Fish Tales Extravaganza

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FISH TALES EXTRAVAGANZA

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Jun 12, 2010
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Swim into beach season with the month-long Fish Tales Extravaganza at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) New York Aquarium every weekend in June.

Saturday, June 12

Explore the Shore Plaza – Reading and giveaways

11am, 1pm, 3pm

Finding Nemo, (Disney) - read by Courtney DiGiovanni from Disney, – This Disney*Pixar celebration at the aquarium will include t hr ee readings of Finding Nemo and Toy Story. There will also be tons of handouts for aquarium visitors, including Finding Nemo toys, activity sheets, posters, and a chance to win tickets to the advance screening of Toy Story 3.

Explore the Shore Plaza – Alice Farley Dance Theater - Story and Musical Performance (performing The Girl from the Sea, an original story with music and dance)

12:15pm, 2:30pm

You’ll see the mysterious creatures of the sea come alive through fantastic sculptural puppets, circus arts and dance. In a story written by Alice and Tuli Farley, you follow a young girl’s adventures as she travels from sea to river to the shores of the city. Haunting music by Peter Garland together with texts from Walt Whitman and St. Jean Perse make real the magical dreams of the sea.

Alice Farley Dance Theater – This award winning company specializes in creating imaginary landscapes for public spaces and has performed t hr oughout the world ( Shanghai , Bangkok , Aruba Dance Festival, Quebec Festival D’Ete, Smithsonian, Andy Warhol and Whitney Museums .) The River to River Festival will present their production, HellGate Love Letter in Manhattan this July.

Pavilion Tent – Arts & Crafts 11am to 4pm

Author: NY Aquarium

New York Aquarium
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Surf Avenue & West 8th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11224
(718) 265-FISH
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