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  • Little Red Lighthouse Festival

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    Celebrate Manhattan’s only remaining lighthouse at the annual Little Red Lighthouse Festival.

    The event features Urban Park Ranger educational presentations, visits to the lighthouse interior, readings of The Little Red Lighthouse children’s book, fishing clinics, live music, food vendors, and fun family activities.

    The event is free and open to the public.

    Location

    The Little Red Lighthouse is located in Fort Washington Park at West 181 Street and Plaza Lafayette.

    Enter the park at 158th or 181st Street and follow the pathways to the waterfront. Walk towards the George Washington Bridge, where the Lighthouse is located.

    Dates

    The 2017 Little Red Lighthouse Festival is Saturday, October 7th from noon to 4:00 p.m.

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  • Free Concerts: Lowdown Hudson Music Festival

    Lowdown Hudson Music Fest

    Each year, Arts Brookfield presents the Lowdown Hudson Music Fest, a free summer music festival at Brookfield Place. The event takes place over two days, with concerts held on the Brookfield Place waterfront plaza.

    The event is free to attend. Admission is on a first come, first served basis.

    Dates for the 2017 event are Tuesday, July 18th and Wednesday, July 19th.

    Brookfield place has lots of places where you can get something to eat, and terrace and waterfront plaza bars sell beer and wine.

     

    2017 Performers

    The 2017 Headliner for Tuesday, July 18th is award-winning rapper, actor, producer, and poet Common. Flint Eastwood opens the Wednesday, July 19th show and OK GO is the main act.

    For both performances, doors open at 5:00 p.m. and the show starts at 6:00 p.m..

    See details and more information about the performers and location.

     

    Location

    The Brookfield Place Waterfront Plaza at 220 Vesey Street, between West Street and the Hudson River.

     

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  • Taste of Times Square, June 1st

    The 2015 Taste of Times Square takes place June 1st. The event features food from over 50 Times Square restaurants, plus live music.

    Booths with food sampling will be located on W 46th Street from Broadway to 9th Avenue and on Broadway from 45th to 47th Streets.

    Tasting tickets are $1 each and the price for each dish ranges from two to six tickets. You can purchase tickets at the event or in advance online.

    See a list of participating restaurants and the items that they’ll be serving.

    There will be live music provided throughout out the area.

    Visit the Times Square website for details.

    See Yelp reviews of last year’s event.

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  • Chinese New Year in New York City – 2014

    chinese-new-yearChinese New Year is January 31, 2014.  Here are some ways to celebrate the Year of the Horse in New York City.

    There will be Chinese New Years events on Friday, January 31st at Roosevelt Park, between Grand and Hester Streets.  There will be a firecracker ceremony and an afternoon of traditional and contemporary cultural performances. 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Dance troupes will also parade through the main streets of Chinatown.

    There will be a free Dragon Dance performance by Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company and National Dance Institute on February 1st from 3:00 pm to 4:00 pm on the Lincoln Center Josie Robertson Plaza.

    The 15th Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival takes place on Sunday, February 2nd. The parade begins at the intersection of Mott and Hester Streets and progresses along East Broadway, and up Eldridge to Forsyth.