Dates: Aug. 5 and 19
Time: Walk begins at 9:30am followed by talk and refreshments at 10:15am.

Grounds For Sculpture is pleased to host a new program, sponsored by Springpoint Senior Living and Stoneking Wellness Center – Wellness Walks/Wellness Talks.  We want you to enjoy the park and get fit at the same time!  This fitness program is for the mature adult who wants to get into shape, enjoy the natural beauty of Grounds For Sculpture, and learn how to live an active, healthful lifestyle.  Each session includes healthy refreshments while you learn.  To view a full list of dates and topics of discussion for each, please click here.

Price: $10 per class (includes Park Admission).  Please call (609) 689-1089 to register.

Classes and Park Admission are free to Stoneking Wellness Center members and Residents of Springpoint Senior Living Facilities.  Click the name to learn more about each sponsor.

Time: 11am-4pm. Free with park admission.
Come celebrate summer at Grounds For Sculpture, 50’s style! We’re taking you back to the days of Sock-Hops and Malt Shops. In our workshops, parents and children can learn how to cut a rug and show off their swing’n skills, create savvy 50s style clocks using reclaimed vinyl 45s and LPs with TerraCycle of Trenton or make fifties-inspired sculpture influenced by the work of Louise Nevelson. To view times and details of each workshop, please click here.  Listen to the music of the 1950’s, share a malt shake or a root beer float and make your own sundae!  Visit Toad Hall and The Museum Shop and receive 20% off all regularly priced merchandise.  To view a full List of Activities for this event, please click here.

Tenth on the Tenth Giveaway! In honor of Grounds For Sculpture's 10th birthday as a non-profit organization, we want to give you a gift!  The tenth person in the park on the 10th of every month will win a Grounds For Sculpture goodie bag worth a retail value of $50!  In addition, both Toad Hall Shop & Gallery and the Museum Shop will offer 10% off on the 10th of the month to patrons and online shoppers on regularly priced merchandise.  Members receive an additional 10% on top of the 10% they already receive!

Time: 4 pm.  Free with admission.
Julia Gruen, Executive Director of the Keith Haring Foundation, will take you
for an inside look at Haring’s sculpture on view in the Museum Building for the Spring/Summer 2010Exhibition Season.  Space is limited. First come, first-serve.

Time: 7:30pm. Rain or Shine!
Staying true to the spicy one drop beat, Reggae singer, guitarist and longtime Trenton resident, Larry White performs with the Majestic Roots Band.  White’s musical career, spanning more than 20 years, has toured worldwide as the lead guitarist with some of the industry’s best Reggae acts, including Freddie McGregor, Judy Mowatt (formerly of the I-threes), Culture, Gregory Isaacs, the Meditations, Frankie Paul and Sister Carol.  White has been described as “a dynamic vocalist and deft guitarist, known for a versatility that never compromises his musical integrity.  In his hands and with the backing of his Majestic Roots Band, rock steady, lovers rock, roots & culture and dance hall reggae all seem his own, even when he is delivering treasured favorites and covers.”  You don’t want to miss this performance of a local legend! Prior to the concert, The Peacock Café will be serving specials inspired by the night’s theme so come hungry!
Price: All tickets $10.  To purchase, please call (609) 586-0616. Reservations are suggested for The Peacock Café, and can be made by calling (609) 890-6015.

Time: 1pm & 3pm. Rain or shine! Free with park admission.
Music & Motion Dance (MM2) and Grounds For Sculpture are celebrating their mutual 10^th Anniversaries this year!  In honor of this, from August 8 through August 15, a photo exhibit of MM2 performing at Grounds For Sculpture throughout the decade will be on display – leading up to their annual performance in the park on August 15.  On this day, MM2 presents a one-time performance of their new work, Emergence. Found in nature, emergence is the way complex systems and patterns arise out of simple interactions. How does a flock of birds or a school of fish move as one?  When applied to dance movement, the interaction of each part with its immediate surroundings causes a complex chain of processes leading to some order.  Enjoy this brilliant dance event and let your imagination take flight!

Time: 7pm.  Rain or Shine!
Grounds For Sculpture is proud to present to you the legendary New York Songwriters Circle (NYSWC), in one of their very few appearances this side of the Lincoln Tunnel!  The NYSWC, under the producing and directing credit of Singer/Songwriter Tina Shafer for the past 20 years, has been a legend in New York City’s West Village, joining bi-monthly at the famed Bitter End club.  Past showcasing artists include Norah Jones, Lisa Loeb, Vanessa Carlton and Gavin DeGraw, among others.  Additionally, past annual songwriting contest winners included artists such as Kate Voegele and Company of Thieves.  For NYSWC’s Grounds For Sculpture performance, current featured Songwriters are: Tina Shafer, Mieka Pauley, Reed Waddle, Shaun Ruymen, Charlotte Sometimes, and Toby Lightman. 
Price: $20 Members; $25 non-Members; $25 Day of Show.  For tickets, please call (609) 586-0616.

Take this opportunity to sample great tequila cocktails as Rat’s Restaurant fires up the “Caja China.”  Enjoy a pig roast including all the traditional side dishes, then dance the night away to live salsa music, performed by Arturo Romay and Sabroson!  This event is by reservation only.  Please call (609) 584-7800 for more information or to make a reservation.

Time: 11am and 1pm. Ages 3-5. Rain or Shine! Free with park admission.
Listen to a story, become park explorers, and make original works of art. Bring your toddler to learn about sculpture through interactive activities. One adult must accompany each child. Space is limited and on a first-come, first-serve basis. Meets at the Visitor Center. Instructor: Joslyn Johnson.

Time: 2pm. Rain or shine! Free with park admission.
Calling all poets, writers, musicians or any combination of the above. Now is your chance to debut your work at Grounds For Sculpture and get the feedback of your peers! Reading spaces are limited. To reserve your place, please call (609) 586-0616.  Also on this day, visit Toad Hall and The Museum Shop and receive 20% off all regularly priced merchandise.
** FULLY BOOKED **

Time: 7pm.
Let the magnificence of Grounds For Sculpture wow you by moonlight in an experience like no other.  Begin your evening with a romantic 3-course dinner for two at Rat’s Restaurant, followed by a docent-led group tour lit by the full moon.  Enjoy a special walk through the Grounds and view sculptures individually lit to show off their evening brilliance.  Reservations are required and limited for our full moon tours.  All terrain walking shoes are recommended.
Price: $55 per person all inclusive.  To make a reservation, please call (609) 586-0616.
** FULLY BOOKED **

Time: 7:30pm.  Rain or Shine!
The final installment in our 2010 Courtyard Concert Series is sure to get your toes tapping!  The Tigertown Dixieland Band has been a popular jazz/Dixie band in the Princeton area since the late 1990s and GFS is proud to present them to you.  Consisting of vocals, keyboard, percussion, trumpet, trombone, clarinet and bass, you don’t want to miss this night of smile-on-your-face, get-up-and-dance music!  It’s a multi-generational experience – one that’s joyous and flamboyant and may quite honestly consist of the happiest music on earth! Prior to the concert, The Peacock Café will be serving specials inspired by the night’s theme so come hungry!
Price: All tickets $10.  To purchase, please call (609) 586-0616. Reservations are suggested for The Peacock Café, and can be made by calling (609) 890-6015.

Workshop Dates: Sat., Aug. 28 & Sun., Aug. 29.  Time: 10 am – 4 pm.
Looking for something to do at the end of the summer? Bring a friend for the weekend and learn the technique of clay monoprinting.  Students will learn to make monoprints using colored clay, not ink, pulled from a slab of wet clay.  This two-day workshop will teach how to apply colored clay slips to rolled-out wet slabs of stoneware clay, and apply them in layers until the desired design is achieved. The colored clay layers are then printed on canvas or paper. Enhance your learning with slide shows, demonstrations of clay printing each day, and two short DVDs.  All materials are provided.  Mitch Lyons has been pioneering this technique since 1968. For more information on this technique and the instructor go to http://www.mitchlyons.com/.  Instructor: Mitch Lyons.
Price: $125 Members; $140 Non-Members.

Time: 2 pm.
Have you ever wondered about the history of contemporary sculpture or looked at a sculpture and thought “what is that” or “why is that considered art?”  If so, take the opportunity to attend this talk.  Learn from a trained art lecturer and studio artist about ways to look at art works aesthetically, elementally, and through basic principles. Consider the concept of artist and audience and the fact that we bring who we are to our experience of a work of art.   JoAnn Pelliccio-Lindgren is a Senior Adjunct Instructor of Art Lecture Courses and Studio Art Courses at Burlington County College.  This talk will take place indoors and outdoors. Space is limited. First-come, first-serve basis.