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Week­end Update: City of Water Day, Come Out & Play Field Day, and so much more!

Jul 13, 2012 1:28 pm
[cap­tion id=“attachment_5485” align=“aligncenter” width=“300”] A pho­to from City of Water Day 2011![/caption] We have a great week­end planned for you! Check out our spe­cial events for this week­end below! The rest of the events (which last for mul­ti­ple weekends/​all sea­son) can be found on the Events tab! See you soon! Met­ro­pol­i­tan Water­front Alliance presents The City of Water Day Fes­ti­val, Sat­ur­day, 10AM – 4 PM A day of enter­tain­ment, edu­ca­tion and adven­ture cel­e­brat­ing our water­front and its poten­tial. Enjoy free boat tours, children’s activ­i­ties, fish­ing, the Water­front Activ­i­ty Fair, and more! For more infor­ma­tion, vis­it www​.city​ofwa​ter​day​.org. Come Out & Play Field Day, Sat­ur­day, 12 PM – 6 PM, on the Parade Ground Field Day will fea­ture a range of new games from open field dodge­ball bat­tles to small social games to new sports. Some games make use of new tech­nol­o­gy like smart phones and some rely on old fash­ioned tech like rub­ber balls. But each offers new ways to play and have fun. Each year Come Out & Play brings togeth­er design­ers and play­ers for a chance to play a host of new real-world games. Gotham BBC of New York vs Flem­ing­ton Neshanock BBC, New York City, Sat­ur­day, 12 PM – 4 PM, on the Parade Ground Base ball as it was played almost 150 years ago! The Gotham BBC of New York plays at its home field against the tough com­peti­tors of Flem­ing­ton Neshanock BBC. Come out and enjoy the island, and the 19th cen­tu­ry base ball. Tamimi­a­mi Pix­i­la­tion Project, Sat­ur­day, 11 AM – 3 PM, in Nolan Park Draw­ing inspi­ra­tion from the sculp­ture Tamimi­a­mi by Mark di Suvero, locat­ed in Nolan Park, join CMA teach­ing artists to explore the art of pix­i­la­tion, ani­mate your own body, and cre­ate your own chore­og­ra­phy to bring the sculp­ture to life. Pre­sent­ed by Riv­er To Riv­er Fes­ti­val and Children’s Muse­um of the Arts, in asso­ci­a­tion with Storm King Art Cen­ter. Artists Respond: Mark di Suvero- Walk­ing Tour, Sun­day, 3 PM – 5 PM, in Build­ing 110 Riv­er To Riv­er and Storm King Art Cen­ter present four imag­i­na­tive walk­ing tours cre­at­ed in response to, and inspired by, Storm King’s exhi­bi­tion, Mark di Suvero at Gov­er­nors Island. Cre­at­ed by past artists-in-res­i­dence from LMCC’s Swing Space pro­gram at Build­ing 110, the walk­ing tours are per­for­ma­tive lec­tures inter­twin­ing the artists’ per­son­al expe­ri­ences and cre­ative process with respons­es to di Suvero’s mon­u­men­tal works.
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