Author Archives: GovIsland
GIA Family Festival #7
Come celebrate opening weekend on Governors Island at the FREE 7th Annual Family Festival Saturday, May 28th noon – 4 pm. Music and live performers, arts & crafts and maritime education fill the day. Bring a picnic and spend a … Continue reading
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Volunteer Today!
Governors Island is growing and changing, with exciting new park spaces and programs coming on line. Be a part of New York’s most exciting summer destination! Become an Alliance Volunteer this summer. Volunteers greet visitors at the docks and help … Continue reading
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Summer Season Sizzles
The Island’s seventh public season opens Friday, May 27, the start of the Memorial Day weekend, with a calendar of first-time-ever events, 13 weeks of popular returning activities and a target of 550,000 visitors. For the first time, an Island-wide … Continue reading
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The Star of Summer 2011: Storm King on the Island
You can’t miss them. This summer’s exhibition of sculpture organized by the Storm King Arts Center features a dozen huge works by Mark di Suvero, master of large-scale pieces in steel. See him in the photo above, installing one of … Continue reading
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Science on the Island: June 4
The World Science Festival is coming to the Island on the first weekend in June. The Festival is a five-day citywide celebration of science through 50 windows of discourse and debate, the arts, exhibitions and free events designed for young … Continue reading
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Save the Date: GIA Benefit On the Island June 20, 6-9 pm
GIA invites you to celebrate the summer season at our annual benefit on Monday, June 20 from 6 to 9 pm. Come mingle in the Commanding Officer’s Quarters in Nolan Park, with cocktails, light supper and music on the lawn.We … Continue reading
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2012 and Beyond
The benefits of having city control over the Island are busting out all over. Let’s drink to that! Yes, the newly revealed Phase I plan for the Island’s Parks and Public Spaces include a pipe to bring drinkable water from … Continue reading
Posted in In The News, Online-Offshore, The Island's Future
Harbor School is “Very Best”
It’s a first! And the winner is, of course, the Harbor School. The New York Landmarks Conservancy is giving the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School one of the Lucy G. Moses Preservation Awards it gives each year for “the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, History, In The News
Tagged harbor school, Historic Preservation
Count on it! Summer’s Coming!
While the Island lies vacant slowly thawing from the winter snow, summer plans are taking shape (see below). The Island will open to the public on Friday, May 27, and remain that way through Sunday, Sapetember 25. As before, it … Continue reading
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Tagged Summer Season