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DNAinfo.com, a digital news service that reports on the news of Manhattan, has a story out today about Charlotte's Place.
"Imagine a Starbucks where you don't have to buy anything to sit down, where you can tap out an e-mail on a public computer and then recharge during a free 20-minute yoga class," the article by Julie Shapiro begins.
"That's the vision behind Charlotte's Place, the new storefront community center that Trinity Church is opening this spring on Greenwich Street."
Read the full article and see Shapiro's photo slideshow of Charlotte's Place here.
You're invited to a Mardi Gras celebration and an Ash Wednesday Retreat at Charlotte's Place!
Tuesday, March 8 is Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, the day before Lent begins. And Mardi Gras always calls for a party -- which this year will be held in Charlotte's Place, on Greenwich Street. Music and a set-up party will begin at 2pm. The Mardi Gras feasting and dancing for the whole family goes from 6pm - 8:30pm.
Lent begins the next day with Ash Wednesday. In addition to services and all-day imposition of ashes at Trinity Church and St. Paul's Chapel, Charlotte's Place will host an Ash Wednesday Retreat. Come by from 10am - 12pm for meditation before the 12:05pm liturgy at Trinity Church. From 2pm - 4pm, come by for meditation and the dedication of Charlotte's Place.
Charlotte's Place is located at 109 Greenwich Street between Rector Street and Carlisle.
The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week on the Trinity Real Estate's rezoning plan for Hudson Square: "Trinity Real Estate, the real-estate arm of Trinity Church, has proposed a rezoning plan to pave the way for up to 3,500 new housing units in the Hudson Square neighborhood. The plan also calls for the construction of a new 420-seat primary school."
Read the full article here on the Wall Street Journal's website.
with Mark Richardson
The Very Rev. Mark Richardson, dean of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific and Trinity Institute's senior theological fellow, is hosting a discussion of Reading Jesus, Mary Gordon's latest book. You can join the conversation on CDSP's blog, Anglican Insights, here.
Mary Gordon was a featured speaker at Trinity Institute's 2011 theological conference, Reading Scripture Through Other Eyes. Watch her TI presentation here:
Some things in New York -- the morning commute, the Staten Island Ferry, the Trinity Churchyard -- haven't changed much since 1921. This short silent film, made by Charles Sheeler and Paul Strand follows a day in the life in New York City. Watch to the 2:07 mark and you'll see commuters on their way to work walking through the Trinity Churchyard -- just as commuters did this morning, too.
Charlotte's Place on Greenwich Street isn't officially open yet, but on Valentine's Day it was the setting for Trinity parishioner Eileen Hope's 80th birthday party. Dozens of folks from the Trinity and Lower Manhattan community stopped by for the celebration.
See the photos of the party here and learn more about Charlotte's Place, too!
Here's an excerpt of what he thought of it:
"I went with a friend to Trinity Church downtown at Wall and Broad(sic) to look for treasure...There was a concert to be had of music of the “Sarum Use”, that is, English composers who wrote music for use in that fascinating Latin Rite use that effectively died out. I walked away from this concert with my head on fire and chest in pain. The music was so beautiful that at times it simply hurt."
Read the rest of Fr. Z's thoughts on the concert and his visit to Trinity Church (and the rest of NYC) here.
And you can watch the full concert webcast on-demand above!
On Christmas Eve this year, LIFE.com featured a photograph taken by freelance photographer Chris Hondros at the Christmas Eve service at Trinity Church. Follow this link to see the photograph on LIFE's website.
Rich Lamb, an audio engineer who often works at Trinity on Sundays and for special events and services, was recently interviewed by sonicscoop.com, a website for New York's music and sound production community.
Here's what Rich, who has worked at studios all over New York City, had to say about working at Trinity:
An old friend who was working at Trinity recommended me for this gig, which has gone from doing house sound for services and concerts, to now streaming for the church's large Web audience, plus field audio, Pro Tools editing, outdoor concerts and live conferences that transmit to sister Episcopal churches around the world. It's the gig that keeps giving, and it's quite educational.
And Trinity Church is never going to go away. How many studios stick around for over 200 years? The church itself provides the constant challenge of knowing how to function while basically working inside an echo chamber.
Rich also mentioned fellow Trinity audio engineer Tom Durack, calling him "an inspiration ever since I met him."
The second year of music camp at All Souls' Episcopal Church in the Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans ended with a visit from the mayor and a successful concert. The camp was led by Trinity Choir members Molly Quinn and Nacole Palmer, with additional leadership from Trinity staff member Maggy Charles and parishioner Sharon Hardy. Other volunteers from the Trinity Choir and from All Souls' also helped with activities and lessons during the two-week camp.
The Rev. Matt Heyd, director of Faith in Action, reports that during camp this year, a group of Trinity volunteers attended a Lower Ninth Ward town hall meeting with New Orleans mayor Mitch Landrieu. Nacole addressed the 1000+ audience about the music camp and invited the mayor to their end-of-camp concert on Friday night. Although he couldn't come to the concert, Landrieu visited All Souls' on Friday morning. His visit was covered by the local ABC affiliate:
Friday night's concert was attended by almost 100 people. CBS in New Orleans named All Souls' and Trinity Wall Street as its "quiet heroes" for the week.
It was a good summer, Fr. Heyd said, with deeper relationships both in New Orleans and with our Trinity Community. And applications are coming in quickly for the next New Orleans Mission and Service trip, scheduled for October 2010.
"We have great leaders and partners and we're learning constantly about how to support these mutual relationships and our own formation through service," he said.
Author: Trinity Wall Street
Created: July 7, 2010
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