Downtown Trippicks – Downtown Magazine

Trip.com is an innovative planning tool that tailors recommendations for places to stay, eat and play to your specific tastes. It also allows you to share your great experiences with people who have the same interests as you; people in your “tribes.” Trip.com’s TripPicks This Week feature empowers you to discover and take advantage of great events, openings and exhibits throughout the city each week.

Here are some exciting events and sites to check out this week in Downtown New York, courtesy of Trip.com. Visit their website or download the app for more upcoming events.

Run Club With Benefits

You gotta love it when a place entices you to work out by offering refreshments, giveaways and other celebratory treats. And, to make sure you’re getting the most of your workout, the 837 Run Club, a partnership between Samsung 837 and lululemon, takes experienced and novice runners on a 3 mile run with an expert lululemon run coach. FREE

Where: Samsung 837 (Chelsea), 837 Washington St, New York, NY 10014
When: Saturday, Aug. 12 at 10am

Khalid Live

Khalid’s debut single “Location” won the praise of many critics. Although young, his lyrics are sincere and heartfelt and his velvety voice is nothing short of extraordinary. Let his music woo you into a beautiful, relaxing space. FREE

Where: East River Park Amphitheater at East River Park (Lower East Side), East River Promenade, New York, NY 10002
When: Saturday, Aug. 12 from 5-7pm

Ice Cream Sushi

The newly opened Gelarto (gelato+art, get it?) is once again upping New York’s ice cream game. Straight out of Turin, this quirky ice cream shop serves pillowy brioche ice cream sandwiches and yummy homemade waffles topped with ice cream, but we’re gushing over the gelato shaped like sushi. Really, a work of art!

Where: Gelarto (East Village), 145 Avenue A, New York, NY 10003
When: Sunday-Thursday from 11am-10pm; Friday-Saturday from 11am-11pm

Battery Park Dance Festival

Now in its 36th year, the Battery Dance Festival is New York City’s longest-running free public dance festival, and, set against the backdrop of the New York Harbor, its most beautiful. See an array of diverse styles from local and international dancers and choreographers “present original works of high artistic merit.” This year’s highlights include performances by Janis Brenner and Dancers, Martha Graham School, Viraja and Shyamjith Kiran, Elías Aguirre Company, Michelle Dorrance, Mophato Dance Theater, Paul Taylor and Co. Nacional De Danza Contemporánea De República Dominicana. FREE

Where: Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park (Battery Park City), 20 Battery Pl, New York, NY 10280
When: Sunday, Aug. 13-Friday, Aug. 18 from 7-9pm

A Magnum Retrospective

Magnum Manifesto celebrates 70 years of breathtaking photography. It features “group and individual projects…over two hundred prints as well as books, magazines, videos, and rarely before seen archival documents” from Mikhael Subotzky, Alec Soth, Christopher Anderson, Paul Fusco, Jonas Bendiksen, Cristina Garcia Rodero, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Raymond Depardon, Susan Meiselas, Bieke Depoorter, Martine Franck, Dennis Stock, Leonard Freed, Sergio Larrain, Marc Riboud, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Chris Steele-Perkins and many others. Tickets start at $14.

Where: The International Center of Photography (Nolita), 250 Bowery, New York, NY 10012
When: Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday-Sunday from 10am-6pm; Thursday from 10am-6pm (Through Sunday, Sep. 3)

Here are some exciting events and sites to check out this week in Downtown New York, courtesy of Trip.com. Visit the website or download the app for more upcoming events

Summer Streets

Photo courtesy of The City of New York

Now in its 10th year, Summer Streets is a large scale block party that celebrates New York’s best feature – its streets. The goal is to remind New Yorkers that the concrete jungle is also a playground. Starting at Brooklyn Bridge and extending to Central Park, the streets will close to traffic and open to arts and crafts workshops, biking, musical performances, dancing, healthy foods, rock climbing, meditation, obstacle courses, an awesome zipline and the brand new, all-inflated LG Quadwash Water Park. FREE

Where: Check website for locations
When: Saturday, Aug. 5, 12 and 19 from 7am-1pm

New Cream Cheese Sweet Shop

Photo courtesy of Becky’s Bites NYC

New Yorkers take cream cheese on a bagel or in a cheesecake. Becky’s Bites, a new cream cheese sweet shop, is giving New Yorkers more cream cheese options. The shop’s motto is “cream cheese reimagined,” and its chocolate-covered cream cheese balls, tarts, cookie bites and mini bagels feature cream cheese flavors like apple pie, cappuccino, cookies-and-cream and even bacon, egg and cheese.

Where: Becky’s Bites NYC (East Village), 122 E. 7th Street, New York, NY 10009
When: Monday-Wednesday from 8am-11pm; Thursday-Friday from 8am-12am; Saturday from 9am-12am; Sunday from 9am-11pm

New Custom Beauty Bar

St. Ives summer pop-up shop in SoHo lets you customize your own scrub or body lotion using dozens of all natural ingredients. Add a little ginger, a dash of volcanic sand, some kale and papaya to create signature beauty products.

Where: St. Ives Mixing Bar (Soho), 577 Broadway, New York, NY 10012
When: Monday-Saturday from 11am-9pm; Sunday from 11am-8pm (through Saturday, Sep. 30)

New Korean Gastropub

In this gorgeous atrium-like space, the wrought iron is softened by floral and ivy motifs and a clean white interior. Ms Yoo feels both open and intimate. It’s a perfect place to spend a few hours sipping yummy specialty cocktails (Between the Knees is divine) and munching on Korean bar bites. Try the Squid Fries, Korean Fried Feet or the Honey Butter Chips… but the bar’s 10oz burger, topped with kimchi bacon onion jam and american cheese, is worth the splurge.

Where: Ms Yoo (Lower East Side), 163 Allen Street, New York, NY 10002
When: Tuesday-Sunday from 5pm-12am

Meditation and Tai Chi on the Highline

Yeah, “these streets will make you feel brand new/The lights will inspire you,” but let’s be real, New York is a stressful place and we all need a break from its madness. Solution: meet us on the Highline for weekly guided meditations. Those needing extra relief can stay for the Tai Chi session with Taoist Tai Chi Society. FREE

Where: The Highline at 22nd Street (Chelsea)
When: Tuesdays from 8-9am and from 9:30-10:30am