Cook Out NYC takes over Colonels Row on Sunday Where else in New York City can you celebrate grilling and the written word all in one place? Governors Island of course! On Sunday, visitors can sample some of the best grilling in New York City at Cook Out NYC where some of the City’s great [...]
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Army Heritage Day features historic reenactments and living history programs. This weekend features something for everyone on Governors Island. On Saturday, visitors can celebrate Army Heritage Day with the National Park Service, play badminton with RECESS in Colonels Row and then, for those who have tickets, head to the Governors Ball music festival on the [...]
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Governors Island had a record breaking day on Sunday, when nearly 18,000 visitors came to the Island. Many of our visitors came dressed in their best seersucker and fabulous hats to watch the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic. These visitors made Sunday the biggest public access day ever for the Island, and the number of visitors over the course [...]
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Governors Island welcomed tens of thousands of visitors this past weekend. Visitors picnicked next to sculptures that were a part of Mark di Suvero at Governors Island: Presented by the Storm King Art Center, played a few rounds of mini golf on FIGMENT’s “Bugs” course, had a beer at Brewers’ Pic-NYC, saw free art exhibitions in historic [...]
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This past weekend, Governors Island headed back in time to the 1920′s with flappers, bathing beauties and great jazz music from Michael Arenella and the Dreamland Orchestra. The Jazz Age Lawn Party has been a fixture on the Island for the past several years and has drawn thousands to listen to the great music, learn the Charleston or [...]
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Governors Island was once again home to polo this past Sunday when more than 12,000 visitors came to the Island to see the Veuve Clicquot Polo Classic. Thousands of visitors donned hats, dresses and seer sucker suits and braved a warm day to see Prince Harry’s Black Rock team play Nacho Figueras’ Black Watch Team. [...]
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FIGMENT took over Governors Island last weekend, and more than 20,000 visitors came to the Island over the course of the weekend to see all that was going on here. Art was everywhere — there were performances and bands in Colonels Row, interactive art in Nolan Park for kids and adults of all ages, the [...]
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Kids on the Governors Island ferry, photo by Marco Repola At 7pm this past Sunday, the Samuel S. Coursen took its last load of public visitors back to Manhattan. Governors Island is now closed for the 2009 season and will re-open in May of 2010. We’re always sad to say goodbye, but 2009 was a [...]
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This weekend, thousands of visitors came out to Governors Island to enjoy the last official weekend of summer. Many visitors took advantage of the miles of car-free biking here, while others caught performances at the New Island Festival, and saw the houses of Nolan Park as they were transformed by Droog design as a part of Pioneers of Change. [...]
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The New Island Festival will offer an exciting smorgasboard of happenings on New York City’s Governors Island from September 10–13 and again from September 17–20. Come discover provocative theatre, stunning site-specific performance, dazzling visual arts and exhilarating DJ sets, all performed by world-class Dutch performers. The New Island Festival brings the greatest elements of European outdoor [...]
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