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Free Friday family arts & crafts workshop in Central Park

Eco-themed themed crafts are the focus of the FREE Friday family arts & crafts workshop in Central Park’s Charles A. Dana Discovery Center.  The program is 3 PM to 4:30 PM, designed for children 12 and under, and also designed for mom, dad or another caretaker to participate in creating a family arts & [...]

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Free Friday family arts & crafts workshop in Central Park

Eco-themed themed crafts are the focus of the FREE Friday family arts & crafts workshop in Central Park’s Charles A. Dana Discovery Center.  The program is 3 PM to 4:30 PM, designed for children 12 and under, and also designed for mom, dad or another caretaker to participate in creating a family arts & [...]

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Take the kids: Three Bears Holiday Bash puppet show in Central Park

The Three Bears Holiday Bash is a family favorite annual holiday event that draws on the stories of Hanukkah, the Night Before Christmas, and Kwanzaa, celebrating them all  in song, dance, and puppetry. The plot is a comedy of errors when Baby Bear invites Santa to star in Mama and Papa Bears’ annual holiday [...]

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Take the kids: Three Bears Holiday Bash puppet show in Central Park

The Three Bears Holiday Bash is a great way to get into the holiday spirit.  It’s a variety show draws on the stories of Hanukkah, the Night Before Christmas, and Kwanzaa.  The annual — and kid-pleasing show — celebrates the holiday season in song, dance, and puppetry. This production quickly becomes a comedy of [...]

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Best spots to watch and cheer 2011 NYC Marathon runners

Best spot to cheer NYC Marathon runners is Fifth Ave. and 110th St., as they enter Central Park for the finish line

My vote for the best spot to watch and cheer the 43,000 runners in the 2011 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 6th,  is where they enter Central Park [...]

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Best spots to watch and cheer 2011 NYC Marathon runners

Best spot to cheer NYC Marathon runners is Fifth Ave. and 110th St., as they enter Central Park for the finish line

My vote for the best spot to watch and cheer the 43,000 runners in the 2011 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 6th,  is where they enter Central Park [...]

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Hear the Rosh Hashonah shofar in Central Park on Thursday

Shofar in the Park is an opportunity for those of us who don’t go to synagogue on Rosh Hashonah or Yom Kippur to still hear the stirring sounds of the shofar.  This year’s Shofar in the Park is in Central Park, on Thursday, September 29th, at the end of the first day of Rosh [...]

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Black Eyed Peas concert in Central Park Friday, Sept. 30th

There are no more FREE tickets available for the Black Eyed Peas concert in Central Park on Friday, Sept. 30th, but there are still tickets available for purchase — click here to purchase tickets.  VIP tickets cost $250. The concert — originally scheduled for June 9th — was rained out and rescheduled for this [...]

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Andrea Bocelli concert tonight in Central Park requires ticket for entry

All tickets for the free Andrea Bocelli concert in Central Park tonight, with the New York Philharmonic, have been given out.  There are no more free tickets to this concert, and a ticket is required for entrance to the Great Lawn. You will not be allowed inside the gates without a ticket.  But that doesn’t [...]

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Central Park Film Festival of free movies is August 23-27

2011 Central Park Film Festival is August 23-27

The Ninth Annual Central Park Film Festival is set for August 23-27, with an interesting of movies each night for five nights, each one about music and show business, and each one is FREE.  The films are shown at the northern edge of the Sheep Meadow, [...]

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Free Friday concerts in Central Park, Rockefeller Center

These are the last few weeks of FREE Friday concerts presented by the Today Show and Good Morning America, which end on Labor Day weekend.  This Friday, in Rockefeller Plaza, its  it’s the popular Country music group, the Zac Brown Band.  Next week, it’s popular  performer Jeff Bridges.  This Friday, in Central Park’s Rumsey [...]

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Free tickets to Andrea Bocelli concert in Central Park now available

Tickets are being given out  today, Thursday, August 4th for the FREE concert by the New York Philharmonic, with special guest star Andrea Bocelli,  in Central Park on September 15th.  A ticket is required for entrance to the Great Lawn.  Tickets are being handed out beginning at 9 a.m.  — a maximum of four [...]

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