Coney Island, NY -- The 25th annual installment of the Coney Island Film Festival hits the shores of Coney Island from Friday, May 2nd, through Sunday, May 4th, 2025. This year's festival features 92 films from around the world, a stunning array of high and lowbrow fare as diverse as the neighborhood it represents. Subjects range from the profound to the profane, showcasing the independent spirit and irreverent nature of the one and only Coney Island.
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Emerging Artists Theatre Now Accepting Submissions for their Fall Spark Theatre Festival NYC
Apr 22, 2025
Fall Festival Will Now Feature Two Categories of Workshopped Productions and Fully Produced New Work
Application deadline is June 2, 2025
New York, N.Y. - Emerging Artists Theatre (EAT) is seeking submissions for their Fall Spark Theatre Festival NYC. The festival is scheduled to run from September 8 through September 28, 2024, at 312 West 36th Street, in midtown Manhattan. EAT is excited to announce that the upcoming festival will now be broken into two categories: workshop productions and fully developed new work. Additionally, some productions may be given more than one performance slot.
Annual Dumbo Drop Events Take Place at 5pm and 7pm on Washington Street in Dumbo
DUMBO, Brooklyn (April 22, 2025) — Brooklyn’s flying elephant fundraising spectacle, the annual Dumbo Drop, is back on Friday, May 30, 2025 with two drops of thousands of parachuting toy elephants from the rooftops surrounding Washington Street (5pm and 7pm).
Parkgoers of all ages can enjoy hundreds of free events, from April through September
Highlights include hands-on science, sunset concerts, Broadway performances, sunset music/dancing, exercise classes and more
New York, N.Y. (April 15, 2025) — Hudson River Park today unveiled its dynamic 2025 spring and summer event lineup, featuring hundreds of free and exciting programs for the community across each neighborhood of the four-mile riverfront park. This year’s season officially kicks off May 17th on Pier 84 with SUBMERGE Marine Science Festival, a family-friendly event packed with hands-on river research, wildlife encounters and riveting science shows in a daylong celebration of our local waterways.
New Musical 'Every Wednesday Night' Part of Abingdon Theatre Company’s Brave New Voices Series
Apr 15, 2025
New York, N.Y. (April 15, 2025) – Abingdon Theatre Company (Chad Austin, Producing Artistic Director) is thrilled to present their next Brave New Voices event, a concert performance of Every Wednesday Night in association with Executive Producer Rashad V. Chambers, with music and lyrics by Jon D’Agostino and Michael August and book by Jon D’Agostino. The performance will have music direction by Robbie Cowan and will be directed by Chad Austin.
Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk Returns May 10-18, 2025
Apr 10, 2025
Brooklyn’s Free Public Art Event Brings Together Over 125 Artists at 70 Participating Local Businesses to Celebrate Creativity and Community
Brooklyn, N.Y. (April 9, 2025) - This spring, Brooklyn will come alive with creativity with over 125 local artists exhibiting their work at 70 local businesses for the Annual Atlantic Avenue ArtWalk from Saturday, May 10th to Sunday, May 18th from 12:00 pm-6:00 pm. This vibrant, free, self-guided, 1.5-mile art event will span Atlantic Avenue from Fourth Avenue to the waterfront and showcase the diverse talents of emerging and established artists at galleries, salons, boutiques, restaurants, and home decor shops. …
Tickets Now on Sale
New York, N.Y. - South Street Seaport Museum announces the 2025 sailing season for the 1885 Schooner Pioneer beginning in May and running through October. Tickets range from $10–$70 to sail New York Harbor and are on sale now! seaportmuseum.org/pioneer…
ENCORE Revisits Historic Photographs Of Broadway Theaters Created During The 2020-21 Closure
Apr 09, 2025
Solo exhibition features newly released images from the artist’s celebrated series
New York, NY —Five years after the start of Broadway’s Great Intermission—the 18-month period when the Covid pandemic forced theaters to close—Mark S. Kornbluth has released new images in his historic portrait series DARK.
COLLECTED STORIES Explores the Passionate, Complex Bonds between Writers in Intimate East Village Production
Limited Engagement Runs May 4 – 18 at The East Village Basement
New York, N.Y. — This May, the vibrant heart of the East Village becomes home to Donald Margulies' captivating drama Collected Stories, featuring acclaimed performers Grace Kiley and Christina Toth in an intimate theatrical experience that delves into the rich, complex relationship between two extraordinary writers. The limited engagement runs May 4 – 18, with opening night slated for Thursday, May 8 at 7pm at The East Village Basement. Award winning actor Lori Triolo directs.
The Whitney Museum Celebrates 10 Years Downtown with 10 Weeks of Public Programs and Events
Apr 02, 2025
Beginning May 1, Celebrate the Whitney’s “Decade Downtown” with dance parties, live music, DJ nights, tours, artmaking activities, and more!
New York, NY — The Whitney Museum of American Art presents Decade Downtown, a series of on-site public programs and events spanning ten weeks, starting in May 2025 and running through mid-July to celebrate ten years of the Whitney in the Meatpacking District. Since May 2015, the Museum has called this neighborhood home in its Renzo Piano– designed building at 99 Gansevoort Street. As part of a neighborhood rich in history, creativity, and cultural exchange, the Whitney has played an integral role in contributing to this vibrant cultural center on Manhattan’s west side by bringing art, ideas, and community together with its state-of-the-art exhibitions, education programing, free admissions initiatives, and strong engagement with partner organizations and neighbors.