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Earth Day on the High Line
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Join us to celebrate the end of High Line Spring Cutback and the beginning of spring with a day of community festivities at the High Line on Sunday, April 22.
The day will begin at 10:00 AM with a participatory art event by Alison Knowles, who will restage her performance of Make a Salad, in which she mixes a giant salad and serves it to the crowd.
From 2:00 - 4:00 PM, bring the kids to Earth Day in the Sky to dance to tunes by the On the Lam Brass Band, make your mark on our 15-foot mural, and get dirty creating wildflower seed balls to plant your own native garden at home.
We hope you’ll also stop by our Volunteer Recognition Ceremony at 11:00 AM to join us in thanking our dedicated volunteers for their contributions during Spring Cutback, our largest horticultural task of the year. Throughout the day you can also chat one-on-one with our gardeners or High Line Greeters to learn more about the park’s unique design, history, horticulture, art, and more.
See a full schedule of events for the day.
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Announcing a New Season of High Line Food
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The beginning of a new season of High Line Food is right around the corner.
Returning to the High Line are last year’s favorites Blue Bottle Coffee, L’Arte del Gelato, Melt Bakery, People’s Pops, and La Newyorkina. These vendors will all be back in the park by Saturday, April 21, just in time for Earth Day.
Later in the season we’ll be welcoming new food options to the Chelsea Market Passage, on the High Line at West 15th Street, and a new partner, Terroir, who will serve wine, beer, and an assortment of panini and salads at The Porch, the open-air café on the High Line at West 15th Street.
Read more about the upcoming season of High Line Food.
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PEN World Voices Festival at the High Line
We’re pleased to partner with Processional Arts Workshop to bring performances to the High Line as part of the 8th Annual PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature.
On Monday, April 30, the Parade of Illuminations on the High Line will feature visual elements and larger-than-life puppets designed by Processional Arts Workshop and created in local community workshops drawing inspiration from the unique anatomy of books and the history of print, from ancient tablets of clay to modern tablets of light.
Come animate a puppet, catch strands of text, and celebrate literature in all its incarnations.
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New Monthly Bloom Guide
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We’re pleased to announce new plant guides that will bring added depth to your next visit.
As our staff and volunteers trimmed back dried plant material, spring bulbs and new growth have popped up everywhere. It seems like new blooms are appearing daily. To help identify these plants of interest, we're debuting new downloadable monthly guides that feature names and full-color photographs for plants in bloom along the entire High Line.
Download our brand-new bloom guide for April.
Also available is our 2012 Plant Guide, a full-color guide to over 70 of our favorite plants. It features an enhanced map of the park's twelve distinct landscape zones, and includes images and information about some of the High Line's most popular plants, including plant names, origins, and growing conditions and seasons.
Visit our Merchandise and Membership Cart in the park, beginning Saturday, April 21, or our Web Shop, to purchase a copy.
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High Line Events & Happenings
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TOUR: NATURE ON THE HIGH LINE
Take a walking tour with a High Line Gardener to get an insider’s look at the unique horticultural design of the park, and the challenges of tending a garden elevated 30 feet above the streets of New York City. Purchase tickets.
HIGH LINE KIDS: MUSEUM MORNINGS
In May, Friends of the High Line is teaming up with different museums to host art activities inspired by the city. During our first session on Saturday, May 5, kids will use colored pencils, moss, and other natural materials to create a collaborative mural, as well as pieces to take home. Read more.
NOW ON VIEW
High Line Art is pleased to introduce two new HIGH LINE COMMISSIONS: our first-ever group exhibition Lilliput, featuring miniature sculptures in surprising places along the High Line, and Untitled (Good & Bad), a sound installation by Uri Aran that transforms a portion of the park into an imaginary jungle. Read more.
FROM FREIGHT TO FABULOUS
Take a walking tour of the High Line with architectural historian Matt Postal on Wednesday, April 25 to learn about a time when freight trains and cargo ruled Manhattan's West Side. Purchase Tickets.
NEW MERCHANDISE
The spring season means the return of the High Line Merchandise and Membership Cart. Visit us on the High Line at West 16th Street to check out some of our newest merchandise, including postcards and magnets featuring some of the best photos of the park, as well as staples like High Line: The Inside Story of New York City’s Park in the Sky. Learn more.
WE’RE HIRING
We are now accepting applications for full and part-time positions at Friends of the High Line. Visit our Web site to see a full list of the available positions and download the job descriptions.
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Best of the Blog, Facebook, and Twitter
Here are the past few weeks’ most popular items from the High Line Blog, Facebook, and Twitter. High Line Blog
New High Line Art for April Facebook
Thank you Facebook fans for your help in choosing the next High Line Print! Twitter
Photo: Lady Jane tulips are blooming on the High Line near W18 St @ The High Line
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2012 High Line Membership Campaign
Another incredible season on the High Line is about to begin!
Throughout the year, our staff has been planning to make this season the High Line’s best yet, with twenty blocks of thriving gardens … exciting new programs … interactive performances … and much, much more.
But we can’t do it alone. From Gansevoort to West 30th Street, members sustain the park. It is only with your support that we can hire the gardeners and maintenance staff who care for the park. Plus, your support this season will allow us to work toward opening the High Line at the rail yards to the public as soon as possible.
Please, won’t you help make the season to come the High Line’s best yet, by making a 2012 Membership Gift today?
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Friends of the High Line
529 West 20th Street, Suite 8W
New York, NY 10011
(212) 206-9922
info@thehighline.org
The High Line is managed by a partnership between Friends of the High Line and the NYC Department of Parks & Recreation
Images, from top to bottom: Barry Munger, Barry Munger, Clay McLachlan, Lou Manna, Kareem Hamady, People’s Pops, La Newyorkina, Iwan Baan, Processional Arts Workshop, Barry Munger, Timothy Schenck
SUPPORT
High Line Spring Cutback and Earth Day are supported by Bloomberg, Google, HR&A Advisors, REI, Toyota, and UNIQLO.
Toyota is the presenting sponsor of the High Line plant guide.
High Line Art is presented by Friends of the High Line and the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation. High Line Art is made possible by Donald R. Mullen, Jr., with additional support from Vital Projects Fund, Inc. High Line Art is supported, in part, with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.
Leading support for High Line Kids programs is provided by MetLife Foundation and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, with additional support from the Concordia Foundation and the Milton & Sally Avery Arts Foundation.
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