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Sum­mer Sol­stice, Kayak­ing, Med­i­ta­tion, Music, and More: What’s New on GI This Weekend

Jun 22, 2017 2:53 pm

Expe­ri­ence Gov­er­nors Island like nev­er before! This week­end Gov­er­nors Island fea­tures sev­er­al spe­cial events in addi­tion to its usu­al activ­i­ties. Take advan­tage of the extend­ed Island hours as we cel­e­brate the Sum­mer Sol­stice on Fri­day, June 23^rd. Over the week­end, focus your mind and body with Med­i­ta­tion Sum­mer. Be pre­pared to get wet as we intro­duce the Island’s newest activ­i­ty for the sea­son — kayak­ing! Com­mem­o­rate clas­si­cal con­tem­po­rary music with the Rite of Sum­mer Music Festival. 

Spe­cial Events 

Pinknic, Sat­ur­day-Sun­day, June 24-June 25, 12 pm‑9 pm, Play Lawn.

Fol­low­ing the run­away suc­cess of Pinknic’s 2016 debut, New York City’s largest rosé pic­nic and music fes­ti­val returns to Gov­er­nors Island this June for a two-day sum­mer fête. 2017’s Pinknic is going to be full to the brim with delec­table food, live­ly enter­tain­ment, and, of course, everyone’s favorite pink drink. Sat­ur­day and Sun­day, over 12,000 guests all dressed in pink and white, will be invit­ed to take a seat on one of the thou­sands of rosé-col­ored, design­er-made pic­nic blan­kets. From noon till sun­set, Gov­er­nors Island will be trans­formed into a sea of pink, the Stat­ue of Lib­er­ty and Man­hat­tan sky­line offer­ing the per­fect back­drop for this much-antic­i­pat­ed affair. 

Cel­e­brate the Sum­mer Sol­stice on Gov­er­nors Island, Fri­day, June 23, 5:30 pm-10 pm, Liggett Ter­race, The Hills, and Pic­nic point, Free.

In cel­e­bra­tion of the Sum­mer Sol­stice Gov­er­nors Island will remain open until 10 PM on Fri­day, June 23! Gaze out from atop the Hills as you watch the breath­tak­ing sun­set on one of the longest nights of the year. Walk down to Liggett Ter­race for food and cock­tails as you expe­ri­ence the island after hours.

Rite of Sum­mer Music Fes­ti­val, DATE CHANGE — NOW on Sun­day, June 25, 1 pm‑3 pm, Nolan Park, Free.

Enter­ing its 7^th sea­son on Gov­er­nors Island, Rite of Sum­mer is a clas­si­cal con­tem­po­rary music fes­ti­val fea­tur­ing the coun­try’s finest artists. Pianists Blair McMillen, Pam Gold­berg, Antho­ny De Mare and Phyl­lis Chen per­form John Cage’s mas­ter­piece ​“Sonata & Inter­ludes” with new ​“Inter­ludes” writ­ten by com­posers Justin Hines, Daniel Felsen­feld, Angel­i­ca Negron, and Eleonor Sandresky.

Activ­i­ties

Kayak­ing, Sat­ur­day-Sun­day, June 24-June 25. Open to the Pub­lic 11 am‑4 pm, Pier 101.

Escape the heat and be pre­pared to get wet! Locat­ed on Pier 101, The Down­town Boathouse pro­vides sit-on-top kayaks along with instruc­tion and nec­es­sary equip­ment. As you glide through the water, wit­ness the progress made by activists in their con­tin­ued effort to restore the harbor.

Exhi­bi­tions

Med­i­ta­tion Sum­mer, Fri­day-Sun­day, June 23 – 25. Open to the Pub­lic 12 pm‑6 pm, Colonels Row 407A. 

Calm your mind and find tran­quil­i­ty. Med­i­ta­tion Sum­mer presents six week­ends of dif­fer­ent med­i­ta­tion ses­sions led by experts, teach­ers, and Zen mas­ters. The pro­gram also fea­tures two exhibits. Med­i­ta­tion and the Brain pro­vides insight into the com­plex­i­ties of the human brain. The F Word: Sto­ries of For­give­ness, only on view this week­end, uti­lizes med­i­ta­tion to enlight­en guests on how to live a mean­ing­ful life.

Riv­er to Riv­er Fes­ti­val, Fri­day-Sun­day, June 23 – 25. Open to the Pub­lic 12 pm‑6 pm, LMCC Arts Cen­ter Build­ing 110.

Catch the final week­end of the Low­er Man­hat­tan Cul­tur­al Coun­cil’s Riv­er to Riv­er Fes­ti­val, includ­ing Open Stu­dios and a gallery recep­tion for A Sup­ple Perime­ter by Kamee­lah Janan Rasheed on Sat­ur­day. For the first and only time, wit­ness 7 dis­tinct dance per­for­mances meld togeth­er in Jen­nifer Lacey and Wal­ly Car­don­a’s play The Set Up through­out the weekend.