Thursday, July 13, 2017

Wave Hill Events Jul 27–Aug 3 Salsa Take One!


  Thu, July 27    Evening Garden Walk
Enjoy an evening stroll in the gardens with a Wave Hill Garden Guide. Free with admission to the grounds.
MEET AT THE PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 6:30PM

Thu, July 27    Evening Yoga
Enjoy yoga on the lawn select Thursday evenings. Participants should bring a mat, dress appropriately and expect to be outside unless precipitation or excessive humidity occurs. Classes are offered in partnership with Yoga Haven. All levels welcome. $25/$15 Wave Hill Member. Pre-registration recommended, online atwavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center.
ON THE GROUNDS, 6:30PM–7:30PM


Sat, July 29    Family Art Project: Sundials and Sunprints
Celebrate the glory of sunshine. Through handmade sundials, learn about the sun’s shadows and discover a simple and fun way to tell time. Add a traditional motto or create your own. Then, using shapes, found natural materials and special paper, create a print using only the sun’s rays. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM‒1PM


Sat, July 29    Garden Highlights Walk
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM

Sat, July 29    Meet the Artists: Jan Mun & David Rios Ferreira
Join us at this artist talk in the Sunroom Project Space. Jan Mun combines digital and living media to explore the movement of plant species and the immigrant experience, while a window installation by David Rios Ferreira contains drawings and collages with cartoon-inspired characters, along with historical, cultural and contemporary pop references. Film director and producer Nina Alvarez will lead the discussion with Mun, and Genevieve Hyacinthe, professor at the School of Visual Arts, will be in conversation with Rios Ferreira. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 2PM

Sun, July 30    Family Art Project: Sundials and Sunprints
Celebrate the glory of sunshine. Through handmade sundials, learn about the sun’s shadows and discover a simple and fun way to tell time. Add a traditional motto or create your own. Then, using shapes, found natural materials and special paper, create a print using only the sun’s rays. Free with admission to the grounds. 
WAVE HILL HOUSE, 10AM‒1PM


Sun, July 30    Garden Highlights Walk
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 2PM

Mon, July 31    
Closed to the public.

Tue, August 1    Garden Highlights Walk
Join us for an hour-long tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.
MEET AT PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 11AM

Tue, August 1    Gallery Tour
Wave Hill’s Curatorial Fellow leads a tour of the summer exhibitions in Glyndor Gallery. An exuberant counterpoint to Wave Hill’s lush summer gardens, Flora Fantastica! shows the work of four artists who share an interest in using pattern derived from cultural and botanical sources to create fantastic hybrid forms. Nancy BlumAmy Cheng and Elisabeth Condon each has an entire room for their paintings. Jill Parisi creates an installation for the entry foyer. In the Sunroom Project Space, Jan Mun combines digital and living media to explore the movement of plant species and the immigrant experience, while a window installation by David Rios Ferreira contains drawings and collages with cartoon-inspired characters, along with historical, cultural and contemporary pop references. Free with admission to the grounds.
GLYNDOR GALLERY, 2PM

Wed, August 2    Sunset Wednesdays Outdoor Music: Salsa Bruja with Caridad de La Luz & Dancers
Salsa Bruja takes salsa from the clubs and theaters to this beautiful garden setting. The show features singer Caridad De La Luz, widely known as “La Bruja” (“The Witch”), as the evening’s MC and vocalist. Best known for her performances on Russell Simmons’ HBO series “Def Poetry Jam,” she is one of America’s leading spoken-word poets. Her awards include recognition as a “Bronx Living Legend” by the Bronx Music Heritage Center and inclusion in a list of “Top 20 Puerto Rican Women Everyone Should Know.” She just finished the successful Off Broadway run as China Rodriguez, the revolutionary daughter turned Young Lord in the musical “I LIKE IT LIKE THAT.” For the performance at Wave Hill, local dancers showcase the choreography of Nilsa De La Luz. Free with admission to the grounds. On Sunset Wednesdays, admission is $10, $6 for students and seniors 65+, and $4 for children ages six to 18. Free to Members and children under six.
ON THE GROUNDS, 7PM


Thu, August 3    Evening Garden Walk
Enjoy an evening stroll in the gardens with a Wave Hill Garden Guide. Free with admission to the grounds.
MEET AT THE PERKINS VISITOR CENTER, 6:30PM

Thu, August 3    Evening Yoga
Enjoy yoga on the lawn select Thursday evenings. Participants should bring a mat, dress appropriately and expect to be outside unless precipitation or excessive humidity occurs. Classes are offered in partnership with Yoga Haven. All levels welcome. $25/$15 Wave Hill Member. Pre-registration recommended, online atwavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center.
ON THE GROUNDS, 6:30PM–7:30PM


A 28-acre public garden and cultural center overlooking the Hudson River  and Palisades, Wave Hill’s mission is to celebrate the artistry and legacy of its gardens and landscape, to preserve its magnificent views, and to explore human connections to the natural world through programs in horticulture, education and the arts.

HOURS  Open all year, Tuesday through Sunday and many major holidays: 9AM–5:30PM, starting March 15.  Closes 4:30PM, November 1–March 14.
ADMISSION  $8 adults, $4 students and seniors 65+, $2 children 6–18. Free Saturday and Tuesday mornings until noon. Free to Wave Hill Members and children under 6.

PROGRAM FEES  Programs are free with admission to the grounds unless otherwise noted.

Visitors to Wave Hill can take advantage of Metro-North’s one-day getaway offer. Purchase a discount round-trip rail far and discount admission to the gardens. More at http://mta.info/mnr/html/getaways/outbound_wavehill.htm

DIRECTIONS – Getting here is easy! Located only 30 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Wave Hill’s free shuttle van transports you to and from our front gate and Metro-North’s Riverdale station, as well as the W. 242nd Street stop on the #1 subway line. Limited onsite parking is available for $8 per vehicle. Free offsite parking is available nearby with continuous, complimentary shuttle service to and from the offsite lot and our front gate. Complete directions and shuttle bus schedule at www.wavehill.org/visit/.

Information at 718.549.3200. On the web at www.wavehill.org.

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