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Can't wait to see you tonight! Just a heads up that we've put measures in place to safeguard you from the rain -- including, but not limited to, whiskey. The doors will open at around 9:30pm so you can stay dry. See you soon! -- Your Friends at Huge
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11:00am to 5:00pm
Jazz Age Lawn Party
@Governor's Island
The 9th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party
on Governors Island
SATURDAY & SUNDAY
JUNE 14th & 15th
and
AUGUST 16TH & 17TH, 2014
11:00 am to 5:00 pm
TICKETS AVAILABLE HERE:
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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
This trip through time begins on a breezy ferry, gliding past Lady Liberty en route to NYC’s local treasure, Governors Island. Once ashore, a sprawling green awaits, nestled under a canopy of century-old trees, caressed by fresh sea air, surrounded by historic architecture - a dream of the 1920s hidden right in the heart of New York Harbor
For the sixth consecutive year, St-Germain Elderflower Liqueur will be our signature spirit partner. In addition, we are pleased to announce that legendary mixtress Julie Reiner (co-owner of Clover Club, Flatiron Lounge and Pegu Club) and Andy Seymour (one of America’s top mixologists) join the Lawn Party family to lend their magic to our refreshing summer cocktail list
Jazz Age Lawn Party chef Jimmy Carbone (proprietor of Jimmy’s No. 43 in the East Village) returns to serve up his tasty fare (including “Squab on Toast,” “Sliced Beefsteak Sandwich,” “Shrimp Roll,” “Portabello Sandwich” and fresh grilled Mexican corn) to complete your al fresco feast on the Lawn
Fabulous new features include: an additional stage for featured entertainers, brand new deluxe ticket packages, shorter lines and fun filled raffles throughout the day, along with other special surprises
Widely anticipated by flappers, sporting gents and tiny tots alike, the event has been revered year after year by The New York Times, The New Yorker and countless media around the globe
A delightful array of offerings abound throughout the day, including:
Performances
MICHAEL ARENELLA AND HIS DREAMLAND ORCHESTRA the world’s premier Jazz Age dance band, specializing in the Hot-Jazz of the 1920s. Conductor, composer, musician and singer Michael Arenella presents a personally transcribed songbook for your listening and dancing pleasure
THE DREAMLAND FOLLIES an Art Deco spectacle evokes Ziegfield-esque grandeur
RODDY CARAVELLA AND THE CANARSIE WOBBLERS this fun-loving dance troupe conjures the rebellious yet exuberant spirit of Roaring ‘20s youth
GELBER & MANNING BAND feuding vaudevillian lovebirds quarrel, coo and make beautiful music together
QUEEN ESTHER pays tribute to jazz royalty of yore
PETER MINTUN world’s greatest piano man
THE MINSKY SISTERS tap dance darlings delight with fancy footwork
Activities
ANTIQUE GRAMOPHONES bring to life original recordings from the 1920s
DANCE LESSONS learn the hottest dance steps of the time
VINTAGE PORTRAITS you ought to be in pictures, snapped in our Sweetheart Booth or perched upon our Paper Moon
BATHING BEAUTIES AND BEAUS PROMENADE pull that itchy wool number out of the closet and parade it for all to admire
1920s MOTORCAR EXHIBITION get up close and personal with flivvers and Tin Lizzies
CHARLESTON DANCE CONTEST see who’s the Bee’s Knees in this lighthearted dance off
THE HIGH COURT OF PIE CONTEST categories include “Mom’s Best” “Best Savory” “Most Original” and “Hobo’s Choice” (For entry email: govislandpie@gmail.com)
KIDLAND carnival games and prizes for junior gents and flapperettes
Offerings
EXPANSIVE 100’ X 100’ WOODEN DANCE FLOOR set up right on the lawn!
TWO STAGES featuring the finest Jazz Age entertainment throughout the day
ST-GERMAIN ELDERFLOWER LIQUEUR presents a variety of refreshing and enticing cocktails including the Signature St-Germain Cocktail, Sangria Flora in addition to new creations designed by renowned mixologists, Julie Reiner and Andy Seymour. Each cocktail has been handcrafted to highlight the light, refreshing taste of St-Germain
MARTINI Sparkling Wines proudly joins the lineup of superior cocktail
offerings at this year’s Jazz Age Lawn Party. The iconic Italian winemaker
will be showcasing a full portfolio of sparkling wines for refreshing
enjoyment, including the new fully sparkling Prosecco, the aromatic Rosé
and the naturally sweet Asti. Available by the bottle, by the glass or in
charming mini bottles, MARTINI has a wine for every palate
ICE COLD BEER, old fashioned lemonade, soda, juices, water, iced coffee and tea to whet your whistle
GOURMET FOOD MENU featuring an assortment of fresh, era-inspired entrées and picnic fare along with treats and snacks including ice cream, hot popped corn and more
VINTAGE CLOTHING VENDORS AND ARTISANS a veritable village of timeless treasures and inspired creations to take home
DREAMLAND GENERAL STORE for your comfort and convenience offering picnic blankets, parasols, hand fans and assorted sundries
5:00pm - 8:00pm
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Bringing the World into the World
On view: June 15 – October 12, 2014
Participating artists: Alighiero Boetti, Chris Burden, Ray and Charles Eames, Harun Farocki, Dominique Gonzalez-Forester, Hikaru Hayakawa, Yumi Kori, Robert Moses and Raymond Lester & Associates, L十 [PAK Sheung Chuen, WO Man Yee, LEE Soen Long], Reanimation Library, Liu Wei, Jessica Rylan, Tavares Strachan, Clarissa Tossin, Lawrence Weiner, Wong Kit Yi
Saturday, June 14, 2014
5–8pm: Opening Reception
4:30-6pm Solar System Walk, Vol. 1
Guided 1.5 hour tour of Chris Burden’s Scale Model of the Solar System (placed in the Museum to a mile away) led by artist Nate Carey. Co-organized with Amateur Astronomers Society of Voorhees (AASV).
6:30–7pm City-rama: Looking In/Looking Out
Special guided tour of the Panorama of the City of New York, the largest object in the exhibition. Blagovesta Momchedjikova, veteran Queens Museum Panorama tour specialist.
Bringing the World into the World is an exhibition of international contemporary art inspired by the largest object in the Queens Museum’s collection, The Panorama of the City of New York. This legendary architectural model of New York City’s five boroughs was commissioned by controversial master builder Robert Moses for the 1964/65 New York World’s Fair, and today, the 9,335 square foot Panorama is still the world's largest model of an urban environment. While it provides a comprehensive bird’s eye view of the metropolis, the Panorama does not surround its viewers, in a circular, 360-degree fashion, the way historical panoramas do. It was English painter Robert Barker (1739 - 1806) who coined the word “panorama” (from the Greek “pan” -all and “horama” -view) when he invented the format of presenting his own large landscape paintings on a circular surface. These panoramas were an instant crowd-pleasing spectacle, a commercially successful form of mass entertainment, and one of the most significant breakthroughs in 18th and 19th century visual culture, stimulating a great many incarnations thereafter—dioramas, moving panoramas, and cycloramas—each aimed to more perfectly commemorate an event (famous battles, the Crucifixion) or represent worlds near and faraway (cities, nature landscapes).
Both the Queens Museum’s enormous scale model and the concept of the historical panorama have inspired artistic practices that deal with urbanism, cinema, memory, surveillance, history, cartography, mass media, scale, and spectacle. Adopting its title from a series of works by Italian artist Alighiero Boetti (1940-1994), Mettere al mondo il mondo (Putting the World Into the World), the exhibition echoes his fundamental vision that art and the world contain and are contained by each other. For Boetti, the artistic process consisted of focusing attention on mundane objects and experiences from daily life, which, re-arranged or re-contextualized, could be seen anew. The role of the artist is thus to bring forth what already exists but has become invisible due to various agencies that obscure its existence such as systems of control or our own inertia. To this end, the diverse body of works in Bringing the World Into the World explores the physical experience of the acts of seeing, seeking, and searching for the world.
Image: LIU WEI, Library II-II, 2013, books, wood, iron and hardware, three sculptures, each: 114.17 x 55.12 x 66.93 inches; 74.8 x 47.24 x 62.99 inches; 98.43 x 68.9 x 70.87 inches. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York and Hong Kong
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