Sad news for the fans of the queen of polka dots. The eagerly awaited Kusama exhibit at the New York Botanical Garden has been postponed for one year, until Spring 2021. KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature was to have opened on May 9, 2020 and tickets had been been selling briskly. As with other events large and small in NYC, this is yet another victim of the Coronavirus pandemic. See our full list … [Read more...]
Celebrating All Things Green in New York City
NYC celebrates our great green city all 365 days a year, not just on St. Patrick's Day. Even though the great green St. Patrick's Day Parade has been cancelled this year due to Coronavirus, you can still enjoy what's green in in NYC. Despite what Kermit the Frog says, it's easy to be green in NYC, because green is everywhere, in NYC parks and gardens, neighborhood and street names, on the … [Read more...]
NYC Parks Named for Women
Celebrate Women's History Month in March by visiting the NYC parks, gardens, playgrounds and even a reservoir named for important New York City women and for other important women in history. There's at least one park in each NYC borough named for a woman who changed NYC, even the world. These impressive women include two First Ladies, a Revolutionary War heroine, an Olympic swimming … [Read more...]
NYC Free Museum Admission This Weekend
Take advantage of FREE museum admission on the first full weekend of each month and on the first Thursday, Friday and Saturday of each month. Add these "firsts" to add to your monthly NYC "to do" list, and enjoy FREE museum admission this first full weekend of the new month in New York City. FREE admission year-round at these NYC museums FREE museum admission with NYC library … [Read more...]
Kusama Show at NYBG Tickets Go on Sale
The exhibit opens in May, but you should get advance tickets for what is surely to be a show that will make us all go dotty. KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature is a major exhibition by the internationally celebrated Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, with sculptures and paintings throughout the New York Botanical Garden, indoors and out, including one of her famous infinity mirror rooms. Some of the works on … [Read more...]
NYC Free: IRS Tax Prep and Filing at NYPL
April 15th will be here before you know it. Once again in 2020, you can get FREE assistance with filing your taxes through April 15th at The New York Public Library (NYPL) neighborhood branches throughout Manhattan, Bronx and Staten Island, from AARP volunteers certified by the IRS. The FREE tax prep service is open to anybody, whether or not you are 50+ and eligible for AARP … [Read more...]
NYC Free: Reusable Shopping Bags Giveaway
In case you haven't heard, starting March 1, 2020, New York State is banning the use of single-use plastic bags. That includes here in NYC, where the Dept. of Sanitation is giving away 100,000 reusable shopping bags. It's an effort to reduce litter on city streets and in state rivers, lakes and streams. If you are like me, you already have a collection of plastic bags you can re-use … [Read more...]
Chain Stores Closed in 2019 in New York City
If you think there are fewer national chain stores in New York City than there used to be, you are correct. And if you think many of those empty storefronts were replaced by mobile phone stores, you are also correct. 2019 saw the largest number of closings of shoe and clothing chains, coffee shop and ice cream chains, fast food and fast casual dining chains, and health and beauty chains, and … [Read more...]
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