Events
July 2010
EVERY TUESDAY: Free Fitness & Movement Class
Fitness & Movement on the High Line.Toning up has never been this easy! Take this 45-minutes class on the Feldenkrais Method, an awareness-through-movement practice that integrates movement, breath, and vision to increase flexibility and coordination. Practicing the Feldenkrais Method promises to profoundly shape your body, empower your mind, and enlighten your spirit through focused and meaningful movement.
There is no class on July 13. Classes will resume on July 20.Note: the location of this program has changed to the below:
Location: Chelsea Market Passage on the High Line, between 15th and 16th Streets.
FREE, no RSVP required. Appropriate for all ages.
Offered in partnership with Shape Up NYC.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 10:00AM
EVERY TUESDAY: Free Pilates Fusion Class
Fitness & Movement on the High Line.Toning up has never been this easy! Build strength, flexibility, and endurance with this innovative 45-minute workout. Instructor Frederick Schjang combines Pilates, flexibility, and strength elements to create a total body experience.
There is no class on July 13. Classes will resume on July 20.Note: the location of this program has changed to the below:
Location: Chelsea Market Passage on the High Line, between 15th and 16th Streets.
FREE, no RSVP required. Appropriate for all ages.
Offered in partnership with Shape Up NYC
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 12:00PMWalking Tour with High Line Gardeners
Photo by Kerry Cheeseboro.
Join the High Line’s gardeners on a walking tour to learn about the park's one-of-a-kind horticulture design, and the unique challenges of tending a garden in the sky.
Walking tours with the High Line's gardeners take place on the first Tuesday of every month.
$10 for members / $15 for non-members.
Purchase tickets for meeting location.
Tuesday, July 6, 2010 8:30PM
EVERY TUESDAY: Stargazing with the Amateur Astronomers Association
Photo by Kiersten Chou.
Join Friends of the High Line and the Amateur Astronomers Association (AAA) of New York for Astronomy on the High Line, each Tuesday at dusk, on the High Line. View the stars using the AAA’s high-powered telescopes, and get a lesson from the experts on the celestial wonders of New York’s night sky.
Telescopes will be set up from dusk to 9:30 PM under the Standard Hotel on the High Line, located between Gansevoort and 14th Streets. This event will occur every Tuesday evening. In the event of rain, Stargazing will be cancelled. For updated information on weather related changes, visit www.aaa.org.
Location: On the High Line under the Standard Hotel
FREE. RSVP not required.
High Line Design Walking Tour with Peter Mullan
VP For Planning & Design, Peter Mullan
Join Peter Mullan, Friends of the High Line’s Vice President of Planning & Design on a walking tour and learn about the High Line's unique design elements.
Prior to joining Friends of the High Line, Peter was a designer and project manager at Polshek Partnership Architects, where he focused on master planning and museum projects for universities including the Yale University Art Gallery and the Yale Arts Area Master Plan and the Brooklyn Museum. Peter is Vice President of the Fine Arts Federation and a Trustee of the Greenwich Village Society of Historic Preservation, and was a member of the Save Gansevoort Market Task Force that was successful in creating the Gansevoort Market Historic District. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Architecture, where he was the recipient of the Alpha Rho Chi medal for Leadership, and of Princeton University.
$10 for members / $15 for non-members.
Purchase tickets for meeting location.
Wednesday, July 14, 2010 6:30PM
High Line Art Walking Tour with Lauren Ross
Donald R. Mullen, Jr. Curator & Director of Arts Programs,
Lauren Ross.
Join Lauren Ross, Friends of the High Line’s Art Curator, on a walking tour highlighting the High Line’s distinctive public artworks.
Lauren has over fifteen years of experience in New York City as a curator, writer and nonprofit director. Before joining Friends of the High Line in May 2009, Lauren was Interim Curator of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art at the Brooklyn Museum. From 2001 to 2004, she served as Director/Chief Curator of White Columns, one of New York’s oldest and most highly respected alternative arts spaces. There she curated over one dozen group exhibitions and approximately 30 solo project room shows. Ms. Ross has contributed to exhibition catalogs published by White Columns, The Studio Museum in Harlem, and the Whitney Museum of American Art, as well as to such periodicals as Art in America, Art on Paper, and The Brooklyn Rail.
$10 for members / $15 for non-members.
Purchase tickets for meeting location.
Saturday, July 17, 2010 9:00AM
Imagination Playground in a Box
Imagination Playground in a Box
Join Imagination Playground on the High Line and give your kids the opportunity to experience a completely new way to play! Children will be invited to experience Imagination Playground in a Box, a new concept that offers a changing array of elements that allow children to constantly reconfigure their environment and to design their own course of play. Giant foam blocks, mats, wagons, fabric and crates overflow with creative potential for children to play, dream, build and explore endless possibilities.
For more information about Imagination Playground, visit www.imaginationplayground.org.
Note: the location of this event has been changed to the Chelsea Market Passage on the High Line.
FREE, no RSVP required.
A Target Arts & Wonder Free Family Event
Sketching What You See
Artists Emily Gibson and Saul Chernick will lead an open workshop for all ages on sketching the High Line. Limited supplies will be provided.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage on the High Line.
FREE, no RSVP required.
A Target Arts & Wonder Free Family Event
Wild Flowers and Urban Landscape Collages with the Children’s Museum of the Arts
Create your own tissue paper flowers and collage landscapes by drawing inspiration from the wildlife and surrounding landscape of the High Line.
Location: 14th Street Passage on the High Line.
FREE, no RSVP required.
A Target Arts & Wonder Free Family Event
High Line Talks: Gardening in the Sky with Melissa Fisher
Director of Horticulture & Park Operations, Melissa Fisher.
Melissa Fisher, Friends of the High Line’s Director of Horticulture & Park Operations discusses the original plans and concepts for the High Line's flora, and the unique challenges and successes of applying this distinctive planting design to the High Line.
Melissa was the first Friends of the High Line staff member to work directly on park operations and horticulture. Prior to joining Friends of the High Line, she was the Director of the Green Branches program at the Horticultural Society of New York. Melissa is a graduate of the New York Botanical Garden’s School of Professional Horticulture, and was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tanzania, East Africa. Her interest in the connections between plants and people emerged during her time as an undergraduate working on Dartmouth College’s Organic Farm, and expanded to the urban realm during her time as Coordinator of the Austin Community Gardens in Austin, Texas.
Location: 14th Street Passage on the High Line.
FREE, no RSVP required.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010 4:00PM
Wild Wednesday #3: Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles: Bugs Rule the Line
Grab a magnifying glass and go on a bug hunt with High Line gardener Kyla Dippong. Release new helpful bugs right into the park, then make a butterfly sun catcher to take home. Wild Wednesday activities are designed for kids ages 5 and up and take place on the last Wednesday of every month.
Location:
FREE, no RSVP required.
Saturday, July 31, 2010 11:00AM
Enjoy a Free, Guided Walking Tour with a High Line Docent
High Line docents.Walking tours are a great way to learn more about the High Line’s history, design, and distinct horticultural elements in an intimate setting.
High Line Docents are volunteers trained by Friends of the High Line staff on all aspects of the High Line. Every Saturday at 11:00 AM, a High Line Docent leads a free, guided walk through Section 1 for up to 20 people. Meet at the bottom of the Gansevoort Street stair. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations are not accepted.
For more information, email tours@thehighline.org.
