EVENTS IN BATTERY PARK CITY PARKS
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2019 Annual Art Reception
Opening
Sunday, January 27, 1:00 – 3:00 PM
Art on View
Weekdays, January 28 – March 29
75 Battery Place
View works by participants of all ages from Battery Park City Authority art programs.
All are welcome at the Opening Reception and Art on View. |
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ONGOING PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
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Parent & Baby Yoga
Mondays
January 7– April 29
(No program on 1/21, 2/18)
SESSION 1: 1:00 – 2:15 PM
SESSION 2: 2:30 – 3:45 PM
6 River Terrace
Enjoy yoga in a safe, supportive environment while learning postures and exercises specifically suited for new parents and babies – newborn through crawling.
Registration Required. Space is Limited: email registration@bpcparks.org |
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Preschool Play & Art
Thursdays
January 03 – April 04
SESSION 1: 10:00 – 11:30 AM
SESSION 2: 3:30 – 5:00 PM
6 River Terrace
13 SESSIONS, $195
Encourage imagination, and discovery through child–directed play. Take delight in story time, and wielding blocks and vehicles. Engage in art projects with your walking toddler that include painting sculpting clay and more!
Registration Required. Space is Limited: email registration@bpcparks.org |
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Stories & Songs
Wednesdays
January 9 – April 3
SESSION 1: 9:40 – 10:20 AM
SESSION 2: 10:30 – 11:10 AM
SESSION 3: 11:20 – 12:00 PM
6 River Terrace
Share the experience of live musical performance and creative storytelling with your little one. Professional musicians will illuminate and brighten up the spirit through song, movement, and dance. Rhythm instruments provided. For ages 6 months to 3.5 years.
Free Program: Registration Required. Space is Limited: email registration@bpcparks.org |
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Morning Meditation
Mondays
January 7 – April 29
9:45 – 10:15 am
6 River Terrace
Start your morning with a peaceful mind. Primordial Sound Meditation can lower blood pressure, reduce stress, and strengthen the immune system. To learn more, click here. |
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Senior Group Exercise
Mondays
January 7 – April 29
(no program on 1/21, 2/18)
10:30 – 11:45 am
6 River Terrace
Strengthen the whole body from warm-up to cool-down with various fun exercises. The instructor will lead you in rhythmic movement and aerobics, balance and coordination exercises, as well as strength training. Come join the group and workout to great music!
To learn more, click here. |
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Zumba Jumpstart
Tuesdays
January 8 – April 8
10:30 – 11:45 am
6 River Terrace
Join a fitness dance party with upbeat Latin music of salsa, merengue, hip hop, and more! Enthusiastic instruction creates a fun community of dancers who learn new steps each week. Bring your friends!
To learn more, click here. |
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Senior Drop in
Tuesdays
January 8 – April 30
1:00 – 5:00 PM
200 Rector Street
Drop by the new Community Room and Join seniors from the greater BPC area for conversations, local news, informal card and board games. Make new friends and catch up with neighbors.
For more information email: 200rector@bpca.ny.gov
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Events at Brookfield Place
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The Rink at Brookfield Place
Monday – Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Holidays
November 27 – February 4
Established a boutique ice skating experience in downtown Manhattan at Brookfield Place mall in New York City offering upscale ice skating programs for men, women, and children. Majestic views of the Statue of Liberty from the Hudson River will leave you with memories you will never forget!
Monday – Friday: 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM, 3:00 PM – 4:30 PM, 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Saturday, Sunday & Holidays: 10:15 AM -11:45 AM, 12:00 PM -1:30 PM, 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM, 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM, 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM, 8:00 PM – 9:30 PM
*Please note that each session operates at a given time.
You will ONLY be granted admittance for the session you are joining.
For more information click here. |
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Bettissima: Treasures from the Elizabeth Kray Archive
Mondays, December 11– April 15
6:30 PM
Poet’s House, 10 River Terrace
Betty Kray—dubbed Bettissima by E. E. Cummings—was a great unsung American cultural worker. A visionary arts administrator, Elizabeth Kray (1916–1987) co-founded Poets House with poet Stanley Kunitz and was an ardent advocate for poetry and American poets. This exhibition includes over 100 letters to and from acclaimed poets such as Elizabeth Bishop, E. E. Cummings, Michael Harper, June Jordan, Denise Levertov, Clarence Major, George Oppen, Adrienne Rich, and many others, documenting trajectories of 20th-century poetry in the United States.
Admission Free and open to the public. BPCA In partnership with Poets House.
For more information click here. |
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EVENTS AT THE MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day Commemoration
Sundays
January 27 – February 3
36 Battery Place
January 27 is designated by the United Nations General Assembly as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Since 2005, the United Nations and its member states have held commemoration ceremonies to mark the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau and to honor the six million Jewish victims of the Holocaust and millions of other victims of Nazism.
For more information click here. |
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Surviving Skokie
Tuesday, January 29
2:00 PM
36 Battery Place
Surviving Skokie is an intensely personal documentary by former Skokie resident Eli Adler about the provocative events of the 1970s when a band of neo-Nazis threatened to march in Skokie, Illinois. The film explores his family’s experience of the Shoah, their transition to life in America, and a journey to confront long-suppressed memories.
Free to attend with museum admission. Advance registration recommended. |
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Numbered
Thursday, January 31
7:00 PM
36 Battery Place
An estimated 400,000 numbers were tattooed in Auschwitz and its sub-camps. Numbered documents the dark time and setting during which these tattoos were assigned as well as the meaning they took on in the years following the war.
This program is presented in commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day on January 27.
Free to attend with museum admission. Advance registration recommended.
For more information click here. |
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EVENTS AT THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY
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Drama Workshop
Thursday, January 31
4:00 PM
175 North End Ave.
Join the story with props, puppets, and masks! Play games that teach you how to act by thinking on your feet! No acting experience necessary 🙂
This program is for grades 1-6. Sorry, no toddlers. Limited to the first 25 children and their caregivers.
Free to attend. For more information click here. |
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