Events
August 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.
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, August 3, 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.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage on the High Line, between 15th and 16th Streets.
FREE, no RSVP required. Appropriate for all ages.
Walking 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.
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Tuesday, August 3, 2010 8:00PM
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: This program will take place at 14th Street on the High Line for the duration of August.
FREE. RSVP not required.
High Line Talks: Designs from the Cutting Room Floor with Peter Mullan
VP For Planning & Design, Peter Mullan
Peter Mullan, Friends of the High Line’s Vice President of Planning & Design tells the story of the design ideas for the High Line that didn't make the cut.
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.
Location: 14th Street Passage on the High Line.
FREE, no RSVP required.
Saturday, August 7, 2010 11:00AM
EVERY SATURDAY: 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, visit the Tours page.
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 6:30PMHigh 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 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.
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Thursday, August 12, 2010 6:00PM
¡Arriba! Mambo & Salsa on the High Line!
Image created by James Corner Field Operations and Diller Scofidio + Renfro,
courtesy the City of New York.
Join Friends of the High Line and Hudson Guild for an evening of elevated Salsa dancing on the High Line. Live music by the Orlando Marin Orchestra will be accompanied by dance lessons led by Lori Brizzi.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage on the High Line.
FREE, no RSVP required.
Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:00AM
Nature Printing: A Family Printmaking Workshop with Ann deVere
Join teaching artist and printmaker Ann de Vere to discover and explore the process of printmaking. Use materials found in nature to make unique prints inspired by the High Line. Printmaking activities to include sun printing and stamp designing. For kids ages 4 and up.
Location: 14th Street Passage on the High Line.
FREE, no RSVP required.
Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:30PM
High Line Horticulture Walking Tour with Patrick Cullina
Vice President of Horticulture & Park Operations, Patrick Cullina.
Join Patrick Cullina, Friends of the High Line’s Vice President of Horticulture & Park Operations for a tour of the High Line with a focus on the High Line's flora, and the challenges of maintaining an elevated park.
Patrick Cullina is the Vice President of Horticulture and Park Operations for Friends of the High Line. Previously, he was Vice President of Horticulture, Operations and Science Research at Brooklyn Botanic Garden. A popular lecturer, photographer and plantsman, he has served as horticultural adviser to a wide range of municipal, commercial and private projects. His work in public horticulture has been recognized by a number of organizations; he received the Garden Club of New Jersey/National Garden Clubs Inc.’s
Distinguished Service Award in 2003 and Gold Medal in 2005.
$10 for members / $15 for non-members.
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Wednesday, August 25, 2010 4:00PM
Wild Wednesday #4: Weed Wars! : Uninvited Guests on the High Line
Discover the powerful plants that grow their own secret garden on the High Line. Take the “pesky plant challenge,” and make your own pop-up book. Wild Wednesday activities are designed for kids ages 5 and up and take place on the last Wednesday of every month.
Location: 14th Street Passage on the High Line.
FREE, no RSVP required.
