Senior Resource Fair
State Senator Liz Krueger is hosting the Fifth Annual Senior Resource Fair this Thursday, November 3, from 1:30 – 4:30 p.m. at Temple Emanu-El, One East 65th Street (at Fifth Avenue). The free event will feature over 50 exhibitors providing information for older adults, as well as refreshments and free resources guides. The event is designed to help make seniors aware of all the local resources available to them, from city programs to free and reduced price cultural offerings to the best ways to stay healthy. The location is fully wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact alicefisher.nyc@gmail.com, or call (212) 490-9535.
Tapped In: A Big Check for Small Business
Notes from the neighborhood
Compiled by Megan Finnegan & Aspen Matis
Center, Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney delivers a mock check from the federal government to the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce symbolizing the $75,000 federal grant she secured to help New York City’s small businesses increase their export capacities. With the grant money, the Chamber will provide local businesses with technical assistance and connections to foreign market opportunities. Chamber President Nancy Ploeger (3rd from right) accepted the check from Maloney on behalf of the organization.
Tapped In
Notes from the neighborhood
Compiled by Megan Finnegan & Aspen Matis
LAPPIN LIGHTS ONLINE BONFIRE
East Side Council Member Jessica Lappin has launched an online portal for community discussion using an application called Bonfire. This is the first site of its kind from city lawmakers, and Lappin hopes to generate lively conversation and debate around different hot topics each month. The focus for the inaugural month of October is education, and Lappin has posed questions to get the buzz started, including, “What fundraising ideas have worked for your school or charity?” “How is your principal dealing with budget cuts?” and “Why should people who don’t have children care about our public schools?” People can log on and answer the questions posed or post their own and questions and see which ideas are “hottest,” based on the number of votes each receives.
“Technology is changing the way people connect to government,” Lappin said in a statement. “We hope the ideas posted on this site will inspire and influence policymakers.”
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Community Board Puts Brakes on License Law
By Megan Finnegan
The Upper East Side’s Community Board 8 often grapples with how best to share their crowded streets among pedestrians, bicyclists and vehicles, and the board doesn’t shy away from declaring its ideas in strongly worded resolutions. At last week’s meeting, however, the full board declined to adopt a resolution that would ask the city and state to mandate licenses for bike riders.
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Armory Fix-Up Will Run $200 Million
By Laura Shin
Layers of history coat the walls and ceilings of the 130-year-old Park Avenue Armory. In a new, $200 million renovation project, Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron are not covering up those layers but meticulously peeling them back.
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Defending Affordable Education
The president of Baruch College has seen his fair share of high-profile positions. Mitchel Wallerstein comes to CUNY with a diverse and impressive background, having served as an assistant defense secretary, worked for the MacArthur Foundation administering grants around the globe and taught at several prominent universities. Now, his greatest challenge is dealing with severe budget cuts while pushing for more open space for the Baruch community. We spoke to Wallerstein in his office about his background and how he’s working to shape public education at this critical time.
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Yoga Done Right is Good for the Bones
Some forms of yoga help people with osteoporosis
By Laura Shin
Yoga and Pilates classes have become increasingly popular in the fitness world in recent years. Now, experts say that if practiced in a modified way, these exercises could prevent—and even treat—osteoporosis.
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The Haunted Tales of Central Park
Ghosts, witches and other strange tales of the macabre
Like any good city landmark, Central Park has absorbed many secrets, myths and mysteries in its century and a half of existence. Since it was meticulously designed and planned by architects Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the 19th century, the park has become a repository for local lore. Many swear they’ve seen ghosts. A man peddles access to a scavenger hunt with an ominous origin. Even steadfast historians point to spooky elements of the park.
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Illustrator’s Book Captures Horrors of WWII
By Ashley Welch
The award-winning illustrator Ed Young will celebrate his 80th birthday this fall with the release of two new books and the launch of a one-man show about his work on countless children’s books over the years.
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Identity Heft
Ken Ferrigni’s new play tells more than it shows
You’ve got to pity poor Ned Frangipani (Anthony Manna), the protagonist—if not quite hero—of Ken Ferrigni’s quirky new philoso-comedy Mangella, playing at the Drilling Company Theater. Antisocial and saddled with the responsibility of caring for a father suffering from dementia, Ned pretty much hates the world at large. In fact, the only thing he does care for is the tool he uses to escape from it all: his computer.
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