Jazz By the Water returns to Governors Island on Saturday, July 25, with a kickoff at 11:45 am near the ferry dock and continuing at Colonel Row for performances until 6 pm. Go here for a schedule and to reserve a free spot. Ferry tickets are required and can be purchased at www.govisland.com.
The Battery Dance Festival returns to Wagner Park for a week of free performances beginning Tuesday Aug. 11 with two hours of performances, each evening with a different theme. Performances begin at 7 pm. The festival kicks off the preceding day with outdoor workshops that allow people of all ages to connect directly with some of the artists through “shared movement and cultural exchange.” Go here for the lineup of performances and a schedule of workshops. Above: Battery Dance Company peforms at last year's festival. Photo: Carl Glassman/Tribeca Trib
July Community Board 1 meetings Proposed rooftop addition on 17 Harrison Street; update on planned estuarium between Piers 25 and 26; proposed tower at 100 Gold Street.
Original historic documents from the nation’s founding are on view at the South Street Seaport Museum’s 1868 A.A. Thomson & Co. building, 213 Water St. The U.S. Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence, a pre-edited copy of George Washington’s inaugural address and more are part of the museum’s exhibition “The Promise of Liberty: Words That Shaped a Nation.” So here for more information.
“Terra Incognita,” paintings by Adrian Coleman, are on view at Steven Amedee Gallery, 41 North Moore St. The artist, with roots both in the U.K. and U.S., uses the motifs of shuttered storefronts, desolate streets and masked people during COVID as a meditation on home, “both the home where one resides but also the home that one recalls.”
Downtown pop-up stores Seven small business operators will get a boost next month when they open temporary storefronts, free of charge, in Lower Manhattan as part of the Downtown Alliance RE:Store program. The pop-up stores range from Plus BKLYN at 2 Broadway, a boutique specializing in second-hand fashions for sizes 12+ to The Numero Group NYC Pop Up at 186 Front St., a record label that sells reissued and “forgotten” music on vinyl LPs, CDs, 45s and more. The stores (a full list can be found here), were chosen from among more than 360 applications.
With a Single Step: Stories in the Making of America is an ongoing exhibition at the Museum of Chinese in America that interweaves the historical and political context of Chinese immigration to the U.S. with the personal stories and cultural traces of multiple generations. More information here.