New York City’s iconic skyline, buildings and neighborhoods take center stage at The Central Park Conservancy Film Festival, which brings free movies to the heart of Manhattan for five nights, Aug. 24-28. Each movie features iconic New York City locations and sights – from the Empire State Building in King Kong to the city’s subway in [...]
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More than 100 National Parks that usually charge admission fees are free this weekend, August 14 and 15. It is the third and last fee free weekend of 2010, so get out there and enjoy. There are one dozen National Parks in New York City. Some of them are free all the time, and most of them [...] All this week, TV station NY1 is airing a segment about the calm, quiet, tranquil places in The Big Apple. It’s Valarie D’Elia’s regular Travel With Val feature on TV1, this week focusing on my new NYC travel guidebook, Peaceful Places New York City: 139 Tranquil Sites in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx and Staten Island. Long title, [...] Getting a ticket for the free Shakespeare in the Park series at Central Park’s Delacorte Theater means standing on line for hours in the July heat. There’s an alternative. Free Shakespeare in branches of the New York Public Library. The performances are by a troupe of professional actors and skilled amateurs who call themselves Instant Shakespeare [...] Every Friday all summer, there are free outdoor movies for kids at Hudson River Park, Pier 46. You already missed the classic Wizard of Oz last week. Don’t miss these great, fun family films showing the rest of July. July 16th — Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs The movies [...] The Lincoln Center Concerts in the Parks is a summertime tradition in The Big Apple. This is a busy week of free outdoor concerts by the world famous New York Philharmonic. Grab a blanket, a picnic basket and your family or friends to hear the world’s best music in the world’s best parks in the world’s [...] Fridays are for kids at the free River Flicks program in Hudson River Park. Here’s the July schedule: July 9th — The Wizard of Oz, the classic musical about Dorothy (Judy Garland) , The Scarecrow (Ray Bolger), The Cowardly Lion (Bert Lahr) and The Tin Man heading off to see the Wizard, and the Wicked Witch of [...] There’s a full schedule of free concerts in Central Park all summer, featuring such top pop, R&B and rap stars as Miley Cyrus, Black Eyed Peas and Mary J. Blige. It’s the annual SummerStage series, and it starts on Tuesday, June first with the New York Pops Orchestra, the only independent professional orchestra in the U. [...] |
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