Via: Upper Manhattan Experience Meetup.com Group

HAVE ANOTHER – The Bar Plays Benefit/for Inwood businesses affected by the fire

Saturday Feb 11, 2:00 PM
Irish Eyes
5008 Broadway, Between 212th and 213th Sts., New York, NY

HAVE ANOTHER – The Bar Plays Benefit includes short works by Inwood playwrights- special appearance by DJ Boy. In addition to accepting donations at the door, a raffle will be held for prizes including dinner for two at Sweet Praise and tickets to the Broadway musical Memphis.

Via: Gillian Foreman

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***Announcing New Bradley Class Dates! AND A NEW LOCATION!***

Sunday, February 12th, 4:30-7:30 pm, in Inwood

Saturday, March 10th, 4:00-7:00 pm, MindBodySoula Yoga in Washington Heights

Unless otherwise noted, these series dates will be the first foray teaching at MindBodySoul Yoga, an amazing community driven yoga studio founded and directed by a personal friend and past client of mine, Alyssa Snow. Class includes a binder of handouts, a copy of Susan McCutcheon’s Natural Birth the Bradley Way, and access to my ever growing library including Dr. Robert Bradley’s Husband Coached Childbirth. It runs consecutive Saturdays, and make-ups are included, at a separate location.

I feel The Bradley Method of Natural Childbirth is by far the most comprehensive childbirth course available, covering a wide ranges of topics, including:

Nutrition, Exercises / Positions, and Relaxation
Anatomy & Physiology of Birth
Father / Coaches Role: Obstacles, Challenges, & Techniques
Massage
First and Second Stage Labor Techniques: Labor Rehearsals / Coaching Keys & Tools
Planning Your Birth
Variations & Complications, including Cesarean Birth
Postpartum Preparation (for mom and family)
Immediate Post-Birth Discussion (includes newborn procedures, cord clamping, skin-to-skin, and breastfeeding)
Newborn Care, including holds, colic tips, and early sleep tips.
As a Certified Lactation Counselor, my course also includes a session on Breastfeeding Basics and when possible, a Babywearing Introduction, by our very own Caprice Corona of The Art of Babywearing.

Couples unsure of the different philosophies of childbirth or not yet ready to commit their time to a full series are encouraged to come just to meet me and learn more about the Bradley classes in the first session, before making a commitment. I am also happy to recommend other independent childbirth courses as the more educated we are about our options the better choices we can make!

Please let me know if you have any questions or need any materials to pass along.

Here’s to Happy Birth-days!
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Delphi Theatre will hold a second round of

AUDITIONS
FOR ADULTS AND KIDS AGES 12 AND UP

for

Macbeth

A play by William Shakespeare

Stage Directed by Teel James Glenn

TONIGHT: Tuesdays, January 31, 2012

7:00 PM

The Theatre Space at
Holy Trinity Church, Inwood
20 Cumming Street
New York, NY 10034

A train to Dyckman/200
Walk one block north of Dyckman
Turn left onto Cumming Street

If you have never performed with Delphi Theatre before, and would like to be considered for a lead, please prepare a short classical monologue. If you have performed with Delphi Theatre before, monologues are optional.

Rehearsals begin: March 25, 2012

Performances: April 27, 28, 29, May 4, 5, and 6, 2012

via: Reinaldo Martinez-Cubero

Here’s the vendor application for the Inwood Flea Market (which will be February 11th at the LDS Church on Payson and on February 18th at Good Shepherd on Isham) https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/embeddedform?formkey=dHJudmw5dFdXeXNyWldTVjd0dEdWZHc6MA

Also: I’m organizing the raffle for the flea- If you would like to donate a product or a service please contact me!

via: Andrea Kornbluth

The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance (MWA) is working with city agencies and officials to bring an Eco Dock to to the Dyckman Marina!
An Eco Dock would permit public water access for all sorts of boats including kayaks, canoes, sculls, and larger vessels like Sloop Clearwater which would bring hands-on environmental education to our schools and community.
In order to secure funding for this project, we need to show that the community supports it.
Please show your support by emailing a letter to Becky Schneider of MWA (bschneider@waterfrontalliance.org), who will collect the letters through Monday, January 23, and present them to Borough President Stringer and Park Borough Commission William Castro next week.
A sample letter is attached. They are ideally looking for two letters from each individual or group, addressed to:

Dear Commissioner Castro,

Mr. William Castro
Manhattan Borough Park Commissioner
New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Arsenal West
24 West 61st Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10023

Dear Borough President Stringer,

Mr. Scott Stringer
Manhattan Borough President
Municipal Building
1 Centre St. 19th Fl.
New York, NY 10007

You can also just paste the body of the letter into your email and send it like that if that is too complicated (or write your own letter, of course).

In any case, we only have a couple of days to pull together and make this happen, so I’d appreciate your help in getting the word out.

Thank you.

And..I can’t figure out how to attach a document here, so the sample letter follows (sorry for the extra-long post):

Date

Address
Address
Address
Address
Address

Dear <insert Borough Commissioner Castro /Borough President Scott Stringer,>

I am writing to support the application of the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance (MWA) seeking capital funding to create a Community Eco Dock at the new Dyckman Marina in the Inwood section of Manhattan.

We are excited by the multitude of benefits that the dock will offer to our community. Given the wide range of uses, from recreational boating to science education programs to on-water educational programming offered by historic and educational vessels, we believe that the Eco Dock will be a tremendous resource to the community.

Though opportunities for recreational boating and waterfront access are improving in Manhattan, there are few places that accommodate larger and smaller boats simultaneously. A Community Eco Dock offers access to both tall ships and human powered boats. An Eco Dock in Inwood will provide limitless waterfront access for local communities and opens up the waterfront to families, school programs, community groups, local nonprofits and summer camp programs. The popularity of the dock is assured because of long standing community support for the marina and the hope of many that waterfront access will be more available along the Hudson River Greenway.

Most excitingly for Manhattan, a Community Eco Dock at the new Dyckman Marina will for the first time allow permanent access to the Hudson River above 79th Street for historic and educational vessels such as the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, Tugboat Pegasus, Fireboat John J. Harvey, and other not-for-profit ships. These vessels provide unique educational and recreational trips for schools, community groups, afterschool programs, individuals and during festivals. Currently these boats are unable to reach the vast number of northern Manhattan residents.

Both the local human-powered boating community and the tall ship community have identified Dyckman Marina as an ideal dock location in Manhattan. An Eco Dock at this site will greatly expand the water-related opportunities planned for the new Dyckman Marina. The new concession will feature a restaurant and café that will open this year, and a public marina in 2013. The developer, Manhattan River Group, is enthusiastic about incorporating a Community Eco Dock in the marina as part of their efforts to keep the waterfront open to the public. We are assured that the MWA, in partnership with the New York City Parks Department and numerous neighborhood-based MWA Alliance Partners, will lead a participatory dock design process, develop programming and ensure maintenance and responsible use at the dock.

MWA’s vision for a network of public docks that are available for little or no fee to the users will help restore this community’s lost connection to our waterways – connections that are desperately needed to grow the waterfront and foster waterway stewards that can advocate for a healthy estuary. Eco Docks will be critical resources for groups such as ours who are engaged in youth education, on-water recreation, cultural tourism, waterway stewardship and protection, local economic development, and maritime heritage.

I hope you will give the MWA’s application the utmost consideration.

Sincerely,

 

 

**Include your address so they know you are local!!!

via: Linnie Cardillo

January 21st at 1pm
Inwood Hill Park
218th and Indian Rd.
New York, NY 10034

What would you do if you found yourself lost in the woods? Do you know how to build your own shelter, or start a fire without matches? What would you eat and where would you find water? Do you have what it takes to survive in the wild? Our Urban Park Rangers are skilled in the techniques of wilderness survival and emergency preparedness. On these fun, family friendly programs you will learn tips and tricks that will enhance your knowledge of the natural world, and might just save your life.Whether you are preparing for an extended journey through the woods or just want to be more prepared for any situation, a wilderness survival program is perfect for you. Wilderness survival programs feature hands-on activities in an outdoor setting. Emergency Preparedness provides families and individuals with helpful information on how to be ready when an emergency situation arises. All programs are family friendly, but are recommended for ages 8 years and older. Please dress appropriately for cold weather.

A chamber group of musicians will be performing at Indian Road Cafe on Sunday from 11am to 1pm to benefit the fire relief fund. So stop on by for brunch or coffee or just to donate to the fund.