November 27, 2009

*Greenbelt Nature Center

6th Annual Turkey Be Gone Hike

10:00 AM

700 Rockland Avenue, Staten Island

The Greenbelt educators will be leading this hike for their annual day-after-Thanksgiving hike in the Greenbelt. Walk off all that turkey and stuffing on this two-hour hike and enjoy the serenity of the woods. Suitable for children ages 8 and up. Registration is required.

FREE For more information, please call

(718) 351-3450 or visit

www.SIGreenbelt.org

The Boreland Group

Indoor Herb Gardening

11:00 AM

Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, 1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island

Learn helpful tips on how compost, soil, sun and proper watering can make your indoor herb garden thrive. Participants will plant seeds in compost to take home. Supplemental texts will be provided.

Workshop fee: $5 per session. For more information and to register, please contact compost@snug-harbor.org or call

(718) 425-3557

www.snug-harbor.org/compost

*New York Hall of Science

Crystal Winter

11:00 AM

47-01 111th Street, Queens

Take part in the first weekend of this annual winter tradition and explore the symmetry of snow crystals. Visit a Crystal Wonder Cart to learn about nanoscale crystals, how crystals create energy and how energy changes crystals. Runs until 4 PM.

Admission: $11; $8 for seniors, students and children. For more information, please call (718) 699-0005 or visit

www.NYSCI.org

*Galapagos Art Space

URB ALT presents: MuthaWit Orchestra & Leila Adu

10:30 PM

16 Main Street, Brooklyn

The URB ALT showcase of cutting-edge multicultural music/film/ visual/literary artists explores the musical discography of legendary rocker Jimi Hendrix on his birthday. This night of alternative music features the avant-garde classical/blues vocal and piano stylings of New Zealand songstress Leila Adu and the big band musical incantations of the MuthaWit Orchestra. Both artists will be performing their original material as well as compositions from Jimi Hendrix’s songbook.

Tickets: $10 For more information, please call

(718) 222-8500 or visit

www.galapagosArtSpace.com.