Grand Procession Honoring Civil War’s 150th Anniversary
This Memorial Day weekend, celebrate the Union soldiers who kept America united 150 years ago at the Green-Wood Historic Fund’s Grand Procession in Brooklyn, on Sunday May 29, at 8:15 p.m. Led by cavalry, the procession will wind through the historic grounds and past more than 4,500 candlelit graves of Civil War veterans, guarded by uniformed re-enactors and serenaded by musicians and singers. Location: Meet at the brownstone Gothic Arches of Green-Wood, inside the 25th Street and Fifth Avenue entrance.
Admission for Grand Procession Events: $10 per person or $25 for families; at the door: $15/$30. For more information visit www.green-wood.com.
Combine a two-mile walk through Central Park with a look at how different generations of New Yorkers viewed the Park as a proper place to remember their veterans on Memorial Day, May 30. At 11 a.m., meet behind the Maine Monument (Merchant’s Gate at Columbus Circle). The tour will last approximately two hours and end at Grand Army Plaza (Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.).
This event is free. For more information call 212-794-4064.
Touch the stars with your eyes every Tuesday from now through September, 7:30-10 p.m. at the High Line, the elevated park in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Friends of the High Line and the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York provide high-powered telescopes, and have experts on hand to offer a lesson on the celestial wonders of New York City’s night sky.
This event is free. No RSVP required. All ages. Weather permitting. For more information visit www.thehighline.org.
Featuring virtuoso violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, the New York Philharmonic will perform works by Beethoven and Bruckner at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall Thursday June 2 at 7:30 p.m., Friday June 3 at 2 p.m., and Saturday June 4 at 8 p.m. Also featured is the world premiere of a Sebastian Currier work. Born in Germany and playing violin since age 5, Mutter is considered one of the great violinists of our time.
Tickets: $30-$115. For more information visit nyphil.org.
The famous novel “La Dame aux Camelias” by Alexandre Dumas fils (1824-1895) inspired Giuseppe Verdi’s 1853 opera, “La Traviata,” George Cukor’s 1936 film, “Camille,” and finally choreographer John Neumeier’s 1976 ballet, “Lady of the Camellias.” The timeless story is retold by American Ballet Theatre at Lincoln Center June 3–8. The ballet, set to music by Frederic Chopin, tells the story of renowned Parisian courtesan Marguerite Gautier, who renounces her love for Armand Duval to safeguard his family’s honor. “The choreographer achieves a rare humanistic vision of these characters with a genuine expression of their love, sacrifice and sublime heartbreak,” says the Metropolitan Opera.
Tickets: $20-$195. For more information visit: www.metoperafamily.org.
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Admission for Grand Procession Events: $10 per person or $25 for families; at the door: $15/$30. For more information visit www.green-wood.com.
Memorial Walk Tour in Central Park
Combine a two-mile walk through Central Park with a look at how different generations of New Yorkers viewed the Park as a proper place to remember their veterans on Memorial Day, May 30. At 11 a.m., meet behind the Maine Monument (Merchant’s Gate at Columbus Circle). The tour will last approximately two hours and end at Grand Army Plaza (Fifth Avenue and 59th Street.).
This event is free. For more information call 212-794-4064.
Stargazing on the High Line
Touch the stars with your eyes every Tuesday from now through September, 7:30-10 p.m. at the High Line, the elevated park in Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Friends of the High Line and the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York provide high-powered telescopes, and have experts on hand to offer a lesson on the celestial wonders of New York City’s night sky.
This event is free. No RSVP required. All ages. Weather permitting. For more information visit www.thehighline.org.
Mutter, Beethoven, Bruckner, and a Sebastian Currier Premiere
Featuring virtuoso violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter, the New York Philharmonic will perform works by Beethoven and Bruckner at Lincoln Center’s Avery Fisher Hall Thursday June 2 at 7:30 p.m., Friday June 3 at 2 p.m., and Saturday June 4 at 8 p.m. Also featured is the world premiere of a Sebastian Currier work. Born in Germany and playing violin since age 5, Mutter is considered one of the great violinists of our time.
Tickets: $30-$115. For more information visit nyphil.org.
Lady of the Camellias—American Ballet Theatre
The famous novel “La Dame aux Camelias” by Alexandre Dumas fils (1824-1895) inspired Giuseppe Verdi’s 1853 opera, “La Traviata,” George Cukor’s 1936 film, “Camille,” and finally choreographer John Neumeier’s 1976 ballet, “Lady of the Camellias.” The timeless story is retold by American Ballet Theatre at Lincoln Center June 3–8. The ballet, set to music by Frederic Chopin, tells the story of renowned Parisian courtesan Marguerite Gautier, who renounces her love for Armand Duval to safeguard his family’s honor. “The choreographer achieves a rare humanistic vision of these characters with a genuine expression of their love, sacrifice and sublime heartbreak,” says the Metropolitan Opera.
Tickets: $20-$195. For more information visit: www.metoperafamily.org.
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