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LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival in the gardens every fall

LUNGS Assembly Point for People’s Climate March

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The assembly points have been announced for the People’s Climate March,
Sunday, September 21.

The March lineup is organized along six themes, to bring like-minded people together. LUNGS and other community garden groups and friends will be meeting / marching with Theme 3: “We Have Solutions” — Contingent: “Food and Water Justice”.

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Walkers with this theme and contingent have been assigned the assembly point:
Central Park West between 71st and 72nd Streets.
Enter the lineup from 77th Street or 81st Street.

Subway:
C train — 72nd St or 81st St stop at Central Park West
1, 2, & 3 train — 72nd St stop at Broadway
1 train — 79th St stop at Broadway

For more info see:
Facebook Page
http://peoplesclimate.org/logistics/
http://peoplesclimate.org/lineup/

LUNGS Festival HELP Needed !!

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Help Needed–The Third Annual LUNGS Harvest Arts Festival is taking place in more than 30 community gardens on the Lower East Side on Saturday, September 20 & Sunday, September 21.

The gardens will host performances and workshops in music, dance, theater, spoken word, the arts, and more. One of the highlights of this year’s Festival is a performance by Bread And Puppet Theater of their new piece, “Anti Tar Sands Manifesto Pageant”

Help is needed to publicize the Festival, design and distribute posters and flyers, copy editing for the Festival program, coordinating events and scheduling.

This year the Festival coincides with the People’s Climate March, In support of the People’s Climate March, many gardens will host workshops and teach-ins on a wide range of environmental issues.

On Sunday, the Festival gets on its feet as gardeners and friends join the People’s Climate March en masse. To prepare for the march we need artists to design costumes and banners and visuals that can be carried that will represent our love of Mother Earth and all things natural.

This is going to be a historic event we need to step up as New Yorkers, if you can help in any way, contact us.

Scupture Donated to Firemen’s Memorial Garden

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Sculptor Peter Goldwater & “Waterworks #3”

After exhibiting his work in the Firemen’s Memorial Garden during the “Harvest Arts Festival in the Gardens”, sculptor Peter Goldwater generously decided to give “Waterworks #3” to the garden. The sculpture is a ceramic casting of intermingled FDNY fire hose nozzles. Peter presented his work to The Firemen’s Memorial Garden on October 20. The garden is located on East 8th St between Avenues C and D. A plaque commemorating the gift and a celebration is planned in the garden next summer.

The Firemen’s Memorial Garden was founded in 1980 and honors the memory of all New York City firefighters who were killed in the line of duty. The site pays homage in particular to the memory of Martin R. Celic (1952-1977), a young member of Ladder Company 18, who lost his life fighting a fire in the tenement located where this garden now stands.

ARBORETUM, the outdoor exhibition in the Firemen’s Memorial Garden during the Festival was curated by Keith Schweitzer and Jason Patrick Voegele.