Tune in to hear Safari 7 partner Kate Orff interviewed by Queens Council on the Arts Director Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer.

MycoMap Mushroom Hunt
Sunday June 13th | 1-3pm | New Calvary Cemetery (Meet at 52nd St. Station 7 Train Subway Station in Queens). Rain or shine!
http://queensartexpress.com

Sunnyside and Woodside neighborhood residents joined mycologist Gary Lincoff for a mushroom hunt in New Cavalry Cemetary in Queens on Sunday Jun 13th from 1-3pm. Thet say that cemeteries can be
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Flushing River Canoe Tour
Saturday May 15th | 11:00 am- 2:30 pm (RSVP by May 13th)
Flushing River (meet at Shea Stadium stop on 7 subway line)

http://www.ludlow38.org/index.php?%2Fupcoming%2Fflushing-river-canoe-trip%2F

In conjunction with Lara Almarcegui’s project Guide to the Wastelands of Flushing River on view at Ludlow 38 until May 16, 2010, Ludlow 38 European Kunsthalle Cologne Goethe-Institut New York together
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At the Safari 7 Base Camp closing party, plant ecologist Dr. Steven Handel, from the Weed Walk podcast series, spoke about the hardiness and resourcefulness of New York’s ‘weeds’: plantain, sedum, and mugwort, among others. With plants fresh from Queens in hand, Steven led a plant ID session and T-shirt giveaway.

Saturday, April 24th
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Safari 7 volunteers welcomed school groups from around the city to the Base Camp exhibit at Grand Central Terminal. Students came from K-12 and college level classes, after school groups, and ESL classes.

Students from the program High 5 went on Safari on the 7 train using our Educational Toolkit (complete with mp3 players, maps,
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Mon Apr 19 – Fri Apr 23 (10am-7pm) and Sat Apr 24 (10am-5pm).
Vanderbilt Hall Grand Central Terminal

MTA Arts for Transit presents Safari 7 Base Camp, an interactive exhibit about urban wildlife (Oysters! Fish! Squirrels! Chickens!) found along the 7 subway line. During EarthWeek at Grand Central Terminal, visit the Safari 7 Base Camp in Vanderbilt
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Safari 7 is partnering with MTA Arts for Transit to celebrate Earth Day. Look for Safari 7 throughout the city! The focus of the Earth Day features is the Safari 7 Base Camp, on display at EarthWeek, an exhibition at Grand Central Terminal, in Vanderbilt Hall, organized by Earth Day New York.

About the Metropolitan
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We’re looking for volunteers to act as park rangers at the Safari 7 Base Camp exhibit at Grand Central Terminal from April 19-24, 2010. Sign up for one or more 4-hour time slots, and help us introduce visitors to the project. If you are interested please contact us!

Safari 7 participated in the Wilderness Action Center’s multi-city event at the Eyebeam Art + Technology Center. Mike Robitz set up three map tables/listening stations and invited participants to embark on their own self-guided tour of urban wildlife along the No. 7 Subway line.
“The Urban Wilderness Action Center (UWAC) is a project initiated by
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Safari 7 has won a 2008 National ASLA honor award in the Communications category. link

“It shows that ecology is right in front of your doorstep. And you don’t necessarily need an iPhone, you have that brochure. The graphics are so stylistic and hip—well done!”
—2010 Professional Awards Jury

The Urban Landscape Lab and MTWTF hosted an Educator’s Roundtable at the Safari 7 Reading Room at Studio-X to discuss urban ecology education at the K-12 levels, and to explore how Safari 7 can contribute to educators’ programming and curriculum.

Participants:
Heather Cardinale, New York City Dept. of Education
Rachel Crumpler, Queens Museum of Art
Glen Cummings, Safari 7
Nathaniel
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We’re having another open house! Join the curators of Safari 7 in this day-long open house of “Safari 7 Reading Room,” an exhibition including a series of 3D maps, audio listening stations, curated reading materials, and a series of large-scale drawings of animal habitats, behaviors and life cycles in relationship to urban culture and history
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There are still a limited number of Safari 7 T-Shirts available! Get yours at the Safari 7 Reading room, while supplies last.

DATE: 12pm-6pm Saturday Nov 7
LOCATION: Studio-X 180 Varick Street, Ste 1610 New York, NY 10014 – 1 Train to Houston Street
Join the curators of Safari 7 in this day-long open house of “Safari 7 Reading Room,” an exhibition including a series of 3D maps, audio listening stations, curated reading materials, and a series of
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The Brian Lehrer Show

AM New York

The Daily News

BLDGBLOG

The Architect’s Newspaper

Columbia Global Centers link

The Brooklyn Raillink

Columbia Political Review link

Holland Herald, the KLM In-flight Magazine link

Glen Cummings and Janette Kim spoke with Brian Lehrer about Safari 7. Listen to the entire podcast here.

Photos by Ho Kyung Lee

OPENING: THU 7-9PM OCTOBER 15
PRESS PREVIEW: 6-7PM with exhibition curators
LOCATION: Studio-X 180 Varick Street, Ste 1610 New York, NY 10014 – 1 Train to Houston Street
PRESS RELEASE: link
EXHIBITION DATES: October 15-December 31, 2009
Oysters, dogs, humans, worms, snakefish, cormorants and germs are some of the species that populate the length of the MTA 7 train.
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Thanks to everyone who came out for the Queens Arts Express Safari 7 special event. Please stay tuned for upcoming tour and workshop information, coming soon!

The next Safari 7 tour will take place on Sunday, June 14 as a part of Queens Art Express, a multi-day multi-venue art extravaganza that will take place on three weekends in Spring 2009 (between May 30 – June 14). To participate, follow these two simple steps:

Download the Safari 7 podcasts and load
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Safari 7 is featured in Idealist in NYC!

This map shows the international express running through a landscape of hills, dried up lakes, historic wetlands, landfill, and some of Queens’ galleries, theaters, and other cultural magnets. Pick up a copy at one of the Queens Art Express venues, or on our June 14th tour.
Download the Queens Art Express Special Edition Map

Know of
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Safari 7 has been featured in:

The Queens Chronicle
The Village Voice blog
Urban Omnibus
Liqcity
WNYC’s Cityscapes blog
Queens Council on the Arts’ Queens Art Express blog
Splitting Hairs in Forest Hills
“Queens Crap”
we got that p.m.a.

The next Safari 7 tour will take place on Sunday, June 14 as a part of Queens Art Express, a multi-day multi-venue art extravaganza that will take place on three weekends in Spring 2009 (between May 30 – June 14). To participate, follow these two simple steps:

Download the Safari 7 podcasts and load
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Our first Safari 7 tour will take place on Saturday, May 16th. To participate, follow these two simple steps:

1. Download the Safari 7 podcasts and load them on your mp3 players.
2. Meet at the front of the No. 7 platform at Times Square on Saturday, May 16th at 11:00am.