This 5K is held on a USA Track and Field Certified course for competitive runners, but all are welcome to participate. The race takes place on the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Gardens.

Tracking chips, race bibs, and race statistics are available to runners in each age category. Registering as a walker gives you a race bib with number but does not include tracking and statistics. Registration also includes a race t-shirt.

Join the senior members of LGBT outreach group SAGE-Pride Center of Staten Island present the multi-generational SAGE Story Time program on the last Thursday of each month.

Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse, will lead a six-session writing workshop that will cover the topics of storytelling basics, the writing process, first draft, editing, putting together a query package, and sending the work to agents and editors. Hart’s novel The Warehouse has sold in 21 countries and has been optioned for a film by Ron Howard.

Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse, will lead a six-session writing workshop that will cover the topics of storytelling basics, the writing process, first draft, editing, putting together a query package, and sending the work to agents and editors. Hart’s novel The Warehouse has sold in 21 countries and has been optioned for a film by Ron Howard.

Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse, will lead a six-session writing workshop that will cover the topics of storytelling basics, the writing process, first draft, editing, putting together a query package, and sending the work to agents and editors. Hart’s novel The Warehouse has sold in 21 countries and has been optioned for a film by Ron Howard.

Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse, will lead a six-session writing workshop that will cover the topics of storytelling basics, the writing process, first draft, editing, putting together a query package, and sending the work to agents and editors. Hart’s novel The Warehouse has sold in 21 countries and has been optioned for a film by Ron Howard.

Join the senior members of LGBT outreach group SAGE-Pride Center of Staten Island present the multi-generational SAGE Story Time program on the last Thursday of each month.

Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse, will lead a six-session writing workshop that will cover the topics of storytelling basics, the writing process, first draft, editing, putting together a query package, and sending the work to agents and editors. Hart’s novel The Warehouse has sold in 21 countries and has been optioned for a film by Ron Howard.

Rob Hart, author of The Warehouse, will lead a six-session writing workshop that will cover the topics of storytelling basics, the writing process, first draft, editing, putting together a query package, and sending the work to agents and editors. Hart’s novel The Warehouse has sold in 21 countries and has been optioned for a film by Ron Howard.

Enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the Carl Grillo Glass House, where the Horticulture Department propagates plants for our seasonal displays and which is typically closed to the public.  Visit the aquaponics and tropical areas, including our giant yellow stripe bamboo, and look at the cuttings and seedlings started for this year’s summer displays. This event is rain or shine.

Enjoy a behind-the-scenes tour of the Carl Grillo Glass House, where the Horticulture Department propagates plants for our seasonal displays and which is typically closed to the public.  Visit the aquaponics and tropical areas, including our giant yellow stripe bamboo, and look at the cuttings and seedlings started for this year’s summer displays. This event is rain or shine.

The best way to learn about compost is to make it, and attending our Turn & Learn will make you a pro. Bring a water bottle, wear closed-toe shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. If you help us make compost, you can take compost. Please bring your own container.  Please note this is a volunteer event and not a pick-up event. You must volunteer at the work day to receive compost. Supplies may be limited. Registration is strongly recommended.

Join the senior members of LGBT outreach group SAGE-Pride Center of Staten Island present the multi-generational SAGE Story Time program on the last Thursday of each month.

Inspired by interviews with undocumented immigrants from Latin America living in New York, En Garde Arts is thrilled to present the world premiere of Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) by Andrea Thome, directed by José Zayas, with original music by Sinuhé Padilla.

The best way to learn about compost is to make it, and attending our Turn & Learn will make you a pro. Bring a water bottle, wear closed-toe shoes and clothes you don’t mind getting dirty. If you help us make compost, you can take compost. Please bring your own container.  Please note this is a volunteer event and not a pick-up event. You must volunteer at the work day to receive compost. Supplies may be limited. Registration is strongly recommended.

Say goodbye to the Year of the Pig and hello to the Year of the Rat as the Staten Island Museum celebrates Lunar New Year with the Korean Community Development Center (KCDC). Enjoy art activities, traditional Korean clothing (hanbok), games, customary Lunar New Year refreshments, and so much more!

Join renowned chef BJ Dennis in conversation with horticulturist Wambui Ippolito for an interactive exploration of the culinary traditions of the Gullah, a distinctive group of Black Americans from coastal South Carolina and Georgia. A series of rice tastings are matched with discussion around the history and culture of this all important seed and special link between the Gullah and the people of West Africa.

An exploration of Black Diasporan ornamental gardens and the growers, garden clubs, and horticulturists associated with them led by Staten Island based horticulturist Wambui Ippolito.

Wambui Ippolito is the horticulturist and principal designer of her own New York based landscape design firm. She is a graduate of the New York Botanical Garden’s School of Professional Horticulture.

Walk the campus and see different types of broad leaf and needle leaf evergreens growing on the grounds of Snug Harbor.  The walk includes the Pond Garden, the New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden, Tuscan Garden, White Garden, and specimen trees on the grounds.  Dress warmly.

Walk the campus and see different types of broad leaf and needle leaf evergreens growing on the grounds of Snug Harbor.  The walk includes the Pond Garden, the New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden, Tuscan Garden, White Garden, and specimen trees on the grounds.  Dress warmly.

FREE with Museum Admission

Cast a bright light on the New Year by making your own luminary lantern. Play with shape, texture, and shadow through a variety of provided materials from the traditional to the unconventional.

Fun for all ages.

Supported in part by Richmond County Savings Foundation.

Old Timers, New Starts celebrates the art of labor. Raul Barquet and Alyssa Rapp combine the disciplines of typography and film photography to create composite darkroom prints that document and highlight the essential role of small business in the Staten Island community. Barquet and Rapp have spent years interviewing interview small businesses on Staten Island, those that are generations old and those that are fresh ventures for new Americans. Please join the collaborators as they release a book of their interviews and artwork and sneak preview prints to be shown at The Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art in February of 2020. The event will also host a panel discussion about local commerce and community building with small business owners featured in the project.

We’ll draw a mandala using circular template and try to read the meaning based on the colors, shapes and patterns created. You can hang this circle in your home as a holiday decoration.These satsang events begin with invocation, grounding, meditation and a run down of the syllabus book, and introduction to non-duality.Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art (Buildings C&G)Snug Harbor Cultural Center & Botanical Garden1000 Richmond TerraceStaten Island, NY 10301Admission: $10 | Includes access to the Newhouse Center

Learn about ink wash painting through this immersive, hands on workshop. Engage in meditative practice through the art of shui-mo hua to learn the traditional importance of meditation in Asian history.

Described by NPR as a “cure for alienation” and “music that’s not about means to ends but about meaning and transcendence,” New York-based Falsa is a cathartic musical experience rooted in 14th century Sufi music of North India and Pakistan, and developed into a chamber fusion ensemble, a diverse group of extraordinary improvisational musicians dedicated to craft.

The evening begins at 6:30 PM with cocktails, a light supper, and a chance to view the lots.  The auction of fine art immediately follows.  Guests are encouraged to enjoy coffee, cordials, and dessert after the bidding.  Catering by Framboise, led by Chef Frank Puleo, will once again cater the event.

 Tickets are $100 each, or $90 for museum members.

 The auction block features 45 works of art, including antique and contemporary paintings, prints, photographs, and objects. 

Tour Snug Harbor when the autumn colors are at their most beautiful!  The Fall Foliage Tour begins at the Visitor Information Booth on Chapel Road, continuing through the Pond Garden and ending in the New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden. The tour is rain or shine.

Tour Snug Harbor when the autumn colors are at their most beautiful!  The Fall Foliage Tour begins at the Visitor Information Booth on Chapel Road, continuing through the Pond Garden and ending in the New York Chinese Scholar’s Garden. The tour is rain or shine.

The Tale of the Matron is a historic walking tour and recount of events that took place at Snug Harbor in 1863. You’ll enter three buildings that are typically closed to the public: the Matron’s House, the Butcher’s Cottage, and the former Surgeon’s House (now known as the Governors House). Each space has its own unique connection with history, life and the afterlife.