Statue of Doctor J. Marion Sims to be removed from Central Park
A statue of Doctor J. Marion Sims, credited by many as the father of modern gynecology, is being moved under the city’s push to oust symbols of hate on city property. East Harlem residents and city officials have long advocated for the statue’s removal, asserting that...
Central Park Midnight Run & Fireworks 2018
Kick off the New Year at the Midnight Run! Join the fun and celebrate with music and dancing (starting at 10:00 p.m.) as 2017 comes to a close. With a countdown to midnight beginning at 11:59 p.m., the four-mile run will begin on the stroke of midnight, as will a...
Arsenal Gallery: 35th Annual Wreath Interpretations Exhibition
NYC Parks welcomes the holiday season with its 35th annual exhibition of creative, unconventional wreaths. Employing an array of uncommon materials, more than 40 participating fine artists, designers, and imaginative individuals celebrate this timeless holiday symbol....
Central Park Holiday Lighting
Celebrate the season at the 21st Annual Holiday Lighting in Central Park. Meet Santa and friends, watch a live ice carving demonstration, sing carols on the Plaza, and warm up with hot cocoa and cookies. The event concludes with lighting a flotilla of trees on the...
Central Park’s Literary Walk to Feature Women’s Suffrage Monument
At long last women are to take their rightful place in Central Park. For the first time in history, a bronze statue depicting and celebrating the achievements of women will join the myriad monuments honoring men, animals and fictional characters in the storied park.On...
Giant Space Bubble Descends on Central Park
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of Art in the Parks, Spacebuster, in partnership with the Storefront for Art & Architecture, is bringing its pop-up exhibition, New Icon-i-Cities, to Central Park on Saturday, October 21 from 11 am to 3 pm. The...
ILLYRIA – the story of Joe Papp and Shakespeare in Central Park
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 "palace of...
Pelleas et Melisande at the Swedish Cottage Theater in Central Park
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 tells the...
Patti Smith at SummerStage in Central Park
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...
Patti Smith at SummerStage in Central Park
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 South...