June Happenings At Socrates Sculpture Park

By qgazette | on June 09, 2023

The official start of summer is a few weeks away, but June is bringing warm weather and new sights, sounds, tastes, and more to Socrates Sculpture Park. Our new exhibition ‘Mary Mattingly: Ebb of a Spring Tide’ is open! Experience the Water Clock, a 65-foot living sculpture pulsing East River water throughout its mixed-media structure. A variety of horticultural elements grow steadily, with plenty of opportunity to see how these salt-tolerant, edible, and medicinal plants grow and thrive throughout the course of the exhibit. The Park is open 9am to Sunset, 365 days a year. Admission is always free.

June 10: Tree Rings Readings & Workshop Can trees feel the weather? Like giant living weather stations recording their environment, the width and character of annual growth rings of trees can describe a great deal. Join artist Heidi Neilson to create a forest of tree ring drawings and impressions from weather data recorded by the ‘Sky Tickler’ SP Weather Station and tree observations around the park. RSVP

Hellgate Farmstand, June 3 – November 18. Saturdays | 10am – 2pm. Every Saturday at Socrates in the spring, summer, and fall, Hellgate Farm offers fresh seasonal local produce and small batch goods, like their signature hot sauce. Vendors include Queens-based Wilk Apiaries and Benchflour Bakers, with additional vendors rotating throughout the season.

Image: Courtesy of Hellgate Farms

The Fortune Society's 10th Annual Arts Festival, Saturday, June 17 | All Day [Rain Date: June 24]

Celebrate community, liberation and healing through the Arts with the Long Island City-based non-profit, The Fortune Society, dedicated to building people, not prisons. The all-day festivities include handson workshops, performances, food for sale and more.

Image: Bob Krasner

Socrates x Noguchi Field Guide: Shinrin-Yoku (Forest Bathing), June 24 | 11am – 1pm.

Join Noguchi Educator Yali Romagoza in a movement and poetry workshop inspired by the practice of shinrin-yoku, or the Japanese art of forest bathing, to connect with the natural environment and release trauma. Free with RSVP HERE. All participants will be given a free pass to visit The Noguchi Museum (located across the street from the Park at 9-01 33rd Rd, Queens, NY 11106) after the program.

Image: Katherine Abbott Photography. Courtesy of the Noguchi Museum

Metropolitan Opera Summer Stage, Wednesday, June 28 | 7 – 8pm, Free. Join them for the perennial Metropolitan Opera's summer recital tour stop at Socrates Sculpture Park! The iconic series presents opera outdoors throughout NYC Parks. This year's performances features Met soprano Erika Baikoff, mezzo-soprano Cierra Byrd, baritone Thomas Glass, with Met assistant conductor Juan José Lázaro at the piano.

Healthy Living, May – October

Sunset Meditation with Mindful Astoria, May 2 – August 29, Tuesdays, 7-8pm. Sunset Meditation is sponsored in part by the Pema Chödron Foundation

Yoga with Jen Bolt Batson & Yojaida Estrella May 6 – October 15, Saturdays, 9:30am & 11am; Sundays, 10am.

Kayaking at Hallet's Cove with LIC Community Boathouse, May 13 – September 16, Saturdays, 12-5pm.

Save the Date! Socrates Sculpture Park Fall Gala, September 14. Join them for a celebration of their honorees: Guadalupe Maravilla, Ivana Mestrovic, The Fortune Society's Creative Arts Program. For information to purchase tickets or make a donation, reach out to [email protected] or visit our gala order page.

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