This Thanksgiving, our Chief Experience Officer reflects on his gratitude for the play that changed his life!
This now-obscure holiday was once bigger than Thanksgiving...and the 4th of July!
🥟 Foodies and NYC history buffs unite! Our Taste of New York tour blends culinary treats with rich tales of NYC’s immigrant past.
A Taste of New York: Food Tour of Chinatown, Little Italy, and the LES
🗓️ Friday, August 15th at 10 AM - 1 PM ET
Sample a variety of traditional Chinese, Italian, and Jewish foods as you explore landmarks of Lower Manhattan (once the most densely populated district in the world) and discover how each ethnic group left its mark on the city.
⏰ Every Wednesday - Sunday at 2 pm ET
📍General William Tecumseh Sherman Monument
Ahead of the season finale of HBO's hit series The Gilded Age this weekend, visit the places where NYC's real-life Gilded Age drama unfolded! Take in outrageous stories of extravagant wealth, architecture, and art while admiring the facades of the buildings where they took place (and see stunning photos of those that have been lost).
🎭 Get in line (or download the TodayTix app) for your tickets to Free Shakespeare in the Park at the newly renovated Delacorte Theater (We got a sneak peek!)
🏓 Celebrate National Pickleball Day (and the sport's 60th birthday) with free Pickleball in Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal all weekend. 🕐 Book court time online. (P.S. Did you know there's a hidden tennis court upstairs?)
☀️ Untapped New York's summer sale ends soon! ☀️
🎟️ Buy 1 tour ticket, get your 2nd ticket 50% off with code SUMMERINTHECITY
Applies to select tours running through September 1. Spaces limited!
⏰ 10 am - 12 pm ET
📍Tour meets at 60 East 14th Street
Visit several of the most dynamic and diverse areas of Manhattan: Gramercy Park (outside the gates), Madison Square, and Union Square. Discover who is buried in the Worth Monument, pass the original locations of lost Madison Square Gardens, visit a historic speakeasy, walk along “The Historic Ladies Mile,” and more!
🎷 Enjoy live music sets, tap performances, kids’ programming, and pop-up cultural moments during the inaugural NoMad Jazz Festival in Madison Square Park. Just bring a blanket — no tickets needed for this free event running Saturday and Sunday (but you can buy a VIP Pass) 🕐 9 am - 8:15 pm
❤️ It's Bookstore Romance Day! Find your next read at one of NYC's wonderful independent bookstores, including one dedicated solely to romance novels!
😃 Create a Carnival headdress with feathers and rhinestones, hear a steel drum symphony, gaze up at Moko Jumbies (stilt walkers), and participate in more family-friendly activities at the Brooklyn Children’s Museum's annual Celebrate the Caribbean festival 🕐 11 am- 5 pm.
🚆 Uncover secrets of the NYC subway system on an underground tour 🕐 10 am and 2pm start times
🐉 Watch dragon boat races sail and celebrate the Year of the Snake with free family-friendly activities at the 35th Annual Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival in Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens 🕐 9 am - 5 pm
⏰ 11 am - 1 pm ET
📍Duffy Square
Travel back to the days when 42nd Street was the Deuce, Eighth Avenue was the Minnesota Strip, and the Great White Way was a red light district. Your expert guide will reveal former peepshows, dive bars, hotsheet hotels, and the over-the-top personalities who made Times Square what it was in the 1970s.
🎨 Visit Edgemere Farm, a volunteer-run urban farm and gathering space in Far Rockaway, for the third annual Domingo World—a free art, music, and performance series curated by artists and community organizers 🕐 12 pm - 5 pm
🍸 Pretend it's the 1920s all over again at the 20th Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party on Governors Island! 🕐 11 am - 5 pm
🎉 Spend "A Great Day in Harlem" at Ulysses S. Grant National Memorial Park, the first major public outdoor event for Harlem Week. There will be an International Village with vendors and exhibitors, and live entertainment 🕐 12 pm - 7 pm
⛵ It's prime sailing time! Hop aboard a historically inspired boat for a Taste of the Sea Sunset Sail with seafood tapas and wine flights 🕐 6:45 PM – 8:45 PM
🌳 Help count the trees in Carl Schurz Park as part of the citywide tree census, which takes place every 10 years. You will receive a 20-minute training session and all the supplies needed. 🕐 10am - 12 pm at East 86th Street and East End Avenue
🎩 Meet the seedy characters of NYC's Gilded Age when author John Tauranac shares stories from his new book, New York's Scoundrels, Scalawags, and Scrappers: The City in the Last Decade of the Gilded Age, in a free virtual talk
⛪ Explore a stunning adaptive reuse project located in the heart of Fort Greene’s designated landmark district on an exclusive free tour of The Abbey
🎺 Listen to the High & Mighty Brass Band at the Forest Park Bandshell
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