Get good and Frosty, atop the High Line — when your team enters the Snow Sculpt-Off contest (competition deadline, Feb. 28).
HIGH LINE SNOW SCULPT-OFF
With the kind of winter we’ve been having, chances are you’ll be able to make a few good dry runs before submitting your masterpiece in time for the High Line’s Snow Sculpt-Off competition deadline of Feb. 28. When the next flakes fall, check the High Line’s homepage to make sure the park is open — then head to The Porch (W. 15th St.), the 10th Ave. Square (btw. W. 16th & 17th Sts.), the 22nd St. Seating Steps or The Crossroads (W. 30th St.).
Adults or families in teams of five or fewer can enter by snapping a photo of the proud builders aside their snowy creation — via Facebook, Twitter or Instagram, using the hashtag #SculptOff and the category #family or #grownups. Or, email to programs@thehighline.org. Finalists will be posted on the High Line’s social media in March — then the public votes. Winners will get to wrap their frosty mittens around vouchers for sweet treats, sports apparel, coffee, cookbooks, Bluetooth speakers or iPod shuffles. While you patiently await the next blizzard, visit thehighline.org for details and rules.
They’ve laid the groundwork, you add the elbow grease: Adam’s Garden will rise from this lot on W. 53rd St. (btw. 10th & 11th Aves.).
COMMUNITY GARDEN PLANNING SESSION
A little cash and a great love of lush surroundings: that’s all it takes to obtain entry into local Key Parks. As we reported last August, in the article “Your $2 Trip to an Urban Oasis” (search for it on ChelseaNow.com), residents can visit the offices of Community Board 4 to obtain a key that allows them to enter several green spaces in and around Hell’s Kitchen. Our favorite: the lean and serene Alice’s Garden. Located on W. 34th St. (btw. Dyer & 10th Aves.), it’s one of the Key Parks developed by the Clinton Housing Development Corporation (CHDC).
Three more Key Parks are on the way, and CHDC is asking for your help: ideas now, elbow grease later. On Feb. 17, the first planning meeting takes place for Adam’s Garden — to rise from a vacant lot on W. 53rd St. (btw. 10th & 11th Aves.). If you love gardening or just want to meet new people and help to beautify the block, this project is for you! Planting will take place in the spring, and a grand opening is planned for the fall. Also on the drawing board: a children’s garden and Captain Post Garden (both on 52nd St., btw. 10th & 11th Aves.).
The Adam’s Garden planning meeting takes place on Tues., Feb. 17, 6:30 p.m. at Clinton Housing Development Company’s community room (554 W. 53rd St., corner of 11th Ave.). For info, visit cultivatehkny.org, send an email to cultivate@clintonhousing.org, or call 212-967-1644. Visit the offices of Community Board 4 (330 W. 42nd St. btw. 8th & 9th Aves.) for Key Park access. Although primarily used by those who live or work nearby, the parks are accessible to anyone who pays the $2, one-time fee. Before visiting, call CB4 at 212-736-4536 to see if they have keys in stock.
PS3 is the place to find comics, classics and everything in between — even ephemera — when the Greenwich Village Antiquarian Book Fair sets up shop from Feb. 20–22.
GREENWICH VILLAGE ANTIQUARIAN BOOK FAIR
Drawing 60+ of the East Coast’s best book dealers, this three-day fair offers both the serious bibliophile and the casual browser a delightful opportunity to peruse rare and vintage books spanning the past four centuries — including children’s books, modern first editions, art, photography and design, maps and prints, political flyers, unusual paper ephemera and memorabilia, Dickensiana, paleontology, architecture, autographs, African American studies, film history and comics.
Fri.–Sun. Feb. 20, 6–9 p.m. Feb. 21, 12–6 p.m. Feb. 22, 12–5 p.m. At PS3, the Charrette School (490 Hudson St. btw. Christopher & Grove Sts.). For info, visit gvabookfair.org.
FREE ORIGAMI LESSONS
Patience and dexterity are among the qualities and skills you’ll learn or sharpen — when longtime instructor Gay Merrill Gross teaches participants of all ages and skill levels how to fold paper in the Japanese tradition. You’re in good hands: Gross is the author of eight books on the topic (including “Minigami: Mini Origami Projects for Cards, Gifts and Decorations”). Materials will be provided for these classes, which are sponsored by the 34th Street Partnership.
From 3–4 p.m. every Tuesday. At Studio 34 at Park East (One Penn Plaza; in the passageway that runs from 33rd to 34th Sts., near Seventh Ave.). For info on the instructor, visit origamistudionyc.wix.com/moneyorigami. For info on other free activities, visit 34thstreet.org. If you’d like to hold an event in one of the Partnership’s public spaces, email events@urbanmgt.com or call 212-719-3434.
— BY SCOTT STIFFLER (submit your event to scott@chelseanow.com)
