Today’s Calendar Friday July 19 FRIDAY 8AM Tai Chi Battery Park City Authority Build muscle and strength, improve flexibility and balance, and increase aerobic conditioning. Tai Chi results in strength and focus of body and mind. Esplanade Plaza. http://bpcparks.org/events/2019-07/ 12NOON Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House Tour Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian Highlights...
Today in History July 19 Musicians in the Orchestra, 1872, oil on canvas, by Edgar Degas AD 64 – The Great Fire of Rome causes widespread devastation and rages on for six days, destroying half of the city. 1545 – The Tudor warship Mary Rose sinks off Portsmouth; in 1982 the wreck is salvaged in...
Today in History July 18 The Messerschmitt Me 262 was the world’s first jet fighter aircraft. Click to watch and hear its jet engines. 390 BC – Roman-Gaulic Wars: Battle of the Allia – a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, leading to the subsequent sacking of Rome 64 – Great Fire of Rome begins...
Today’s Calendar Thursday July 18 8AM Sunrise Yoga at Wagner Park Battery Park City Authority Rise and shine to begin your morning with an outdoor yoga class that will help align your chakras and invigorate your day. Instructors focus on movements meant to enhance posture alignment and increase flexibility and balance. All levels welcome. Bringing...
Leader of the PAC Former Governors Island Overseer Takes Helm at World Trade Center Performance Venue Leslie Koch, shown here during her tenure as president of the Trust for Governors Island (which she led for ten years), will now take the helm at the Perelman Performing Arts Center, currently under construction at the World Trade...