Showing posts with label Albert's Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Albert's Garden. Show all posts

Tuesday, June 21, 2022

Celebrating the Summer Solstice (today!) with Make Music New York

Today, Make Music New York rings in its 16th year celebrating the Summer Solstice with more than 1,000 concerts on streets, sidewalks and parks across the five boroughs. 

In the East Village, there are scheduled shows in Tompkins Square Park and on Astor Place... not to mention several community gardens. This map provides more details.

A special shout-out to Albert's Garden, one of the oldest community gardens in Manhattan (established 1971). 

From 6-8 this evening, you can find Just (Jazz) Friends, an ensemble playing vocal and instrumental jazz standards focused on the American Songbook, Brazilian jazz, and occasional forays into pop/R&B classics from the 1960s and 1970s. Poet Davidson Garrett will also make an appearance. Albert's Garden is at 16 E. Second St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

At the 50th anniversary of Albert's Garden on 2nd Street

On Sunday afternoon, Albert's Garden celebrated its 50th year here at 16-18 E. Second St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery. (Read more about its history here.)
Some longtime garden members and local residents were on hand for the festivities ... as was EVG contributor Stacie Joy, who shared these photos...
You can check out the garden yourself during these posted open hours... 

Sunday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. 
Monday: * when the gate is open
Tuesday: 2 p.m. – 5 p.m. 
Wednesday: * when the gate is open 
Thursday: 4 p.m. – 6 p.m. 
Friday: 4 p.m. – 7 p.m. 
Saturday: 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. – 7 p.m.

Friday, September 10, 2021

Albert's Garden celebrating 50 years on 2nd Street this Sunday

Albert's Garden is celebrating its 50th year coming up on Sunday... when you can stop by the space at 16-18 E. Second St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery between noon and 5 p.m. for some music and refreshments...
And it's a chance to check out the variety of plants, flowers and ferns... not to mention a redbud tree and a small pond with several goldfish (no fishing please) and the bird mural by Belgian artist ROA.

Per the garden's website:
Help us celebrate fifty years of serving the community and welcoming strangers to our small miracle: a picturesque garden that grew from rubble. Sit on welcoming benches, stroll on meandering paths, enjoy the tall trees, rustic walls, and shrubbery, and delight, as many birds do, in this small spot of nature we all need and love.
And as Ramones fans likely know... East Village-based photographer Roberta Bayley shot the Ramones here for PUNK magazine... an iconic image used for their debut record in 1976.

Find more garden history here.


Sunday, September 30, 2018

Sunday afternoon poetry at Albert’s Garden



Via the EVG inbox...

Join us for an afternoon of poetry featuring Austin Alexis, Davidson Garrett, Jessica Nooney, Hilary Sideris, John. H. Trause and Jeff Wright.

Date: Sunday, Sept. 30

Time: 2-4:00 p.m.

Admission: Free, but donations are welcome

Albert’s Garden, begun in the 1971, is one of the oldest community gardens in Manhattan and offers a serene respite from the stress and noise of the city. It features a goldfish pond and a striking wall mural by the Belgian street artist Roa.

The garden is at 16 E. Second St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.

Thanks to Francine Lange for the photo!

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Sunday jazz at Albert’s Garden on 2nd Street



Via the EVG inbox...

Join us at Albert’s Garden to listen to the Chromatone Quintet, whose jazz repertoire will help usher in the fall season.

Date: Sunday, Sept. 16 (Tomorrow!)

Time: 4 to 6:30 p.m.

Albert’s Garden, begun in the 1971, is one of the oldest community gardens in Manhattan and offers a serene respite from the stress and noise of the city. It features a goldfish pond and a striking wall mural by the Belgian street artist Roa.

Location: 16 E. Second St. between the Bowery and Second Avenue.

Saturday, May 12, 2018

Mother's Day at Albert's Garden


[Image via Albert's Garden]

Via the EVG inbox...

Albert's Garden is opening for a Mother's Day celebration tomorrow (May 13!) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Stop by with your mom, family or even yourself to this serene East Village community garden and enjoy refreshments, a view of the goldfish or a relaxing sit under one of our shade trees.

The garden is at 16 E. Second St. between Second Avenue and the Bowery.