® will showcase Central
Park—the most popular urban park in
America—in the 28th year of this muchloved
holiday event. Visitors will be transported
to a miniature wonderland as model
trains zip through an enchanting display of
more than 175 New York landmarks, each
re-created from natural materials such as
birch bark, lotus pods, acorns, and cinnamon
sticks.
Bar Car Nights, November 23, 29, and
30, 2019; December 7, 14, 20, 21, 27, and
28, January 3, 4, 11, and 18, 2020, 7 to 10:30
p.m.: All aboard for adults-only nights at the
Holiday Train Show®! On these nights exclusively
for adults 21 and over, the wintry
landscape of NYBG sets the scene for festive
outdoor adventures, with an afterdark
viewing of the Holiday Train Show® as the
centerpiece. Purchase a spiked hot chocolate
and grab a bite from the Bronx Night
Market Holiday Pop-up, then set out to explore
the night’s offerings. Warm up around
our handcrafted fi re pits and feel the joy of
the season with artistic ice carving, festive
performers, dueling piano singalongs, and
DJ sets curated by Uptown Vinyl Supreme.
Non-members $38, Garden members $28
(adults 21 and over).
Tree-rifi c Trees, through November 22,
weekdays 1:30 to 5:30 p.m.; weekends 10
a.m to 5:30 p.m. in the Everett Children’s
Adventure Garden: Visit the Everett Children’s
Adventure Garden to see the enormous
tree cookies of a giant sequoia and
a white oak, and participate in other handson
fun. Dig deeper into the magnifi cent
world of fall trees, from roots to branches.
Learn to think like a scientist and track the
changing colors of the leaves. Take a break
from your research to count the rings of a
giant sequoia!
Evergreen Express, Saturday, November
23, through January 26, 2020; open
daily: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.: Guided Activities:
Weekdays 1:30 to 5:30 p.m., Satrudays
and Sundays 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., in the
Everett Children’s Adventure Garden: Hop
aboard for train-inspired fun in our Adventure
Garden. Every day, kids go full steam
ahead! Pretend to ride the rails, hike winter
trails to discover evergreen trees and
shrubs, and put on a winter woodland puppet
show. Afternoons and weekends bring
even more fun with botanical crafts and
singalongs.
Everett Children’s Adventure Garden
All-Day Exploration, daily, 10 a.m. to 5:30
p.m., in the Everett Children’s Adventure
Garden: Children of all ages can explore
the wonders of science and nature in our
outdoor 12-acre garden. Climb the boulders
and view the landscape below from
your high perch, dash through Beth’s Maze,
and check out the cattails and lily pads at
Habitat Hub.
Sounds of the Season Performances,
Sunday, November 24; 1, 2, and 3 p.m.:
Carols, pop hits, and instrumentals of the
season fi ll the air during special performances
by an eclectic lineup of musicians.
For more information, please call (718)
817-8700 or visit nybg.org.
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