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2013 Shakespeare in the Park, Central Park New York Yankees

Featured NYC VacationWhat's happening in New York City? Enjoy music, arts, culture, entertainment and sports - all the best that New York has to offer. With so much to do in NYC, you'll never want to leave!" Spring highlights in NYC include 2013 NY Yankees Baseball Games, Memorial Day and Fleet Week, unparalleled exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the American Museum of Natural History, and so much more!

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NYC Freedom Comprehensive Tour - 9/11Freedom Comprehensive Tour - Ground Zero 911 Memorial & Statue of Liberty
Date: Daily at 9am
This tour combines a walking tour around the site of the former World Trade Center Twin Towers - Ground Zero - and a tour of historic Lower Manhattan.
The walking tour ends at Battery Park where you'll board the ferry to the Statue of Liberty.
Location: Tours depart from in front of the 53rd Street Gourmet Deli, 53rd Street between 6th & 7th Avenues
Buy tickets to the Freedom Comprehensive Tour - Ground Zero 911 Memorial & Statue of Liberty

NYC Events, Yankee StadiumYankees Baseball Games 2013
Date: Through September 29, 2013
Buy tickets to select NY Yankees games, including transportation to and from the new Yankees Stadium.
Book a NY Yankees Baseball Vacation
Location: Yankees Stadium, Bronx NY
More information about Yankees Baseball Games
July 4 Fireworks in NYCJuly 4th Vacations in New York City
Date: July 4, 2013
During this exciting 4th of July in New York City 2-night holiday vacation you'll be a guest at an exclusive July 4th Barbecue in an open-air rooftop garden lounge at the Hudson River Terrace, featuring magnificent views of the USS Intrepid Museum, Hudson River Park and the Hudson River. In the evening, you'll see the world-renowned 4th of July Macy's Fireworks Display from New York harbor aboard Statue Cruises' Miss New York. Transportation to and from the evening cruises will be provided from a convenient midtown location. All taxes and gratuities are included.
More information about July 4th in NYC
Intrepid Summer Movies, New York City5th Annual Intrepid Summer Movie Series
Date: May 24-August 23, 2013, Fridays. Doors open at 7:30pm, film begins at sunset, weather permitting
Bring your lawn chairs, picnic baskets and blankets. Guests are encouraged to bring  their own food, snacks and non-alcoholic beverages, however no outside alcohol is permitted.
Space is limited. Seating is on a first come first serve basis, and there is no admission after 8:30pm.
5th annual Intrepid Summer Movie Series films include: May 24 - Top Gun (1986); June 21 - National Treasure (2004); June 28 - Jaws (1975); July 26 - Star Trek (1979); July 20 - Star Trek (2009); August 2 - Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001); August 23 - The Karate Kid (1984)
Location: Intrepid Sea, Air, Space Museum: One Intrepid Square, 12th Avenue & 46th Street, New York, NY 10036
More about the Intrepid Summer Movie Series and other free summer movies in New York City

Date: June 15-July 14, 2013
Over 150 events in 30 days at 28 sites. Transformative, investigative art in unexpected places across Lower Manhattan.
With support from many public and private partners since 2002, The River To River® Festival has become an essential component of Lower Manhattan’s vital and vibrant cultural life.
Each summer, the Festival activates more than 25 indoor and outdoor locations in the neighborhood with an unparalleled collection of music, dance, theater, visual art, film, and participatory experiences by renowned and breakout artists from New York City and beyond. For more than 100,000 attendees from around the region and overseas, River To River Festival provides an intense and rewarding way to experience Lower Manhattan’s waterfronts, parks, plaza, and other hidden treasures.
The River To River Festival offers a singular artistic experience for audiences of all ages and backgrounds – and every event is free!
Location: Throughout Lower Manhattan
More about the River to River Festival and other free summer concerts in New York City

Metropolitan Museum of Art - Punk Chaos to CouturePUNK: Chaos to Couture at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: Through August 14, 2013
The Met's spring 2013 Costume Institute exhibition, PUNK: Chaos to Couture, will examine punk's impact on high fashion from the movement's birth in the early 1970s through its continuing influence today. Featuring approximately one hundred designs for men and women, the exhibition will include original punk garments and recent, directional fashion to illustrate how haute couture and ready-to-wear borrow punk's visual symbols.
Focusing on the relationship between the punk concept of "do-it-yourself" and the couture concept of "made-to-measure," the seven galleries will be organized around the materials, techniques, and embellishments associated with the anti-establishment style. Themes will include New York and London, which will tell punk's origin story as a tale of two cities, followed by Clothes for Heroes and four manifestations of the D.I.Y. aesthetic—Hardware, Bricolage, Graffiti and Agitprop, and Destroy.
Presented as an immersive multimedia, multisensory experience, the clothes will be animated with period music videos and soundscaping audio techniques.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street

2013 Shakespeare in the Park, Central Park Shakespeare in the Park
Date: May 28 – August 18, 2013
Enjoy Shakespeare in the Park, New York City's FREE beloved summertime tradition at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. 2013 Shakespeare in the Park performances include The Comedy of Errors and Love's Labour Lost, A New Musical.
Location: Delacorte Theater in Central Park. The Central Park entrances closest to the theater are at 81st Street and Central Park West or 79th Street and Fifth Avenue.
More information about Shakespeare in the Park

Central Park Summerstage, NYC Summer Festivals
Summerstage 2013
Date:
June 4-August 10, 2013
SummerStage, a program of City Parks Foundation, presents performances of outstanding artistic quality, FREE of charge, to serve the diverse communities of New York City. The artists represent a breadth of genres and cultures and perform in an outdoor setting accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. SummerStage strives to develop audiences' deepening appreciation for contemporary, traditional, and emerging artists as well as the communities in which these artists originate.
Location: Performances take place at parks throughout the city
Check here for a complete Summerstage 2013 Schedule of Events

Celebrate Brooklyn Concert Series in Prospect ParkCelebrate Brooklyn - Free Concerts
Date: June 5-August 11, 2013
Still free after 35 years! We are happy to announce our 35th season which will celebrate our deep roots in the borough and lay down new ones. We’re bringing back iconic trailblazers like Philip Glass and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and welcoming rising Brooklyn stars The Lone Bellow and Javelin. Two extraordinary ballet companies will grace our stage, and classic and new films with original live scores will light up our giant screen. From Mavis Staples to The Tiger Lillies to Shaggy to Dan Deacon and Eddie Palmieri, the entire line-up covers dozens of creative canvases and cultures—it’s as diverse and dynamic as Brooklyn itself.
Location: Prospect Bark Bandshell, 9th Street and Prospect Park West
More information about Celebrate Brooklyn and other free summer concerts in NYC

HBO Bryant Park Film Festival, New York City Free Outdoor MoviesHBO Bryant Park Film Festival in New York City
Date: Monday evenings from June 17-August 19, at dusk (all Mondays through August 19)
The gravel area surrounding the Lawn opens at 4pm. The Lawn opens at 5pm.
Bryant Park Film Festival movies include: June 17 - Tootsie; June 24 - Invasion of the Body Snatchers; July 1 - Frenzy, July 8 - Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory; July 15 - Hush...Hush Sweet Charlotte; July 22 - The African Queen; July 29 - A Foreign Affair; August 5 - Norma Rae; August 12 - The Women; August 19 - E.T. the Extra Terrestrial.
Location: Bryant Park, 42nd Street and 6th Avenue.
More details about the HBO Bryant Park Film Festival and other Free Summer Movie listings for NYC

Madison Square Park Oval Lawn SeriesMadison Square Park Oval Lawn Series
Date:
June 19-August 7, 2013, every Wednesday evening
Madison Square Park Conservancy announces the lineup for the eleventh season of Mad. Sq. Music: Oval Lawn Series, which presents award-winning performers in an eclectic range of genres, including folk, jazz, bluegrass, soul/R&B, and Americana. Set against the magnificent backdrop of historic Madison Square Park, the Oval Lawn Series is an enjoyable and relaxing way to hear live music by some of the most acclaimed and respected artists on the national scene. 2013 artist lineup includes: June 19 - Suzanne Vega; June 26 - Anat Cohen Quartet; July 3 - The Grascals / Joy Kills Sorrow; July 10 - Rene Marie’s "Experiment in Truth"; July 17 - Ben Sollee; July 24 - Dafnis Prieto Sextet / Yosvany Terry Quintet; July 31 - Erin McKeown / Lake Street Dive; August 7 - Ivan Neville’s Dumpstaphunk.
Concerts take place rain or shine, each Wednesday from June 19 to August 7. All shows are appropriate for the whole family, and visitors are encouraged to bring a blanket and a picnic (no chairs allowed). Back for an encore performance, the Fatty Crew (Fatty Crab, Fatty Cue and Pig & Khao) are dishing out their "Fatty Flavas" throughout our summer event!
Location: Madison Square Park, 23rd Street between Madison and Fifth Avenues.

"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today.
Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am
More about the "GMA" Concert Series on "Good Morning America" and other free summer concerts in New York City

Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityHunter Hayes Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date: June 21, 2013
Fans and visitors are encouraged to join The TODAY Show on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

Coney Island Mermaid Parade31st Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Date: June 22, 2013, 11pm
The Mermaid Parade is the largest art parade in the nation. A celebration of ancient mythology and honky-tonk rituals of the seaside, it showcases over 1,500 creative individuals from all over the five boroughs, opening the summer with incredible art, entrepreneurial spirit and community pride. The parade highlights Coney Island Pageantry based on a century of many Coney parades, celebrates the artistic vision of the masses, and ensures that the summer season is a success by bringing hundreds of thousands of people to the amusement area in a single day.
Founded in 1983 by Coney Island USA, the not-for-profit arts organization that also produces the Coney island Circus Sideshow, the Mermaid Parade pays homage to Coney Island's forgotten Mardi Gras which lasted from 1903 to 1954, and draws from a host of other sources resulting in a wonderful and wacky event that is unique to Coney Island. The Mermaid Parade specifically was founded with three goals: it brings mythology to life for local residents who live on streets named Mermaid and Neptune ; it creates self-esteem in a district that is often disregarded as “entertainment”; and it lets artistic New Yorkers find self-expression in public.
Location: The Parade will start on West 21st and the Surf Avenue. It will roll East to West 10th Street, where the cars and motorized floats will park. The marchers and push pull floats will go to the Boardwalk and march West to Stillwell Avenue where the Parade will disband.
More information about the 31st Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade

Date: Through June 23, 2013
The Metropolitan’s bronze statue Sleeping Eros is the finest example of its kind. Scholars have long wondered whether it is an original Hellenistic work or a very fine Roman Imperial copy. Variations of the type are known from hundreds of sculptures, which, to judge from the number of extant replicas and adaptations, was one of the most popular ever produced in Roman Imperial times. It was also among the earliest of the ancient statues rediscovered during the Renaissance, when artists revisited the theme. This exhibition presents the results of a recent study of the Museum's statue, utilizing scientific and technical analyses as well as art-historical research, which supports its identification as a Hellenistic bronze but one that was restored in antiquity, likely during the Roman Imperial period.
Location:Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
NYC Museums: American Museum of Natural History: Picturing Science
Date: Through June 24, 2013 
More than 20 sets of large-format images showcase the wide range of research being conducted at the Museum as well as how various optical tools are used in scientific studies. Whether Museum scientists are studying parasites, people, or planets in other solarsystems, cutting-edge imaging technologies such as infrared photography, scanning electron microscopes, and CT scanners now make it possible to examine details that were previously unobservable. This exhibition, curated by Mark Siddall, curator in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, features more than 20 sets of large-format images that showcase the wide range of research being conducted at the Museum as well as how various optical tools are used in scientific studies. 
Enjoy a Museum of Natural History Vacation Package
Location: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th Street
More information about this exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
Green-Wood Cemetery: Drinks to Die ForDrinks to Die For: Concerts at Green-Wood Cemetery
Date: June 27, July 25, and August 22, 6-8pm
Join Leonard Bernstein, Charlie Ebbets, Boss Tweed and Thousands More for Happy Hour! This summer, on the fourth Thursday of each month, the wildly popular Beer Garden at Brooklyn Historical Society will move across town to the beautiful open meadow at Green-Wood.
Each Thursday, enjoy a cold, refreshing beer from Brooklyn's own Brooklyn Brewery and mingle outdoors with fellow Brooklynites. Enjoy local live music and wind down in Green-Wood’s gorgeous landscape!
Free. Drink tickets are $5 each.
Location: Green-Wood Cemetery, 500 25th Street,

"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today.
Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am
More about the "GMA" Concert Series on "Good Morning America" and other free summer concerts in New York City

Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityPhilip Phillips Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date: June 28, 2013
Fans and visitors are encouraged to join The TODAY Show on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

Gay Pride Parade Flag - Gay & Lesbian Travel to NYCAnnual Gay Pride March in New York City
Date: June 30, 2013
This is arguably the must-see event of Gay Pride in New York City, drawing thousands of spectators. It began as an annual civil rights demonstration beginning the year after the Stonewall Riots in 1970. Over the years its purpose has broadened to include recognition of the fight against AIDS and to remember those we have lost to the illness, violence and neglect. It has also evolved to include being a celebration of our lives and our community. Edith Windsor, Harry Belafonte and Earl Fowlkes will be leading the 2013 March down 5th Avenue.
Book a NYC Gay Pride vacation in New York City
Location: Starts at 36th Street & 5th Avenue, ends at Christopher & Greenwich Streets.
More information about the Gay Pride March in NYC

Date: Through June 30, 2013
The Sau-Wing Lam collection of violin-family instruments is one of the most important collections of bowed Italian stringed instruments ever assembled by a private individual. Sau-Wing Lam (1923–1988) was born in Shanghai, China, where he graduated with a degree in economics from the prestigious Saint John's University. In 1948 he moved to New York City and eventually became the president of the Dah Chong Hong Trading Corporation, Inc., an import-export business that founded some of the most successful automobile dealerships in the country.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street

American Museum of Natural History: Flight of the Butterflies IMAX MovieFlight of the Butterflies IMAX Film at the American Museum of Natural History
Date: Through July 7, 2013
Flight of the Butterflies takes viewers on the epic 3,000-mile journey traveled every fall by half a billion Monarch butterflies. This migration, which begins in Canada and continues through the United States to Mexico, is the longest and most amazing insect migration on Earth. Buy Tickets to this exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
Location: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th Street
More information about this exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today.
Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am
More about the "GMA" Concert Series on "Good Morning America" and other free summer concerts in New York City

Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityJohn Mayer Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date: July 5, 2013
Fans and visitors are encouraged to join The TODAY Show on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

Summerscreen Film Festival McCarren Park, Brooklyn, NYSummerScreen at McCarren Park, Williamsburg Brooklyn
Date: Wednesday evenings from July 10-August 14; doors to the park open at 6pm, bands go on at 6:30pm, and films start at sundown. No dogs allowed.
SummerScreen 2013 films include: July 10 - Can't Hardly Wait; July 17 - Pee Wee's Big Adventure; July 24 - The Craft; July 31 - The Goonies; August 7 - Speed; August 14 - Audience Pick!
Location: McCarren Park Ballfields (the corner of Bedford Avenue and North 12th streets, right next to the tennis courts in Williamsburg, Brooklyn)
More details about SummerScreen at McCarren Park and other Free Summer Movie listings for NYC

Broadway in Bryant ParkParadeBroadway in Bryant Park
Date: July 11-August 15, 2013
(every Thursday
from 12:30-1:30pm)
The most popular shows on and off Broadway perform their biggest hits free of charge in midtown Manhattan's beautiful Bryant Park. Shows include Stomp; Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella; Pippin; Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, illuminate: Artist of Light; The Phantom of the Opera; Chicago; F#%cking Up Everything; Sista the Musical; Avenue Q; Rock of Ages; Soul Doctor; Murder Ballad; Gazillion Bubble Show; SPIDER-MAN: Turn Off The Dark; Kinky Boots; Big Fish; Let it Be; First Date; Annie The Musical,; Wicked; Cougar the Musical; The Fantasticks,; Motown the Musical; Once; Mamma Mia!; and Forever Tango.

Location: Bryant Park Lawn, near Sixth Avenue at 42nd Street
More information about Broadway in Bryant Park

Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC -  A Sport for Every Girl -  Women and Sports in the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick
"A Sport for Every Girl" - Women and Sports in the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: Through July 14, 2013
Beginning in the late 1870s, tobacco producers used inventive imagery of actresses, athletes, politicians, animals, flags, and world capitals—to name only a few of the hundreds of categories—to advertise their brands. The first to use printed images was the New York–based company Allen & Ginter, whose 1887 series The World's Champions was so popular that it was reproduced almost immediately in expanded editions. Included in the first series of fifty cards representing baseball players, pugilists, billiards players, and oarsmen are a group of sharpshooters, among them Annie Oakley and her patron for many years, Buffalo Bill Cody. As the only woman represented, Oakley not only is unique as an athlete but also distinguishes herself from other women shown in the same period, who are used as pretty and often provocative props in series such as Parasol Drills, Fans of the Period, Racing Colors of the World, and The World's Beauties.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC Velázquez's Portrait of Francesco I d'Este - A Masterpiece from the Galleria Estense, Modena
Velazquez's Portrait of Francesco I d'Este - A Masterpiece from the Galleria Estense Modena at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: Through July 14, 2013
Among the most distinctive portraits by Diego Velázquez is one he painted of Francesco I d'Este (1610–58), the Duke of Modena, during the duke's visit to Madrid in 1638 to secure the support of Philip IV. The duke is shown in armor, wearing a red sash, his head turned toward the viewer. It is a work that conveys a quality of arrogance and sensuality, and is a high watermark in the history of baroque portraiture, while also illustrating the importance of Velázquez's portraits to Spanish diplomacy. In 1843 the painting was acquired by the Galleria Estense—one of the most prestigious of Italy's regional museums—in Modena, Italy, and it has never before been lent to an institution in the United States. This special, three-month loan coincides with the re-installation of the Metropolitan's collection of Old Master paintings. It not only makes accessible to an American public one of the least known of Velázquez's works, but also calls attention to the severe damage suffered throughout the Italian region of Emilia Romagna after a devastating earthquake in May 2012. The Galleria Estense has been temporarily closed due to the damage it sustained.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street

Pippin on Broadway - Broadway Musicals
Broadway in Bryant Park
Date: July 11
(and every Thursday
through August 15, 2013, from 12:30-1:30pm)
The most popular shows on and off Broadway perform their biggest hits free of charge in midtown Manhattan's beautiful Bryant Park. Shows include Stomp; Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella; Pippin; Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812; illuminate: Artist of Light.

Location: Bryant Park Lawn, near Sixth Avenue at 42nd Street
More information about Broadway in Bryant Park

Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityEd Sheeran Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date:
July 12, 2013
Ed Sheeran performs at the Toyota Concert Series on the TODAY Show. Fans and visitors are encouraged to join us on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today.
Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am
More about the "GMA" Concert Series on "Good Morning America" and other free summer concerts in New York City
Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC -  "A Sport for Every Girl" Women and Sports in the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick"A Sport for Every Girl" - Women and Sports in the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date:
Through July 14, 2013

Beginning in the late 1870s, tobacco producers used inventive imagery of actresses, athletes, politicians, animals, flags, and world capitals—to name only a few of the hundreds of categories—to advertise their brands. The first to use printed images was the New York–based company Allen & Ginter, whose 1887 series The World's Champions was so popular that it was reproduced almost immediately in expanded editions. Included in the first series of fifty cards representing baseball players, pugilists, billiards players, and oarsmen are a group of sharpshooters, among them Annie Oakley and her patron for many years, Buffalo Bill Cody. As the only woman represented, Oakley not only is unique as an athlete but also distinguishes herself from other women shown in the same period, who are used as pretty and often provocative props in series such as Parasol Drills, Fans of the Period, Racing Colors of the World, and The World's Beauties.  Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Broadway in Bryant Park
Date: July 18 (and every Thursday through August 15, 2013, from 12:30-1:30pm)
The most popular shows on and off Broadway perform their biggest hits free of charge in midtown Manhattan's beautiful Bryant Park. Shows include The Phantom of the Opera; Chicago; F#%cking Up Everything; Sista the Musical.

Location: Bryant Park Lawn, near Sixth Avenue at 42nd Street
 

Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityFall Out Boy Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date:
July 19, 2013
Fall Out Boy performs at the Toyota Concert Series on the TODAY Show. Fans and visitors are encouraged to join us on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today. The Jennifer Lopez concert will require tickets in advance for entry. Tickets will be available closer to the performance date and fans should check back for more information on how to obtain free tickets.
Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am
More about the "GMA" Concert Series on "Good Morning America" and other free summer concerts in New York City
Lincoln Center Out of Doors 2013 ScheduleLincoln Center Out of Doors
Date: July 24-August 11, 2013
Enjoy longstanding favorites and discover something new when Out of Doors brings three jam-packed weeks of world-class music, dance, and spoken word to the plazas of Lincoln Center. And it’s absolutely FREE!
Location: Lincoln Center's Plazas between Broadway and Amsterdam Avenues, from West 62nd Street to West 65th Street (except where noted). Take No.1 IRT to 66th Street/Lincoln Center Station) OR the A, B, C, D and No. 1 trains to 59th St/Columbus Circle.
More information about Lincoln Center Out of Doors and other free concerts

Broadway in Bryant Park
Date: July 25 (and every Thursday through August 15, 2013, from 12:30-1:30pm)
The most popular shows on and off Broadway perform their biggest hits free of charge in midtown Manhattan's beautiful Bryant Park. Shows include
Avenue Q; Rock of Ages; Soul Doctor; Murder Ballad; Gazillion Bubble Show.
Location: Bryant Park Lawn, near Sixth Avenue at 42nd Street
 


NYC Museums: Museum of the City of New York
Date: Ongoing 
London Street Photography features images by over 70 photographers who have recorded fleeting moments in London, capturing the faces and lives of ordinary people who populate this complicated and ever-changing metropolis. The exhibition, organized by the Museum of London, where it brought in record crowds, features work by such notables as John Thomson, George Rodger, Bert Hardy, Roger Mayne, and Nick Turpin, as well as by countless anonymous photographers whose contributions have been just as important in recording the city. Through more than 150 striking images, London Street Photography traces two compelling histories: the development of the practice, aesthetics, and technology of street photography the course of a century and a half, and the simultaneous growth of a modern city. 
Location: 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St. 
Buy Tickets to this exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York
Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityTrain Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date: July 26, 2013
Train performs at the Toyota Concert Series on the TODAY Show. Fans and visitors are encouraged to join us on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today.
Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am
More about the "GMA" Concert Series on "Good Morning America" and other free summer concerts in New York City
Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC Birds in the Art of Japan
Birds in the Art of Japan at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: Through July 28, 2013
This exhibition presents approximately 150 works in various media from medieval times to the present. Highlights include a unique, early seventeenth-century pair of ink-painted screens showing a flock of 120 mynah birds in flight or strutting on the shore; and a set of four enormous paintings of birds of prey by the nineteenth-century master Kawanabe Kyosai, each over nine feet high. Displays of paintings will be juxtaposed with examples of modern and contemporary textiles, ceramics, lacquerware, and bamboo art. Drawn mostly from the Museum's own collection, it will also feature some fifteen works on loan from private collections.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Harlem Week in New York City
Date: July 28-August 24, 2013
Harlem Week began in 1974 as Harlem Day, a one-day tribute that was so astonishingly and unexpectedly successful that more days were needed to showcase this New York City community’s rich economic, political and cultural history.
Now in its 39th year, Harlem Week continues to promote Harlem’s rich African American, Hispanic, Caribbean and European history, culture, arts, religion, entertainment and sports.
Location: Throughout Harlem

American Museum of Natural History: Our Global KitchenOur Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture at the American Museum of Natural History
Date: Through August 11, 2013
In the new exhibition Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture, the American Museum of Natural History explores the complex and intricate food system that brings what we eat from farm to fork. In sections devoted to growing, transporting, cooking, eating, tasting, and celebrating, the exhibition illuminates the myriad ways that food is produced and moved throughout the world. With opportunities to taste seasonal treats in the working kitchen, cook a virtual meal, see rare artifacts from the Museum's collection, and peek into the dining rooms of famous figures throughout history, visitors will examine the intersection of food, nature, culture, health, and history—and consider some of the most challenging issues of our time. Our Global Kitchen will answer such essential questions as: How does food reflect and influence culture and identity? What’s the role of human ingenuity in shaping food – past, present, and future? How does what we eat affect the planet? Why is the diversity of food important? What’s the role of food in human health? How does our sense of taste affect our food choices?
Location: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th Street
More information about this exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
Broadway in Bryant Park
Date: August 1 (and every Thursday through August 15, 2013, from 12:30-1:30pm)
The most popular shows on and off Broadway perform their biggest hits free of charge in midtown Manhattan's beautiful Bryant Park. Shows include
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark; Kinky Boots; Big Fish; Let It Be; First Date.
Location: Bryant Park Lawn, near Sixth Avenue at 42nd Street
 

Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityThe Band Perry Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date: August 2, 2013
The Band Perry performs at the Toyota Concert Series on the TODAY Show. Fans and visitors are encouraged to join us on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today.
Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am
More about the "GMA" Concert Series on "Good Morning America" and other free summer concerts in New York City
Broadway in Bryant Park
Date: August 8 (and every Thursday through August 15, 2013, from 12:30-1:30pm)
The most popular shows on and off Broadway perform their biggest hits free of charge in midtown Manhattan's beautiful Bryant Park. Shows include
Annie The Musical; Wicked; Cougar the Musical; The Fantasticks.
Location: Bryant Park Lawn, near Sixth Avenue at 42nd Street
 

Date: Ongoing exhibitions 
Founded in 1804, the New-York Historical Society is New York's oldest museum. Now, we're the newest...so step inside, join the revolution, and discover how we're making history matter more than ever. The New-York Historical Society is the only museum in the metropolitan area where you will encounter acclaimed exhibitions that are part history lesson and part art exhibition. Buy tickets to the New-York Historical Society 
Location: 170 Central Park West between 76th and 77th Street 
More information about the New-York Historical Society 
Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC  Making the Invisible Visible Conservation and Islamic Art
Making the Invisible Visible- Conservation and Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: Through August 4, 2013
Conservators and conservation scientists made many exciting and interesting discoveries as they and the curators re-examined the Museum's collection of Islamic art prior to the reopening of the New Galleries for the Art of the Arab Lands, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, and Later South Asia in November 2011. This exhibition will trace their investigative journey with a range of works of art providing new perspectives for appreciating this extraordinary collection.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street

Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityMichael Buble Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date: August 9, 2013
Michael Buble performs at the Toyota Concert Series on the TODAY Show. Fans and visitors are encouraged to join us on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today.
Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am
More about the "GMA" Concert Series on "Good Morning America" and other free summer concerts in New York City
Broadway in Bryant Park
Date: August 15, from 12:30-1:30pm
The most popular shows on and off Broadway perform their biggest hits free of charge in midtown Manhattan's beautiful Bryant Park. Shows include
Motown The Musical; Once; Mamma Mia!; and Forever Tango.
Location: Bryant Park Lawn, near Sixth Avenue at 42nd Street
 
Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC - Land Marks
Land Marks at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: Through August 18, 2013
This exhibition of nineteen works from the permanent collection surveys the ways in which artists have made marks upon the earth, or made images from humanity's marks upon it. In the late 1960s, with the emergence of Land Art, artists began making works that were inextricably bound to their site. These "Earthworks" artists worked on location and used the earth itself as canvas or sculptural material; they created outdoor gestures in often farflung corners of the world that were both anti-monumental and epic in sweep. Because their art evaded the traditional progression from cloistered studio to rarified gallery and museum, the artists were often dependent on photography and mass media to communicate its very existence.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC - P.S. Art 2013
P.S. Art 2013 - Celebrating the Creative Spirit of New York City Kids at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: Through August 25, 2013
This year marks the eleventh anniversary of P.S. Art, an annual exhibition of talented young artists from New York City's public schools. The selection showcases the creativity of eighty-three pre-kindergarten through grade 12 students from all five boroughs and includes paintings, prints, sculptures, photographs, mixed-media works, collages, and drawings. Each piece demonstrates personal expression, imaginative use of media, close observation, and an understanding of artistic processes.
This juried exhibition is also a celebration of public school achievement in the arts. Dedicated art teachers support students' creativity and help them look closely in order to respond to their worlds through art making. As students take art classes from one year to the next, they increase their understanding of art, sharpen their skills, and delve more deeply into their imaginations.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street
Date: Through September 2, 2013
Featuring the Metropolitan's own holdings as well as loans from public and private collections, the exhibition will include some forty wood sculptures from West and Central Africa presented alongside photographs, sculptures, and paintings by Alfred Stieglitz, Charles Sheeler, Pablo Picasso, Francis Picabia, Diego Rivera, and Constantin Brancusi. Together, these works of art from Africa and the Western avant-garde will evoke the original context in which they were first experienced simultaneously almost a century ago.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street

Date: Ongoing 
Through interviews, photographs and artifacts, this exhibition chronicles the role of the NYPD during the response to the attacks of September 11. Additionally, the museum is a collaborative partner for the Mutual Aid exhibit organized by the NYC Fire Museum and the Tribute Center. Location: 100 Old Slip 

Date: Ongoing 
Activist New York explores the drama of social activism in New York City from the 17th century right up to the present. In a town renowned for its in-your-face persona, citizens of the city have banded together on issues as diverse as historic preservation, civil rights, wages, sexual orientation, and religious freedom. Using artifacts, photographs, audio and visual presentations, as well as interactive components that seek to tell the entire story of activism in the five boroughs, Activist New York presents the passions and conflicts that underlie the city's history of agitation.  
Location: 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St. 

Date: Ongoing 
The New York City Fire Museum offers a permanent memorial to the 343 FDNY responders who made the supreme sacrifice at the World Trade Center. A vigil will be held at the memorial around-the-clock beginning September 9, with an FDNY wreath-laying ceremony on September 11th. The Fire Museum is also presenting a special exhibit exploring the tradition of Mutual Aid within the fire service and its pivotal role in New York City's recovery, as well as additional artistic and cultural events. 
Location: 278 Spring Street 
More information about the New York City Fire Museum
Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityLuke Bryan Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date: August 16, 2013
Luke Bryan performs at the Toyota Concert Series on the TODAY Show. Fans and visitors are encouraged to join us on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today.
Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am
More about the "GMA" Concert Series on "Good Morning America" and other free summer concerts in New York City

American Museum of Natural History: Winged Tapestries: Moths at LargeWinged Tapestries: Moths at Large at the American Museum of Natural History
Date: Through September 29, 2013
Witness the arresting beauty and surprising diversity of moths in a presentation of more than 30 large-format prints by Canadian photographer Jim des Rivières. Des Rivières creates these larger-than-life images by scanning each moth at high resolution to reveal unexpected colors and intricate patterns.
Location: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th Street
More information about this exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityOne Direction Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date: August 23, 2013
One Direction performs at the Toyota Concert Series on the TODAY Show. Fans and visitors are encouraged to join us on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today.
Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am
More about the "GMA" Concert Series on "Good Morning America" and other free summer concerts in New York City

Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Exhibit at the American Museum of Natural HistoryTheodore Roosevelt Memorial and the Hall of North American Mammals Reopens
Date: Through October 27, 2013
On October 27, Theodore Roosevelt’s 154th birthday, the Museum officially reopened the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial and the Hall of North American Mammals, launching a year-long celebration of Roosevelt’s love of nature and his instrumental role in the American conservation movement, both inspired by his lifelong association with the Museum. 
Designed by John Russell Pope and dedicated in 1936, the recently restored two-story Memorial—which includes the Central Park West façade, Theodore Roosevelt Rotunda, and Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall—serves as New York State’s official memorial to its 33rd Governor and the nation’s 26th President.
The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Hall includes a new exhibition charting Roosevelt’s journey from budding naturalist to elected leader committed to conservation.
Location: American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West and 79th Street
More information about this exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History
Toyota Concert Series on NBC's The Today Show in New York CityChris Brown Performs at the 2013 Toyota Concert Series on TODAY Show
Date: August 30, 2013
Chris Brown performs at the Toyota Concert Series on the TODAY Show. Fans and visitors are encouraged to join us on the plaza for the live performances, every Friday morning. Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's window-on-the-world studio. Fans should arrive by 6am for best viewing.
Location: 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza.

"Good Morning America's" sizzling 2013 Summer Concert Series is filled with an exciting and eclectic mix of all the hottest and biggest names in music today. Viewers interested in joining "GMA" in Central Park are encouraged to arrive at Rumsey Playfield via the 72nd street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am when the park opens to the public.
Location: Central Park, Rumsey Playfield - 69th Street entrance on Fifth Avenue at 6am

Metropolitan Museum of Art - The Civil War and American Art
The Civil War and American Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: Through September 2, 2013
This major loan exhibition will explore how American artists responded to the Civil War and its aftermath. The exhibition follows the trajectory of the conflict: from the palpable unease on the eve of war to the heady optimism that it would be over with a single battle, to the growing realization that this conflict would not end quickly, to grappling with the issues surrounding emancipation, the need for reconciliation as the war ended, and the uncertainty about how to put the country back together in its wake. It will feature some of the finest works made by leading figure painters such as Winslow Homer and Eastman Johnson, landscape painters such as Sanford R. Gifford and Frederic E. Church, and photographers such as Mathew Brady and George Barnard. The exhibition at the Metropolitan coincides with the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1–3, 1863) and the New York City Draft Riots (July 13–16, 1863), violent disturbances that made New Yorkers more painfully aware than ever before of the war and its implications.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street 
Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC Photography and The American Civil War
Photography and the American Civil War at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: Through September 2, 2013
More than two hundred of the finest and most poignant photographs of the American Civil War have been brought together for this landmark exhibition. Through examples drawn from the Metropolitan's celebrated holdings of this material, complemented by important loans from public and private collections, the exhibition will examine the evolving role of the camera during the nation's bloodiest war. The "War between the States" was the great test of the young Republic's commitment to its founding precepts; it was also a watershed in photographic history. The camera recorded from beginning to end the heartbreaking narrative of the epic four-year war (1861–1865) in which 750,000 lives were lost. This traveling exhibition will explore, through photography, the full pathos of the brutal conflict that, after 150 years, still looms large in the American public's imagination.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street

Bronx Zoo Sleepover in NYC2013 Family Overnight Safaris at the Bronx Zoo
Date: September 7-8, September 21-22
Our Most Popular Family Tradition! With new surprises...
Ever thought about catching some zzz’s in the company of zebras? How about snoozing with the snow leopards? Well, dreams come true on the Bronx Zoo’s Family Overnight Safari. After another sold-out series last year, our overnights are back!
As always, you and your family (children 5 and older) will be treated to fun-filled activities, such as Late Night at the Bronx Zoo, in which you meet a variety of amazing animal guests. Along with some new surprises and a late-night snack to keep the energy going, this extraordinary event is sure to create memories your family will treasure. Sign up soon – space is limited.
Bring your own tent, sleeping bags, and picnic dinner. Beverages, dessert, late-night snack, and breakfast, will be provided. No need for alarm clocks, our vocal sea lions will provide the wake-up call.
Overnights begin at 4:30pm and end at 10am the following day. Reserve a space in one of our four events now!
Children 5 years and older, with adult. $175 per person ($165 for members)
Location: Bronx Zoo, 2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY 10460
Metropolitan Museum of Art Ken Price Sculpture - A Retrospective
Ken Price Sculpture - A Retrospective at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date: Through September 22, 2013
This long overdue retrospective, the first major museum exhibition of Ken Price's work in New York, will trace the development of his ceramic sculptures with approximately sixty-five examples from 1959 to the present. The selection will range from the luminously glazed ovoid forms of Price's early work to the suggestive, molten-like slumps he has made since the 1990s. In addition to the sculpture, there will be a small group of Price's landscape drawings from the past ten years. The artist's close friend, the architect Frank Gehry, will collaborate on the design of the exhibition.
Location: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street

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