Event
Community Garden Celebration: Story Sharing Program with featured Storyteller Melanie Lino
October 29, 2024 5:00PM to 6:30PM
Martin Luther King Jr. Community Garden & Park - Carlton Avenue, Bethlehem
Join us as we say "see you next season" to some of the plants in the garden. Melanie Lino will join us to offer a cooking demonstration. We also invite you to bring a recipe to collage and contribute to our community cookbook! We will finish the evening off with some tunes and dancing.
What holds a community better than music and a meal?! Looking forward to celebrating with you!
Much Love,
Nia
Join us for four sessions exploring the growth and stories of local plants and people, encouraging hands-on interaction with the garden. Each session will be led by community gardener, musician, and artist Nia Watson, along with guest storytellers.
Register here. Advanced registration is appreciated but not required.
What better way to close one season and welcome the next than with a garden P A R T Y! We invite you to join an evening of sharing stories, artmaking, meeting plants, and dancing into the sunset! Melanie Lino of From Lino will be sharing some eats. Rachel and Franco Abbott will be giving us a taste of their monthly class offering from the Yoga Loft. We will close out the evening with DJ Jamal Knight bringing us some soulful tunes! Can't wait to celebrate with you!
This program was made possible in part by Southside Tomorrow, a 6-year revitalization program of Community Action Development Bethlehem and the City of Bethlehem, with support from Univest Bank & Trust Co., Embassy Bank for the Lehigh Valley, People’s Security Bank and Trust, PPL Electric Utilities, and Provident Bank.
Nia Watson is a song poet & educator, and has evolved into her art form over the last six years. Taking journal entries and transforming them into song poems inspired by life experiences. Influenced by nature, specifically birds, their flying patterns and songs. She creates other visuals as well when inspired. Nia is also a yoga instructor offering diverse classes to the valley for the past decade. She has taught early childhood since 2009. Currently, Nia is in the midst of learning to be a birth worker to support birthing beings themselves and those who are growing within them from conceiving to postpartum. Her classes and community offerings weave all the parts of herself together. Offering movement with a touch of playfulness and songs to soothe everyone present. Nia has performed here in the Valley, Philadelphia Amsterdam and Rio de Janeiro. She hopes to keep learning and growing and sharing the lessons she learns along the way.
Melanie Lino is a dynamic entrepreneur, devoted mother, and community organizer. She’s the visionary behind the well-respected bakeshop, @from.lino, celebrated for its delectable dominican-inspired sourdough pastries. Melanie also co-founded non-profit collective, @afrosinnature, a space created to provide accessible outdoor experiences to folks in marginalized communities. With a strong dedication to her multifaceted roles, Melanie approaches each endeavor with grace and intentional energy, making her an inspiring force to reckon with.
Image of Melanie Lino by Petra Sommers.
Event Image: Ramon Peralta, Marta Maria, from the series "Los Humilides".1991. Oil on canvas. LUP 2023 1002.
