Free Wi-Fi Goes Live, Outdoors at Lincoln Center on Tuesday, June 19.Lincoln Center Lincoln Center New York’s modern theater complex. [Am. Hist.: NCE, 1586] See : Theater Announces Sweepstakes to Celebrate Launch of Wireless Internet Access See how to access the Internet. on its Outside Spaces for Thousands of Visitors Service Activation Coincides With Season Opening of "Midsummer Night Swing" NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Summer at Lincoln Center kicks off with some fancy footwork and a high-tech mouse click into cyberspace. The opening night of Midsummer Night Swing, New York's favorite outdoor dance series on Josie Robertson Plaza, marks the launch of free wireless internet access across 6.3 acres of Lincoln Center's outdoor public space through an agreement with Nokia in cooperation with Nokia Siemens Networks Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) is a telecommunications solutions supplier which was created as the result of a merger (by means of a 50-50 joint venture) between Siemens AG's COM division (minus its Enterprise business unit) and Nokia's Network Business Group. . With the opening of Swing, thousands of people will visit the world's largest performing arts center A performing arts center, often abbreviated PAC, is a multi-use performance space that can be adapted for use by various types of the performing arts, including dance, music and theatre. . Nokia will provide them with broadband connectivity for the first time on Josie Robertson Plaza, in Damrosch Park, and on the North Plaza by the Reflecting Pool. The project is part of Lincoln Center's multi-year redevelopment plans to make the campus a more welcoming destination, and will allow visitors to bring Wi-Fi enabled laptops, cell phones, and PDAs to Lincoln Center's great outdoors and "surf the net To browse the Internet. The most common Internet browsing today is done on the Web. Before the Web, the Internet was "surfed" via Archie, Gopher, WAIS and other search facilities. See surfing and how to access the Internet. " for free. All wireless devices compatible with the 802.11b/g standard will be able to use the network. Nokia is the Official Mobile Equipment Provider of Lincoln Center, Inc. "One of the goals of Lincoln Center's transformation projects is to encourage visitors to our campus to come earlier and linger longer, both before and after performances," commented Lincoln Center President Reynold Levy. "We're extremely grateful to Nokia for providing this 21st century communications technology to all who use the Internet as an integral part of their lives while enjoying the facilities at Lincoln Center." "We want people to be able to carry their full range of Internet applications and services with them, anytime and anywhere they go," said Eric Estroff, head of industry marketing, Nokia Siemens Networks, North America. "Our relationship with Lincoln Center is one way we are further demonstrating our vision to connect people and unite communities." To celebrate the rollout of this service, Lincoln Center is holding a Wi-Fi Launch Sweepstakes* from now through the end of Midsummer Night Swing on July 21. Prizes include four tickets to Mostly Mozart's August 16 performance by the Mark Morris Dance Group and a Nokia Internet Tablet N800. Entry into the sweepstakes is automatic by logging onto Lincoln Center's Wi-Fi network from any compatible wireless device. The launch of Wi-Fi service coincides with the opening night of Lincoln Center's 19th annual Midsummer Night Swing series on Josie Robertson Plaza, an all-out "Battle of the Bands" hosted by Sam Champion of ABC's Good Morning America Good Morning America is a weekday morning news show that is broadcast on the ABC television network. The show was adapted from The Morning Exchange, a morning show created by and airing on the ABC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio, and was launched nationally as . The series continues through July 21 for 25 nights of dancing under the stars to some of today's hottest dance bands. *For Wi-Fi Sweepstakes details and rules, click on http://www.lincolncenter.org/wifi Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in central Manhattan, New York City, between 62d and 66th streets W of Broadway. Lincoln Center is a complex of many buildings, including the Metropolitan Opera, Avery Fisher Hall, the New York State Theater, the Juilliard (LCPA LCPA Louisiana Certified Public Accountants LCPA Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc. LCPA Library of Congress Professional Association LCPA Latino College Preparatory Academy (National Hispanic University, San Jose, California) ) serves three primary roles: presenter of superb artistic programming, national leader in arts and education and community relations, and manager of the Lincoln Center campus. As a presenter of over 400 events annually, LCPA's programs include American Songbook, Great Performers, Lincoln Center Festival, Lincoln Center Out of Doors, Midsummer Night Swing, the Mostly Mozart Festival, and Live From Lincoln Center Live from Lincoln Center is an ongoing series of musical performances produced by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in conjunction with Thirteen/WNET in New York City. . Lincoln Center is committed to providing and improving accessibility for people with disabilities. For information, call the Department of Programs and Services for People with Disabilities at 212.875-5375. |
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