10:00 AM–12:00 PM on Thursday, July 16, 2009

The Hippo Playground Project is once again sponsoring free arts & crafts activities for kids every weekday morning during the summer. In case of inclement weather, the program will take place in the parkhouse. For more information about the Hippo Playground Project, please e-mail hippoplayground@yahoo.com.

Categories: Family/Kids Event Hippo Playground Events

10:30 AM–11:30 AM on Thursday, July 16, 2009

Music, storytelling & theater for young audiences. Suitable for kids up to age 7.

This week’s performer: Hayes Greenfield’s Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz Goes Green – traveling jazz show. Swing, sing, dance and play with Jazz-A-Ma-Tazz, the live, interactive travelling jazz show for kids that introduces jazz in a fun, unique, and participatory way. While Hayes and his band jazz up familiar songs, kids are encouraged to join in through call-and-response, scatting, singing, interpretive sound, movement, conducting, and tap dance!

Riverside Park South is located on the Hudson River between 59th and 72nd Streets. This event is FREE. Weather Permitting. Call 212-408-0219 for information.

Categories: Family/Kids Event Summer on the Hudson

06:30 PM– on Thursday, July 16, 2009

Join Hudson Warehouse, the Other Shakespeare in the Park, for their production of Hamlet, a classic Shakespeare tragedy.

The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet’s father, the King, and then taken the throne and married Gertrude, Hamlet’s mother.

Categories: Movie/Theater Event

07:00 PM– on Thursday, July 16, 2009

Guerilla art duo Dance Gang is back with a brand new one-of-a-kind dance event created just for the Park. Expect some unexpected art-in-the-park happenings!

Riverside Park South is located on the Hudson River between 59th and 72nd Streets. This event is FREE. Weather Permitting. Call 212-408-0219 for information.

Categories: Musical/Dance Event Summer on the Hudson