CENTRAL PARK
Naumburg Bandshell
May 3, 2022
11:00 am – 3:00 pm
Announcing STAND BY ME, an immersive community building experience in the heart of Central Park, at precisely the right time.
After three impossible winters and amidst the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine, it’s time to bring our communities together, see each other more fully and celebrate all of the good, through the arts.
Sweet Readers (trained middle school students), Young Leaders (trained high school students, Sweet Readers alumni), older adults with and without dementia, along with their families, schools, eldercare centers and museums from across the city are working together, in concert with a creative, theatre-based production and communications team to create a theatre-like experience that will immerse visitors in music, poetry, art, human connection and brain health and amplify our mission*.
Open your heart, open your mind, collaborate + create and let’s join in solidarity!
*The Sweet Readers Mission is to empower youth to engage with and for adults living with dementia and become catalysts for eldercare excellence through immersive arts + science based programming and compelling public events.