It is not always sunny in Philadelphia, but even in rainy weather, the City of Brotherly Love manages to shine. Looking east from 30th Street Station toward Center City, a rainbow punctuates the gray skies. ( Photo: Ralph Spielman) Day Trip or Overnight Philly—yeah, savvy New Yorkers don’t like the athletic teams here, but this city is not just about the Phillies, the Eagles,... Summer Guide 15 May 2025 | 12:17
Surf’s up at Rockaway Beach. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Out of Manhattan Governors Island www.govisland.com www.nps/gov/gois Bored of your usual Manhattan haunts? Like boats? Islands? The military?... Summer Guide 15 May 2025 | 12:08
Volleyball at Hudson River Park Pier 25. ( Photo: HudsonRiverPark.org) Outdoor Recreation Bicycle Racing While the verdict is still out on how much the growth of New York City’s bike-lane network has benefited bicyclists... Summer Guide 15 May 2025 | 01:15
Pecking House on Henry Street, Bock Bock! ( Photo: Brian Berger) Food & Drink Shawarma Shabazi 688 Amsterdam Ave., near W. 93rd Street 212-580-3770 www.shabazinyc.com One of the great on-the-go cuisines,... Summer Guide 15 May 2025 | 01:20
Lincoln Center Festival Orchestra conductor Jonathan Heyward. ( Photo: JonathanHeyward.com / Kaupo Kikkas) Music Central Park SummerStage 212-360-1399 www.cityparksfoundation.org As Fred Sanford would exclaim, “This is the big one!” The... Summer Guide 15 May 2025 | 01:27
Senior painting class at the Marlene Meyerson JCC. ( Photo: Marleme Meyerson JCC) Seniors New York Society Library 53 E. 79th St. 212-288-6900 www.nysoclib.org Nothing against the beloved and sometimes beleaguered New... Summer Guide 15 May 2025 | 02:04
Bella Abzug Park ( Photo: NYC Parks Dept.) Kids John Jay Park East 78th Street and Cherokee Place www.nycgovparks.org/parks/john-jay-park-and-pool/ If it’s not all about the... Summer Guide 15 May 2025 | 02:07
USS Intrepid at night,Pier 86 at 46th Street, Manhattan. ( Photo: commons.wikimedia.org) Movies Film at Lincoln Center 70 Lincoln Center Plaza 212-875-5825 www.filmlinc.org Whether as a destination itself, a rainy-day retreat,... Summer Guide 15 May 2025 | 02:12
Philippines Independence Day Parade, June 2, 2024. ( Photo: Brian Berger) Parades Philippines Independence Day Parade www.pidci.org Sunday, June 1 One of the city’s lesser known but most ebullient parades... Summer Guide 15 May 2025 | 02:14
140 volunteers are an integral part of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Photo Credit: Courtesy of the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum. Volunteering Benjamin Levinsohn, Director of Volunteers at the Intrepid Museum put it this way, when asked about the people who gladly... Summer Guide 19 May 2023 | 12:36
Greenwich House. Photo: Chasi Annexy for Greenwich House. Seniors Greenwich House 20 Washington Square North 155 Bank Street 27 Barrow Street 310 Greenwich Street 25 Carmine Street Greenwich House’s... Summer Guide 19 May 2023 | 12:34
White House of the Confederacy portico Richmond VA. Photo: Ralph Spielman. Travel A few suggestions below for some cooling relief from hot NYC days, be it a day.... Beacon, NY 60 miles north of us lies the... Summer Guide 11 May 2023 | 05:57
Photo: Museum of Mathematics. Kids Museum of Mathematics 11 East 26th Street 212-542-0566 At first glance, a museum themed after the most widely-reviled school... Summer Guide 19 May 2023 | 12:34
Photo: Smorgasburg. Out of Manhattan Smorgasburg 90 Kent Ave, Brooklyn Saturdays, 11am-6pm The largest weekly open-air food market in the nation, Smorgasburg, started... Summer Guide 19 May 2023 | 12:35
Photo: NYC Pride 2022 ( Lanscine Janneh/BFA.com / Lanscine Janneh/BFA.com) Cultural Events Pride March June 25th, 12pm NYC’s first Pride March was held in 1970, to celebrate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising.... Summer Guide 19 May 2023 | 12:35
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