Castle Williams

Rite Of Summer Music Festival Presents Dublin Guitar Quartet, July 22
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 20, 2023

Rite of Summer Music Festival's twelfth stellar season kicks off on Saturday, July 22nd at 1pm and 3pm at Nolan Park on Governors Island with Irish ensemble Dublin Guitar Quartet.

Jazz WaHi Composers Sextet Comes to the Rite of Summer Music Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 15, 2023

Rite of Summer Music Festival‘s spectacular season kicks off on Friday, June 16th at 1pm and 3pm at Castle Williams on Governors Island with The Jazz WaHi Composers Sextet. The program will feature world premieres and works of composer/performer members: Julie Maniscalco, Trumpet; Berta Moreno, Tenor sax; Michael Rörby, Trombone; Mark Kross, Piano; Eddy Khaimovich, Bass and Joseph Chidiebere Emmanuel, Drums.

Rising Sun Performance Company Returns To Governors Island This Sunday
by Stephi Wild - Aug 28, 2021

The festival will be presented on Governors Island multiple times each day from 11:30 am-4:30 pm. The festival will perform at various places across the island, using the local environments and sounds of the park.

Photos: Dance Rules On Governors Island With New Series: UPTOWN POPS!
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 26, 2021

This August, West Harlem Art Fund, Visual Muze Storytelling Residency and Katharine Pettit Creative present Uptown Pops — a dance series that will be performed in Nolan Park and Castle Williams on Governors Island. The works-in-progress are a part of a new interactive initiative designed to engage public audiences as they respond to developing dance.

Rising Sun Performance Company Announces Free Two Day Theatre Festival On Governors Island This Weekend
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 17, 2021

Founding Artistic Director Akia Squitieri announced today that Rising Sun Performance Company will be presenting a rotation of children’s plays to be performed in person outdoors on Governors Island for two days August 21st & 22nd.

New Globe Theater Calling on Community to Oppose National Park Service Plan
by BWW News Desk - Mar 2, 2008

The National Park Service has released its Draft General Management Plan for Governors Island - and despite overwhelming public support for the inclusion of the New Globe Theater proposal in the national monument, the NPS alternatives unveiled do not include this project.

New York Harbor's Globe Theatre in Jeopardy; You Can Help
by BWW News Desk - Feb 13, 2007

A theatre in New York Harbor, modelled after the legendary Globe of Shakespeare's time, is in jeopardy.