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SUMMARY:Unhired Hands
DESCRIPTION:Van Cortlandt Park Alliance and Van Cortlandt House Museum presents a poetry reading by poet and Bronx byproduct David Mills.\n\nMills will read from Unhired Hands\, his new poetry collection about slavery in Queens and Massachusetts.  The reading will be held the downstairs educational space inside the Van Cortlandt House Museum (only accessible via stairs). \nSpace is limited so advance registration is required. \nRSVP Now. \nThis reading is a part of Van Cortlandt Park Alliance’s Reimagining initiative. In partnership with the Design Trust for Public Space and Immanuel Oni\, Liminal Sp\, VCPA invites the community to reimagine the park’s Enslaved African Burial Ground site as a memorial space that fosters long-term healing and restoration. This project is supported by the Mellon Foundation. \nThis event is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature. \nAbout Unhired Hands:  You never quite know where to place Mills’ work in the poetic landscape. This is a good thing given the clusters of poets bunched around the same subjects and approaches. In Unhired Hands\, where he explores slavery in Queens and Massachusetts\, he’s formal while wild in style; he’s both historical/recognizable and strange/innovative. Like Ralph Waldo Emerson tuning in from the outer boroughs; like Phillis Wheatley riding Funkadelic’s mothership. He possesses an archival acumen akin to Natasha Trethewey; a cultural vernacular rich as that of August Wilson; the intellectual quirks of Pharaoh Sanders and Sun Ra. Unhired Hands highlights his expressive documentarian impulses while adding to his clear technical mastery. He reconstructs / conjures Queens (through the lives of enslaved individuals Victoria Earle Matthews\, Millie Tunnell\, and Martha Peterson)\, and Massachusetts (with an homage to Phillis Wheatley). His research is exacting\, but open; the poems are formal but never formulaic. The image of Matthews sneaking books between chores\, her eyes “learning to swim\, learning to sink into literature’s at turns clear and sometimes troubling waters” is a kind of statement of poetics and a lyrical reconstruction of history. Mills writes beyond “the jurisdiction of flinch\,” into the intimacy of interrogation:  its also an “interrogation of intimacy.” This collection is akin to a history book scored by form and spirit\, ingenuity and telepathic empathy…\nTerrance Hayes\, National Book Award and MacArthur-Genius-Award winning author of Lighthead. \nAbout David Mills: David Mills is currently a New York Public Library Cullman Fellow finishing a poetry collection about slavery in the Bronx. He holds an M.F.A. from Warren Wilson College and an M.A. from New York University in creative writing. He’s published five collections: Unhired Hands\, Boneyarn (Manhattan slavery poems)\, After Mistic\, The Sudden Country and The Dream Detective. His poems have appeared in Ploughshares\, Colorado Review\, Fence\, Crab Orchard Review\, Jubilat\, Callaloo\, Brooklyn Rail\, and Obsidian. He has received a 2026 NYSCA grant to write a poetry collection about Brooklyn slavery.
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SUMMARY:Super Seedlings
DESCRIPTION:Please Note: Saturday\, May 9 session has been canceled due to rain. \nJoin VCPA for tons of family-friendly garden fun! Let’s grow together! \nSuper Seedlings is a free\, drop-in gardening program for kids ages 3-7 and their caregivers. \nEach Saturday session will have a fun theme to explore\, nature crafts\, planting\, soil digging\, and more! \nCome once\, twice\, or all four weeks for some playing and planting! We hope to see you there! \nSaturday\, May 16\nTime: 10 AM – 12 PM\nLocation: The VCPA Learning Garden is located near the Mosholu Avenue and Broadway entrance of the park (past the Northwest playground). \nDrop-ins are welcome\, but advance registration is recommended. \nPlease e-mail us with any questions at gardening@vancortlandt.org \n 
URL:https://vancortlandt.org/event/super-seedlings-4/2026-05-02/
CATEGORIES:Community
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SUMMARY:Pinkster Festival
DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Van Cortlandt Park Alliance\, Van Cortlandt House Museum and Kingsbridge Historical Society. \n\n\n\n\nCelebrate the rich cultural heritage of Pinkster at this year’s Pinkster Festival hosted by the Van Cortlandt Park Alliance\, Van Cortlandt House Museum\, and Kingsbridge Historical Society. \nJoin us on the picturesque lawn of the Van Cortlandt House Museum for a day filled with vibrant festivities\, live music\, engaging performances\, and immersive experiences. \n12PM Tours \n1PM Live Music \n2PM Storytelling \n3PM The Story of Pinkster \n4PM Libations at the Enslaved African Burial Ground \n\nChief Baba Neil Clarke\, Master Percussionist \nThe Pinkster Players \nApril Armstrong\, Master Storyteller \nTijay Mohammed\, Artist \n\nPLUS: Food for sale! Art-Making! \nRSVP NOW \nWHAT IS PINKSTER? \nOnce a major holiday in 17th century New York\, Pinkster is the Dutch name for the Christian event of Pentecost. \nFor enslaved and free people of African descent\, Pinkster morphed into a unique holiday that incorporated African rituals\, traditions\, and pride. It is considered New York’s first African American holiday! \nTo learn more about Pinkster watch this video of captivating discussion with local historians\, Lavada Nahon and Chief Baba Neil Clarke\, as they unravel the significance of Pinkster\, exploring its cultural\, social\, and historical importance. \nSupported by: \nNYC Councilmember Eric Dinowitz\nNYC Department of Cultural Affairs\nNYC Department of Youth and Community Development\nNYS Council on the Arts \nThis program is supported\, in part\, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the New York City Council. \nThis event is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
URL:https://vancortlandt.org/event/pinkster-festival-3/
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