Renegade Performance Group at Socrates
Socrates Sculpture Park
Suggested Ages: All, Adult Friendly
See the debut of Renegade Performance Group‘s ‘Ephemera’ – a new Afrofuturist site-specific dance/media work at Socrates Sculpture Park. This multimedia project expounding on the body as a living-archive using choreography, sound-design, and technology to activate the current exhibition, Chronos Cosmos: Deep Time, Open Space. The Black Speculative Arts Movement will also join for outreach and engagement between performances (at 3 & 6 pm).
Field Guide: Planting Workshop
Join neighborhood farmer Anna Poaster of Hellgate Farm and talk about plants, planting, then get into the soil! Plant vegetables, herbs, and flowers in the education gardens.
Over the rest of the summer, these plants will be attracting pollinators, and being used, tasted, smelled, touched, and propagated in the season’s workshops.
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Salsa n Samba Vibes’ Plaza Dance Party
Join Queensboro Dance Festival for a thematic afternoon of performances, followed by a dance lesson and open dance floor for all to a live Queens band or DJ.
Includes performances by Cucala Dance Company, Drye/Marinaro Dance Company, and Flamenco Latino, a NY Salsa dance lesson with Cucala Dance Company and open dance floor with…
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‘Jazzy Jams’ Dance Party at Murray Playground LIC
Join Queensboro Dance Festival for a thematic afternoon of performances, followed by a dance lesson and open dance floor for all to a live Queens band or DJ/
Includes performances by Chieh&Yoyo, Cole Collective and 10tecomai, Japanese dance lessons with 10tecomai and an open dance floor with Queens musical guest Roy Futaba Jazz.
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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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