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Did you visit art venues this week on Staten Island?  One of my gentle readers shared with me that she visited a number of galleries on the Island with her nieces from out of town and was pleasantly surprised.  Did you attend the Borough President’s free concert at Willowbrook Park or watch a Movie under the Stars at Faber Park or attend Boogie Woogie Wednesday?  As the days start to become less humid, the nights cooler, let’s try to enjoy every bit of summer with so many exciting happenings this week (before the kids go back to school!).  As a summer baby, I am overcompensating with activites because I know those cold days of winter, shoveling, shivering and bundling up are right around the corner.

Speaking of dancing. . .Tonight, Friday, 8/28 from…

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Did you get a chance to take a dip in one of the City pools or one of the many beaches on Staten Island this past week especially on the extremely hot days?  I worked in my garden and as usual, am thrilled and a bit surprised that my veggies are actually growing. The heat and humidity didn’t bother me too much!  Never did hear from any of my gentle readers whether their children walk—and I mean really walk for many blocks or miles as I did as a kid.  At a recent community meeting, a discussion ensued about the different venues for our children and teens to play ball or meet with others their ages. Some parents stated that everything is too far for their offspring.  A number of us commented to the parents that the kids can hop a bus or WALK the 7 or 10…

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You are in for a treat this weekend, not only because today and tomorrow (Friday and Saturday) will be in the 70’s (extending my beloved Summer for a few more days) but because the 27th Universal Temple of the Arts Staten Island Jazz Festival takes place on Saturday, 10/18, from 2-7:00 at the Music Hall in Snug Harbor Cultural Center, 1000 Richmond Terrace.  The co-founder and executive director of the UTA, the tireless Sajda Musawwir Ladner, stated in a recent interview that the annual musical marathon "is a direct extension of Universal Temple of the Arts' mission of  'quickening the creative spirit in the individual and community and fostering brotherly love’.  It provides a stage upon which UTA's students, community members and world-renowned artists…

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