• Garden Walking Tour in Fort Tryon Park

    Take a tour of the "Park for All Seasons." Take a walking tour of the Heather and Alpine Gardens of Fort Tryon Park. Discover which…

    Free
  • Eco Fashion in the Park

    History will be made this Sunday. The newly re-opened High Bridge will be transformed into a next-generation runway showing off the designs of Iliana Quander,…

    Free
  • Noxious New York: Race, Class and Garbage

    The New York Academy of Medicine 1216 Fifth Avenue, at 103rd Street, New York, NY, United States

    Historian Julie Sze examines the link between race, class, and garbage and explores how culturally and politically disenfranchised communities re-work long-standing conflations between polluted places and peoples.

    The talk will address case studies around NYC garbage politics in the 1980s and 1990s, while also considering at previous historical moments and sites outside the city.

    Free
  • Books Beneath the Bridge

    Brooklyn Bridge Park 334 Furman Street, New York, NY, United States

    WORD is delighted to be returning to the Books Beneath the Bridge reading series with two wonderful fantasy novelists. Naomi Novik and Peter V. Brett will be reading, answering questions and, of course, signing books.

    Free
  • Rooftop Films: Bikes vs. Cars

    Metrotech Commons 5 MetroTech Center, Brooklyn, New York, United States

    As evidence of the negative impact of the cars continues to mount, people are looking to the bicycle as the solution. But with poor city planning and road rage contributing to daily cycling casualties, and never-ending gridlocks and global warming at the forefront of the news, what will it take for change to occur? And will the economic powers-that-be allow it?

    Free
  • Shakespeare in the Parking Lot: Macbeth

    The Clemente (Clemente Soto Velez Cultural and Educational Center) 114 Norfolk Street (E. side of Norfolk St. between Delancey and Rivington), New York, NY, United States

    Macbeth set in a banana republic.

  • Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival

    Meadow Lake Flushing Meadows Corona Park 11101 Corona Ave, Flushing, NY, United States

    The 24th annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in New York!

    Free
  • The Brooklyn Music Festival

    Governors Island, Colonels Row New York

    The Brooklyn Music Festival is designed to celebrate the accomplishments and achievements of New York City’s largest borough.

    Free
  • Formell y Los Van Van

    Concert Hall at Lehman College 250 Bedford Park Blvd. West, Bronx, NY, United States

    A collection of dance tracks incorporating the contemporary arrangements of Juan Formell’s hit from the past.

    $45 – $60
  • Basic Canoeing

    Lasker Rink and Pool, in Central Park 830 5th Ave, New York, United States

    Few experiences compare with being on the open water in New York City.  The rhythm of the waves, the sun on your face, and the…

  • Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park

    Heather Garden Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park Cabrini Boulevard and Ft. Washington Ave, New York

    Fort Tryon Park towers above the Hudson River and offers commanding views of the Palisades and the lower Hudson Valley. As one of the highest points in Manhattan, it challenges the notion that Manhattan’s best vistas are from its skyscrapers. The Heather Garden – the parks most notable horticultural feature – is a three-acre garden that sits on the park’s Western side along the Hudson River.

    Free