Neighbors and Gardeners-

Mark your calendars for a Solstice Celebration Tea on Saturday, December 20 at 3:30- 5PM in the W. 104^th St. Community Garden.

Like last year, there will be:

-A can drive (Donations going to City Harvest)

-A Solstice illumination spectacular

-A warming fire

-Plenty of hot tea and tea time goodies

This year, ALL NEW:

-A warming tent

-Burning of the T. E. Jaworek Memorial Solstice Log

-Pennies from Heaven; Spare Change for Cats

(Purge your home of all the loose those pennies sitting around.  Bring them to the garden and donate them tothe care and feeding of our exterminating felines.)

Attention Gardeners,

This year the garden closer potluck will be:

Sunday, November 23rd
(this is a date change from what was issued on the calender at the beginning of the season)
1pm
Schneider Apartments Community Room
West 102nd Street
between CPW & Manhattan Aves

It is important that you attend because we will be collecting membership forms / payment for the 2009 season.
The earlier you register the better are your chances for getting into the committees you want and priority on plot assignments.

Please bring a covered dish to share.
Keep in mind we will also need plates, napkins, forks, spoons, cups etc.

Also important:

The garden needs to be cleaned up and prepared for winter!
Please take advantage of the good weather this weekend and get into the garden to put away Halloween decorations,
clean up your beds, distribute soil from the mountain, mow the lawn, put away everything that is not weatherproof.

We need EVERYONE‘s help with this.  If you have been missing meetings all season, now is your time to clear your conscience and put in your part.
Now that we have a strong Steering Committee and healthy committee structures, there will be less likelihood that absent gardeners will be slipping through the cracks.
The Steering Committee will definitely be looking at your participation level when deciding if you deserve
to be awarded your very own plot – this huge privilege, not a right.

Be a good gardener, do your part and let’s finish the season on a positive note!

Thank You!
The Steering Committee

We like to keep you posted about stuff going on in our neighborhood. Here are three events coming up—one Friday October. 31, one this Saturday afternoon, November 1 and another on the evening of November 6.

We think these will be of interest to you.

1. West 107^th St. has been coming together with their own block association. Trick or treat candy will be distributed to children by the group between 3 and 6PM on Friday Oct. 31 at 62 W. 107^th St. between Manhattan and Columbus. There will be pumpkin carving too!

2. November 1 Harvest Festival/Day of the Dead

honoring the harvest season and departed souls

On Sat. Nov. 1, 12noon-5pm

at the La Perla Community Garden

(between Manhattan and Columbus

Avenues on W. 105^th St.)

Festival includes:

Mexican family activities for celebrating and honoring departed souls.The event will feature crafts andstories provided by El Comite Guadalupana de la Iglesia Ascension.

The West Side Streets Renaissance Campaign will have a table with ideas for changing streets to make them safer for people walking, cycling and driving.

(Vendor spots available at $20 for general merchandise or $40 for food. If interested, please call Lulu-646-736-8450)

Please share with friends and neighbors!!

3.

The History and Future Of Our Neighborhood’s Underground Waters!

The Old Streams

Drinking Water

Waste Water

From the 1800’s Aqueducts on 100^th Street, to the Gothic Water Tower on 98^th Street and the Underground Streams still flowing under the new construction, our neighborhood has included notable structures above and below ground to direct our drinking, waste and natural waters.

Where does our water come from and go?

6 – 8 p.m.

Thursday, November 6, 2008

Bloomingdale Library, 160 West 100^th Street

(between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues)

Second Floor

Speaker:

Kevin Bone, Author, Water-Works:

The Architecture and Engineering of

New York City’s Water Supply

Invited Commentators from the

NYC Bureau of Waste Water and the New York

Public Library Map Division.

Park West Neighborhood History Group

Columbus/Amsterdam

Business Improvement District (BID)

For further information, call 212-865-3078

Jean L. Jaworek

DEBNA: Duke Ellington Boulevard Neighborhood Association
West 106th Street
P. O. BOX 207 Cathedral Station
New York, New York 10025

WHAT: W. 106th St. Bike Lane Welcome and Ribbon Cutting
WHEN: Tuesday, Sept 16, 2008, 6PM-ish
WHERE: Innovation Bike Shop, 105 W. 106th St.

(between Columbus and Amsterdam Aves.)

Come out for a special neighborhood welcome to the new bike lanes on Duke Ellington Boulevard.

We’ll have some nice giveaways, literature on bicycle safety, light refreshments, lots of fun and a minimum of ‘speechifying’ (we promise).

Sponsored by the Duke Ellington Boulevard Neighborhood Association (D.E.B.N.A.) and Transportation Alternatives

Our next meeting/workday is coming up on Sunday the 7th at 11 AM. Committee heads will report on progress.   If you cannot be there, please let Ann know (Siswi@aol.com) and we’ll give you an individual assignment. Thanks.

Great Jazz on the Great Hill

Saturday, September 6, 2008

1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.

Location

Central Park

The Peter Jay Sharp Children’s Glade and Great Hill (Inside Central Park at West 106th Street)
Manhattan

Contact Number

(212) 860-1370

F.Y.I.: some may be interested in the free Jazz. I think all will be interested in the 11 BC Garden’s event schedule.

—– Original Message —–

Sent: Sunday, August 31, 2008 12:41 PM
Subject: summer jazz in East Village Sept 6 and 13

2008 Summer Jazz Series

We are pleased to invite you to our annual Summer Jazz Series in the 11 BC Community Garden. This will be our sixth year of presenting free live music in this beautiful, intimate setting. The shows will be held on five successive Saturday afternoons beginning on August 16.

Summer jazz series in 11BC garden next two Saturdays (Sept 6 and 13),

Sept 6, 3-5:30 pm rain or shine
Sept 13, 4:30-7 pm also rain or shine

check it out at http://www.11bcgarden.org

JK
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Directions to the Garden

The 11 BC Community Garden is located on the Lower East Side of Manhattan at 626 East 11th Street, between Avenues B and C.

By Subway and Buses

The closest subway stop is the First Avenue station of the L train at East 14th Street. From there just walk across 14th to Avenue B, take a right down Avenue B to 11th Street, and walk left on East 11th. The M9 bus line runs on Avenue B with stops at 10th and 12th Streets. The M14C bus runs on Avenue C and stops at 11th Street.

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Upcoming Events in the 11 BC Garden

Below is the current schedule of upcoming garden events. Our five-concert Summer Jazz Series opens with former Elvin Jones bassist Gene Perla taking the stage on August 16. The following week we feature the incomparable Frank Wess on tenor saxophone and flute. We hope to see you there. All events are free and the schedule is subject to change. Check for updates. (Vic Juris’s current tour was extended; the accomplished guitarist Jack Wilkins will sub for Joe Cohn on August 30.)

August 2008

Sunday, August 10th, 12:00pm-6:00pm: Birthday Party.

Saturday, August 16, 3:00pm-5:30pm: Summer Jazz Series: Featuring Gene Perla, bass, Steve Wirts, tenor sax, Jon Davis, piano, Bob DeMeo, drums.

Saturday, August 23, 3:00pm-5:30pm: Summer Jazz Series: Featuring Frank Wess, tenor sax and flute, Gene Perla, bass, Steve Wirts, tenor sax, Jon Davis, piano, Bob DeMeo, drums.

Saturday, August 30, 3:00pm-5:30pm: Summer Jazz Series: Featuring Gene Perla, bass, Jack Wilkins, guitar, Paolo Levi, tenor sax, Steve Wirts, tenor sax, Scott Neumann, drums.

September 2008

Saturday, September 6, 3:00pm-5:30pm: Exhibition of Photographs by Beana.

Saturday, September 6, 3:00pm-5:30pm: Summer Jazz Series: Featuring Steve Wirts, tenor sax, Tom Kennedy, bass, Jon Davis, piano, drummer tba.

Saturday, September 13, 2:00pm-4:00pm: Poetry reading curated by Tom Savage.

Saturday, September 13, 4:30pm-7:00pm: Summer Jazz Series: Featuring Steve Wirts, tenor sax, Tom Kennedy, bass, Jon Davis, piano, drummer tba.