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Friday, March 8, 2013
Repetition in Design
at Queens Botanical Garden, Queens
8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m.
A series of oil paintings on canvas along with original sketches by Queens artist Gennadyi Gurman.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Exhibits, Culture
Exhibition, Benjamin Swett: New York City of Trees
at Arsenal (in Central Park), Manhattan 
9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Twenty-eight color portraits of trees around the five boroughs that grow along the streets and in the parks, cemeteries, gardens, and backyards of the city.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Nature, Exhibits, History, Kids, Environmental Awareness, Culture, Talks
Free!
Kids
ReLeaf Workshop: Fruit Trees
at Brooklyn Borough Hall, Brooklyn
9:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.
This year’s NY ReLeaf workshop focus will focus on a component of the urban forest that is not often thought about – Fruit Trees.
Category: Education, Nature, Gardening
Mad. Sq. Art: Sandra Gibson & Luis Recoder Exhibition
at Southern End (in Madison Square Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Madison Square Park Conservancy's Mad. Sq. Art announces a new installation to inaugurate the spring 2013 season: Topsy-Turvy: A Camera Obscura Installation (2013) by Newâ?¦
Category: Education, Exhibits, Kids, Culture
Free!
Kids
Woodland Discovery Kit in Central Park
at Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (in Central Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Visit The Wild Garden: Discovering Central Park Woodlands exhibit and start exploring the North Woods on your own.
Category: Birding, Education, Nature, Exhibits, Kids, Environmental Awareness
Free!
Kids
The Wild Garden: Discovering Central Park Woodlands Exhibit
at Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (in Central Park), Manhattan
10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.
Use this hands-on exhibit to illuminate the history, ecology, and management of the woodlands and learn why these landscapes are so essential to the purpose of Central Park.
Category: Education, Nature, Exhibits, History, Environmental Awareness, Culture
Free!
The Orchid Show at The New York Botanical Garden
at The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx
10:00 a.m.
Beginning March 2, The Orchid Show dramatically transforms The New York Botanical Garden's landmark Enid A. Haupt Conservatory into a lush rain forest.
Category: Nature, Exhibits
West Side Stories
at 81st Street and Central Park West (in Central Park), Manhattan
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m.
A Walking Tour of Central Park's Western Edge.
Category: Nature, History, Tours
Free!
Living In Sequence Women in Comics Panel
at Poe Park Visitor Center (in Poe Park), Bronx
1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
Join Regine Sawyer as she interviews female entrepreneurs involved in the fields of comics and entertainment.
Category: Arts & Crafts, Exhibits, Festivals, Women's History Month, Talks
Free!
Event
Shenanigans Dance
at Greenbelt Recreation Center (in Blood Root Valley), Staten Island
6:30 p.m.–8:00 p.m.
Join us as we celebrate the Irish heritage through songs and dancing.
Category: Dance, Kids, Culture, Seniors
Free!
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