City Parks Foundation

Thank you to all of our followers for your support this year We wish you all a safe and happy new year! More to come in 2021 ... (: 2015, SummerStage NYC)

If you bought a real Christmas tree this year, recycle it at #Mulchfest after the holidays. New York City Department of Parks & Recreation will chip it and make mulch to nourish parks and street trees. Learn more: nyc.gov/parks/mulchfest

Kick off 2021 with a training course to teach in a different way! Enroll now for our first-ever CityParks Green Girls Empowered by ING National Curriculum Training! The free, digital curriculum focuses on climate change, urban water bodies and forests, and strategies for stewarding and advocating for essential resources - learn more about our award-winning Green Girls STEM program for your students. Formal and informal educators must apply by Friday, 12/18 at https://cityparksfoundation.org/green-girls-training/

At a time of unprecedented disruption in the arts, we launched SummerStage Anywhere, a digital arts festival that brought our usual SummerStage programming right into your living room, always free of charge. When you support City Parks Foundation’s free programs, you are helping your neighbors, your community, and your city. Please donate today to support our work now when our city needs it most - https://cityparksfoundation.org/donate : 2020, Gabriel Garzón-Montano at #SummerStageAnywhere's Solidarity for Sanctuary showcase via Youtube

It's Yeti season! We can't wait to play in the snow this season, can you?? Until then check out our popular puppet show, "Yeti, Set, Snow!", now available for streaming on our CPFNYC YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/fjrLcawMVJs

This year New Yorkers used their parks in record numbers. Partnerships for Parks helped activate 5,000 volunteer green responders who have been maintaining and beautifying neighborhood parks in the face of city budget cuts. When you support City Parks Foundation’s free programs, you are helping your neighbors, your community, and your city. Please donate today to support our work now when our city needs it most - https://cityparksfoundation.org/donate

From tennis to golf and track & field to yoga, our sports programs kept mind and body active this year, using tipsheets for staying active while staying home, offering live virtual yoga classes for seniors, and providing in-person coaching for youngsters. When you support City Parks Foundation’s free programs, you are helping your neighbors, your community, and your city. Please donate today to support our work now when our city needs it most - https://cityparksfoundation.org/donate

IT’S PUPPET TIME! Tune in to our first-ever virtual puppet slam!

This year we reinvented our environmental education programs by engaging students through online classes and virtual field trips. We also brought kids safely back into parks this summer to learn about environmental stewardship and enjoy the outdoors! When you support City Parks Foundation’s free programs, you are helping your neighbors, your community, and your city. Please donate today to support our work now when our city needs it most - https://cityparksfoundation.org/donate

With support from the Puppet Slam Network, the #SwedishCottageMarionetteTheatre, housed in the historic theatre in Central Park, will be presenting a digital Puppet Slam, Puppet Time, originally planned to be performed live during Open House NY weekend, brought to you virtually from various sites in Central Park. The hour-long Puppet Time will feature familiar and never-before-seen marionette performances that demonstrate the collective and individual talents of the Swedi...sh Cottage Marionette Theatre puppeteers, past and present. Puppet Time Performances: Fine Day from Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre’s Pippi (2007, 2013) Bestest Clothes from Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre’s Princess, Emperor and the Duck (2003, 2006, 2017) EGGriginated by Ronny Wasserstrom, Playdate Puppets Funny Bunny: Bulletin from the Burrow by Honey Goodenough, Good Hearted Entertainment Balloon Clown Cat, by Arlee Chadwick Dancing with My Shadow and Flying from Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre’s Peter Pan (2009) STYX by Kervin Peralta Jokes with Josue by Emmanuel Elpenord Vaccine by Kevin White Simulacrum by Charlie Delrisco What is the Role of a Chairperson by Liz Oakley and Ali Goss Looking for a Princess from Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre’s Princess, Emperor and the Duck (2003, 2006, 2017) Seneca Rap from Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre’s Hansel and Gretel’s Halloween Adventure (2016, 2017) JerusalemaMarionette and dance Medley, by Bruce Cannon, Bruce Cannon’s Puppetry Productions How You Gonna Come Back Tomorrow from Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre’s Pippi (2007, 2013)

As New Yorkers flocked to their public parks this year, we were therereinventing our free programs and supporting hard-hit communities. Please donate today to support our work now when our city needs it most. Visit our website to learn more about our programs and how to donate: https://cityparksfoundation.org/give

The #SwedishCottageMarionetteTheatre is proud to announce a virtual open house presented with Open House New York! Part I: A History of the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre facilitated by Swedish American puppeteer Cinna Vesterberg From its origin in Sweden, through its journey to Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park’s Centennial Exhibition in 1876, to its final, current destination in Central Park, Cinna will explore this schoolhouse-turned-marionette-theatre’s intriguing histor...y and place as an Historic House Landmark. Part II: Behind the Scenes with Swedish Cottage Marionette Puppeteers facilitated by Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre’s Artistic Director Bruce Cannon The Swedish Cottage puppeteers’ history began 63 years after the Swedish Schoolhouse debuted at the Historic 1876 Centennial Exhibition. Bruce Cannon will take us through the history of the puppeteers and their fascinating journey as a puppet troupe into the 21st century.

Learn about the history of our #swedishcottagemarionettetheatre TODAY at 11 AM ET via our CPF Youtube and Facebook channels. We're proud to be a part of Open House New York’s virtual open house this weekend, followed by Puppet Time, our first-ever Puppet Slam showcase. Learn more at cityparksfoundation.org/swedish-cottage/... Puppet Time is funded in part by the Puppet Slam Network (a project of IBEX Puppetry). #SwedishCottageMarionetteTheatre #ohnyweekend #puppetslamnetwork #puppetslam #marionettes

#PitchIn4Parks across the city and join one of 60 groups for a park cleanup on Saturday 10/17. Wear a mask, bring a friend and meet your neighbors. For more information on this citywide initiative and how to volunteer, check out this interactive map from New Yorkers for Parks: bit.ly/3lVj8xv Can’t make it out tomorrow? Get involved year-round at a park near you bit.ly/IMP2020Fall #ItsMyPark Partnerships for Parks

Enroll now in our FREE digital training for the award-winning City Parks Foundation Green Girls STEM curriculum! The curriculum focuses on climate change and environmental stewardship through experiential learning in parks and open spaces. Formal and informal educators can learn more about the CityParks Green Girls Empowered by ING National Curriculum Training at https://cityparksfoundation.org/green-girls-training/

Time is running out. Have you filled out the census yet? The census ends TOMORROW, Friday, Oct 16th at 6am. Less than 24 hours left: my2020census.gov #GetCountedNYC El tiempo se está acabando. ¿Ya llenaste tu censo? El censo termina el 16 de octubre a las 6 am. Quedan menos de 24 horas: my2020census.gov #GetCountedNYC

We're proud to announce a virtual open house presented with Open House New York. Taking place on October 17 & 18, the open house will offer an in-depth look into the history of the theatre and its puppeteers, followed by Puppet Time our first-ever Puppet Slam showcase. Learn more at cityparksfoundation.org/swedish-cottage/ Puppet Time is funded in part by the Puppet Slam Network (a project of IBEX Puppetry). #SwedishCottageMarionetteTheatre ... Historic House Trust of New York City Puppet Slam Network New York City Department of Parks & Recreation The Jim Henson Foundation See more

Add some fun science learning after school with our free virtual Green Girls program this fall! Our award-winning after school program, CityParks Green Girls Empowered by ING, go on fun-filled online adventures to teach middle school girls about the natural ecosystems in NYC’s parks, the impact of climate change, careers in the sciences, and about their own power to create change and advocate for the environment and their parks. Register now at: https://cityparksfoundation.org/green-girls/

Our #cpfLearningGardens High School interns recently harvested over 13 lbs of collard greens, swiss chard, and kale at our Abib Newborn Learning Garden in BK! What do you have growing in your garden? Let us know in the comments below! -- Limited registration is still available for our Fall VIRTUAL afterschool programs, learn more at cityparksfoundation.org/learn

From our friends at PBS, check out the latest episode of POV featuring life-size mechancial puppets and a haunting, magical, autobiographical stage performance. Tune in or stream @timemachinefil, premiering Monday, September 28, at 10 PM (check local listings) on PBS. #OurTimeMachinePBS https://to.pbs.org/3mpXYJ3