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Don’t Miss This Long-Overdue Exhibit of Native Painter Oscar Howe

Don’t Miss This Long-Overdue Exhibit of Native Painter Oscar Howe

The work of one of the 20th century’s “most innovative painters” that changed the landscape for Native American artists is coming to the...

Where to Celebrate Purim in Lower Manhattan

Where to Celebrate Purim in Lower Manhattan

Five handy Downtown happenings in which you and your family can have a few drinks and drown out Haman’s name. Women's Hamantash BakeHead to...

Bring Iconic NYC Landmarks to Your Hometown With a Chance to Win a Lower Manhattan Getaway

Bring Iconic NYC Landmarks to Your Hometown With a Chance to Win a Lower Manhattan Getaway

When you’ve got a minute (or, hey, right now!), head over to our Instagram. We’ve launched an augmented-reality filter that enables you to drop...

Learn All About Sophie Scholl and the Student-Led Resistance That Opposed Nazism

Learn All About Sophie Scholl and the Student-Led Resistance That Opposed Nazism

February 22 marks one of the most notable, but lesser known, moments in the fight against the spread of Nazism in Germany: On that day in 1943,...

Give Your Kids the Creative Summer of Their Dreams at Play:groundNYC’s Summer Camp

Give Your Kids the Creative Summer of Their Dreams at Play:groundNYC’s Summer Camp

Hard as it may be to believe, given our frigid temps, summer is on its way. And, if you're looking for an innovative way to entertain your tots when...

How to Get to the Statue of Liberty

How to Get to the Statue of Liberty

In movies, the Statue of Liberty has paraded through the streets of Manhattan as an avatar of New Yorkers’ spirit (“Ghostbusters 2”), been...

Dig Into Black History Month With These Two Lower Manhattan Events

Dig Into Black History Month With These Two Lower Manhattan Events

Lower Manhattan is marking Black History Month in all sorts of ways, and at Westfield World Trade Center, you can dig deeper into the area's...

MORE Romantically Festive Things You Can Do for Valentine’s Day

MORE Romantically Festive Things You Can Do for Valentine’s Day

In case you haven’t already made plans for your Valentine’s Day (here are four very fabulous things you can do), more dining rooms and art spaces...

From Construction Site to National Landmark: How Lower Manhattan’s African Burial Ground Was Saved

From Construction Site to National Landmark: How Lower Manhattan’s African Burial Ground Was Saved

The 1991 discovery of one of Manhattan’s most significant historical landmarks began like many other days in the city, with construction crews...

Frozen in Time: Ice Sculptures Ring in the Chinese New Year at Brookfield Place

Frozen in Time: Ice Sculptures Ring in the Chinese New Year at Brookfield Place

Brookfield Place is becoming Brookfield ice for the Lunar New Year. The annual celebration of the Chinese New Year is taking over the space this...

A Guide to Marking Black History Month in Lower Manhattan

A Guide to Marking Black History Month in Lower Manhattan

The pursuit of racial equality and justice requires, among many things, an ongoing education — which is why, for Black History Month, we’re...

Call for Artists: Governors Island, LMCC Want Your Ice Sculpture Ideas

Call for Artists: Governors Island, LMCC Want Your Ice Sculpture Ideas

If you need a healthy distraction during winter hibernation, how does coming up with an idea for an ice sculpture sound? The Trust for Governors...