As Hispanic Heritage Month comes to an end, poet Yesika Salgado and Lázaro Lima, a professor at Hunter College, talk about what it means to be Latinx in the United States and the world in 2021.
The Youth Center has opened registration for this year’s Camp S.H.A.R.K. and Teen camp, providing a wide range of fun activities, sports and field trips for kids, and safe, healthy childcare for adults. Camp S.H.A.R.K. begins June 14th and runs through August 13th.
Camp S.H.A.R.K. (Science, Hands-on, Art, Recreation and Knowledge) is a fun and unique Summer camp, offering kids ages 5 to 12 themed weekly events and individualized daily classes, including water filter fun, clay molding, baseball, outdoor scavenger hunt, overnight salt crystals, an escape room and more. This summer’s weekly themes include The Great Outdoors, Baseball, The Wild, Wild West, Under The Sea Oobleck, Pirates and Buccaneers and more. Camp S.H.A.R.K. is offered on a daily or weekly basis, with regular and extended hours, to fit any busy family’s schedule.