by John Moore | Oct 11, 2017
It is 1958, and New York City is in the midst of a major building boom; a four-lane highway is planned for the heart of Washington Square; Carnegie Hall is designated for demolition; entire neighborhoods on the West Side are leveled to make room for a new...
by John Moore | Oct 6, 2017
City Parks Foundation’s Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre and SummerStage Festival present Pelleas et Melisande this weekend – a commissioned, site-specific work directed, choreographed, and designed by Luca Veggetti. A theatrical puppet experience that...
by John Moore | Sep 21, 2017
Amazing night with Patti Smith and her band Jackson Smith and Jesse Paris Smith honoring Fred Sonic Smith on September 14, 2017. Patti Smith and their two children, Jackson and Jesse Paris, rocked the house with her band (Lenny Kaye, Tony Shanahan and Jesse’s friend...
by John Moore | Sep 4, 2017
Patti Smith and her band Jackson Smith and Jesse Paris Smith honoring Fred Sonic Smith Thursday, September 14, 2017 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm (Doors open 6:00 pm) Central Park Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan 10021 PATTI SMITH Patti Smith, born in Chicago and raised in...
by John Moore | Sep 2, 2017
With Ato Blankson-Wood (Orlando), Darius de Haas (Duke Senior), Rebecca Naomi Jones (Rosalind), Joel Perez (Touchstone), and Shaina Taub (Jaques) Community Partners: Brownsville Recreation Center (Brooklyn), Center for Family Life in Sunset Park (Brooklyn), DreamYard...
by John Moore | Aug 22, 2017
VALERIE JUNE / ALOYSIUS 3 / JALEN N’GONDA / DJ BOOGIE BLIND Sunday, August 27, 2017 6:00 pm – 10:00 pm (Doors open 5:00 pm) Central Park Rumsey Playfield, Manhattan 10021 Singularly unique voice that blurs the lines between genres and eras, resulting in an...
by John Moore | Aug 5, 2017
Now Open: Spring 2016 – Fall 2017 Daily, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Charles A. Dana Discovery Center (Inside Central Park at 110th Street between Fifth and Lenox Avenues). Learn how natural features in Central Park’s north end played an important role in shaping our...
by John Moore | Aug 3, 2017
Join us at the 2017 Central Park Film Festival to celebrate our City with a lineup of movies filmed in New York. The Film Festival is a beloved summer tradition that showcases great films in a great urban park. The Film Festival is free. Tickets are not required....
by John Moore | Jul 31, 2017
July 31 @ 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm $39.50 – $45 Buy Tickets By purchasing tickets to SummerStage Benefit Concerts, you are continuing to support over 100 free performances in parks throughout the five boroughs. All Time Low Heralded as one of the best pop-punk...
by John Moore | Jul 25, 2017
July 27 Regina Spektor The dulcet, oft spectral tones of Regina Ilyinichna Spektor’s voice are immediately recognizable as hers and hers alone. Born in Moscow, she immediately displayed a proclivity for music, studying classical piano at age six. Her family left...
