Come Out & Play returns to New York City in 2017 for a 12th year of extraordinary outdoor games. We’ll take over DUMBO on July 21 with an evening of street games and play. Then we’ll move the fun to Governors Island on July 22 for a day of new sports and family-friendly games. Charge up your phone, lace up your running shoes and get ready for another two days of wild new games and playful experiences.
Come Out & Play returns to New York City in 2016 for another year of extraordinary outdoor games. We’ll take over DUMBO on July 8…
Mark your calendars to celebrate the biggest harbor festival of the metropolitan region on Saturday, July 16, on Governors Island, New York; at Maxwell Place Park, Hoboken, New Jersey; and at dozens of In Your Neighborhood locations around New York Harbor.
Take a tour of the Hills rising on Governors Island! The Hills are currently under construction at the southern end of the new park. Made…
The New York Transit Museum’s fleet of vintage buses heads to Governors Island for a summer weekend! Iconic “fishbowl” style windshields, a two-tone green color…
In celebration of Governors Island 10th anniversary, Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra invite you to the grandest Jazz Age Lawn Party to date. Originating as a small gathering of friends longing for the simpler charms of a bygone era, the event has evolved into an international destination, one of the world’s most beloved and longest running events of its kind.
Take a tour of the Hills rising on Governors Island! The Hills are currently under construction at the southern end of the new park. Made of recycled fill materials, the Hills will rise 25 to 70 feet above the Island, and the summit of the tallest Hill will provide visitors with a 360-degree panoramic view of the Harbor.
Want to be a part of a fun, inflated sculpture transforming the landscape of the city? AEOLIAN RIDE will celebrate its 10th birthday in New York with a riding event to Governor’s Island and the site of 596 Acres’ Urban Reviewer residency with Spontaneous Interventions on Governor’s Island.
Michael Arenella and His Dreamland Orchestra invite you to the beloved Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island. Now in its ninth year, the event has become the quintessential outdoor celebration of the Jazz Age and its living legacy.
Urban Reviewer is New York City’s first detailed, annotated digital map of master plans from the Urban Renewal era. 596 Acres will be showcasing the tool as well as premiering an interactive physical map within Spontaneous Interventions’ summer residency on Governor’s Island.
Come join this two day festival to celebrate NYC’s vibrant poetry community on Governor’s Island!
MWA’s City of Water Day Festival is a free day-long celebration of the world-class potential of the water that surrounds us and brings us together.
Come celebrate Governors Island’s treasures: Common terns and oysters!
On June 7th and 8th, FIGMENT New York will be kicking off another amazing summer of free art and events on Governors Island in New York Harbor.
New waterfront projects lead the way in mitigating the risks of climate change and building coastal resiliency.
New York City is getting a new park on Governors Island, with vistas of the harbor.
Go to Governors Island any weekend until the end of September and check out the Sculptors Guild’s “Rising Tide” exhibit.
Governors Island will feature creativity at every corner on from June 8th-June 9th. Take a short ferry ride to the island to enjoy art, music, and creative energy!