Elvis Costello at SummerStage 2017

Elvis Costello & The Imposters June 15th Elvis Costello is nothing short of legendary. With one of the most prolific careers in music today, he has his sublimely talented fingers in more musical pots and genres than one can count. His breakout on to the British...

Mavis Staples at SummerStage in Central Park

Mavis Staples / Toshi Reagon & BIGLovely June 3 @ 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm City Parks Foundation kicked off the 2017 SummerStage season with amazing performances by soul & gospel icon Mavis Staples and musician and soul artist Toshi Reagon laast Saturday, June...

SummerStage 2017 in Central Park

The City Parks Foundation is excited to announce the 2017 season of SummerStage, New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival, bringing more than 100 performances to Central Park and 15 neighborhood parks throughout the five boroughs. This year’s...

AIDS WALK NYC

AIDS Walk New York is the largest single-day AIDS fundraising event in the world. Sunday, May 21 in Central Park. Schedule of Events 8:30 a.m.      Sign-In opens 9:00 a.m.      Aerobic Warm Up at Main Stage on Center Road 9:15 a.m.      Opening Ceremony begins 10:00...
Shakespeare in the Park 2017

Shakespeare in the Park 2017

Time to start thinking about the 2017 Shakespeare in the Park season. This summer, Public Theater Artistic Director Oskar Eustis will helm a production of the Bard’s Julius Caesar; following that, Public Works founder Lear deBessonet will direct A Midsummer Night’s...

Lighting of the World’s Largest Menorah: Manhattan

See the lighting of one of the world’s largest Hanukkah menorah at Grand Army Plaza, south of Central Park.  The menorah is 32 feet tall and weighs about 4,000 pounds! Saturday, December 24, 2016 8:00 p.m.–9:00 p.m. Schedule The lighting of this menorah will...