by Grace Capobianco | Jul 9, 2020 | Events, Featured, News, Travel
We downtowners are thrilled to see all of our favorite yachting vessels back on the water, after a more than 3-month quarantine. Manhattan by Sail is ready for you to board! COVID has effected all businesses, but now its time to get out and support your favorite and...
by Downtown Magazine | Jun 30, 2020 | Art, Culture, Entertainment, Events
WNYC in collaboration with The Public Theater (Artistic Director, Oskar Eustis; Executive Director, Patrick Willingham) announced today a four-part radio play of Free Shakespeare on the Radio: RICHARD II. Conceived for the radio and directed by Saheem...
by Grace Capobianco | Jun 11, 2020 | Events, Featured
Sweden Invites New York to Experience Midsummer With Live Streams, Midsummer Picnic Baskets for Pickup, and Complimentary Flower Crowns For the first time in 24 years, the annual Swedish Midsummer Festival in New York City is canceled, due to the coronavirus pandemic....
by Jeff Simmons | Jun 10, 2020 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Museums, Music, News, Theater
The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, where 13,000 Jews died fighting Nazi oppression – in April and May 1943, it was the largest single act of resistance during the Holocaust. The Uprising was the inspiration for “Zog nit keyn mol” (Yiddish: “Never Say”), known as the...
by Jeff Simmons | May 27, 2020 | Events, Health, Theater
The Marlene Meyerson JCC Manhattan is raising the curtain on a five-episode virtual health and wellness series, Broadway’s Best for Breast Cancer!, led by Hamilton star Mandy Gonzalez. The series is part of JCC’s cancer care partnership with Breastlink New York, an...
by Jeff Simmons | May 22, 2020 | Dining, Events, Restaurants
First responders in and around the Flatiron District are eating well this month. The Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership is funding daily meal delivery orders, with the help of a GoFundMe campaign, to support neighborhood restaurants and feed essential workers. The...
