Summer just shut off, click, just like that. 90 degrees and humid last week, an Autumn wet chill today. The only New York spots that doesnt realize the changing seasons is the subway platforms, sweltering, stale and unmoving cave air. One report i saw had a 106 degree thermometer reading on one platform…Hey bloomberg, if you are going destroy democracy in NYC, do me a favor and buy us some subway platform fans. This event is one more reminder that summer is soon over:

Horticultural Exhibit
Don’t Miss the Edible Garden and Seasonal Walk

End of summer means the New York Botanical Garden’s Edible Garden exhibit will soon be over ripe! Make your way up to the Bronx soon to see beautiful arrangements of fragrant tomato plants, leafy lettuce, exotic tropical fruits, and more. (continue reading…)

so let’s make an impromptu list of why NYC has so much to do besides bars. We have prospect, astoria, and central parks, zoos, an aquarium, botanical gardens, art museums and galleries, science centers and now a tree museum. While walking through prospect park this saturday, i noticed how all those old trees blocked out so much midday sun that the space became dark as dusk. I cherish moments like this in this population dense city of ours. To replace the crush of humanity (which i am a fan of) with that of canopied nature is something we are fortunate we can still enjoy.

Nature Exhibit

A Tree Grows in… the Bronx

There’s no shortage of free, interesting things to do in New York during the summer, but the Tree Museum definitely deserves to be near the top of the list. (continue reading…)

For science and art enthusiasts (yes, if you attend dorkbots or radars and fences, you will know it’s a deep relationship), this is a must go to event. I have the new dorkbot’s from may hot in the oven, and there is one presentation that fills this idea of translational energy to its fullest. i am very curious if the work of Conrad Shawcross and his AMAZING Slow Arc III series will be featured in this exhibit. If his work doesn’t scream “translation of energy” i don’t know what does. Don’t worry, I will be posting those dorkbots soon, so you can experience the genius of Shawcross. Even if you can’t understand a word he says, his pictures are a thousand revolutions.

Science and Art

Translation of Energy

The three-part art & science exhibition continues at Cynthia-Reeves with Translation of Energy: Claire Watkins and Sheila Gallagher. Each part of this exhibition examines how artists anticipate and interpret current scientific investigations. (continue reading…)