Here’s an exciting opportunity for middle schoolers who live in the West End and Visitation Park neighborhoods. The Magic House, MADE for Kids and Cornerstone, a not-for-profit that renovates houses and leases them at affordable rates in the West End neighborhood, is seeking students ages 11 to 13 to help envision the future of their…
Category: For kids
CWE’s Children’s and Pet Parade cancelled due to rain, tonight’s party is still on
Snapshots from 2018’s Halloween festivities The legendary Halloween street party in the CWE is scheduled for Saturday, October 26. Here is the line-up of activities: 11 a.m. | Children’s costume parade and party noon | Trick-or-treating at neighborhood businesses 1 p.m. | Dog parade and costume contest 2 p.m. | Live music and entertainment, featuring…
New City School: The ABCs of creating a community garden
Earlier this summer I found CWEnd-based illustrator Maggie Pearson (see 2013 post here) picking juneberries, aka service berries, on Euclid. She was a little sheepish about getting “caught,” as she wasn’t sure that picking berries off city trees was legal (she later found out that it’s ok). It seems that birds had devoured berries from…