Free Museums and Music Light Up Lower Manhattan on the Longest Day of the Year

Tonight, as part of the 2016 River to River Festival, more than a dozen Lower Manhattan museums, cultural institutions, and historic landmarks will open their doors, free of charge, for Night at the Museums. Participating venues include the National September 11 Memorial Museum, the South Street Seaport Museum, the China Institute, the Museum of Jewish...
The Museum of American Finance's current exhibit Worth Its Weight: Gold from the Ground Up, captivates visitors with the many spectacular and unexpected ways gold has influenced our lives.

Rowing The Atlantic

Dr. Stein Hoff began his row across the Atlantic on Sunday morning May 15th, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen. Here’s his facebook link to track his voyage. Day 36 ctd. It is 8 pm and I’m trying to decide if it was a good day as I got through another knock-down or if...
Dr. Stein Hoff began his row across the Atlantic on Sunday morning May 15th, 120 years after George Harbo and Frank Samuelsen.

TriBatteryPops Records New Album

Maestro Goodkind reports: “The first in our area in a century, our all citizen volunteer band, now nearly 14 years old, has gone viral in the land of fine wines and fancy cheese (France). A Facebook post linking to the TriBattery Pop’s latest album has garnered an unprecedented 108,000 clicks and rising, of which nearly...

June 17

1119 – Charles the Good becomes earl of Flanders 1462 – Vlad III the Impaler attempts to assassinate Mehmed II (The Night Attack) forcing him to retreatfrom Wallachia. 1579 – Sir Francis Drake lands on coast of California at Drakes Bay, names it “New Albion” 1631 – Mumtaz Mahal dies during childbirth. Her husband, Mughal...
The Taj Mahal is a white marble mausoleum located in Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India. It was built by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his third wife, Mumtaz Mahal.

River To River Festival Offers Free Dance, Music, Theater, and Open-Door Museums

The 15th annual River to River Festival, Lower Manhattan’s annual, free summer arts celebration, began yesterday and will continue through Sunday, June 26. The 11 days of live dance, music, theater and visual arts will present more than 80 separate performances and events, spread across dozens of Lower Manhattan venues, to a total audience of...
Dancers Wally Cardona and Jennifer Lacey perform "The Set Up" at Cannon's Walk in the South Street Seaport, as part of the 2015 River To River Festival Photo: Darial Sneed