Events & Things To Do

March 19, 2025

The Affordable Art Fair returns to NYC with artwork for every budget

Art is at New Yorkers’ fingertips, from the world’s most famous and significant works housed in the hallowed halls of The Met, MoMA, and Guggenheim, to countless art galleries and exhibitions across the five boroughs. However, when it comes to building a personal collection, or even just owning one special piece, art becomes less accessible with prices soaring into the tens of thousands. But for the past 23 years, the Affordable Art Fair has been bringing one-of-a-kind art pieces to New Yorkers at a price range of $100 to $12,000. There’s even a curated installation called Wonders Under $1,000 marked by pink stickers. This year, the spring fair runs from March 19 to March 23 at the Metropolitan Pavilion in Chelsea with 78 exhibitors and 400 contemporary living artists from all over the world.
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March 17, 2025

36 bars to watch March Madness games in NYC

With the abundance of sports bars and pubs scattered across New York City, it can be hard to sort through to find the best ones to watch your favorite team. With the NCAA March Madness tournament approaching, 6sqft put together a list of some of our favorite sports bars in the city to watch the games, prepare a bracket, and enjoy some good food and drinks.
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March 13, 2025

Ride a vintage NYC subway train to the Yankees’ and Mets’ home openers

Kick off baseball season with a retro subway ride on opening day. The New York Transit Museum will run vintage trains for the Yankees' and Mets' home opener games on March 27 and April 4, respectively. The old-school trains depart from Grand Central-42nd Street to 161st Street-Yankee Stadium and from 34th Street-Hudson Yards to Mets-Willets Point. The event is free with subway fare.
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March 12, 2025

Brooklyn Botanic Garden sound installation remembers Covid victims

To mark the fifth anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden is bringing back a sound installation that originally debuted in 2021. Created by NYC-based composer Michael Gordon, "loved." is a site-specific installation featuring seven vibraphones playing meditative compositions every hour. On view from March 15 to 30, the installation provides a space for visitors to sit, reflect, and remember the people or things they lost during the pandemic.
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March 11, 2025

The best ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in NYC

New York City goes all out for St. Patrick's Day, celebrating the Emerald Isle with parades, pubs, pints, and performances throughout March. With deep Irish roots, the city's Irish community has played a vital role in shaping its identity, and so on St. Patrick's Day, New Yorkers come together to celebrate the culture, people, and history of Ireland, as well as the contributions of Irish Americans. Ahead, here are some ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the five boroughs, from enjoying Irish whiskey flights and pints of Guinness at pubs across the city to experiencing traditional Irish song and dance at Radio City Music Hall and the New York Irish Center.
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March 6, 2025

The NYC Half Marathon is Sunday: Here’s what to know

The annual United Airlines New York City Half Marathon returns on Sunday, March 16. For the first time in the race's history, runners will cross the Brooklyn Bridge to enter Manhattan because of construction on the Manhattan Bridge. The 13.1 mile race will feature 27,000 participants with a route that starts near the Brooklyn Museum, moves through Prospect Park, across the East River, along the FDR Drive, up Times Square, and finishing in Central Park. Ahead, here's everything you need to know about this year's event, from the route and start times to the best ways to watch (or avoid) the race.
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March 4, 2025

Fraunces Tavern exhibit will explore revolutionary history to mark 250th anniversary of United States

A New York City bar that had a role in the Revolutionary War is celebrating the 250th anniversary of the United States with a special exhibition. This spring, the Fraunces Tavern Museum will open "Path to Liberty: The Emergence of a Nation," a chronological, multi-year installation exploring the historic events that took place at the tavern and in New York throughout the American Revolution. Opening on April 22, the exhibit will also showcase the tavern’s role in history, from hosting the Sons of Liberty to serving as the site of trials that led to the emancipation of thousands of Black Loyalists.
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March 3, 2025

‘Night in the Library’ returns to Brooklyn Public Library for after-hours fun

The Brooklyn Public Library's beloved "Night in the Library" event is returning to its Central branch, offering thought-provoking programming stretching far beyond its usual hours of operation. Running from Saturday, March 8 at 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. the next day, "Sky Above Brooklyn - The Philosophy of the Sublime" will feature after-hours discussions, performances, and screenings, all aimed at reminding us that the reality we experience is just a small part of a much larger picture. The programs will encourage new ways of thinking about navigating the world with renewed attention, sensitivity, and curiosity.
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March 3, 2025

A guide to planning a park wedding in New York City

Dana and Asiedu met for the second time on the L train. The first time they met was about 20 years prior as teenagers. They dated for four years and then lost touch for 16 years, until a fateful day in 2019 when they crossed paths again in the most New York City fashion. "One night while I was getting off the train heading home from work, I recognized the back of her in the crowd walking out of the station," Asiedu recalled. "She lived out of state but was visiting her dad who happened to live in my neighborhood. We talked and walked her dad’s block. It took about a year for us to see each other again. We were married about a year and a half later." The couple, who now lives in Brooklyn and has an 18-month-old son, wed in true New York style at Prospect Park in Brooklyn in the fall of 2021.
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February 27, 2025

A fish sculpture by Frank Gehry now hangs in the lobby of 3 World Trade Center

A new sculpture by famed modernist architect Frank Gehry is now on display in New York City. Silverstein Properties on Thursday unveiled "Untitled (Fish on Fire, Greenwich Street) 2024," a 20-foot by 7-foot copper fish sculpture suspended in the lobby of 3 World Trade Center. Gehry, known for his creative use of materials and innovative designs found around the world, has used the fish as a motif in his work since the 1980s. The new sculpture is the "largest suspended fish sculpture ever created" by the architect, according to Silverstein.
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February 27, 2025

New Museum opening OMA-designed expansion this fall

The expansion of the New Museum will finally open its doors on the Lower East Side this fall. Designed by OMA's Shohei Shigematsu and Rem Koolhaas in collaboration with Cooper Robertson, the 60,000-square-foot, seven-story addition—the architecture firm's first public building in New York City—connects to the existing building, doubling its gallery space and improving visitor flow. The project includes a permanent home for the museum's cultural incubator NEW INC, a new outdoor plaza, and full-service restaurant.
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February 25, 2025

‘Songs of New York’ exhibit explores the soundtrack of NYC

A new exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York (MCNY) immerses visitors in the rich musical heritage of the five boroughs. "Songs of New York: 100 Years of Imagining the City Through Music" showcases more than 100 songs from artists spanning the 1920s to the 2020s, all related to New York City life, be it the subway, nightlife, or neighborhoods. Located in a gallery on the museum's second floor, the exhibit features artists like the Wu-Tang Clan, Frank Sinatra, the Ramones, Jennifer Lopez, and Suzanne Vega.
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February 21, 2025

This year’s NYBG Orchid Show brings the vibrancy of Mexican modernism to the Bronx

The New York Botanical Garden’s beloved Orchid Show officially opened this weekend, bringing the bold colors of Mexican modernism to the Bronx. Inspired by the work of Mexican modernist architect Luis Barragán, "The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism" turns the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory into a vibrant landscape of thousands of orchids, tropical plants, and succulents like cacti and agave. The breathtaking display is on view through April 27.
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February 19, 2025

Joan Didion archive opening at the New York Public Library

A collection of never-before-seen items belonging to writer Joan Didion and her husband, writer John Gregory Dunne, will be on display at the New York Public Library next month. The library, which acquired the archive in 2023 and spent two years processing the material, will make the items publicly available to researchers and writers on March 26 in the Manuscripts and Archives Division at the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building.
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February 13, 2025

NYC’s only revolving restaurant reopens in Times Square

New York City's only revolving restaurant is spinning again. The View, on the 47th and 48th floors of the New York Marriott Marquis in Times Square, reopened this week following a revamp by Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group (USHG) and David Rockwell's Rockwell Group. Formerly host to an all-you-can-eat buffet, the two-story restaurant has been reimagined as an upscale dining destination inspired by "American supper clubs and chop houses of earlier eras."
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February 13, 2025

Relive monumental public art installation ‘The Gates’ in Central Park, 20 years later

"The Gates," the public art installation that took over Central Park with saffron-colored fabric panels for 16 days in 2005, is returning to New York City—virtually. To celebrate the installation's 20th anniversary, New Yorkers can relive the monumental artwork from Christo and Jeanne-Claude through an augmented reality experience on the Bloomberg Connects app. Plus, an exhibition now open at The Shed in Hudson Yards titled "Christo and Jeanne-Claude: The Gates and Unrealized Projects for New York City," explores the legacy of the artists and their work, as well as the journey behind bringing "The Gates" to life.
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February 12, 2025

Brooklyn’s 300-year-old Lott House to become Marine Park’s first museum

One of Brooklyn's oldest homes will finally open to the public. The Hendrick I. Lott House, a rare surviving example of a Dutch Colonial home in New York, is set to become a museum, offering visitors the chance to explore the historic interior for the first time. The 300-year-old home will undergo interior and structural renovations starting in early 2026 to preserve its historic charm while modernizing it, transforming it into a fully functional museum, the first in Marine Park. The museum will shed light on the neighborhood's history, the Lott family, and those who worked and lived on the farm.
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February 11, 2025

Macy’s Herald Square debuts pop-up spring market

Macy's Herald Square has unveiled a new seasonal pop-up celebrating love and the arrival of spring. Open just in time for Valentine's Day, the Shops at the Square offer customers a curated assortment of unique gifts, tasty treats, and other items. Find the shops on the mezzanine level of Macy's Herald Square through April 6.
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February 4, 2025

NYC’s best spas and saunas to beat the cold

With winter in full swing in New York City, it can feel disheartening to think about how many weeks of bitter cold lie ahead before the first signs of spring appear. Fortunately, plenty of tranquil escapes across the city can offer the warmth and relaxation needed to make it through the season. Whether you’re looking to shake off the winter blues or treat yourself to some much-needed self-care, these NYC day spas offer the perfect retreat to warm your body and lift your spirits during the colder months.
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February 3, 2025

Fordham’s Lincoln Center sculpture garden debuts new exhibition, including iconic ‘Hippo Ballerina’

New York City's beloved hippo sculpture, and other whimsical works of art, can now be found at Fordham University's Lincoln Center campus. On display through December, "The Magis Sculpture Exhibition" adds 11 new pieces to the university's outdoor sculpture garden, between West 60th and West 62nd Streets. Inspired by fables, art history, music, modern animation, and more, the exhibition complements the garden's 10 sculptures on permanent display. A highlight of the new installation is Bjørn Okholm Skaarup’s "Hippo Ballerina"—a 15-foot hippo sculpture that draws inspiration from Edgar Degas’ "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" and the dancing hippos from Walt Disney’s "Fantasia."
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January 28, 2025

The Frick announces April reopening date of Upper East Side mansion

The Frick Collection officially has a reopening date. The museum announced it will return to its historic Upper East Side home on April 17, following a five-year renovation of its mansion at 1 East 70th Street by Selldorf Architects and Beyer Blinder Belle. The project restored the original galleries, added new galleries to the second floor, expanded exhibition space, and revived the 70th Street garden. During the renovation, the Frick temporarily resided in the iconic Breuer Building from 2021 until March 2024.
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January 27, 2025

There’s still time to get special Broadway Week pricing for these shows

Broadway Week is back, with over two dozen shows offering two-for-one ticket pricing through February 9. With the success of the "Wicked" movie adaptation catapulting Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo into award season, the stage show has been sold out for weeks. But there’s still time to catch other major productions like “Romeo + Juliet” starring Rachel Zegler, “Aladdin,” “The Book of Mormon,” and “Sunset Blvd.” with Nicole Scherzinger. New shows include the musical adaptation of the 1992 Goldie Hawn and Meryl Streep movie “Death Becomes Her,” featuring Michelle Williams of Destiny’s Child fame, and “Redwood” with Idina Menzel. Since its inception in 2011, Broadway Week has aimed to make theater accessible to more people.
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