Press Release

ICA Welcomes Extreme Sailing Series™ to Fan Pier, Boston
JUNE 30 – JULY 4
 

(Boston, Mass.— June 21, 2011) The Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA) is proud to join the City of Boston in welcoming the Extreme Sailing Series™ to Fan Pier from June 30^th – July 4^th. 

As part of the celebration, the ICA will be offering 2-for-1 admission to Extreme Sailing Series visitors who have an ESS wristband or a special ICA ticket (handed out at the community tent near the ESS village). Valid June 30–July 4 only.

Visitors will get to cool off while touring the ICA galleries featuring The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl and Catherine Opie: Empty and Full.  The ICA’s stunning waterfront location – including the grandstand and the Water Café – are the perfect spot to take in the sailing competition as well as the firework display on the evening of Thursday, June 30^th.
 

Along with the galleries, the ICA will be hosting a host of exciting events this summer including:

• ·Harborwalk Sounds, the ICA’s popular series of free outdoor concerts (Thursdays, July 7-Sept.8)
  
•  Talking Taste, featuring demonstrations by New England celebrity chefs (Fridays, July 8-29)
  
  
• ·Waterfront dance parties at DJs on the Harbor (Fridays, Aug. 5, 12, 26)
  
  
• ·Red Bull Cliff Diving, a diving competition in which the ICA building will be used as a diving platform (Aug. 20)
   

For a full schedule of ICA exhibitions and events over the summer, visit www.icaboston.org

For more information on the Extreme Sailing Series™ and a complete schedule of activities, visit http://www.extremesailingseries.com/venues/view/boston-usa.