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| Madison Square E-news #69
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Location: Blogs Neighborhood NewslettersMadison Square Park Conservancy |
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| Posted by: 23rd Street Association |
10/4/2007 12:34 AM |
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In This Issue...
- Reminder: Mad. Sq. Fall Plant Market is This Week!
- Mad. Sq. Studio: The Last Show of the Season is This Weekend!
- Credit Suisse Lends a Hand in Beautifying Mad. Sq. Park!
- A Voce Restaurant Helps Support Mad. Sq. Park!
- Mad. Sq. Park is Getting Ready for Autumn!
- Save The Date: Fall Kids Fest!
Reminder: Mad. Sq. Fall Plant Market is This Week!
The Fall Plant Market has arrived at
Madison Square Park. Come and enjoy the park during this unseasonably
warm autumn and stop by to purchase a plant for your desk, home or a
gift for a family member or friend. Some of the plants featured will be
Mums, Montauk Daisies, Bella Palms and African Violets. We will also
have Sugar Pumpkins! Kim Wickers, Director of Horticulture of Madison
Square Park, will be there to answer your plant care questions. Hope to
see you at the Plant Market! The Market will be open on October 4th and 5th from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Mad. Sq. Studio: The Last Show of the Season is This Weekend!
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KJ Denhert gave a lively show
on 9/29. |
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Sloan Waiwright was a Mad. Sq. Studio
hit on 9/29. |
One of the most rewarding aspects of the MAD SQ STUDIO
series is the opportunity to present a range of talent inspired by the
folk and blues idiom and to introduce audience members to artists they
may not know. This was abundantly evident at the show last Saturday
with KJ Denhert and Sloan Wainwright as they showcased their distinctively different musical styles for an audience of new and diehard fans.
Our final concert of the season takes place this Saturday, October 6, at 3 p.m.
with a double bill featuring talented artists from different
generations: newcomer multi-instrumentalist (dobro, guitar, lap guitar)
Abbie Gardner (from the group Red Molly) accompanied
by guitarist Anthony da Costa, and seasoned champions of the East Coast
Piedmont style of blues Cephas & Wiggins in a rare New York appearance. Guitarist
John Cephas and harmonicist Phil Wiggins are often compared in style
and appeal to Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee with their own blend of
tradition and originality. If you love acoustic music, you absolutely
want to catch this show!
Concerts take place by the Shake Shack. Table and chair seating is available on a first come basis.
Thank you to our generous sponsors who make this season of MAD SQ STUDIO possible: Kew Management, Zwicker Electric, New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Benvenuto Café on 23rd Street and our station partner WFUV. This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs.
Credit Suisse Lends a Hand in Beautifying Mad. Sq. Park!
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The Credit Suisse Bench Painting Team
on 9/24. |
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| The team made sure not to miss any spots! |
Mad. Sq. Park is fortunate to have an ongoing partnership with Credit
Suisse. Our friends at Credit Suisse often volunteer with us for park
activities. The Banking & Client IT (BCIT) management team decided
to do a team building activity that would allow them to give back to
the community. On September 24, the BCIT management team, led by
Shahriar Rafimayeri, painted park benches on Madison Avenue, across the
street from Credit Suisse's New York offices. The results of the
group's efforts were immediately seen as park visitors sat on the
benches despite the "wet paint" signs. Thanks, volunteers!
A Voce Restaurant Helps Support Mad. Sq. Park!
A Taste of Tuscany in the Park: A Benefit for the Madison Square Park Conservancy
featuring the wines of Marchesi De’Frescobaldi
Date: Thursday, October 11, 2007
Time: 6 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Price: $75; includes two hours of passed Stuzzichini
(Italian Appetizers) and a sampling of wines from Marchesi
de’Frescobaldi of Florence, Italy.
Please join A Voce Restaurant and Marchesi De’Frescobaldi in a
traditional Italian “Aperitivo e Stuzzichini” fundraiser to benefit The
Madison Square Park Conservancy on Thursday October 11, 2007 from 6
p.m. - 8 p.m.
For more information please click here.
To purchase tickets, please call A Voce at 212-545-8555 or visit http://www.avocerestaurant.com/
Mad. Sq. Park is Getting Ready for Autumn!
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Kim Wickers, Director of
Horticulture at Mad. Sq. Park. |
Autumn is here and our park staff is gearing up for some seasonal décor. Director of Horticulture,
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| Kim in the midst of replanting the urns. |
Kim Wickers, is in the midst of replanting the urns that surround the
Southern Fountain. Kim has used her mastery of horticulture and keen
aesthetic taste to plan the new urn décor. What can you expect to see
in the newly decorated urns? Each will be filled with a combination of
Pansies, Ornamental Kale, Liriope ‘Big Blue’, Liriope Muscari ‘Silvery
Sunproof’, Pelee Mums ‘Burnt Sunset’, Garden Mums ‘Foxy Marjorie’, and
Miscanthus Sinesis ‘Gracillimus’. When strolling through the park,
please pause to admire Kim’s masterpieces.
Save The Date: Fall Kids Fest!
October is here and we are only a few weeks away from the FALL KIDS
FEST! KIDS FEST takes place on Saturday, October 20, from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. The Spooky Maze and Pumpkin Patch will be back this fall. Kids
will also be able to make their own egg-crate craft critter and Madison
Square Park coloring book. Kids should come in costume to participate
in the Mad Sq Kids Halloween Parade. Also, don’t miss out on the
performances by The Deedle Deedle Dees, TADA! Youth Theater and Opus
Ditty & the Hoedown Gang. This fun and free kids event is presented
by the Madison Square Park Conservancy and New York Life with
additional support from apple seeds, Time Out New York Kids, ConEd, Fidelity Investments, Sababa Toys, Whole Foods, Vital Children’s Theatre and the Big Apple Circus.
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