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Volume 22, Number 46 | The Newspaper of Lower Manhattan | March 26 - april 1, 2010
Downtown Express photo by Elisabeth Robert Visitors worked on puppets for the Hudson River Pageant coming in May. Making puppets for Planet Earth Readying for its second annual Hudson River Pageant, Earth Celebrations is holding free puppet and costume workshops for teens and adults to create the pageant’s spectacular costumes, masks and giant puppets, all inspired by the Hudson’s diverse marine species. Workshops will continue through May 19. They are held in the World Financial Center, courtyard gallery, at 220 Vesey St. (second level, above the food court, near the Winter Garden, just off the Hudson River.) Hours are Wednesdays, 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., for costume workshops with artist Michele Brody; and Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m., for puppet workshops with artist Lucrecia Novoa. The workshops will culminate in the pageant on Sat., May 22, (rain date Sun., May 23) from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in the Hudson River Park’s Downtown section, starting at the World Financial Center and progressing north up to Gansevoort St. The theme of the “ecological performance-art event” is to restore the Hudson River and address climate change in New York City. In addition to 15-foot-tall puppets, the pageant will feature performances, including music and songs, dance, poetry, an oyster-planting ceremony, a live fish release, river cleansing ceremony and a boat dance. For more information on the free workshops, including children’s workshops, contact Earth Celebrations, by phone at 212-777-7969 or by e-mail at mail@earthcelebrations.com or visit www.earthcelebrations.com
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