Shakespeare in the Park 2011

by | May 14, 2011

Make plans to join us for this beloved New York summertime tradition at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park. June 6 – July 30, 2011 Performances begin at 8PM Performed in repertory for 8 continuous weeks Tickets to Shakespeare in the Park are free! Free...

Horseback Riding To Return To Central Park

by | May 5, 2011

After a three year hiatus visitors there will once again be able to saddle up under a new city plan to bring back horseback riding in a big way. Since the closure of Manhattan’s last stable, Claremont Riding Academy, in 2007, it’s been next to impossible...

Black Eyed Peas To Play Central Park

by | May 3, 2011

The band will perform in Central Park on June 9 to benefit the Robin Hood Foundation and fight poverty in the city. “This isn’t helping some person that’s half way across the world. This is somebody you walk by every day – it’s personal. It’s about the love of New...

Happy Birthday Frederick Law Olmsted!

by | Apr 26, 2011

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

by | Apr 22, 2011

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

by | Apr 15, 2011

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

by | Mar 13, 2011

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

by | Feb 27, 2011

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

by | Feb 8, 2011

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

by | Feb 6, 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...