Category: Summer in NYC

June 05 2019

New York Celebrates WorldPride 2019

It was warm in Greenwich Village in the early morning hours of June 28, 1969, when police launched a raid on the Stonewall Inn. The fact of the raid itself wasn’t unusual. Authorities often targeted bars that catered to gays and lesbians, drag queens, transgender people, vagrant youth, and others in the LGBTQ community. The response, however, was anything but normal. This time, the patrons fought back, in a confrontation that would become famous the world over as the Stonewall … Read More

May 06 2019

Much Ado About Shakespeare

Though the Globe Theatre of London was Shakespeare’s original theatrical home, today, more than four hundred years after the Bard laid down his pen for the last time, our very own Central Park becomes the center of the Shakespearean universe for a few months each summer. From May through August, Shakespeare in the Park stages two extravagant productions at the magnificent Delacorte Theater, an open-air venue that seats up to 1800 lucky viewers. First up this summer is Much Ado … Read More

August 12 2018

A Festival Fit for Jay Gatsby at the Annual Governors Island Jazz Age Lawn Party

Overwhelmed by the oppressive summer heat, the main characters of The Great Gatsby—Tom, Daisy, Nick, and Gatsby himself—decide to drive from Long Island into Manhattan, where they take a suite at the Plaza Hotel and order an enormous bucket of ice to cool rising temps and tempers. This August, we recommend a little adventure in the opposite direction—no, not to Long Island, but to Governors Island for the annual Jazz Age Lawn Party. Just a short ferry ride from the … Read More