BeeBlitz on Governors Island & & The Little Opera
Jun 22, 2019 @ 11:00 am– 7:00 pm
Governors Island
Governors Island
New York, NY
Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
From 11 am – 3 pm, join The Honeybee Conservancy to find and document the many species of native bees on Governor’s Island. Armed with your curiosity, your phone and the iNaturalist app, search the Island using a handy map to capture photos of some of the 450+ species of bees in New York. Visit The Honeybee Conservancy and Island Bee Project’s Bee Sanctuary, and take an extraordinary look into the fascinating world of bees with arts & crafts and bee demonstrations.
At 5 pm, The Little Opera Theater of NY presents free outdoor concert in Nolan Park featuring three companies presenting excerpts from operas with singers and piano.
James Hsieh: No Place I’d Rather Be
Vibrant embroideries and hand-sewn textile sculptures by multi-disciplinary artist James Hsieh juxtapose childlike wonderments with adult thoughts and emotions in 28 Liberty’s ground-level amphitheater and retail space. Walk though fantastical nature in immersive environments and watch whimsical animations on oversized screens.
See the artists at work Mondays & Tuesdays from 12-6 pm.
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Governors Island Egg Hunt
Join the first-ever public egg hunt on Governors Island. 10,000 wooden painted Easter eggs will be hidden throughout the Island’s 120 acres of open space, with Island-specific prizes and giveaways for the most hard-boiled egg hunters.
Register for one of several levels of egg hunts tailored to specific age groups, along with an Island-wide scavenger…
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Earth Day Berry Bash Celebration
Blueberries, chokeberries, cranberries, huckleberries—berries of all kinds are an important part of Indigenous food traditions. Join the museum in a springtime celebration that includes storytelling, films, and educational demonstrations about this delicious food with deep cultural roots.
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imagiNATIONS Activity Center
Solve puzzles, perform experiments, play state-of-the-art computer simulations and find out how corn is like a dog in this interactive, family-friendly space. Explore scientific principles behind Native innovations and technologies that are so ingenious, many remain a part of our daily lives.
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Battery Playscape
Explore a new playground with five ecology zones—Bluff, Marsh, Dune, Meadow, and Riverbed– in resilient design, post-Superstorm Sandy when the park survived the full force of the 15-foot storm surge and became a focal point of sea level rise. Lyrical patterns of water illuminate the portal, fence, and custom seating. Daylight filters through the punctuated…
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