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Gov­er­nors Island Announces 2012 Sea­son Schedule

May 14, 2012 5:02 pm

• Check out the Coop­er Hewitt, Nation­al Design Muse­um’s Graph­ic Design — Now in Pro­duc­tion exhi­bi­tion in Build­ing 110, fea­tur­ing incred­i­ble exam­ples of graph­ic design or attend one of their edu­ca­tion­al pro­grams or events;
• Bring a bike (or rent one while here — bikes are free on Hol­i­day Mon­days!) and ride around the Island, tak­ing in Mark di Suvero at Gov­er­nors Island: pre­sent­ed by Storm King Art Cen­ter, which includes a soar­ing new piece that has nev­er before been on pub­lic view;
• Play a round of free mini golf on FIG­MEN­T’s artist designed minia­ture golf course;
• Take in a game of vin­tage base­ball and see how it was played 100 years ago
• Dress like a flap­per and join the Jazz Age Lawn par­ty on Colonels Row
• Come hun­gry for one of sev­er­al food fes­ti­vals, includ­ing the 5 Boro Pic­NYC on Memo­r­i­al Day weekend
• See Corn­ing Glass­Lab’s glass blow­ing demon­stra­tions in the Per­sh­ing Hall park­ing lot!