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The Weekend Calendar
Saturday, June 22 & Sunday, 23, 2019
Saturday June 22
10AM
Drawing in the Park
Paint in watercolor, or use pastels, chalk, and charcoal to capture the magical vistas of the Hudson River and the unique landscape of South Cove. An artist/ educator will help participants of all levels with instruction and critique. Materials provided. Wagner Park. FREE
11AM
Kid’s Kitchen
Eataly Downtown
In this Big Kid’s Kitchen class, bambini (ages 8+) will get the opportunity to work with fresh pasta dough, and create their own filled pasta. Each child will learn how to make various filled pasta shapes, from tortellini to ravioli, in this guided hands-on experience. They’ll learn the science behind the various techniques that go behind this rustic process and end the class enjoying a kid’s portion of ravioli straight from our kitchens. World Trade Center. $25
1PM
Open Studios
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
As part of the River to River Festival, LMCC invites the public to go behind the scenes and meet its artists-in-residence in their studios at 101 Greenwich Street. Over the course of two days, audiences learn about the practices and processes of multi-disciplinary artists working in the transformed office spaces of 101 Greenwich, and experience a wide range of artwork from live performance and theater to poetry and fiction to painting and sculpture.
101 Greenwich Street, 15th floor. RSVP recommended
2PM
Solstice Saturday: New Inca Son
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
The richness of Andean folklore comes alive with New Inca Son. Acclaimed in the U.S. and abroad for over 20 years, the group has performed its ancient melodies and dances on world stages. New Inca Son is an award-winning band with a mission: to preserve its indigenous heritage and to instill, particularly in children and young people, an understanding and appreciation of it. One Bowling Green. https://americanindian.si.edu/calendar
2PM & 4PM
Windowsill to Table
Good Stuff
Learn the basics of apartment care for plants, incoporate windowsill herbs into your cooking, and create herbal home remedies with Benita Robledo.
205 Front Street $10-$20
4PM
Adult Dance Lessons – Afro Beats
Battery Park City Parks
Featuring some of the hottest Afrobeats and Soca songs, this open level will be fun and high energy. Come build your stamina and break a sweat on the dance floor. Community Center at Stuyvesant High School. FREE
5PM
SailGP Racing will take place on the Hudson River, between the Battery and Rockefeller Park. Racing will run from 5-6:30pm (subject to change) comprising two fleet races and a match race final where the top two teams go head-to-head to determine the overall event winner.
There will be great viewing along the Battery Park City esplanade of the world’s fastest on-water sail racing. Six teams from the United States, Australia, China, France, Great Britain and Japan will be vying for the right to race in the $1 million winner-takes-all match race later this year. Click to watch some practice earlier this week.
5PM
Northern Italian Filled Pasta
Eataly Downtown
Create your own pasta dough and create different shapes in a guided hands-on activity. Enjoy a plate of filled pasta from our Eataly kitchens paired with two glasses of wine. World Trade Center. $80
6:30PM Castle Clinton National Monument
Battery Park
Shakespeare Downtown will stage an open-air production of “Hamlet” at Castle Clinton National Monument in the Battery. Admission is free, on a first-come, first-served basis. Shows starts at 6:30 pm, but anyone wishing to attend should arrive by 6:00 pm, for the best chance of getting tickets. For more information, please browse: ShakespeareDowntown.org.
Sail Pioneer
Take a beautiful Sail Around New York on a historic 1885 schooner! See the sights of New York Harbor from the decks of the historic 130-year-old schooner Pioneer. The vessel, first launched in 1885, was built as an iron-hulled sloop to carry cargo along the Delaware River. Bring your family for an afternoon sail, a date for a sunset sail, or just yourself to enjoy history at sea. Get a new perspective on New York City with a sail on Pioneer. The best way to experience the harbor, without crowds, cars, and chaos. Bring a picnic lunch or dinner, afternoon snack, beverages or a bottle of wine to enjoy on your sail. Check web site for times. Pier 16 (box office at 12 Fulton Street).$28-$42
W.O. Decker Trip + Museum Admission
South Street Seaport Museum
Ages 10 and up (no more than three children under the age of 14 per adult) When booking this trip, please be aware that you are embarking on a working tugboat. Tugboat journeys can be bumpy and the only seating area is inside. There is a secure safety line around the perimeter of the boat, but it is not a hand grasp. You may get wet. Flat, closed-toe shoes with a back or back-strap are required. Check web site for times. Pier 16 (box office at 12 Fulton Street).$29-$35
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SUNDAY JUNE 23
“ditch” by Jennifer Monson/iLand
Lower Manhattan Cultural Council
“ditch” explores the interactions among the forces of gentrification; the history of community activism, the pressure of development that exacerbates income inequality; as well as the ecological interactions between the life at the edge of the island in the Lower East Side. The choreography is developed from the rhythms, tones and spatial inflections of movement generated by flows of people, the traffic, weather and water along the river’s edge. ditch accesses and creatively explores the embodied knowledge that signals both danger and safety. How do we sense impending disasters? Come see. East River Esplanade, entrance at Rutgers Street.
10AM T. C. Cannon: At the Edge of America Exhibition Tour
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
Join a museum ambassador for a 45-minute tour of T.C. Cannon: At the Edge of America. Repeated at 11am. One Bowling Green.
11AM
Porch Stomp
Trust for Governors Island
Porch Stomp is a free, community-led participatory folk festival, where performances take place on the porches of Governors Island’s historic Nolan Park. Over 100 small-scale acoustic concerts, jams, and workshops featuring some of NYC’s best bluegrass, old-time, blues, roots, and Americana music are showcased during the daylong festivities.
2PM
Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Tour
Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian
Tour of the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House, home of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York. Tour highlights include a discussion of the history of the site, architect Cass Gilbert, viewing the Collectors office; Tiffany woodwork; Reginald Marsh murals; and the 140-ton rotunda dome by Raphael Gustavino. One Bowling Green.
2PM & 4PM
Clothing Care
Good Stuff
Elizabeth Cline, author of Overdressed and now The Conscious Closet, will explain how to care for your clothing, including stain removal, hand washing, sweater care, deciphering labels, and how to care for those stinky gym clothes! 205 Front Street $10-$20
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RiverWatch
Cruise Ships in the Harbor
Arrivals and Departures
Saturday, June 22
Adventure of the Seas
Inbound 6:30 am (Bayonne); outbound 3:00 pm;
Bar Harbor, ME/Canadian Maritimes
Norwegian Dawn
Inbound 7:15 am; outbound 3:30 pm; Port Canaveral, FL/Bahamas
Sunday, June 23
Norwegian Escape
Inbound 6:15 am; outbound 4:30 pm; Bermuda
Many ships pass Lower Manhattan on their way to and from the Midtown Passenger Ship Terminal. Others may be seen on their way to or from piers in Brooklyn and Bayonne. Stated times, when appropriate, are for passing the Colgate clock in Jersey City, New Jersey, and are based on sighting histories, published schedules and intuition. They are also subject to tides, fog, winds, freak waves, hurricanes and the whims of upper management.
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