Don’t miss this traditional county fair with blue ribbon competitions in livestock, produce, home crafts, arts & crafts, and more. The fair features pie eating- and corn husking- contests, hayrides, pig races, carnival rides, midway games, and kids’ entertainment by jugglers, magicians, and acrobats! Dance the day away at the Bavarian Garden with an Irish band (Saturday) and German band (Sunday).
The Drilling Company performs free outdoor Shakespeare in the Parking Lot. JULY 28 TO AUGUST 14 “THE MERCHANT OF VENICE” One of Shakespeare’s most problematic…
The 6th Annual New York City Poetry Festival will be held on Governors Island’s Colonel’s Row on July 30th and 31st, 2016. The Poetry Society…
New York has been hit with a number of catastrophic events over the past 15 years, but the city has been facing and responding to disasters for the past 150 years. Join the Museum’s curatorial and collections team to learn about historic events like the Blizzard of 1888, Hurricane of 1938, and the 1965 Blackout and their impact on the development of transportation infrastructure.
Industry City’s “Salsa Sunset Sundays” is bringing live music and dancing, family fun and a pop-up market to Sunset Park. Food and drink will be…
“Bryant Park opens its lawn to five of New York City’s most promising up-and-coming bands”
Enjoy a whole day of family fun on the High Line! Get your hands dirt in our garden, create art, hear stories, watch performances and more!
Join us for the perfect Date Night under the stars: sip wine, listen to jazz by local artists and and take a closer look at the moon, planets, and stars.
Come enjoy Civic Art Lab 2016’s opening event, featuring talks by artists and sustainability professionals Chloe Holden and Grace Johnson.
Come hear current experts from a range of sectors discuss climate change and share their solutions-based approaches.
Throughout July and August, six Monday nights will feature authors, representing six of Brooklyn’s best independent bookstores. Each evening will include readings, discussions, signings, and much more, as inspired by each author and our program sponsors.
Energetic lawn games, and art projects, such as clay, collage, painting and group murals. Everything provided. For ages 5 and up. This event happens every…
Open House New York and the Museum of the City of New York invite you to celebrate the centennial anniversary of New York City’s zoning resolution with a citywide scavenger hunt to uncover how the invisible forces of zoning have shaped the city around us, from the dramatic setbacks of Jazz Age skyscrapers to the vast open plazas of mid-century Modernism.
The museums and historic landmarks of Lower Manhattan are an American treasure. Explore one of the most diverse and concentrated groups of museums in the world – 15 sites all within comfortable walking distance of each other. This annual event takes place rain or shine.
More and more people are riding bikes daily. People now identify with bicycling as a lifestyle. There is a huge fervor for bicycle culture. The Bicycle Film Festival is the place for brands to interact in an authentic way to this demographic. The Bicycle Film Festival is here to raise and reinforce the positive profile of cyclists to celebrate bicycling in its myriad of forms.
The South Bronx Community Food Coalition invites you to our first conference, Food for the Soul: Self-Care and Social Justice in the South Bronx. Join us for a free day of facilitated workshops on how we can practice self-care as we strive to create changes in our food system and beyond.
‘The Joy of the Gowanus’ project takes it’s inspiration from Bob Ross’ PBS TV show ‘The Joy of Painting”. At the end of the tutorial participants will have created their own landscape painting of the Gowanus, and have developed an artistic appreciation for the colors, structures and environment with all it’s blemishes and beauty.
Oysters have a long history in NYC’s waters. Learn about oysters and help restore them back into the Hudson River.