This Weekend In Parks

Learn to Swim Registration

Learn to Swim with NYC Parks this summer. We have classes for toddlers, children, and for the first time during summer, adults! Register now to enter the lottery for a chance to win a slot in this popular program! Registration begins Friday, June 15, and lasts through the summer.

There are three Learn to Swim sessions this summer. Registration dates depend on which session you are applying for.

• Session I classes run from Thursday, July 5 to Monday, July 23
Registration begins at 4:00 a.m. on Friday, June 15 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Friday, June 29

• Session II classes run from Wednesday, July 25 to Thursday, August 9
Registration begins at 4:00 a.m. on Friday, June 15 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, July 16

• Session III classes run from Monday, August 13 to Friday, August 24 Registration begins at 4:00 a.m. on Friday, June 15 and ends at 11:59 p.m. on Monday, August 6

For more information, and to register, please visit: www.nyc.gov/parks/citywideaquatics
and click on Swim Program Registration.

Saturday, June 16

First Forest Experience: Spring into Summer!
10:00 a.m.–11:00 a.m.
Greenbelt Nature Center, Staten Island

Freshwater Fishing
11:00 a.m.
Rose and Oak Avenues, Queens

Basic Canoeing
12:00 p.m.–3:00 p.m.
Crotona Park, Bronx

Club Fit: FREE Yoga Class
11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Garden of Hope, Brooklyn

Irish Night in Forest Park
5:00 p.m.
Forest Park, Queens

Sunday, June 17

Hudson River Park Wild!
9:00 a.m.
Hudson River Park's Pier 40, Manhattan

Intermediate Canoeing
11:00 a.m.
Fort Totten Park, Queens

Insect Exploration
1:00 p.m.
Fort Greene Park, Brooklyn

5th Annual Red Hook Jazz Festival
1:00 p.m.
The Urban Meadow, Brooklyn

SummerStage: Groove Theory / Soulive / Riq & Rah with Strings
6:00 p.m.
Central Park, Manhattan

GREEN TIP OF THE WEEK

There are several ways to use kitchen scraps and save money. To polish your leather shoes, rub the inside of a banana peel on them and follow with a soft cloth. Make a special cleaning product for aluminum kitchenware by simmering apple peels for thirty minutes. Fertilize potted house plants with leftover coffee grinds. Rubbing a cut potato over mudstains before throwing clothes in the washer helps break them down. A left over half of a lemon can be used to clean stovetops.

QUOTATION FOR THE DAY

“Some people are born on third base and go through life thinking they hit a triple.”

Barry Switzer
(1937 - )

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