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Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Funding Deadlines for Youth Summer Jobs, Earth Day Artists Open Call & Citizens NYC Grants for all NYC Boros; Outsider Art Fair, Jelly's Last Jam, TNC's Frankenstein, Rachmaninoff by Carnegie Hall Citywide & Metrograph Film Series in Manhattan; Julio Film at Queens Historical, Open House & Redading Discussion at JCAL, St Patricks Day Parades in Sunnyside & the Rockaways in Queens; Italian Opera & Glide Skating under the Bridge in Brooklyn; Orchid Show at NYBG, City Island Theater Group performs Becky's New Car & Youth Photo Exhibit at Bronx Doc Film in the Bronx; and St. Patrick's Day Parade on Staten Island
Updated March 2, 2024 from 3.1.24 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather as of 2.23.24. Sunrise 6.29 am. Sunset 5.48 pm. There's over a 90% probability, of about a half inch of rain, expected on Saturday, beginning after 7 am and ending about 9 pm. Sunday is dry, but cloudy. The temperature highs will climb from the mid 40's on Friday to about 50 on Saturday to about 60 on Sunday. The temperature lows will be about 40 on Friday, climbing to the high 40's for the rest of the weekend. The humidity will rise from the 40% - 70% range on Friday, to the 80% - 90% range on Saturday, before falling back to 70% - 80% on Sunday. The winds will range from 4 - 9 mph all weekend.
The photo at right was taken at the St. Pat's for All Parade in Sunnyside Queens in an earlier year.
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The Deadline for the Summer Youth Employment Program is Friday, March 1, 2024. Copy & paste this link to apply now - https://application.nycsyep.com/?emci=14c7d66f-8dd1-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=35506f79-ced1-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=13568279
The Deadline for the MTA Earth Day Artists' Installation Program is Monday, March 4, 2024. Up to $10,000 for works celebrating Earth Day this year [official date is 4/22, but the event is scheduled for 4/20/24] at MTA sites. Copy & paste this link to apply now - https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dotart-cfed-2024.pdf
The Deadline for the Citizens NYC Program is Friday, March 1, 2024. Copy & paste this link to apply now for the $3,000 Community Leaders Grant - https://www.citizensnyc.org/communityleaders?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=e9ef546d-2fbe-4271-b3bf-2a79b8f1ee57
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Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Thursday - Sunday, February 29 - March 3, 2024 from 12 noon - 6 pm Thurs, from 11 am - 8 pm Fri & Sat & from 11 am - 6 pm Sunday - Outsider Art Fair at the Metropolitan Pavilion at 125 West 18th Street [between 6th & 7th Avenue] in Chelsea. It's just what it says it is, which is an art fair for those operating outside of the established art world. For details and $35 / $65 / $100 tickets see - https://www.outsiderartfair.com
March 1 - 8, 2024 at various times - Film Series entitled Bad Actress, Forever Young, Mad House or Mad World & Remember Every Frame are being shown at the Metrograph Theater at 7 Ludlow on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. For details and $17 / $12 / $10 tickets see - https://metrograph.com.
Wednesday / Tuesday - Sunday, Feberuary 21 - March 3, 2024 beginning at 7.30 pm weekdays, 8 pm on Saturdays and at 2 pm on Saturdays and Sundays - Jelly's Last Jam at New York City Center at 131 West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan. For details and $45 - $165 tickets copy & paste - https://www.nycitycenter.org
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, February 22 thru March 10, 2024 beginning at 8 pm, except on Sundays when it begins at 3 pm - William Electric Black's The Frankenstein Project at the Theater for the New City at 155 First Avenue at 10th Street in the East Village in Manhattan. For details and $18 / $15 tickets copy & paste - https://theaterforthenewcity.net/
Friday, March 8, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - Carnegie Hall Citywide Presents Meghan Kasanders, Soprano & Dror Baitel, Piano performing Rachmaninoff at St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church at 263 West 86th Street on the UWS of Manhattan. No advance tickets or reservations required; seating is first come, first served. Doors on West End Avenue open at 6:30 p.m. (accessible entrance on W86th Street). For details see - https://stpaulandstandrew.org
- This is New York [Film] runs until July 21, 2024 at the Museum of the City of New York at 1220 5th Avenue at 104th Street on the UES of Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets see - https://www.mcny.org.
- Beginning Thursday, February 8 - March 3, 2024 starting at various times ranging from 2 pm to 8.30 pm - the Winter One Act Festival at the Chain Theatre at 312 West 36th Street on floors 3 & 4. For details and $22 tickets see - https://www.chaintheatre.org
- Ending Saturday, March 2, 2024, times vary, but generally in the range of 11 am or 1 pm to 4 pm or 6 pm - Ice Bumper Cars in Bryant Park. between 5th & 6th Avenues and between 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets and to rsvp see - https://bryantpark.org.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
Sunday, March 3, 2024 beginning at 2.30 pm - Julio - at the Kingsland Homestead at 143-35 37th Avenue in Flushing. A film about the murder of a gay man in Jackson Heights in 1990 which resulted in the coming out of one of the most closeted LGBTQ communities in NYC at the time. For details and to rsvp a free ticket see - https://queenshistoricalsociety.org.
Saturday, March 2, 2024 from 12 noon to 3 pm & from 3 pm to 5 pm, JCAL Art Classes Open House & Reading & Discussion Series at the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning at 161-04 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica Queens. Free. For details see - https://jcal.org.
Ongoing until Sunday, March 3, 2024 from 1 to 3 pm when there is a - Closing Reception for the 23rd Bayside Historical Society Annual Winter Art Show at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center at 26th Avenue and Bell Blvd in Bayside. Free. For details see - https://www.baysidehistorical.org/bhs-winter-art-show
Saturday, March 2, 2024 beginning at 1 pm - The 49th Annual Queens County St. Patrick's Day Parade in the Rockaways kicks off at Beach 130th and Newport Avenue. Church services at Francis de Sales Church [129th and Newport Avenue] will be held prior to the parade with a brunch by invitation only. The parade marches east down Newport Avenue to 116th Street, where it turns right / heads south one block to Rockaway Blvd - where it turns left and continues east down Rockaway Blvd to 102nd Street terminating near a shopping center parking lot. This parade is in the Rockaways neighborhood of Queens. For details see - https://queenscountyparade.org/
Sunday, March 3, 2024 beginning at 12 noon - The St. Pat's for All Parade in Sunnyside begins with speeches and music at 12 noon, and then kicks off from Skillman Avenue and 43rd Street in Sunnyside, Queens marching east and up hill for 15 blocks before ending at 58th Street in Woodside. For details see - https://www.stpatsforall.org/
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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Saturdays & Sundays, March 2 & 3, 9 & 10, 2024 beginning at 3 pm [and extra performance at 7 pm on 3/9] - Pietro Mascagni’s CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA conducted by Scott Jackson Wiley, staged by Sabrina Palladino and performed in Italian with English supertitles at the OLPH Catholic Academy of Brooklyn at 59-02 6th Avenue in Sunset Park in Brooklyn. For details and $25 / $20 / $5 tickets see - http://reginaopera.org and the location is at https://www.olphcab.org
- Daily, January, February, ending March 1, 2024 from 12 noon to 9 pm - Glide in Brooklyn Bridge Park [in the Emily Warren Roebling Plaza] at 334 Furman Street. Ice skating underneath the Brooklyn Bridge along the East River. For details and $0 - $43 tickets see - https://glidebk.com.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, March 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 & 10, 2024 beginning at 8 pm, 8 pm & 3 pm respectively - Becky's New Car at Grace Hall at 116 City Island Avenue in the Bronx. Performance of a new play by the City Island Theater Group. For $30 / $25 tickets and details see - https://www.cityislandtheatergroup.com.
Thru April 23, 2024 [began February 19th], the Orchid Show is on display at the NY Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx. For details and $35 / $31 / $15 / free tickets see - https://www.nybg.org. They're open Tuesday - Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.
Friday January 25 - Sunday, March 10, 2024 - Through Our Eyes Youth Photo Exhibit 2013 - 2023 at the Bronx Doc Film Center Annex at 364 East 151st Street in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx. For details see - https://www.bronxdoc.org/. Free but donations welcome. Open Thursday, Friday, [Saturday closed 3/2/24] & Sunday from 3 - 7 pm weekdays and from 1 - 5 pm weekends.
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Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Sunday, March 3, 2024 the 59th / 60th Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade on Staten Island steps off between 11.30 / 12.30 pm [after a church service at Blessed Sacrament in West Brighton]. They begin at Harts Blvd marching along Forest Avenue in the Westerleigh / Elm Park neighborhoods to Jewett Avenue, in the West New Brighton neighborhood of Staten Island. The parade lasts about one to two hours, but the celebrating continues after the parade.
Members of the LGBTQ community continue to be banned from openly marching in the parade. The parade is organized by the Richmond County St. Patrick's Day Parade Committee and not the Ancient Order of Hiberians.
The photo at right was taken at the Staten Island St Pats Parade in 2018.
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'Spring Ahead' into Daylight Savings Time, TNC's Frankenstein, Rachmaninoff by Carnegie Hall Citywide, Women in the Heights Art Opening, IFC & Metrograph Film Event in Manhattan; Take Root & Fertile Ground dance, Black Spurs at Spectrum Theatre, Film Talk at Sculpture Center, Jackson Heights Orchestra & Jazz Jam in Queens; Italian Opera in Brooklyn; Bronx St Patricks Day Parades in Throggs Neck & Eastchester, Orchid Show at NYBG, City Island Theater Group performs Becky's New Car, Youth Photo Exhibit at Bronx Doc Film & Art Opening at Bartow Pell in the Bronx; Titanic Book Launch at the Lighthouse Museum, Portrait of Josephine at Newhouse Contemporary Art Museum & Two Indoor Markets on Staten Island; & NYC Ramandan begins Monday
Updated March 8, 2024 from 3-7-24 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather as of 3.8.24. Sunrise 6.18 am. Sunset 5.55 pm. Note that on Sunday Sunrise is 7.15 am at & Sunset is at 6.58 pm. The temperature highs will be in the high 50's on Friday, the high 40's on Saturday and the low 50's on Sunday. The temperature lows will be be in the low 40's on Friday and Saturday, descending into the high 30's on Sunday. The weekend is dry EXCEPT Saturday, when nearly an inch of rain is expected between 3 pm Saturday and 4 am Sunday. The winds will be between 5 - 10 mph Friday, and between 8 - 15 mph the rest of the weekend.
The photo at right shows life in the subway in Manhattan in mid January of this year.
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Thursday, March 14 [Opening Reception] - May 7, 2024 beginning at 6 pm - Women in the Heights: Dress - Art Exhibit Opening at United Palace at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights in Manhattan. It's the 15th annual exhibit organized by the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance [NoMAA]. Free but limited capacity so rsvp at https://www.nomaanyc.org/events/opening-women-in-the-heights-dress/
Friday, March 8, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - Carnegie Hall Citywide Presents Meghan Kasanders, Soprano & Dror Baitel, Piano performing Rachmaninoff at St. Paul & St. Andrew United Methodist Church at 263 West 86th Street on the UWS of Manhattan. No advance tickets or reservations required; seating is first come, first served. Doors on West End Avenue open at 6:30 p.m. (accessible entrance on W86th Street). For details see - https://stpaulandstandrew.org
March 14, 2024 begins at 8 pm - Anna May Wong / Daughter of Shanghai - Book Launch & Film Screening Reception [Members Only]. March 1 - 8, 2024 at various times - Film Series entitled Bad Actress, Forever Young, Mad House or Mad World & Remember Every Frame are being shown at the Metrograph Theater at 7 Ludlow on the Lower East Side in Manhattan. For details and $17 / $12 / $10 tickets see - https://metrograph.com.
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, February 22 thru March 10, 2024 beginning at 8 pm, except on Sundays when it begins at 3 pm - William Electric Black's The Frankenstein Project at the Theater for the New City at 155 First Avenue at 10th Street in the East Village in Manhattan. For details and $18 / $15 tickets copy & paste - https://theaterforthenewcity.net/
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 - Opening of Blackout [a Werewolf film] at the IFC [Independent Film Center] at 323 6th Avenue. For details see - https://www.ifccenter.com.
This is New York [Film] runs until July 21, 2024 at the Museum of the City of New York at 1220 5th Avenue at 104th Street on the UES of Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets see - https://www.mcny.org.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
Friday & Saturday, March 8 & 9, 2024 at 8 pm - Take Root Dance performance. And Sunday, March 10, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - Fertile Ground Dance performance. Both at at Greenspace at 37-24 24th Street in LIC in Queens. For details and $18 tickets see - https://www.greenspacestudio.org.
Saturday, March 9, 2024 from 1 to 3 pm - Small World Cinema Conversation with Liu & Wood - at the Sculpture Center at 44-19 Purves Street in LIC Queens. Free but must rsvp at - https://www.sculpture-center.org.
Wednesday thru Saturday, March 13 - 23, 2024 [except 3/18 & 3/19] beginning at 7 pm weekdays except Wednesdays which are 11 am matinees and 2 pm Saturdays & 4 pm Sundays - Black Spurs. At Spectrum Theater at 177th Street and Baisley Blvd in Jamaica Queens. A story about an African American who sets out on a trail ride along the Chisolm Trail in an effort to raise money to save his family home. For details and $35 tickets see - http://www.blackspectrum.com.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 beginning at 7.30 pm - Jackson Heights Orchestra at St. Marks Church at 33-50 82nd Street in Jackson Heights Queens. They perform Copland, Ellington, Burleigh and Dvorak. Free but suggested donation of $20. For details see - https://jhorchestra.org.
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - Louis Armstrong Legacy Jazz Jams at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing Queens. For details and $10 tickets see - https://www.flushingtownhall.org.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Saturdays & Sundays, March 2 & 3, 9 & 10, 2024 beginning at 3 pm [and extra performance at 7 pm on 3/9] - Pietro Mascagni’s CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA conducted by Scott Jackson Wiley, staged by Sabrina Palladino and performed in Italian with English supertitles at the OLPH Catholic Academy of Brooklyn at 59-02 6th Avenue in Sunset Park in Brooklyn. For details and $25 / $20 / $5 tickets see - http://reginaopera.org and the location is at https://www.olphcab.org
Wednesday, March 13, 2024 beginning at 6.45 pm - State of the Borough Address by Antonio Reynoso at City Tech at 275 Jay Street. For details and tickets see - https://www.brooklynbp.nyc.gov.
Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 6 pm to 2 am - Night in the Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza Central Library. Details coming.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
Saturday, March 9th thru Sunday, March 31, 2024 from 2 to 4 pm - Art in Bloom - at the Bartow Pell Mansion at 895 Shore Road in Pelham Bay Park. For details and $15 / $12 tickets see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org.
Sunday, March 10, 2024 beginning at 12 noon the Throggs Neck St Patricks Day Parade in the Bronx steps off at Lafayette and East Tremont Avenue. The parade marches south on East Tremont Avenue, through the Throgs Neck commercial district, ending about a mile later at Harding and East Tremont Avenue, where a mobile stage is usually set up for parade speechs and entertainment. The parade lasts about an hour, but the festivities go on far longer. The parade is organized by the Throggs Neck Benevolent Association [aka TNBA]. For details see their blogspot page at - https://tnsaintpatricksdayparade.blogspot.com
The photo at right was taken at the Throggs Neck St Patricks Day Parade in 2018.
Sunday, March 10, 2024 the Eastchester St. Patrick's Day parade in the Bronx kicks off at 3 pm at the Immaculate Conception School on Main Street. It marches north on Route 22 - ICS to White Plains Road and ends at Lake Isle Country Club. St. Patrick's Day parades in Westchester County. For details and viewing locations suggestions see - https://www.eastchesterirish.org/st-patrick-s-day-parade/.
Fridays, Saturdays, Sundays, March 1, 2, 3, 8, 9 & 10, 2024 beginning at 8 pm, 8 pm & 3 pm respectively - Becky's New Car at Grace Hall at 116 City Island Avenue in the Bronx. Performance of a new play by the City Island Theater Group. For $30 / $25 tickets and details see - https://www.cityislandtheatergroup.com.
Thru April 23, 2024 [began February 19th], the Orchid Show is on display at the NY Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx. For details and $35 / $31 / $15 / free tickets see - https://www.nybg.org. They're open Tuesday - Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.
Friday January 25 - Sunday, March 10, 2024 - Through Our Eyes Youth Photo Exhibit 2013 - 2023 at the Bronx Doc Film Center Annex at 364 East 151st Street in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx. For details see - https://www.bronxdoc.org/. Free but donations welcome. Open Thursday, Friday, [Saturday closed 3/2/24] & Sunday from 3 - 7 pm weekdays and from 1 - 5 pm weekends.
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Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Saturday, March 9, 2024 beginning at 2 pm - Portraits of Josephine at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor at 1000 Richmond Terrace in the Randall Manor neighborhood of Staten Island. Musical performance with actor and playwright Kirya Traber. Josephine Baker was the first woman of color to star in a movie in 1927 and became a civil rights activist in the 1950's. Free.
Saturday, March 9, 2024 from 11 am to 2.30 pm - Indoor Market at New Dorp Moravian Church at 2205 Richmond Road on Staten Island. There will be about a dozen and a half vendors selling arts, crafts, body & bath, clothing, jewelry, handbags, accessories, gifts and pet related items. Free entry.
Saturday, March 9, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - Indoor Market at Flagship Brewing Company at 40 Minthorne Street in the Tompkinsville neighborhood of Staten Island. Arts, crafts, vendors, photo booth. Free entry. For details see - https://www.instagram.com/prismvisions_/
Sunday, March 10, 2024 from 2 to 3 pm - Titanic Book Launch at the National Lighthouse Museum at 200 The Promenade at Lighthouse Point. Iron and Ice is the story of the Titanic. For details and $10 tickets see - https://lighthousemuseum.org.
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St Patricks Day Parade, NYRR Half Marathon, Women in the Heights Art Exhibit, Fundraiser at Harlem Nights in Manhattan; 40 Shades of Green Irish Cultural Celebration at the NYIC in LIC, Rough Draft Festival Playwright Readings at LPAC, Thalia Theatre Comedy about the Sexes, Famous People of Queens, Black Spurs at Spectrum Theatre & Art Opening Reception in Jamaica in Queens; St. Patrick's Day Parade, Artists Talk in LIC & Night in the Central Library in Brooklyn; St Patty's Day party, Orchid Show at NYBG, Art Exhibit at Bartow Pell Mansion in the Bronx; St Patricks Day Parade for All, Pan African Ball & Carpenter Shop Curiosities on Staten Island, Ramandan Continues & Spring Begins on Tuesday
March 15, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather as of 3.15.24. Sunrise 7.05 am. Sunset 7.03 pm. The temperature highs could reach 70 on Friday, descending to about 60 for the rest of the weekend. The temperature lows will be in the mid 40's on Friday and Saturday, descending to the low 40's on Sunday. The winds will be 9 - 11 mph on Friday and Saturday, rising to 10 - 15 mph on Sunday. The humidity will range from 50% - 60% on Friday and Saturday, falling to 40% - 50% on Sunday. No rain is expected this weekend.
The photo at right shows the NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade marching north along 5th Avenue in Manhattan in a prior year.
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Saturday, March 16, 2024 beginning at 11 am, the NYC St Patrick's Day Parade in Manhattan begins on 5th Avenue at 44th Street and marches up to 79th Street. There are generally about 150,000 participants and about two million spectators. For details see - https://www.nycstpatricksparade.org/
Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 5.30 to 7.30 pm - Harlem Bomb Shelter 12th Anniversary Fundraiser Showcase at Harlem Nights Bar & Lounge at 2360 Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd [at 138th Street] in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan. For details and $27 tickets see - https://www.facebook.com/TheHarlemBombShelter/
Sunday, March 17, 2024 beginning at 7.20 am at Washington Avenue near the Brooklyn Museum - NYRR Half Marathon. There will be five waves, with the first at 7.20 am, the 2nd at 7.50 am, the 3rd at 8.20 am, the 4th at 8.50 am and the 5th at 9.20 am. The race heads south on Washington Avenue in Brooklyn, then does a U-turn and comes back north through Prospect Park, heading onto Flatbush. The route leaves Brooklyn over the Manhattan Bridge, and turns at City Hall toward the FDR, where it heads north until 42nd Street. At 42nd Street it departs the FDR and travels west to Times Square where it turns north again along 7th Avenue until it hits 59th Street where it turns east until it hits 5th Avenue at the SE corner of Central Park, where it turns into the park and heads north up to Bethesda Terrace, where it turns south and heads down to Columbus Circle [inside the park] where it ends. For details see - https://www.nyrr.org
Thursday, March 14 [Opening Reception] - May 7, 2024 beginning at 6 pm - Women in the Heights: Dress - Art Exhibit Opening at United Palace at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights in Manhattan. It's the 15th annual exhibit organized by the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance [NoMAA]. Free but limited capacity so rsvp at https://www.nomaanyc.org/events/opening-women-in-the-heights-dress/
This is New York [Film] runs until July 21, 2024 at the Museum of the City of New York at 1220 5th Avenue at 104th Street on the UES of Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets see - https://www.mcny.org.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 15, 16, 17 & 22, 23, 24, 2024 beginning at 8 pm, 3 pm & 8 pm and 4 pm, respectively - Women Do It Better Than Men or Las Mujeres Lo Hacemos Mejor Que Los Hombres at Thalia Theatre at 41-17 Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside Queens. It's a comedy about the sexes in Spanish with English subtitles. For details and $35 / $32 tickets see - https://thaliatheatre.org
Saturday, March 16, 2024 beginning at 5 pm - Evolution Group Art Exhibit Opening at the Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning at 161-04 Jamaica Avenue in Queens. About a half dozen of underrepresented, emerging, sustainable visual artists show their work. Free. For details & to rsvp see - https://jcal.org
Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 3 to 9 pm - 40 Shades of Green at the NY Irish Center at 1040 Jackson Avenue in LIC. For details and $39 tickets see - https://www.newyorkirishcenter.org - CONTRARY TO WHAT THEIR WEBSITE SAYS, EVENTBRITE SAYS THERE ARE STILL SOME TICKETS LEFT - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/40-shades-of-green-new-yorks-st-patricks-day-gathering-tickets-737288749497?aff=oddtdtcreator&utm_campaign=6a7963189f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_11_25_2019_14_16_COPY_01&utm_term=0_d4ed277754-6a7963189f-353265545&utm_source=New+York+Irish+Center&utm_medium=email&mc_eid=13371f3076&mc_cid=6a7963189f
Wednesday thru Saturday, March 13 - 23, 2024 [except 3/18 & 3/19] beginning at 7 pm weekdays except Wednesdays which are 11 am matinees and 2 pm Saturdays & 4 pm Sundays - Black Spurs. At Spectrum Theater at 177th Street and Baisley Blvd in Jamaica Queens. A story about an African American who sets out on a trail ride along the Chisolm Trail in an effort to raise money to save his family home. For details and $35 tickets see - http://www.blackspectrum.com.
Saturday, March 16 - 23, 2024 on various days at various times - Rough Draft Festival Playwright Readings at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in LIC Queens. New works by new writers / artists. For details and $5 tickets see - https://www.lpac.nyc/upcoming-events/rdf-2024-playwright-readings
Sunday, March 17, 2024 from 2 to 3.30 pm - The Famous People of Queens at the Voelker Orth Museum at 149-19 38th Avenue in Flushing. Author Rob McKay shares his tales. For details and $5 tickets see - http://www.vomuseum.org
Sunday, March 17, 2024 from 6 to 9 pm - Artists Talk at Culture Lab at 5-25 46th Avenue in LIC Queens. An Asian Art Exhibit in the year of the dragon. Free. For details see - https://www.culturelablic.org/#artist-talk-year-of-the-dragon
Open Call for the Making Moves Dance Festival [MMDF] 2024. "... They will present performances from up to nine choreographers on ... [Friday, Saturday & Sunday September 20 - 22, 2024] ... All choreographers, dance artists, and companies working in any genre are encouraged to apply. Early submission is encouraged; the submission deadline is Friday, May 24, 2024 [at 6 pm]." For details see - https://jcal.submittable.com/submit/288855/15th-annual-making-moves-dance-festival
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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 6 pm to 2 am - Night in the Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza Central Library. For details and a schedule of the events of the evening, see - https://www.bklynlibrary.org/night-library/schedule
Sunday, March 17, 2024 beginning at 7.20 am at Washington Avenue near the Brooklyn Museum - NYRR Half Marathon. There will be five waves, with the first at 7.20 am, the 2nd at 7.50 am, the 3rd at 8.20 am, the 4th at 8.50 am and the 5th at 9.20 am. The race heads south on Washington Avenue in Brooklyn, then does a U-turn and comes back north through Prospect Park, heading onto Flatbush. The route leaves Brooklyn over the Manhattan Bridge, and turns at City Hall toward the FDR, where it heads north until 42nd Street. At 42nd Street it departs the FDR and travels west to Times Square where it turns north again along 7th Avenue until it hits 59th Street where it turns east until it hits 5th Avenue at the SE corner of Central Park, where it turns into the park and heads north up to Bethesda Terrace, where it turns south and heads down to Columbus Circle [inside the park] where it ends. For details see - https://www.nyrr.org
Sunday, March 17, 2024 beginning at 1 pm, the Brooklyn Saint Patrick's Parade. The St. Patrick's Day events begin at Bartel-Pritchard Square at 14th Street at the southwest corner of Prospect Park in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. The parade was established in 1975 and is said to be the oldest St Patricks Day Parade in Brooklyn. Parade Route. Historically, the parade kicks off at Prospect Park West and 15th St [assembly stretches to 9th St] and then marches to 7th Ave & Garfield Place, back to Prospect Park West & 15th Street where there's a celebration from 2 - 5 pm. After Party. There's a St Patrick's Day Parade after party at Holy Name of Jesus Church at 245 Prospect Park West. There's a corned beef and cabbage dinner served along with beer, soda and music by Celtic Justice for $50 for which you must rsvp as there are no tickets sold at the gate. St. Patrick's Day parades in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn NYC.
- For details see their Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/p/Brooklyn-St-Patricks-Parade-100067529770947/ because as of this post their website was out of date - https://brooklynstpatricksparade.org/
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
Sunday, March 17, 2024 begins at 5 pm - Rocking the House on St Patrick's Day at the Rambling House at 4292 Katonah Avenue in the Woodlawn neighborhood of the Bronx. A post St. Paddy's Day party. For details see - http://www.ramblinghousenyc.com or FB - https://www.facebook.com/events/1224517251840851/
Saturday, March 9th thru Sunday, March 31, 2024 from 2 to 4 pm - Art in Bloom - at the Bartow Pell Mansion at 895 Shore Road in Pelham Bay Park. For details and $15 / $12 tickets see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org.
Thru April 23, 2024 [began February 19th], the Orchid Show is on display at the NY Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx. For details and $35 / $31 / $15 / free tickets see - https://www.nybg.org. They're open Tuesday - Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.
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Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Saturday, March 16, 2024 from 12 noon - 5 pm - Carpenter's Shop Curiosities in Building G Galleries at Snug Harbor at 1000 Richmond Terrace in the Randall Manor neighborhood of Staten Island. A curated selection of vendors selling various arts, crafts, clothing and accessories. Free. https://snug-harbor.org
Sunday, March 17, 2024 the 1st Annual St. Patrick's Day Parade from 11 am to 3 pm. It is organized by the Forest Avenue BID in a response to the ongoing boycott of gay marchers by the traditional Staten Island St. Pat's Day parade organizers [see above]. Since the controversy, attendance at the traditional parade fell off significantly, which has hurt the businesses along Forest Avenue and diminished the sense of unity within the community. For details see - https://forestavenuebid.com
Friday, March 22, 2024 from 8 pm - 12 midnight - Pan African / Red, Black & Green Ball at the Crystal Room at 67 Olympia Blvd in the Arrochar neighborhood on Staten Island. Dinner and an awards celebration of pan African 'change agents' on Staten Island. For details and $125 tickets see - https://siblackheritageday.com
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Easter Festivities begin, Holi at South St Seaport, Macy's Flower Show Begins, Japan Food Fest, Women in the Heights Art Exhibit in Manhattan; Chocolate Factory Theater, Rough Draft Festival at LPAC, Thalia Theatre Comedy, Black Spurs at Spectrum Theatre & Art Closing at Socrates in Queens; Coney Island Luna Park Opens, Easter Egg Hunt, Bay Ridge St. Patrick's Day Parade, Holi Party in Prospect Park & Bk Chamber Orchestra Concert in Brooklyn; Yonkers St Patricks Day Parade near Woodlawn Bx [RESCHEDULED], Orchid Show at NYBG, Easter Egg Hunt & Art Exhibit at Bartow Pell Mansion in the Bronx; Chekhov Play, Iftar, Easter Party, Pan African Ball & Limoncello Party on Staten Island; Ramandan Continues & NY Auto Show Begins Next Week & Easter on the Mount on Staten Island
March 22, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather as of 3.22.24. Sunrise 6.55 am. Sunset 7.10 pm. About two inches of rain is expected on Saturday, running through the day. Friday & Sunday will be dry. The temperature highs will be in the mid 40's on Friday, the low 50's on Saturday and falling back to the high 40's on Sunday. The temperature lows will be in the high 30's on Friday, descending to the mid 30's for the rest of the weekend. Winds will be about 7 mph on Friday and then on Saturday and Sunday about 10 - 17 mph. The humidity will rise from 40% to 70% on Friday, then begin descending from 80% to about 60% on Saturday, and settling in at 40% on Sunday.
Next Week. The temperatures will range from about 40 to 60 degrees, with a 50% - 60% chance of some rain midweek.
The photo at right was taken at the Macy's Flower Show in a prior year.
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 10 am to 6 pm - Japan Food Festival in the East Village at Broadway and Lafayette. For details see - https://www.japanfes.com
Sunday, March 24 - April 7, 2024 - The Macy's Flower Show at Macy's Herald Square in Midtown. Macy's is open from 10 am - 9 pm weekdays, open until 10 pm Fridays & Saturdays and opens at 11 am on Sundays. For details see - https://www.macys.com
Sunday, March 24, 2024 beginning at 4 pm with Talkback at 6.15 pm - Movies With Lin-Manuel Miranda: Blue Beetle - at United Palace at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights in Manhattan. For details and to rsvp copy & paste - https://www.unitedpalace.org. Free.
Sunday, March 24, 2024 from 11 am to 1 pm - Holi at the South St Seaport - at 12 Fulton Street [at Pearl] in the Downtown neighborhood of Manhattan. An Indian festival celebrating Spring where folks put colorful powders on each other in a sign of affection or recognition. Free. For details and to purchase powder from the organizer copy & paste - https://theculturetree.com
Monday, March 25, 2024 beginning at 8 pm - Maestra Music's Amplify 2024 - at Sony Hall at 235 West 46th at 8th Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. For details and tickets copy & paste - https://maestramusic.org/amplify/ or https://sonyhall.com. The event is described as follows, " ... Amplify 2024 is a pivotal event for Maestra Music, contributing to its mission of providing support, visibility, and community for women and nonbinary music
makers in the theatre industry ..." Tickets $25 Student / $50 General & on up.
Friday, March 29 - Sunday, April 7, 2024 from 10 am - 10 pm, except Sundays when it closes at 7 pm, the International Auto Show will be at the Javits Center in West Midtown Manhattan. Admission is $22 adults [age 13+ ] / $8 kids [ages 3 - 12] tickets / kids 2 and under are free. For details & tickets see - https://www.autoshowny.com/ or https://javitscenter.com/
Thursday, March 14 [Opening Reception] - May 7, 2024 beginning at 6 pm - Women in the Heights: Dress - Art Exhibit Opening at United Palace at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights in Manhattan. It's the 15th annual exhibit organized by the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance [NoMAA]. Free but limited capacity so rsvp at https://www.nomaanyc.org/events/opening-women-in-the-heights-dress/
Open Call for 22nd Uptown Stroll - Deadline April 1, 2024 - Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance [NoMAA] at United Palace at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights in Manhattan. For details copy & paste - https://www.nomaanyc.org/ Top prizes are $1,500, $750 & $500.
Sunday, March 24, 2024 beginning at 3 pm - Harlem is ... Music, Theater, Dance - at Harlem Hospital at 508 Lenox Avenue at 136th Street in Harlem, on the 2nd Floor Outside of the Herbert Cave Auditorium. The exhibit will be open Tuesdays & Thursdays from 10 am to 2 pm & Saturdays from 12 noon to 4 pm. For details copy & paste - https://www.facebook.com/CommunityWorksNYC/.
This is New York [Film] runs until July 21, 2024 at the Museum of the City of New York at 1220 5th Avenue at 104th Street on the UES of Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets see - https://www.mcny.org.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 15, 16, 17 & 22, 23, 24, 2024 beginning at 8 pm, 3 pm & 8 pm and 4 pm, respectively - Women Do It Better Than Men or Las Mujeres Lo Hacemos Mejor Que Los Hombres at Thalia Theatre at 41-17 Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside Queens. It's a comedy about the sexes in Spanish with English subtitles. For details and $35 / $32 tickets see - https://thaliatheatre.org
Wednesday thru Saturday, March 13 - 23, 2024 [except 3/18 & 3/19] beginning at 7 pm weekdays except Wednesdays which are 11 am matinees and 2 pm Saturdays & 4 pm Sundays - Black Spurs. At Spectrum Theater at 177th Street and Baisley Blvd in Jamaica Queens. A story about an African American who sets out on a trail ride along the Chisolm Trail in an effort to raise money to save his family home. For details and $35 tickets see - http://www.blackspectrum.com.
Saturday, March 16 - 23, 2024 on various days at various times - Rough Draft Festival Playwright Readings at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in LIC Queens. New works by new writers / artists. For details and $5 tickets see - https://www.lpac.nyc/upcoming-events/rdf-2024-playwright-readings
Saturday, March 23, 2024 beginning at 3 pm - Carnegie Hall Citywide: Soh Daiko at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center at 31-10 Thomson Avenue in LIC Queens. A Korean drum & musical performance. Free. For details and tickets copy & to rsvp - https://www.lpac.nyc/
Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 3 to 5 pm - Closing Celebration for the Socrates Annual 2023 Art Exhibit which will be taken down after Sunday, March 24, 2024 at Socrates Sculpture Park at 32-01 Vernon Blvd in LIC / Astoria Queens. Free. For details copy & paste - https://socratessculpturepark.org.
March 20 - 30, 2024 from 7 to 10 pm - Stacy Grossfield Metamorphosis 2 at The Chocolate Factory Theater at 38-33 24th Street, LIC. The performance is described as, "... dance/theater work is a blunt, graphic, macabre and vulnerable dissection of female pain, both physical and spiritual; centering the female body as a site for personal and artistic rebirth ...". For details copy & paste - https://www.showpass.com. Tickets are $13 - $292.
Monday, March 25, 2024 from 6.30 - 8 pm - Small World Cinema Closing Event - at the Sculpture Center at 44-19 Purves Street in LIC Queens. Music & conversation with Halaby, Nathaniel & Wood. Free but must rsvp copy & paste - https://www.sculpture-center.org.
As of this week [3.21.24], Congresswoman Grace Meng is looking to her a Veteran for The Green and Gold Congressional Aide Program. Contact Jordan Goldes at 202.308.9691 for details.
Open Call for the Making Moves Dance Festival [MMDF] 2024. "... They will present performances from up to nine choreographers on ... [Friday, Saturday & Sunday September 20 - 22, 2024] ... All choreographers, dance artists, and companies working in any genre are encouraged to apply. Early submission is encouraged; the submission deadline is Friday, May 24, 2024 [at 6 pm]." For details see - https://jcal.submittable.com/submit/288855/15th-annual-making-moves-dance-festival
The photo above was taken at a Rough Draft Festival performance at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center in Queens in a prior year.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 11 am to 8 pm - Opening Weekend at Luna Park in Coney Island.
Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 8 to 9.15 pm - Dreams and Journeys - at St. Ann and the Holy Trinity Church at 157 Montague Street in the Brooklyn Heights neighborhood of BK. The musical journey is described as, "... celebrat[ing] New York City by retelling the stories of important events ... [including] Lou Gehrig's farewell speech, Philip Petit's tightrope walk on the World Trade Center, elephants marching on the Brooklyn Bridge to test its durability, the Stonewall riots, and the preservation of Grand Central Station ...". For details and tickets copy & paste - https://brooklynchamberorchestra.org/. $60 / $40 / $20.
Sunday, March 24, 2024 from 11 am to 5 pm - Green Meadows Farm Easter Egg Hunt 2024 - at the Aviator Sports Center at 3159 Flatbush Avenue in the Marine Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. For details copy & paste - https://greenmeadowsfarmbrooklyn.com. $15. The Saturday event was cancelled due to inclement weather forecast. Also March 29 & 30 and April 1 & 6, 7, 2024.
Sunday, March 24, 2024 from 3 to 5 pm - The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Celebrates Holi in Prospect Park at Long Meadow near Grand Army Plaza. The event includes music and some Indian snacks. At 4 pm expect to end up with colored powder on your body and clothes as the ancient Indian tradition continues. For details copy & paste - https://bkcm.org. The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music is located at 58 7th Avenue in Prospect Park, but as noted above, the event isn't being held there.
Sunday, March 24, 2024 the Bay Ridge Brooklyn Saint Patrick's Parade kicks off at 1 pm on 3rd and Marine Avenues and marches north along 3rd Avenue to 67th Street ending in Owl's Head Park in Bayridge. This parade was first established in 1993. For details see - https://www.brparade.com or FB - https://www.facebook.com/brparade
- For details see their Facebook page - https://www.facebook.com/p/Brooklyn-St-Patricks-Parade-100067529770947/ because as of this post their website was out of date - https://brooklynstpatricksparade.org/
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 6, 2024 _ Saturday, March 23, 2024 beginning at 1 pm, the 66th Annual Yonkers St. Patrick's Parade will march up what they call the Emerald Mile, which is along McLean Avenue from Bronx River Road / Webster Avenue to Coyne Park in Yonkers. The Dinner Dance is Saturday, March 9, 2024. For details see - http://www.yonkersstpatricksparade.org or FB - https://www.facebook.com/McLeanAveParade/.
- The photo at right, was taken in early March of 2020, showing John Mulligans Fireside Pub along Katonah Avenue in the Woodlawn Heights neighborhoof of the Bronx. The blocks along Katonah Avenue south of McLean are home to a lot of Bronx Irish. See our report below for details.
- This is a link to a report we did on some of the Irish bars and pubs in the Woodlawn neighborhood of the Bronx NYC, which is just south of McLean Avenue where the Throgs Neck St Patricks Day Parade begins.
Saturday, March 23 & 30, 2024 from 10 am - 2 pm - Easter Egg Hunts - at the Bartow Pell Mansion at 895 Shore Road in Pelham Bay Park. The hunts are four one hour long sessions starting every hour on the hour, costing $15 per child, and adults accompanying children are free. For details and tickets see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org.
Thru April 23, 2024 [began February 19th], the Orchid Show is on display at the NY Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx. For details and $35 / $31 / $15 / free tickets see - https://www.nybg.org. They're open Tuesday - Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.
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Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Friday, March 22, 2024 from 8 pm - 12 midnight - Pan African / Red, Black & Green Ball at the Crystal Room at 67 Olympia Blvd in the Arrochar neighborhood on Staten Island. Dinner and an awards celebration of pan African 'change agents' on Staten Island. For details and $125 tickets see - https://siblackheritageday.com
Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 1 to 4 pm - Easter / Spring Party - at Empire Outlets at 55 Richmond Terrace on the 2nd level [outside of Old Navy] in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island. The event includes face painting, balloons, music and photos with Easter Bunny. For details copy & paste - https://www.empireoutlets.nyc. Free.
Saturday, March 23, 2024 from 5 / 6 to 8 pm - Community Iftar in the Park at Snug Harbor at 1000 Richmond Terrace in the Randall Manor neighborhood of Staten Island. For details and to rsvp copy & paste - https://snug-harbor.org. This is near building P. There will be four speakers, as well as arts, crafts and refreshments. Free.
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, March 22, 23 & 24, 2024 beginning at 8 pm and 2 pm matinee - Anton Chekov's The Cherry Orchard at the Staten Island Playhouse on the third level of the Empire Outlets mall at 55 Richmond Terrace in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island. For details and tickets copy & paste - https://sishakespeare.org. $30 / $25.
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 from 7 to 9 pm - Make Your Own Limoncello - at Case Belvedere at 79 Howard Avenue in the Silver Lake neighborhood of Staten Island. Learn how to make your own Limoncello, a liqueur from southern Italy. The $75 / $85 fee includes supplies and bottle to decorate. For details and tickets copy & paste - https://casa-belvedere.org
Saturday, March 30, 2024 beginning at 10 am and 1 pm, there's Easter at the Mount [Loretto] at 6541 Hylan Blvd in the Charleston neighborbood of Staten Island. Mount Loretto is hosting a couple of Easter Brunches, Egg Hunts & Events which they describe as follows, " ... Enjoy buffet breakfast, music and dancing, then take a professional photo with the Easter Bunny that you can take home. Grab your Easter Basket and hunt in the island’s largest Easter Egg Patch loaded with more than 4,000 eggs plus 10 Golden Eggs filled with special prizes. Two seatings to choose from ...". For details and $25 adults & $40 kids tickets see - https://cc-si.org/ . Easter at Mount Loretto in the Charleston neighborhood of Staten Island. FYI - in 2023 the 10 am seating sold out.
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NY Auto Show Begins, Easter Bonnet Parade, South St Seaport Easter Events, Macy's Flower Show, Women in the Heights Art Exhibit in Manhattan; Easter Alley Pond, Queens County Farm & Gantry Park, Performances at Chocolate Factory LIC, Black Spurs at Spectrum Theatre in Queens; Governors Island Egg Hunt, Coney Island Luna Park Opened Last Weekend & McGruff the Crime Fighting Dog in Sunset Park Brooklyn; Orchid Show at NYBG, Easter Egg Hunt & Art Exhibit at Bartow Pell Mansion in the Bronx; Easter on the Mount [Loretto] on Staten Island; & Ramandan Continues
March 29, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather as of 3.29.24. Sunrise 6.44 am. Sunset 7.18 pm. The temperature highs will be in the high 50's, possibly going into the low 60's, all weekend. The temperature lows will be in the low 40's on Friday, rising to the high 40's for the rest of the weekend. Winds will be around 15 mph on Friday, descending to between 7 - 12 mph for the rest of the weekend. The humidity will be 40% - 50% on Friday, rising to 70% on Saturday, and falling back to 50% - 60% on Sunday. There's a 25% chance of less than a tenth of an inch of rain late Saturday night / early Sunday morning. So basically, a very nice Easter Weekend.
The photo at right was taken in Queens, where the residents put their creative talents to work creating a joyous and welcoming Easter display, which they shared with us via their front yard.
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Saturday, March 30, 2024 from 11 am - 4.30 pm & 11 am - 2 pm - Spring Flower Scavenger Hunt & Easter Hunt & Cookie Decorating at the South Street Seaport. This series of events are organized by the Seaport Business District in tandem with participating businesses. Both events begin at 11 am, with the Easter Egg Hunt & Crafts ending at 2 pm in Seaport Square between Pier 16 & 17 [also Rooftop]- free & ticketed with rsvp. From 11 am - 4.30 pm there's a flower hunt aboard the 1885 tall ship Wavertree. Free but must rsvp as there's limited space. There are also numerous restaurants serving brunch and dinner, a few of which offer East River waterfront views. For details and to rsvp copy & paste - https://theseaport.nyc/neighborhood-events/
Sunday, March 24 - April 7, 2024 - The Macy's Flower Show at Macy's Herald Square in Midtown. Macy's is open from 10 am - 9 pm weekdays, open until 10 pm Fridays & Saturdays and opens at 11 am on Sundays. For details see - https://www.macys.com
Friday, March 29 - Sunday, April 7, 2024 from 10 am - 10 pm, except Sundays when it closes at 7 pm, the International Auto Show will be at the Javits Center in West Midtown Manhattan. Admission is $22 adults [age 13+ ] / $8 kids [ages 3 - 12] tickets / kids 2 and under are free. For details & tickets see - https://www.autoshowny.com/ or https://javitscenter.com/
Sunday, March 31, 2024 at various times - Easter Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral. For details, copy & paste - https://www.saintpatrickscathedral.org
Sunday, March 31, 2024 from 10 am - 3 / 4 pm - Easter & Easter Bonnet Parade. The parade takes place along 5th Avenue from 49th to 57th Streets. It's more of a milling about in bonnets and Easter outfits, than it is a real parade. More like a themed costume party.
Thursday, March 14 [Opening Reception] - May 7, 2024 beginning at 6 pm - Women in the Heights: Dress - Art Exhibit Opening at United Palace at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights in Manhattan. It's the 15th annual exhibit organized by the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance [NoMAA]. Free but limited capacity so rsvp at https://www.nomaanyc.org/events/opening-women-in-the-heights-dress/
Monday, April 1, 2024 - The April Fools Parade begins at 12 noon at Grand Army Plaza at 59th Street and 5th Avenue and marches down 5th Avenue to Washington Square Park. The King of Fools Award will be given out. The event organizer, Joey Skaggs, informs us that this is the 39th year of the parade. This years theme is Democracy at the Guillotine. Skaggs writes a press release for the event each year, which you can find on his website at - https://joeyskaggs.com/april-fools-day-parade-press-release/
Open Call for 22nd Uptown Stroll - Deadline April 1, 2024 - Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance [NoMAA] at United Palace at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights in Manhattan. For details copy & paste - https://www.nomaanyc.org/ Top prizes are $1,500, $750 & $500.
Wednesday, April 3, 2024 beginning at 6 pm - UnHomeless NYC Closing Art Reception - at the Hudson Guild Gallery at 441 West 26th Street in Chelsea. Free. For details copy & paste - https://hudsonguild.org
Thursday, April 11, 2024 beginning at 6 pm - New Era of AI: Future of Work in Japan & the U.S. - at the Japan Society at 333 East 47th Street in Midtown Manhattan NYC. A two hour conversation about all things Artificial Intelligence. For $20 / $15 tickets copy & paste - https://japansociety.org
April 16, 2024 beginning at 8 pm - International Music Festival - at Carnegie Hall at 881 7th Avenue in Manhattan. For details and $23 tickets, copy & paste - https://www.carnegiehall.org.
This is New York [Film] runs until July 21, 2024 at the Museum of the City of New York at 1220 5th Avenue at 104th Street on the UES of Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets see - https://www.mcny.org.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
March 20 - 30, 2024 from 7 to 10 pm - Stacy Grossfield Metamorphosis 2 at The Chocolate Factory Theater at 38-33 24th Street, LIC. The performance is described as, "... dance/theater work is a blunt, graphic, macabre and vulnerable dissection of female pain, both physical and spiritual; centering the female body as a site for personal and artistic rebirth ...". For details copy & paste - https://www.showpass.com. Tickets are $13 - $292.
March 30, 2024 beginning at 8 pm - An Evening of Roots Music with Jalopy Records - at the Kupferberg Center at 153-49 Reeves Avenue in Flushing [Queens College]. For $25 tickets and details copy & paste - https://kupferbergcenter.org.
Saturdays, March 23 & 30, 2024 from 11 am to 4 pm - Barnyard Egg Hunt - at the Queens County Farm Museum at 73-50 Little Neck Parkway in Floral Park Queens. For $15 tickets and details, copy & paste - https://www.queensfarm.org/
Friday, Saturday, Sundays & Monday, March 29, 30 & 31 & April 1, 6, 7, 2024 from 11 am to 5 pm - Green Meadows Farm Queens Easter Egg Hunt 2024 - at Alley Pond at 224-65 76th Street [at Union Turnpike] in the Oakland Gardens neighborhood of Queens. For details copy & paste - https://greenmeadowsfarmny.com/upcoming-events/. $14.
Saturday, March 30, 2024 from 10 am to 12 noon - Queens Easter Festival - in Gantry Plaza State Park at Center Blvd and [4-44] 47th Rd in LIC Queens. Free. For details copy & paste - http://www.queenseasterfestival.com/lic.
Sunday, March 31, 2024 beginning at 4.30 pm - Easter Dinner at Russo's on the Bay - at 162-45 Cross Bay Blvd in Howard Beach in Queens. To rsvp and details, copy & paste - https://www.russosonthebay.com.
Open Call for the Making Moves Dance Festival [MMDF] 2024. "... They will present performances from up to nine choreographers on ... [Friday, Saturday & Sunday September 20 - 22, 2024] ... All choreographers, dance artists, and companies working in any genre are encouraged to apply. Early submission is encouraged; the submission deadline is Friday, May 24, 2024 [at 6 pm]." For details see - https://jcal.submittable.com/submit/288855/15th-annual-making-moves-dance-festival
Next Week.
Thursday & Friday, April 4 & 5, 2024 from 7 to 9 pm at the NY Irish Center in LIC there's the 1st Irish Origin Festival. For $29 tickets and details, copy & paste - https://www.newyorkirishcenter.org
Thursday, April 4, 2024 at the Materials for the Arts there's in LIC there's an opportunity to do nude sketches. For details and to rsvp copy & paste - https://www.materialsforthearts.org
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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Saturday, March 30, 2024 from 10 am - 3 pm - Governors Island Egg Hunt - on Governors Island. This is the 2nd Annual Governors Island Easter egg hunt, with 50,000 candy-filled eggs spread around Governors Island. Begins at Colonel's Row. The event is free, but you're advised to plan in advance as this event is very popular. To give you an idea of how popular, consider that 50,000 candy filled eggs are hidden over the 120 acres of park. For details and ferry passage planning & ticket purchases [$4 / ride], copy & paste - https://www.govisland.com/things-to-do/events/governors-island-egg-hunt
Friday, Saturdays, Sundays & a Monday, March 24, 29 & 30 and April 1 & 6, 7, 2024 from 11 am to 5 pm - Green Meadows Farm Easter Egg Hunt 2024 - at the Aviator Sports Center at 3159 Flatbush Avenue in the Marine Park neighborhood of Brooklyn. For details copy & paste - https://greenmeadowsfarmbrooklyn.com. $15. The Saturday event was cancelled due to inclement weather forecast.
Sunday, March 31, 2024 from 11 am to 3 pm - Easter Brunch - at Dyker Beach Golf Course at in Dyker Heights. Easter Bunny, egg hunt and entertainment with brunch. For $70 / $40 tickets and details copy & paste - Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dykerbeachgcevents/ or WS - https://www.dykerbeachgc.com
Saturdays & Sundays [and a few select weekdays], March 23 - April 14, 2024 from 11 am to 8 pm - Luna Park is open in Coney Island. On Friday, April 19, 2024 the park opens daily from 11 am to 8 pm. For details and tickets see - https://lunaparknyc.com.
RESCHEDULED TO APRIL 6, 2024 _ Saturday, March 30, 2024 from 12 noon to 3 pm - Meet the Easter Bunny & Buff McGruff the Crime Fighting Dog with the 72nd Precinct NYPD - at Sunset Park in Brooklyn. There will be an egg hunt, crafts, games, face painting and it's Free. For details, copy & paste - https://www.facebook.com/NYPD72pct/
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
Saturday, March 23 & 30, 2024 from 10 am - 2 pm - Easter Egg Hunts - at the Bartow Pell Mansion at 895 Shore Road in Pelham Bay Park. The hunts are four one hour long sessions starting every hour on the hour, costing $15 per child, and adults accompanying children are free. For details and tickets see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org.
Sunday, March 31, 2024 - Easter Brunch & Egg Hunt at Pelham Bay Split Rock Golf Course, with two seatings: 11 am - 1 pm with Egg Hunt beginning at 1 pm; and second seating from 1.30 - 3.30 with the Egg Hunt beginning at 3.30 pm. For $67 and $33 tickets [tax and service included] copy & paste - https://www.pelhamsplitrock.com or FB - https://www.facebook.com/pelhamsplitrock
Thru April 23, 2024 [began February 19th], the Orchid Show is on display at the NY Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Bedford Park neighborhood of the Bronx. For details and $35 / $31 / $15 / free tickets see - https://www.nybg.org. They're open Tuesday - Sunday from 10 am to 6 pm.
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Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Sunday, March 31, 2024 beginning at 11.15 am - Easter Egg Hunt with Three Golden Eggs - at the Church of the Ascension at 1 Kingsley Avenue in Castleton Corners on Staten Island. Easter Mass begins at 10 am. For details copy & paste - https://www.ascensionsi.org or FB - https://www.facebook.com/ascensionchurchsi
Saturday, March 30, 2024 beginning at 10 am and 1 pm, there's Easter at the Mount [Loretto] at 6541 Hylan Blvd in the Charleston neighborbood of Staten Island. Mount Loretto is hosting a couple of Easter Brunches, Egg Hunts & Events which they describe as follows, " ... Enjoy buffet breakfast, music and dancing, then take a professional photo with the Easter Bunny that you can take home. Grab your Easter Basket and hunt in the island’s largest Easter Egg Patch loaded with more than 4,000 eggs plus 10 Golden Eggs filled with special prizes. Two seatings to choose from ...". For details and $25 adults & $40 kids tickets see - https://cc-si.org/ . Easter at Mount Loretto in the Charleston neighborhood of Staten Island. FYI - in 2023 the 10 am seating sold out.
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