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Free Events All Summer Long AUG JUNE JULY FAMILY FUN Quiet Clubbing Everybody Tango! Game Days AUG Overlook Concerts APRIL MAY Don headphones and party on the pier Enjoy Argentine Tango with an introductory Calling children 10 and under! Want For specific music information visit Learn To Ride! MAY with hundreds of all-ages revelers and lesson, music, and dancing in the open air led something fun to do on a sunny afternoon? riversideparknyc.org FREE New riders (5yrs & up) learn to balance, ride two live DJs spinning different genres. by Strictly Tango NYC. Lessons at 6:45 & 7:45. Games such as giant tic tac toe, hopscotch, From Blues to a 50-piece band, these concerts & enjoy life on two wheels. Reservations Change DJs with a flick of a switch and Thursdays, June & July, 6:30-8:30pm jump rope and more will be waiting for your make Sundays in the park so sweet. sway along with your friends or to your required, visit bike.nyc/education/classes/ arrival. Small groups & neighbors welcome. EVENTS ALL Fishing Pier @ 125th & Marginal Sts. Sunday, April 23, 30, & May 7, 2pm own tune. First come, first trained; there may be a wait. Tuesdays & Wednesdays in August, 116th Street Overlook SUMMER Saturday, August 26, 5-10pm Harlem Dances MAY JUNE JULY AUG Saturday, May 27, 10am-4pm 10am-2pm Pier @ 125th & Marginal Sts. Join different local companies for dance 135th St. & the Greenway (under the highway) 125th & Marginal Sts. Hudson Warehouse Presents the LONG performances and lessons of different Classics JUNE JULY AUG SEPT Play Dates! MAY JUNE JULY AUG SEPT Bingo movement styles. Little Red Lighthouse Festival For specific show information and times see 2017 BYO food & beverages to this all ages, Monthly outdoor parties featuring children’s Celebrate Manhattan’s only remaining SPECIAL EVENTS Third Friday, May-August, 6:30-7:30pm hudsonwarehouse.net free to enter, B-I-N-G-O night. Each game 125th & Marginal Sts. entertainers, arts & crafts, and neighborhood lighthouse with Urban Park Ranger June 1- 25, June 29-July 23, July 27-August 20 Sweet Spot Festival MAY AUG winner receives a prize! May 19 NYC Bhangra / expresses the fun! educational presentations, visits to the West 89th Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument SOH & Kindred Arts create a family- Fridays in September, 6-7:30pm joy, passion, and energy of life Second Saturday, May-August, 1-4pm lighthouse interior, readings of eponymous children’s book, fishing clinics, live music, food friendly gathering of community, cultures 125th & Marginal Sts. June 16 Xochipilli Dance Ensemble / 125th & Marginal Sts. Hudson Warehouse vendors, and fun family activities! & music lovers of all ages. Sounds spun by diversos estilos de danza JUNE JULY AUG May 13 Dave Jay / making kids laugh Shakespeare Workout a collection of North America’s renowned Saturday, September 30, 12-4pm folklórica mexicana June 10 Magic at Coney!!! / magical Covering the elements of Voice Production, sound architects. MUSIC & DANCE Fort Washington Park @ 181st July 21 The Movement Creative / variety show Acting and Stage Combat. Open to all, ages Saturday, May 20 (rain date May 21) & finding new potential in 13 and up. Online registration necessary: Shape Up NYC Zumba in West July 8 Charlini / a magic pirate Holiday on the Hudson DEC August 5, 3-9pm ourselves and the spaces we hudsonwarehouse.net Harlem Piers Park MAY JUNE JULY journey for children of all ages Join us for our tree lighting party and Pier @ 125th & Marginal Sts. move through. Saturdays, June 17, July 15 & August 12, 3-5pm AUG SEPT August 12 WonderSpark Puppets / The celebrate the season with live music, dancing, August 18 Fusha Dance Company/ West 89th Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument Revival JUNE Shape Up NYC (a NYC Parks partnership Lion & The Mouse though decoration making, and hot chocolate (while dance, drum, and culture from Dances For A Variable Population, with Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield and whimsical puppetry supplies last). Africa and the Diaspora RCTA Summer Sunset Concert legendary dancers, and neighborhood NYC Service) offers Zumba! Saturday, December 9, 4:30-6:30pm Series JUNE JULY AUG adults perform seminal dance techniques Saturdays, May –September, 11am New York City Fish Count 125th & Marginal Sts. Friday Freshen Up MAY JUNE JULY AUG For specific listings visit rcta.info or call of the 20th Century alongside the dancers Pier @ 125th & Marginal Sts. As part of the annual World Science Festival 212.978.0277 who created them. Kick off the weekend with some local sounds we will wade into the Hudson River to collect MAY JUNE JULY at this monthly musical get-happy hour PARTNER PROGRAMS IN Dance for Seniors and count what species of fish we find. How Music includes Classical, Jazz, Reggae, Saturday, June 17, 6pm Last Friday, May-August, 7-8pm AUG SEPT will our site differ from others? Join us for RIVERSIDE PARK Brazilian and more. Grant’s Memorial Plaza 125th & Marginal Sts. Dances for a Variable Population this fun waterside event! Saturdays, June 10-August 19 (no show July Riverside Gallery – Art in the master teacher Naomi Goldberg Haas May 26 Felisa / cumbia, bolero, bossa Saturday, June 3, 11am-1pm Riverside Park Conservancy 15), 7pm nova mixed with R&B, soul, Park JUNE and members of the intergenerational Fort Washington Park @ 172nd Volunteer Opportunities Lawn north of 96th St. Clay Courts Tour the Riverside Park open air gallery to company, lead dance workshops for all and hiphop Give some love to Riverside Park; chip in for see three sculptures by the accomplished ages and abilities with a focus on seniors. June 30 St. Lenox / art-pop project of RiverFish Celebration JUNE park improvement projects. Events take place teams of artists in the 7th year of The Art Celebrate moving in strong and creative former Juilliard-trained SOH & Urban Park Rangers connect you to rain or shine. Weather trouble? Students League Model to Monument ways. All fun. All welcome! concert violinist the life living within the Hudson River with See riversideparknyc.org for dates and times catch and release fishing, The Fuzzy Lemons, Is the event on? public art project. Fridays, May 12, June 9, July 14, August 11, July 28 Eljuri / letras de mensaje y or call 212.870.3070 for more details. Music with Patrick, and river-related arts & Check E @SummeronHudson or On view June-May during park hours September 8, 6-7pm conciencia social con candente crafts. Fishing equipment provided. nyc.gov/parks/soh Parks NYC Park Riverside 61st Street West 24 10023 NY York, New Join us for an opening ceremony and tour Lawn @ 133rd & Marginal Sts. guitarra rockera 2 hours before the event. with the artists on the 145th Lawn - August 25 Soul Science Lab / innovative Sunday, June 24, 11am-3pm date & time TBA Afro futuristic griot 125th & Marginal Sts. Human Chess SEPT SOH GENERAL INFO: Silent Disco JUNE MUSIC & DANCE KIDS WELLNESS & RECREATION Become your favorite game piece and Don headphones and party on the pier with Summer on the Hudson Summer on navigate the chess board as a team sport. the Hudson programming is FREE Let’s Dance! JUNE hundreds of all-ages revelers at this Quiet Locomotive Lawn Live MAY JUNE Pilates in the Park JUNE JULY AUG TO THE PUBLIC. Seating is limited, Learn to dance Salsa, Zouk and Bachata with Clubbing event featuring two live DJs of Moosiki Kids Musical Storytime fosters a Join Melissa Ricci, CPT, PMA from Base Thursdays in September, 4-6pm unreserved, and available on a first- lessons and group social dances led by master different genres. Shift DJs with a flick of a love of reading at a young age with musical Fitness® for a multi-level class that tones and West 89th Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Make Some Noise: A come, first-served basis beginning Riverside Park South teachers from the Piel Canela Dance and Music switch and sway along to the same song as stories & sing along encouragement on our balances your muscles, aligns your body, and Monument Plaza 1-2 hours before the event. If there School featuring DJ Ray Colon. your friends or to your own tune. comfy & danceable turf lawn right by the big strengthens your core! Bring your own mat. Celebration of Women and Riverside Park Skate Clinic is heavy rain at the time of the locomotive. Great for kids 5yrs & under! Music MAY Sundays in June, 6-9:30pm – Pier @ 70th St. Saturday, June 3, 5-10pm – Pier @ 70th St. Tuesdays, June 6th-August 29, 6:30pm MAY JUNE JULY AUG Tai Chi AUG SEPT event, the event will be cancelled. 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