Category Archives: Events
IRENE SCENE
Worried about Irene damage to the Island? There wasn’t a lot. A tree or two were toppled and some branches were broken. Morning-after photo by National Park Service staff.
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New School on the Island?
Governors Island is one of the three choices of land that the city is offering as the site for a new school for the applied sciences – such as engineering, physics, computer science, chemistry and environmental science. The two others … Continue reading
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Earth Matter(s)
The Earth Matter plot on the eastern edge of Picnic Point answers the age-old question of which came first: the chicken or the egg? The chicken did – about 30 of them, in an earth friendly demonstration project by a … Continue reading
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A New Look at Old Water
As a cleaner New York Harbor has penetrated deeper into the public consciousness every year, so has the desire to spread the news. From the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School‘s high school lessons to Baykeeper’s oyster gardening, advocates enliven … Continue reading
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It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a kite!
Breezy shores and open fields are the perfect formula for flying a kite – on Governors Island, of course. The Alliance will host its annual Let’s Fly a Kite day on Saturday, July 23. There will be hundreds of free … Continue reading
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The City Floats!
The Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance will float its fourth annual City of Water Day next weekend — on Saturday, July 16. Governors Island and Liberty State Park in New Jersey are its two hubs on terra firma, but the real focus … Continue reading
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Di Suvero: Artist, Recycler
Tons of steel traveled hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles to mount the biggest and best outdoor sculpture show in the short history of Governors Island as a new gallery for the arts. It is also the first exhibit ever … Continue reading
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We honor…
On a beautiful evening in June, the Alliance drew some 250 fans to the Island for its sixth annual Spring Gala, inside and outside the columned quarters of bygone generals and admirals. Early arrivals were treated to a guided tour … Continue reading
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…and Next Year
Following Storm King’s extraordinary outdoor exhibit of sculpture this summer, the Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum will stage an extraordinary indoor exhibit of graphic design in summer 2012. Their exhibit, Graphic Design: Now in Production, is co-sponsored with the Walker … Continue reading
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