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You Say You Want a Revolution: Remembering the Sixties at ...
Click here for more information. Discover the counterculture of the 1960s and '70s. From communal living and forays into expanded consciousness, to tensions around race, politics, sexuality and the environment, this exhibition explores the breadth and significance of this period. This event is part ...
American Museum of Natural History and Rose Center for Earth and Space
The premier museum of its kind in the US, AMNH is home to extensive permanent and temporary exhibits that cover numerous scientific disciplines. Museum highlights include the newly renovated dinosaur exhibit, the Hall of Asian Mammals (elephants, pandas, and tigers), the Hall of African Mammals ...
Battery Park
At the tip of Manhattan, Battery Park boasts spectacular views of the lower Hudson River, New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and the Staten Island Ferry. Carefully designed gardens hold interest along the 25 acres that includes Castle Clinton, the ...
Bronx Zoo
This is the world’s largest metropolitan zoo, and houses over 6,000 animals of 650 species from around the world in its 265 acres. A visit to the Bronx Zoo will introduce you to any animal you or your kids will ever want to meet. Part of the Wildlife Conservation Society with sister NYC ...
Review: The Amiable Schlock of 'Gettin' the Band Back Together'
By Christopher Caggiano, Contributing Writer, August 14, 2018 Sometimes shows come to Broadway that automatically get the online theater wags sharpening their knives. Before a show has even played its first preview, the theaterati start taking bets on when it will close, and polishing off their “What ...
Review: 'Moulin Rouge' Gets a Lavish Pre-Broadway Tryout in Boston
By Christopher Caggiano, Contributing Writer, August 13, 2018 Before the 1980s, Boston was a major out-of-town stop for plays and musicals before they went to Broadway. The economics of such tryouts have changed drastically, as has the standard model for developing new plays and musicals, and Boston’...
Art Break: Just a Short Journey North, The Hudson Valley ...
By A. E. Colas, Contributing Writer, August 13, 2018 The Hudson Valley has a special place in the heart of Art Break. So many of our favorite artists spent their summers in the region with friends and family, working on projects, and enjoying the beautiful landscape, just ...
Newport Jazz Festival Showcases Women Artists and Emerging Talents
By Doug Hall, Contributing Writer, August 10, 2018 This year’s Newport Jazz Festival highlighted an incredibly diverse selection of women performers and women ensemble groups. The festival’s founder George Wein, in his newsletter “Notes from the Wein Machine” (March, 2018), was very direct in his statement ...
Review: A Young Woman's Quest for Love and Passion in ...
By Megan Wrappe, Contributing Writer, August 9, 2018 Discovering how life works is what resonates the most in Lisa Langseth’s one-woman show Beloved, starring Ellinor DiLorenzo and directed by Kathy Curtiss. The play begins with the character Katarina rummaging around her grandmother’s cottage, putting things ...
Review: 'Before We're Gone' Tackles Big Themes at 13th Street ...
By Diana Mott, Contributing Writer, August 6, 2018 Before We're Gone ended it's run at 13th Street Repertory Theatre on August 5 with hopes of moving uptown and, with caveats, it deserves another chance to be seen. It is a small play, made for a small stage in ...
Review: A Mozart-less Evening Turns to ICE with 'Grand Pianola ...
By Brian Taylor, Contributing Writer, August 6, 2018 The Mostly Mozart Festival's recent presentation of the International Contemporary Ensemble at the Gerald W. Lynch Theater at John Jay College was a welcome respite from the summer's punishing mugginess. Entitled "Grand Pianola Music," after the John Adams piece ...
Art Break: A Reverse Commute Uncovers Museum Gold in Connecticut
By A. E. Colas, Contributing Writer, August 6, 2018 Here at Art Break, we’ve often complained that people don’t realize how much art is available to see outside New York City. Case in point: the great state of Connecticut. Never been? Well, you’re missing ...
Jazz Notes Intel: 'West Side Story' Reimagined With Bobby Sanabria’...
By Dan Ouellette, Senior Editor ZEALnyc, August 3, 2018 Last year marked the 60th birthday of composer/conductor Leonard Bernstein’s classic Broadway show West Side Story, famously made into a 10 Academy Award-winning movie version in 1961 starring among others the Puerto Rico-born actress Rita Moreno. This year ...
Review: ‘On a Clear Day’ Almost Shines at the Irish ...
By Christopher Caggiano, Contributing Writer, August 3, 2018 After the disastrous 2011 Broadway revisal of On a Clear Day You Can See Forever, it was looking like we might never see that show in New York City again. Peter Parnell’s ridiculous, gender-switching libretto, combined with Michael Mayer’...
Brooklyn Botanic Garden
Situated alongside Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Museum of Art (neither of which should be missed), these gardens are a beautiful, bucolic destination for any New York City traveler. Popular as a spring destination when crocuses are blooming and trees are budding, the 52 acres of perfectly ...
Brooklyn Museum of Art
Second to the MET in size, The Brooklyn Museum has a collection of over 1.5 million works. The Beaux-Arts building by McKim, Mead and White houses a significant collection of antiquities, including Egyptian, African, Oceanic, and Japanese art. American art is thoroughly represented with works ...
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
The cathedral of the Episcopal Diocese of New York, St. John the Divine (officially Cathedral Church of Saint John: The great Divine in the City and Diocese of New York) is the fourth largest Christian church in the world, covering 121,000 square feet and measuring 600 feet in length. Begun by ...
Central Park
The crowning jewel of Manhattan, Central Park’s 843 acres offer visitors and New Yorkers more diversion than most any other New York City destination. Carefully and beautifully designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux and opening in 1857, Central Park is a miracle in city ...
City Reliquary Museum in Williamsburg, Brooklyn
Katrina Alonso, Contributing Writer, April 3rd, 2016 The City Reliquary Museum in Williamsburg humbly began as a window display in founder Dave Herman’s Williamsburg apartment and has since grown into a small depository of New York-centric bits and bobs. Its permanent collection includes subway ...
Cloisters, The
The Cloisters is abbey, renowned medieval art collection, and respite from a busy metropolitan city, all in one. A short subway ride to the northern tip of Manhattan, The Cloisters sits in the vast and peaceful Fort Tyron Park. Pieced together from five European abbeys and transported to New ...
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration
http://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htmEllis Island, New York Harbor
As part of the National Park Service, the Ellis Island National Museum of Immigration tells the story of how New York’s Ellis Island was the gateway for millions of immigrants arriving to America from 1890-1954. Although the focus of the museum covers the years 1890-1954, when the island ...
Empire State Building
The Empire State Building is the seventh New York City building to be declared the tallest structure in the world. Open seven days a week, this iconic New York City destination offers both spectacular views of New York City and an interesting overview of New York City history during the ...
Grand Central Station
Nearly raised except for the efforts of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis in the 70’s, Grand Central Terminal is a stunning example of grand urban architecture meant to enrich the lives of the millions of passengers that pass under its arches. Opening in 1913 and the brainchild of New York Central ...
High Line, The
The High Line is one of the best examples of urban architecture to happen in recent years, reclaiming for park a railroad track system the brought meat into and out of Manhattan when New York City was the leading distributor of meat in the United States. Stretching from Gansevoort Street to 30th ...
Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, The
Having seen action in the Pacific during World War II, the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid serves as the foundation of this extensive museum that includes the Enterprise space shuttle, a British Airways Concorde, the WWII submarine Growler, and ...
Koreatown
Koreatown takes up a tiny part of the Garment District in Midtown Manhattan, and yet it is packed full of things to see, do, and eat. For cheap, authentic Korean food, look no further than Woorijip, which is a Korean food buffet and grab-and-go restaurant. Of course, there are hundreds of Korean ...
Little Italy
This lower Manhattan destination (Mulberry Street between Canal and Spring Streets) is a feast of sight and sounds, boasting over 50 restaurants, bars, and coffee shops. Worth the trip year round, Little Italy is not to be missed during the San Gennaro Festival in September. Chinatown sits just ...
Metropolitan Museum of Art, The
Any trip to New York City should include a stop at this venerable world-class art institution, housing one of the largest art collections anywhere. To avoid being overwhelmed, plan on visiting just a few areas. Choose from European painting, sculpture & decorative arts (thirteenth to ...
Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
MoMA is one of the hottest NYC destinations these days, with its central location, beautiful building, eclectic crowd, dining options, and, of course, great modern art. Developed by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller to address what she perceived as the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s lack of interest ...
National September 11 Memorial & Museum
Sitting on the grounds of the former World Trade Center Towers, the 9/11 memorial is a vast park complex commemorating the victims of the attack. Two large recessed pools occupy the original World Trade Center foundations among an array of sweet gum and swamp white oaks. The Museum holds ...
New York Botanical Garden
New York’s other botanical garden (with Brooklyn Botanic Garden), offers 250 acres of natural beauty not often available in New York City. The famous 1890’s Haupt Conservatory is a major attraction at the garden, a wrought-iron framed “crystal-palace style” greenhouse ...
New York Public Library
Though there are hundreds of branches of the New York Public Library all over the city and the state, the biggest and most beloved one is its main branch, also known as the Stephen A. Schwartzman building. Its majestic front entrance is guarded by two marble lions named Patience and Fortitude. The ...
One World Observatory in Manhattan
Truly see forever on a clear day – or reach for the stars – at the One World Observatory, a beautiful and powerful celebration of downtown New York’s rebirth, history and spirit. Positioned on levels 100, 101 and 102 of the One World Trade Center building, now the tallest ...
Paley Center of Media in New York City
Katrina Alonso, Contributing Writer, March 29th, 2016 The former Museum of Broadcasting is now the Paley Center of Media, an archive of film, television and radio that sits right in the heart of Midtown Manhattan. The New York branch of this institution often plays host to exhibitions, receptions, ...
Queens Museum – Art in the Middle of Flushing-Meadows Corona Park
Queens Museum
http://www.queensmuseum.orgQueens Museum New York City Building Flushing Meadows Corona Park Queens, NY 11368 T 718 592 9700 F 718 592 5778 E info@queensmuseum.org
Katrina Alonso, Contributing Writer, April 3rd, 2016 Tucked away in the Flushing-Meadows Corona Park is the Queens Museum. A short 15-minute stroll through the park will take you to its front doors, beyond which lie amazing exhibitions of modern art. If you decide to bring your family, the museum ...
Rockefeller Center
Famous as the home of NBC Nightly News, Saturday Night Live, and 30 Rock, Rockefeller Center is a complex of shops, restaurants, and outdoor areas that shouldn’t be missed. Its promenade (just west of Fifth Avenue) is beautifully planted year round, and particularly beautiful during the ...
Roosevelt Island
Rental housing was developed in 1969 on this narrow island that today is home to over 10,000 New Yorkers. The island’s 147 acres boast great views of Manhattan, restaurants and walking trails. Roosevelt Island is now accessible by subway (F train) but take the Roosevelt Island Tram ...
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
The Guggenheim building is as much an attraction as the art it houses. Designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, this iconic structure on Fifth Avenue’s Museum Mile is a spiral of exhibition space overlooking a vast inner court that is itself lit by a large dome skylight. Small ...
South Street Seaport
This colonial-era, cobble-stoned collection of ships, shops, stores, restaurants and bars is a must-see if you are in lower Manhattan. Visit the South Street Seaport Museum for a look at maritime history and its long association with New York City. Follow with shopping at national and local ...
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
This highly decorated Neo-Gothic Roman Catholic cathedral church is the seat of the Archbishop of the New York Archdiocese and a favorite destination for New York City travelers of all religions. It’s ornamented space is over 300 feet long and its spire rises 330 feet above Fifth Avenue. ...
The Dumbo in Brooklyn
Katrina Alonso, Contributing Writer, March 22nd, 2016 Just across the river from Manhattan, on the other side of the Brooklyn Bridge, sits Dumbo, one of New York City’s most interesting parks. This neighbourhood, whose name stands for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass, is home to a few ...
The Flatiron District
This beautiful, old-fashioned neighborhood tucked in between Chelsea and Gramercy is home to a few significant New York landmarks as well as some fascinating lesser-known spots. The Flatiron Building, after which the district was named, is one of the most popular in this neighborhood. You can also ...
The Flushing Meadows-Corona Park
Katrina Alonso, Contributing Writer, March 29th, 2016 Tucked away in Forest Hills, Queens, is one of the largest parks in New York City. The Flushing Meadows-Corona Park is home to iconic monuments like the Unisphere, as well as a complete recreational center, a zoo, and the Queens Museum of Art, ...
The Museum of the City of New York
Not only is going to the Museum of the City of New York a great opportunity to support New York’s artists, but it is also a good way to learn about the history of New York City. The exhibitions on display are both aesthetically pleasing and educational and the museum hosts several fun, ...
The New York Transit Museum
Katrina Alonso, Contributing Writer, March 29th, 2016 The NY Transit Museum is the largest museum in the United States that is dedicated to urban public transportation history and displays historical artifacts of the subway system, buses, bridges, and tunnel systems of the city. Exhibits include ...
The Whitney Museum of American Art
Katrina Alonso, Contributing Writer, March 29th, 2016 Just off the High Line near Gansevoort St., the Whitney opens its doors to tourists and art aficionados alike. The museum, which moved from its Upper East Side location to its new building downtown in May 2015, is home to over 21,000 pieces of ...