* Grand Central Terminal @ the Vanderbilt Hall.-  The Fair will open on Monday, November 12th and runs through December 24th.   Hours are as follows:                 Monday – Saturday                            10:00 AM – 8:00 PM  Sunday                                               11:00 AM – 7:00 PM Thanksgiving Eve                              Closing at 8:00 PM CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY Christmas Eve                                    Closing at 6:00 PM    * The Union Square Holiday Market.- The market opens on Friday, November 16th at 11:00am. and runs through December 24th at 4pm.  Hours are as follows: Monday - Friday, 11:00am to 8:00pm Saturday, 10:00am to 8:00pm Sunday, 11:00am to 7:00pm.   CLOSED THANKSGIVING DAY ...

 Leonor Mendoza, Founder of Engage Green is The Nature Conservancy Young Professional of the Month.  As the holidays draw nearer, start asking yourself: How green can you give? For Leonor Mendoza, our Young Professional of the month and proprieter of Engage Green, an online retailer of recycled designs, the possibilities are endless! "My inspiration to open Engage Green came from asking, 'Why aren't there attractive well-made recyclable products?' That question opened up possibilities to imagine what could be, and ultimately led to helping individuals make better consumer choices aligned with positive environmental outcomes," she says. "I'd like to engage every...

I don’t think I really I have to create anything -- it was always there. Collecting, searching, looking and finding were constant ways to move and create for me. I remember when I was 7 years old being at the island were we used to spend our vacations every year and do my adventure of going around to collect the special seeds and all the strange garbage that the sea used to bring to the beach-side. I was fascinated with all these treasures for me to create. Basically, all my Art has been developed using discarded material, turning waste into...