Annual festival celebrating storytelling will spotlight New York City’s vibrant communities through programs across Manhattan, the Bronx, and Staten Island during Immigrant Heritage Week The New York Public Library will host the World Literature & Arts Festival on April 14–30, 2025, a system-wide event series highlighting storytelling across diverse voices, mediums, andContinue Reading

Photo: NYC Parks / Daniel Avila Saturday, April 12, 2025  Noon – 4:00 p.m.  Jackie Robinson Park West 148th Street and Bradhurst Avenue MANHATTAN  Join NYC Parks for the fourth annual Jackie Robinson Day Festival! This free, family-friendly event celebrates the contributions of this New York City legend to sports and the civil right movement and commemorates the American heroContinue Reading

Photo: NYC Parks / Malcolm Pinckney Thanks to funding commitments, Parks is pursuing installation of surveillance cameras to aid enforcement NYC Parks Commissioner Sue Donoghue joined NYC Department of Sanitation Chief of Enforcement Michael Saladino, Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson, New York City Council member Oswald Feliz, and Sanitation Foundation Executive Director Julie Raskin to announce the amendment of a city rule to increases the penalties associated withContinue Reading

The Downtown Dinner. Image Courtesy of LMCC. This year’s gala will honor multidisciplinary artist Taylor Mac and present awards to LMCC alumni Keisha Bush, Juliana F. May, and Jean Shin. New York–Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC) is pleased to announce the 2025 edition of its annual fundraising gala, The DowntownContinue Reading

The Patricia D. Klingenstein Library. Photo courtesy of The New York Historical. New York Hysterical Comedy Nights Return in June The New York Historical welcomes visitors to the Patricia D. Klingenstein Library throughout the spring for a slate of literary-themed programs along with the return of New York Hysterical comedyContinue Reading

Brooklyn Artists Ball, 2024. (Photo: Matthew Carasella) After Party tickets on sale now On Tuesday, April 29, 2025, the Brooklyn Museum will host its fourteenth annual Brooklyn Artists Ball, presented by Dior. This year, the Artists Ball honors Darren Walker—a longtime arts supporter and philanthropist, and president of the Ford Foundation—forContinue Reading