Summer Solsctice Celebrations in Times Square and Socrates Sculpture Park New York City
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Summer Solsctice Celebrations in Times Square and Socrates Sculpture Park 2009
21 June 2009
Celebrate the Summer Solstice in Times Square, with FREE Yoga-fest throughout the day. Or bring your friends and family to take part in Socrates Sculpture Park’s 8th annual Solstice event to welcome the summer and celebrate the longest day of the year!
Summer Solstice in Times Square
June 21, 2009
A free yoga-fest in the heart of Times Square. Both experienced and beginning Yoga enthusiasts find tranquility and transcendence in the midst of the urban energy of the world’s most commercial and frenetic place.
Where: In Times Square, at the intersection of Broadway and 7th Avenue between 43rd and 44th Streets
Admission: FREE
When: The yoga-fest will be held in 4 sessions – at 8 am, 10:30 am, 1 pm and 3:30 pm.
Pre-registration is recommended
Visit the Official Website of Times quare Alliance for more details.
Summer Solstice in Socrates Sculpture Park, Long Island City, New York
June 21, 2009
5 PM – Sunset (Rain or Shine)
Bring your friends and family to Socrates Sculpture Park’s 8th annual Solstice event to welcome the summer and celebrate the longest day of the year! Be creative in solstice artmaking workshops with artists from Materials for the Arts, The Noguchi Museum, The Queens Museum of Art and Socrates Sculpture Park; have fun with Free Style Arts Association; get your face painted by Agostino Arts; enjoy a kayak ride with Long Island City Community Boathouse; participate in a special solstice ritual performed by Urban Shaman Mama Donna; sample foods from local restaurants at the 1st annual Taste of Astoria; have a picnic and enjoy the view as the sun sets over the Manhattan skyline!
SOCRATES SCULPTURE PARK
32-01 Vernon Boulevard at Broadway
Long Island City (Queens), NY 11106
The Park is located in Long Island City, Queens at the intersection of Broadway and Vernon Boulevard
Admission: FREE
Directions:
BY SUBWAY:
Monday through Friday take the N or W train to the Broadway stop in Queens and walk eight blocks west on Broadway (toward the East River) to the intersection of Vernon Boulevard. On Saturday and Sunday, take the N train to the Broadway stop.
BY BUS:
Q103, Q104 to Broadway and Vernon Boulevard
Q19A to Broadway and 21st Street
Contact
Phone: (718)956-1819
Website : www.socratessculpturepark.org/programs/solstice.php
