The New York City Traveler

This is a guest post from Mary Jo Manzanares, Travel & Culture Channel Editor and blogger at Flyaway Cafe.

Tavern on the Green is located in Central Park on the Upper West side of Manhattan (Central Park at West 67th Street).  It is one of the most successful independently owned restaurants in the U.S. 
It first achieved notoriety as a frequent haunt of the famous and infamous of Manhattan, including actors, entertainers and politicians.  It’s been the site for many opening night receptions for Broadway shows and movie premieres, and has been featured in tons of movies and television shows.  …read more

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Boating in Central Park is a favorite summertime activity.
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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 “House that Babe Built,” in 2009 the ball team will move to a new Yankee Stadium.  
Though the concert will be free, a ticket will be required for admission.  Free tickets will be distributed beginning Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at New York-area ballparks.  Most tickets …read more

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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 5 of the boroughs as well as East Islip, Long Island and New Jersey.  And in an effort to find a new summer home in the New York area, the Philharmonic will also have a free concert on July 5, 2008 at Governors Island.  The …read more

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It may not be the Globe Theatre, but Shakespeare has returned to Central Park in one of New York City’s favorite free summer events, Shakespeare in the Park. 
This year the Public Theater is performing Shakespeare’s classic tragedies, Hamlet.  Denmark’s Prince Hamlet sets out for revenge against his Uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet’s father, the King, and marries Hamlet’s mother in an attempt to take the throne.  Among the actors in Hamlet is Law & Order alum Sam Waterston.    
Free tickets are available on the day of the performance beginning at 1pm at The Delacorte Theater in Central Park. …read more

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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 “House that Babe Built,” in 2009 the ball team will move to a new Yankee Stadium.  
Though the concert will be free, a ticket will be required for admission.  Free tickets will be distributed beginning Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at New York-area ballparks.  Most tickets …read more

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ABC’s hit show Dancing with the Stars has just crowned a new champion.  But if you’re going through withdrawals from Dancing With the Stars, why don’t you dance under the stars?
The dance that has been called a “three minute love affair” is returning to Central Park again this summer.  Central Park Tango, a free dance meeting, is set to begin next week, Saturday, June 7 with Hernan as the DJ.  
Central Park Tango began in 1995 with a handful of people and a boom box at Bethesda Fountain.  At the time it was called “Hit and Run Tango” because if …read more

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Opening today, on the spectacular rooftop of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is the debut of of three new sculptures by American artist, in an new exhibition Jeff Koons on the Roof.  Koons has earned renown for such projects as Puppy (1992), a 42 1/2-foot-tall topiary sulpture of a West Highland Terrier, and Rabbit, a helium-filled balloon that made its debut at the 2007 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.  The art world is eagerly awaiting the debut of works in progress like Train, a 160-foot-tall full-scale locomotive, suspended nose-down, which “performs” several times a day with wheels chugging while emitting …read more

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For the third consecutive year, New York will be part of the Green Apple Festival to celebrate Earth Day 2008.  Festivities will include live entertainment, planting and mulching activities for families, tree care and composting demonstrations, arts & crafts with recycled materials, tree tours, face painting, a green mural project, Greenmarket vendors, and more!
The green mural project, peaceXpiece, is your opportunity to participate in the largest and longest “eco-mural.”  Conceptualized by artist Paul Kostabi, visitors are invited to stop by the Central Park Bandshell on Saturday or Sunday to pick up a free blank canvas and supplies to paint their …read more

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A walk through Central Park this week shows the flowers are beginning to peek out.  Spring is just around the corner!  
Photo credit: personal collection
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