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Three works of art presented at the BlueLine—the future high tide line—will offer a creative lens into the realities of climate change, coastal resilience, waterfront access, and environmental justice. Today, more than one million people in our region face direct risks from coastal flooding. This free outdoor exhibition includes a floating Maritime Library from Tideland […]
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Celebrate beach season at Brookfield Place with the tallest sand castle in New York City. The Sandcastle Celebration begins on July 23 with world-renowned, professional sand sculptor Matt Long crafting a sandcastle that will “shore-ly” delight visitors of all ages. The live sculpting process will continue through July 26, with the completed sculpture on view […]
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Online concert. During trying times, music stills our souls and provides a healing grace. Throughout the season of Lent, Comfort at One will present performances that are inspired by the Gandhi quote: “In the midst of darkness, light persists.” These concerts include improvisations by Julian Wachner, light-inspired Bach cantatas, our 2014 Lenten “Lamentatio” series featuring […]
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Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training, and a lot of fun. Participants are expected to bring their own equipment: weights, water bottle, hand towel, etc. Masks required. Participants must […]
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As one of the most influential disability rights activists in U.S. history, Judy Heumann has spent her career fighting to achieve respect, acceptance, and inclusion. The lawsuits she won, sit-ins she led, and legislation she championed all sparked a national movement that led to the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act in 1990. Heumann […]
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Shot during the last days of the Civil War in China’s transition to socialism, Crows and Sparrows is one of the best crafted films of the 1940s. But its director, Zheng Junli, navigated some treacherous political waters to get it made. The original script was banned by the Nationalist government, presumably because of its unflattering […]
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Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, including drawing boards and containers of water if they are planning to paint. BPCA will supply drawing paper and watercolor […]
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Learn to support the health of your vegetable garden through a deeper understanding of the pests and problems that arise. This workshop will also include a refresher on plant biology. Our Farming 101 workshop series is designed for those with little to no experience. RSVP is required.
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Get moving with a series of classes aimed to help you build strength, relax, and unwind. All cardio classes are 45 minutes long, with a focus on high-intensity rhythmic cardio. Classes also feature sprint intervals, sculpting, and a stretch cool down.
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Take a tour of The Battery Urban Farm and learn more about how produce is grown in the heart of downtown New York City. RSVP is required.
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Dedicated to raising consciousness for social justice, activist, theologian, and musician Rev. Sekou brings passionate preaching to life through the language of Delta Blues. Wagner Park.
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The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how people worked and lived aboard a 19th century cargo sailing vessel, from the captain to the ship’s officers, cooks, and crew. Then visit the cargo […]
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Join the Earth Matter NY Heritage Bed Farmers, Ana María Quispe, Carlos Jiménez Cahua and Claudia Urdanivia at this free Peruvian Earth Mother Blessing event. Featuring a traditional corn drink and live Peruvian music from Carmen Arrojo and Jamie San Andres.
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The Climate Museum is proud to announce Beyond Lies, a public art collaboration with celebrated illustrator Mona Chalabi. A series of posters by Chalabi distill extensive work by investigative journalists and academic researchers on the fossil fuel industry’s long-standing disinformation crusade. The poster campaign offers pathways to further learning and inspires community action to break […]
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5 events,Shira Haas made an indelible impression as the Emmy-nominated lead in the recent TV series Unorthodox. In Asia (2020, 85 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles), Haas stars as a Russian émigré to Israel, navigating her teenage years along with her single mother, burdened by a largely undefined illness that makes all of her decisions infinitely […]
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Broadcast live from the deck of Wavertree, this month’s sing-along will include whaling songs and show-related artifacts from the Museum collection in honor of American novelist Herman Melville’s birthday. From our living rooms and kitchens, join a round-robin of shared songs featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen in, lead a song, […]
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Shira Haas made an indelible impression as the Emmy-nominated lead in the recent TV series Unorthodox. In Broken Mirrors (2020, 104 minutes, Hebrew with English subtitles), Haas plays Ariella, a seventeen year old girl shadowed by a strict, military father who inflicts severe methods of punishment as a form of discipline. When Ariella commits a […]
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Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training, and a lot of fun. Participants are expected to bring their own equipment: weights, water bottle, hand towel, etc. Masks required. Participants must […]
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Dorien Grunbaum was born in 1942 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, where her father was in the grain import/export business and her mother was a social worker. When Dorien was a year old, her family was arrested and sent to Westerbork transit camp, where they remained imprisoned for nine months. At Westerbork, the Grunbaum family received papers […]
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Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, including drawing boards and containers of water if they are planning to paint. BPCA will supply drawing paper and watercolor […]
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Imprisoned by the Soviets. Orphaned by the Holocaust. Elected Prime Minister of Israel. Crowned peacemaker by the Nobel Prize Committee. Disgraced by the Lebanon War. Each of these is true of Menachem Begin, who was a pillar of the State of Israel and a tireless fighter for the Jewish people. Explore Begin’s life and legacy […]
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In the 1960 epic film Exodus (210 minutes, English, no subtitles), Paul Newman stars as Ari Ben Canaan, a Haganah rebel who smuggles Jews out of a British internment camp and onto a ship bound for Palestine. Facing the challenges of deep-rooted antisemitism and British rule over Palestine, Ari fights for his homeland and his […]
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3 events,As Nazism rises in Germany, flamboyant American Sally Bowles (played by Liza Minnelli) sings in a decadent nightclub and falls in love with a British language teacher—whom she shares with a gay German baron. But Sally’s carefree and tolerant cabaret world is about to be crushed under the boot of the Nazis as Berlin becomes […]
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Grammy nominated PQ String quartet presents genre-bending programs ranging from 20th century masterworks to newly commissioned pieces.
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4 events,
The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how people worked and lived aboard a 19th century cargo sailing vessel, from the captain to the ship’s officers, cooks, and crew. Then visit the cargo […]
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Outdoor screening of Spike Lee’s Mo’ Better Blues on Friday, August 6, 2021. Curated by Film at Lincoln Center and inspired by the strength and resilience of New York City—and the people who call it home—this year’s screening is produced by Rooftop Films. A uniquely New York story, Mo’ Better Blues follows jazz trumpeter Bleek […]
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Maguette Camara leads a weekly sunset drumming circle in the tradition of West African rhythm and dance. Drums provided.
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Learn how to be an action hero with the professional dancers and educators of the STREB Extreme Action Company. PopAction weaves together dance, acrobatics, athletics and Hollywood stunt work – in age-appropriate, safe, fun classes designed for an outdoor learning environment. Appropriate for ages 5-7 years.
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Battery Park City has a long history of public art projects and its parks are an outdoor gallery of sculptures and permanent art installations. Starting at the Skyscraper Museum, we will seek out the neighborhood’s variety of artworks and look closely to discover their secrets and stories. With their inspiration, kids will create their own […]
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Online lecture. Buddhist art emerged from India, spread eastwards to Central Asia, Xinjiang, the Hexi Corridor, and eventually arrived at the heartland of China. This monumental movement ran along the Silk Road over the course of a thousand years, integrating the Hellenistic culture with the Indian, Persian, Nomadic, and Chinese. The Renwen Society presents a […]
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Join the Museum for “Pickle Soup and Other Tales for the Curious” by puppeteer and eccentric hostess Jenny Romaine, with Jewish time wheel technician Elana June Margolis and friends. Pickle Soup is a puppet show for those of us who are serious about fun. Come ready to play, and to co-create a “Jewish time machine” […]
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International Ladino singer/songwriter Sarah Aroeste draws upon her family roots from Macedonia and Greece as she performs traditional and original Ladino songs in this special multimedia program. Joined on piano by longtime Israeli collaborator Shai Bachar, Aroeste weaves stories from Sephardic history together with song, taking the audience through centuries of rich Sephardic experiences from […]
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Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training, and a lot of fun. Participants are expected to bring their own equipment: weights, water bottle, hand towel, etc. Masks required. Participants must […]
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6 events,
Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, including drawing boards and containers of water if they are planning to paint. BPCA will supply drawing paper and watercolor […]
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A split-second decision at a traffic accident triggers repercussions for a Jewish surgeon and a neo-Nazi’s daughter in Thou Shalt Not Hate (2021, 96 minutes, Italian with English subtitles), a gripping new drama. Simone, a Holocaust survivor’s son, rushes to the scene of a hit-and-run. But when he sees a swastika tattoo on the victim’s […]
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The Keeper (2019, 113 minutes, English, no subtitles) tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann, a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war protest and prejudice, secures the position of Goalkeeper at Manchester City, and in doing so becomes a soccer icon. His signing causes outrage to thousands […]
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3 events,Daisy is an elderly Jewish woman committed to maintaining her independence. So when her son hires an African American chauffeur named Hoke to drive her around, Daisy rejects both Hoke and her own vulnerability. Nevertheless, they eventually form a bond free from their prior prejudices. Follow their story in Driving Miss Daisy (99 minutes, English, […]
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The third of the Museum’s thematic walking tours of Battery Park City covers the north residential neighborhood, which was developed in several phases, beginning with Stuyvesant High School at the northeast edge and the esplanade and Rockefeller Park along the Hudson. A diagonal avenue lined with apartment buildings creates one face of the neighborhood, while […]
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3 events,
The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how people worked and lived aboard a 19th century cargo sailing vessel, from the captain to the ship’s officers, cooks, and crew. Then visit the cargo […]
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Maguette Camara leads a weekly sunset drumming circle in the tradition of West African rhythm and dance. Drums provided.
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New York City’s premier annual Jazz Age Lawn Party returns this summer, with tickets now on sale. Celebrating its 15th year, the Jazz Age Lawn Party has awoken the vibrations of a timeless zeitgeist. The vibrant optimism and inventiveness of Jazz Age culture and its living legacy continue to resonate with generation after generation. Governors […] 
The Dim Sum Warriors team shares their innovative approach to language learning in this free online event—participants suggest illustrating prompts for the cartoonist and everyone draws together while picking up new Chinese vocabulary.
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The Battery Dance Festival is New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival. Each year, the Festival draws a combined audience of over 12,000 in-person and over 35,000 virtual viewers. See the Battery Dance website for tonight's featured dancers and dance companies.
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In the original Fiddler on the Roof (1971, 201 minutes, English, no subtitles)—one of the most classic Jewish films of all time—a poor Jewish peasant living in Anatevka is faced with the challenge of marrying off his five daughters amidst the growing tension in his village. The film received a leading eight nominations at the […]
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When they lost family members during the Holocaust, many Jewish women and girls formed substitute “families” with other women. These sisterhoods were particularly important inside concentration camps, where the bonds formed between women often helped them survive constant danger. Join the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Project Witness for a lecture exploring the phenomenon of […]
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Fiddler: A Miracle of Miracles (2019, 96 minutes, English, no subtitles) is the first documentary to chronicle the complete story of “Fiddler on the Roof,” exploring the unexpected richness of its themes as well as its extensive reach across time and cultures.
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Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training, and a lot of fun. Participants are expected to bring their own equipment: weights, water bottle, hand towel, etc. Masks required. Participants must […]
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Raise a glass to freedom and sing along to traditional songs from the colonial era performed by Anne Enslow and Ridley Enslow. These songs, performed on authentic 18th-century instruments, would have been heard in taverns across the colonies throughout the colonial era. Join us in singing to the tune of revolution! |
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Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, including drawing boards and containers of water if they are planning to paint. BPCA will supply drawing paper and watercolor […]
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The crucial historical lessons of Black-Jewish cooperation are revisited in Shared Legacies (2020, 97 minutes, English, no subtitles), a new film and call to action from director Shari Rogers. Through a treasure trove of archival materials, Rogers explores the common cause found between Black and Jewish communities during the turbulent civil rights era, and the […]
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The third of the Museum’s thematic walking tours of Battery Park City covers the north residential neighborhood, which was developed in several phases, beginning with Stuyvesant High School at the northeast edge and the esplanade and Rockefeller Park along the Hudson. A diagonal avenue lined with apartment buildings creates one face of the neighborhood, while […]
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The Food for Thought series continues its pursuit of three goals – to restart, revive, and reconnect. This month’s topic is sustainability and hiking. Join the conversation on Thursday, August 19 at 12:30PM ET on @BFPLNY’s Instagram Live, with a speaker from Leave No Trace and another speaker (to be announced) who will provide tips […]
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A Question of Survival (55 minutes, English, subtitles available) is an eye-opening portrait of three Bulgarian Jews—Chaim Zemach, a cellist; Robert Bakish, an engineer; and Misha Avramoff, a social worker on Manhattan’s Lower East Side—as they struggle to place their unusual experiences during World War II into the more common narrative of the Holocaust. Chaim, […]
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Zoom lecture. On the stormy night of August 29, 1776, the Continental Army faced capture or annihilation after losing the Battle of Brooklyn. The fate of the Revolution rested upon the shoulders of the soldier-mariners from Marblehead, Massachusetts, who saved the army by navigating the treacherous waters of the river the Manhattan. White, Black, Hispanic, […]
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The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how people worked and lived aboard a 19th century cargo sailing vessel, from the captain to the ship’s officers, cooks, and crew. Then visit the cargo […]
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Featuring a rotating lineup of over 30 of the city’s best emerging makers, designers, artists, and small businesses each month, browse one-of-a-kind handcrafted jewelry, art, apparel, bath and body care, tableware, home furnishings, and more. The market takes place steps away from Yankee Pier, served by the Island’s Brooklyn ferries, along the tree-lined King Ave. 
Built in 1884, Pier A, at the southern edge of Battery Park City, is the oldest pier of its kind in Manhattan. Starting at The Skyscraper Museum, across the street from Wagner Park, we will explore the landmarks that anchor the new neighborhood built on landfill that covered the old finger piers of the working […]
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Nu Words is Tracy Einstein and Richie Barshay, two music and theater artists with a passion for arts education. Join the Museum for the premiere of Nu Words’ “Nu Jewish Storylab,” a rhythm and movement exploration of Jewish children’s stories from traditional to cutting edge. This program, intended for kids of all ages and their […]
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Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef who wants his cooking to bring people together—but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn’t end in a fight. He’s played by Noah Schnapp in Abe (85 minutes, English, no subtitles), which was released in 2019. Ditching his traditional summer camp, Abe begins working with […]
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Exercise in disguise! Join in on the fun featuring easy-to-follow Latin dance choreography while working on your balance, coordination and range of motion. Come prepared for enthusiastic instruction, a little strength training, and a lot of fun. Participants are expected to bring their own equipment: weights, water bottle, hand towel, etc. Masks required. Participants must […]
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As Chief Medical Officer at Moderna, Israeli scientist Dr. Tal Zaks has helped lead the global recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Under Zaks’ leadership, Moderna produced the first mRNA vaccine to be approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Zaks has deep roots in Israel, where his father was once President of the Israeli […]
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Wagner Park, with its amazing gardens and views of the Hudson River and New York Bay, is the perfect setting to practice your art. Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, including drawing boards and containers of water if they are planning to paint. BPCA will supply drawing paper and watercolor […]
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Few true stories tread the thin line between good and evil as precariously as that of Jan Mikolášek, a 20th century Czech herbal healer whose great success masked the grimmest of secrets. Discover Mikolášek’s story in Charlatan (118 minutes, Czech and German with English subtitles), which was shortlisted for the Academy Award for Best International […]
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Searching for Mr. Rugoff (94 minutes, English, no subtitles) reveals the untold story of the Jewish creative genius behind 1960s-’70s film distribution company Cinema 5. Filmmakers, critics, collaborators and family members paint a vivid portrait of Donald Rugoff, a volatile, self-destructive and fearless champion of independent and art films. Drawing from a rich archive and […]
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1 event,Recipes Remembered: A Celebration of Survival, written by June Hersh in association with the Museum of Jewish Heritage, is a historical and culinary journey that will feed your heart and soul. The book contains more than 80 remarkable stories gleaned from personal interviews with Holocaust survivors and their families. Each story is paired with the […]
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The tall ship Wavertree is open to the public. Visits will be self-guided along a set route and will include access to the main deck and quarter deck. Learn how people worked and lived aboard a 19th century cargo sailing vessel, from the captain to the ship’s officers, cooks, and crew. Then visit the cargo […]
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The 18th-century novel The Story of the Stone by Cao Xueqin is a bildungsroman, a tale of a battle between the flesh and the spirit, a mixture of mysticism, romanticism, realism and fatalism, a record of Taoist-Buddhist disenchantment and enlightenment, and a critique of a society abiding by the rules of Confucianism, and a novel […]
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3 events,Reunited after eight years, outspoken Jewish leftist Katie Morosky and military officer Hubbell Gardiner fall in love despite their differences. However, as Hubbell prioritizes his screenwriting career, the Hollywood blacklist forces them apart. After reuniting again over a decade later, the couple must decide whether their love is strong enough to keep them together. Barbra […]
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Fanny Brice is a young Jewish woman from the Lower East Side working to reach stardom despite her homely appearance. As she accomplishes her goals, she navigates an unstable relationship with gambler Nick Arnstein. Follow her journey in Funny Girl (150 minutes, English, no subtitles), the classic romantic musical which became the highest-grossing American film […]
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Humming Puppy is a yoga experience evolved from traditional practices in a thoughtful space that resonates with a gentle hum. More than just the physical practice of yoga we aim to support you throughout your yoga journey and encourage you to leave the outside world behind and immerse yourself in good vibes.
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Namaste! Unwind from the day with outdoor yoga. Immerse yourself in this meditative practice- surrounded by the Hudson’s peaceful aura. Strengthen the body and cultivate awareness in a relaxed environment as your instructor guides you through alignments and poses. All levels are welcome. Participants are expected to bring their own equipment: yoga mat, yoga blocks, […]
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1 event,The Museum’s director, Carol Willis, will offer a gallery tour of SUPERTALL 2021 that surveys 58 supertalls worldwide and highlights a dozen recently completed towers that represent some of the most stunning new forms and innovative approaches to structural engineering around the world today. Curator’s tours are FREE, but you must book a timed ticket […]
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1 event,The sounds of downtown. All Labor Day weekend long at the Fulton Street stage. Check website for times.
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4 events,Antiques. Jewelry. Art. Vintage goods and local designers. A beloved street fair makes the move from the Lower East Side to the Seaport. Kicking off on Labor Day Weekend, Hester Street Fair is now in the neighborhood. Come and browse the stalls. Snack. Refresh. And enjoy music by Wade and Sammy. Experience the Hester Street […] 
A music festival. A culinary feast. An homage to rosé. Pinknic is the ultimate celebration of summer. Launched in New York City in 2016, Pinknic returns September 4 & 5, 2021 for its five year anniversary, a two-day affair featuring world-class DJs, live bands, boozy bevs, outstanding snacks, and VIP perks. 
South Cove is a special place in spring, and what better time than Saturday mornings to practice your art! Participants are expected to bring their own drawing and painting supplies, including drawing boards and containers of water if they are planning to paint. BPCA will supply drawing paper and watercolor paper only.
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5 events,Twelve-year-old Abe is an aspiring chef who wants his cooking to bring people together—but his half-Israeli, half-Palestinian family has never had a meal that didn’t end in a fight. He’s played by Noah Schnapp in Abe (85 minutes, English, no subtitles), which was released in 2019. Ditching his traditional summer camp, Abe begins working with […]
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Broadcast live from the deck of Wavertree, this month’s sing-along will include whaling songs and show-related artifacts from the Museum collection in honor of American novelist Herman Melville’s birthday. From our living rooms and kitchens, join a round-robin of shared songs featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen in, lead a song, […]
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