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 2011
21 June 2011
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, 2011
On Tuesday, June 21st, yoga enthusiasts will celebrate the longest day of the year with an all day yoga fest. Attendees are challenged to find tranquility and transcendence in the midst of the world’s most commercial and frenetic place, Times Square.
Where: Broadway Plazas between 45th and 47th Streets. Check in is at Broadway and 48th Street.
Admission: FREE
When: 7:30 am to 7:30 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, 2011
5 PM – Sunset (Rain or Shine)
Bring your friends and family to the 10th anniversary of the Park’s Solstice event, welcoming the summer and celebrating the longest day of the year! Be creative in solstice artmaking workshops presented in partnership with Materials for the Arts, The Noguchi Museum and Queens Museum of Art; 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; have a picnic and enjoy the view as the sun sets over the Manhattan skyline! Featuring for the very first time at Socrates, Silent Storm Sound System’s silent disco – a unique way of experiencing music! Guests wear wireless headphones as a silent atmosphere transforms in to a high-energy dance party.
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