Children play at the Poe Park rest stop from Summer Streets 2024 in the Bronx. Credit: NYC DOT 22 Miles of Car-Free Streets, Free Community Races, Public Art, and Programming Across All Five Boroughs Newly Announced Bike NY Ride to Take Place at Manhattan Summer Streets on August 2 NewContinue Reading
Wet Flirt (Urban Bourbon), 1994. Silkscreen ink and acrylic on bonded aluminum. 97 3/8 x 121 1/8 in. (247.4 x 307.7 cm). © Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. RRF 94.101 Robert Rauschenberg’s New York: Pictures from the Real World explores the artist’s groundbreaking use of photography in depictions of urban life InContinue Reading
The Gold Rush. 1925. USA. Directed by Charles Chaplin. Courtesy of Janus Films Silent Movie Week 2025 Will Open with the World Premiere of MoMA’s Digital Restoration of Walter Ruttman’s Berlin: Symphony of a City (1927) in MoMA’s Sculpture Garden, co-presented with Neue Galerie New York The Museum of ModernContinue Reading
Portraits of Divina GranSparkle, Amygdala, King Molasses, and Julie J. Life is Drag, Rachel Rampleman, 2025 September 18 – December 18, 2025 Amid growing attacks on drag and queer communities, “Life is Drag” emerges as the largest digital archive of US drag performance—a living history of over 370 performances byContinue Reading
Photo by Alvaro Keding/© AMNH The American Museum of Natural History together with the City of New York today announced a new Museum membership exclusively for New Yorkers who are beneficiaries of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). SNAP provides essential support to nearly 1.8 million low-income New York CityContinue Reading
Image by City Parks Foundation Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson – SummerStage Icon Award Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment (BSE) – People & Parks Award Evening will Feature a Special DJ Set by Questlove Save The Date – September 25, 2025 City Parks Foundation (CPF) is pleased to announce the 2025 Dinner &Continue Reading
Image by NYC Parks / Malcolm Pinckney Conducted every 10 years since 1995, NYC Parks’ tree census documents the health and condition of every public street and park tree across the five boroughs. Census unites new technology and the excitement of thousands of volunteers to generate data-driven results to protect the city’s urban forest The launch of the Trees Count 2025 initiative, the fourth tree census in New York CityContinue Reading
Image courtesy of We Can Be Heroes Tribeca Films, the distribution label from Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures, today announced the upcoming release of the critically acclaimed documentary WE CAN BE HEROES from filmmakers Carina Mia Wong and Alex Simmons, alongside three additional titles from the festival circuit. WE CANContinue Reading
Pictured above: a Central Park Tea Towel featuring the iconic buildings that surround it taken from the original watercolor, on sale at the CityStore. With the brick-and-mortar CityStore located on Centre Street closing for renovations for the summer, the newly launched website is the best place in the city toContinue Reading
Rendering by Starr Whitehouse Landscape Architects Plan presents a 20+ year vision for improvements to New York City’s public cemetery Blueprint offers proposals to improve access to Hart Island, enhance the visitor experience, bolster resiliency, and strengthen island operations NYC Parks has officially unveiled the Hart Island Concept Plan, a 20+ year vision for improvements to New York City’s public cemetery inContinue Reading