Origami Holiday Tree | American Museum of Natural History

Always a family favorite. Just as we visit the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year, the AMNH origami Christmas tree is on our must see list.

November 21, 2011 - January 2, 2012

Included in General Museum Admission

An annual Museum tradition, the delightfully decorated Origami Holiday Tree has marked the start of the holiday season at the Museum for more than 30 years. Inspired by the blue whale (the largest animal in the world) displayed in the Milstein Hall of Ocean Life and the current exhibition The World's Largest Dinosaurs, this year's Origami Holiday Tree decorations pay tribute to some of the largest and most impressive animals and inanimate objects found in the Museum halls through the art of origami.

Volunteers begin folding in July to complete the 500 creations that will be displayed on the tree. During the holiday season, volunteers will be on hand to teach visitors of all ages the art of origami folding. Past themes have included Discovery, Folding the Museum, Fantastic Creatures: Mythic and Real; Origami in Flight; Under the Sea; Pocket Posy; and Origami Safari.

Occupy Wall Street Wins Community Board Support

Occupy Wall Street protesters won support from Downtown's community board — but were told to clean up their act.

Community Board 1 voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to support the demonstrators' right to protest, despite residents' complaints that the occupants of the makeshift camp in Zuccotti Park were noisy and dirty — with some accused of using the neighborhood as a "toilet."

The board urged protesters to work with city officials on quality-of-life concerns, including noise and sanitary issues.

But it agreed with CB1 member Michael Connolly, who said "This is an example of democracy and community-building at work."

Very progressive Community Board 1 ! Well done!


Read more: http://www.dnainfo.com/20111026/downtown/occupy-wall-street-wins-community-board-support?utm_content=nyccase@gmail.com#ixzz1bzOum8Kt

Pumpkin Festival: October 29

Pumpkin Festival What's better than a spooktacular event for the whole family?  One that's FREE! On Saturday, October 29, NYC Parks will host Pumpkin Festival in Central Park, an annual event that celebrates the fall harvest season. Pumpkin Festival will feature a ghoulishly scary 'Fright Night at the Movies' Haunted House, our popular Pumpkin Patch (can you say free pumpkins?!), and pumpkin decorating courtesy of Syfy and Dodge.  Other activities will include: Marionette Performances by CityParks PuppetMobile Obstacle Course by the New York Road Runners Walkabout Characters Live performances by the Big Apple Circus Live music from Kidrockers Greenmarket Vendors with Fall Produce NY Rangers Road Tour NY Knicks Groove Truck And much more! Also, you can catch a sneak peek of the Haunted House on Friday, October 28 from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.! For more information about Pumpkin Festival, visit www.nyc.gov/parks/pumpkinfestival. See you in the park! Pumpkin Festival Central Park, Bandshell Area Enter park at 72nd Street Saturday, October 29 11:00 a.m.- 3:00 p.m., rain or shine FREE and open to the public

Fall Festival on UWS!

This Sunday October 23rd, from 10-5pm PS166, Richard Rodgers School for Arts & Technology, will be hosting their annual Big Green Extreme Halloween Fall Festival at 132 W.89th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues.


Lots of rides, games, food and fun activities like face painting, cupcake decorating, spin art, and more!

Buy your tickets now and save!  

For only $20, you can purchase 25 tickets to Fall Fest - that's 5 FREE tickets good for rides, games and food!  There is no limit to the amount of tickets you can purchase with this deal.  Buy now, because this offer will only be available until Friday, October 21st.

You can pick up tickets at Fall Fest.  Please bring your receipt when you pick up your tickets (can show receipt on smart phone).

The NYC Food Film Festival, Oct. 13-16th, 2011

The NYC Food Film Festival kicks off this weekend - October 13-16th. 
Through documentaries, features and short films, the Festival showcases the best, and the most memorable, of the world’s favorite foods. Along with a heaping helping of mouth-watering films you are served up the food that you are watching on the screen for a multi-sensory, full-bodied experience.

The NYC Food Film Festival is a competitive film festival that presents awards in seven categories: Best Feature, Best Short, Best Super-Short, Best Food Porn, Best Film Made In New York, Food Filmmaker of the Year and the Audience Choice Award. The Official Selections of the 2011 NYC Food Film Festival are reviewed by a judging panel comprised of members of New York City’s food and film communities.

For the 3rd year in a row, the NYC Food Film Festival announced its partnership with the Food Bank For New York City; a portion of Festival proceeds will be donated to the Food Bank to assist in its important work.

Taste what you see on screen.

 

Steve Jobs, 1955 - 2011

 

I've never bought any other computer but a Mac. And never will. 

My first exposure to a Macintosh came in 1988. My boyfriend's dad was an engineer and had all things current in computers in the house. He worked on an MacII but in the attic was a MacPlus. Super cool.

In or around 1991 I bought a Classic and kept it 'til 1998 when I gave it away to a struggling, young writer. It was little more than a doorstop at that time, but she loved it. During those years I owned a PowerPC - boring design - but at work (Disney) had a PowerBookDuo that fit into a Duo Dock - lots of fun if not heavy for travel.

When I left LA and moved to New York I got rid of the PowerPc and opted for something smaller. I bought an iBook. That was a good machine. It went through trails with my toddlers though - my son picked off all the keys one evening when I left him unsupervised. Served me right. Thankfully a new keyboard was easy to install on my own. 

In the subsequent years there was a quick pace of Macs coming into the house. A space-age white eMac for the children - their learning curve on that was so quick that they soon inherited my polycarbonate iMac, which is still going strong for them. I graduated to an aluminum iMac with a lovely large screen.

Of course we have iPods, iPodMinis, iPod Shuffles, iPod Touches, iPhones, and for my birthday last year I was presented with the first generation iPad (3G/Wifi). We all love that one so much there are time limits on how long any one family member can be on it. 



So, I have drunken the cool-aid and will forever spout the gospel of Apple. I have dutifully indoctrinated the next generation of Mac lovers, and I am glad to have done so.

I am sad Steve Jobs is gone.