The turtles at our center are some of the biggest stars of our programming. Students and visitors explore and make observations as they visit each of the different tanks that our turtles call home. We currently host 3 different species of turtle including Diamondback Terrapin, Snapping Turtle and Red-eared Slider. Our tanks are maintained by staff, interns and volunteers! We welcome you to visit our turtles - they love being read to, meeting new persons and teaching visitors about their species.
Who has your vote as the cutest turtle? 🐢
Celebratory #worldturtleday everyone!
The Center and Sarah Lawrence College
Launched June 2013, the Center for the Urban River at Beczak (CURB) is an alliance of Sarah Lawrence College and the Beczak Environmental Education Center. The mission of CURB is to advance environmental knowledge and stewardship by providing high quality K-12 environmental education for the local community, establishing a regional hub for research and monitoring focused on Hudson River estuary and urban watershed issues, and serving as a welcoming open community space for a variety of civic and cultural activities.
CURB carries on the mission of the Beczak Environmental Education Center, a well-loved river exploration and interpretative center that has been offering programs for adults and children for over twenty years. Its name honors Joe Beczak, one of the Hudson River enthusiasts who taught children about the Hudson in the 1970s.Instagram slccurb
During Yonkers Arts Weekend, the Theodore D. Young Community Center Adult Acting Workshop's "Little Blue Room Theater Company" transformed CURB into a stage.
This years "Scenes, Monologues and Poetry," directed by SLC alum Paul Kwame Johnson, included works by David Mamet, Paul Lawrence Dunbar and Martin Luther King Jr.
We thank everyone for attending this amazing production and look forward to inviting you to the next performance!
#YAW #yonkers #theater #hudsonriver
This weekend, we celebrate Yonkers Arts Weekend with a free performance at the center by the Little Blue Room Theater Ensemble from the Theodore D Young Community Center.
Doors open to attendees at 1:30pm. Show begins at 2:00pm.
We cannot wait to see you!
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The SLC Theatre Program and the SLC Theatre & Civic Engagement Program present:
A SLC Yonkers Arts Weekend Event at CURB
A TRIBUTE TO BLACK THEATRE - Scenes, Monologues, and Poetry
Directed by SLC BA and MFA alum Paul Kwame Johnson
Featuring The Little Blue Room Theatre Ensemble of the Theodore D. Young Community Center in Greenburgh, New York
Running time: 60 minutes
CURB, 35 ALEXANDER STREET, YONKERS
#yonkersartsweekend #yaw #theater #yonkers
Thank you to all who joined us on Earth Day for our story slam🌎We heard many stories from both SLC and community members through poetry, anecdotes, and even a song!
Marilyn Torres, our emcee, kicked off the event with a piece of her own about how a hurricane affected her home of Puerto Rico. Curtis Zunigha, Co-Director of The Lenape Center, shared three traditional stories. The finale was participating in a Lenape bean dance outside in the park!
Thank you to the @slc_childdevelopmentinstitute for hosting a CAPE during our event.
Thank you to the @mellonfoundation for supporting this event.
It’s sampling season!! CURB is going into its 8th year of monitoring and conducting research on sewage contamination in the Saw Mill River. Our science coordinator, Katie, has been organizing the materials for our community scientists to collect water samples biweekly until October. The samples are analyzed at our lab and reported to Yonkers residents, municipal staff and elected officials. This research would not be possible without the support of our community scientist volunteers.
We are still looking for a sampler to collect in Yonkers!!! Please DM if interested
#communityscientist
#waterqualitymonitoring
On Saturday May 6 (9am-12pm), CURB will be a participating site in the annual Riverkeeper Sweep along our waterfront at Habirshaw Park!
Participants of all ages can help support our waterfront and Hudson River by removing litter that has washed up along our shoreline.
@Riverkeeper will provide adults ages 21+ a gifted voucher redeemable at a partnering brewery as a thank you for your participation in the days events!
Registration for this event can be found in our bio linktree. All materials provided on site. For any additional inquiry, please email JMuller@sarahlawrence.edu
#riverkeepersweep #hudsonriver #environment #earthday
We are celebrating a #throwbackthursday by revisiting our participation in the @riverkeeper Sweep in 2016.
Local groups are supported by Riverkeeper in the cleanup of litter along the mainstem Hudson and its tributaries.
Interested in participating at CURB on May 6th? Check out the link to registration in our bio.
#sweep #litter #cleanup #hudsonriver #tbt
We are recruiting samplers for our 2023 bacterial monitoring program at 2 Yonkers sites - Walsh Rd. and Torre Pl.
Our bacterial monitoring program is entering its 7th year of data collection along the length of the Saw Mill River, a local tributary of the Hudson River. The health of our tributaries ultimately impact the health of our mainstem rivers and this project aims to pinpoint areas of high bacterial counts at 18 locations along the Saw Mill and Hudson Rivers.
If you or someone you know is interested in learning more about how to get involved or how to get onto our stakeholder report email list, contact the Science Coordinator, Katie Lamboy at KLamboy@sarahlawrence.edu.
#waterquality #hudsonriver #sawmillriver #volunteer
"Your Nature, Our Environment: Shared Stories" - join us on Earth Day (Saturday April 22 1pm-3pm) as we participate in listening and telling shared stories about water, nature, and climate change. 🌲🌊🐟
Registration link available in our bio.
Snacks and refreshments will be provided.
For those with small children, @slc_childdevelopmentinstitute will also be hosting a Community Adventure Play Experience (CAPE)!
#earthday #hudsonriver #storytelling
Our Director of Education, Christina, has readied our classroom space for our highly anticipated educator professional development training in collaboration with @celfeducation. We are taking a photo tour of some of the tools we are going to use to learn!
Graphs, graphs, graphs! The theme for tonight's training is "Analyzing & Interpreting Scientific Data". Data can be displayed in many different formats and we will be using data graphs that display water quality data, aquatic species population counts, and rain measurements.
Educators will also be exploring and collecting data themselves using some tools such as handheld magnification glasses and our CURB Beach Count Up! data sheet.
#hudsonriver #datascience #education #learning #slccurb