PLEASE LIST through 8/20/11: THIRD ANNUAL FLY NY KITE FESTIVAL

PLEASE LIST through August 20, 2011

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THIRD ANNUAL FLY NY KITE FESTIVAL

 

 

DATE:                       Saturday, August 20, 2011

                                               

TIME:                        11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

 

LOCATION:             Pier I, Riverside Park

                                    Enter at 73^rd Street and Riverside Drive

                                     MANHATTAN

 

DETAILS:                 Join NYC Parks for the third annual FlyNY Kite Festival! Check out kite-flying demonstrations by the American Kiteflyers Association. Bring your own kite to fly on the pier or create your own at kite-making workshops with the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Learn how to fold paper ergonomically by professional origami artists, enjoy live music and MORE!

 

This event is free and open to the public and is in partnership with the Riverside Park Fund and Summer on the Hudson and is sponsored by Cabot Cheese. For more information, please visit www.nyc.gov/parks, or call 311.

 

 

 

 

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PRESS CONTACT: Vickie Karp/Trish Bertuccio                                           (212) 360-1311

 

 

 

 

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