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One More Week to Vis­it Gov­er­nors Island!

Sep 22, 2014 1:30 am
The 2014 pub­lic sea­son, which opened Gov­er­nors Island to vis­i­tors sev­en days a week for the first time in his­to­ry, is end­ing on Sep­tem­ber 28th. That means you have exact­ly sev­en days left to take a trip to Gov­er­nors Island! [cap­tion id=“attachment_7816” align=“aligncenter” width=“468” class=” ”]Nine days left to bike in the new 30 acres of park on Governors Island. Image by Lexi Quint, courtesy of the Trust. Nine days left to bike in the new 30 acres of park on Gov­er­nors Island. Image cour­tesy of The Trust.[/caption] Gov­er­nors Island this week will be filled with events and exhi­bi­tions to help you wrap up the sum­mer sea­son! Ride a Bike with Free Bike Mornings!  Enjoy free bikes on Gov­er­nors Island for one more week! Free Bike Morn­ings allows vis­i­tors to bor­row a bike for free for up to one hour on any week­day. Bik­ers will be able to enjoy miles of bike paths, includ­ing new paths in the 30 acres of park that look upon the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty. Vis­i­tors are also able to rent bikes or bring a bike on the fer­ry at no extra charge. ​“A Por­trait of Mari­na Abro­movic” by Matthu Placek in Fort Jay  Matthu Placek is mak­ing his New York debut of his 3D video por­traits on Gov­er­nors Island this week! The piece, ” A Por­trait of Mari­na Abramovic” will be installed in Fort Jay from Sep­tem­ber 25th through the 28th. Shot in one take and with­out dia­logue, these short films offer rare, unin­ter­rupt­ed moments with sub­jects as they inter­act with sym­bol­ic sur­round­ings. 3D cin­e­matog­ra­phy enhances the inti­ma­cy of the vignettes, fur­ther col­laps­ing the space between the view­er and the sub­jects’ essen­tial natures. Screen­ings are every 15 min­utes to groups of 6 peo­ple by reser­va­tion. To make a free reser­va­tion please vis­it www​.130919​.eventbrite​.com LMCC Open Studios  [cap­tion id=“attachment_7820” align=“aligncenter” width=“468”]IMG_4009 The LMCC gallery exhi­bi­tion ““Embod­ied Prac­tice and Site-Speci­fici­ty” about Trisha Brown’s Work. Image cour­tesy of The Trust.[/caption] Explore the Low­er Man­hat­tan Cul­tur­al Coun­cil’s many pro­grams this week on Gov­er­nors Island. In the LMCC gallery (build­ing 110), you will find an exhi­bi­tion on the work of Trisha Brown. Over in the St Cor­nelius Church, you can expe­ri­ence the devel­op­ment of Rachel Tess’s ​“Sou­venir” dur­ing open stu­dio hours every day this week (12PM-4PM). LMCC describes the per­for­mance: ​“the project inves­ti­gates the rela­tion­ships between archi­tec­ture and chore­og­ra­phy and chore­o­g­ra­ph­er and audi­ence. The work more specif­i­cal­ly explores the con­cept of a mobile archi­tec­ture ver­sus pre-exist­ing insti­tu­tion­al struc­tures and how this design may impact the mak­ing and view­ing of per­for­mance.” This com­ing week­end is the LMCC Open Stu­dio Week­end. There will be art’s activ­i­ties and open stu­dios at four unique sites, includ­ing Gov­er­nors Island. See more infor­ma­tion here. Ham­mocks and Food vendors! This is your last chance to nap in a ham­mock and take a ham­mock self­ie! With the weath­er fore­cast esti­mat­ed to be 70 degrees all week, it is the per­fect time to snug­gle in Ham­mock Grove and maybe bring a book. After­wards, stroll over to Kings Ave and Liggett Ter­race to the many food ven­dors for a quick bite. Get a taste of Snow­day and decide if they deserved their recent Vendy Award (p.s. they total­ly did). Then back to the ham­mocks to sleep off that Snow­day maple grilled cheese! Sep­tem­ber 27th Gov­er­nors Island Kite Festival  Bring your kites or make one dur­ing the Gov­er­nors Island Kite Fes­ti­val! Brook­lyn Artery, CMA, and the Brook­lyn Kite Fest are com­ing togeth­er to bring you a Gov­er­nors Island Kite Fes­ti­val. There will be music, refresh­ments and fun to be had for the whole fam­i­ly. All activ­i­ties are free. The fes­ti­val will run from 11 – 4PM. Explore Nolan Park Explore every­thing that makes Gov­er­nors Island great by head­ing to Nolan Park. The his­toric area is the home to 19th cen­tu­ry Army offi­cers hous­es. Today, these fad­ed yel­low build­ings become the sum­mer home for many arts and cul­tur­al orga­ni­za­tions. Find hand­made items for sale at Brook­lyn Artery or Bet­ter than Jam, or see excit­ing exhibits at the New York His­tor­i­cal Soci­ety house and the Inter­na­tion­al Cen­ter of Pho­tog­ra­phy gallery. See fur­ther infor­ma­tion on the more than 12 orga­ni­za­tions in Nolan Park here.  The Gov­er­nors Island Art Fair [cap­tion id=“attachment_7818” align=“aligncenter” width=“468” class=” ”]Sabrina Barrios, “How to Build a Pyramid.” Image courtesy of Hyperallergic.com. Sab­ri­na Bar­rios, ​“How to Build a Pyra­mid.” Image cour­tesy of Hyperallergic.com.[/caption] The 4 Heads Gov­er­nors Island Art Fair will be open one more week­end. Already reviewed by the NYTimes, Art­NET, Gothamist and more, the Gov­er­nors Island Art Fair is not to be missed! Around 100 rooms with­in the his­toric build­ings in Colonels Row have been trans­formed by paint­ings, sculp­tures, video and sound instal­la­tions, and oth­er instal­la­tion works. The Gov­er­nors Island Art Fair is run by artists and has recent­ly head­ed to Kickstarter. 
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