Third Annual Benefit For
Socrates Sculpture Park
Honoring Martin Friedman
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
From 6:30 until 9:30 pm
Sunset Cocktails And BBQ
At Mark Di Suvero's Studio On The East River In Long Island City
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13th Annual Harvest in the Square Join them as we all indulge in signature dishes, deserts and wines from the neighborhood’s most celebrated establishments. An annual fundraiser benefiting Union Square Park, Harvest in the Square brings together the best of Manhattan’s culinary delights. Proceeds from the event benefit the Union Square Partnership's neighborhood programs including the beautification of Union Square Park. Tickets purchased in advance are $115.00. Visit our Union Square Park Page to learn more about this nice little park and Tickets can be purchased at harvestinthesquare.org. |
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NYC
Pagan Pride Day at Battery Park, NYC at Battery Park |
27th Korean Harvest and Folklore Festival
Saturday, September 26 & Sunday, September 27, 2009
Citi Field(Previous Mets stadium), Queens, New York City
Expect music, dancing, and eating at this two-day celebration when the Korean community in New York comes together to celebrate the Korean Harvest.
7th Autumn Moon Cultural Festival & Childrens Lantern Parade
Sunday, September 27 from Noon to 4:00 pm
Sara Roosevelt Park (Canal & Forsyth St)
Elephant Playground Fall Fair
Sunday, September 27 from 11:00 am - 3:00 pm
76th Street & Riverside Drive
The Elephant Playground Renovation Project will be hosting its third annual Fall Fair, a kid friendly fundraiser to help create awareness and raise money to renovate the Elephant Playground (76th Street & Riverside Drive).
Performances by Looney Louie and Ibble Bibble and Stewso. Inflatables and moonbounce jumping rides; Arts & crafts tables; face painting; balloon animals; carnival games. New this year: trackless train ride & spin art table. Great BBQ food, snacks and much more!!! Appropriate for kids ages 1-10. Rain or shine.
Elephant Playground Fall Fair
Sunday, September 27, 2009
11:00 am - 3:00 pm
Taking place at the Elephant Playground (76th Street & Riverside Drive)
The Elephant Playground Renovation Project is hosting its second annual Fall Fair, a kid friendly fundraiser to help create awareness and raise money to help renovate the Elephant Playground. Activities will include a concert by Little Maestros, arts & crafts by Kidville, jumping castles and moonbounces, face painting, an actual police car and fire truck for kids to explore, clowns, rides, games, great food and much more! Appropriate for kids ages 1-10. Rain or shine.
Learn more at the www.riversideparkfund.org
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The
Firefighter Stephen Siller Tunnel to Towers Run |
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2nd Annual THE TIMES SQUARE ALLIANCE and the Poetry Society of America team up to present a public reading of the winning entries from the second annual “BRIGHT LIGHTS, BIG VERSE: Poems of Times Square” contest. Tuesday, September 29 at 6:30 p.m. on Broadway and 47th Street. Poets submitted works inspired by the inherent energy and dynamic culture of Times Square, and the four winners, including Ben Miller of New York, NY, for “Pipe Birds”; Henk Rossouw of Amherst, MA, for “Chez Times Square”; Mary Jo Bang of St. Louis, MO for “In a Square of Times Square”; and Jehanne Dubrow of Chestertown, MD for “VJ Day in Times Square”, were selected out of a pool of close to 500 applicants. The event will be emceed by Alice Quinn, the executive director of the Poetry Society of America and former poetry editor at The New Yorker. Other distinguished poets – such as New Yorker Poetry Editor and Pulitzer Prize winner Paul Muldoon, Kimiko Hahn, the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York Foundation for the Arts, and Best American Poetry Series editor David Lehman, author of six poetry collections – will also be on-hand to read their favorite New York-inspired works. |
~ Past Events ~
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23rd
Annual Brazilian Day Festival With a huge bevy of ethnic foods, arts, crafts, jewelry, antiques
and other offerings there'll be this grand 'carnival' taking place
along 6th Avenue from 42nd - 56th Street & on 46th St. from Madison - 7th Avenue. Visit New Yorkled's Street Fairs/Festivals Page for other similar offerings. |
42nd Annual West
Indian American Parade / Festival (Carnival)
September 3rd to September 7th, 2009
West Indian American Day Carnival Celebrations
Brooklyn Museum Grounds - Washington Ave entrance off Eastern Parkway
718-467-1797
Within Brooklyn's festive Labor Day Weekend there will be this
annual celebration through dance, reggae, calypso and other music
as well as the grand parade, a kiddie carnival and so much more.
An event in which so many participate in!
Visit also the
official West Indian American Day Carnival Association
The Great World Beer Festival: Brewtopia V
taking place at Pier 92
Friday September 4-6, 2009:
7:00 - 11:00 pm
Ticket Prices: $50.00 - $59.00
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Saturday November 1, 2008:
12:00 - 4:00 pm;
5:00 - 9:00 pm
Ticket Prices: $50.00 - $59.00
Here is the annual Brewtopia Fest celebrating what? Yup!
You guessed it. BEER, BEER and more BEER!!!
Learn more at the official site: http://brewtopiafest.com/
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Annual Feast of San Gennaro Feast of San Gennaro takes place on Mulberry between Canal and Houston; and Grand and Hester between Mott and Baxter Visit this page for more info and photos from a previous celebration. |
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Open Live at Madison Square Park At Madison Square Park you can watch a live television broadcast for free on a large screen during these days. Learn more about this nice little park at this page on New Yorkled Magazine. |
New
York Super Boat Grand Prix
September 11 - 13, 2009
The Annual NY Super Boat International's Grand Prix will be taking
place again this year on the Hudson River as racers prepare for
November's World Championship in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida.
That's right! All are welcomed to watch this event since public
viewing of the race can be carried out on the Hudson River shores.
To learn more
about this event, visit their official website.
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Annual Motorcycle Show at the Queens
County Farm Museum Admission: $5.00 per person |
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Transportation
Alternative's NYC Century Bike Tour |
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The 84th Annual Middle Atlantic Skating Exhibition at Chelsea Piers NORMALLY, the public are invited to view Free of Charge on the third day but as of yet there are no details regarding this. Should you be interested in finding out for yourself you can visit the official site right here: http://www.thescny.org/ Of course there is also our Chelsea Piers Page here within New Yorkled Magazine. |
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September 11 Remembrances So here we are in 2009 looking to commemorate and memorialize that fateful day which despite the years for some of us feels like yesterday. There'll be the September Concert going on throughout the city with the aim of filling the skies with music. Aside from this there will also be other chances for one and all to spend the day in perhaps more solemn fashion. Whatever you choose to do this day may your day and every day thereafter be filled with peace. |
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Broadway
on Broadway at Times Square Since 1992 Broadway on Broadway has given folks made up of New York City natives and tourists a glance at the upcoming fall's new musicals as well as performances and special appearances from big names appearing in those long playing Broadway plays and musicals. Tens of thousands will be there to join the celebration at the Crossroads of the World, Times Square. It's a free concert to be enjoyed by all! |
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Seventh
Annual Westside County Fair at Riverside Park South |
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The
Little Red Lighthouse Festival Join the Historic House Trust and the New York Restoration Project in honor
of Manhattan's famous lighthouse. This event features Crafts, educational activities, food, hay rides, live music from
Hot Peas ‘N’ Butter & John Oliver and the Distinguished as well as limited tours of the lighthouse as part of this FREE celebration. Located just under the
GWB, the locale is accessible by the 1/9 or A trains to 181st Street. DIRECTIONS:
Take the A train to 181st Street.
From the far west end of 181st Street
(Plaza Lafayette), follow signs over
the footbridge to the Festival
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Musical Chairs Chamber Ensemble
ACTIVE CULTURE concert series with
Precious Metals: A Russian Music & Poetry Event
September 19 at 8:00 pm
Holy Child Church
4747 Amboy Road, Staten Island
Music by Mikhail Glinka, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Peter Tchaikovsky, Sergei Prokofiev, Petrovich Mussorgsky and Dmitri Shostakovich will be performed alongside works of poetry and prose including Courage and Requiem by Anna Akhmatova; select Zhivago Poems from the novel Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak, works by Vladimir Mayakovsky and the Father of Russian literature Alexander Pushkin. Audience members will be encouraged to read poetry excerpts and during the performance.
Read about it here at the official site.
Chinese Brush Painting Workshop
The New York Chinese Cultural Center
390 Broadway, 2/F
Saturday, September 19 from 6:00 - 7:00 pm
Admission: $10
Learn the revered Chinese art form of brush painting and create your own masterpiece. This ancient skill has been honored worldwide for centuries. Chinese brush painting is meant to be more than a representation of an object, it is also a symbolic expression. No sketch is prepared and no model is used; students of all ages will learn to paint with rapid, mentally constructed strokes, transporting a 'mind image' to mulberry paper. This unique workshop will teach students the valuable skill of taking something simple and making it beautiful in one, fluid stroke.
27th
Annual Queens County Fair
September 19 and 20 from
11:00 am - 6:00 pm
Coming up at the Queens County Farm Museum will be this traditional
county fair featuring blue ribbon competitions in livestock, produce,
arts and crafts, home crafts and more. Heck, there'll also be the
Amazing Maize Maze, pie-eating and corn-husking contests plus a
whole lot more. So take the time this weekend to investigate what
all the fuss is about! You and your family just might enjoy it very
much what with the carnival rides, pig racing and petting zoo.
ADMISSION:
Adults $6.00
Children $3.00 (age 12 and under)
Wyckoff
Farmhouse Apple Festival
Saturday, September 20th
12:00 noon - 4:00 pm
FREE ADMISSION
This free event will offer one and all a fun time. On hand will
be cider pressing along with a house tour, a performance by Caroline Copeland, of the New York Baroque Dance Company performs and more.
There'll also be apple games and crafts. Also visit the official site to confirm the date and time.
Kite Flight On Port Authority Roof
Will Let Your Imagination Soar Featuring kite experts including Glenn Davidson and miwa et marco, music by Louie & Subanda, yoga demonstrations by OM Factory, Dancing in the Streets, and other special guests. Participating and sponsoring organizations include: Children for Children Foundation, Free Arts NYC, Lower Eastside Girls Club, Materials for the Arts, M&S Schmalberg, Tinsel Trading Company. For more information on the kite launch log on to http://www.fashioncenter.com/about/news-events/upcoming-events/ |
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