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Jazz, Theater and Art on Governors Island This Week

EVENTS THIS WEEKEND: JAZZ AGE LAWN PARTY Sat Aug 15- Sun Aug 16, 11 AM- 5PM A roaring twenties family friendly garden party featuring live jazz orchestras, dance lessons, performances, paper moon photo booth, antique cars, games, vintage vendors, food and drink. Tickets are required and can be purchased in advance or on Colonels Row.  THE PLANTATION  Sunday, August 16, 3 PM, Commanding Officer's House A FREE site-specific staged reading of The Plantation, a new adaptation of Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. The Plantation is set during Reconstruction, Virginia 1870, and staged on Governors Island by adaptor/director Claire Beckman on the 150th anniversary of the end of The Civil War and the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights movement.  LAST CHANCE TO SEE! WE ARE NEW YORK CITY- CHILDREN'S POETRY AND ART EXHIBIT Ends Sun Aug 16, 12PM- 5PM An exhibition of poetry and artwork by students from the 3 Lower Manhattan schools. This exhibit is the culmination of an arts-education program centered around the theme of landmarks. The exhibition includes activities for children and families such as creating masks inspired by our City. Explore Haiku and other poetic forms at interactive writing stations and visit the pop-up children’s library. On view will be art and poetry by students from PS1, PS 89 and PS 276. Murals by the Community Word Project. DESTINATION ART: GOVERNORS ISLAND  Art in America featured Visitors, the series of exhibitions comprising Art CommissionsGI, the Trust for Governors Island’s public art program.  The exhibit features the work of nine contemporary artists using multiple artistic platforms including performance, visual arts, interactive technology and written pieces to create experiences for Island visitors.  Art in America calls the exhibit "a cerebral show that challenges expectations of public art. Engaging themes of science fiction, speculative history and alienation, the exhibition has a light footprint." Read more.  Facebook Twitter Website

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