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Published on Thursday, June 2, 2011 by Jose Serrano-McClain On Saturday, May 21, a group of us gathered to help paint the fences at Corona Plaza for It’s My Park day (a program of Partnership for Parks and the NYC Parks Dept).   A few local organizations were involved: the Dominican American Society, the Drogadictos Anonimos, Corona Community Action Network, the Ecuadorian Civic Committee, [...]...

Published on Sunday, January 9, 2011 by Gabriel      In autumn 2008, the Red Hook Food Vendors Committee, commissioned Architecture for Humanity of New York (AFHny) to help solicit designs that would help create an open-air marketplace feel in Red Hook Park. The vendors worked with AFHny to develop designs for a new marketplace that would create a positive atmosphere for vendors and park-users, [...]...

Published on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 by Gabriel     The Red Hook Food Vendors have been a staple of Brooklyn summers for the past 33 years. The Vendors have provided incredible cuisine and a unique market atmosphere in Red Hook Park, selling empanadas, pupusas, grilled corn and other Latin American dishes from tents at the northwest corner of the park.   In 2008 year the [...]...

Published on Thursday, August 5, 2010 by peintern Passport Fridays are a Target sponsored event where the Queens Museum of Art and the residents of New York get to visit a different country every week without having to leave the state, and for free! On Friday July 23rd, the Queens Museum of Art and hundreds of visitors had the opportunity to experience music, dance, [...]...

Published on Thursday, August 5, 2010 by peintern Passport Fridays are Target sponsored events during which the Queens Museum of Art and the residents of New York get to visit a different country every week without having to leave the state, and for free! The first Friday’s (July 9th) country was South Africa in celebration of the FIFA World Cup final which happened that [...]...

Published on Thursday, August 5, 2010 by peintern Passport Fridays are a Target sponsored event where the Queens Museum of Art and the residents of New York get to visit a different country every week without having to leave the state, and for free! On Friday July 16th, the Queens Museum of Art and hundreds of visitors had the opportunity to experience music, dance, [...]...

Published on Thursday, July 15, 2010 by peintern Our friends at the New York Hall of Science asked us to share this incredible opportunity with our audience. From now until August 22nd the NYSCI has an amazing exhibition up called “Amazon Voyage: Vicious Fishes and Other Riches.” The exhibition is an interactive and hands-on exhibition where people are given the opportunity to come [...]...

Published on Saturday, May 22, 2010 by Gabriel In compliance with the Mayor’s Executive Order 120 which mandates that all city agencies that interact with the public in providing services must devise and implement a Language Access Plan for those with limited English proficiency (approximately 1/4 of all New Yorkers), The NYC Parks Department implemented a new Language Access system in Fall 2009 [...]...

Published on Thursday, May 20, 2010 by Gabriel On June 21st of 2009, a coalition of 5 indigenous group congregated at the Museum to celebrate the first day of the summer in a traditional festivity known as the Inti Raymi. Members of Kichwa Nation,  Abya Yala, Grupo Raices, PERUINCAFOLK, Estudiantina Bolivia and  Ayazamana organized a program with an inaugural ceremony followed by  dance, music, [...]...

Published on Saturday, April 17, 2010 by Gabriel The Queens Museum is part of the Immigrant and Parks Collaborative since 2008 during this time we have  made relationships with soccer organizations and community groups that have a soccer component. The Immigrants and Parks Collaborative, a partnership between The New York Immigration Coalition, Partnership for Parks and the JM Kaplan Fund, consists of ten vibrant ...