Youth Guide to

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Youth Guide to

2015
NYC
Youth Guide to
The Department of Youth and
Community Development will
be updating this guide regularly.
Please check back with us to
see the latest additions.
Have a safe and fun Summer!
For additional information please call
Youth Connect at 1.800.246.4646
T H E C I T Y O F N EW Y O R K
O FFI C E O F T H E M A Y O R
N EW Y O R K , N Y 1 0 0 0 7
Summer 2015
Dear Friends:
I am delighted to share with you the 2015 edition of the New York City Youth Guide to
Summer Fun.
There is no season quite like summer in the City! Across the five boroughs, there are
endless opportunities for creation, relaxation and learning, and thanks to the efforts of the
Department of Youth and Community Development and its partners, this guide will help
neighbors and visitors from all walks of life savor the full flavor of the city and plan their
family’s fun in the sun. Whether hitting the beach or watching an outdoor movie, dancing under
the stars or enjoying a puppet show, exploring the zoo or sketching the skyline, attending library
read-alouds or playing chess, New Yorkers are sure to make lasting memories this July and
August as they discover a newfound appreciation for their diverse and vibrant home.
My administration is committed to ensuring that all 8.5 million New Yorkers can enjoy
and contribute to the creative energy of our city. This terrific resource not only helps us achieve
that important goal, but also sustains our status as a hub of culture and entertainment. On behalf
of all New Yorkers, Chirlane and I applaud DYCD and its collaborators for putting it together
and extend our best wishes for a safe, healthy and inspiring summer.
Sincerely,
Bill de Blasio
Mayor
SUMMER HOT
SPOTS
MUSEUM DEALS
BARBECUE SITES
JULY 2015
AUGUST 2015
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J U LY
WEDNESDAY, JULY 1
—Bryant Park
Poe Park Visitor Center
Bryant Park Boot Camp
Fountain Terrace
2:00pm – 3:30pm
6:30am – 7:00am
Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up fitness
group, for a Boot Camp on the Fountain Terrace.
Rotations through exercises like crunches, planks,
push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers ensure a
mixture of cardio and strength training that will keep
you coming back--and seeing results. No equipment
necessary; smiles and high-fives encouraged. Rain
or shine.
Bryant Park Juggling
42nd Street Plaza
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Test your coordination and dexterity with free
juggling lessons.
Luiz Simas - Brazilian and American
Genres of Jazz
Upper terrace
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Brazilian/American pianist Luiz Simas is a versatile
performer who feels totally at ease with both the music
of his native Brazil and the American genres of jazz,
ragtime and stride. Keyboard Magazine has described
his playing as “sassy, clear and vibrant”, and his
music as “fresh, smart and witty”. His latest CD, Mata
Atlantica (Atlantic Forest) Piano Suite, was released by
Lydjul Music in 2011.
11:00am – 12:00pm
Get in shape with dance moves while using weights.
Recycle to Art
Have fun turning discarded materials into usable works
of art. Children under 10 years must be accompanied
by an adult. Wear clothes that can get messy.
Gertrude Ederle Recreation
Center
232 West 60th Street, Manhattan, NY
(212) 397-3159
Adult Adaptive Sports
6:30am – 9:30pm
A selection of adaptive sports clinics. An excellent
opportunity for adults and seniors with disabilities to
play and learn modified sports. Membership required.
Metropolitan Room
34 West 22nd Street, between 22nd Street and
6th Avenue, Manhattan, NY (212) 206-0440
Presents: Judy Tenuta
You cannot possess her, but the “Love Goddess” may
convert you to her signature religion, “Judyism,” with
her outrageous comedy. She may even tote out her
accordion. It could happen!
 www.metropolitanroom.com
Crocheron Park
Accordions around the World
Throughout the park
(212) 768-4242
Meet in front of the Fort Totten entrance
(across the street from Little Bay Park) on
Totten Avenue, Western end of the Joe Michaels
Mile, Queens, NY
(718) 352-4793 ext.301
Fitness Walk at Jose Michaels Mile
Take a cross-cultural musical journey — from France
to Colombia, from the Balkans to Louisiana, from cumbia to jazz, and more — with accordions, harmoniums, concertinas, and bandoneons.
Join other adults in a weekly fitness walking program
that starts at the western end of Joe Michaels Mile
(near the front of Fort Totten). No registration is
required.
6:00pm – 8:00pm
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Dancercise
9:00am – 10:00am
July Ping Pong Tournament
The Tables in the 42nd Street Allee
New York Botanical Garden
Test your ping pong skills at one of two state-of-the-art
tables. Paddles and balls are provided free of charge.
11:00am 6:00pm – 9:00pm
Queens Botanical Garden
43 – 50 Main Street, Flushing, Queens, NY
(718) 886-3800
8:30am – 5:30pm
 www.queensbotanical.org
2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx, NY
Weird, Wild and Wonderful
In homage to the beauty of the botanical world’s most
bizarre flora, the New York Botanical Garden invited
members of the American Society of Botanical Artists
to participate in a study of the eccentric, creating
works of art based on visually unusual plants chosen
by the artists themselves. View the results of their
efforts, 46 captivating paintings and illustrations of
exotic specimens, on display in the Ross Gallery. For
costs, visit the website.  www.nybg.org
776 Lorimer Street, Brooklyn, NY
(718) 218-2380
Art for Us Adaptive Art Program
Central Park
Columbus Circle: Meet at Green Bike
Rental Kiosk at 59th Street Entrance
9:00am – 10:00am
10:00am – 11:00am
Instructional art program for people with disabilities to
interact, socialize and express them through art (for
adults and seniors). Membership required.
We’re using our own body weight and resistance
bands to bring about a lean and sculpted body within
five sessions.
 www.brooklynbridgebootcamp.com
Madison Square Park
SummerStage
10:30am – 11:30am
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Oval Lawn, East 23rd Street to 26th Street on
Broadway and Madison, Manhattan, NY
(212) 538-1884
THURSDAY, JULY 2
—Bryant Park
42nd Street Plaza
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Test your coordination and dexterity with free juggling
lessons.
Luiz Simas - Brazilian and American
Genres of Jazz
Upper terrace
12:30pm – 2:30pm
ragtime and stride. Keyboard Magazine has described
his playing as “sassy, clear and vibrant”, and his
music as “fresh, smart and witty”. His latest CD, Mata
Atlantica (Atlantic Forest) Piano Suite, was released by
Lydjul Music in 2011.
Poe Park
Poe Park Visitor Center 2640 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY
Shape Up NYC: Stretching,
Toning, Relaxing
10:00am – 11:00am
This total body workout addresses muscle strength
and endurance while keeping the heart rate up to
improve your cardiovascular health.
Brooklyn Bridge Boot Camp
Brooklyn side of Brooklyn Bridge
6:00am – 7:00am
Using high-intensity interval training, you will quickly
realize why this type of workout saves you hours in
the gym.
J U LY
McCarren Play Center
Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan, NY
Un Break a Mozart / The DASH
Ensemble
St. Johns Recreation Center
1251 Prospect Place, Brooklyn, NY
Chi Kung
9:00am – 10:00am
Chi Kung is similar to Tai Chi, using breath and energy
flow to achieve health. Used commonly in Traditional
Chinese Medicine to relieve stress and improve
balance and coordination. This program is for adults
and seniors.
Brooklyn Bridge Park
334 Furman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Kayaking
5:30pm – 6:45pm
Glide along the water while kayaking with the Brooklyn
Bridge Park Boathouse at the Pier 2 floating dock!
Children under 18 must have an adult guardian
present. All levels are welcome and no experience is
necessary.
The Public Theater
Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY
The Jewbadours
9:30pm (Doors open at 9:00pm)
 www.publictheater.org
NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Please visit the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation website for a complete listing of Shape up NYC
times and locations.  www.nycgovparks.org
Battery City Park
Rockefeller Park
Preschool Art
10:00am – 12:00pm
 www.bpcparks.org
Rockefeller Park
Art and Games
3:30pm – 5:30pm
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J U LY
Madison Square Park
Conservancy
East 23rd to 26th Street, Broadway to Madison
Oval Lawn, Madison Square Park (212) 538-1884
Kids Concerts: Jazz at Lincoln Center
Presents: WeBop Family Jazz Party
10:30am – 11:30am
With witty, heartfelt lyrics and inspiration from 50’s
rock and roll, children and parents alike can enjoy his
warm and sincere music for no fee.
FRIDAY, JULY 3RD
—Bryant Park
2nd Street Plaza
12:00pm – 1:00pm
lessons in the park. All skill levels are welcome to join
in the fun. Equipment is provided.
Lincoln Center Shows
Damrosch Park
70 Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan, NY
Kahulani
6:00pm
In the early 20th century, Hawaiian bands started
playing jazzed-up versions of beloved traditional songs
on Hawaiian instruments. Embracing this custom,
Kahulanui (the Big Dance) crafts dance floor-ready
tunes on traditional Hawaiian instruments.
Lincoln Center Shows
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Metropolitan Opera House, Manhattan, NY
Cinderella
Visit site for tickets and times.
Ashton’s Cinderella is widely considered one of the
greatest ballets of this timeless rags-to-riches fairy
tale. Performed to Prokofiev’s hauntingly soaring
score, this romance is a stage fantasy to enrapture
children of all ages as well as a cornucopia of sly wit
and inventive choreography to sate the most devoted
of ballet fans.
 www.metopera.org
Shakespeare in the Park
Delacorte Theater in Central Park
Manhattan, NY (212) 967-7555
The Tempest
8:00pm
BAM Concert Series
MetroTech Commons, Brooklyn, NY
RandB Festival featuring King Sunny
Ade and His African Beats
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Check website for times and more information.
 www.bam.org
44th Annual International
African Arts Festival
(July 2nd to July 6th)
Commodore Barry Park, Navy Street between
Park and Flushing Avenues
Manhattan, NY (718) 638-6700
10:00am – 9:00pm
 www.iaafestival.net
NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Piper Theatre Productions
Old Stone House and Washington Park
Park Slope, Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 768-3195
Sweeny Todd
Set in 19th century England, Sweeney Todd is an unjustly exiled barber who returns to London with a new
name seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge
who framed him, ravaged his young wife and became
warden to his daughter.
SATURDAY, JULY 4TH
—Storytelling at the Hans
Christian Andersen Statue
Near 72nd Street and Fifth Avenue in Central Park
Manhattan, NY
Fairy and Folk Tales From Around
the World!
11:00am – 12:00pm
Free
Le Carrousel in Bryant Park
Free to Be… Frog and Me
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Flaubert Frog and Cali Co Cat present stories, songs
and poems from the celebrated book Free to Be…You
and Me. In case of rain, this event will be canceled.
42nd Street Plaza
12:00pm – 1:00pm
lessons in the park.
NYC Parks
Please visit the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation website for a complete list of NYC Park events.
 www.nycgovparks.org
Hell’s Kitchen Fireworks
Entrance Fair
52nd Street from 10th Avenue to 11th Avenue
Manhattan, NY
11:00am – 5:00pm
Featuring artists and crafters show up, with general
merchandise, foods and corporate displays, for a
dazzling day of bargains and fun.
Chelsea Fireworks View Fair
24th Street from 10th Avenue to 11th Avenue
Manhattan, NY
11:00am – 5:00pm
Featuring artists and crafters show up, with general
merchandise, foods and corporate displays, for a
dazzling day of bargains and fun.
Amateur Astronomer’s
Association of New York
Lincoln Center, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza
Manhattan, NY
Observing at Lincoln Center
7:30pm – 9:30pm
This event will be canceled if the sky is likely to be
cloudy. The AAA observes at Lincoln Center every Friday and Saturday evening from the beginning of April
to the middle of August. We stargaze on the plaza, just
north of the fountain.
Amateur Astronomers
Observing at Brooklyn Museum Plaza
9:00pm – 11:00pm
 www.aaa.org
Macy’s July 4th Fireworks 2015
East River, Manhattan, NY
9:00pm
SUNDAY, JULY 5TH
—NYC Parks - NY Restoration
Project
Highbridge Park, 190th Street and Amsterdam
Avenue, Manhattan, NY
Forest Crew
10:30am – 1:00pm
Lexington Avenue Festival
Lexington Avenue, 42nd – 52nd Street
Manhattan, NY
11:00am – 6:00pm
A variety of activities for the whole family.
City Parks Foundation
SummerStage
Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan, NY
2:00 – 6:00pm, doors open at 2:00pm,
shows starts at 3:00pm
Free
Global Family Day: Shine and the Moonbeams with
special guest the Noel Pointer Youth Orchestra / The
Red Trouser Show / Batoto Yetu / Ziporah Roney and
Collaborative Artists
Pier 6 Lawns
Pier Kids: Jacqueline Schmidt
11:00am – 1:00pm
Jacqueline Schmidt, illustrator of Patchwork Helps
a Friend will help your imagination soar during this
week’s Pier Kids.
 www.brooklynbridgepark.org
Pier 6 Promenade
Checkmate 101
11:00pm
Westerleigh Park
Come learn how to take your chess game to the next
level with Zeebedee Collins! Best for beginners; limited
boards available.
9:00am – 12:00pm
Cleaning and Maintaining
Westerleigh Park
Help us maintain the beauty of Westerleigh Park by
raking, planting, or gardening. Enjoy a cup of coffee
and a donut while getting great exercise. We are there
every Saturday morning.
J U LY
Bryant Park
The Delacorte Theater in Central Park
Manhattan, NY
The Tempest
8:00pm
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J U LY
NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Lexington Avenue from 42nd to 53rd Street
Pier 5, Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY
Smorgasburg
Join us Sundays at Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 5 for
another season of Brooklyn’s best street food. From
brisket to bulgogi and Burmese noodles, to phatty
beet sliders, fish and chips and farm-fresh ice cream,
there’s always something yummy for everyone. Come
enjoy our food with a view.
Bryant Park
NYC Parks
Le Carrousel in Bryant Park
Le Carrousel Magique
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Alakazam Our ace Magicians return with tricks up
their sleeves and feats that razzle-dazzle. Produced in
partnership with Monday Night Magic. In case of rain,
Le Carrousel Magique will be cancelled.
American Tap Dance
Foundation
154 Christopher Street #2B
Manhattan, NY 10014
Tap City 2015
Tap City is the preeminent tap dance festival of the
world and is the quintessential celebration of our collective American heritage – virtues that are certainly
evident in tap’s hometown, New York City. Each year,
Tap City offers expansive adult, pre-professional and
youth training programs with internationally renowned
teachers and numerous diverse premiere performances and city-wide events. Happening July 5th–July 11th
 www.atdf.org
43rd Annual International
African Arts Festival
July 3rd to July 6th.
Commodore Barry Park, Navy Street (Park and
Flushing Avenues), Brooklyn, NY (718) 638-6700
10:00am – 9:00pm
 www.iaafestival.org
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NYC Parks
Summer Hester Street Fair
Corner of Hester and Essex, Manhattan, NY
11:00am – 6:00pm
Fair will be held on every Saturday from April 25–
October 31, 2015.Located in the heart of the Lower
East Side and housed on the historic grounds of New
York City’s largest pushcart market at the turn of the
century, the Hester Street Fair pays homage to those
roots by bringing together a collection of NYC’s best
vendors in a bustling outdoor marketplace. We curate
the finest artisanal food, vintage clothing, jewelry,
crafts, home goods and much more.
Heather Garden in Fort Tryon Park
Manhattan, NY
Garden Walking Tour
1:00pm – 2:00pm
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 plants are in bloom in
each of the seasons, even in the dead of winter. Learn
about the gardens’ history, future, and secrets from a
member of Fort Tryon’s expert horticulture staff. These
tours are wheelchair accessible but persons with
mobility issues may find them challenging because of
the park’s many steep paths.
MONDAY, JULY 6TH
—Prospect Park Alliance
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
Monday Eastside Revival
10:00am – 1:00pm
The East Side Revival helps beautify two of the Park’s
most elegant locations: the Vale of Cashmere and the
Rose Garden. Tasks may include raking, sweeping,
path edging, and litter removal. Register online.
 www.prospectpark.org
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
H.S. Anniversary
46th Street from 6th Avenue to 7th Avenue
Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 4:00pm
Lexington Avenue between 42nd Avenue between
53rd Street, Queens, NY
11:00am – 6:00pm
NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
East Side Revival Corps
Vale of Cashmere
10:00am – 2:00pm
path edging, and litter removal. Register online.
Pop-Up Audubon: Macy’s
Fishing Clinics
The Prospect Park Alliance presents Pop-Up Audubon,
now in its second season, which invites families to
directly engage with nature through outdoor learning in
locations around the Park.
Macy’s Fishing Clinics
This popular summer program offers kids 15 and
under the opportunity to fish. Participants learn about
aquatic ecology, fishing safety and will even get to
collect their own bait. First come, first serve.
Family Bird Watching
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Did you know that as an Important Bird Area, Prospect
Park supports an exceptional diversity of migrating
birds and is an essential stopover for about 250
species of birds? After learning how to use binoculars,
participants of all ages can join Alliance Naturalists on
a walk to learn how to identify these birds!
For a more complete list of events please visit
Jazzmobile
Cotton Club, 656 West 125th Street
Manhattan, NY (212) 663-7980
Presents: Blues Guitarist and Vocalist Solomon Hicks Headlines at the
Cotton Club
Forest Park
Metropolitan Avenue and Park Lane South
Queens, NY (718) 235-4100
Email: [email protected]
Wallenburg Square
Dancing Under the Stars
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Free ballroom dance lessons!
SummerStage
Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Manhattan, NY
(212) 360-1399
Presents: Neon Trees/ Smallpools/
Nightmare and The Cat
6:30pm – 10:00pm, doors open at 5:30pm
For ticket information please visit
 www.ticketmaster.com
Lincoln Center
Preludes
Claire Tow Theater, Lincoln Center
Manhattan, NY
7:00pm
From the creators of Natasha, Pierre and The Great
Comet of 1812, PRELUDES is a musical fantasia set
in the hypnotized mind of Russian composer Sergei
Rachmaninoff.
 www.lincolncenter.org
Sinatra: An American Icon
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts,
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Manhattan, NY
12:00pm
Bryant Park
8:30pm – 12:30am
42nd Street Plaza
Brownsville Recreation Center
Jazz Blues Guitarist and Vocalist Solomon Hicks
performs every Monday night at The Cotton Club
155 Linden Boulevard, Brooklyn, NY
(718) 485-4633
Monday Movement
11:00am – 12:30pm
Get the week started off right in this low-impact, chair
aerobics class, which is perfect for seniors or those
with limited mobility. This is accessible to those with
disabilities. Open to adults and seniors.Recreation
center membership is required.
J U LY
Prospect Park Alliance
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Reel Talks- The Films of Paul Thomas
Anderson
Bryant Park Reading Room
12:30pm – 1:45pm
At this event you’ll experience lively and entertaining
commentary on the films of Paul Thomas Anderson,
with resident film expert Scott Adlerberg and film critic
and author Stephen Whitty. In case of rain, Word for
Word Reel Talks will be canceled.
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J U LY
Jon Weber – Jazz Performer, TV Score
Composer Broadway Coordinator
Upper Terrace
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Jazz pianist Jon Weber has recorded and toured all
over the world, winning numerous accolades for performance and composition - and scoring extensively
for television since 1987. Gary Burton, Roy Hargrove,
Niels-Henning Orsted Pedersen, and Avishai Cohen
have all recorded Jon’s music. His newest critically-acclaimed release, Simple Complex, rose to #1. Jon lives
in New York City and hosts NPR’s Piano Jazz Rising
Stars, after frequently serving as guest host for Marian
McPartland on NPR’s Piano Jazz.  www.bryantpark.org
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film Festival, Presented by Bank of America
Bryant Park Lawn
5:00pm – 11:00pm
Classic films under the stars on the big screen. Bring a
blanket and sit on the lawn to enjoy great food, friends,
plus a classic Warner Brothers cartoon before each
film. The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm
and 9pm). All packages, bags, briefcases, backpacks,
etc. subject to inspection.  www.bryantpark.org
The Public Theater
425 Lafayette Street, Manhattan, NY
An Evening with David Bronson
7:30pm
TUESDAY, JULY 7TH
—New York Musical Theatre
(NYMF) Festival (Begins)
Various locations throughout NYC.
(Happening July 7–27)
 www.nymf.org
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Human Impacts Institute
Friends of Van Cortlandt Park
Van Cortlandt Park, Mosholu Avenue and
Broadway, Bronx, NY
Friends’ Compost and Garden Site
(easy access by entering the park at
Broadway and Mosholu Avenue)
Garden Crew
10:00am – 1:00pm
Help care for our vegetable beds (where all of our
produce will be donated to local food pantries and
sold at our Youth Run Farm Stand), and compost bins.
Bring water and sunscreen.
Lincoln Center
Conjunto Sarosura
Damrosch Park, Manhattan, NY
Dance Floor opens 6:00pm, dance lesson
begins at 6:30pm, live music at 7:30pm
Playing salsa, Conjunto Sabrosura is sure to keep the
dance floor packed all night for its New York debut.
The band cross-pollinates lyrical Cuban son with the
explosiveness of old school New York salsa big bands
for a sound powered by triple-threat trumpets in the
horn section and the Celia Cruz-strength vocals of
the band’s youthful lead singer, Mayte Perez. Dancers
simply call it irresistible! As this is a dance event, there
is no seating.  www.midsummernightswing.org
DruidShakespeare: The
History of Plays
Rose Theater, Manhattan, NY
7:00pm
Tony Award–winning director Garry Hynes and Druid,
Ireland’s most innovative theater company, make their
fourth Lincoln Center Festival appearance and first
foray into the works of Shakespeare with DruidShakespeare: The History Plays. Mark O’Rowe’s distillation
of Richard II, Henry IV parts I and II, and Henry V into
a single, continuous narrative explores the nature of
leadership and honor while telling a key story in the
making of the English nation—including the ruthless
suppression and appropriation of the land, language,
and people of Ireland.
 www.lincolncenterfestival.org
Driggs Avenue and Monitor Street, Brooklyn, NY
(917) 727-9761
Tree Care Tuesday
Summer on the Hudson
Tree care sessions involve community volunteers,
alongside HII crew cleaning-up, aerating and mulching
tree beds and planting bulbs in the tree bed soil all
while spending quality time with your community and
mother nature. Human Impacts Institute will provide
supplies for tree care. Participants should bring water
bottles, sunblock, a hat, and any other personal items.
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Free
10:00am – 12:00pm
The Plaza at 66th Street, Riverside Park South
Manhattan, NY
Pilates in the Park
Join instructor Melissa Ricci, CPT, PMA from Base
Fitness® for a flowing, multi-level Pilates mat class that
will tone and balance your muscles, align your body,
strengthen your core and give you renewed energy! Pelham Bay Library, 3060 Middletown Road
Bronx, NY (718) 792-6744
Stay Well Exercise
10:30am – 11:00pm
Bryant Park
Tai Chi
Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue between West 42
and West 40th, Manhattan, NY
7:30am – 8:30am
Jon Weber - Jazz Performer, TV Score
Composer
Upper Terrace, 6 Avenue between West 42nd
Street and West 40th Street
12:30pm – 2:30pm
 www.bryantpark.org
Madison Square Garden
2 Penn Plaza, 7th Avenue and 32nd Street
Manhattan, NY (212) 465-6000
Visit  www.ticketmaster.com for tickets.
SummerStage
5:00pm – 10:00pm
By purchasing tickets to SummerStage Benefit Concerts, you are continuing to support over 100 free performances in parks throughout the five boroughs. AEG
Live Presents Featuring: Pro Era, Flatbush Zombies,
The Underachievers Pro Era Pro Era is a young hip hop
collective from New York City that has catapulted itself
into the forefront of the music world. Defining a new
Progressive Era in today’s musical landscape, their
unique sound mixes old school craft with new school
vision, and embraces a distinctive approach…
Riverside Park Conservancy
The Plaza at 66th Street, Manhattan, NY
(212) 408-0219
Summer on the Hudson: Pilates
in the Park
Amateur Astronomers
14th Street and 10th Avenue, Manhattan, NY
Observing on the High Line
7:30pm – 9:30pm
The High Line is a spectacular setting, with a very low
horizon to the west. It overlooks the Hudson River.
The nearest subway station is the 14th Street, Eighth
Avenue stop on the A, C, and E trains. From there it’s
only a block-and-a-half walk to 10th Avenue. There is
also a 14th Street crosstown bus. If you’re planning to
drive, keep in mind that the area around the High Line
is very busy at night—lots of restaurants, etc. Parking
on Friday or Saturday evenings is nearly impossible.
We encourage anyone wishing to bring a telescope or
binoculars to do so. This event is likely to be canceled
if the sky is cloudy.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8TH
—NYC Parks
Christopher Agostino’s Storyfaces
Highland Park, Jackie Robinson Parkway
Vermont Avenue and Highland Blvd
Queens, NY (718) 235-4100
Lower Highland Playground (in Highland Park)
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Free
Original stories and folktales are presented in an inspiring fusion of visual and performing arts, illustrated on
the faces of audience volunteers as they are told.
For a complete list of NYC Parks events please visit
Shape up NYC
Location varies
6:30pm – 7:00pm
Bryant Park
NYC Parks
12:00pm – 1:00pm
strengthen your core, and give you renewed energy!
Location varies
Shape up NYC
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New York Public Library
Between 5th and 6th Avenue, West 40th Street
and West 42nd Street, Manhattan, NY
(212) 768-4242
42nd Street Plaza
Juggling
For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, please
visit  www.bryantpark.org
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SummerScreen
McCarren Park, Bedford Avenue and North 12th
Street, Brooklyn, NY
Presents: Clueless
Doors open at 6:00pm
With food vendors and live music. Films begin at
sundown. SummerScreen is a free outdoor movie
series that takes place on Wednesdays in July and
August in McCarren Park in Williamsburg. Clueless is
a film about a rich high school student trying to boost
a new pupil’s popularity, who reckons without affairs of
the heart getting in the way.
SummerStage
St. Mary’s Park, St. Mary’s Street between
St. Ann’s and Jackson Avenue, Bronx, NY
Presents: Ismael Miranda
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Ismael Miranda aka “El niño bonito de la Salsa” (The
pretty boy of Salsa) always wanted to be a musician,
and by age 11 had already formed two groups: “The
4J’s and Little Junior” and “The Class Mates.” He sang
and played conga for the group and they were good
enough to appear on Jerry Lewis’ Muscular Dystrophy
Telethon. Miranda also grew up and played in his first
bands with Jazz percussionist Orlando “Q” Rodríguez
and piano player Mark Diamond. In 1967, when Miranda was 17 years old, he made his recording debut
and made such an impression on bandleader Larry
Harlow, that he was hired as Larry’s lead singer. He
later joined the Fania All Stars and went with this band
on tour to Europe, Asia and Latin America. In 1973, he
formed his own band called “Orquesta Revelación” and
recorded “Así se compone un son” under the Fania
record label. With this song, Miranda entered the new
salsa craze which was sweeping the nation and was
then baptized as “El Niño Bonito de la Salsa” (‘The
Pretty Boy of Salsa”). He went on to launch his own
record label “IM Records” and continues to perform
nationally to this day.
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Summer on the Hudson:
Evening Salute to the Sun Yoga
The Plaza at 66th Street in Riverside Park South
Manhattan, NY
Evening Salute to the Sun Yoga
6:30pm – 7:30pm
End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga in a beautiful
sunset setting. This exercise is suitable for all fitness
levels. We advise that participates wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
Summer on the Hudson Picture
Show: Edward Scissorhands
Pier I, Riverside Park South, Manhattan, NY
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Seating will open at 6:30pm, and is available on a
first-come, first-served basis.
Lincoln Center
DruidShakespeare: The History Plays
Gerald W. Lynch Theater, Manhattan, NY
7:00pm
Tony Award–winning director Garry Hynes and Druid,
Ireland’s most innovative theater company, make their
fourth Lincoln Center Festival appearance and first
foray into the works of Shakespeare with DruidShakespeare: The History Plays. Mark O’Rowe’s distillation
of Richard II, Henry IV parts I and II, and Henry V into
a single, continuous narrative explores the nature of
leadership and honor while telling a key story in the
making of the English nation—including the ruthless
suppression and appropriation of the land, language,
and people of Ireland.
Preludes
Claire Tow Theater by Lincoln Center Theater
Manhattan, NY
7:00pm
Rachmaninoff. After the disastrous premiere of his first
symphony, the young Rachmaninoff suffers from writer’s block. He begins daily sessions with a therapeutic
hypnotist, in an effort to overcome depression and
return to composing.
National Ballet of China: The Peony
Pavilion
Rose Theater, Lincoln Center Festival
Manhattan, NY
8:00pm
Often compared to Romeo and Juliet, The Peony
Pavilion is one of the most famous love stories in all
of Chinese literature. A story of passion pitted against
impossible odds, this mesmerizing ode to love features
an eclectic and original score by Guo Wenjing that
references works by Debussy, Holst, Ravel, and
Prokofiev; choreography grounded in Western dance
by Fei Bo; and sumptuous costumes by Academy
Award–winning designer Emi Wada.
Damrosch Park
Gordon Webster Big Band with featured vocalist Brianna Thomas
7:30pm (live music)
A bandleader, who dances too, brings an indescribable
“wow” to the dancefloor. Tonight, playful, fleet-fingered
Lindy Hopper Gordon Webster does just that as he
fronts a big band including vocalist Brianna Thomas,
whose timing and technique enliven the great tunes
and ballads of the golden era of jazz.
 www.midsummernightswing.org
Battery Park City Parks
Conservancy
Elements of Nature Drawing
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, Manhattan, NY
11:00am – 1:00pm
Free
Morris Park Library, 985 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, NY (718) 931-0636
Get inspired by the beautiful expanse of the Hudson
River and New York Harbor and by the verdant Wagner
Park, with its very special Hot and Cool gardens; each
flower-filled and colorful throughout the season. All art
materials are provided by the Battery Park City Parks
Conservancy. Participants can practice already known
techniques or try new ones using water colors, pastels,
colored pencils, and other media. An artist/educator
will offer ideas, instruction and critiques regarding
technique. Meets in Wagner Park, near the Museum of
Jewish Heritage.
For more information on New York City Public Library
events please visit online.  www.nypl.org
Figure al Fresco
South Cove at Second Place, Manhattan, NY
Madison Square Garden
and Barclays Center
Many people are challenged when trying to draw the
human figure. The Battery Park City Parks Conservancy offers everyone a chance to improve their skills
through a wonderful outdoor figure drawing class.
Figure al Fresco meets each Wednesday afternoon
from May 6th through October 28th. Each week a
different model will strike both short and long poses for
participants to draw. An artist/educator will be on hand
to offer suggestions and give critiques throughout the
class. All drawing materials are supplied. This class
takes place in South Cove near Battery Place and
Second Place.
4:00pm
Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY
Happening July 6th to July 11th
Established in 2005, The Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival
is New York City’s largest Hip-Hop cultural event that
showcases the positive aspects of Hip-Hop culture by
highlighting Hip-Hop’s legacy as an agent of artistic
progression, community building and social change.
In addition to musical performances, the Festival offers
a number of activities for its audience, including: panel
discussions, exhibitions, parties, an award show and a
family-friendly block party. The Festival is more than a
concert or outdoor fair. It is a family reunion for lovers
of this great culture.
 www.brooklynbodega.com
Madison Square Park
Conservancy
Madison and 23rd Street, Manhattan, NY
Madison Square Music: The Stepkids
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Free outdoor concerts offer eclectic, live music this
summer in the park.
Forming in 2009, guitarist/vocalist Jeff Gitelman,
bassist/keyboardist/vocalist Dan Edinberg and
drummer/vocalist Tim Walsh make up The Stepkids,
a gleeful blend of classic jazz, RandB, funk, 70s pop
rock and countless other genres and styles with a
uniquely personal brand of modern psychedelic soul.
 www.madisonsquarepark.org
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Lincoln Center - Mid Summer
Night Swing
2:30pm – 4:30pm
Summer Teen Art Intensive
6 River Terrace, Manhattan, NY (212) 276-9700
10:00am – 4:00pm
Art Portfolio Development Summer Intensive for Teens!
Learn new techniques with a variety of media. Enjoy
creating art with others in a studio and outdoors in a
beautiful park. Weekly museum and gallery outings
to see, discuss, and draw. Here you have the option
to develop your own portfolio of work for applying to
specialized art high schools or colleges. Course is
taught by professional artists with extensive experience
teaching young artists. These courses are for young
artists entering grade 7– 12. Register now to reserve
your spot, as space is limited. All art materials provided
and included in the tuition.
Visit  www.bpcparks.org for pricing informationand
for a complete list of summer events.
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THURSDAY, JULY 9TH
—NYC Parks
Lincoln Center
A Morning of Music with Darlene
Graham
Northern Queens Parks, Buz O’Rourke Playground
in Crocheron Park, Queens, NY (718) 352-4793
7:30pm
Come and enjoy an interactive and exciting performance by Darlene Graham. The music is a mix of folk
and remixes of children’s songs. Please bring a blanket
or low chair.
Tribute to Octavio Brunetti featuring
Pedro Giraudo Tango Orchestra
Damrosch Park Swing, Manhattan, NY
10:30am – 11:30am
RiverRocks Waxahatchee and Speedy
Ortiz with Weyes Blood
Hudson River Park, West 44th Street and 12th
6:00pm
Free
Accessible to folks with disabilities
2015 brings the Hudson RiverRocks concert series
into its 17th Season. Hudson RiverRocks is one of
New York City’s quintessential free outdoor summer
concert series and features established and breaking
artists performing at the beautiful Pier 84.
Cast of Beatlemania
Forest Park, Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest
Park Drive, Queens, NY (718) 235-4100
George Seuffert Bandshell
7:30pm – 8:30pm
Free
Recall the memories of that exciting era when the fab
four ruled the world of rock ‘n’ roll!
Shape up NYC
Location varies
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Astoria Park, Queens NY
Astoria Park Lawn (718) 728-7820
Waterfront Concert Series 2015: The
Cab Calloway Orchestra
7:30pm – 9:00pm
The orchestra comes from the Big Band Swing Jazz
Orchestra style of the Harlem Renaissance during the
30’s and 40’s.
National Ballet of China: The Peony
Pavilion
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center Festival
Manhattan, NY
Pavilion is one of the most famous love stories in all of
Chinese literature.
6:00pm
Great Argentine tango pianist Octavio Brunetti’s sultry
sets at last year’s Midsummer Night Swing were the
stuff of legend. It was also the brilliant musician’s
unexpected swan song—he passed away shortly after
the triumphant evening. To honor him, Brunetti’s friend
and colleague, the highly versatile bassist, composer,
and arranger Pedro Giraudo, will lead the night’s
loving tribute. His newly formed Pedro Giraudo Tango
Orchestra will pay fitting homage to the great Brunetti
in an evening of sensual dance and celebratory remembrance.
Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films
of Tim Burton
Avery Fisher Hall, Manhattan, NY
7:30pm
Director Tim Burton’s rich oeuvre of films both
strange and beautiful has enchanted audiences of all
ages worldwide for three decades. This live concert
spectacle features Elfman’s unforgettable Tim Burton
film scores conjured vividly on stage. Performed with
a full orchestra and choir, the concert is enhanced
by the stunning visuals of Burton’s original sketches,
drawings, story boards, and film clips rendered in
exquisite detail on the big screen.
Children’s Performance Series
Presents Arm of The Sea Theatre
10:30am – 11:30am
The performance group combines art, ecology, and
social action. For more information contact
[email protected]
BRIC - Celebrate Brooklyn!
Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn, NY
Punch Brothers / Sarah Jarosz
7:30pm, gates open at 6:00pm
St. Mary’s Park, Btw St. Ann’s Avenue and
Jackson Avenue, Bronx, NY
Cano Estremera
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Free
Carlos Enrique Estremera Colón is a Puerto Rican
Salsa singer from San Juan, nicknamed “El Cano”
(“The Light-Colored Haired One”), due to his albinism.
Estremera developed his talent as a singer while
residing in a public housing complex in the area of
Santurce, and acknowledges Puerto Rican jíbaro
country singers as a strong influence. He developed a
reputation for being a fast and clever improviser, in the
same vein as Marvin Santiago, Gilberto Santa Rosa,
and other salsa singers who could improvise dozens of
soneos on the spot.
Abiyoyo and Other Tales of Giants,
Warriors and Wizards Kingsbridge Library,
291 West 231st Street
Bronx, NY (718) 548-5656
2:00pm
Join LuAnn Adams and travel in story to lands
of Giants, Clever Girls and Trolls and not a single
damsel in distress! Meet an African “Mighty Man”, a
knock-about “Knee-High Man” and other folks who
enthrall, trick and transform their troubles into bountiful
blessings. Tantalizing world tales of those who make
the impossible, possible!
Baby and Me
Tottenville Library, 7430 Amboy Road
Staten Island, NY (718) 984-0945
11:00am
Songs, stories and songs for babies ages 0 – 18
months along with a parent or caregiver. Meet other
babies in the neighborhood! No pre-registration
required. For more information on New York City Public
Library events please visit:  www.nypl.org
Broadway in Bryant Park
Madison Square Park
Conservancy
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SummerStage
Between Broadway and Madison Avenue
East 23rd Street to 26th Street
Manhattan, NY (212) 520-7600
Kids Concerts: Danny Weinkauf and
his Red Pants Band
10:30am – 11:30am
Grammy-winning artist and longtime bassist for They
Might Be Giants, Danny Weinkauf is the man behind
the wildly successful TMBG mega-hit “I am a Paleontologist.” The “shimmery, shiny pop” tunes on his first
solo album for kids, No School Today, include catchy
gems about marsupials, archaeology, voting rights,
and even a song about Ben Folds! New hit “Champion
of the Spelling Bee” quickly climbed to #1 on Sirius
XM’s Kids Place Live and was featured in the Scripps
National Spelling Bee.
The Public Theatre
Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street
Manhattan, NY 10003
Barb Jungr: Hard Rain: The Songs of
Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen
7:00pm (Doors open at 6:00pm)
$25.00 per ticket
BAM RandB Festival
Concert Series
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Malian powerhouse Bassekou Kouyate revitalizes the
ancient ngoni lute tradition.
 www.bam.org
Hudson River Rocks
Hudson River Park, Manhattan, NY
Pier 84 Comfort Station
Waxahatchee and Speedy Ortiz with
Weyes Blood
Doors open at 6:00pm
 www.riverrocksnyc.com
Bryant Park Lawn, Manhattan, NY
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Presented by 106.7 Lite FM. Performance to be
announced in early June. The best musicals on and off
Broadway showcase their hits, plus lots of surprises
from other Broadway shows. This event is hosted by
Lite FM DJs.
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FRIDAY, JULY 10TH
—Metropolitan Stamp Show
Holiday Inn Midtown, 440 West 57th Street
Manhattan, NY (212) 581-8100
10:00am – 6:00pm
 www.metroexpos.com
NYC Parks
St. Johns Recreation Center, 1251 Prospect
Place, Brooklyn, NY (718) 771-2787
Morning Stretch
10:00am – 11:00am
Active stretching allows the body to perform longer
and better. This class uses stretching to keep the body
active for members of all levels of fitness.
Core Focus
11:00am – 12:00pm
Core exercises train the muscles in your pelvis; lower
back, hips and abdomen to work in harmony. The program will sculpt and strengthen your core, achieving
better balance and stability.
Fit Assist
12:00 – 2:30pm
This program offers workout equipment assistance for
adults unfamiliar or uncomfortable with using exercise
machines. People of all fitness levels can learn how to
get the most out of their workouts.
Poe Park Visitor Center
2640 Grand Concourse Bronx, NY
(718) 365-5516
Creative Writing Short
Stories Workshop
42nd Street Plaza, Manhattan, NY
12:00pm – 1:00pm
in the fun. Equipment is provided. For a complete list
of events at Bryant Park happening during this week,
please visit  www.bryantpark.org
SummerStage
St. Mary’s Park, between Ann’s Avenue and
Jackson Avenue, Bronx, NY
Nuyorican Poets Cafe featuring La
Bruja with Patty Dukes, Reph Star
and Nene Ali
7:00pm – 9:00pm
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe and Caridad de La Luz
(aka La Bruja) showcase Bronx artistry in a concert
featuring cool and socially conscious Hip Hop/spoken
word by Reph Star and Patty Dukes (aka Circa ’95),
Nene Ali and DJ Fred One. Hosted by songstress-poet-playwright-comedienne La Bruja, who was praised
by the New York Times for her “irrepressible, ebullient
energy and talent.”
Free
Lincoln Center
Preludes
Claire Tow Theater in Lincoln Center Theater
Manhattan, NY
7:00pm
1:30pm – 3:00pm
NYC Parks
National Ballet of China:
The Peony Pavilion
David H. Koch Theater, Lincoln Center Festival,
Manhattan, NY
Education for seniors. Take this introduction to short
story writing. Learn about plot, conflict, and resolution
with a published writer.For a complete list of NYC
Parks events please visit  www.nycgovparks.org
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Bryant Park
Location varies
Shape up NYC
7:30pm
Pavilion is one of the most famous love stories in all
of Chinese literature. A story of passion pitted against
impossible odds, this mesmerizing ode to love features
an eclectic and original score by Guo Wenjing that
references works by Debussy, Holst, Ravel, and
Prokofiev; choreography grounded in Western dance
by Fei Bo; and sumptuous costumes by Academy
Award–winning designer Emi Wada.
6:30pm (dance lesson), 7:30pm (live music)
7:00pm
Movie at Kips Bay Presents Book to
Movie Adaptations: The Prince Tides
Kips Bay Library, 446 Third Avenue
Manhattan, NY (212) 683-2520
1:00pm
Read Aloud/Picture Book Time
New Dorp Library, 309 New Dorp Lane
2:00pm
For ages 3–12. For more information on New York City
Public Library events please visit:  www.nypl.org
The Public Theatre
Manhattan, NY 10003 (212) 967-8500
Pam Ann: Fly
11:30pm
Bridget Everett: Rock Bottom
9:30pm
For more info and tickets visit
Bajofondo / Astro / Los Auténticos
Decadentes
7:00pm, gates open at 6:00pm
This annual Latin Alternative Music Conference
showcase features the blistering Argentine-Uruguayan
collective BAJOFONDO, who mix rock and electronica
with tango, murga, milonga, and candombe with lusty
abandon.
NYC Street Fairs
Bowling Green Park Fair
Broadway and Whitehall Street, Manhattan, NY
9:00am – 6:00pm
Seaport Music Festival
South Street Seaport, Manhattan, NY
Good Morning America’s Fun
in the Sun 2015 Summer
Concert Series
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Jose Alberto “El Canario”:
40th Anniversary
Central Park, Rumsey Playfield 72nd Street
Entrance, Manhattan, NY
Presents: Walk the Moon
7:00am – 9:00am, suggested time to arrive
is 6:00am
Fridays just got even better. “Good Morning America”
announced the return of its Summer Concert Series
returns for the seventh year to Rumsey Playfield in
Central Park, home of the SummerStage, where
music’s biggest names will perform live every Friday.
All concerts are free to the public and will take place
live during “Good Morning America,” Fridays from 7:00
a.m.– 9:00 a.m. ET. Information on how to attend a
summer concert in Central Park can be found with the
full line-up on  www.gmaconcerts.com
Amateur Astronomers
Lincoln Center, North of Fountain, Manhattan, NY
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Visit  www.aaa.org for more information.
SATURDAY, JULY 11TH
—NYC Parks
Forest Park Carousel, Queens NY
The Magic of Omar Olusion
2:00pm – 4:00pm
With over 15 years of experience, Omar’s funny and
fresh approach to magic is sure to leave everyone
laughing and guessing. During each show, he asks for
volunteers to help him perform various magic tricks. Omar’s unique mix of creativity, passion, amusement,
and magic will keep guests of all ages entertained!
Please note: Although the entertainment is free, there
is a fee to ride the carousel and purchase items from
the concession stand. For a complete list of NYC Parks
events please visit  www.nycgovparks.org
9:00am – 6:00pm
 www.seaportmusicfestival.com
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NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
SummerStage
Presents: Vicentico / Ximena Sariñana
/ No Te Va Gustar
2:00pm – 7:00pm
Free
 www.cityparksfoundation.org
SummerStage
St. Mary’s Park, Bronx, NY
Presents: Hip Hop Dance: From the
Street to the Stage a Co-Presentation
with Dancing in the Streets / Master
Class: Brandon “Peace” Albright
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Lincoln Center
Preludes
Claire Tow Theater in Lincoln Center Theater
Manhattan, NY
2:00pm
National Ballet of China: The Red
Detachment of Women
David H. Koch Theater, Manhattan, NY
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8:00pm
Best known as the ballet staged for President Nixon
during his 1972 visit to China, The Red Detachment
of Women dominated the stage during the Cultural
Revolution and is a cornerstone of modern Chinese
culture. Over the past five decades, the company
has staged nearly 4,000 performances in China and
around the world. Filled with bravura choreography by
Li Chenxiang, Jiang Zuhui, and Wang Xixian influenced
by the Soviet style, it remains one of the most popular
ballets in China.
Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films
of Tim Burton
2:00pm and 8:00pm
Harlem Renaissance Orchestra: 11th
annual tribute to Illinois Jacquet Plus
the Ambassador Prize Lindy Hop
Dance Contest
8:00pm
LC Kids Dance
2:30pm
The Trust of Governor’s Island
Nolan Park
Rite of Summer presents Don Byron
New Gospel Quintet
1:00pm – 3:00pm
 www.govisland.com
Huguenot Park Library, Staten Island, NY
Huguenot Writers Group
12:00pm
The library is a great place to meet like-minded individuals. If you are interested in working with neophyte
or experienced authors in a friendly and flexible atmosphere please give you name and number to staff at
the Huguenot Library. All Public Library Programs are
free of charge. For more information on New York City
The Village Voice
Pier84 in Hudson River Park, Manhattan, NY
4Knots Music Festival
1:00pm – 10:00pm
 www.villagevoice.com
The Public Theatre
Joe’s Rub, 425 Lafayette Street
Manhattan, NY 10003
Bridget Everett: Rock Bottom
9:30pm
7:30pm
The New Pornographers / Thao and The Get Down
Stay Down
West Harlem Piers Park, Manhattan, NY
(212) 408-0219
Play Dates!
1:00pm – 4:00pm
Come have a family and friends play date at this
outdoor kiddie party featuring children’s entertainers,
arts and crafts, and neighborhood fun!
 www.riversideparknyc.org
Mayor’s Alliance for NYC
Animals
Schubert Alley, between 44th Street and 45th
Street, between Broadway and 8th Avenue
Manhattan, NY
Broadway Barks
3:00pm – 6:30pm
 www.animalalliancenyc.org
Fourth Avenue Festival
Fourth Avenue between 9th Street and 14th
Streets, Manhattan, NY
11:00am – 6:00pm
Amateur Astronomers
Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY
7:30pm – 9:30pm
SUNDAY, JULY 12TH
—Brooklyn Flea Food Market
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Brooklyn, NY
Smorgasburg
11:00am – 6:00pm
Smorgasburg is now open! Saturdays at East River
State Park—Kent Avenue and N. 7 Street—on the
Williamsburg waterfront; and Sundays at Brooklyn
Bridge Park’s Pier 5. Both locations are open from
11am to 6pm, and feature packaged and prepared
foods, beverages, and more from purveyors from New
York City and across the region, for a total of 75–100
vendors. The markets are always open rain or shine.
For more info check:
 www.smorgasburg.com
Bryant Park
Fountain Terrace, Manhattan, NY
Tri-State Chess Championships VII
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9:00am – 4:00pm
Tai Chi
Riverside Park, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument,
West 89th Street and Riverside Drive
Manhattan, NY
8:00am – 9:00am
Join Silvana Pizzuti to learn and practice Tai Chi, a
slow moving martial art with health benefits for all
fitness levels.
Amplified Sunday Presents Iilusha
Tsinadze
Pier I in Riverside Park South, Manhattan, NY
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Ilusha Tsinadze is charting new territory by weaving
together his two worlds—the traditional music of
Georgia and Brooklyn.
SummerStage
Family Day: Mister G / Soul Street
Dance / DJ Asho
St. Mary’s Park, Brooklyn, NY
4:00pm – 7:00pm
Cesaria Evora Orchestra / Mayra Andrade / Dino D’Santiago
Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan, NY
2:00pm – 7:00pm
NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Gerald W. Lynch Theater
2 :00pm
David H. Koch
National Ballet of China: The Red
Detachment of Women
2:00pm
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Lincoln Center
Preludes
Claire Tow Theater in Lincoln Center Theater,
Manhattan, NY
2:00pm and 7:00pm
Danny Elfman’s Music fron the Films
of Tim Burton
2:00pm and 8:00pm
Mid-Manhattan Library, Manhattan, NY
6:30pm
Escape: The Heyday of Caribbean Glamour with
Escape with Hermes Mallea, an architect and a partner
in M(Group), a design firm based in New York.
events please visit:  www.nypl.org
Bastille Day Festival
French Day
Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street, Manhattan, NY
Nuyorican Poet’s Café, 236 East 3rd Street
 www.freshfruitfestival.com
Bryant Park
HBO Bryant Park Summer Film
Festival: “I’m No Angel”
5:00pm
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset (typically between 8:00pm
and 9:00pm).
Peter, Pacino, and Pods: Summertime
Films at Jefferson Market!
Jefferson Market Library, Bronx, NY
6:00pm
Cruising (1980; 102 mins.) Dir: William Friedkin.
Read Aloud / Picture Book Time
Staten Island, NY
2:00pm – 2:30pm
events please visit:
 www.nypl.org
 www.bastilledayny.com
Broadway Sings
52nd Street Fair
52nd Street from 6th to 7th Avenue
Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 4:00pm
Central Park Conservancy
Fruit Festival
60th Street between 5th Avenue and Lexington
12:00pm – 5:00pm
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MONDAY, JULY 13TH
—12th Annual Fresh
The Children’s Glade, West 103rd to
West 106th Streets, Manhattan, NY
Family Performance Festival
12:00pm – 1:30pm
This program takes place rain or shine, except in extreme weather conditions (heavy rain, sustained winds
of 30mph or heat index above 95 degrees). For more
information, please click here or call (646) 208-4111
For more detailed information about Central Park
Conservancy events please visit
 www.centralparknyc.org
Bruno Mars
8:00pm
Visit broadwaysingsconcert.com for more information
and tickets.
Prospect Park
Vale of Cashmere, near Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
East Side Revival Corps
10:00am – 2:00pm
path edging, and litter removal.
For more Prospect Park events please visit
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Lincoln Center
Preludes
7:00pm
Visit  www.lincolncenter.org for more info.
TUESDAY, JULY 14TH
—NYC Parks
Morning Fitness
Fort Tryon Park, Heather Garden, Cabrini Boulevard and Fort Washington Avenue, Manhattan, NY
7:30pm – 8:30pm
Exercise with a view, in natural sunlight, with green
scenery all around bestows health benefits that can’t
be found indoors. Scientific studies have shown that
the pleasure of being outdoors for example gives your
brain, psyche, and immune system an extra boost.
Shape up NYC
Location varies
Bryant Park
Upper Terrace, Manhattan, NY
(212) 768-4242
10:00am – 11:00am
Bryant Park Yoga with Dana Trixie Flynn
Perfect your downward dog under the trees with Yoga
Journal instructors and mats provided by Athleta.
Lincoln Center
Shows for Days
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Manhattan, NY
8:00pm
When a playwright looks back at his beginnings in the
theater and decides to chronicle those experiences in
a play, all sorts of things can happen. If you’re Douglas
Carter Beane, it’s bound to bring a measure of gimlet-eyed reflection, a large dollop of self-deprecation
and a heaping dose of hilarity. That mix is exactly what
charmed us so about his new play, Shows For Days.
Druidshakespeare: The History Plays
7:00pm
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NYC Parks
For more info and tickets, visit:
The Plaza at 66th Street, Riverside Park South,
Manhattan, NY
Pilates in the Park
6:30pm – 7:30pm
strengthen your core and give you renewed energy!
ETFs and Mutual Funds
Science, Industry and Business Library, CR 018,
188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street
Manhattan, NY (917) 225-6975
6:00pm
While mutual funds and ETF share similar traits, there
are differences between the two that an investor must
consider. This event is presented by the Financial
Planning Association of New York. Seating is on a first
come first serve basis.
Teen and Tween Sewing Workshop
Great Kills Library, 56 Gifford’s Lane
3:30pm
The Plaza at 66th Street, Manhattan, NY
(212) 408-0219
Pilates - Mat Class
6:30pm
SummerStage
Queensbridge Park, Queens NY
Queensboro Bridge, 41st Road and 40th Avenue
between the East River, Vernon Boulevard, and
21st Street
The Chi-Lites
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Free
Amateur Astronomers
Association of NY
Tenth Avenue and 14th Street, Manhattan, NY
Observing at the High Line
7:30pm – 9:30pm
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Naumburg Orchestral Concerts
Central Park, Concert Ground, Manhattan, NY
Boston Symphony Chamber Players
7:30pm
Join us for our 110th year of free concerts. No tickets
issued. 1,000 seats provided on a first come first
serve basis. [Weather dependent] Benches around
Concert Ground also available. No rain dates and no
rain location.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 15TH
—Madison Square Park
Conservancy
23rd Street between Madison and 5th Avenues
Manhattan, NY
Madison Square Music: Above Ground
with Bandits on the Run
12:30pm – 1:30pm
Doors 5:00pm
Concert 6:00pm – 10:00pm
Free
 www.brookfieldplaceny.com
Riverdale Library, 5540 Mosholu Avenue
Bronx, NY (718) 549-1212
Book Discussion Group: Of Human
Bondage by Somerset Maugham
1:00pm
Reserve your copy by placing a hold online at
 www.nypl.org or visiting your local branch.
Evening Salute to the Sun
Manhattan, NY
6:30pm – 7:30pm
End your day with relaxing Hatha yoga with instructor
Hollis Lewis in a beautiful sunset setting. This event
is suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose,
comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
7:00pm
The Natural
SummerScreen is a free outdoor movie series that
takes place on Wednesdays in July and August
in McCarren Park in Williamsburg. Doors open at
6:00p.m., with food vendors and live music. Films
begin at sundown.
SummerStage
NPR and WNYC’s Ask Me Another:
Celebrating 30 Years of SummerStage
Central Park, Manhattan, NY
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Show begins at 7pm
Waterfront Plaza, Manhattan, NY
Lowdown Hudson Blues Fest: The
Wood Brothers and The Word
SummerScreen
Presents: Wet Hot American Summer
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Brookfield Place
George Clinton and Parliament
Funkadelic
Queensbridge Park, Queens NY
41th Road and 40th Avenue between The East
River, Vernon Boulevard, and 21 St., Queens, NY
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Lincoln Center
Shows for Days
8:00pm
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Seating will open at 6:30pm
This year’s theme: Getting to know you! Riverside
Park’s staff favorites. This film was selected by Park
Manager Ben Kramer. Pack a picnic and bring a friend
to movie night on the pier. Open captioned.
The Public Theater
Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street, Manhattan, NY
Eszter Balint: Airless Midnight
Album Release
7:30pm
NYC Parks
Adaptive Wheelchair Softball
Bulova Park, Queens, NY (631) 374-2337
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Shape up NYC
Location varies
Conservancy
Manhattan, NY
10:30am – 11:30am
Kids Concerts: Songs for Seeds
brought to you by Apple Seeds
Named “best music class” by New York Magazine,
Songs for Seeds is a rockin’ music program that encourages children newborn to 5 years to sing, dance,
and play along with a live 3-piece band.
Bryant Park
Fountain Terrace, Manhattan, NY (212) 768-4242
7:30am – 8:30am
Tai Chi
MS Excel 2012 for Beginners
Pelham Bay Library, 3060 Middletown Road
Bronx, NY
10:30am – 12:00pm
Learn the basics of working with spreadsheets using
Microsoft Excel 2010. Topics include entering data
and formulas, moving and copying data, formatting
and print previewing worksheets. Registration required:
In-person, in advance.
Discuss Great Books in Great Space
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Bronx, NY
Room 122 (on first floor)
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Monthly book discussions to explore titles you’ve been
meaning to read, or reread, and discuss with other
lovers of literature. Participants should read each title
before the discussion. This month’s title is O Pioneers
by Willa Cather.
Baby and Me
Staten Island, NY
11:00am
Songs, books and fun for infants ages 0–18 months
along with a parent or caregiver. Meet other babies in
the neighborhood! No pre-registration required!
NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Pier I Riverside Park South, Manhattan, NY
Children’s Performance Series Robbi
K and Friends
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THURSDAY, JULY 16TH
—Madison Square Park
10:30am – 11:30am
Robbi K presents interactive concerts suited for dancing to jazz, pop, and world music grooves for today’s
kids and parents.
 www.shineandthemoonbeams.com
SummerStage
Queensbridge Park, Queens, NY
41th Road and 40th Avenue between The East
River, Vernon Boulevard, and 21st Street
7:00-9:00pm
Lyricist Lounge “Live at the BBQ” featuring Large
Professor and Marley Marl
Lincoln Center
Shows for Days
Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, Lincoln Center
Manhattan, NY
8:00pm
InnoVe Gnawa and Gnawa Diffussion
David Rubenstein Atrium, Lincoln Center
Manhattan, NY
7:30pm
Brookfield Place
Waterfront Plaza, Manhattan, NY
Lowdown Hudson Blues Festival:
O.A.R and Ryan Bingham
5:00pm – 10:00pm
 www.brookfieldplaceny.com
BRIC Arts - Celebrate
Brooklyn!
Vieux Farka Toure / Tamikrest / DJ
Dakar
7:30pm
 www.bricartsmedia.org
BAM RandB Festival
Presents: George Clinton and
Parliament Funkadelic
12:00pm – 1:30pm
 www.bam.org
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Waterfront Concert Series
Bryant Park
7:30pm – 9:00pm
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Astoria Park Great Lawn, between Hell Gate
Bridge and Astoria Pool, Astoria Park, Queens, NY
Swingtime Big Band
12th Annual Fresh Fruit
Festival
Wild Project, 195 East 3rd Street, Manhattan, NY
Nuyorican Poet’s Café, 236 East 3rd Street
 www.freshfruitfestival.com
12:30pm – 1:30pm
FRIDAY, JULY 17TH
—Lincoln Center
Shows for Days
8:00pm
ragtime and stride.
Good Morning America
Concert Series
Central Park, Rumsey Playfield
7:00am – 9:00am
To be determined
SummerStage
Queensbridge Park, Queens, NY
7:00pm – 9:00pm All Levels Open Dance Master
Class, 8:00pm Performances
Soul Inscribed and the Spinning Wheel by Baba Israel /
Twists and a Bridge by Jennifer Cendaña Armas
charmed us so about his new play Shows For Days.
Visit  www.lincolncenter.org for tickets.
Manhattan, NY
9:30pm
Summer on the Hudson: Harlem
Dances with The Harlem Swing
Dance Society
West Harlem Piers Park, Hudson River Greenway,
West 125th Street
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Russ Kassoff - Trio and Solo Jazz,
Broadway Conductor, Music Director
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Wear dancing shoes and join different local companies
as they demonstrate and teach you in the moves.
“Queen to Play” by Caroline Bottaro
Riverside Park South, Pier 1 (Riverside Drive
between 65th Street and 72nd Street)
8:30pm – 10:30pm
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy and NYC
Parks and Recreation present the 7th annual outdoor
Films on the Green Festival featuring classic and contemporary French films. Call (212) 439-1425 and or
email: [email protected] for
more info.
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Observation of the Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn.
Brasil Summerfest
Prospect Park Bandshell
Marcia Castro
Marcia Castro started her career in bahia, her
hometown. With three released albums, and singing
together with names such as Caetano Veloso, Gilberto
Gil and Tom Zé, MARCIA is an important name in
the new and promising brazilian contemporary music
scene, mixing in her music regional elements with
universal rhythms.
Battery City Parks Conservancy
Esplanade Plaza
Tai Chi
8:30am – 9:30am
Increase physical balance, strength, and mental focus
with expert Alex Hing. No experience is necessary!
Greenmarket
Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
8:00am – 4:00pm
At what other market can you do all your food
shopping, sample local wine and explore Brooklyn’s
favorite park? Established in 1989, the Grand Army
Plaza greenmarket is the flagship Brooklyn market.
EBT/Food Stamps and WIC and Senior FMNP coupons
accepted year-round.
Shape up NYC
Location varies
Harbor View Lawn, Brooklyn Bridge Park
Brooklyn, NY
Gibney Dance at Brooklyn Bridge Park
7:00pm
Gibney Dance goes outdoors this summer, bringing
their lower Manhattan performing arts center to
Brooklyn Bridge Park. Join us for sunset performances on the river, class in the grass, and other dance
happenings set against the Manhattan skyline.
The Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy reserves the
right to cancel due to extreme weather conditions.
Bryant Park
The Green, Manhattan, NY
11:00am – 2:00pm
Read Aloud / Picture Book Time
2:00pm – 2:30pm
Enjoy hearing books read aloud, finger plays, action
rhymes and coloring. For ages 3 years and up.
New Museum Block Party
Amsterdam Avenue Festival
Amsterdam Avenue between 96th Street and
106th Street, Manhattan, NY
11:00am – 5:00pm
Amsterdam Avenue Fair
6th Avenue between 14th Street and 23rd Street
Manhattan, NY
Amateur Astronomers
Association of NY
7:30pm – 9:00pm
The AAA observes at Lincoln Center every Friday and
Saturday evening from the beginning of April to the
middle of August. We stargaze on the plaza, just north
of the fountain. We are observing Saturn.
Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park
Brooklyn, NY
Rhiannon Giddens / Joe Henry
7:30pm
The Public Theater
New York, NY 10003
Jumaane Smith
7:00pm
Lincoln Center
2:00pm and 8:00pm
Shows for Days
SummerStage
Freedom Party® NYC: Special
SummerStage Anniversary Theme
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Sara D. Roosevelt Park, Chrystie Street
City of Water Day
 www.newmuseum.org
10:00am – 4:00pm
12:00pm – 5:00pm
J U LY
SATURDAY, JULY 18TH
—NYC Parks
Governors Island
 www.cityofwaterday.org
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SUNDAY, JULY 19TH
—Bryant Park
MRKET
1:00pm – 2:00pm
A global fashion trade show for discerning
menswear brands.
Le Carrousel in Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
Le Carrousel Magique with Jeff Moche
Alakazam! Our ace Magicians return with tricks up
their sleeves and feats that razzle-dazzle.
Lincoln Center
Shows for Days
3:00pm
Visit  www.lincolncenter.org for ticket prices.
SummerStage Presents
Jorge Drexler / Diego Garcia / Danny
Suarez
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Free performances by premier artists
Three of Cups
83 First Avenue at 5th Street, Manhattan, NY
A lounge attached to East Village restaurant Three of
Cups showcases up-and-coming comics for free.
Soldiers’ and Sailors Monument Plaza, Riverside
Drive and West 89th Street, Manhattan, NY
Tai Chi
8:00am – 9:00am
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fitness levels.
Lincoln Center
Alice Truly Hall, Star Theater, Adrienne Arsht
Stage, Amsterdam Avenue and West 62nd Street
Manhattan, NY
Summer Evenings
5:00pm
Haydn Quartet in G major for Strings, Hob. III:81. Op.
77, No. 1 (1799)
Mendelssohn Quartet in B minor for Piano, Violin,
Viola, and Cello, Op, 3 (1825)
Mozart Quintet in A major for Clarinet, Two Violins,
Viola, and Cello, K. 581 (1789)
Jacob Javits Center, 655 West 34th Street
Hall 3A, Manhattan, NY
New York Summer MRket Show
Sunday, 9:00am – 6:00pm
(July 20th, 9:00am – 6:00pm,
July 21st, 9:00am – 4:00pm)
Prospect Park
Lefferts Historic House, 2nd Floor, Brooklyn, NY
Tours
12:30pm – 5:30 pm
Join the Prospect Park Alliance to view interesting
relics from 19th-century family life and walk into a fully
furnished 1820s bedroom.
Boathouse
Weekend Volunteer Corps
10:00am – 1:00pm
Get involved in your community! Help spruce up gardens; paint fences and benches; weed; spread mulch;
clean and maintain pathways. We can accommodate
any group ranging from just a few people to up to 40
volunteers. Register online.
Queen Botanical Garden
42–80 Crommelin Street, Queens NY
Summer Electronic Waste
Recycling Event
10:00am-4:00pm
Join us for a summertime E-waste Event at QBG in
partnership with the Lower East Side Ecology Center.
It’s the perfect way to responsibly dispose of all of your
unwanted or broken gadgets. Spread the word to your
friends and neighbors and let’s all help keep our city
clean! For more information contact:
[email protected]. After dropping off items
at the E-Waste Event, children can make crafts out of
recycled and repurposed items. - See more at:
 www.queensbotanical.org
Rio de Brazil Block Party
46th Street between 6th and 7th Avenue
Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 4:00pm
Captive Nations Parade
5th Avenue between 59th and 72nd Street
Manhattan, NY
Broadway Movie Day Festival
Broadway between 47th Street and 57th Street
Manhattan, NY
11:00am – 6:00pm
92nd Street Y - Jazz Party
Chair Yoga
Asser Levy Recreation Center, Asser Levy
Playground, Manhattan, NY
 www.92y.org
10:00am – 11:00am
Shape up NYC
Location varies
Bryant Park
40th Street Plaza, Manhattan, NY
Mah Jongg Clinic
3:00pm – 4:30pm
Learn the American version of this social, strategy
game hailing from China at free clinics in the park.
Already know how to play? Drop by Bryant Park
Games to arrange a game with other Mah Jongg fans.
Can’t make one of our free clinics? Linda also teaches
private lessons
SummerStage
Guster / Kishi Bashi
6:00-10:00pm
$40.00
HBO Bryant Park Summer
Film Festival
Badlands
5:00pm
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking,
and film typically begins between 8:00p.m.–9:00p.m.
TUESDAY, JULY 21ST
—Amateur Astronomers Association of NY
10th Avenue and 14th Street, Manhattan, NY
7:30pm – 9:30pm
92Y, Lexington Avenue and 92nd Street
Manhattan, NY
Kaufman Concert Hall
J U LY
MONDAY, JULY 20TH
—NYC Parks
8:00pm
$52.00
BRIC Benefit Concert
Celebrate Brooklyn!
Interpol
7:00pm
Gates open at 6:00pm
The Public Theater
Manhattan, NY 10003 (212) 987-8500
Lucy Alibar: Throw Me On the
Burnpile And Light Me Up
Show starts at 7:00pm, doors open at
6:00pm
Lincoln Center
Show’s for Days
8:00pm
charmed us so about his new play, Shows for Days.
NYC Parks
Meditation and Hatha Yoga
Poe Park, Visitor Center
2640 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Join us and learn some basic Hatha Yoga techniques
to initiate relaxation. Learn how to influence changes
within our physical and emotional responses to stress.
Focus will be on breathing, sound, and mindfulness.
Shape up NYC
Location varies
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Concert Ground, Central Park, Manhattan, NY
Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
7:30pm
Our 110th year of free concerts, with no tickets issued
and 1,000 seats provided on a first come first serve
basis (weather dependent). Benches around Concert
Ground are also available.
No rain dates, no rain location.
Bryant Park
Upper Terrace across from BP Grill
Manhattan, NY
Bryant Park Knits
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Science, Industry and Business Library, CR 018,
Manhattan, NY
Self-Recruiter Lecture Series:
Building Your Professional Network
with LinkedIn and How To Use It In
Your Job Search
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Hollis Lewis in a beautiful sunset setting. This session
Pier I Picture Show presents Baz
Luhrmann’s The Great Gatsby
8:00pm – 11:00pm
The film will begin when it is dark enough to see
the image on the screen which is dependent on the
sunset, generally around 8:30pm. Seating will open at
6:30p.m., and is first come first serve and people can
reserve chairs for their friends once onsite.
SummerScreen
6:00pm – 7:30pm
takes place on Wednesdays in July and August in
McCarren Park in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Doors open
at 6:00p.m., with food vendors and live music. Films
begin at sundown.
Riverside Park South, Manhattan, NY
Pilates in the Park
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Join instructor Melissa Ricci, CPT, PMA from Base Fitness® for a flowing, multi-level Pilates mat class that
strengthen your core, and give you renewed energy!
Riverside Park South, Plaza at 66th Street
Manhattan, NY
Presents: Dirty Dancing
John Crant demonstrates how to start networking with
LinkedIn.com’s networking personal proﬁles and also
how to use your expanded network in your search for
your next career challenge.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 22RD
—NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Bryant Park
Fountain Terrace, 6th Avenue and 41st Street
Manhattan, NY
Accordions Around the World
6:00pm – 8:00pm
6:00pm
Lincoln Center
Damrosch Park
The Muscle Shoals All-Stars
7:30pm
The Muscle Shoals All-Stars—Jimmy Johnson and
David Hood of the Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section
(also known as the Swampers), the Muscle Shoals
Horns, and a host of others—are the architects of
some of the most iconic music this country has ever
produced.
David Rubenstein Atrium at
Lincoln Center
Meet the Mostly Mozart Festival
Orchestra: Free Discussion and
Performance
6:00pm-7:30pm (approximately)
Join Lincoln Center President Jed Bernstein for a lively
discussion with members of the Mostly Mozart Festival
Orchestra and Renée and Robert Belfer Music Director
Louis Langrée. Musicians Lawrence DiBello, Ruggero
Allifranchini, and Pedja Muzijevic finish the evening
with a performance of Brahms’s Horn Trio. Don’t miss
this opportunity to meet the orchestra.
Admission is free and is available on a first-come,
first-served basis.
Bryant Park
7:30pm – 8:30pm
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Little Bay Park, Queens NY
(718) 352-4793 ext. 301
Put on your boogie shoes and enjoy the music that still
makes people get up and shake their groove things!
Madison Square Park
Conservancy
5th Avenue and Broadway, 23rd Street
Manhattan, NY
Mad. Sq. Music: Above Ground with
Mariachi Flor De Toloache
12:30pm – 1:30pm
As presented in the New Yorks Times, The New
Yorker, on NPR, MTV Iggy, NBC, and Univision,
Mariachi Flor de Toloache makes New York City history
as its’ first and only all-female mariachi band. Originally
founded in 2008 by lead singer and violinist Mireya I.
Ramos as a trio, the band has grown to 10 members.
Madison Square Music: Kiran
Ahluwalia
7:00pm-8:30pm
At the center of Kiran Ahluwalia’s music is love in all its
shades, from the yearning romantic to the divine love
of Sufi Mysticism. - See more at:
THURSDAY, JULY 23TH
—Lincoln Center
Kafka on the Shore
8:00pm
Delusion of the Fury
New York City Center, Manhattan, NY
8:00pm
www.lincolncenterfestival.org
Ubu Roi
7:30pm
Amateur Astronomers
Beginners’ Chess Social
J U LY
Disco Inferno
For more info visit  www.bryantpark.org
NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Prospect Park
Vale of Cashmere, near Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn, NY
Monday Eastside Revival
10:00am – 2:00pm
A volunteer’s tasks may include raking, sweeping,
path edging, and litter removal. greening on the Park’s
east side.
FRIDAY, JULY 24TH
—Astor Place Festival
Astor Place between Lafayette and Broadway
Manhattan, NY
St. John’s Recreation Center
Morning Stretch
10:00am – 11:00pm
(Adults, seniors, teens)
NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Bryant Park
Upper Terrace Lawn, Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Observing at Brooklyn Bridge Park
8:30pm – 10:00pm
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Queens County Farmhouse
Museum
Museum in Queens Farm Park, 73–50 Little Neck
Pkwy, Manhattan, NY
37th Annual Thunderbird American
Indian Mid-Summer Pow Wow
6:00pm – 10:00pm
New York City’s oldest and largest pow wow will
feature three days of intertribal Native American dance
competitions to which the public is invited. Gates open
at 6:00 p.m. on Friday; and 10:00 a.m. on Saturday
and Sunday. The Friday performance will take place
from 7:00p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Lincoln Center – Mostly
Mozart Festival
Dorrance Dance with Toshi Reagon
and BIGLovely
7:30pm
10:00am – 4:00pm
Antique Jewelry and Watch
Show
Metropolitan Pavilion, 125 West 18th Street
Manhattan, NY
For more information and tickets, visit:
 www.newyorkantiquejewelryandwatchshow.com
Amateur Astronomers
Association of NY
7:30pm – 9:30pm
 www.aaa.org
Lincoln Center
8:00pm
NY Philharmonic
Good Morning America’s Fun
in the Sun 2015 Summer
Concert Series
6:00pm
Presents: Nicki Minaj
7:00am – 9:00am, suggested time to
arrive is 6am
Your Fridays just got even better. “Good Morning
America” announced its 2015 “Fun in the Sun” Summer Concert Series lineup, packed with an incredible
mix of all the hottest names in music today. The Public Theater
41st Street between Lexington to 3rd Avenue,
Manhattan, NY
Manhattan, NY
Cymbeline
Delusion of the Fury
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Grand Central Carnival
New York, NY 10003
Jones Family Singers
7:30pm
Julia Fordham
9:30pm
 joespub.publictheater.org
BRIC – Celebrate Brooklyn!
Jason Isbell / Dawn Landes
7:30pm
8:00pm
Gerald R. Ford Amphitheater
Bravo! Vail: Grieg Piano Concerto and
Elgar Engima Variations
 Bravvail.org
SATURDAY, JULY 25TH
—Fort Tryon Park
Heather Garden, Fort Tryon Park, Manhattan, NY
Morning Fitness at Fort Tryon Park
8:30am – 9:30am
For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts outdoors.
For a complete list of NYC Park events please visit
Lincoln Center
Gerald W. Lynch, Manhattan, NY
Ubu Roi
7:30pm
For a description of the program and tickets, visit:
BRIC
Sylvan Esso / Porches
7:30pm (Gates open at 6:30pm)
For more info visit  www.bricartsmedia.org
Hester Street Fair
Heidi Latsky Dance: Family Day
11:00am – 6:00pm
Manhattan, NY
3:30pm
Here at Lincoln Center, wheelchair athletes are
featured in a work that capitalizes on their athletic
prowess and the vastness of the plaza.
National Dance Day: Family Day
4:00pm
In front of Lincoln Center’s iconic Revson Fountain,
dancers of all ages and abilities are invited to join the
New York celebration of National Dance Day.
More information, visit:  www.lincolncenter.org
Avery Fisher Hall
10 Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra:
Free Preview Concert
7:30pm
The celebratory fanfare of Mozart’s final Salzburg
symphony announces the arrival of another wonderful
summer with Louis Langrée and the acclaimed Festival
Orchestra.
Visit  www.lincolncenter.org for tickets and more
info. FREE tickets will also be distributed at 10:00 am
at the Avery Fisher Hall Box Office on a first come,
first-served basis. Limit two tickets per person.
Bryant Park
Bryant Park, Northeast Corner of Lawn
Manhattan, NY
Bryant Park Moves with Limón Dance
10:00am – 11:00am
This modern dance class, now in its fourth year, is led
by dancers from the world-renowned Limón Dance
Company. Open to all levels
Manhattan, NY
7:30pm – 9:30pm
cloudy. For more info visit  www.aaa.org
72nd Street at the Hudson River, Manhattan, NY
Kayaking on the Hudson
10:00am – 5:00pm
Join the Manhattan Community Boathouse for a
paddle on the Hudson.
Corners of Hester and Essex Streets (F Train to
East Broadway or F/J/M/Z Train to Delancy)
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Hearst Plaza
Located in the heart of the Lower East Side and
housed on the historic grounds of New York City’s
largest pushcart market at the turn of the century,
the Hester Street Fair pays homage to those roots by
bringing together a collection of NYC’s best vendors in
a bustling outdoor marketplace.
SUNDAY, JULY 26TH
—NY Restoration Project
Target East Harlem Community Garden
415 117th Street, Manhattan, NY (212) 333-2552
Club Fit Yoga: East Harlem
10:00am – 11:00am
For more information visit  www.nyrp.org
NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Bryant Park
Bryant Park Stage, 40th Street Plaza
Manhattan, NY
Romeo and Juliet
2:00pm – 4:00pm
Bryant Park Shakespeare returns with three productions presented by The Drilling Company: The Two
Gentlemen of Verona in May, Romeo and Juliet in July,
and The Taming of the Shrew in September.
Queens County Farmhouse
Museum
Museum in Queens Farm Park, 73–50 Little Neck
Pkwy, Queens, NY
37th Annual Thunderbird American
Indian Mid-Summer Pow-Wow
12:00pm – 5:00pm and 7:00pm – 10:00pm
(Gates open at 10:00am)
New York City’s oldest and largest pow-wow will
feature three days of intertribal Native American dance
competitions to which the public is invited.
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Pier I Riverside Park Conservancy, Manhattan, NY
Amplified Sundays presents River
Whyless
7:00-9:00pm
Enjoy vibrantly danceable live music accompanied by
spectacular sunsets over the Hudson River!
Enjoy some foot-stomping country with a Rock and
Roll attitude. For more info visit
 www.nycgovparks.org or call 311
SummerStage
Rocky Steady Crew 38th Anniversary
Concert: Whodini / Big Daddy
Kane and more
2:00pm – 7:00pm
Lincoln Center
From Chinatown with Love
3:00pm
The Public Theater
Rachel Mason: The Lives of Hamilton
Fish in Concert
7:00pm
For more information and tickets visit
Central Astoria
6:30pm – 8:30pm
African Dance is a high energy, low impact fitness
class that incorporates aerobics exercise to improve
fitness, weight loss, cardiovascular health, flexibility,
and rhythm. Please bring a key lock to secure your
belongings.
Bryant Park
Upper Terrace Gravel across from the BP Cafe,
Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
Beginner Italian Language Class
11:45am – 12:30pm
Learn a new language in these standalone beginner
classes. Classes are not cumulative, so you attend
any class throughout the season without needing to
play catch up. Registration is required and opens one
week before each class date. To register, please email:
[email protected]. 20 student
capacity per class. For a complete list of Bryant Park
events please visit  www.bryantpark.org
SummerStage Benefit Concert
Dawes and First Aid Kit
5:00pm – 11:00pm
For more information and to buy tickets, please visit:
Bryant Park
 www.centralastoria.org
International Cultural Showcase
Enjoy a classic films under the stars on the big screen.
Bring a blanket and sit on the lawn to enjoy great food
and a classic Warner Brothers cartoon before each
film. Lawn opens at 5pm, and film begins at sunset.
International Gospel Showcase
NYC Parks
Harlem Week
St. Ann’s Avenue and 145th Street, Bronx, NY
Shape Up NYC: African Dance
Broadway between Steinway and 47th Street
Manhattan, NY
Movies on the Waterfront
The Princess Bride
8:30pm
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MONDAY, JULY 27TH
—St. Mary’s Recreation Center
1:00pm – 3:00pm
3:00pm – 4:50pm
Fashion Fusion Showcase
4:30pm – 5:30pm
“A Concert under the Stars”
6:00pm – 8:30pm
For more information of please call (877) 427-5364
or visit  www.harlemweek.com
Festival: Footloose
5:00pm – 11:00pm
Location varies
Shape up NYC
SummerStage
Garden Crew: Kids
Van Cortlandt Park, Indian Field Comfort Station
Bronx, NY
7:00pm – 9:00pm
10:00am – 1:00pm
Help care for our vegetable beds (where all of our
produce will be donated to local food pantries and
sold at our Youth Run Farm Stand), and compost bins.
Bring water and sunscreen.
Meet at the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park’s Compost
Garden Site. All volunteers must register at
(718) 601-1553 for further instructions.
Shape up NYC
Location varies
Bryant Park
Fountain Terrace, Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
Tai Chi
7:30am – 8:30am
Tai Chi is provided by the Tai Chi Chuan Center and
instructed by members who train at CK Chu Tai Chi.
Open to all ages and experience levels.
Madison Square Park
Conservancy
Oval Lawn, Madison Square Park, Manhattan, NY
(212) 538-1884
M.U.C.K and Art in the Park
10:00am
M.U.C.K. – Soils: Soils are more than just dirt! Kids will
learn about soil components and how they help the
world grow. - See more at:
2:00pm
Flower Pot Project: After you learn all about soil in
M.U.C.K, make a mini animal flower pot to get your
own garden started! - See more at:
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TUESDAY, JULY 28TH
—NYC Parks
Mack Wilds hosted by Hot 97s
Peter Rosenberg
Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island, NY
The city served as inspiration for his debut LP, New
York: A Love Story, a 1990s hip hop-focused,
RandB-laced tale of love and loss, featuring writing
and production from Ne-Yo, DJ Premier, Pete Rock,
and Havoc.
For more information visit:
Rise Against with Killswitch
Engage and Letlive
Rumsey Playfield in Central Park
Manhattan, NY (212) 360-1399
5:00pm – 10:00pm
Lincoln Center
Opening Night: Emmanuel Ax
8:00pm
 www.mostlymozart.org
Louis Langrée and the Festival Orchestra sail into
summer with iconic pianist Emanuel Ax and the
Metropolitan Opera’s rising star soprano Erin Morley.
Mozart’s delicacy shines in the chamber-like Piano
Concerto No. 14 while two arias show off his virtuosic
vocal writing.
Amateur Astronomers
Association of NY
7:30pm – 9:30pm
The Amateur Astronomers Association hosts observing sessions every Tuesday night from April through
the end of October on the High Line, an elevated park
on the West Side of Manhattan. Most of our observing
will take place near the 14th Street entrance or just
south of the Standard Hotel, which crosses over the
High Line near 13th Street.
The plaza at 66th Street, Riverside Park South
Manhattan, NY
Pilates in the Park
6:30pm – 7:30pm
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 29TH
—NYC Parks
Highland Park, Elton Street and Jamaica Avenue
Queens, NY
Alice in Wonderland
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Enjoy this enchanting classic fairy tale with a modern
twist, presented by Patty Cake Theatre.
NYC Parks
Location varies
Shape up NYC
Bryant Park
Doors open at 6:00pm, films begin at sundown SummerScreen is a free outdoor movie series
that takes place on Wednesdays in July and August in
McCarren Park in Williamsburg.
NYC Parks
Little Bay Park, Hockey Rink, Queens, NY
Dancing Under the Stars
7:00pm – 8:30pm
High Line Honey Day
High Line at the 14th Street Passage
Manhattan, NY
2:00pm – 7:00pm
 www.thehighline.org
Madison Square Park
Conservancy
Madison Square Park, Oval Lawn
Madison Square Music: New York
Night Train SOUL CLAP and DANCEOFF featuring DJ Jonathan Toubin
71st Street Soccer Field and Basketball Courts
Manhattan, NY
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Hollis Lewis in a beautiful sunset setting. This exercise
Riverside Park South, Pier I, Manhattan, NY
Summer on the Hudson: Beasts of the
Southern Wild
Dazed and Confused
12:00pm – 1:00pm
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SummerScreen
6:00pm – 8:30pm
THURSDAY, JULY 30TH
—NYC Parks
The Bronx Wanderers
Forest Park, George Seuffert Bandshell
Queens, NY (718) 235-4100
7:30pm – 8:30pm
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Enjoy this popular high-octane 50’s, 60’s,and 70’s
Rock ‘N’ Roll experience!
SummerStage
Shape up NYC
Location varies
PHILADANCO! TU Dance
Rumsey Field, Central Park, Manhattan, NY
Bryant Park
Pack a picnic, bring a friend and settle in for a night of
premier movies on the pier.
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Jellybean Benitez / DJ Street Tech /
D-Train
Cloves Lakes Park, Staten Island, NY
7:00pm – 9:00pm
The Green, 42nd Street, Manhattan, NY
PGA Clinics at The Green
6:30pm – 8:00pm
Experts from the PGA offer courses to perfect your
game at The Green.
Madison Square Park, Oval Lawn, Manhattan, NY
(212) 538-1884
Kids Concerts:JazzReach presents
Yes Indeed!
10:30am – 11:30am
Yes Indeed! is an engaging, interactive program designed to instill a greater appreciation, awareness and
understanding of the great American BLUES tradition.
With its roots in the work songs, spirituals, hymns, field
hollers and chants of 19th century American south,
the blues are the DNA of all indigenous American
music. - See more at:
Children’s Performance Serie
presents Swedish Cottage
Marionette Theatre
10:30am – 11:30am
For decades, the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
has been bringing enjoyment to legions of people
through its contemporary and innovative marionette
productions based on children’s classics.
SummerStage
Clove Lakes Park, Staten Island, NY
TU Dance / Master Class: Calvin Wiley
7:00pm – 9:00pm
BAM R&B Festival
Theo Croker
12:00pm
Grandson of jazz legend Doc Cheatham, trumpeter
and composer Theo Croker is a rising star in his own
right, recently called a “rare American jazzman” by
The Wall Street Journal.
Waterfront Concert Series
2015
Astoria Park, Great Lawn, Queens, NY
Piece of the Rock
7:30pm – 9:00pm
Bryant Park
Brynat Park Lawn, Manhattan, NY
12:30pm – 1:30pm
New York City Public Library
Staten Island, NY
Make a superhero/heroine puppet
2:00pm – 3:00pm
Come to the library and have some fun making a cool
puppet! 5 and up with caregiver. Please register 1
week before.
Damrosch Park
Orkestra Rumpilezz
FRIDAY, JULY 31ST
—Bryant Park
No ticket necessary, however for more information,
visit:  www.lincolncenter.org
Ping Pong Court, Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
Test your ping pong skills at one of two state–of–the–
art tables.
For more info:  www.cityparksfoundation.org
Lincoln Center
7:00pm
The Musical World of Harmonium
Mountain: Clifford Ross and The Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Jeffrey Zeigler,
Andy Akiho and Roger Bonair-Agard
7:30pm
The Public Theater
Adelaide Cabaret Festival in NY featuring Ali McGregor and Eddie Perfect
9:30pm
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Madison Square Park
Conservancy
12:00am–1:00pm
Apples to Apples Games Social
40th Street Plaza
5:00pm-7:00pm
Join us at our weekly Game Socials to meet up with
like-minded players interested in the same games
as you. On Fridays, we play the popular party game
Apples to Apples.
Piano in the Park: Roy Eaton
Played Carnegie in 37’
Upper Terrace, Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
12:30pm–2:30pm
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Lincoln Center
For a complete list of events at Bryant Park,
please visit
7:30pm
For information on New York City Public Library events
please visit:
 www.nypl.org
Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza
Manhattan, NY
Afropunk at Lincoln Center
Described by the New York Times as “the most
multicultural festival in the U.S.,” the word “AFROPUNK” has become synonymous with “open-minded,”
“non-conforming,” and “unconventional,” placing the
institution at the epicenter of urban culture inspired by
alternative music.
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
165 West 65th Street, Manhattan, NY
A Little Night Music: Steven Osborne
Emanuel Ax, Piano Anna Polonsky,
Piano Orion Weiss, Piano
10:00pm
Praised by the Cleveland Plain Dealer for his “inspired
virtuosity,” pianist Orion Weiss joins the “consistently
captivating” (Washington Post) Anna Polonsky in her
Mostly Mozart debut and his mentor, Emanuel Ax, for
an extraordinary evening of Brahms and Schumann for
piano four hands.
TODAY Concert Series
TODAY Plaza, 30 Rockefeller Plaza
Manhattan, NY
Jason Aldean
Fans and visitors are encouraged to come to the plaza
for the live performances. Viewing is on a first-come,
first-served basis on the TODAY plaza, located at 48th
Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in New York
City. To get the best spot, fans should try to arrive by
5 a.m. All concerts are Friday performances unless
otherwise noted. Additional performances may be
announced throughout the season.
Bandshell, Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY
Big K.R.I.T. / Angel Haze / The
D.R.E.A.M. Ring: FLEXN
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7:30pm
Gates open at 6:30pm
NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
For a complete listing of Shape up NYC times and
locations, please visit  www.nycgovparks.org
For detailed information about Central Park Conservancy events please visit
Bryant Park
Summer Streets - 26th St, east of Park Avenue
Manhattan, NY
This modern dance class, now in its fourth year, is led
by dancers from the world–renowned Limon Dance
Company. Open to all levels.
Learn to Ride - Adults
8:00am – 10:00am
Learn to Ride—Adults is a free class for adults and
mature teens who are ready to ride.
Learn to Ride - Kids
10:30am – 12:30pm
Learn to Ride—Kids is a free group class for children
who are ready to ditch their training wheels and ride a
two-wheeler for the first time.
Ride the Summer Streets
Summer Streets on Park Avenue, starting and
finishing at the Bike New York tent at East 26th
Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan, NY
9:15am
Come and ride the summer streets with Bike New
York! We’ll take in the sights and sounds of 7
traffic-free miles of Park Avenue for running, walking,
skating and cycling in conjunction with the Department
of Transportation’s Summer Streets event on Saturday,
August 1st. The event and ride are free!
 www.bike.nyc
Brooklyn, NY
Greenmarket at Grand Army Plaza
8:00am – 4:00pm
shopping, sample local wine, and take walk in
Prospect Park? Open since 1989, Grand Army Plaza
greenmarket is the flagship Brooklyn market. EBT/
Food Stamps and WIC and Senior FMNP coupons
accepted year-round.  www.grownyc.org
NYC Parks
Cabrini Boulevard and Ft. Washington Avenue
Manhattan, NY
8:30am – 9:30am
Come to Fort Tryon Park and try something new. Join
us on Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings for
one hour of walking, stretching, and strengthening
exercises. All of our fitness programs are free, led by
trained professionals, and suitable for all levels. Wear
comfortable clothing and bring water. Please check
back for rain and weather/air advisory cancels.
Northeast Corner of Lawn, Manhattan, NY
Bryant Park Moves with Limon Dance
10:00am – 11:00am
AU G U S T
SATURDAY, AUGUST 1ST
—Bike New York
West Harlem Piers Park, West 125th Street,
Manhattan, NY
Sweet Spot Festival
Jamaican Indepen - Dance
3:00pm – 9:00pm
Musical Directions brings you Sweet Spot, a family–
friendly gathering of community, cultures and music
lovers of all ages, featuring reggae, soulful house,
disco and afro–beat spun by a rotating collection of
North America’s most renowned sound architects.
 www.sweetspotfestival.com
Hans Christian Andersen
Storytelling
Central Park, 72nd Street, Manhattan, NY
Clever Fools told by Marc Young
A Wonderful Story told by Jon Kelly
11:00am
 www.hcastorycenter.org
SummerStage
Dr. John and the Night Trippers
Amy Helm
2:00pm – 7:00pm
Doors open at 2:00pm, show starts at 3:00pm
TKA / Flaco Navaja and the Razor
Blades / Tony Touch
Clove Lakes Park Amphitheater, Forest Avenue,
Victory Boulevard, between Clove Road and
Brookside Avenue Royal Oak Road
Staten Island, NY 10301
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse
165 West, 65th Street, Manhattan, NY
A Little Night Music: Alexei
Lubimov, piano
10:00pm
Praised by the New York Times for his “unusually
broad range of specialties,” Russian pianist and expert
recitalist Alexei Lubimov evokes the dawn of French
modernity and its vivid colors with this enchanting
late-night program crafted from Debussy and Satie
miniatures.
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Lincoln Center
Manhattan, NY
Mozart and Brahms
7:30pm
Jeremy Denk returns to Mostly Mozart with an
illuminating look at Brahms. He showcases the composer’s astonishing left-hand transcription of Bach’s
Chaconne, as well as Mozart’s stormy Piano Concerto
No. 20 featuring Brahms’s symphonic cadenza, before
the Festival Orchestra has the final word with Brahms’s
resplendent Fourth Symphony.
Manhattan, NY
Cymbeline
8:00pm
The Public Theater
Manhattan, NY 10003
Echoes of Etta
7:00pm, doors open at 6:00pm
Amateur Astronomers
7:30pm – 9:30pm
We observe at the plaza, north of the fountain. This
observing site is still in “trial mode” while we work out
all the required logistics.
Observing at Brooklyn Museum Plaza
Brooklyn Museum Plaza, Brooklyn, NY
9:00pm – 11:00pm
 www.aaa.org
Summer Seaport Festival
Water Street between Fulton Street and Broad
Street, Manhattan, NY
MOCA Family
SUNDAY, AUGUST 2ND
—Bike New York
215 Centre Street, Manhattan, NY
(212) 619–4785
MOCACREATE: Animate Animals!
1:00pm – 4:00pm
 www.mocanyc.org
43–50 Main Street, Queens, NY
Art in the Garden: Harvesting our
History – The Story of Queens
Botanical Garden
Queens Botanical Garden grew out of the Gardens
on Parade exhibit at the 1939 World Fair and has
moved to its current location to make way for the
1964 World’s Fair. Drawing on materials from QBG’s
archives, public archives and private collections,
Harvesting Our History commemorates these origins,
traces QBG’s development, and looks to the future of
the place where people, plants and cultures meet.
Taylor Mac: The 20th Century
Abridged
7:30pm, doors open at 6:30pm
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North Meadow Recreation Center, mid-park at
Youth Basketball Clinic
Age 5 – 8 (Co-ed): 10:00am – 11:00am
Age 9 – 14 (Girls Only): 10:00am – 12:00pm
Ages 9 – 17 (Co-ed): 12:00pm – 2:00pm
It’s not just shooting hoops! This high-energy,
interactive clinic provides youth with an opportunity to
learn and enhance their skills in the game of basketball
through small group instruction and competitive
games. The clinic is designed to help young people
develop both on and off the court; these clinics focus
on skill development, team play and sportsmanship.
11:00am – 6:00pm
Boogie on the Boulevard - Grand Concourse between 161 to 167 Streets, Bronx, NY
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Ft. Wadsworth - Parking lot at Hudson and South
Weed Streets, Staten Island, NY
East River Park - East River Bikeway at the 6th
Street Bridge, Lower Manhattan, NY
Under the RI Bridge Ramp, by the Main Street bus
stop, Roosevelt Island, NY
1:00pm – 3:00pm
 www.bike.nyc
Junction Boulevard Festival
8:00am – 9:00pm
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Free
Riverside Park (Riverside Drive between 65th
Street and 72nd Street) Manhattan, NY
Summer on the Hudson: Tai Chi
Join Silvana Pizzuti at the gorgeous Soldier’s and
Sailor’s Monument on Sunday mornings to learn and
practice Tai Chi, a slow moving martial art with health
benefits for all fitness levels.
43–50 Main Street, Queens, NY
Harvesting Our History: The Story of
Queens Botanical Garden grew out of the Gardens
on Parade exhibit at the 1939 World’s Fair and was
moved to its current location to make way for the
1964 World’s Fair. Drawing on materials from QBG’s
archives, public archives and private collections,
Harvesting Our History commemorates these origins,
traces QBG’s development, and looks to the future of
the place where people, plants and cultures meet.
Bryant Park
Le Carrousel in Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
Le Carrousel Magique with R.J. Lewis
1:00pm – 2:00pm
Alakazam! Our ace Magicians return with tricks up
their sleeves and feats that razzle–dazzle. In case of
rain, Le Carrousel Magique will be cancelled.
Knitting Factory
361 Metropolitan Avenue and Havemeyer Street,
Brooklyn, NY
Henry Wolfe and Joel Michael Howard
8:30pm, 8:00pm
 www.bk.knittingfactory.com
SummerStage
Nação Zumbi / Nation Beat’s Carnival
Caravan feat. Cha Wa / DJ sets by
Vinil Pompéia
2:00pm – 7:00pm
Free
NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
Junction Boulevard from Roosevelt to 35th
Avenue
AU G U S T
Lexington Avenue Summerfest
Lexington Avenue between 42nd Street to 57th
10:00am – 6:00pm
Features over 500 authentic, ethnic foods, art, craft,
antiques, jewelry and merchandise exhibitors.
Prospect Park
Lefferts Historic House, 452 Flatbush Avenue,
Brooklyn, NY 11225
Historic Games
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Come relax in the shade of the Lefferts yard and learn
how to play Nine Man Morris, a historic board game.
Afterwards you can make your own board to take
home with you. You can also challenge a friend to a
game of checkers or try some historic hoop games
and stilt walking.
Drive and West 89th Street Manhattan, NY
Tai Chi
8:00am
fitness levels.For more info call: (212) 408-0219
MONDAY, AUGUST 3RD
—NYC Parks
Alley Pond Park, 76th Avenue and Springfield
Boulevard, Queens, NY
Nature Nick’s Animal Adventure
9:30am – 12:00pm
The Alley Pond Park Adventure Course offers free
outdoor adventure that fosters trust, communication
and team building at Alley Pond Park. The program
is a two-hour adventure, which includes both low and
high elements. The Adventure Course is open for
individuals, small groups of friend, and family. Space
is Limited. Open to ages 8 and up. Minors must be
accompanied by an adult. For more information call:
(718) 217-4685
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Central Park
Belvedere Castle, Central Park at 79th Street,
Manhattan, NY
Belvedere’s Kingdom Tour
11:00am – 12:30pm
Join Central Park Conservancy guides on this tour of
the area’s best-loved highlights, including Belvedere
Castle, Shakespeare Garden, the Great Lawn, Turtle
Pond, and the 3,500-year-old Obelisk, commonly
known as Cleopatra’s Needle.
Bryant Park
Upper Terrace or Lawn, Manhattan, NY
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Festival: Marathon Man
The Lawn at Bryant Park, Manhattan NY
5:00pm, films begin at sunset
(8:00pm – 9:00pm)
Wakefield Library, 4100 Lowerre Place (at East
229th Street), Bronx, NY
Stop Motion Productions: Four
Workshops, Four Films
2:00pm
TUESDAY, AUGUST 4TH
—NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
Lincoln Center
John Ellis Sextet
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Broadway and 60th
7:30pm and 9:30pm
John Ellis Sextet performs at Dizzy’s Club Coca–Cola
 www.jazz.org
Haydn and Beethoven
7:30pm
The charismatic Argentine cellist Sol Gabetta makes
her Mostly Mozart debut performing Haydn’s exuberant Cello Concerto in C major on a lively program that
also features the New York debut of German conductor
Cornelius Meister.
 lc.lincolncenter.org
A Little Night Music: Sol Gabetta, cello
Stanley H. Kaplan Penthouse, Manhattan NY
This is a FREE hands-on, tech-based workshop
series for teens. You’ll get to use an iPad and clay,
pipe cleaners, and other craft materials to create a
stop-motion video like you might have seen in Coraline
or The Boxtrolls, and along the way you’ll learn about
how emotion can be depicted, how professionals
use armatures, and the elements of a story. Space is
limited, so please register in advance at the library.
Ages 13–18
10:00pm
Lincoln Center
Sahaja Meditation is a holistic approach to living in balance. This class is for adults. Call for more information.
Ryan Keberle and Catharsis
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, Broadway and 60th
Street (Columbus Circle), Manhattan NY
Captain Underpants Party
Staten Island, NY
7:30pm and 9:30pm
With trombonist Ryan Keberle, trumpeter Mike Rodriguez, bassist Jorge Roeder, drummer Eric Doob, and
special guest vocalist Camila Meza.
 www.jazz.org
Emerson String Quartet
Alice Tully Hall, Starr Theater, Adrienne Arsht
Stage, Manhattan, NY
7:30pm
 www.mostlymozart.org
Meditation at the Library
Harlem Branch Library, 9 West 124 Street (between Lenox and 5th Avenue), Manhattan, NY
(212) 348-5620
Every Tuesday 6:00pm – 7:00pm
3:00pm
Celebrate Dav Pilkey’s hilarious hero with crafts,
games and fun! For ages 5 and up. Space is limited.
Pre-registration is recommended. Sign up in person or
by phone beginning one week in advance.
Teen and Tween Sewing Workshop
Great Kills Library, 56 Gifford’s Lane
Staten Island, NY
3:30pm
For Ages 10–17, Registration required
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Heather Garden, Cabrini Boulevard and Fort
Washington Avenue, Fort Tryon Park
Manhattan, NY
7:30am – 8:30am
This workout includes one hour of walking, stretching,
and strengthening exercises.
Bryant Park
Upper Terrace, Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
Deanna Witkowski - Winner of the
Great American Jazz Piano
Competition
12:30pm – 2:30pm
Possessing a supple sense of swing, ravishing touch,
and vast harmonic resources, pianist/composer
Deanna Witkowski has created an utterly personal
body of music informed by her deep knowledge of
jazz, European classical and Brazilian forms.
SummerStage
East River Park, Manhattan, NY
SummerStage Presents: Tito Nieves
7:00pm – 9:00pm
With more than three decades of musical history
behind him, Humberto “Tito” Nieves – the “Pavarotti”
of Salsa – is still going strong.
Amateur Astronomers
Association
High Line, 14th Street at 10th Avenue
Manhattan, NY
Observing at the High Line
7:30pm – 9:30pm
The Amateur Astronomers Association hosts observing sessions every Tuesday night from April through
the end of October on the High Line, an elevated park
on the West Side of Manhattan.
60th Street Festival
Along 60th Street between 5th Avenue and
Madison Avenue, Manhattan, NY
11:00am – 6:00pm
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5TH
—NYC Parks
Highland Park, Elton Street and Jamaica Avenue,
Queens, NY
Donkey Jote
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Enjoy a re-telling of the classic tale of Don Quixote
from the eyes of a donkey dreaming to become a
noble knight! Please bring a blanket or a low chair.
NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
7:30pm
Bryant Park
Historic Naumburg Bandshell, Concert Ground,
ECCO, East Coast Chamber Orchestra
There is a warm glow to the sound of the East Coast
Chamber Orchestra, a conductorless ensemble made
up of members of a variety of American orchestras
and quartets. Zachary Woolfe of the New York Times
has said, “There is a warm glow to the sound of the
East Coast Chamber Orchestra, a conductorless ensemble made up of members of a variety of American
orchestras and quartets”.
Central Park
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, at 110th Street
between Fifth and Lenox Avenues, Manhattan, NY
The North Woods Tour
11:00am – 12:30pm
Join us for this tour around tumbling waterfalls, rustic
bridges, and picturesque pools, led by Central Park
Conservancy guides. Highlights include: Harlem Meer,
Huddlestone Arch, the Loch, Glenspan Arch, several
cascades, and the Pool. For a complete list of Central
Park events please visit  www.centralparknyc.org
AU G U S T
Fort Tryon Park
6th Avenue and 41st Street, Fountain Terrace,
Manhattan NY (212) 768–4242
FitClub: Boot Camp with The Rise NYC
6:30am – 7:00am
Join The Rise NYC, a community-driven pop-up
fitness group, for a Boot Camp on the Fountain
Terrace. Rotations through exercises like crunches,
planks, push-ups, burpees, and mountain climbers
ensure a mixture of cardio and strength training that
will keep you coming back--and seeing results. No
equipment necessary.
West 125th Street, Manhattan, NY
Game Days
10:00am – 2:00pm
Calling all children 12 and under who want something
fun to do on a sunny afternoon to play games such as
gigantic- tic-tac-toe, lawn bowling, hopscotch, jump
rope and more.
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AU G U S T
East River Park, East River Promenade
Manhattan, NY
RATKING / Bishop Nehru
THURSDAY, AUGUST 6TH
—Fort Tryon Park
SummerScreen
7:30am – 8:30am
SummerStage
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Jurassic Park
Doors open at 6:00pm. Films begin at
sundown.
takes place on Wednesdays in July and August in
McCarren Park in Williamsburg. Doors open at 6:00
p.m., with food vendors and live music. In Jurassic
Park, during a preview tour, a theme park suffers a
major power breakdown that allows its cloned dinosaur
exhibits to run amok.
SummerStage
Father John Misty with Angel Olsen
and Summer Moon
5:00pm – 10:00pm
For more information visit
Pier I Picture Show presents
“Moonrise Kingdom”
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Pack a picnic, bring a friend and settle in for a night
of premier movies on the pier. Seating will open at
6:30pm. In this film, a pair of young lovers flees their
New England town, which causes a local search party
to fan out to find them.
Lincoln Center
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NY Public Library for the Performing Arts
Plaza Corridor Gallery
We are the Music Makers
 www.nypl.org
Lincoln Center
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, 10 Columbus Circle,
Manhattan, NY
The Rodriguez Brothers Band
7:30pm and 9:30pm
Lincoln Center
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center
Plaza, Manhattan, NY
Film – Tony Rome
6:00pm
Tony Rome is directed by Gordon Douglas (1967, 110
minutes) with Jill St. John and Gena Rowlands. The Library
for the Performing Arts is proud to offer free admission to
programs on a first come, first served basis.
Riverside Park
71st Street Soccer Field and Basketball Courts,
Riverside Park South, Manhattan, NY
Summer on the Hudson: Tots Soccer and
Pee Wee Basketball
9:30am – 11:30am
All little ones (5 and under) are welcome at this introduction
to soccer and basketball. Coaches will guide groups of
children in skill building activities.
Sedgwick Library, 1701 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Boulevard, Bronx, NY
Kid Tech Time
5:00pm – 6:00pm
An introduction to the computer and the Internet for children ages 5 to 12 years old and their parents/caregivers.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, 5th Avenue at 42nd
Docent Led Tour of “Public Eye, 175
Years of Sharing Photography”
12:30pm – 1:15pm
3:30pm – 4:15pm
Join a 45 minute docent led tour of the “Public Eye, 175
Years of Sharing Photography” exhibition. Please meet at
Gottesman Exhibition Hall entrance. There is no charge.
Bryant Park
Reading Room, Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
Short Story 3.0 Writers Workshop
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Pen your own story, poem, or screenplay, at writers workshops guaranteed to improve and perfect. Pre-registration
required.
Prospect Park Bandshell, Prospect Park
Brooklyn, NY
LeeSaar The Company, Ohad Naharin
and Guest Dancers from Batsheva
Dance Company
8:00pm (Gates will open at 7pm)
Founded in Tel Aviv by Lee Sher and Saar Harari in
2000 and now based in NYC, LEESAAR is “a gutsy,
brainy modern-dance troupe” (NY Times) with a highly
theatrical approach. The program also includes a duet
by their greatest influence and one of the most brilliant
living choreographers, Israeli visionary OHAD NAHARIN, performed by guest dancers from his BATSHEVA
DANCE COMPANY.
Madison Square Park
Madison Square Park, Manhattan, NY
Madison Square Kids: Tim and the
Space Cadets
10:30am – 11:30am
Family friendly performance by Tim and the Space
Cadets, who Time Out New York Kids says “appeals to
tots and teens alike!”
Central Astoria Local
Development Coalition
Astoria Park, Great Lawn, Queens, NY
Waterfront Concert Series 2015:
Dance Machine (Disco)
7:30pm
Summer Stage
East River Promenade, East River Park
Manhattan, NY
SummerStage Presents: Caribou with
guest Sinkane
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Central Park
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Fifth Avenue at 60th
An Evening Stroll in Central Park
6:00pm – 7:00pm
Learn about the Zoo, the Arsenal, Balto, The Mall,
Bethesda Terrace and Fountain, and the Lake on this
tour designed for New York summer evenings. For a
complete list of Central Park events please visit
NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7TH
—NYC Parks
AU G U S T
BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn!
Poe Park - Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Concourse,
Bronx, NY (718) 365–5516
Creative Writing Short Stories
Workshop
1:30pm – 3:00pm
Bryant Park
Apples to Apples Game Social
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Join us at our all new weekly Game Socials to meet
up with like–minded players interested in the same
games as you.
SummerStage
East River Park, Manhattan, NY
The Nuyorican Poets Café featuring
Sarah Jones
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Lincoln Center
Ted Nash Quintet
Dizzy’s Club Coca–Cola
7:30pm and 9:30pm
Denitia and sene
7:00pm
BRIC – Celebrate Brooklyn!
Prospect Park Bandshell, Brooklyn NY
Asian Dub Foundation: THX 1138/
Taylor McFerrin
7:30pm
Good Morning America’s Fun in
the Sun 2015 Summer Concert
Series
Presents: Luke Bryan
7:00am–9:00am, suggested time to arrive
is 6:00am
Summer Concert Series lineup is packed with an
incredible mix of all the hottest names in music today. TODAY Concert Series
49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza
Keith Urban
NYC Latino Punk Fest
 www.nyclatinopunkfest2015.tumblr.com
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AU G U S T
Amateur Astronomers
Association of NY
7:30pm – 9:30pm
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8TH
—Bike New York
Summer Streets, Manhattan - 26th Street, east
of Park Avenue
10:30am – 12:30pm
1:00pm – 3:00pm
 www.bike.nyc
Grand Army Plaza
Flatbush Avenue, Eastern Parkway and Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, NY
8:00am – 4:00pm
Get all your food shopping done, sample local wine,
and take a walk in Prospect Park. EBT/Food Stamps
and WIC and Senior FMNP coupons accepted.
Lincoln Center
Watkins Family Tour and Highway 61
Revisited
7:00pm
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Highway 61 Revisited, the album that changed the
way we hear rock, folk, and blues, and became the
defining soundtrack for a generation, bursts into new
life as Dylan’s masterpiece is covered track-by-track by
a house band made up of some of the various artists
it inspired.
Pier 1, Riverside Park South (Riverside Drive
between 65th Street and 72nd Street)
Manhattan, NY
Summer on the Hudson: Playdates! In
West Harlem Piers Park
1:00pm – 4:00pm
NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
115th Street Branch, 203 West 115th Street,
Manhattan, NY
Uptown Crochet/ Knitting Circle
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Bring your yarn, crochet hook or knitting needles and
enjoy an afternoon of conversation.
Bryant Park
Bryant Park, Northeast corner of Lawn
Manhattan, NY
Bryant Park Moves with Limón Dance
10:00am – 11:00am
This modern dance class, now in its fifth year, is led
by dancers from the world–renowned Limón Dance
Company. Experience the joy of movement and dance
— open to all levels.
SummerStage
30th Anniversary DJ Celebration:
Quantic / Gilles Peterson / Afrika
Bambattaa
Summerstage, Rumsey Playfield, Central Park,
Manhattan, NY
5:00pm – 10:00pm
Alpha Omega Theatrical Dance
Company/ Master Class: Karisma Jay
East River Promenade, East River Park
Manhattan, NY
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Riverside Park (Riverside drive between 65th
Street and 72nd Street) Manhattan, NY
Summer on the Hudson: Kayaking on
the Hudson
10:00am – 5:00pm
Join The Downtown Boathouse for a paddle on the
Hudson. Our free walk-up kayaking program operates
on a first-come, first-served basis and is suitable for
people of all ages and athletic abilities.
Central Park
Vanderbilt Gate at Central Park, Fifth Avenue
between 104th and 105th Streets, Manhattan, NY
Conservatory Garden Tour
11:00am – 12:15pm
Take a tour with Conservatory Garden staff to learn
about the Garden’s history and design, its botanical
specimens, and Central Park Conservancy’s work to
restore and maintain it.
Nolan Park, Governors Island, Manhattan NY
Imani Winds
1:00pm – 3:00pm
More than North America’s premier wind quintet,
Imani Winds has established itself as one of the
most successful chamber music ensembles in the
United States. For directions visit:
 www.riteofsummer.com
Battery City Park
South Cove, Battery Park City, Manhattan, NY
Drawing in the Park
10:00am – 12:00pm
SUNDAY, AUGUST 9TH
—Bike New York
1:00pm – 3:00pm
 www.bike.nyc
Battery Park City Parks Conservancy’s free Drawing In
the Park program offers artists of all experience levels
the opportunity to create in a beautiful environment,
with an instructor on hand to provide guidance and
critiques.
The Hong Kong Dragon Boat
Festival in NY
Prospect Park
NYC Parks
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Exhibit: Oh Sit! 14 Sculptors Consider
the Chair
Highbridge Park – Enter 172nd Street and
Amsterdam Avenue entrance, Manhattan, NY
Audubon Center, Prospect Park, Brooklyn NY
Introduction to Bird-watching
Join the Alliance to learn about the magnificent array
of birds that call Prospect Park home.
7:30pm – 9:00pm
BRIC
tUnE-yArDs / Shabazz Palaces
7:30pm
Gates open at 6:30pm. The season closes on an ecstatically high note with the one-of-a-kind tUnE-yArDs,
project of New England native Merrill Garbus who has
been called everything from “righteous with a carnival
kick,” (NY Times) to “idiosyncratic, high-stakes and
empowering.”
Annual Feast Giglio Di Sant’
Antonio of East Harlem
Pleasant Avenue 114–116 Street, East Harlem, NY
 www.eastharlemgiglio.com
Festival in NY
Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY
 www.hkdbf–ny.org
Check website for updated schedule.
AU G U S T
Rite of Summer
Flushing Meadows Park, Queens NY
7:00pm – 8:00pm
Located along the esplanade leading up to the recently
opened High Bridge, Oh Sit! 14 Sculptors Consider
the Chair is a group exhibition of nine artists’ public
artworks.
Bones of an Old Dutch
Farmhouse Tour
Prospect Park Audubon Center, Brooklyn, NY
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Join the Prospect Park Alliance to examine the white
oak timbers (the bones) of Lefferts Historic House
and the many layers that were added, subtracted, and
changed over the past 230 years.
Climb the staircase for a view of the attic’s smokehouse and descend into the cellar for a look at the
foundation. Only 10 people per tour. A reservation
required and is suitable for adults and teens:
call (718) 789-2822 ext. 304
Bryant Park
Court near 42nd Street and 6th Avenue
Manhattan, NY
Ping Pong
11:00am – 7:00pm
Test your ping pong skills at one of two state–of–
the–art tables. Bring a friend, or sign up with our park
attendant, who can arrange a friendly game. Paddles
and balls provided free of charge to all skill levels.
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Tai Chi
Riverside Park, Soldiers and Sailors Monument,
West 89th Street and Riverside Drive
8:00am – 9:00am
fitness levels.
Meeting Point in Riverside Park, 72nd Street and
Hudson River Park, Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 5:00pm
SummerStage
Passenger/ Liam Bailey/ DJ Natasha
Diggs in association with Giant Step
3:00pm – 7:00pm
Lincoln Center
Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center, Manhattan NY
Lyle Lovett and his Large Band
7:00pm
Central Astoria
Steinway Street btw 28th and 34th Avenue
Queens NY
Steinway Astoria Partnership
Street Fair
12:00pm
 www.centralastoria.org
Annual Feast Giglio Di Sant’
Antonio of East Harlem
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34th Annual Dominican
Day Parade
6th Avenue and 37th Street to 52nd Street,
Manhattan, NY (212) 634-7174
12:00pm
 www.aleida.net
MONDAY, AUGUST 10TH
—NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
SciLab at NYPL (STEM)
Van Nest Library 2147 Barnes Avenue, Bronx, NY
3:00pm – 4:30pm
STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts,
and Mathematics) programs for children ages 5 to
12 promote the opportunity to explore the natural
world through workshops, project–based learning
and scientific experiments. Registration is required by
phone or in person.
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building – Gottesman
Exhibition Hall, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street
Manhattan, NY
12:30pm – 1:15pm
Pleasant Avenue 114-116 Street, East Harlem, NY
 www.eastharlemgiglio.com
Join a 45 minute docent led tour of the ABC of It
exhibition. Please meet at the exhibition’s entrance.
There is no charge.
Festival in NY
Bryant Park
Flushing Meadows Park, Queens, NY
Great Hill (between West 103rd and
West 106th Streets)
Family Performance Festival:
Butterfly Boogie
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Think bugs are gross? Think again! We’ll take you on
a 3,000-mile adventure and show you why they’re
actually the coolest creatures around. The musical,
interactive performance introduces you to metamorphosis and the interdependence of plants and animals.
This family-friendly program is Free. All ages welcome.
Festival Presents Desk Set
Bryant Park Lawn, Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
5:00pm – 11:00pm
Reel Talks – Chinatown
Reading Room, Manhattan, NY
12:30pm – 1:45pm
With resident film expert Scott Adlerberg and author
Wallace Stroby
Beginner Brazilian Portuguese
Language Class
Upper Terrace Gravel across from BP Cafe,
Manhattan, NY
11:45am – 12:30pm
Association of NY
Observing on the High line
7:30pm – 9:30pm
NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
SummerStage
Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater
Manhattan, NY
Rakim / DJ Tedsmooth
7:00pm – 9:00pm
NYC Parks
Poe Park Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Pilates in the Park
The Plaza at 66th Street in Riverside Park South,
Manhattan, NY
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Fitness® for a flowing, multi–level Pilates mat class
that will tone and balance your muscles, align your
body, strengthen your core and give you renewed
energy! Bring your own mat.
Game Days
West Harlem Piers Park, West 125th Street
Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 2:00pm
fun to do on a sunny afternoon! Come and play games
such as giant tic-tac-toe, lawn bowling, hopscotch,
jump rope and more.
—Today Show Summer
Concert Series
Join us and learn some basic Hatha Yoga techniques
to initiate relaxation. Learn how to influence changes
within our physical and emotional responses to stress.
The classes’ focus will be breathing, sound, and
mindfulness.
45 Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, NY
Lunch Money Lewis
Movies Across From Golden Pond:
Big Hero 6
Crocheron Park, 35th Avenue and Cross Island
Parkway, Queens, NY
Shows for Days
New York City Center, 131 West 55th Street,
Manhattan, NY
6:00am – 9:00am
Lincoln Center
2:00pm and 8:00pm
8:30pm – 10:30pm
The comedy is set in Reading, Pennsylvania in 1973,
when 14-year old Car, the play’s narrator and the
author’s alter-ego, is introduced to the world of theater
through his local community theatre, the Prometheus
Theatre, and its devoted cast and crew which is led
by Irene, an indomitable force of nature whose life
is dedicated to putting on productions she directs,
designs and stars in.
Bryant Park
Mozart’s 40th Symphony
Avery Fisher Hall, 10 Lincoln Center Plaza,
Manhattan, NY
Come out and enjoy the outdoors with a free movie.
Enjoy this screening of Big Hero 6, about the special
bond that develops between robot Baymax and prodigy Hiro Hamada, who team up with a group of friends
to form a band of high-tech heroes. Please bring a
blanket or low chair.
Bryant Park Yoga with Alexandra Crow
10:00am – 11:00am
Perfect your downward dog under the trees at our
12th season of outdoor yoga classes, presented by
Athleta with instructors curated by Yoga Journal and
media support from Flavorpill. Mats provided. To
pre-register, click on the link below, however walk-ins
are welcome!
AU G U S T
TUESDAY, AUGUST 11TH
—Amateur Astronomers
7:30pm
The superb baritone Matthias Goerne sings Bach’s
moving cantata Ich habe genug on this bounteous
program bookended by Mozart’s “Little” and “Great”
G-minor Symphonies: the passionate No. 25 and the
eternally adored No. 40.
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NYC Parks
Shape up NYC
Varies
Sunrise Tai Chi
Fort Tryon ParkLinden Terrace, Fort Tryon Park,
Manhattan
6:30am – 7:30am
Come enjoy Sunrise Tai Chi classes with Robert
Martinez, certified Tai Chi Instructor.
Summerstage
Marcus Garvey Park, 122nd Street and Mt. Morris
Park West, Manhattan
Mobile Mondays! Live with Roy Ayers
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Vibraphonist/vocalist Roy Ayers is among the bestknown, most-loved and respected jazz/R&B artists
on the music-scene today. Now in his fifth decade in
the music business. Ayers, known as the Godfather
of Neo-soul, continues to bridge the gap between
generations of music lovers.
Summer on the Hudson: Tots Soccer
and Pee Wee Basketball
71st Street Soccer Field and Basketball Courts (in
Riverside Park South), Manhattan
9:30am – 11:30am
All little ones (5 and under) are welcome at this
introduction to soccer and basketball. Tots Soccer is
from 9:30am – 10:30am. Pee Wee Basketball is from
10:30am–11:30am.
Summer on the Hudson Picture Show:
Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax
Pier 1, Riverside Park South, Manhattan
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Pack a picnic, bring a friend and settle in for a night of
premier movies on the pier.
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Real Movies by Real Teens:
Documentary Film Screening with
EVC (Ages 13–18)
West Farms Library, 2085 Honeywell Avenue,
Bronx
4:00pm
Join us and the Education Video Center as we show
documentaries created by New York City teens that
explore their powerful stories on a wide-range of
real-world topics including gender identity and relationships with authority. Stay tuned after the film as the
filmmakers discuss their work in person.
Authentic Branding: Letting the Real
You Shine in Any Situation (Adults)
Science, Industry and Business Library, 188 Madison Avenue, Manhattan
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Kristina Leonardi shows you how to get in tune with
your unique talents, abilities, strengths and passions for
success.
Riverside Park
The Plaza at 66th Street, Riverside, Manhattan
Yoga – Evening Salute to the Sun
6:30pm – 7:30pm
sunset setting.
Amateur Astronomers
Association
Prospect Park West at 9th Street, Brooklyn
Observing at Brooklyn Bridge Park
8:30pm – 10:00pm
The Amateur Astronomers Association of New York
observes on Pier 1 of the Brooklyn Waterfront. Check
with Rori Baldari ([email protected]) to find out
if this event is on or not. Beginning on July 9th, along
with our observing session, the Conservancy will host
free Movies With A View.
—Bryant Park
Manhattan, NY
40th Street plaza
11:00am – 7:00pm
Beginners’ Chess Social
40th Street Plaza
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Short Story 4.0 Writers Workshop
Bryant Park Reading Room
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Pen your own story, poem, or screenplay, at writers
workshops guaranteed to improve and perfect. Pre-registration required.
Lawn, Manhattan NY
12:30pm – 1:30pm
72nd Track and Lawn in Riverside Park
Manhattan
The Picture Show Extension:
Fantastic Mr. Fox
8:30pm – 11:00pm
The Wiz: A Celebration in Dance and
Music / Master Class: Darin Henson
Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, Manhattan
7:00pm – 9:00pm
The NY Neo–Futurists present Too
Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind
East River Park, Manhattan
8:00pm – 10:00pm
Twitter Basics
Pelham Bay Library, 3060 Middleton Road, Bronx
10:30am – 12:00pm
Learn about the online social network, Twitter.
Pre-registration is required. Please call (718) 7926744 or come in to register. This program is for adults
50+.
The Science of Superheroes
Morris Park Library, 985 Morris Park Avenue
(between Radcliff and Colden Avenues), Bronx
2:00pm
This is a free hands-on, tech-based workshop series
for teens. You’ll explore the science behind different
superpowers and the design your own superhero and
write a comic about their adventures. This workshop
is for ages 12 - 18 years. Space is limited, so please
register at the library in advance.
NYC Parks
Learn to Play Tennis: Beginners
Van Cortlandt Park, Playground, Manhattan
9:00am – 12:00pm
Shape up NYC
Varies
FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH
—Bryant Park
Lincoln Center
Manhattan, NY
Beethoven’s Fourth Piano Concerto
7:30pm
Mulberry Street Library, 10 Jersey Street
(Between Lafayette and Mulberry Streets)
Manhattan, NY
New York City Kids!
10:30am
From very humble beginnings Music for Aardvarks has
blossomed over the years into many things: It’s 16
original CDs, with over 250 songs and counting. It’s
music videos airing daily on Nick Jr TV. And it is one
of the most imaginative and original interactive music
sessions for babies and toddlers out there. The original
material uniquely reflect and celebrate the lives of children growing up in New York City. For children ages of
all ages. Presented by New York City Kids!
Central Park
Central Park at 5th Avenue and 61st Street
(In front of Samuel F.B. Morse statue)
Manhattan, NY
Southern Welcome Tour
2:00pm – 2:45pm
Join Central Park Conservancy guides for an introduction to some of the southern Park highlights, including
Grand Army Plaza, the Pond, Gapstow Bridge, Wollman Rink, Chess and Checkers House, and the Dairy.
SummerStage
Marcus Garvey Park, West 122nd, and Mt. Morris
Park West, Manhattan, NY
The Wiz: A Celebration in Dance and
Music / Master Class: Darin Henson
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Manhattan, NY
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Juggling
40th Street Plaza
Battery City Parks
Test your coordination and dexterity with free
juggling lessons.
8:30am – 9:30am
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Spelling Bee
Bryant Park Reading Room, Bryant Park
Manhattan, NY
AU G U S T
SummerStage
Esplanade Plaza, Manhattan, NY
Tai Chi
Increase physical balance, strength, and mental focus
with expert Alex Hing. No experience is necessary!
6:30pm – 8:30pm
You must register to compete. Produced in partnership
with Oxford University Press
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NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
SummerStage
Tinder Ash / Ephrat Ashrie Dance /
Kiebpoli and Shine / Claire Parsons
Co. / Brooklyn United Marching Band
Marcus Garvey Park Amphitheater, Manhattan
7:00pm – 9:00pm
—Bike New York
Brazilian Film Festival of NY: Baby do
Brasil / screening: Samba and Jazz
Rumsey Playfield, Central Park, Manhattan
Summer Streets - 26th Street, east of Park
Soundview Library, 660 Soundview Avenue,
Bronx, NY
TOMPKINS SQUARE STITCHERS
NYC Parks; Martin Luther King Playground Lenox Avenue & West 113 Street, Manhattan, NY
Hey knitters, spinners, crocheters, and needle-pointers! Got a project you’re working on? Need Space?
Inspiration? Company? Join us at Tompkins Square
Library on Friday evenings from 3-4:30pm for our
crafting circle and get your stitch on! All skill levels are
welcome, but please note that this is not an instructional workshop. Please bring your own supplies and
come to exchange information, share new techniques,
and socialize while working on your projects!
10:30am – 12:30pm
11:00am – 2:00pm
Summer Streets - 26th Street, east of Park
8:00am – 10:00am
Ft. Wadsworth - Parking lot at Hudson & South
Weed Streets, Staten Island, NY
1:00pm – 3:00pm
 www.bike.nyc
NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
Bryant Park
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Upper Terrace or Lawn, Manhattan, NY
Juggling
11:00am – 2:00pm
Pier 1, Riverside Park, Manhattan, NY
FlyNYC Kite Flying Festival
11:00am – 4:00pm
Come fly a kite at this festival for all ages! Kite–making
for children and live music aids your celebration of
simple fun throughout the day.
6:00pm – 10:00pm
3:00pm
Governor’s Island
Colonels Row
10th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party
11:00am–5:00pm
 www.jazzagelawnparty.com
Waverly Place Festival
Washington Square north between University
Place and 6th Avenue
The Great Irish Festival
6th Avenue between 42nd Street and 56th Street
10:00am – 6:00pm
Hans Christian Andersen
Storytelling Center
The Goblin and the Grocer Tippingee
11:00am
 www.hcastorycenter.org
Amateur Astronomers
Orchard Beach, Bronx, NY
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Observing at Great Kills Staten Island
8:30pm – 11:00pm
NYC Parks
“Summer in the City”
Children Festival (Day 1)
West 135th Street between Malcolm X and Adam
Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, Manhattan
8:00am
Manhattan NY
12:00pm – 5:00pm
Harlem Honeys and Bears - Senior
Citizens Swimming Demonstrations
West 135th Street, between Malcolm X Boulevard
and Fifth Avenue, Manhattan
11:30am – 3:00pm
Historic Black College Fair and Expo
West 135th Street, between Malcolm X and Adam
Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, Manhattan
12:00pm – 5:00pm
Everyone will be “Dancing In the
Street”
West 135th Street, between Fredrick Douglass
Boulevard and St. Nicholas Avenue
12:00pm – 2:00pm
The Fabulous Fashion Flava Show
2:00pm – 3:00pm
“Uptown Saturday Concert”
3:00pm – 5:00pm
International Vendors Village
12:00pm – 5:00pm
Outdoor Film Festival
7:00pm – 10:00pm
 www.harlemweek.com
SUNDAY, AUGUST 16TH
—Bike New York
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Randall’s Island, South side of Icahn Stadium
between the fence and parking area
1:00pm – 3:00pm
Kent Ave between N11 and N12 Streets
Williamsburgh, Brooklyn, NY
10:00am – 2:00pm
 www.bike.nyc
Drive and West 89th Street, Manhattan, NY
Tai Chi
AU G U S T
Harlem Week
This course is for all fitness levels.
Lincoln Center
Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue
Manhattan, NY
International Contemporary
Ensemble: Into the Little Hill
5:00pm
Mostly Mozart’s pioneering artists-in-residence create
the enigmatic atmosphere of George Benjamin’s
chamber opera Into the Little Hill.
SummerStage
Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito 25th
Anniversary concert/ screening:
Stretch and Bobbito: Radio That
Change Lives
5:00pm – 10:00pm
During the 1990s, Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito
Garcia (Kool Bob Love) introduced the world to an unsigned Nas, Biggie, Wu-Tang, and Big Pun as well as
an unknown Jay-Z, Eminem, Fat Joe, and the Fugees
through their eponymous radio show.
Tinder and Ash / Ephrat Asherie
Dance / Kiebpoli and Shine / Claire
Parsons Co. / Brooklyn United Marching Band
Marcus Garvey Park, 122nd Street and Mt. Morris
Park West, Manhattan, NY
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Riverside Park
Riverside Park, Riverside Drive between 65th
Street and 72nd Street, Manhattan, NY
Summer on the Hudson: Kayaking on
the Hudson
10:00am – 5:00pm
Join The Downtown Boathouse for 20-minute instructional paddles. Please wear a bathing suit or shorts
and a t-shirt, and know how to swim.
Prospect Park
Lefferts Historic House, Brooklyn, NY
Historic Games
2:00pm – 5:00pm
Come relax in the shade of the Lefferts yard and learn
how to play Nine Man Morris, a historic board game.
Afterwards you can make your own board to take
home with you. You can also challenge a friend to a
game of checkers or try some historic hoop games
and stilt walking.  www.prospectpark.org
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Ecofest
Broadway between 42nd and 44th Street,
Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 6:00pm
 www.ecofest.com
MONDAY, AUGUST 17TH
—Bryant Park
Chinatown
Lawn, Manhattan, NY
5:00pm – 11:00pm
R Rated. Jack Nicholson, Faye Dunaway and John
Huston are at their best in this neo-noir set in 1930s
Los Angeles during the Water Wars.
Please note: The Lawn opens to film-goers at 5:00pm
for blankets and picnicking. Films begin at sunset
(typically between 8:00pm and 9:00pm).
Beginner Italian Language Class
11:45am – 12:30pm
Learn a new language or brush up on your skills in this
beginner class. Attendance is limited to one class for
each language offered. Registration through an email
sent to [email protected].
Lincoln Center
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, 10 Columbus Circle,
Manhattan, NY
Monday Nights with WBGO: Alicia
Olatuja
7:30pm and 9:30pm
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NYC Parks
Chair Yoga
Asser Levy Recreation Center Playground, Manhattan, NY (212) 447-2020
10:00am – 11:00am
Chair yoga is a gentle form of yoga that can be practiced while sitting or standing using a chair for support.
A low impact class, it focuses on strengthening the
body’s inner core through slow movements, concentrating and breathing. This program is accessible for
people with disabilities.
Shape up NYC
Varies
—Bryant Park
Tai Chi
7:30am – 8:30am
Free classes for all ages and experience levels. Bryant
Park Tai Chi is provided by the Tai Chi Chuan Center
and led by teachers and students who train at CK Chu
Tai Chi under the direction of Jeremy Hubbell.
Word for Word Poetry welcomes Red
Hen Press
Reading Room, Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
7:00pm – 8:30pm
 www.jalc.org
Featuring the Poets of Red Hen Press: Mark Doty,
Dean Kostos, J.D. McClatchy, Celeste Gainey
Lincoln Center
Meditation at the Library
Kingsbridge Library, 291 West 231st Street,
Bronx, NY (718) 548-5656
Trio Da Paz and Friends with Claudio
Roditi, Harry Allen, Maucha Adnet
International Contemporary Ensemble
Park Avenue Armory, 643 Park Avenue
Manhattan, NY
6:00pm
America’s Heroes and Story Songs
George Bruce Library, Children’s Room, 518 West
125th Street, Manhattan, NY (212) 662-9727
4:00pm
Heroes On Camera
St. George Library Center, 5 Central Avenue,
Staten Island, NY
11:00am – 1:00pm
7:30pm and 9:30pm
Keeping an unprecedented streak alive for the eighth
consecutive year, Trio da Paz comes to Dizzy’s Club
Coca-Cola for a two-week summer residency.
Joshua Bell Plays Bach
Manhattan, NY
7:30pm
Grammy Award–winning violinist Joshua Bell is joined
by violist Lawrence Power for Mozart’s breathtaking,
lyrical Sinfonia concertante for violin and viola
Manhattan, NY
Pilates in the Park
6:30pm – 7:30pm
strengthen your core and give you renewed energy!
Bring your own mat.
Teen Advisory Group (Ages 13 – 18)
Van Nest Library, 2147 Barnes Avenue, Bronx, NY
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Queens Botanical Garden, Corner of Dahlia
Avenue and Main Street, Queens, NY
NYC Compost Project: Food Scrap
Drop-off at Queens Botanical Garden:
Farmers Market
8:30am – 12:00pm
Residents are welcome to bring their residential fruit
and vegetable waste and fall leaves to the Farmers
Market each Friday. Food scraps will be turned into
compost and used to nourish the soil on the QBG
Farm. Email [email protected] or call
(718) 539-5296.
NYC Parks
Help improve the library and earn community service
hours from your school. You can earn community
service credit for school and enjoy hanging out with
other teens.
Varies
Shape up NYC
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building Gottesman
Exhibition Hall, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street,
Manhattan, NY
Amateur Astronomers
Association of NY
12:30pm and 3:30pm
Join a 45 minute docent led tour of the “Public Eye,
175 Years of Sharing Photography” exhibition. Meet
at Gottesman Exhibition Hall entrance. There is no
charge.
Preschool Storytime
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Gottesman
Exhibition Hall, 5th Avenue at 42nd Street,
Manhattan, NY
4:00pm
Stories, songs and participation activities for children
ages 3-5.
Movie at Crocheron Park:
Dolphin Tale 2
Grass Area along 35th Avenue and Cross Island
Parkway, Queens, NY
8:30pm – 10:30pm
Enjoy this special screening of Dolphin Tale 2. After
Winter’s mom passes, the team reassembles to find
her a companion so she can remain at the Clearwater
Marine Hospital. Please bring a blanket or low chair.
Red Hook Flicks
Valentino Pier, Ferris Street between Coffey
Street and Van Dyke Street, Brooklyn, NY
The Incredibles (2004)
8:30pm
The screen is set up in front of a Civil War-era
warehouse, with sweeping views of the harbor and the
Statue of Liberty as a backdrop. All films start at 8:30
PM or as soon as it’s dark enough.
 www.redhookflicks.com
AU G U S T
High Line, 14th Street at 10th Avenue
Manhattan, NY
7:30pm – 9:30pm
horizon to the west and overlooking the Hudson River.
We encourage anyone wishing to bring a telescope or
binoculars to do so.
—NYC Parks
Adult Basketball
West Bronx Recreation Center, Bronx, NY
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Take your game to the next level on our basketball
court. Shoot some hoops, start a pick-up game or
practice drills and get fit while having fun. Recreation
Center membership is required to participate.
Shape up NYC
Varies
Summerstage
ALT MODE: a collaboration between
RYAT and Kate Watson-Wallace /
ARCH Dance Company
7:00pm – 10:00pm
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Bryant Park
The Tables in the 42nd Street Allee
Manhattan, NY
August Mixed Doubles Tournament
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Join us for the park’s inaugural season of monthly
mixed doubles ping pong tournaments, and prove
that table tennis truly appeals to all. Pairs must be
one female and one male. Pre-registration is required.
Are you a solo female, who needs a partner to play?
Please email us at [email protected], and we will
be happy to find a match. On-site registration will open
at 6:00pm if space allows.
LiveNation
Pier 97
Counting Crows Somewhere Under
Wonderland Tour with special guests
Citizen Cope and Hollis Brown August
6:00pm
Hudson River Park partners with Live Nation to bring
you many of the biggest touring acts on the road this
summer!  www.hudsonriverpark.org
Salute to the Sun Yoga
Manhattan, NY
6:30pm – 7:30pm
sunset setting.
Suitable for all fitness levels. Please wear loose,
Game Days
West 125th Street, Manhattan, NY
7:00pm – 8:30pm
Gotham Writers Workshop invites you to let go of your
literary anxiety and pick up a pen. You’ll get three
short writing prompts, a few minutes to write, and the
chance to tell your story.
Riverside Park South, 71st Street Soccer Field
and Basketball Courts
Tots Soccer and Pee Wee Basketball
Tots Soccer: 9:30am – 10:30am
Pee Wee Basketball: 10:30am – 11:30am
All little ones (5 and under) are welcome at this introduction to soccer and basketball. Coaches will guide
groups of children in skill building activities.
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 1, Brooklyn, NY
Dazed and Confused (1993)
6:00pm
This coming-of-age film follows the mayhem of a
group of rowdy teenagers in Austin, Texas celebrating
the last day of high school in 1976.
Lincoln Center
David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center
Manhattan, NY
DJ KS 360 presents Behind The
Groove Featuring Pitchlak Brass
Band! Your Hostess Rok A Fella aka
La Roka!
7:30pm – 9:45pm
10:00am – 2:00pm
Hosted by legendary dancer Rokafella, Behind the
Groove brings together NYC’s best dancers representing breaking, rocking, popping, locking, house,
hip-hop, and more accompanied by live performances
by some of NYC’s best musicians.
SummerStage
fun to do on a sunny afternoon. Games such as giant
tic-tac-toe, lawn bowling, hopscotch, jump rope and
more will be waiting for your arrival.
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Bryant Park Write-In with Gotham
Writers’ Workshop
Upper Terrace Steps, Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
George Bruce Library, Children’s Room, 518 West
Gaming for Kids
4:00pm – 5:00pm
—Bryant Park
Tai Chi
7:30am – 8:30am
Free classes for all ages and experience levels.
The New York for Jazz and Contemporary
Music’s Jazz Performance Space, West 13th
Street between 5th and 6th Avenues, Fifth Floor,
Manhattan, NY
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: “In the
Spirit – Dedicated to Bird” and “Bird
Calls”
6:30pm and 8:00pm
“In The Spirit – Dedicated to Bird” and “Bird Calls” A
conversation with Oliver Lake and Rudresh Mahanthappa Free, Reservations Required RSVP to:
[email protected]
Spin and get your cardio workout on!
10:00am – 11:00am
High Intensity Interval Training. A combination of
sprints, jumps, and hills. Recreation center membership is required. For more information Visit
 www.nycgovparks.org.
NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
Bryant Park
Chess and Backgammon
11:00am – 7:00pm
Lincoln Center
Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, Manhattan, NY
Closing Night: Haydn’s Creation
7:30pm
The 2015 festival closes on a jubilant note with
Haydn’s masterpiece and a high-spirited expression of
Enlightenment idealism.
TODAY Concert Series
49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza, Manhattan, NY
Carlie Rae Jepsen
 www.today.com
Concert Series
Central Park, Rumsey Playfield
Presents: 5 Seconds of Summer
7:00am – 9:00am
 www.abcnews.go.com
SATURDAY, AUGUST 22ND
—SummerStage
Marcus Garvey Park, 18 Mt. Morris Park West
Manhattan, NY
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Oliver
Lake Big Band / The King Solomon
Hicks Trio / Michela Taps: Bird Lives!
6:00pm and 9:00pm
Bike New York
Bike Bonanza; Faber Pool/Park, Staten Island 2175 Richmond Terrace
12:00pm – 2:00pm
AU G U S T
FRIDAY, AUGUST 21ST
—St. Johns Recreation Center
East New York, Brooklyn; Linden Park - Linden
Boulevard at Miller Avenue, behind Gershwin
School
2:00pm – 4:00pm
 www.bike.nyc
Riverside Park
Riverside Park (Riverside drive between 65th Street
and 72nd Street) Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 5:00pm
Join the Manhattan Community Boathouse for a paddle
on the Hudson! Our free walk-up kayaking program operates on a first-come, first-served basis and is suitable
for people of all ages and athletic abilities.
Fort Tryon Park
8:30am – 9:30am
For a breath of fresh air, take your workouts outdoors
NYC Parks
Flatbush Avenue, Eastern Parkway and Prospect
Park, Brooklyn, NY
8:00am – 4:00pm
At what other market can you do all your food shopping,
sample local wine and explore Brooklyn’s favorite park?
Established in 1989, the Grand Army Plaza greenmarket
is the flagship Brooklyn market. EBT/Food Stamps and
WIC and Senior FMNP coupons accepted year-round.
Lincoln Center
Manhattan, NY
Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra: Closing Night
7:30pm
The 2015 festival closes on a jubilant note with Haydn’s
masterpiece and a high-spirited expression of Enlightenment idealism. Louis Langrée takes up the baton a final
time this summer to lead the Festival Orchestra and a
stellar lineup of soloists in this triumphant oratorio.
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NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
Haiku for Everyone
Kingsbridge Library, 291 West 231st Street
Bronx, NY
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Join us for a six-week haiku writing workshop where
you will learn about the history of haiku and about the
art of writing haiku. At the last session, participants
will have the opportunity to share their work at a final
reading. Please register for this workshop by calling or
visiting the library.
Crochet/ Knitting Circle
115th Street Branch, 203 West 115th Street,
Manhattan, NY
12:00pm -2:00pm
Bring your yarn, crochet hook or knitting needles.
Enjoy an afternoon of conversation and stay afterwards
to enjoy the movie.
Battery City Park
Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park, Battery City Park
Manhattan, NY
Drawing in the Park
10:00am – 12:00pm
Battery Park Park City Parks Conservancy’s free Drawing In the Park program offers artists of all experience
levels the opportunity to create in a beautiful environment, with an instructor on hand to provide guidance
and critiques.
Brighton Beach Jubilee
Coney Island, Queens, NY
 www.brightonbeach.com
Upper West Side Street Fair
Amsterdam Avenue 79th to 86th Streets
Manhattan, NY
 www.nyc.gov
Pakistan Day Parade
Madison Avenue between 23rd and 38th Streets
Manhattan, NY
 www.facebook.com
NYC Parks
Varies
Shape up NYC
Midtown West Block Party
52nd St between 6th and 7th Avenue
10:00am – 4:00pm
 www.nycstreetfairs.com
SummerStage
Central Park Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan, NY
RCA Summer Concert Celebration
featuring: Jazmine Sullivan / Jordan
Bratton and more
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Tompkins Square Park
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival: Joe Lovano / Rudresh Mahanthappa: Bird Calls
/ Myra Melford / Michael Mwenso
3:00pm – 7:00pm
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 23RD
—Central Park Conservancy
Great Hill (between West 103rd and 106th
Streets), Central Park, Manhattan NY
Performance Festival: The Case of the
Missing Chipmunk
12:00pm – 1:30pm
When a chipmunk goes missing, only one detective
is clever enough, brave enough, and smart enough to
solve the case - Mystery Max! Of course, he’ll need
your help, too! Join Max on a wild adventure to find
Central Park’s missing chipmunks. Along the way we’ll
meet crazy characters, make new friends, sing songs
and find clues. Whodunit? Please RSVP to let us know
you’re coming.
Riverside Park
72nd Street at Hudson River
10:00am – 5:00pm
Steinway Street Festival
Steinway Street from 34th Avenue to 28th
Avenue, Queens, NY
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Summer Sports Experience
Sunset Park Playground (in Sunset Park)
Brooklyn, NY
9:00am – 5:00pm
Pitch, shoot and score with NYC Parks! Summer
Sports Experience welcomes kids of ages 6–16 to join
this free program focused on developing sports skills.
Kids will play a variety of sports each day, and can
come every session. The program is available in all five
boroughs, so find the one nearest you. All must register by emailing [email protected].
Bryant Park
Upper Terrace Gravel across from the BP Cafe
Beginner Japanese Language Class
11:45am – 12:30pm
Learn a new language or brush up on your skills in
these beginner classes. Attendance is limited to one
class for each language offered. Registration required
and opens a week before each class date. Please
email [email protected] to
reserve a spot.
Staten Island, NY, 10306 (718) 351-2977
End of Summer Reading Celebration
2:00pm – 4:30pm
Come to the library and help us celebrate the end of
summer reading. Enjoy a musical performance and
picture book time. Help yourself to some free books.
This event is for children, infant age to 12 years old.
NYC Parks
Van Cortlandt Park, Bronx, NY
EcoCrafts
11:00am – 1:00pm
Recycle used stuff into new creations at Classic
Playground. Recycle used and natural materials into
new creations at Classic Playground. Projects include
wearable crafts, repurposed items, and creative ways
to look at nature.
Lincoln Center
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
Frank Lacy and Josh Evans
Legacy Band
7:30pm and 9:30pm
For a complete list events please visit
 www.jalc.org
—NYC Parks
AU G U S T
MONDAY, AUGUST 24TH
—NYC Parks
Garden Crew: Kids
Van Cortlandt Park
10:00am – 1:00pm
Get dirty helping out at the Compost Garden. Help care
for our vegetable beds (where all of our produce will
be donated to local food pantries and sold at our Youth
Run Farm Stand), and compost bins. Bring water and
sunscreen. Meet at the Friends of Van Cortlandt Park’s
Compost Garden Site. All volunteers must register at
(718) 601-1553 for further instructions.
Poe Park - Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Concourse
Bronx, NY
1:00pm – 1:30pm
Summer Movie Night: E.T. The
Extra Terrestrial
Swindler Cove in Sherman Creek, Manhattan, NY
8:00pm – 10:30pm
Movies Across From Golden Pond:
Guardians of the Galaxy
35th Avenue and Cross Island Parkway in
Crocheron Park Accessible, Queens, NY
8:30pm – 10:30pm
Bryant Park
Lawn, Manhattan, NY
Yoga with Danielle Diamond
10:00am – 11:00am
Perfect your downward dog under the trees and on the
lush lawn at our 12th season of outdoor yoga classes,
presented by Athleta with instructors curated by Yoga
Journal and media support from Flavorpill.
Manhattan, NY
Game Days
10:00am – 2:00pm
Science, Industry and Business Library, #018,
188 Madison Avenue at 34th Street
Manhattan, NY
It’s Never Too Late to Start Investing
6:00pm – 7:30pm
Learn time-tested investing principles and techniques,
so that despite the inevitable ups and downs of the
markets, you can work toward your financial goals —
no matter when you start investing.
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Amateur Astronomers of NY
Solar Observing, Tuesdays at
the High Line
6:00pm – 8:30pm
7:30pm – 9:30pm
Bryant Park
Settlers of Catan Game Social
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Join us at our all new weekly Game Socials to meet up
with like-minded players interested in the same games
as you. For a complete list of events at Bryant Park,
please visit  www.bryantpark.org
—NYC Parks
STEM (SCIENCE PROJECT)
Bronx, NY
Sunrise Tai Chi
Fort Tryon Park, Abby’s Lawn, Manhattan, NY
Resume, Cover Letter and Job
Search Workshop
320 City Island Avenue Bronx, NY
6:30am – 7:30am
Start your day out right; come enjoy sunrise tai chi
classes with certified tai chi instructor Robert Martinez,
on the beautiful David Rockefeller Linden Terrace.
These classes are suitable for all levels. Wear comfy
clothing and bring water. For a complete list of NYC
Parks events please visit
The Plaza at 66th Street in Riverside Park South,
Manhattan, NY
6:30pm – 7:30pm
Hollis Lewis in a beautiful sunset setting. Please wear
loose, comfortable clothing and bring your own mat.
Big Hero 6
Elton Street and Jamaica Avenue in Highland
Park, Queens, NY
7:30pm – 8:30pm
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Game Days
Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 2:00pm
fun to do on a sunny afternoon. Games such as giant
tic-tac-toe, lawn bowling, hopscotch, jump rope and
more will be waiting for your arrival.
Salute to the Sun Yoga
Manhattan, NY
6:30pm – 7:30pm
sunset setting. Suitable for all fitness levels. Please
wear loose, comfortable clothing and bring your
own mat.
4:00pm
STEM is an acronym for (Science, Technology,
Engineering, and Math).
10:00am
Family Crafts
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building, Children’s
Center at 42nd Street, Manhattan, NY
3:00pm
Join us and make a hands on project. For children
ages 3–8. Pre-registration starts August 19, 2015.
Space is limited to 25 participants. Please note:
We are unable to accommodate daycares and
summer camps.
Stop Motion Productions: Four
Workshops, Four Films
George Bruce Library, 518 West 125th Street,
Manhattan, NY
1:00pm
This is a FREE hands-on, tech-based workshop
series for teens. You’ll get to use an iPad and clay,
pipe cleaners, and other craft materials to create a
stop-motion video like you might have seen in Coraline
or The Boxtrolls, and along the way you’ll learn about
how emotion can be depicted, how professionals use
armatures, and the elements of a story. This event is
for ages 12–18.
Lego Wednesday
444 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY
2:30pm – 3:30pm
Riverside Park South, 71st Street Soccer Field
and Basketball Courts, Manhattan, NY
Tots Soccer and Pee Wee Basketball
9:30am – 11:30am
All little ones (5 and under) are welcome at this
introduction to soccer and basketball.
Tots Soccer: 9:30am–10:30am; Pee Wee Basketball
10:30am–11:30am.
Bronx, NY
Game On at Kingsbridge for Teens
4:00pm – 5:00pm
FRIDAY, AUGUST 28TH
—St. Johns Recreation Center
Spin: H.I.I.T. and Ride
10:00am – 10:30pm
Spin and get your cardio workout on! This class
provides High Intensity Interval Training, a combination
of sprints, jumps, and hills. This class is for all adults
including seniors.
NYC Parks
Poe Park Visitor Center, 2640 Grand Concourse,
Bronx, NY
Seasonal Crafts
2:00pm – 3:30pm
Come have some fun playing Xbox and Xbox Kinect
games at the Kingsbridge Library! For ages 12–18
Make seasonal and holiday arts and crafts items to
take home. For a complete list of NYC Parks events
please visit  www.nycgovparks.org
Bryant Park
Bryant Park Shakespeare
Fountain terrace, 6th Avenue and 41st Street
Manhattan, NY
Tai Chi
7:30am – 8:30am
Bryant Park Tai Chi is provided by the Tai Chi Chuan
Center and led by teachers and students who train at
CK Chu Tai Chi under the direction of Jeremy Hubbell.
Baby and Me
Staten Island, NY
11:00am
Songs, books and fun for infants ages 0–18 months
along with a parent or caregiver. Meet other babies in
the neighborhood! No pre-registration required.
Throughout the Park, Bryant Park, Manhattan, NY
Accordion Bands Festival
4:30pm – 10:00pm
This event includes 6 groups featuring an accordion
and music from Eastern Europe, Colombia, France,
Ireland, Argentina, and New Orleans.
Bryant Park
12:00pm – 1:00pm
Take a break with an eclectic selection of favorite
tabletop games for free. From Scrabble and mancala
to dominoes and Jenga. Visit bryantpark.org to find
weekly Game Socials and Clinics for Board and Party
Games, Mah Jongg, and more. For a complete list of
events at Bryant Park, please visit
Indian Arts Workshop
Francis Martin Library, Children’s Room
2150 University Avenue, Bronx, NY
6:00pm – 7:00pm
3:00pm
Prospect Park
Thursday Volunteer Corps
10:00am – 2:00pm
Get involved in your community! The Thursday Corps
volunteers perform a multitude of different projects
throughout Prospect Park as needed. The corps meets
at a different location every week helping in a variety of
landscape and horticultural projects. Register online.
AU G U S T
—Summer on the Hudson
West Harlem Piers, 130th Street and Marginal
Friday Freshen Up with Wordsmith
Kick off the weekend with music by hip hop artist and
songwriter, Wordsmith.
Concert Series
Central Park, Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan, NY
Presents: To be determined
7:00am – 9:00am
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New York City Kids!
Mulberry Street Library, Bronx, NY
10:30am – 11:30am
From very humble beginnings Music for Aardvarks
has blossomed over the years into many things: It’s
16 original CDs, with over 250 songs and counting.
It’s music videos airing daily on Nick Jr TV. It is one
of the most imaginative and original interactive music
sessions for babies and toddlers out there. The original
material uniquely reflects and celebrates the lives of
children growing up in New York City. This program is
for children ages of all ages. Presented by New York
City Kids!
Fun Fridays
Great Kills Library, 56 Giffords Lane
Staten Island, NY
3:30pm – 4:30pm
Enjoy an afternoon of stories, songs, rhymes, and a
fun craft! Recommended for ages 5 and up.
The Superhero in All of Us
Westchester Square Library
2521 Glebe Avenue, Bronx, NY
2:00pm
Presto Pete, Incredulous Chris and the audience
perform a number of feats similar to the fictional
superheroes we all know and love, and at the same
time impart important lessons on how these fictional
characters can become real life inspirations.
—Prospect Park Alliance
8:00am – 4:00pm
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shopping, sample local wine and explore Brooklyn’s
favorite park? Established in 1989, the Grand Army
Plaza greenmarket is the flagship Brooklyn market.
EBT/Food Stamps and WIC and Senior FMNP coupons
accepted year-round. For a full calendar of events and
a list of sellers, visit GrowNYC.
Pop-Up Audubon: Macy’s
Fishing Clinics
Eastwood, Brooklyn, NY
Macy’s Fishing Clinics: 1:00pm and 3:00pm
Family Bird Watching: 4:30pm
Governors Island
Parade Ground, Governors Island
Vintage Baseball
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Bryant Park Kids Time
Apples to Apples Game Social
5:00pm – 7:00pm
Join us at our all new weekly Game Socials to meet up
with like-minded players interested in the same games
as you. On Fridays, we play the popular party game
Apples to Apples.
Bryant Park
The green, Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 2:00pm
Silent Disco
5:00pm – 10:00pm
Don headphones and party on the pier with two
live DJs spinning tunes of different genres. Line for
headphones will begin at 4:30pm.
Riverside Library, 127 Amsterdam Avenue,
Manhattan, NY
Knitting Circle
10:00am – 12:00pm
Do you like to Knit? Crochet? Embroider? Whatever
your passion, gather and socialize with others who
share your interest, and perhaps pick-up a few tips
and tricks as you work your own creations! Instructors
available, yet please bring your sewing supplies.
Board Games
10:00am – 12:00pm
A variety of board games for all ages and abilities will
be provided.For more information on New York City
72nd Street and the Hudson River, Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 5:00pm
Our free walk-up kayaking program operates on a
first-come, first-served basis and is suitable for people
of all ages and athletic abilities. Kayaks, paddles,
lifejackets and basic instructions are provided. Please
allow time for waiting in line when planning your visit.
We cannot guarantee that you will have a chance to go
out if you arrive less than an hour before we close. For
a full schedule of Riverside Park events please visit
North Meadow Recreation Center, mid-Park at
Youth Co-Ed Basketball Clinic
10:00am – 2:00pm
8:00am – 4:00pm
At what other market can you do all your food shopping, sample local wine, and take walk in Prospect
Park? Established in 1989, the Grand Army Plaza
greenmarket is the flagship Brooklyn market. EBT/
Food Stamps and WIC and Senior FMNP coupons
accepted year-round. Fourth Avenue Festival
4th Avenue between 9th Street and 14th Street
Amateur Astronomers
of New York
Metropolitan Oval, Parkchester, Bronx, NY
Observing at Parkchester, Bronx
8:00pm – 10:00pm
 www.aaa.org
SUNDAY, AUGUST 30TH
—New York International
Salsa Congress
New York International Salsa Congress Dance and Music Festival
Pre-Party
9:00pm – 2:00am
This event offers free admission before 9:00pm.
 www.nycsalsacongress.com
NYC Parks
Bryant Park
Fountain Terrace, Manhattan, NY
Summer Pétanque Tournament
10:00am – 6:00pm
AU G U S T
Central Park
Select doubles style pétanque tournament for this
popular European game organized by La Boule New
Yorkaise, NYC’s championship-winning club. For
tournament details, registration information, and entry
fees, please visit La Boule New Yorkaise. For a complete list of events at Bryant Park, please visit
Riverside Park
Meeting Point in Riverside Park, Manhattan, NY
10:00am – 5:00pm
Join The Downtown Boathouse for a paddle on the
Hudson River. Weather permitting. No registration
required. Kayaks, paddles, lifejackets, and basic
instructions are provided. Please plan for time to wait
in line to participate. All participants must know how
to swim. All ages are able to participate. For more
information on events happening with Riverside Park
Conservancy, please visit:
Brighton Beach Jubilee
Coney Island, Queens, NY
 www.brightonbeach.com
MONDAY, AUGUST 31ST
—NYC Parks
Main Park House (in Cunningham Park)
Queens, NY
Movies Under the Stars: Lagaan
In this film, the people of a small village in Victorian
India stake their future on a game of cricket against
their ruthless British rulers.
Smorgasburg
Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 5, Brooklyn, NY
11:00am – 6:00pm
Every Saturday and Sunday from April through
November, Smorgasburg showcases 100+ local and
regional food vendors to upwards of 10,000 visitors,
making it one of the most popular tourist destinations
in Brooklyn. The markets are open rain or shine.
Shape up NYC
Varies
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AU G U S T
For a complete list of NYC Parks events, please visit
For more detailed information about Central Park
Conservancy events, please visit
For a complete list of Prospect Park events, please
visit:  www.prospectpark.org
For more information on events happening in Battery
Park City Parks, please visit:  www.bpcparks.org
For more information on events happening with
Riverside Park Conservancy, please visit:
Find events at the New York Public Library listed on
their website:  www.nypl.org
For ticket prices and other Lincoln Center events, visit
 www.lc.lincolncenter.org
For more information on jazz at Lincoln Center, visit:
 www.jazz.org
For more info on the Today Concert Series, visit:
 www.today.com
For more information on events by Summerstage,
please visit:  www.cityparksfoundation.org
For more information on events happening with
Summer on the Hudson, visit:
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For information on events happening at Governors
Island, please visit:  www.govisland.com
For information on events happening with the Amateur
Astronomers Association of New York, visit:
 www.aaa.org
For more information on classes and events by Bike
New York, please visit:  www.bike.nyc
NYC Beaches are open for swimming from Memorial Day Weekend through Labor
Day; NYC Outdoor pools open June 27 and are open through Labor Day; indoor pools
are open year-round. Indoor pools require NYC Parks Recreation Center membership
with the exception of swim classes, which are free but do require registration. For
more information on NYC beaches and pools, including hours of operation and rules
for use, visit NYC Parks at www.nyc.gov/parks or call 311.
THE BRONX
Van Cortlandt Pool
West 242nd Street and Broadway
(718) 548-2415
Outdoor Pools
Indoor Pools
Bronx River Playground Pool
East 174th Street and Bronx River Avenue
(718) 378-1597
St. Mary’s Pool
St. Ann’s Avenue and East 145th Street
(718) 402--5157
Claremont Pool
170th Street and Clay Avenue
(718) 901-4792
Beaches
Crotona Pool
173rd Street and Fulton Avenue
(718) 822-4440
Edenwald Houses Pool
Schieffelin Avenue and East 229th Street
(718) 515-2160
Barretto Point Park, Floating Pool
Tiffany Street and Viele Avenue
(718) 430-4601
Haffen Pool
Ely and Burke Avenues
(718) 379-2908
Mapes Pool
East 180th Street between Mapes and
Prospect Avenues (718) 364-8876
Mullaly Pool
East 164th Street between Jerome and River
Avenues (718) 538-7083
BE AC H an d P O O L SI TES
BEACHES AND POOLS
Orchard Beach and Promenade
On Long Island Sound in Pelham Bay Park
(718) 885-2275
BROOKLYN
Outdoor Pools
Betsy Head Pool
Boyland, Livonia and Dumont Avenues
(718) 257-1635
Brooklyn Bridge Park Pop-Up Pool
Pier 2 (718) 222-9939
Bushwick Pool
Humboldt Street, Flushing and Bushwick
Avenues (718) 452- 2116
Commodore Barry Pool
Flushing and Park Avenues, Navy and North
Elliot Streets (718) 243-2593
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David Fox/PS 251 Pool
East 54th Street and Avenue H (718) 531-2437
Beaches
Douglas and DeGraw Pool
Third Avenue and Nevins Street (718) 625-3268
Coney Island and Coney Island
Boardwalk/Brighton Beach
On Atlantic Ocean, from West 37th Street to
Ocean Parkway, Brooklyn (718) 946-1350
Glenwood Houses Pool
Farragut Road and Ralph Avenue (718) 531-2480
Howard Pool
Glenmore and Mother Gaston Blvd., East New
York Avenue (718) 385-1023
JHS 57/HS 26 Pool
117 Stuyvesant Avenue (718) 452-0519
MANHATTAN
Kosciuszko Pool
Marcy Avenue between DeKalb Avenue and
Kosciuszko Street (718) 622-5271
Outdoor Pools
Lindower Park Pool
East 60th St, Mill Rd. and Strickland Avenue
(718) 531-4852
McCarren Park Pool
McCarren Park, 311
PS 20 Playground Pool
Between Clermont Avenue and Adelphi Street
(718) 625-6101
Red Hook Pool
Bay and Henry Streets (718) 722-3211
Sunset Park Pool
Seventh Avenue between 41st and 44th Streets
(718) 972-2180
Indoor Pools
Brownsville Pool
Linden and Mother Gaston Blvds. and Christopher
Avenue (718) 485-4633
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Manhattan Beach
On Atlantic Ocean, Oriental Blvd., from Ocean
Avenue to Mackenzie Street, Brooklyn
(718) 946-1373
Metropolitan Pool
Bedford and Metropolitan Avenues
(718) 599-5707
St. John’s Pool
Prospect Place, between Troy and Schenectady
Avenues (718) 771-2787
Abe Lincoln Pool
5th Avenue and East 135th Street (212) 491-1714
Asser Levy Pool
Asser Levy Place and East 23rd Street
(212) 447-2020
Dry Dock Pool
East 10th Street between Avenue C and D
(212) 677-4481
Frederick Douglass Pool
Amsterdam Avenue between 100th and 102nd
Streets (212) 316-3241
Hamilton Fish Pool
Pitt Street and Houston Street (212) 387-7687
Highbridge Pool
Amsterdam Avenue and West 173rd Street
(212) 927-2400
Jackie Robinson Pool
Bradhurst Avenue and West 146th Street
(212) 234-9606
John Jay Pool
East of York Avenue on 77th Streets
(212) 794-6566
Lasker Pool
110th Street and Lenox Avenue (212) 534-7639
Marcus Garvey Pool
124th Street and Fifth Avenue (212) 410-2818
QUEENS
Thomas Jefferson Pool
East 112th Street and First Avenue
(212) 860-1372
Outdoor Pools
Tompkins Square Pool
Avenue A between East 7th and East 10th Streets
(212) 387-6784
Tony Dapolito Pool
Clarkson Street and Seventh Avenue South
(212) 242-5228
Vesuvio Pool
Thompson Street between Spring and Prince
Streets (212) 343-0959
Wagner Pool
East 124th Street between First and Second
Avenues (212) 534-4238
Indoor Pools
Asser Levy Pool
Asser Levy Place and East 23rd Street
(212) 447-2020
Chelsea Pool
West 25th Street between 9th and 10th Avenue
(212) 255-3705
Astoria Pool
19th Street and 23rd Drive (718) 626-8620
Fisher Pool
99th Street and 32nd Avenue (718) 779-8356
Fort Totten Pool
338 Story Avenue (718) 224-4031
Liberty Pool
173rd Street and 106th Avenue (718) 657-4995
Marie Curie Park Pool
211th Street and 46th Avenue (718) 423-0762
PS 10 Pool
45th Street and 30th Road (718) 777-7599
Little Neck Parkway and 72nd Avenue
(718) 347-2945
Windmuller Pool
54th Street and 39th Road (718) 651-8247
Indoor Pools
Gertrude Ederle Pool
232 West 60th Street (212) 397-3159 Flushing Meadows Corona Park Pool
and Rink
Avery Avenue and 131 Street (718) 271-7572
Hansborough Pool
134th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues,
(212) 234-9603
Roy Wilkins Pool
177th Street and Baisley Boulevard
(718) 276-4630
Recreation Center 54 Pool
East 54th Street between First and Second
Avenues (212) 754-5411
Beaches
Tony Dapolito Pool
Clarkson Street and Seventh Avenue South
(212) 242-5228
Sheltering Arms Pool
West 129th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
(212) 662-6191
Rockaway Beach and Boardwalk
On Atlantic Ocean, from Beach 9th Street, Far
Rockaway, to Beach 149th Street, Neponsit,
Queens (718) 318-4000
Jacob Riis Beach and Boardwalk
On Atlantic Ocean between Beach 149th Street,
Neponsit, and Beach 169th Street (part of
Gateway National Recreational Area)
(718) 338-3799
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STATEN ISLAND
Outdoor Pools
Faber Pool
Faber Street and Richmond Terrace
(718) 816-5259
General Douglas Pool
Jefferson Street and Seaver Avenue
(718) 987-9800
Lyons Pool
Pier 6 and Victory Boulevard (718) 816-9571
Mariner’s Harbor Playground Pool
Grandview Avenue and Continental Place
(718) 982-6521
Tompkins Avenue btwn Hill and Broad Streets,
(718) 448-5969
Parkinson Avenue and Kramer Street
(718) 448-8694
Tottenville Pool
Hylan Boulevard and Joline Avenue
(718) 356-8242
West Brighton Pool
Henderson Avenue between Broadway and
Chappel Streets (718) 816- 5019
Beaches
Cedar Grove Beach
Ebbitts Street and Cedar Grove Avenue
Staten Island (718) 351-6387
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Midland Beach and Franklin D.
Roosevelt Boardwalk
On Lower New York Bay, from Fort Wadsworth to
Miller Field, Midland Beach, Staten Island
(718) 987-0709
South Beach
On Lower New York Bay, from Fort Wadsworth to
Miller Field, Midland Beach, Staten Island
Wolfe’s Pond Beach
On Raritan Bay and Prince’s Bay, Holton to
Cornelia Avenues, Staten Island
(718) 984-8266
THE BRONX
Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum
and Gardens
895 Shore Road, Pelham Bay Park
(718) 885-1461
Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday
12:00pm – 4:00pm
Admission: Adults: $5, Seniors and students:
$3, Children under 6 free.
You don’t need to be a history buff to be enchanted
by the grandeur and beauty of this national landmark,
which houses examples of fine 19th century furniture
and decorative arts. The restored three-story Carriage
House contains a carriage stable, hay loft and tack
room that give visitors insight into what life was like
on the estate.
 www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org
Bronx Culture Trolley
Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse near 149th
5:00pm – 9:00pm
A program of the Bronx Council on the Arts (BCA),
the First Wednesday Bronx Culture Trolley was
initially conceived as the first action toward creating
the South Bronx “Cultural Corridor,” an arts-related
economic development plan positioning the lower
Grand Concourse as a “Gateway to the Arts in the
Bronx.” The trolley provides people with a fun way
to get around and attend cultural venues that they
might not otherwise have visited.
For more information, go to:  www.bronxarts.org
Bronx Arts Ensemble
80 Van Cortlandt Park South Suite 7D-1
Bronx, NY 10463 (718) 601-7399
 www.bronxartsensemble.org
Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse, Bronx, NY 10456
(718) 681-6000
 www.bronxmuseum.org
HO T SP O T S
SUMMER HOT SPOTS
Bronx Zoo/Wildlife
Conservation Park
2300 Southern Boulevard Bronx, NY 10460
(718) 220-5100
 www.bronxzoo.com
City Island Historical Society
and Nautical Museum
190 Fordham Street, City Island
Bronx, NY 10464 (718) 885-0008
Saturday and Sunday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Learn a bit of the area’s history at the free City Island
Historical Society and Nautical Museum, which is
housed in a 19th-century building that was a school
until 1976. Check out the display of wooden boats
and the original school desks. The community room
is another kid favorite; you’ll find an old typewriter
and sewing machine and a topographic map of the
area.  www.cityislandmuseum.org
GrowNYC Markets
Our markets are as diverse as the city itself! No
matter where you are in NYC, you can
find a bustling space filled with neighbors,
families, office workers and chefs all shop
ping side-by-side for the freshest of products.
 www.grownyc.org
Now Open in the Bronx:
Bronx Borough Hall - Tuesday
8:00am – 4:00pm
Lincoln Hospital - Tuesday and Friday
8:00am – 3:00pm
New York Botanical Garden - Wednesday
9:00am – 3:00pm
Parkchester - Friday
8:00am – 4:00pm
Poe Park - Tuesday
8:00am – 3:00pm
Lear It, Grow It, Eat It Youthmarket - Wednesday
10:00am – 3:00pm
Marble Hill Youthmarket - Thursday
1:00pm – 6:00pm
Riverdale Youthmarket - Thursday
2:00pm – 7:00pm
Norwood Youthmarket - Thursday
12:00pm – 7:00pm
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HO T SP O T S
Hall of Fame for Great
Americans
2183 University Avenue, Bronx, NY 10453
(718) 289-5161
 www.bcc.cuny.edu/halloffame
Maritime Industry Museum at
Historic Fort Schuyler
6 Pennyfield Avenue, Throggs Neck, NY 10465
Located on the SUNY Maritime College Campus
(718) 409-7218
Monday-Saturday, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm
Admission and parking are free.
The Maritime Industry is much more than the
deep-sea merchant fleet. It includes tug and barge
operations, port and terminal operations, pilotage,
freight forwarding, chartering, intermodal services,
admiralty law, passenger and excursion services,
Great Lakes and inland waterways shipping,
shipbuilding and repair, naval architecture and
marine engineering, seaman training, government
programs and shipping, vessel classification, marine
insurance, communications, recreational boating,
and much more...
 www.sunymaritime.edu
Museum of Bronx History
3266 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467
(718) 881-8900
 www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org
2900 Southern Boulevard, Bronx NY
(718) 817-8779
 www.nybg.org
NYC Parks - Bronx Skate Parks
Bronx Skate Park
Bronx Park East between Britton Street and
Allerton Avenue Closes at dusk
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Bruckner Skate Park
Bruckner Playground, Brinsmade Avenue and
Cross Bronx Expressway
Mullaly Skate Park
Mullaly Park, East 164th Street and Jerome and
River Avenues
River Avenue Skate Park
River Avenue Parks, East 157th Street
and River Avenue
Requirements for use: A signed liability waiver;
helmet; knee pads; elbow pads. Get an online
liability form at:
Valentine-Varian House
3266 Bainbridge Avenue, Bronx, NY 10467
(718) 881-8900
 www.bronxhistoricalsociety.org
Van Cortlandt Park
Friends Events
EcoCrafts
Recycle used and natural materials into new
creations at Classic Playground.
Garden Crew
Help care for our vegetable garden beds
where all of our produce will be donated
to local food pantries
 www.vancortlandt.org
Wave Hill
West 249th Street, Bronx, NY 10471
(718) 549-3200
 www.wavehill.org
BROOKLYN
Amateur Astronomers
Association
July 3: Observing, Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan
July 4: Observing, Lincoln Center Plaza, Manhattan
July 4: Observing, Brooklyn Museum Plaza, Brooklyn
July 9: Observing, Brooklyn Bridge Park
July 18: Dark Sky Observing, North-South Lake
July 18: Observing, Great Kills, Staten Island
BAM Rhythm & Blues
Festival 2015
MetroTech Center in the Civic Center/
Borough Hall area of Downtown
July 9: Bassekou Kouyate & Ngoni Ba
July 16: George Clinton & Parliament Funkadelic
July 23: The Jones Family Singers
August 6: Theo Croker
 www.bam.org
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
1000 Washington Avenue (718) 623-7200
 www.bbg.org
Brooklyn Historical Society
128 Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11201
(718) 222-4111
 www.brooklynhistory.org
Syfy Movies with a View 2015
Join them for this season of our movie series on
Thursdays this summer!
6:00pm
July 9: High Noon
July 16: Sharknado 2
July 23: Attack The Block
July 30: Clue
August 6: Friday
August 13: Dr. Strangelove
August 20: Dazed and Confused
August 27: Die Hard
Brooklyn Music School
126 Saint Felix Street, Brooklyn, NY, 11217
(718) 638-5660
 www.brooklynmusicschool.org
Brooklyn Public Libraries
For a complete list of Brooklyn Library events, visit
 www.bklynlibrary.org/
Coney Island Fireworks
Coney Island Boardwalk at West 10th Street
9:30pm
Fireworks shoot off at 9:30pm every Friday night
during the season. Fireworks generally start the last
weekend in June and conclude the Friday before
Labor.  www.coneyisland.com
Flea Markets in Brooklyn
Fort Greene - Brooklyn Flea
Saturday, 10:00am – 5:00pm
Williamsburg - Brooklyn Flea
Williamsburg - Smorgasburg East River State Park
Saturday, 11:00am – 6:00pm
Park Slope - P.S. 321
Saturday and Sunday, 10:00am – 5:00pm
 www.brooklynflea.com
Harbor Defense Museum
230 Sheridan Loop at Fort Hamilton
(718) 630-4349
 www.harbordefensemuseum.com
Jewish Children’s Museum
792 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11213
(718) 467-0600
 www.jcm.museum
GrowNYC Markets
matter where you are in NYC, you can find a bustling
space filled with neighbors, families, office workers
and chefs all shopping side-byside for the freshest
of products. Regardless of their size, each market is
an anchor to its community providing not only fresh,
locally-grown food, but a gathering place where
neighbors can come together, share recipes, watch
a cooking demonstration, take a tour with a chef
and learn about local agriculture. For more specific
location information, call 311.
 www.grownyc.org
HO T SP O T S
Now Open in Brooklyn:
Bartel-Pritchard Square Greenmarket
Wednesdays, 8:00am – 3:00pm
Bay Ridge - Saturdays
8:00am – 3:00pm
Bensonhurst - Sundays
9:00am – 4:00pm
Boro Park - Thursdays
8:00am – 3:00pm
Brooklyn Borough Hall - Tuesdays, Thursdays
& Saturdays, 8:00am – 6:00pm
Brownsville Pitkin Youthmarket - Saturdays
10:30am – 4:00pm
Brownsville Rockaway Youthmarket - Fridays
1:00pm – 6:00pm
Carroll Gardens - Sundays
8:00am – 3:00pm
Cortelyou Rd - Sundays
8:00am – 3:00pm
Cypress Hills Youthmarket - Fridays
12:00pm – 7:00pm
Flatbush Junction Youthmarket - Fridays
8:30am – 3:00pm
Fort Greene Park - Saturdays
8:00am – 4:00pm
Grand Army Plaza - Saturdays
8:00am – 4:00pm
Greenpoint McCarren Park - Saturdays
8:00am – 3:00pm
Kensington Youthmarket - Saturdays
9:00am – 4:00pm
Sunset Park - Saturdays
8:00am – 3:00pm
Williamsburg - Thursdays
8:00am – 4:00pm
Windsor Terrace - PS154 - Sundays
9:00am – 3:00pm
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HO T SP O T S
Millennium Skate Park
Colonial Rd, 68 St, Brooklyn, NY 11220
Bay Ridge, Inside Owls Head Park
Offers an opportunity for individuals to perfect their
skills on inline skates, skateboards, and bikes. Unless otherwise specified, the Department of Parks &
Recreation will provide an attendant during official
operating hours. Each participant will be required
to sign a waiver (those under 18 will need their
guardian’s signature) before being allowed to use the
facility. Requirements for use: A signed liability waiver; helmet; knee pads; elbow pads. Get an online
liability form at:  www.nycgovparks.org
New York Aquarium
Surf Avenue & West 8th Street
Brooklyn, New York 11224 (718) 265-3474
 www.nyaquarium.com
New York Transit Museum
Boerum Place & Schermerhorn Street
Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 694-160
 web.mta.info/mta/museum
The Old Stone House
36 Third Street, bet. 4th/5th Avenues
Brooklyn, NY 11215
(718) 768-3195
 www.theoldstonehouse.org
On Stage at Kingsborough
2015 Hot Summer Nights
Free Concerts
2001 Oriental Boulevard Brooklyn, NY 11235
8:00pm
July 4: The George Gee Swing Orchestra
July 11: Waldo’s Gotham City Band
July 16: Daniel Gwirtzman Dance Company 7:00pm
July 18: Sammy Miller & The Congregation
July 25: The Bria Skonberg Quintet
 www.onstageatkingsborough.org
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SummerScreen
McCarren Park, Between Bedford Avenue and
North 12th Street, Brooklyn
July 8: Clueless
July 15: Wet Hot American Summer
July 22: Dirty Dancing
July 29: Dazed and Confused
August 5: Jurassic Park
August 12: Audience Pick
vote at  www.summerscreen.org
Prospect Park Bandshell
Celebrate Brooklyn!
9th Street & Prospect Park West
Brooklyn, NY 11215
July 9: Punch Brothers / Sarah Jarosz 7:30pm
July 10: Kinky / Astro / Los Auténticos Decadentes
7:00pm
July 11: The New Pornographers / Thao & The Get
Down Stay Down 7:30pm
July 16: Vieux Farka Touré / Tamikrest / DJ Dakar
7:30pm
July 17: The Son of the Sheik with Live Score by
Alloy Orchestra / Ghost Train Orchestra 7:30pm
July 18: Rhiannon Giddens / Joe Henry 7:30pm
July 21: Benefit Concert: Interpol 7:00pm
July 22: Benefit Concert: Modest Mouse 7:00pm
July 24: Jason Isbell / Dawn Landes 7:30pm
July 25: Sylvan Esso / Porches. 7:30pm
July 30: The Musical World of Harmonium Mountain:
Clifford Ross & The Orchestra of St. Luke’s / Jeffrey
Zeigler, Andy Akiho & Roger Bonair-Agard 7:30pm
July 31: Big K.R.I.T. / Angel Haze / The D.R.E.A.M.
Ring: FLEXN 7:30pm
August 1: Taylor Mac: The 20th Century Abridged
7:30pm
August 4: Benefit Concert: Edward Sharpe and the
Magnetic Zeros 7:00pm
August 6: LeeSaar The Company, Ohad Naharin
& Guest Dancers from Batsheva Dance Company
8:00pm
August 7: Third World / Awa Sangho 7:30pm
August 8: tUnE-yArDs / Shabazz Palaces 7:30pm
August 8: Benefit Concert: Willie Nelson & Family and
Old Crow Medicine Show 7:00pm
Wednesday Night Tours
334 Furman Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
6:30pm – 8:00pm
$10.00
Every Wednesday, the Brooklyn Bridge Park Conservancy hosts interactive and dynamic walking tours
that cover the park’s history, sustainability, horticulture, and design. Each tour starts at Pier 1, where
attendees meet guest lecturers from organizations
like The Brooklyn Historical Society, New-York Historical Society, Brooklyn Brainery, Brooklyn Botanical
Garden, Edible History, Turnstile Tours, and top universities. Exploring the park from these new points of
view enables the public to deepen their relationship
to Brooklyn Bridge Park and the city at large.
The Toy Museum of NY
180 Smith St, Brooklyn, NY 11201
(718) 243-0820
 www.toymuseumny.org
Pop-Up Audubon: Macy’s Fishing
Clinics
1:00pm – 2:00pm & 3:00pm – 4:00pm
This event repeats every week on Sunday and
Saturday between 7/4/2015 and 7/26/2015. This
popular summer program offers kids 15 & under the
opportunity to fish. Participants learn about aquatic
ecology, fishing safety and will even get to collect
their own bait. Kids must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. Spots are available on a first-come,
first-served basis. For more information,
call (718) 287-3400 ext 303.
Family Bird Watching
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Did you know that as an Important Bird Area,
Prospect Park supports an exceptional diversity of
migrating birds and is an essential stopover for about
250 species of birds? After learning how to use
binoculars, participants of all ages can join Alliance
Naturalists on a walk to learn how to identify these
birds!  www.prospectpark.org
Waterfront Museum
290 Conover Street at Pier 44, Red Hook
(718) 624-4719
 www.waterfrontmuseum.org
Waterfront Workouts
Pier 2 Dock, 334 Furman Street
Over 3,500 active people join us between June and
September each year to attend a broad range of
fitness classes, led by top-notch instructors, in an
unbeatable outdoor setting. Our partnerships with top
gyms allow us to provide fun, free classes for all!
MANHATTAN
Battery Park City Parks
Conservancy
5 Battery Place, New York, NY 10280
(212) 276-9700
12:30pm – 1:30pm
The best musicals on and off Broadway showcase
their hits, plus lots of surprises from other Broadway
shows.  www.bryantpark.org
City Hall Tours
Tours are available on weekdays and are offered free
of charge. To make a reservation, please fill out this
online form or call (212) 788-2656. To prepare for
your visit, please view the Pre-visit Guide.
 www.nyc.gov
Chelsea Art Museum
556 West 22nd Street at 11th Avenue
New York, NY 10011 (212) 255-0719
 www.chelseaartmuseum.org
Children’s Museum of
Manhattan
The Tisch Building, 212 West 83rd Street
between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenue
(212) 721-1223
 www.cmom.org
Children’s Museum of the
Arts with the Hudson River
Park Trust
Children’s Museum of the Arts will partner with the
Hudson River Park Trust to provide free hands-on
arts programming throughout the summer of 2013.
CMA will bring a wide variety of art-making and
art-appreciation activities to various piers from June
– August, providing a range of programming options
for ages 1 – 12.  www.cmany.org
92nd Street Y-Jazz Festival
Dahesh Museum of Art
American Folk Art Museum
Downtown Boathouse
92Y, Lexington Avenue and 92nd Street
July 21st to July 30th
 www.92y.org
2 Lincoln Square, between Columbus Avenue and
66th Street (212) 265-1040
 www.folkartmuseum.org
HO T SP O T S
Peninsula in Prospect Park
145 Sixth Avenue, New York, NY 10013
(212) 759-0606
 www.daheshmuseum.org
Pier 96 (at 56th Street); Pier 40 (West Houston and
West Street); 72nd Street: Governors Island.
Free Kayaking on the Hudson and more.
 www.downtownboathouse.org
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Dyckman Farmhouse
4881 Broadway at 204th Street
(212) 304-9422
 www.dyckmanfarmhouse.org
Eldridge Street Project
Sunday 10:00am – 6:00pm
 www.greenfleamarkets.com
Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market
39th Street between 9th and 10th Avenues
Ellis Island Immigration
Museum
The Frick Collection
No visit to the New York City area is complete
without a trip the world’s most famous landmarks
– the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Statue
Cruises offers departures throughout the day
from both New York and New Jersey for the
convenience of out-of-town visitors and local
residents alike. Get your Statue of Liberty tickets
here at the guaranteed lowest price. Visiting the
Statue of Liberty National Monument and limited
access of Ellis Island featuring the Wall of Honor is
a memorable experience for people from all over
the world.  www.statuecruises.com
El Museo Del Barrio
1230 Fifth Avenue at 104th Street
(212) 831-7272
 www.elmuseo.org
Empire State Building Lobby
Gallery
350 Fifth Avenue at 34th Street,
(212) 736-3100
 www.esbnyc.com
Federal Hall National
Monument
Greenflea Market
Columbus Avenue at 77th Street.
12 Eldridge Street, New York, NY 10002
(212) 219-0888
 www.eldridgestreet.org
Ellis Island Immigration Museum and
Statue of Liberty are free.
9:00am – 5:00pm
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Flea Markets in Manhattan
26 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005
(212) 825-699-6888
 www.nps.gov
Federal Reserve Bank
44 Maiden Lane
Monday - Friday except bank holidays: advance
registration required. The free one hour tour includes
a brief overview of the Federal Reserve System,
a short video about the cash processing facility, a
guided tour of the gold vault and admission to the
Bank’s museum. Reservations are required; they
must be made at least one week in advance.
 www.newyorkfed.org
 www.hellskitchenfleamarket.com
1 East 70th Street New York, NY 10021
(212) 288-0700
 www.frick.org
General Grant National
Memorial
Riverside Drive at West 122nd Street
(212) 666-1640
 www.nps.gov
Goethe Institut
30 Irving Place New York, NY 10003
(212) 439-8700
 www.goethe.de/newyork
Governors Island
See website for event and ferry information:
Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Avenue at 89th Street
New York, NY 10128 (212) 423-3500
 www.guggenheim.org
Ground Zero Museum
Workshop in NY
420 West 14th Street
(646) 509-0456
 www.groundzeromuseumworkshop.com
Haleakala, Inc.
AKA The Kitchen
512 West 19th Street, between 10th and 11th
Avenue (212) 255-5793
 www.thekitchen.org
The High Line
 www.thehighline.org
High 5 Tickets
20 8th Avenue #321, New York, NY 10018
(212) 445-8587
 www.teens.artsconnection.org
matter where you are in NYC, you can find a bustling
space filled with neighbors, families, office workers
and chefs all shopping side-by-side for the freshest
of products. Regardless of their size, each market is
an anchor to its community providing not only fresh,
neighbors can come together, share recipes, watch
a cooking demonstration, take a tour with a chef
and learn about local agriculture. For more specific
 www.grownyc.org
Now Open in Manhattan:
West 175th Street - Thursdays
8:00am – 4:00pm
West 97th Street - Fridays
8:00am – 2:00pm
East 94nd Street - Sundays
9:00am – 4:00pm
East 82nd Street, Street Stephen’s Greenmarket
Saturdays 9:00am – 2:30pm
West 79th Street - Sundays
9:00am – 5:00pm
West 57th Street - Saturdays
8:00am – 5:00pm
Abingdon Square - Saturdays
8:00am – 2:00pm
Bowling Green - Tuesdays and Thursdays
8:00am – 5:00pm
City Hall Park - Tuesdays and Fridays
8:00am – 4:00pm
Columbia - Thursdays and Sundays
8:00am – 5:00pm
Dag Hammarskjold Plaza - Wednesdays
8:00am – 4:00pm
El Barrio Youth Market - Saturday and Sunday
12:00pm – 5:00pm
Ft. Washington - Tuesdays
8:00am – 4:00pm
Inwood - Saturdays
8:00am – 3:00pm
Lower East Side Youthmarket - Thursdays
11:00am – 6:00pm
Mt. Sinai - Wednesdays
8:00am – 5:00pm
Rockefeller Center - Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm
Saint Mark’s Church - Tuesdays
8:00am – 6:00pm
Staten Island Ferry Whitehall Terminal - Tuesdays
and Fridays 8:00am – 7:00pm
Stuyvesant Town - Sundays
9:30am – 4:00pm
Tompkins Square Park - Sundays
9:00am – 6:00pm
Tribeca - Wednesdays and Saturdays
8:00am – 3:00pm
Tucker Square - Thursdays and Saturdays
8:00am – 5:00pm
Union Square - Monday, Wednesday, Friday
and Saturday 8:00am – 6:00pm
Water Street Greenmarket - Thursday
8:00am – 6:00p
HO T SP O T S
GrowNYC Markets
Harlem Meer Fishing
Central Park
Charles A. Dana Center, located on the
north shore of the Meer
Catch and Release Fishing
Monday-Saturday: 10:00am - 4:00pm
(poles must be returned by 4:00pm)
Sunday: 10:00am - 2:00pm
(poles must be returned by 2:00pm)
Catch-and-release fishing at the Harlem Meer is
a favorite family and community pastime. Fishing
poles are available to borrow at the Charles A.
Dana Center, located on the north shore of the
Meer. Picture ID required; instruction and bait (corn
kernels) are provided with the poles. The Harlem
Meer is a thriving aquatic ecosystem that supports
a wide variety of fish, waterfowl, turtles, plants
and microorganisms. Some of the fish living in
the Meer include largemouth bass, pumpkinseed
sunfish, bluegill sunfish, carp and chain pickerel.
Harlem Week
Harlem Week promotes and celebrates what Harlem
was, is and will be. A series of events throughout
the summer that bring together all age groups and
cultures to celebrate the unique and diverse essence
of Harlem. This celebration of Harlem offers over 100
events throughout the months of July and August,
attracting approximately 2 million attendees from all
over New York and the world.
 www.harlemweek.com
Harlem Meer Performance
Festival
Charles A. Dana Discovery Center in Central Park
36 West 110th Street between Lenox and Fifth
Avenues (212) 860-1370
Hayden Planetarium
Central Park West at 79th Street
New York, NY 10024 (212) 769-5100
 www.haydenplanetarium.org
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Hispanic Society of America
Audubon Terrace, Broadway between 155th and
156th Street
(212) 926-2234
 www.hispanicsociety.org
Hispanic Arts Relations, Inc.
(INTAR)
500 West 52nd Street, 4th Floor New York, NY
10019
(212) 695-6134
 www.intartheatre.org
Manhattan Art and Antiques
Center
1050 Second Avenue at 56th Street
(212) 355-4400
 www.the-maac.com
Manna House Workshops, Inc.
Intrepid Sea-Air-Space
Museum
Marionette Theater
Pier 86 at West 46th Street and 12th Avenue
(212) 245-0072
 www.intrepidmuseum.org
Japan Society Gallery
333 East 47th Street New York, NY 10017
(212) 832-1155
 www.japansociety.org
Jazzmobile
3940 Broadway, between 165th and 166th Street
(212) 568-1341
 www.theshabazzcenter.net
International Center of
Photography
1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street
(212) 857-0000
 www.icp.org
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Malcolm and Betty Shabazz
Memorial, Educational and
Cultural Center
338 East 106th Street, between 1st and 2nd
Avenues
(212) 722-8223
 www.mannahousejazz.org
81st Street at Central Park West
(212) 988-9093
Merchant’s House Museum
29 East Fourth Street, New York, NY 10003
(212) 777-1089
 www.merchantshouse.com
Metropolitan Museum of Art
154 West 127th Street # 2A, New York, NY 10027
(212) 866-4900
 www.jazzmobile.org
1000 Fifth Avenue (at 82nd Street), New York, NY
10028 (212) 570-3949
 www.metmuseum.org
Jewish Museum
Museum of Arts and Design
1109 5th Avenue at 92nd Street
New York, NY 10128
(212) 423-3200
 www.thejewishmuseum.org
2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019
(212) 299-7777
 www.madmuseum.org
Lincoln Center
Seventh Avenue and West 27th Street
(212) 217-4558
 www.fitnyc.edu
70 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023
(212) 875-5000
 www.family.lincolncenter.org
Lower East Side Tenement
Museum
103 Orchard Street, New York, NY 10002
(212) 982-8420
 www.tenement.org
Madame Tussauds NY
234 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036
(212) 512-9600
 www.nycwax.com
Museum of FIT
Morgan Library and Museum
225 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10016
(212) 685-0008
 www.morganlibrary.org
Morris-Jumel Museum
Roger Morris Park, 65 Jumel Terrace, New York,
NY 10032
(212) 923-8008
 www.morrisjumel.org
Neue Galerie New York
Municipal Art Society
New Museum of
Contemporary Art
Museum of American Finance
New York Academy of
Medicine (The)
421 East 61st St, New York, NY 10065
(212) 838-6878
 www.mvhm.org
488 Madison Avenue #1900, New York, NY 10022
(212) 935-3960
 www.mas.org
48 Wall Street, New York, NY 10005
(212) 908-4110
 www.moaf.org
Museum of American
Illustration
128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY 10065
(212) 838-2560,
 www.societyillustrators.org
1048 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10028
(212) 628-6200
 www.neuegalerie.org
235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
(212) 219-1222
(212) 822-7200
 www.nyam.org
New York City Fire Museum
278 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013
(212) 691-1303
 www.nycfiremuseum.org
New York Historical Society
Museum of the City Of New
York
Nicholas Roerich Museum
2 Columbus Circle, New York, NY 10019
(212) 299-7777
(212) 534-1672
 www.mcny.org
Museum of Jewish Heritage
(646) 437-4202
 www.mjhnyc.org
170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024
(212) 873-3400
 www.nyhistory.org
319 West 107th Street
(212) 864-7752
 www.roerich.org
Nomadic Museum
Hudson River at 13th Street
(212) 253-9552
 www.gregorycolbert.com
Museum of Modern Art
Riverbank State Park - Harlem
Summer Shakespeare
National Academy of Design
Rose Center for Earth and
Space
National Jazz Museum
Rubin Museum
11 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019
(212) 708-9400
 www.moma.org
(212) 369-4880
 www.nationalacademy.org
104 East 126th Street, New York, NY 10035
212-348-8300
 www.jazzmuseuminharlem.org
HO T SP O T S
Mt. Vernon Hotel, Museum,
and Garden
145th Street at Riverside Drive
 www.pulseensembletheatre.org
Central Park West at 81st Street
(212) 769-5200
 www.amnh.org
150 West 17th Street, New York, NY 10011
(212) 620-5000
 www.rmanyc.org
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Scandinavia House
58 Park Avenue at 38th Street, New York, NY
10016
(212) 879-3587
 www.scandinaviahouse.org
Shakespeare in BRYANT PARK
Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet” exquisitely pleads
for similar and neighboring peoples to stop killing
each other for reasons they no longer remember. In
The Drilling Company’s production for Bryant Park
Shakespeare, to be presented July 17 to August 2
 www.shakespeareintheparkinglot.com Skyscraper Museum
(212) 968-1961
 www.skyscraper.org
Sony Wonder Technology Lab
550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022
(212) 833-8100
 www.sonywondertechlab.com
South Street Seaport Museum
Visitors Center
12 Fulton Street, New York, NY 10038
(212) 748-8725
 www.southstseaport.org
Summer on the Hudson Riverside Park
Plaza at 66th Street
Summer on the Hudson is a summer-long arts and
culture festival held in Riverside Park. Summer on
the Hudson offers a wide range of concerts, movies,
family programs and other outdoor cultural events.
Tours By Foot
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(212) 669-8159
Big Apple Greeter Walking Tours for NYC Visitors
This service is designed to help visitors to New York
who don’t know anyone in the city.
 www.bigapplegreeter.org
The Paley Center for Media
25 West 52 Street, New York, NY 10019
(212) 621-6800
 mediaorigin.paleycenter.org
The Merchant’s House
Museum
29 East Fourth Street, New York, NY 10003
(212) 777-1089
 www.merchantshouse.com
The Studio Museum in Harlem
144 West 125th Street, New York, NY
(212) 864-4500
 www.studiomuseum.org
The Swiss Institute
18 Wooster Street, 3rd Floor, New York NY 10013
(212) 925-2035
 www.swissinstitute.net
Trinity Church and Museum
89 Broadway at Wall Street
(212) 602-0800
 www.trinitywallstreet.org
Ukrainian Museum
222 East 6th Street (between 2nd and 3rd
Avenues) New York, NY 10003
(212) 228-0110
 www.ukrainianmuseum.org
Union Square Partnership
Summer in the Square
South Plaza, Union Square Park at 14th Street
Summer in the Square is Union Square Partnership’s
FREE weekly entertainment and programming series
in the park during summer months.
Please visit  www.summerinthesquare.com
for a complete schedule of events.
Visual Arts Museum
209 East 23 Street, NY, NY 10010
(212) 592-2000
 http://www.sva.edu
Westside Cultural Center
Ecofest
(212) 496-2030
 www.ecofest.org
Wildlife Conservation Center
(Central Park Zoo)
64th Street and 5th Avenue, New York, NY 10065
(212) 439-6500
 www.centralparkzoo.com
Whitney Museum of
American Art
945 Madison, New York, NY 10014
(212) 570-3600
 www.whitney.org
Yeshiva University Museum
(212) 294-8330  www.yumuseum.org
Alley Pond Park
Little Neck Bay, Queens, NY 11364
(718) 217-4685
Alley Pond Adventure Course is an outdoor adventure
that fosters trust, problem- solving, and teambuilding right in your own backyard at beautiful Alley
Pond Park. Our Adventure Course programs are
designed for you to have fun outdoors while learning
team-building skills. Free programs are available for
individuals aged 8 and above on a first–come, firstserved basis on Sundays at 10:00 am and 1:30 pm.
During July and August, please register for the free
program on Mondays.  www.alleypond.com
American Museum of the
Moving Image
36–01 35th Avenue, Queens, NY 11106
(718) 777-6888
 www.movingimage.us
NYC Parks – Queens
Skate Parks
Astoria Skate Park
Astoria Park
Far Rockaway Skate Park
Beach 11th Street off Seagirt Boulevard, near the
Rockaway Beach Promenade
Flushing Meadows Corona Skate Park
Astral Fountain, adjacent to the New York State
Pavilion. (Follow signs off the highways to the
Queens Theatre in the Park)
Forest Park Skate Park
Greenhouse basketball courts on Woodhaven
Boulevard just past Myrtle Avenue
London Planetree Skate Park
Atlantic Avenue between 88th Street and 89th
Street
Rockaway Skate Park
Shore Front Parkway at 91st Street (just off the
boardwalk)
The Skate Park offers an opportunity for individuals
to perfect their inline skates, skateboarding, and
bike skills. Each participant will be required to sign
a waiver (those under 18 will need their guardian’s
signature) before being allowed to use the facility.
Get an online liability form at:
Bowne House
37-01 Bowne Street at 37th Avenue, Flushing
Queens, NY 11354 (718) 359-0528
 www.bownehouse.org
Flushing Council on Culture
and the Arts at Flushing
Town Hall
HO T SP O T S
QUEENS
137-35 Northern Boulevard (at Linden Place),
Flushing (718) 463-7700
 www.flushingtownhall.com
King Manor
150-03 Jamaica Ave, New York, NY 11432
 www.kingmanor.org
GrowNYC Markets
Our markets are as diverse as the city itself!
No matter where you are in NYC, you can find
a bustling space filled with neighbors, families,
office workers and chefs all shopping side-byside for the freshest of products. For more specific
 www.grownyc.org
Now Open in Queens:
Astoria – Wednesdays, 8:00am – 3:00pm
Corona – Fridays, 8:00am – 3:00pm
Elmhurst – Tuesdays, 8:00am – 4:00pm
Forest Hills – Sundays, 8:00am – 3:00pm
Jackson Heights – Sundays, 8:00am – 3:00pm
Long Island City Youthmarket – Saturdays
9:00am – 3:00pm
Ridgewood Youthmarket – Saturdays
8:00am – 4:00pm
Rockaway Beach – Saturdays, 9:30am – 3:00pm
Socrates Sculpture Park – Saturdays
8:00am – 4:00pm
Sunnyside – Saturdays, 8:00am – 3:00pm
Hip to Hip - Free Shakespeare
Program
July 22–August 16
All performances are free and open to the public.
Running time: 90 minutes. Fun for the whole
family. Bring a blanket or low chair and picnic fare
and enjoy a Shakespeare play in the open air.
For performance schedule:  www.hiptohip.org
Isamu Noguchi Garden
Museum
9-01 33rd Road, Long Island City, NY 11106
(718) 204-7088
 www.noguchi.org
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Jamaica Arts Center
161-04 Jamaica Avenue, Jamaica, 11432
(718) 658-7400
 www.jcal.org
Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge
Visitor Center
Cross Bay Boulevard Queens, New York
(718) 318-4340
8:30am – 5:00pm
Before hiking you need to check in at the Visitors
Center and receive a free hiking permit. There are no
entrance or parking fees. The Center has a parking
lot, bookstore, and bathroom. There are a few
displays on local flora and fauna and bird migration
and an excellent history of Jamaica Bay. Contact the
Visitors Center for information on tours and special
programs.  www.nyharborparks.org
Louis Armstrong House and
Archives
34-56 107th Street Corona, NY 11368
(718) 478-8274
 www.louisarmstronghouse.org
Museum for African Art
36-01 43rd Avenue #3, Long Island City, NY 11101
(718) 784-7700
 www.africanart.org
New York Hall of Science
47-01 111th Street, Corona, NY
Located in Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Monday – Friday, 9:30am – 5:00pm
 www.nysci.org
PS1 Warm Up
22–25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City
(718) 784-2084
3:00pm – 9:00pm, doors open at noon.
MoMA PS1 presents Warm Up 2014, beginning
June 27 and taking place every Saturday this
summer through September 5. Now celebrating its
18th year, the museums’ highly anticipated outdoor
music series will continue its tradition of introducing
audiences to the best in experimental live music,
sound, and DJs-both local and international-across a
range of genres.  www.momaps1.org
STATEN ISLAND
Alice Austen House Museum
and Garden
Two Hylan Boulevard; S51 bus from the Ferry;
(718) 816-4506
Tuesday – Sunday, 11:00am – 5:00pm
Park open daily, dawn to dusk
Adults $2, children under 12 free.
Austen’s quaint, Victorian cottage-style home, with a
magnificent view of New York Harbor, displays prints
from the large glass negative collection of her work
that depicts turn-of-the-century American life. The
Victorian garden was replanted according to Austen
photographs with shrubs such as weeping mulberry
and flowering quince.  www.aliceausten.org
American Tap Dance
Foundation
43–50 Main Street, Flushing, Queens, NY 11355
(718) 886-3800
 www.queensbotanicalgarden.org
Tap City 2015: Master Classes and
Training Programs for Youth, Teens
and Adults
Happening July 5th – July 12th
 www.atdf.org
Queens County Farm Museum
Blue Heron Pond Park
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MoMA PS1
73-50 Little Neck Parkway, Floral Park, NY 11004
(718) 347-3276
 www.queensfarm.org
Queens Historical Society
143-35 37th Avenue, Flushing, NY 11354
(718) 939-0647 ext 17
 www.queenshistoricalsociety.org
Queens Museum
Flushing Meadows Corona Park, NY 11368
(718) 592-9700
 www.queensmuseum.org
Amboy Road, Staten Island, NY 10312
This 147-acre park is home to the blue heron bird,
which the park is named for. The park includes a new
visitor’s center, hiking trails, picnic areas, and much
more. Call (212) 504-4115 or visit:
 www.nycgov.parks.org
Conference House
298 Satterlee Street, Staten Island, NY 10307
 www.theconferencehouse.org
693 Ramona Avenue (Lenevar Avenue)
Staten Island, NY 10309
Staten Island’s newest addition to its vast park
inventory, Bloomingdale Park provides the first ball
fields ever built on parks property south of Richmond
Avenue. Most of the 138-acre park was left natural
and passive for wildlife. Walking trails have been
included for hiking enthusiasts, as well as scenic
waterways. A portion of the park has been reshaped to offer a baseball field, softball field, soccer
field, basketball courts and a playground. A comfort
station is also part of the amenities included in the
new Bloomingdale Park, with stainless steel toilets
and a modern ventilation system.
Clay Pit Ponds State Park
83 Nielsen Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10309
(718) 967-1976
The 260-plus-acre park holds a mixture of swamps,
bogs, ponds, sand barrens, mature woodlands and
spring fed streams. The abundant water supply
supports a plethora of wildlife including many
species of birds, reptiles, amphibians, and mammals.
Facilities include hiking paths, horse trails and
an administration building. Free environmental
education programs are offered on Saturday. The
park is open year-round.
 www.dec.ny.gov
Clove Lakes Park
1150 Clove Road, Staten Island, NY 10301
A protected Forever Wild site because of its valuable
ecological assets, Clove Lakes Park has a rich
natural history and a few remnants of the past that
remain and continue to thrill visitors. Chief among
them are the park’s lakes and ponds, outcroppings
of serpentine rocks, and Staten Island’s largest living
things, a three hundred year-old tulip tree.
Conference House Park
408 – 404 Surf Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10307
Conference House Park is a great destination
for both park and history buffs. Located at the
southernmost point of New York State, this park
houses four historic buildings that trace the history
of the borough over the course of three centuries.
The Conference House, the Biddle House, the Ward
House and Rutan-Beckett House all tell of a New York
and an America of the past.  www.nycgovparks.org
Fort Wadsworth
Fort Wadsworth is one of the oldest military
installations in the nation. The site occupies 226
acres on the northeastern shore of Staten Island,
on the Narrows of New York Harbor. Rich in history
and natural beauty, Fort Wadsworth affords you
the opportunity to observe an important part of our
nation’s history, while offering magnificent views of
New York Harbor.
HO T SP O T S
Bloomingdale Park
Freshkills Park
Tours run through November, and are free of charge.
At 2,200 acres, Freshkills Park will be almost three
times the size of Central Park and the largest park
developed in New York City in over 100 years. Sign
up on the Parks Department web site to take a tour
of this future park with the Urban Park Rangers.
Space is limited and reservations are required.
Garibaldi-Meucci Museum
420 Tompkins Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305
Wednesday – Saturday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Admission $5 (members are free)
This National Landmark is preserved as a memorial
to the lives of Antonio Meucci, the true inventor of
the telephone, and Giuseppe Garibaldi, a legendary
hero who championed the unification of the Italy.
Today the museum offers historical tours, Italian
language programs for all levels, school programs for
K–12, permanent and temporary exhibitions, lectures
and concerts.
 www.garibaldimeuccimuseum.org
Golf Courses
LaTourette Golf Course
1001 Richmond Hill Road, Greenbelt
(718) 351-1889
There are 455 acres of wooded park land, an 18
hole golf course, driving range, clubhouse with pro
shop, restaurant, ski and sleigh hills and lockers.
Free parking available.
 www.latourettegc.com
Great Kills Park and Beach
Hylan Boulevard, Old Mill Road, Cedar Grove
Avenue between Hopkins Avenue and
New Dorp Lane
Great Kills Park is known for its four beaches: New
Dorp Beach; Cedar Grove Beach; Oakwood Beach;
and Fox Beach. One of the four, New Dorp Beach,
was once the home of the second permanent
European settlement in Staten Island. Today, these
beaches and wetlands help fight against erosion and
flooding in nearby neighborhoods.
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HO T SP O T S
GrowNYC Markets
Regardless of their size, each market is an
anchor to its community providing not only fresh,
neighbors can come together, share recipes,
watch a cooking demonstration, take a tour with a
chef and learn about local agriculture. For location
information, call 311.
 www.grownyc.org
Now Open in Staten Island:
Saint George – Saturday, 8:00am – 2:00pm
Staten Island Mall – Saturday, 8:00am – 4:00pm
High Rock Park
Richmond Parkway, Manor Road, Summit Avenue,
Rockland Avenue, and Moravian Cemetary
Often referred to as one of the most tranquil places
in New York City, High Rock Park is noted for its
quiet ponds and deep woods. Hosting the Greenbelt
Conservancy’s headquarters, the park has been
recognized as a Natural Environmental Education
Landmark by the United States Department of the
Interior.  www.nycgovparks.org
Historic Richmond Town
441 Clarke Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10306
(718) 351-1611
Wednesday – Sunday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
Admission $8 Adults, $6 Seniors,
$5 Children ages 5-17, members and
children under 5 are free.
Open village and outdoor demonstrations; selfguided tour. Historic Richmond Town is New York
City’s living history village and museum complex.
Visitors can explore the diversity of the American
experience, through the lives of ordinary people who
struggled, survived and thrived from the colonial
period to the present.
 www.historicrichmondtown.org
Jacques Marchais Museum of
Tibetan Art
82
338 Lighthouse Avenue; S74 bus from the Ferry;
(718) 987-3500
Wednesday – Sunday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
The Tibetan Museum features exhibits, a library,
workshops, and peaceful gardens that provide
visitors with the opportunity to learn, reflect, and
relax.  www.tibetanmuseum.org
Lemon Creek Park/Lemon
Creek Fishing Pier
Hylan Boulevard from Sharrott Avenue
to Seguine Avenue
Lemon Creek Preserve contains the largest and most
pristine salt marsh on Staten Island’s south shore.
Creek Park’s waterfront area provides a spawning
ground for many species of fish and shellfish.
Midland Beach
Father Capadanno Boulevard (718) 987-0709
Perfect spot for sunbathing and swimming. Children
love the Sea Turtle Fountain, a fountain with
sprinklers that kids are encouraged to play in and
around. A variety of amenities are available including
a playground, handball and shuffleboard courts,
seasonal concession stands and much more.
Miller Field
Miller Field (718) 351-6970
The park includes two post-World War I military
aircraft hangers, 64 acres of athletic fields, picnic
areas, a community garden and a swamp white oak
forest.  www.nyharborparks.org
Mount Loretto Preserve
Mount Loretto is a spectacular waterfront property
featuring important wildlife habitats and stunning
vistas from the highest natural bluffs in New
York City.  www.dec.ny.gov
Noble Maritime Collection
1000 Richmond Terrace, Building D
Staten Island, New York 10301
(on the Grounds of Snug Harbor) (718) 447-6490
Open Thursday – Sunday, 1:00pm – 5:00pm
The Noble Maritime Collection is a museum and
archive located on the grounds of Snug Harbor
Cultural Center. The Noble Maritime Collection
preserves and celebrates contemporary maritime
life and its history. In addition to exhibitions, it has
a maritime library, print- making studios, and offers
program for adults and school children.
 www.noblemaritime.org
New York Musical Theatre
(NYMF) Festival
Various locations throughout NYC.
Happening from July 7 to July 27.
 www.nymf.org
Location varies
Shape up NYC
locations, please visit:  www.nycgovparks.org
Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier
Father Capodanno Boulevard and
Seaview Avenue, Staten island
The Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier opened in September
2003. The new Ocean Breeze Fishing Pier opens up
added opportunity for deep water- angling where
local fisherman can catch striped bass, weakfish and
bluefish. The new pier is also available for general
public enjoyment of the beach area and observation
of the shoreline, wildlife and scenery, and over 160
bronze medallions depicting ocean life have been
embedded into the pavement.
 www.visitstatenisland.com
South Beach
Father Capadanno Boulevard and Sand Lane
(718) 816-6804
South Beach is one of Staten Island’s most popular
attractions. Easily accessible to the Boardwalk, the
Senior Park at South Beach is a popular destination
for enjoying the outdoors.
Sandy Ground Historical
Society Historical Museum
1538 Woodrow Road, Staten Island, NY 10309
(718) 317-5796
Open Tuesday – Sunday, 1:00pm – 4:00pm
As the oldest continuously inhabited free Black
settlement in the United States, Sandy Ground is a
place of great historical significance. Sandy Ground
is home to ten families that are descendants of
original settlers. The museum educates and inspires
the public with exhibitions, photographs, and art
documenting the history of Sandy Ground and
African Americans.  www.visitstatenisland.com
Silver Lake Park
915 Victory Boulevard, West Brighton
(718) 447-5686
There are 107 acres of park area, an 18-hole
public golf course, tennis courts, clubhouses, pro
shop, lockers, showers, lounge, restaurant, and
auto parking. The seventh fairway is open during
the winter as a coasting area for children. The road
is closed on Sundays and holidays 6am–6pm for
bicycling. This major park surrounding twin reservoirs
is popular for walking, jogging and picnics.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center
1000 Richmond Terrace, Staten Island, NY 10301
(718) 448-2500
Open Monday through Sunday from dawn
to dusk.
Snug Harbor Cultural Center and Botanical Garden, a
distinguished Smithsonian Affiliate, is Staten Island’s
premier destination for culture and entertainment.
Set within a stunning 83-acre park-like setting,
Snug Harbor presents a unique blend of gardens,
museums, theaters, educational opportunities,
and seasonal festivals. Admission: Adults $3,
HO T SP O T S
NYC Parks
Students/Seniors $2, Children under 12 free.
 www.snug-harbor.org
Staten Island Botanical Gardens
(718) 448-2500
The gardens are open from dawn to dusk daily;
please visit the website for specific times for various
gardens. The Staten Island Botanical Gardens is a
real treat for nature lovers. The Botanical Gardens
include the scenic and imposing Chinese Scholars
garden, Connie Gretz’s Secret Garden, Pond Garden,
Butterfly Garden and many more. Educational and
guided tours are encouraged.
 www.snug-harbor.org
The Staten Island Children’s
Museum
(718) 273-2060
On the grounds of Snug Harbor Cultural Center
Tuesday – Sunday, 10:00am – 5:00pm
The Staten Island Children’s Museum appeals to the
intrepid explorer in every child. Interactive exhibitions
and creative workshops offer plenty of opportunities
for hands-on, first hand experiences that nurture
children’s natural curiosity and creativity.
 www.statenislandkids.org
Staten Island Ferry
The Staten Island Ferry Terminal
Lower Manhattan
More than a means of transportation, the Staten
Island Ferry is an attraction unto itself. For no charge,
visitors can take a 25-minute voyage by water from
Lower Manhattan to Staten Island and take in the
Statue of Liberty and the stunning vistas of New York
Harbor and the Manhattan skyline. For more info,
visit  www.siferry.com
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HO T SP O T S
Staten Island GoKarts
215 Schmidts Lane between LaGuardia Avenue
and Manor Road
Monday – Friday, 12:00pm – 11:00pm
Saturday, 11:00am – 12:00am
The Only, GoKart, Batting, and Mini Golf facility in
NYC.  www.sigokarts.com
The Staten Island Zoo
614 Broadway, Staten Island, NY 10310
(718) 442-3100
The Staten Island Zoo offers a delightful peek into
the world of wildlife. Home to endangered Amur
Leopards and frolicking fossas, the Zoo provides a
safe habitat for some of your favorite animals. The
Children’s Zoo recreates a barnyard setting and the
new Kids’ Korral invites you to pet the animals. The
Staten Island Zoo is also home to a headline-making
weatherman: Chuck the Groundhog. With 85%
accurate predictions, Chuck is the pride and joy of
the Zoo.  www.statenislandzoo.org
South Shore Golf Course
200 Huguenot Avenue, Huguenot (718) 984-0101
A beautiful 18-hole public golf course equipped with
driving range, lockers, restaurant and lounge.
 www.southshoregc.com
Walker Park
88 Delafield Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10301
Walker Park holds a distinguished place in the
history of New York cricket and tennis. Initially known
as Livingston Park, the name was changed in 1934
to honor Lieutenant Randolph Walker Jr., who died
in World War I. Walker was a distinguished member
of the local cricket club, and was a good friend of
Eugenius H. Outerbridge (1860–1932), the first
chairman of the Port Authority (served 1921–1924).
The change was the result of a petition sent to
Alderman Dennis V. Corcoran by the officers of the
Randolph Walker Post of the American Legion.
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William T. Davis
Wildlife Refuge
The refuge consists of 260 acres of woodland and
salt marsh devoted to nature study, conservation,
and enjoyment of the outdoors. Available are
extensive trails and a great variety of birds and small
animals. Guided tours are given for school classes
by advance reservation only.
Wolfe’s Pond Park
245 Chester Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10312
As one of Staten Island’s largest parks, Wolfe’s Pond
Park wears many different hats. To some, it is a
beautiful beach. To others, it is a wildlife and plant
preserve. To still others, it is a recreation area with
space to run, jump, and climb. Choose Wolfe’s Pond
Park, and choose your own adventure!
MUSEU M DEAL S
MUSEUM DEALS
Free admission, discounted admission at selected New York City museums.
EVERYDAY DEALS
ADMISSION IS ALWAYS FREE
African Burial Ground
National Monument
 www.nps.gov
American Folk Art Museum
 www.folkartmuseum.org
American Numismatic Society
 www.numismatics.org
BRIC Rotunda
Bronx Museum of the Arts
 www.bronxmuseum.org
General Grant National
Memorial
 www.nps.gov
Harbor Defense Museum
National Museum of the
American Indian
 www.nmai.si.edu
Queens County Farm Museum
 www.queensfarm.org
Socrates Sculpture Park
 www.socratessculpturepark.org
Sony Wonder Technology Lab
 www.sonywondertechlab.com
Taipai Cultural Center
 www.tpecc.org
Williamsburg Art and
Historical Center
 www.wahcenter.net
TUESDAY DEALS
8:00am – 6:00pm
 www.harbordefensemuseum.com
Free admission
 www.bbg.org
Hispanic Society of America
Audubon Terrace
Staten Island Museum
 www.hispanicsociety.org
Lefferts Historic House
Museum
Museum at Fashion Institute
of Technology
12:00pm – 2:00pm
Free admission
 www.statenislandmuseum.org
Wave Hill
9:00am – 12:00pm
Free admission
 www.fitnyc.edu
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MUSEU M DEAL S
WEDNESDAY DEALS
Bronx Zoo
10:00am – 5:00pm
Free general admission
 www.bronxzoo.com
10:00am – 6:00pm
Free admission to the grounds-only
 www.nybg.org
Museum of Jewish Heritage
4:00pm – 8:00pm
Free admission
 www.mjhnyc.org
Staten Island Zoo
2:00pm – 4:45pm
Free admission
 www.statenislandzoo.org
THURSDAY DEALS
Free admission
FRIDAY DEALS
8:00am – 6:00pm
Free admission for seniors
 www.bbg.org
Children’s Museum of Manhattan
5:00pm – 8:00pm
Free admission on the first Friday of every month
 www.cmom.org
6:00pm – 9:00pm
Pay what you wish
The Morgan Library
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Free admission
 www.themorgan.org
Pay what you wish
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
Brooklyn Children’s Museum
Free admission
 www.moma.org
Free admission
 www.brooklynkids.org
Museum of the Moving Image
Children’s Museum of the Arts
Free admission
 www.movingimage.us
Pay what you wish
 www.cmany.org
New York Aquarium
Jewish Museum
Pay what you wish
 www.nyaquarium.com
Pay what you wish
New York Historical Society
Museum of Chinese in America
Pay what you wish
 www.nyhistory.org
Free admission on the first Thursday of every month
 www.mocanyc.org
Neuve Galerie
New Museum
 www.neuegalerie.org
2:00pm – 6:00pm
4:00pm – 6:00pm
5:00pm – 8:00pm
4:00pm – 8:00pm
6:00pm – 9:00pm
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Waterfront Museum
11:00am – 9:00pm
7:00pm – 9:00pm
Pay what you wish
4:00pm – 8:00pm
4:00pm – 8:00pm
4:00pm – 5:00pm
6:00pm – 8:00pm
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Waterfront Museum
 www.noguchi.org
Free admission on Saturdays
10:00am – 5:00pm
1:00pm – 5:00pm
Rubin Museum
The Frick Collection
Free admission
 www.rmanyc.org
Pay what you wish
 www.frick.org
6:00pm – 10:00pm
Whitney Museum of
American Art
7:00pm – 10:00pm
Pay what you wish
 www.whitney.org
WEEKEND DEALS
10:00am – 12:00pm
 www.bbg.org
Brooklyn Museum of Art
5:00pm – 11:00pm
Free admission on the first Saturday of every month
 www.brooklynmuseum.org
11:00am – 1:00pm
MUSEU M DEAL S
Noguchi Museum
The Studio Museum in Harlem
12:00pm – 6:00pm
Free admission on Sundays
 www.studiomuseum.org
Museums on Us® Program
 museums.bankofamerica.com
If you have a Photo ID and any valid Bank of
America/Merrill Lynch credit or debit card, you
are entitled to one free admission on the first full
weekend (Saturday and Sunday) of the month to:
»» Brooklyn Historical Society
»» Children’s Museum of Manhattan
»» Queens Museum of Art
»» Staten Island Museum
»» The Metropolitan Museum of Art
»» Whitney Museum of American Art
El Museo del Barrio
11:00am – 8:30pm
Free admission on the third Saturday of every month
 www.elmuseo.org
Guggenheim Museum
5:45pm – 7:45pm
Pay what you wish
 www.guggenheim.org
The Jewish Museum
11:00am – 5:45pm
Wave Hill
9:00am – 12:00pm
9:00am – 10:00am
Free admission to the grounds-only on Saturdays
 www.nybg.org
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BARBECU E SI TES
DESIGNATED PARKS BARBECUING AREAS
Barbecuing is allowed in designated areas only.
No barbecuing allowed under trees.
All coals and litter must be disposed in trash receptacles.
THE BRONX
BROOKLYN
Crotona Park
Crotona Park East and Charlotte Street (Indian
Lake)
Coffey Park
At Verona and Richards Streets; Verona and
Dwight Streets
Ferry Point Park
North and south end of Park
Fort Greene Park
Along Myrtle Avenuebtw North Portland Avenue
and Edwards Street
Hunts Point Riverside Park
Lafayette Avenue and Edgewater Road
Mill Pond Park
Exterior and 149th Streets, across from Gateway
Mall
Pelham Bay Park Picnic Area
Bruckner Boulevard and Wilkinson Avenue
Pelham Bay Park Picnic Area
Stadium Avenue, behind the tennis courts
Pelham Bay Park/Orchard Beach Park
North and South Lawns
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West Farms Rapids
180th Street fence line; along Boston Road
entrance side
St. Mary’s Park
146th Street and St. Ann’s Avenue
Van Cortlandt Park
In front of pool, Broadway and 242nd Street;
Allen Shandler Recreation Area, Jerome Avenue
south of 233rd Street
Herbert Von King Park
Four designated areas throughout the park (no
amplified sound)
Leon S. Kaiser Park
At West 33rd Street
Manhattan Beach Park
Northeast of Promenade, median adjacent
to parking lot (no amplified sound); Oriental
Boulevard and Hastings Street (no amplified
sound)
Prospect Park
Area north of Picnic House; both sides of
Bandshell; area south of Wollman Rink; North
area of Long Meadow; area near PPSW and 10th
Avenue; area near Vanderbilt Street and PPSW;
Grecian shelter area
Red Hook Recreational Area
Bay Street near Columbia Street
Brookville Park
Brookville Boulevard and South Conduit Avenue
East River Park
Along FDR Drive at East 10th Street
*Special Events permit required
Cunningham Park
Union Turnpike and Francis Lewis Boulevard
Fort Washington Park
North of W. 158th Street on the Hudson River
Flushing Meadows/Corona Park
Jewel Avenue and Van Wyck Expressway; off
Lake West and off Lake East
Highbridge Park
At 177th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
Forest Park
Woodhaven Boulevard and Forest Park Drive
Inwood Hill Park
Dyckman Street and the Hudson River
Highland Park
Highland Boulevard and Vermont Place
Morningside Park
Morningside Avenue and West 121st Street
Park
Seagirt Boulevard between Beach 15 and Beach
17 Streets
Randall’s Island
At the far end of Sunken Meadow Ballfields
Riverside Park
West 145th Street on the Hudson River
St. Nicholas Park
St. Nicholas Terrace at West 128th Street; St.
Nicholas Avenue between West 133rd and West
135th Streets
Thomas Jefferson Park
First Avenue between 111th and 114th Streets
Wards Island
East River and Hell Gate (near the children’s
playgrounds
Queensbridge Park
21st Street, Bridge Plaza, Vernon Boulevard, East
River
Springfield Park North
147th Avenue and Springfield Boulevard
STATEN ISLAND
Clove Lakes Park
Clove Road and Victory Boulevard
Franklin D. Roosevelt Boardwalk and
Beach
Midland and Lincoln Avenues
QUEENS
Willowbrook Park
Eaton Place entrance
Alley Pond Park Athletic Field
Union Turnpike and Winchester Boulevard
Wolfes Pond Park
Cornelia and Luten Avenues
Alley Pond Park
Winchester Boulevard and Grand Central Parkway
Alley Pond Park Springfield
Springfield Boulevard and 76th Avenue
Baisley Pond Park
Sutphin Boulevard and 125th Avenue
Bayswater Park
Beach Channel Drive and Bay 32nd Street
BARBECU E SI TES
MANHATTAN
Please call 311 or visit www.nycgovparks.org
before traveling to verify time, location, availability
and cost, if any. Programs are subject to change
without notice. The New York City Department of
Youth and Community Development shall not be
responsible or liable for the delay, non-delivery and/
or cancellation of any of these events, or for any acts
of third parties, or for the adoption or enactment of
any law, ordinance, regulation, ruling or order directly
or indirectly interfering with these events.
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Department of
Youth & Community
Development
JOBS
INTERNSHIPS
EDUCATION
SCHOLARSHIPS
FAMILY SUPPORT
Call NYC Youth Connect toll free:
1.800.246.4646 or call 646.343.6800
Monday – Friday
9:00am – 7:00pm
E-mail: [email protected]
In NYC call 311 or Out-of-City:
212.NEW.YORK (212.639.9675)
www.nyc.gov/dycd
CULTURAL
ACTIVITIES
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES
AF TERSCHOOL
PROGRAMS
NYC Youth Connect is a one-stop shop for all youth-related resources in NYC.
Youth Connect has a toll-free hotline and utilizes web-based strategies to
increase access to and visibility of New York City’s opportunities for youth,
families and community organizations. Youth Connect Resource Specialists
are trained to connect callers and correspondents to the services they need.
Youth Connect’s database includes more than 8,000 community resources
from DYCD-funded agencies as well as other public, nonprofit, and private
sector organizations. Youth Connect receives over 55,000 phone calls annually,
and staff utilizes AT&T’s Language Line to communicate in over 180 languages.

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