by Sabrina Little | Aug 5, 2024 | Culture, Downtown Highlights, Music, NYC, Uncategorized
Hudson River Park is excited to unveil the lineup for the 24th annual Blues BBQ Festival, which will be held on Saturday, August 10th at Pier 76, from 1 pm to 9 pm. This free admission event promises a day of live blues performances, delicious barbecues, desserts, and...
by Linda Sheridan | Aug 5, 2024 | Dining, Downtown News
Periyali’s main dining area. Photo by Liz Clayman. It’s no small feat to own a restaurant in New York City. If you’ve lasted as long as Periyali has, which is nearly 40 years now, clearly you are doing something right. Long embraced by locals in the...
by Sabrina Little | Aug 5, 2024 | Business, Featured, Real Estate, Travel
With DOWNTOWN’s expansion into Europe, our first regional highlight is the captivating country of Portugal. After CEO and publisher Grace A. Capobianco experienced the charm and allure of living in Portugal, she felt compelled to share its beauty, culture, and...
by Linda Sheridan | Aug 2, 2024 | Culture, News, Theater
Adam Driver is set to star in a new off-Broadway production of Kenneth Lonergan’s Hold on to Me Darling, this fall. In what is described as a “tragicomedy,” Driver, portraying fictitious superstar country singer Strings McCrane, falls into an...
by DOWNTOWN News | Aug 1, 2024 | Culture, Events, NYC, Theater
Jiemen Yang, photo by Steven Pisano. Battery Dance is celebrating the 43rd anniversary of its free summer festival from August 11-17, 2024 with a rain date on Sunday August 18, in partnership with Battery Park City Authority. Held in Rockefeller Park, the 43rd Annual...
