Family Festival
Please join us in celebrating the opening day of Governors Island for our FREE third annual Family Festival! The festival will feature children's theater, sea-shanties, puppet-making workshops, Yo-Yo artists, musicians and more!Performers include:
*The Mercantillers
*The Hudson River Ramblers
*The Waterfront Museum's CIRCUSunday acrobat entertainers
*Drum Zone
*Herman Mellville of the South Street Seaport Museum
*Literally Alive Children's Theater
*The Two Man Gentleman Band
*Children's Park Charette
*City Lore's Place Matters Program
*Juggler Josh Weiner
*Arts & Crafts with Lisa Abbatomarco
*Performer Adam Auslander
"Acrobrats" Entertainment provided by Red Hook's Waterfront Museum and Showboat Barge under the artistic direction of Karen E. Gersch, Ringmistress. For a more in-depth glimpse at of possible future programming which could bring visiting historic ships to dock at Governor's Island, visit www.waterfrontmuseum.org/circus.htmCUNY Climate Change Lecture Series For the second year in a row, CUNY presents an environmental lecture series every Saturday during the summer season. Lectures are held in historic Pershing Hall and will begin at 12:30. Please check back closer to the event date for a more detailed description.
The lecture will begin at 12:30 and is FREE and open to the public.