Explore the vast cultures this summer by checking out a local street fair. Here is a list of Street Fairs happening around New York City Ongoing Street Fairs Little Italy 109 Mulberry st. New York, NY, between Canal and Hester Open Seven Days a Week SOHO St. Anthony’s Church on West Houston between Thompson and Macdougal Open Friday, Saturday, and Sunday Park Slope PS 321, 180 7th Ave, Brooklyn, NY Open Saturdays & Sundays Special Fairs/Festivals Downtown Brooklyn’s BK Block Party Saturday, May 20 11:00 am – 1:00 pmAlbee Square (corner of Fulton and Bond), Brooklyn Live music with Jah Pan, Steel drum and calypso musicians from Trinidad and Tobago play island classics and Caribbean-influenced interpretations of today’s hit songs. Astoria Spring Festival Sunday, May 21 Astoria Spring Festival – 31 St Street 3rd Annual Harlem Eat Up May 18-21, 2017“A four-day festival offering an exciting sampling of Harlem’s sights, flavors and sounds, from artists of the kitchen, canvas, stage and streets.” Taking place at various venues in Harlem. Grand Central Food Festival Series #2 Friday, May 26 43rd Street from 3rd – Lexington Ave. Woodside “Queens” Festival Saturday, May 27 Woodside Ave. from 63rd St. to Roosevelt Ave. West 4th Street Festival Saturday, May 27 West 4th Street from 6th Ave to Macdougal Street Ronkonkoma “Long Island” Festival Sunday, May 28 Hawkins Ave. from Portion Rd. to Wittredge St. Lexington Avenue Spring Festival Sunday, May 28 Lexington Avenue from 42nd – 57th St. World Trade Center Community Fair Monday, May 29 Fulton Street from Broadway – Gold St. Broadway Astoria- Memorial Day- Fair Monday, May 29 Broadway from Steinway to Crescent 161st Street Fair Friday, June 2 161st Street – Grand Concourse to Walton Avenue, Bronx 24th Annual Spring Crafts Festival Sunday, June 4 65th-72nd Street along Broadway Sixth Avenue Springfest Sunday, June 4 6 Avenue From 34th – 42nd St. Queens Pridefest Sunday, June 4 on 37th Road from 73rd to 77th Streets East Side Food Fair Friday, June 9 54 Street From 3rd – Lexington Ave. 21st Brooklyn Pride Saturday, June 10 on 5th Avenue from 3rd to 9th Street 3rd Avenue Fare Saturday, June 10 on 3rd Avenue from 14th to 6th Street Forest Hills Festival of the Arts Sunday, June 11 on Austin Street from 69th to 72nd Road 39th Annual Plantation & Crafts Fair Sunday, June 11 72nd-86th Streets along Broadway Grand Army Plaza Festival Sunday, June 11 Eastern Parkway From Flatbush – Washington Ave. Grand Central Food Block Party Series #2 Friday, June 16 41st Street From 3rd – Lexington Ave. Full Listing at https://www.newyorkled.com Cloud seeding is the actual name for this scientific process. Cloud seeding is a form of weather modification, a way of changing the amount or type of precipitation that falls from clouds, by dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei, which alter the microphysical processes within the cloud. The usual intent is to increase precipitation (rain or snow), but hail and fog suppression are also widely practiced in airports. The process of weather modification through cloud seeding has been proven successful at increasing rainfall rates, but also at lessening potential hail damage from storms and even to clear fog, according to the American Meteorological Society. This practice dates as far back as the 1940s. According to North American Weather Consultants, a Utah-based group that is contracted by Los Angeles County to seed clouds during some weather events. Vincent Schaefer, a self-taught chemist who invented cloud seeding and created the first artificially induced snow and rainfall, died Sunday in Schenectady, N.Y. He was 87 and lived in Rotterdam, N.Y. Schaefer drew worldwide attention with his 1946 experiments for General Electric Co. making the first snowstorm in a laboratory and inducing precipitation outdoors, solving many of the mysteries of rain and snow that had baffled scientists. Hopes grew that cloud seeding could fight drought, control storms, reduce hail, quench fires and guarantee a white Christmas. Sources http://articles.chicagotribune.com/
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