Get Your Yoga, Tai Chi, Tango & More at Washington Square Park This Summer – With a Dose of Privatization Watch Thrown in for Good Measure!

Fitness, dance and self-improvement classes at Washington Square Park began in early June/July this year and you can still join in through mid-September! All classes are free.

Schedule follows. Read on for some privatization-related controversy around these events.

Tuesdays

Dates still to come: July 24, 31, August 7, 14, 21, 28, September 4, 11

TAI CHI
8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Garibaldi Plaza

MOVEMENT CLASSES, ADULTS & SENIORS
9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Garibaldi Plaza
Presented by Dances for a Variable Population

TANGO
6-8 p.m. Holley Plaza
Presented by Strictly Tango NYC School

Wednesdays

Dates still to come: July 25, August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, September 5, 12

YOGA
8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Garibaldi Plaza

KIDS YOGA
10-10:45 a.m. Kids playground

Bring your own yoga mat.

Thursdays

Dates still to come: July 26, August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, September 6

YOGA
8:30 a.m.-9:30 a.m. Garibaldi Plaza

Bring your own yoga mat.

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These classes are “brought to you by NYC Parks and Washington Square Park Conservancy.” For nearly a decade, if not more, these events were “brought to you” by the New York City Parks Department alone. Somehow the city agency managed for so many years without private influence. And it still can.

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