Parks: Communities' Cultural Hub

Parks have always been an important setting for a community's outdoor programs. As early as the nineteenth century, parks have been the preferred setting for musical events. Today, there is a flowering of different arts and culture programs in urban parks, from performing arts festivals to outdoor concerts and events. Since parks represent the democratic space of any community, they can be a vital place for the cultural expression of a city.

Early uses of parks include parades, cultural celebrations, and especially, musical events. In New York City for instance, parks such as Mount Morris, Central Park, and Hamilton Fish hosted concerts by military bands and popular ensembles of the day as early as 1859. There are only a few large cities in the world today that do not sponsor outdoor music events.

The technical requirements of theater and dance make outdoor and park presentation a little bit more difficult. Nevertheless, there has been an explosion of such activities in parks. In New York City's Central Park alone, there are dozens of Shakespearean plays performed each year. Infamous among these Shakespearean plays is "Shakespeare on the Run," where the audience moves from one part of the park to another for each scene of the play.

Apart from denver outdoor concerts and musical festivals, plays, and parades, parks also house museums and other institutions. One of the best examples is Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri. Forest Park hosts five major institutions, including an art museum and an amphitheater which can seat around 10,000 people. This has made Forest Park an important arts destination, and has helped build a large following around it.

As early as the 1920s, there have been records of denver outdoor movies being shown in parks. Today, advancements in technology have made the public exhibition of films in parks more efficient and cost-effective. One major advantage of public screenings in parks is that they bring audiences to parks at night. It can be difficult to bring people and create entertaining activities in parks during the night.

Finally, parks provide an excellent venue for arts education activities. Lessons in drums, painting, dance, and other similar activities can be done in denver parks and recreation. A city can fill its parks with hundreds of arts and cultural activities for kids and teenagers, adults, and senior citizens all year round.

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