6/20 - Sunglass Hut "Electrify Your Summer"!

SUNGLASS HUT 

"ELECTRIFY YOUR SUMMER"

MORE INFO HERE!

Saturday, June 20, 2015 

12:00 pm to 10:00 pm

LOCATION

Chelsea Market Passage, on the High Line between West 15th and West 16th Streets

Join us for a day of dancing on the High Line in celebration of the summer solstice.

Enjoy music by local artists and DJs, a sun installation powered by movement on the dance floor, refreshing treats from People's Pops, adult and kid-friendly beverages, a Sunglass Hut pop-up shop and styling station, photo booths, and more.

#ELECTRIFYNYC

SUPPORT

This event is presented by Sunglass Hut.

Friends of the High Line is pleased to be partnering with Sunglass Hut to present this special opportunity to the park's visitors. Friends of the High Line works hard to raise funding from private donors to provide 98% of the park's annual operating budget. Sponsored public events like this one support the ongoing maintenance of the High Line, helping us keep the park clean, welcoming, and free to the public all year long.

Have fun,
Terresa =)

12/21 - Make Music New York - Join in on the Fun!

Make Music Winter is Sunday!

Join thirteen participatory musical parades this Sunday and celebrate the first day of winter! And, share your experience of the Solstice with us: tweet at @makemusicny, and tag your posts with #MMWinter2014. 
 

Make Music Winter: Schedule

All events take place rain or shine! Follow the links for full details. 

11:00 AM: Winterize

 at Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Christopher Dylan Herbert's wandering version of Schubert's Winterreise, for baritone and radios. Radios will be available for the first 65 participants.

1:00 PM: La Trullita Navideña de Los Sures

 in Williamsburg: El Puente CADRE, Southside Merchants and St. Paul's Church fuse the exuberant Caribbean parrandawith the reflective Mexican posada tradition, with music by BombaYo.

2:00 PM: Soho Gamelan Walk

 at Spring Street and 6th Ave: Play cast iron buildings in Soho with composer Daniel Goode.

2:30 PM: Flat Foot Flatbush

 along Flatbush Ave: Appalachian dancing and fiddling led by the Nick Horner Family and Jalopy Theater. (A free workshop at Brooklyn Central Library begins at 1:00 PM.) Claim your free Car2Go

 registration with 30 minutes of drive time (code BLYNK) at the 7th Ave and Flatbush parade stop!

3:00 PM: Lightmotif

 in Long Island City: Brass musicians are invited to join Hiroya Miura in this parade which uses the Long Island City Sundial, using the Citibank building as the gnomon. Download the music in advance here

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4:00 PM: Kalimbascope

 in Williamsburg: Composer JC King's psychedelic thumb piano parade along Grand Street in North Brooklyn. Kalimbas will be available to the first 20 participants. 

4:00 PM: Parranda con Paranda

 at 1330 Intervale Ave in the Bronx: Join WHEDCO and the Bronx Music Heritage Center for an afternoon parranda celebrating Puerto Rican and Garifuna traditions. 

4:00 PM: Prelude

 at Cadman Plaza (William Jay Gaynor Memorial): James Holt's slow-motion Bach procession through DUMBO, guided by your smartphone. Download the tracks in advance here

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4:00 PM: Village in Volume

 in the West VIllage: Celebrate fifty years of Terry Riley's iconic piece In C with its first-ever mobile performance.

4:00 PM: Wheels

 in Prospect Park: Bring your bike to participate in Nissim Schaul's parade for bicycle bells, with a score transmitted by computer-controlled helmets with lights. Tuned bike bells will be distributed to the first 50 participants. 

5:00 PM: Bell by Bell

 from 55th St and 6 1/2 Ave: Wander through the enigmatic 6 1/2 Ave with Tom Peyton, playing pieces for the colored handbells he supplies.

5:00 PM: The Gaits: A High Line Soundwalk

: Walk the High Line with this smartphone-powered parade, and turn your footsteps into twinkling music. Download the app for iOS

 or Android

 in advance. 

6:30 PM: Pilgrimage

 from the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Walk through Central Park singing medieval songs once sung along the route to Santiago de Compostela with conductor Malcolm J. Merriweather. Download the music here

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Warm wishes for the New Year from Make Music New York! 
Terresa =)

6/21 - Stream the Mind Over Madness Yoga Classes Live From Solstice in Times Square in the Comfort of Your Own Home!

Happy first day of summer! If you missed the sign up for the Mind Over Madness Yoga - Solstice in Times Square, no worries! You can actually stream all the classes live, beginning at 5:30AM, on their website and do it all within the comfort of your home and PJs and what not.

The Times Square Alliance and Athleta will stream the event live (powered by Livestream) on their websites at www.TimesSquareNYC.org and on www.Athleta.com as well as on www.YogaJournal.com and www.MyYogaOnline.com so that yogis across the country and the world can join the class. 

For those in Times Square, the event will also be broadcast on the Toshiba Vision Screens atop One Times Square.

Do that downward dog!
Terresa =)