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Klimt to the Limit: New Immersive Art Exhibit Opens in September

Klimt to the Limit: New Immersive Art Exhibit Opens in September

Remember last year when the city was first abuzz over the immersive Vincent Van Gogh exhibit that invited visitors to wander through a trippy...

Find Out Why Urbanists Love Battery Park City in This Walking Tour

Find Out Why Urbanists Love Battery Park City in This Walking Tour

You’ve got another chance to learn about the groundbreaking new urbanism of Battery Park City this summer. The Congress for New Urbanism is...

Wyatt Kahn’s Huge First Public Art Exhibit Just Opened in City Hall Park

Wyatt Kahn’s Huge First Public Art Exhibit Just Opened in City Hall Park

Sculptures of everyday objects such as a phone, a comb and a pair of eyeglasses come to dramatic oversized life in a new large-scale art exhibit at...

New York Times Spotlights “Downtown Stories”

New York Times Spotlights “Downtown Stories”

"Downtown Stories" is now NY Times official. The three-part theatrical series that's taken over Lower Manhattan for the month of June was written up...

Celebrate Pride at the Alamo Drafthouse With “But I’m a Cheerleader”

Celebrate Pride at the Alamo Drafthouse With “But I’m a Cheerleader”

June is Pride Month, and Lower Manhattan is in full celebration mode. The neighborhood has long been a place where people can feel safe to be seen...

Lower Manhattan’s African Burial Ground Celebrates the Black Experience This Juneteenth

Lower Manhattan’s African Burial Ground Celebrates the Black Experience This Juneteenth

Sunday, June 19, marks Juneteenth, a day to commemorate the effective end of slavery in the United States. To honor this day, on June 18 the National...

Three Shows for Three Weeks: “Downtown Stories” Tickets Are Now on Sale

Three Shows for Three Weeks: “Downtown Stories” Tickets Are Now on Sale

Experience the city in a new light: En Garde Arts and the Downtown Alliance are presenting “Downtown Stories,” a series of three shows that are...

Discover the “Other Side of Wall Street” With the Black Gotham Experience

Discover the “Other Side of Wall Street” With the Black Gotham Experience

If you’re an armchair history buff who enjoys learning while taking in the great outdoors, a Lower Manhattan institution has a great offering: the...

To Celebrate Pride Month, Crank Up the Downtown Alliance’s Latest Spotify Playlist

To Celebrate Pride Month, Crank Up the Downtown Alliance’s Latest Spotify Playlist

Now’s your chance to blast some Janelle Monae the next time you’re wandering through Stone Street on your lunch break. To celebrate New York’s...

Meet the Local Business Owners Who Inspired “Downtown Stories”

Meet the Local Business Owners Who Inspired “Downtown Stories”

Weaving together history, fact and fiction, playwright Rogelio Martinez’s “Sidewalk Echoes”—running June 8-25 as part of the “Downtown...

A New Fraunces Tavern Exhibit Will Recreate America’s First Executive Offices

A New Fraunces Tavern Exhibit Will Recreate America’s First Executive Offices

Everyone knows Fraunces Tavern was an important site during the Revolutionary War, with George Washington among its famous patrons. What you might...

Seaport Cinema Brings Free Rooftop Movies Back to Pier 17

Seaport Cinema Brings Free Rooftop Movies Back to Pier 17

One of New York City’s best summer perks is outdoor movies in iconic locations. This summer, one of the most iconic locations makes its big...