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Independence Day is on Friday and nothing says America quite like pyrotechnic displays and hot dog eating contests at Coney Island. Here’s what you need to know about New York’s two favorite ways to spend the Fourth.
Macy’s 4th of July Fireworks 2008 Bigger is better, according to Macy’s who has four barges loaded […]
“Guardians of the Forest: Photographs by Rodrigo Petrella” | National Museum of the American Indian Part of the Amazônia Brasil exhibition, these photographs introduce some of the Amazon region’s indigenous people. Free. Through July 13.
“Rococo: The Continuing Curve, 1730-2008″ | Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum Exploring rococo style and its continuing revivals up to the […]
ABC’s Good Morning America and NBC’s Today Show free summer concert series continues into July with even more musical performances from today’s hottest recording artists.
ABC’s Good Morning America hosts their free concert series in Bryant Park (map). All concerts are free and open to the public. Viewers interested in attending the free live performances should […]
Fresh from a controversial trip to North Korea, the New York Philharmonic will be coming to a park near you. For the 44th consecutive year, the New York Philharmonic will be performing 8 concerts as part of the free Concerts in the Park series.
This year the NY Phil will be performing in all […]
We’re growing! As promised, more new blogs and bloggers have joined the Travel and Culture Channel here at b5media. Now we’re at 30 blogs with more in the works! Stay tuned for even more announcements, but in the mean time, check out these new blogs:
The political season is well underway and J-Michael is totally […]
New York City’s Heritage of Pride celebrations aren’t scheduled to begin until June 22nd, but there are plenty of pride events going on this weekend to prepare you for the mother of them all… New York’s Gay Pride March.
“Live, Love, Be” is the theme of this year’s Brooklyn Pride event. There is a […]
The love story between Ennis and Jack isn’t over yet. New York City Opera announced yesterday that they have commissioned American composer Charles Wuorinen to write an opera based on Annie Proulx’s short story “Brokeback Mountain.” Proulx’s 1997 short story was made into a 2005 feature-length film and garnered multiple Academy Award nominations, including […]
Let the fiesta begin! New York’s annual Puerto Rican Day Parade will march up Fifth Avenue this Sunday. The parade, the second largest in New York behind the West Indian-American Carnival Parade, celebrates Puerto Rican heritage and its contribution to the society of New York.
It is estimated that The Puerto Rican Day Parade […]
To help Yankee Stadium go out in a “blaze of glory,” Bon Jovi will be performing a free concert in Central Park next week, July 12, 2008.
Announced yesterday, the concert will be part of baseball’s 2008 All-Star game festivities which will take place at Yankee Stadium. This year will mark the final season of the […]
This is your last weekend to catch the Whitney Biennial, the majority of the exhibition ends June 1st. Here is the rest of my short list on other notable exhibitions and shows that are ending in June. Be sure you catch these events before they’re gone!
“Geometry in Motion” | MoMA Tracing the transformation of the […]
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