Showing posts with label Wave Hill events January 9‒January 16. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wave Hill events January 9‒January 16. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 24, 2019

Wave Hill events January 9‒January 16


Thu, January 9

Wave Hill House closed for Renovations

Historic Wave Hill House is closed through Friday, January 10, for renovations.

Wave Hill House

Fri, January 10

Wave Hill House closed for Renovations

Historic Wave Hill House is closed through today for renovations.

Wave Hill House

Sat, January 11

Family Art Project: Cyclical Calendars and Fractal Phenology 

Get intentional about how you want to spend your year. Create goals for yourself that mimic nature’s natural processes. Look to the moon, seedlings that bloom and seasonal cycles to chart your own growth. Free, and admission to the grounds is free until noon.

Wave Hill House, 10AM–1PM

Sun, January 12

Winter Birding

The Hudson River valley hosts an impressive diversity of bird species, even during the winter months. Explore Wave Hill’s tranquil gardens and woodlands with naturalist Gabriel Willow to observe birds in their winter habitats. Birders of all levels welcome. Ages 10 and older welcome with an adult. Severe weather cancels. NYC Audubon members enjoy two-for-one admission to the grounds.

Meet at Perkins Visitor Center, 9:30AM

Sun, January 12

Family Art Project: Cyclical Calendars and Fractal Phenology 

Get intentional about how you want to spend your year. Create goals for yourself that mimic nature’s natural processes. Look to the moon, seedlings that bloom and seasonal cycles to chart your own growth. Free with admission to the grounds.

Wave Hill House, 10AM–1PM

Sun, January 12

Concert: Bruce Molsky’s Mountain Drifters

Bruce Molsky is one of the most revered ambassadors for America’s old-time mountain music. For decades, he’s been a globetrotting performer and educator, a recording artist with an expansive discography including seven solo albums, well more than a dozen collaborations and two Grammy-nominations. Concerts begin at 2PM and last approximately one hour with no intermission. Ticket prices (including admission to the grounds): Adults: $30 at the door/$14 at the door for children ages 8-18. Purchase your tickets in advance and save $2 per ticket. Wave Hill Members save 10%. Order tickets online at wavehill.org or onsite at the Perkins Visitor Center. Learn more at wavehill.org.

Wave Hill House, 2PM

Sun, January 12

Garden and Conservatory Highlights Walk

Join a Wave Hill Garden Guide for a public tour of seasonal garden highlights. Free with admission to the grounds.

Meet at Perkins Visitor Center, 2PM

Mon, January 13

Wave Hill is closed.

Tue, January 14

Art Workshop series begins: Photography and Text  *SOLD OUT*

Whether in a newspaper, monograph, museum exhibit, or home album, photographs often appear with a caption or other textual accompaniment. Explore the uses and effects of the written word in photography through slide lectures, class discussions and critiques of student work, with writer and photographer Benjamin Swett. Dress warmly for outdoor photography in the serene winter gardens and trails of Wave Hill. $155; Wave Hill Members save 10%. Registration required, online at wavehill.org or at the Perkins Visitor Center, starting November 13. This three-session series continues January 21 and 28.

Wave Hill House, 10AM–1PM

                         
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–4:30PM, November 1–March 14. Closes 5:30PM, starting March 15.

ADMISSION – $10 adults, $6 students and seniors 65+, $4 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. 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.