Manhattan Parks Commissioner Bill Castro will join City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, members of Community Board 2 and community officials to break ground on improvements to Minetta Park Playground.
Manhattan Parks Commissioner Bill Castro will join City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Congressman Jerrold Nadler, members of Community Board 2 and community officials to break ground on improvements to Minetta Park Playground.
Lincoln Square heats up this summer with an eclectic series of free outdoor concerts at Richard Tucker Park. Music lovers are invited to bring lunch, join friends and relax at the lively oasis at Broadway and 66th Street to enjoy a taste of New York's 'underground' music scene.
Lincoln Square heats up this summer with an eclectic series of free outdoor concerts at Richard Tucker Park. Music lovers are invited to bring lunch, join friends and relax at the lively oasis at Broadway and 66th Street to enjoy a taste of New York's 'underground' music scene.
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today joined New York City's citizen tree stewards and members of Harlem's Proyecto de Embellecimiento 137th St. Beautification Project in watering street trees and encouraging New Yorkers to do so during this current heat wave and throughout the summer.
Sing for Hope (www.singforhope.org), a public service organization for artists, installed 60 pianos in the parks and public spaces of the city's five boroughs to be available to all who pass by from June 21 to July 5. These 'street pianos' are part of Play Me, I'm Yours, a worldwide public art project.
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today joined City Council Member Charles Barron, President of the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association Pat Lynch, members of Police Officer Robert Venable's family, Pastor Carol Hall and Reverend Doughty to cut the ribbon on over $6 million in new amenities at Robert Venable Park in Brooklyn, part of a total $8 million restoration currently underway. The reconstruction creates a new 3 ½ acre park, creating a lush oasis where asphalt and weeds once existed.
The show will go on! The City Council will vote on new sound permit legislation. Mayor Bloomberg will consider a 90-day pilot program allowing the Seaside Summer Concert Series to continue at Asser Levy Park in Coney Island this summer while the '500 foot rule' is studied.
On June 24, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg visited the new Forever 21 Times Square Flagship Store in New York City. Photo coverage brought to you by Broadwayworld.com.
Sing for Hope (www.singforhope.org), a public service organization for artists, announces that it is installing 60 pianos in the parks and public spaces of the city's five boroughs to be available to all who pass by from June 21 to July 5. These 'street pianos' are part of Play Me, I'm Yours, a worldwide public art project.
The 2010 Summer Gala will honor Lincoln Center Theater Executive Producer and former Public Theater Associate Producer Bernard Gersten and Bank of America. The Gala will be held on Monday, June 21 at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park and will include a dinner under the stars, a performance of The Merchant of Venice featuring Al Pacino as Shylock and a party afterward at the Belvedere Castle.
Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today joined City Council Member Vincent Gentile to cut the ribbon on over $2.7 million in renovations to the former 'Dust Bowl' at Leif Ericson Park. At the event, Council Member Gentile announced a renaming contest for the new field.
Yesterday, June 7, the '5th Annual Made In NY Awards' were held honoring the city's entertainment industry. The event was hosted by Mayor Michael Bloomberg at Gracie Mansion in New York. Mayor Bloomberg presented awards to actress Angela Lansbury, filmmaker Lee Daniels, HSI Productions, Inc., Brooklyn Workforce Innovations, WFT Productions, and Saturday Night Live. BroadwayWorld brings coverage of the event below.
New York City saw a different side of its typically conservative Mayor, Michael Bloomberg, when he donned extensions and hippie garb on stage with Broadway's cast of HAIR at the Inner Circle fundraiser dinner on Saturday, March 27, 2010 at The Hilton Hotel. In thanks, on Sunday May 23, Mayor Bloomberg honored the company with a celebration at Gracie Mansion.
Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe was today joined by City Council Member Gale Brewer, State Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal, Riverside Park Fund President John Herrold, and many members of the community to cut the ribbon on a new waterfront path in Riverside Park.
Sing for Hope (www.singforhope.org), a public service organization for artists, announces that it is installing 60 pianos in the parks and public spaces of the city's five boroughs to be available to all who pass by from June 21 to July 5. These 'street pianos' are part of Play Me, I'm Yours, a worldwide public art project.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and NYC Media President and General Manager Katherine Oliver today unveiled the new television line-up on NYC life (Channel 25), the flagship station of NYC Media, the official TV, radio and online network of the City of New York.
In honor of Margaret Wise Brown's 100th Birthday, The InterSchool Orchestra of New York (ISO) (www.isorch.org) in association with GPR Records (Glen Roven, Peter Fitzgerald, Richard Cohen, artistic directors) have announced a live concert based on Brown's two best selling children's books Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny.
In honor of Margaret Wise Brown's 100th Birthday, The InterSchool Orchestra of New York (ISO) (www.isorch.org) in association with GPR Records (Glen Roven, Peter Fitzgerald, Richard Cohen, artistic directors) have announced a live concert based on Brown's two best selling children's books Goodnight Moon and Runaway Bunny.