Happy Birthday Frederick Law Olmsted!

Today marks the 199th birthday for visionary landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, famous for co-designing many well-known urban parks with his senior partner Calvert Vaux, including Central Park and Prospect Park. Olmsted spent his first two adult decades...

Celebrate Earth Day at the Central Park Zoo

Explore the mysterious frozen worlds of the Arctic and Antarctic in this exciting 4-D adventure from BBC Earth, showing at the Zoo’s 4-D theater. Planet Earth: Ice Worlds transports viewers to the danger-filled world of the Polar Regions and depicts the effects of the...

Tavern on the Green Re-Opening

The Scene at Tavern on the Green Tavern on the Green Visitor Center & Gift Shop Celebrate the season’s re-opening of the Tavern on the Green Food Truck Terrace with live music by The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn and free food samples from each of the food trucks:...

Special Preview – The Smurfs Invade Central Park

Perhaps Central Park didn’t need to be overrun by cute little blue cartoon characters, but then again they let Garth Brooks perform there so… Anyway – in the 3-D animated movie, the Smurfs wind up in the human world after their archenemy Gargamel...

Central Park Moonlight Ride

Central Park Moonlight Ride Friday, March 4th, 10 p.m. Columbus Circle (SW corner of Central Park) Join other nocturnal New Yorkers for our favorite starlit group bike ride.  The Central Park Moonlight ride got its start on a summer night 15 years ago and is still...

Unmarriage Until Gay Marriage Mass Ritual in Central Park

This weekend gay marriage supporters will be part of the Unmarriage Until Gay Marriage mass ritual at New York City’s Bethesda Angel in Central Park. This will mark the second year in a row that the unmarriage will be taking place, in which participants hope to...

Shakespeare In The Park 2011

ANNOUNCING THE 2011 SHAKESPEARE IN THE PARK SEASON Two Shakespeare Plays to be Performed in Repertory June 6 – July 31, 2011 The 2011 Shakespeare in the Park summer season will once again present two Shakespeare plays in repertory, giving audiences eight...

Sledding in Central Park

Here’s a great video of sledding in Central Park reminding us why snow can actually be fun. Snowy Central Park from New York Lives TV on Vimeo.

The Secret History of the Swedish Cottage

Tuesday, January 18th, was opening night in Central Park, although it wasn’t Shakespeare in the Park or the Metropolitan Opera on the Great Lawn it was a gala event complete with opening night jitters and post production reception. That it also included flying...

Huddlestone Arch

Huddlestone Arch, just south of Lasker Rink, looks as if it was formed by some benevolent act of nature, rather than being carefully crafted over 150 years ago.  It is in a part of the park that is much more natural, unspoiled, and much less utilized, bordering the...