Events
September 2010
EVERY SATURDAY: 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.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010 9:00AMEVERY 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.
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.
NATURE: 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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ARTS: Demetrius Oliver Opening
Demetrius Oliver, Jupiter, 2010Join Friends of the High Line in celebrating the opening of Demetrius Oliver's Jupiter, a major public art commission combining original photography, music performances by The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, and stargazing with the New York chapter of the Amateur Astronomers Association on the High Line.
Location: On the High Line at West 18th Street
FREE, no RSVP required
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.
ARTS: Film Screening & Talk: "NY Export: Opus Jazz"
Image by Jody Lee Lipes.
Shot on location in New York City, "NY Export: Opus Jazz” takes Jerome Robbins’ groundbreaking 1958 ballet and re-imagines it for a new generation. Watch the film, which includes a scene shot on the High Line at the rail yards, and listen to a post-show talk by producers and dancers.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage
FREE, no RSVP required
Screenings on the High Line are supported by Vimeo.
KIDS: Drawing From Nature with the Whitney Museum of American Art
Join the Whitney Museum of American Art for a drawing workshop exploring the work of painter Charles Burchfield, whose pieces are on view at the Whitney through October 17. Families will learn about Burchfield and create drawings based on observations from the unique vantage points on the High Line.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage
FREE, no RSVP required
Ages 6 to 12
POSTPONED: Elevate Your Yoga: Yoga on the High Line
Join Nikki Costello, a certified lyengar Yoga teacher, as she leads a multi-level class inspired by the High Line. Watch a demonstration, participate in a class, and then relax during a post-class reception. Demonstration at 5:30 PM, Class at 6:30 PM.
Please note: this program has been postponed until the spring.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage
HISTORY: West Side Walking Tour with Matt Postal
Join architectural historian Matt Postal for a walk through the changing neighborhood around the historic West Side Rail Yards.
$10 for members / $15 for non-members
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ARTS: Jupiter Music Performance
Demetrius Oliver, Jupiter, 2010Demetrius Oliver'sJupiter is a major public art commission combining original photography, live music performances, and stargazing on the High Line. Listen to student musicians from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music perform "Jupiter" by John Coltrane, expanding the spatial dimension of the main element of Oliver's piece, a 25-by-75-foot photographic banner installed on a billboard adjacent to the High Line at West 18th Street.
Locations along the High Line
FREE, no RSVP required
ARTS: Jupiter Opposition
Demetrius Oliver, Jupiter, 2010Join Friends of the High Line and artist Demetrius Oliver to celebrate the Jupiter Opposition, the day Earth passes between the Sun and Jupiter, making the distant planet clearly visible. The Jupiter Opposition coincides with Demetrius Oliver'sJupiter, a major public art commission presented by Friends of the High Line that combines original photography, live music performances, and stargazing on the High Line. Student musicians from The New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music will perform "Jupiter" by John Coltrane and the New York chapter of the Amateur Astronomers Association will bring their high-powered telescopes to the High Line for stargazing.
Stargazing with the Amateur Astronomers Association will take place from dusk until 9:30 PM.
Music from 8:00 - 9:00 PM along the High Line.
FREE, no RSVP required
ARTS: Film Screening: “Twelve Ways to Sunday” Presented by Rooftop Films and IFP
Set amidst the rural landscape of Allegany County, New York, this intimate cinematic portrait captures the testimonies of life in small towns. Live music by the High Highs at 7:00 PM. Film screening at 7:30 PM. Q&A with filmmakers at 8:45 PM.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage
FREE, no RSVP required
Screenings on the High Line are supported by Vimeo.
HISTORY: Life Line of New York: How the High Line Fed New York City
Before it was transformed into a park, the High Line played a critical role in delivering food to New Yorkers. Listen to historian Patrick Ciccone tell the rich–and often overlooked–story of how food reached New Yorkers, and how the High Line connected the city to a nationwide network of food production and processing.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage
FREE, no RSVP required
ARTS: Variable Pop: Fitness & Movement Class
Photo by Cristina Macaya.
Join Naomi Goldberg Haas, director, for Variable Pop, a fitness and movement workshop based on the work of Dances for a Variable Population that celebrates community and the joy of dance. Open to adults of all ages and abilities.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage
FREE, no RSVP required
KIDS: Wild Wednesday Activity: Creepy Crawlies & the Dirt on Dirt: Composting in the City
Discover how worms and insects turn dead plants into soil. Explore composting methods with High Line Gardener Maeve Turner, hold a wriggly red worm in the palm of your hand, and make your own worm bin to take home. Wild Wednesday Activities take place on the last Wednesday of every month.
Location: 14th Street Passage
FREE, no RSVP required
Ages 5+
ARTS: Autumn Crossing Performance
Photo by Cristina Macaya.
Enjoy dances by Naomi Goldberg Haas/ Dances For A Variable Population and the Hudson Guild Senior Center, set to the music of the Warsaw Village Band. The dances feature a celebration of rich, colloquial movement that take the audience on an intergenerational adventure.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage
FREE, no RSVP required
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.
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ARTS: "Autumn Crossing" Performance
Photo by Cristina Macaya.
Enjoy dances by Naomi Goldberg Haas/ Dances For A Variable Population and the Hudson Guild Senior Center, set to the music of the Warsaw Village Band. The dances feature a celebration of rich, colloquial movement that take the audience on an intergenerational adventure.
Location: Chelsea Market Passage
FREE, no RSVP required
