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Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival 2019

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Sakura Matsuri is the annual cherry blossom festival is celebrated both in Japan and in NYC, where the largest annual festival is in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden. It's two days of music and dance performances, including Taiko drumming, martial arts demonstrations, activities for the kids including a parade, flower arranging, a tea ceremony, and a marketplace for Japanese … [Read more...] about Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival 2019

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 24, 2019 | Updated April 24, 2019 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Brooklyn · Family Fun · Festivals · NYC Parks Tagged With: Brooklyn Botanical Garden· cherry blossoms· explore Brooklyn· NY Botanical Garden· Riverside Park· Sakura Matsuri

Best Places for NYC Cherry Blossoms

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Spring is blooming in New York City this week, including thousands of pink and white Japanese cherry trees with their fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms. Here are the best places to enjoy the cherry blossoms in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Bronx - Cherry Walk, Riverside Park, Manhattan: The walkway along the Hudson River, from 100th Street to 125th Street, is known … [Read more...] about Best Places for NYC Cherry Blossoms

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 23, 2019 | Updated April 23, 2019 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Bronx · Brooklyn · NYC Parks Tagged With: Brooklyn Botanic Garden· Central Park· New York Botanical Garden· NYC cherry blossoms· Riverside Park

NYC Free: Outdoor Films on the Green

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Friday Freebies: The 11th edition of Films on the Green, a FREE French film festival begins on June 1st in parks throughout NYC, plus one screening in Ft. Lee, N.J. This year’s focus is gastronomy, and every screening is a delicious treat. In 2018, Films on the Green explores the relationship between French culture and its food and wine, which are an integral part of … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Outdoor Films on the Green

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on May 30, 2018 | Updated May 30, 2018 Filed Under: Brooklyn · Central Park · Festivals · Film · NYC for Visitors · NYC Free · NYC Parks · NYC Summer Calendar Tagged With: Films on the Green· free outdoor movies· New Jersey· Riverside Park· Tompkins Square Park· Washingon Square Park

NYC Free: Annual Jane’s Walk Guided Tours

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Celebrate NYC this weekend with more than 200 FREE guided walking tours in all five boroughs. It's the annual Jane's Walk NYC, recognizing the contributions of visionary preservationist and urban planner Jane Jacobs, whose work changed the way the world views and understands cities. Simply, she helped make New York and other cities around the world more livable. The free … [Read more...] about NYC Free: Annual Jane’s Walk Guided Tours

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on May 3, 2018 | Updated May 3, 2018 Filed Under: Arts & Culture · Best of NYC · Bronx · Brooklyn · NYC Cheap Weekend · NYC Free · NYC Parks · Queens · Staten Island Tagged With: Grand Central Terminal· Jane's Walk· Riverside Park· Sacred Sites Open House

Best Places for Cherry Blossoms and Festivals

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It's been a long, cold winter and unseasonably cold spring, but thousands of Japanese cherry trees are burst into bloom all over NYC. Here are the best places in parks and gardens in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens to enjoy the fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms, and Cherry Blossom Festivals, including on Earth Day, Sat., April 21,  with Japanese music and … [Read more...] about Best Places for Cherry Blossoms and Festivals

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 20, 2018 | Updated April 20, 2018 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Brooklyn · Family Fun · Festivals · NYC for Visitors · NYC Parks · Queens Tagged With: Central Park· Cherry Walk· Earth Day· Hudson River· New York Botanical Garden· NYC cherry blossoms· Queens Botanical Garden· Randall's Island· Riverside Park· Sakura Matsuri

Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival 2017

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Sakura Matsuri is the annual cherry blossom festival is celebrated both in Japan and in NYC, where the largest annual festival is in the Brooklyn Botanical Garden, with two days of music, dance and martial arts performances, activities for the kids, and more. Advance tickets are required for the festival, this weekend, April 29/30. Get tickets now to celebrate the blossoms … [Read more...] about Sakura Matsuri Cherry Blossom Festival 2017

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on April 26, 2017 | Updated April 26, 2017 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Brooklyn · Family Fun · Festivals · NYC Parks Tagged With: Brooklyn Botanical Garden· cherry blossoms· explore Brooklyn· NY Botanical Garden· Riverside Park· Sakura Matsuri

Best places to view NYC cherry blossoms

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Spring in New York City means thousands of Japanese cherry trees are in bloom, turning NYC into a garden of fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms.  Here are the two best places to enjoy the cherry blossoms in Manhattan and Brooklyn - Manhattan: Cherry Walk, Riverside Park,  -- The walkway along the Hudson River, between 100th Street and 125th Street, is known as … [Read more...] about Best places to view NYC cherry blossoms

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on March 18, 2016 | Updated May 11, 2016 Filed Under: Best of NYC · Family Fun · Health & Fitness · NYC Parks Tagged With: Brooklyn Botanical Garden· Cheap Fun With Kids· cherry blossoms· Cherry Walk· Gardens· Riverside Park· Upper West Side

Best places to view NYC cherry blossoms in Manhattan and Brooklyn

Spring in New York City means thousands of Japanese cherry trees are in bloom, turning New York City into a garden of fragrant and delicate pink and white blossoms.  Here are the best places to enjoy the cherry blossoms in Manhattan and Brooklyn - Cherry Walk, Riverside Park, Manhattan -- The walkway along the Hudson River, from 100th Street to 125th Street, is known as … [Read more...] about Best places to view NYC cherry blossoms in Manhattan and Brooklyn

Posted by Evelyn Kanter on March 21, 2013 | Updated April 21, 2016 Filed Under: Family Fun · Free and Cheap · Grab Bag · NYC for Visitors · NYC Parks Tagged With: Brooklyn Botanical Garden· Cheap Fun With Kids· cherry blossoms· Cherry Walk· Gardens· Riverside Park· Upper West Side

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