Maren Hassinger Steel Bodies
June 10, 2022 @ 9:00 am - March 5, 2023 @ 7:00 pm
Socrates Sculpture Park
32-01 Vernon Boulevard
Queens, NY
Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
Walk among the steel vessels, up to eleven feet high, experiencing new perspectives on waterfront Socrates Sculpture Park through their linear frames. New York-based artist Maren Hassinger’s new, site-responsive work examines the complications of human interrelation and affinity, identity, and collectiveness, through abstraction in the outdoors.
Free Admission Noguchi Museum
On the first Friday of every month, enjoy free admission to a serene museum and gardens founded and designed by internationally renowned Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi. Advance reservations are highly recommended; tickets are released two weeks before each date.
Housed in a repurposed 1920s red brick industrial building, with an attached concrete pavilion designed and…
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Noguchi Museum Open Studio: Gallery Kit
Families and visitors of all ages are invited to pick up a Gallery Kit filled with art materials from museum educators, and explore internationally renowned Japanese-American artist Isamu Noguchi’s work through art-making.
See our guide to the Noguchi Museum.
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Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks
Watch Macy’s annual spectacular fireworks show on the East River. Go early to nab spots in stands along the elevated portion of FDR Drive, with entrances at East 23rd, East 34th and East 42nd Streets, or at Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens or Transmitter PArk, Bushwick Inlet Park, and Marsha P. Johnson State Park…
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Gantry Plaza State Park/Hunter’s Point Park South
Visit two Long Island City playgrounds within walking distance of each other set in a large riverside oasis with spectacular Manhattan views.
Lots of places to climb and spin (and splash in the summer) at the playground at Gantry Plaza State Park with a cushioned rainbow floor and groovy design. Stroll along the park’s four…
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