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World Trade Center to host free watch parties for Yankees-Mets series

Photo courtesy of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

May 15, 2025

World Trade Center to host free watch parties for Yankees-Mets series

It's a big weekend for New York baseball fans. The first Subway Series of the season kicks off on Friday, with the Yankees and Mets facing off as part of Major League Baseball's inaugural "Rivalry Weekend." With both teams currently taking the top spot in their division, and Juan Soto returning to the Bronx for the first time since signing with the crosstown foe for $765 million, the games promise to be can't-miss television. To revel in the rivalry, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey will broadcast all three games on giant screens (with sound) at the North Oculus Plaza on the World Trade Center campus.
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Egg rolls, egg creams, and empanadas: Lower East Side street festival returns for 24th year

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May 14, 2025

Egg rolls, egg creams, and empanadas: Lower East Side street festival returns for 24th year

By Devin Gannon

A street festival celebrating the diverse cultures of the Lower East Side takes place next month. Hosted by the Museum at Eldridge Street, the 24th annual Egg Rolls, Egg Creams, and Empanadas Festival brings together Jewish, Chinese, and Puerto Rican heritage with a day of food, music, crafts, and more. The block party takes place on Sunday, June 15.
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New public art exhibition in Midtown East explores what it means to be American

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May 13, 2025

New public art exhibition in Midtown East explores what it means to be American

By Aaron Ginsburg

A new public art installation in Midtown East celebrates the upcoming 250th anniversary of the United States with stories of veterans, farmers, activists, and other everyday heroes. Designed by C&G Partners, the nearly 7-acre exhibition, "Path of Liberty: That Which Unites US," immerses visitors in 55 personal stories brought to life through striking visuals and interactive elements. Opening on May 15, the installation is located at the site of the Soloviev Group's proposed Freedom Plaza casino on First Avenue between 38th and 41st Streets.
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NYCxDESIGN 2025: 12 can’t-miss events during New York City’s annual celebration of design

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May 13, 2025

NYCxDESIGN 2025: 12 can’t-miss events during New York City’s annual celebration of design

By Michelle Cohen

Each spring, New York City takes its turn as the epicenter of global design during the NYCxDESIGN Festival. The 2025 festivities run from May 15 to May 21, drawing industry professionals, innovators, tastemakers, and design lovers from around the world. From iconic trade events like ICFF and WANTED to a city-wide constellation of exhibitions, studio tours, discussions, and product debuts, the festival offers a first look at the ideas shaping tomorrow’s design landscape. It’s a brilliant opportunity to discover emerging talent, explore cutting-edge trends in furniture, lighting, textiles, and objects, and experience the energy of the city’s design scene. Keep reading for an overview of what not to miss.
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It’s time to nosh: Jewish food festival coming to Governors Island

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May 8, 2025

It’s time to nosh: Jewish food festival coming to Governors Island

By Aaron Ginsburg

New York City’s top restaurants are heading to Governors Island this summer for a one-day-only Jewish food and culture festival. Taking place Sunday, June 22 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., The Great Nosh is a picnic-style party with collaborations between some of the city's most iconic restaurants, including Katz’s Deli, Russ & Daughters, Apollo Bagels, and Morgenstern’s.
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Chinatown Restaurant Week to feature 18 eateries with off-menu specials and prix-fixe deals

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May 8, 2025

Chinatown Restaurant Week to feature 18 eateries with off-menu specials and prix-fixe deals

By Aaron Ginsburg

A week-long culinary festival in New York City will highlight the unique flavors and stories behind some of Chinatown’s best restaurants. Hosted by Welcome to Chinatown from May 19 through May 24, Chinatown Restaurant Week includes 18 neighborhood restaurants, from long-standing favorites like Hop Kee and Jing Fong to newer innovative additions shaping the future of Chinatown's food scene. Each will offer prix-fixe menus and special dishes available exclusively during the event.
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May 6, 2025

Where to see live outdoor music in NYC this summer

By Aaron Ginsburg

New York City will soon come alive with the sound of music, played on lush green spaces and iconic public parks across the five boroughs. We've rounded up some of the best options for a soothing sonic backdrop to your summer plans, from classical music in Central Park and jazz at sunset along the Hudson River to rock and hip-hop in Brooklyn's backyard.
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Hudson Valley’s Storm King Art Center reopens after $53M renovation

An entrance path connects the Outdoor Lobby and visitor pavilions to Storm King’s grounds. Artwork: Chakaia Booker, “A Moment in Time,” 2004. Photo © Richard Barnes

May 2, 2025

Hudson Valley’s Storm King Art Center reopens after $53M renovation

By Devin Gannon

Storm King Art Center, the popular 500-acre outdoor museum in the Hudson Valley, reopened this week following a $53 million renovation and expansion. The sculpture museum's first-ever capital project, a response to its rapid visitor growth, added five acres of landscape for art, a new visitor arrival area with more accessible amenities, streamlined parking, and a conservation and fabrication building. Storm King officially opens for the season on Wednesday, May 7.
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Macy’s Flower Show turns 50 with surrealist gardens and thousands of blooms in Herald Square

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May 1, 2025

Macy’s Flower Show turns 50 with surrealist gardens and thousands of blooms in Herald Square

By Aaron Ginsburg

The 50th annual Macy's Flower Show opened in Herald Square on Sunday, transforming the iconic department store into a breathtaking garden filled with thousands of lush plants and flowers. In honor of its semicentennial, this year’s event has been extended to three weeks of festivities, running through May 18. The show also features a partnership with YSL Beauty, offering an immersive experience that encourages guests to embrace freedom and celebrate the transformative power of nature.
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Central Park opens stunning year-round rec center that seamlessly connects to the landscape

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April 25, 2025

Central Park opens stunning year-round rec center that seamlessly connects to the landscape

By Devin Gannon

A new recreation center has finally opened on the northern end of Central Park. The $160 million Davis Center at the Harlem Meer is a year-round facility integrated into the park's historic landscape with the ability to transform each season, from a pool in the summer, an ice rink in the winter, and a green lawn in the spring and fall.
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Ai Weiwei installation coming to Roosevelt Island

By Devin Gannon

Artist and activist Ai Weiwei will unveil his first major artwork in New York City since 2017 this fall. Four Freedoms Park Conservancy on Thursday announced it had commissioned the Chinese artist for a monumental installation on Roosevelt Island that will open this September. "Camouflage" will take over all 3.5 acres of FDR Four Freedoms State Park, with an open architectural structure that rises above its granite walls and is draped in camouflage netting.
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Knicks to host playoff watch party outside of MSG

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April 24, 2025

Knicks to host playoff watch party outside of MSG

By Devin Gannon

The New York Knicks are hosting another free watch party for game five of the first round of the NBA playoffs. While the team plays the Pistons in Detroit on Tuesday night, Knicks fans can still head to Midtown to watch the games on giant screens outside of Madison Square Garden. The team heads into tonight up 3-1 in the best-of-seven series.
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Take in 65,000 colorful tulips, and pick your own, at Queens Farm

Photos courtesy of Queens County Farm Museum

April 23, 2025

Take in 65,000 colorful tulips, and pick your own, at Queens Farm

By Devin Gannon

While cherry blossoms usually steal the spotlight every spring, tulips provide some of the most vibrant signs of the season. The Queens County Farm Museum is once again turning into a tulip wonderland, with a display of over 65,000 flowers in full bloom. As part of "Blooms at Queens Farm," visitors can pick their own flowers to bring home on Saturdays and Sundays through May 4.
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Banksy mural rescued from a Red Hook warehouse wall on view at Brookfield Place

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April 22, 2025

Banksy mural rescued from a Red Hook warehouse wall on view at Brookfield Place

By Michelle Cohen

In a decade-long story with elusive British graffiti artist Banksy at its heart, an upcoming Guernsey's auction on May 21 will bring a 7,500-pound chunk of a Red Hook, Brooklyn warehouse to The Winter Garden at Brookfield Place. An outer wall of the warehouse in question was the site of a warehouse-wall-sized work created by Banksy in 2013, titled "Battle to Survive a Broken Heart," consisting of a bandaged red heart-shaped balloon. The painting bears the distinction of being the only one of his works that the artist has gone back to retouch after its completion.
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Van Gogh’s paintings will come to life at the New York Botanical Garden this summer

Rendering of Starry Nights drone show finale during “Van Gogh’s Flowers.” Courtesy of NYBG

April 21, 2025

Van Gogh’s paintings will come to life at the New York Botanical Garden this summer

By Devin Gannon

Vincent van Gogh's famous flower paintings will come to life at the New York Botanical Garden this summer. Opening on May 24, a new floral exhibition titled "Van Gogh's Flowers" will present botanical displays alongside large-scale contemporary art inspired by the Dutch post-Impressionist artist, as well as an after-hours drone show celebrating "Starry Night" and other iconic pieces.
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The Frick Collection reopens after $220M renovation: See inside the revitalized Gilded Age museum

West Gallery, The Frick Collection, New York. Photo: Joseph Coscia Jr.

April 17, 2025

The Frick Collection reopens after $220M renovation: See inside the revitalized Gilded Age museum

By Devin Gannon

The Frick Collection is back and more accessible than ever. Following a five-year, $220 million renovation, the Gilded Age house museum reopened on Thursday with more gallery space, an auditorium, improved accessibility, a new cafe, and access to the second floor for the first time. Designed by Selldorf Architects with Beyer Blinder Belle, the project marks the first upgrade and expansion of the 1914 mansion since the home became a museum 90 years ago.
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Three works by sculptor John Chamberlain make their U.S. debut at Rockefeller Center

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April 16, 2025

Three works by sculptor John Chamberlain make their U.S. debut at Rockefeller Center

By Aaron Ginsburg

Large-scale sculptures by the late American artist John Chamberlain are making their first United States appearance at Rockefeller Center. On view from April 16 through May 29, "Chamberlain Goes Outdoors at Rockefeller Center" showcases three sculptures by Chamberlain, who was best known for his distinctive works made of scrap metal and aluminium foil. Free and open to the public, the installation offers a rare opportunity to experience one of Chamberlain’s final bodies of work.
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Forest Hills Stadium summer concerts back on following deal with residents

Photo courtesy of Chris Lavado

April 15, 2025

Forest Hills Stadium summer concerts back on following deal with residents

By Aaron Ginsburg

The shows at Forest Hills Stadium will go on this season, as neighborhood residents and venue officials have reached a deal in their long-running dispute. On Monday, Queens Borough President Donovan Richards announced that Tiebreaker Productions, the stadium's concert partner, has agreed to hire private security to patrol the privately owned streets around the venue—satisfying demands from the Forest Hills Gardens Corporation (FHGC), which in March blocked the city from accessing those roads. Last month, the venue had reportedly been denied amplification permits, putting the entire concert season at risk.
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Lincoln Center announces hundreds of free events as part of ‘Summer for the City’ festival

Credit: Lawrence Sumulong

April 15, 2025

Lincoln Center announces hundreds of free events as part of ‘Summer for the City’ festival

By Aaron Ginsburg

Lincoln Center has announced the lineup for its fourth annual Summer for the City festival, with hundreds of free events and performances at the world-renowned cultural hub. Running from June 11 through August 9, the festival features a slate of events spanning dance, theater, opera, and more that celebrate the diversity of New York City's cultural landscape. Summer for the City will activate every corner of the Lincoln Center campus, with events held across indoor and outdoor spaces at the famed arts center.
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The Met unveils last rooftop commission until at least 2030

Jennie C. Jones (born 1968, Cincinnati, Ohio). Installation view of The Roof Garden Commission: Jennie C. Jones, “Ensemble,” 2025. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photos by Hyla Skopitz

April 15, 2025

The Met unveils last rooftop commission until at least 2030

By Devin Gannon

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has unveiled its last commission for its rooftop until 2030. On view at the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden through October 19, "Ensemble" by Jennie C. Jones includes large sculptures based on string instruments that play sounds activated only by the wind. Free with museum admission, the installation marks the 12th and final Roof Garden commission before work begins on the new five-story Tang Wing for modern art designed by Frida Escobedo.
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NYPL’s World Literature & Arts Festival returns

All images courtesy of Robert Krevolin/The New York Public Library

April 9, 2025

NYPL’s World Literature & Arts Festival returns

By Aaron Ginsburg

A celebration of storytelling across the world's diverse cultures and languages is returning to the New York Public Library (NYPL) next week. Running from April 14 through 30, the fifth annual World Literature & Arts Festival is a library system-wide event series highlighting New York City's vibrant immigrant communities across Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island in honor of Immigrant Heritage Week. The festival spotlights the city's diversity through engaging author talks, performances, culinary experiences, writing workshops, and more.
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Brooklyn Bridge Park opens new Pier 1 pavilion and plaza

All photos courtesy of Brooklyn Bridge Park / Alexa Hoyer

April 9, 2025

Brooklyn Bridge Park opens new Pier 1 pavilion and plaza

By Aaron Ginsburg

Marking its 15th anniversary, Brooklyn Bridge Park debuted a scenic and accessible new gateway into the beloved waterfront park this week. Designed by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) and Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects, the new pavilion acts as a front porch to the rest of the 85-acre park, featuring lush landscaping and an elevated view of the East River and Manhattan. The pavilion and plaza's opening marks another chapter in the park's evolution, from its gritty industrial beginnings to becoming one of the city's most treasured public green spaces.
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Towering steel sculptures take ‘root’ in the Garment District

All photos courtesy of Alexandre Ayer / @DiversityPics for the Garment District Alliance

April 4, 2025

Towering steel sculptures take ‘root’ in the Garment District

By Aaron Ginsburg

A new striking sculptural installation has taken 'root' in Midtown. The Garment District Alliance on Thursday unveiled "New York Roots," a series of seven towering steel sculptures that invite viewers to reflect on how relationships, families, and communities intertwine to support a common purpose—much like roots that strengthen and sustain a tree. Created by conceptual artist Steve Tobin, the installation is now on view along the Broadway plazas in the Garment District, between 39th and 40th Streets and 40th and 41st Streets.
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23 best flea and food markets in NYC to visit this spring

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April 4, 2025

23 best flea and food markets in NYC to visit this spring

By Aaron Ginsburg

It's officially spring in New York City, even if it may not feel like it yet. New Yorkers will shake off their winter blues and get ready for the months of outdoor fun that lie ahead. One of the best ways to get out and enjoy the nice weather is by heading to an outdoor market to browse troves of unique treasures or try a tasty treat. We've rounded up some of our favorite outdoor spring and summer markets, whether you're looking for fresh, locally grown produce at the city's Greenmarkets or one-of-a-kind vintage finds at flea markets in Brooklyn and Queens.
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Behind the Mexican Modernism of Luis Barragán that inspired this year’s NYBG Orchid Show

“The Orchid Show: Mexican Modernism.” Photo courtesy of the New York Botanical Garden.

April 1, 2025

Behind the Mexican Modernism of Luis Barragán that inspired this year’s NYBG Orchid Show

By Lidia Ryan

"We want people who know his work to come and say 'Oh yeah, that is Barragán pink,'" Michaela Wright, director of Exhibition Content and Interpretation, said of this year's orchid show at the New York Botanical Garden. She’s talking about renowned Mexican architect Luis Barragán. "By the time of his death in 1988, his persona and way of working had attained almost mythical status, and the interest in his oeuvre has increased ever since," as described by the Luis Barragán Foundation. The hallmark of his designs are clean, painted stucco walls in contrast — yet harmony — with the natural surroundings. Some of his prominent works in Mexico City include the Barragán House, Las Arboledas, Fuente de los Amantes, and Cuadra San Cristobal. This legacy of color and Mexican Modernism was the inspiration for this year’s orchid show and accompanying photo exhibit, running through April 27.
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