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Buunni Coffee: Earth Drum Circle

We had a glorious time at Earth 🌍 DrumđŸȘ˜Circle ⭕ on Saturday, October 26th at Isham Park in Inwood, NYC. Great news everyone, I was able to secure indoor space for November & December at Buunni Coffee (Broadway just South of Isham Street) Thus, the next Earth 🌍 DrumđŸȘ˜Circle ⭕ will be on Sunday, November 17th from 1-4 p.m. Yay 😁!!! We look forward to seeing all that can attend! Please chime in as “Going” on the invite page so that we can get a head count. See you then!

Blaze On!
DRAGON 🐉
What to Bring:
Yourself and your percussion instrument(s)đŸȘ˜and a folding chair đŸȘ‘(we drum on the meadow in the shade). Coming to spectate is fine too! Water and snacks are also a good idea for fuel!

Transportation:
A-Train to the Isham Street Station
or
#1 Train to the 215th Street Station
A good way to find your way to where we are with no stairs as carrying heavy instruments up stairs can be problematic is to download the “AllTrails” app (available for iPhone & Android). The app is free unless you want to upgrade to the Pro features. Type in “Isham Park” in the Search field and hit “Navigate”. It will show you exactly where we are and which paths to us have stairs and not via GPS of your current location (very handy anywhere in NYC)!!!

OR
Just walk up the stairs to the main path at either entrance to Isham Park (Broadway just North of Isham Street or at 213th Street) The pin 📌 on the satellite map shows where we will be. Just follow your eyes and ears to the drumming. Please let me know if you can attend! 😉
Satellite Map of EDC at Isham Park:
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=662233079276402&set=a.475396627960049

Word Up at Highbridge Park – It’s My Park Day: Celebrating Faith Ringgold’s TAR BEACH

Saturday, November 16, 2024 – 11:00am to 1:00pm
Raoul Wallenberg Playground (in Highbridge Park)
Amsterdam Avenue & 188th/189th St.
New York, NY 10032

Storytelling by Esperanza Martell & Musical Performance by Guy Bisserette

Join us on It’s My Park Day to plant bulbs in the Pollinator Garden, to learn about stewardship, and to enjoy poetry, literature, and music with your neighbors! All supplies will be provided. Copies of Faith Ringgold’s picture book Tar Beach will be given away while supplies last.

Organized by Connectemonos; Partnerships for Parks; New York Restoration Project; Word Up Community Bookshop; Catholic Charities Community Services NY–Alianza; Pluma PoĂ©tica del Arte; ADEUSA; We Run Uptown; OnPoint NYC.

Tar Beach By Faith Ringgold Cover Image

Tar Beach (Paperback)

By Faith Ringgold
$8.99
ISBN: 9780517885444
Availability: Usually Ships in 1-5 Days
Published: Dragonfly Books – December 3rd, 1996

Hebrew Tabernacle: Tomo Mori – collage artist & Elddry Castillo – poet

The Armin and Estelle Gold Wing art gallery’s Nov, Dec 2024/Jan 2025 solo exhibition features:
Tomo Mori – collage artist – Water Connects The Seven Seas.
and Elddry Castillo – poet
 
Tomo is a local artist who has been recognized nationally and internationally.
Her fabric collage series utilizes mosaic-like techniques using paint and fabric. Hundreds of squares reminiscent of digital pixels compose an aggregate like a living organism.
She states: I restore my inner balance by an almost ritual-like creative process, praying to heal and reconnect a world that is broken in so many places.
You can see more of her work at tomomoriart.com,  but to witness it in person is inspirational.
Elddry is a Dominican-American-New Yorker, a parent and grandparent, teacher, published author, painter and poet.  Wales9071@gmail.com
The Gold Wing art gallery is wheelchair accessible. Admission is free. All are welcome.
Hours are M,W,F from 9:30 -4:45 and by appointment.
 
 Our artist’s opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, November 16, 2024 from noon – 2 pm.

Cabrini Shrine: SONOROS AMERICANOS – Flute & Bass Concert

SONOROS AMERICANOS:

Yael Acher KAT Modiano – Flute

Carlos del Pino– Upright Electric Bass

As part of PAMAR’s 19th annual Latin American Cultural Week, acclaimed award winning flutist Yael “KAT” Acher and Cuban bassist Carlos del Pino team up to take the audience on a journey through colorful soundscapes with special Flute & Bass renditions of Classical Cuban music  of pieces by J. White, C. Villaverde, M. Saumell, E. Lecuona, L. Brower and I. Cervantes, as well as an original piece by Yael Acher-Modiano, and Neapolitan song to honor the legacy of St Frances Xavier Cabrini.

About the artists:
Yael Acher “KAT” Modiano

Carlos del Pino

The artists dedicate the concert to Peace, Human-Rights and Animal-Right.

Tickets are $20 and can be purchased  at the door or online:

https://cabrinishrinenyc.charityproud.org/EventRegistration/Index/21051

CANCELLED – Word Up: GIY Family Mushroom Workshop

Friday, November 15, 2024 – 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Word Up Community Bookshop LibrerĂ­a Comunitaria
2113 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10032

register

Growing Gourmet Mushrooms at Home with Everyday Items

Join us at Word Up to learn about the diverse fungal life in Uptown Manhattan, the lifecycle of a mushroom, how fungal life impacts our daily lives Uptown, and how to engage with them for a future without food insecurity and chronic disease. This event includes a workshop on growing gourmet and medicinal mushrooms from brown rice and coffee grounds in plastic cups and ziploc bags (photos of the process and in-depth explanations). The presentation will be sent out by email for reference afterward. 

Freshwater Mycology is a black + trans guided futurist mushroom farm, research repository, and art house committed to understanding and sharing the profound benefits of mycelim and mushroom fruits of all diverse types. Seeking to understand ecosystems as systems of natural collaboration, Freshwater Mycology is dedicated to improving the senses of life, nervine homeostasis in humans, and networking across species to make the world kinder and inhabitable for longer. We believe in nature over everything and plan to continue our medicine making research as far as we can extend. Stay tuned for quantum mechanics, molecular biology, mycelium-derived technology, all alchemized for you into our products, for all our higher goods. Freshwater Mycology is a black, trans-guided mycelium house who stays up, stays studious, stays scientific, and stays Fresh. Learn more at https://freshwater-mycology.square.site/