суббота, 25 января 2014 г.

Memorial Day Parades and Memorials All on Monday. A ceremony at 9 a.m. in front of Yonkers City Hall


Bike With the Urban Park Rangers On Saturday, a bicycle ride on the Greenway of Queens will meet at 10 a.m. at Kissena Park, Rose and Oak Avenues, Flushing; riders should provide their own bicycles and helmets; nyc.gov/parks/rangers ; free.
Civil War Commemorations at Green-Wood Cemetery , Fifth Avenue hotels toronto and 25th Street, Greenwood Heights, Brooklyn. The 150th anniversary of the war will be observed with several tributes to many Civil War veterans buried at the cemetery. On Sunday, hotels toronto the Grand Procession will include music and stories about the war at 7 p.m., followed by a procession past candlelit graves of veterans and a visit to the exhibition "Honoring Their Sacrifice" in the chapel (volunteers can help place the candles on Sunday, beginning at 9 a.m.); $10 or $25 for families in advance, $15 and $30 on Sunday. A walking tour is planned on Monday at 11 a.m. and will be followed by a concert at 3 p.m. by the ISO Symphonic Band; both the tour and the concert are free; (718) 768-7300; green-wood.com .
Coney Island , Brooklyn. Luna Park celebrates its first anniversary on Sunday with giveaways and free rides to early visitors, as well as entertainment and cake; gates open at 11 a.m. Saturday through Monday; West 10th Street and Surf Avenue; (718) 373-5862; lunaparknyc.com . A walking tour of Coney Island will be offered on Sunday at 12:15 p.m. by the Coney Island History Project, located at 12th Street and the Boardwalk, near Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park. The tour, which costs $20, coincides with the opening on Saturday of the Project's exhibition on the May 27, 1911, fire that destroyed the Dreamland amusement park at Coney Island; coneyislandhistory.org . The Dreamland fire is also the subject of "The Coney Island Spectacularium," hotels toronto a display at the Coney Island Museum, Surf Avenue, between hotels toronto Stillwell Avenue and West 12th Street; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 6 p.m.; 99 cents; coneyisland.com/museum.shtml .
Fleet Week The 24th annual tribute to the armed forces at the Intrepid Sea, Air Space Museum, at Pier 86, 12th Avenue and 46th Street, Manhattan. Friday through hotels toronto Monday, with performances by members of Broadway shows on Friday at noon and Saturday at 11:30 a.m.; demonstrations of military skills on the pier on all three days, beginning at 10 a.m. and a Memorial Day ceremony on Monday at 11 a.m. On Friday, hotels toronto a free film series will begin with a screening at 7:30 p.m. of "Top Gun" (1986). Pier events are free; others may require museum admission: $24; $20 for 62+ and college students; $19 for ages 7 through 17; $17 for veterans; $12 for children 3 to 6; free for active military, retired military personnel and children under 3. (212) 245-0072; intrepidmuseum.org .
Historic hotels toronto Walking Tours "The American Revolution and the Brooklyn Bridge," a walk across hotels toronto the bridge and into Lower Manhattan, passing sites of significance in early American history, led by NYC Discovery Tours on Saturday and Sunday at 4:30 p.m.; $18; reservations and meeting place: (212) 465-3331. Two Lower Manhattan walks on Monday will be offered by Big Onion Walking Tours: "Immigrant New York" will meet at 11 a.m. on the southeast corner of Broadway and Chambers Street; and "Revolutionary New York" will meet at 2 p.m. at the intersection hotels toronto of Broadway hotels toronto and Murray Street; each tour $15, $12 for students and 63+; (212) 439-1090; hotels toronto bigonion.com .
Lexington Avenue Festivals Two fairs on the avenue are planned this weekend. On Saturday, from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. between 42nd and 57th Streets and on Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. between 23rd and 34th Streets.
Memorial Day Observance , Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument, Riverside Drive and 89th Street. Monday, 10 to 11:45 a.m., with an honor guard, hotels toronto wreath placement and procession up Riverside Drive to Grant's Tomb; with Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Harold Holzer, a Lincoln scholar and co-editor of "The New York Times Complete Civil War, 1861-1865"; Maj. Gen. Richard P. Mills, commanding general of the 1st Marine Division; and a Marine Corps band from New Orleans. At 2 p.m., flowers will be placed at Grant's Tomb.
National Running Day Although dedicated runners celebrate it daily, hotels toronto an official celebration of the benefits of running will be noted on Wednesday with group runs taking place around the country. For a list of runs: runningday.org .
Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibition , the 81st, on University Place, from East 12th Street south along the park on Washington Square East to West Third Street, and on New York University's Schwartz Plaza and on West Third Street, Greenwich Village. Saturday through Monday, noon to 6 p.m. Also June 4 and 5. (212) 982-6255; wsoae.org .
Bethpage Federal Credit Union Air Show , at Jones Beach State Park, in Wantagh, will feature military and civilian acrobatic performers like the United States Army Golden Knights, with aircraft including the Air Force's F-22 Raptor and A-10 Thunderbolt II. Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., jonesbeachairshow.com ; free admission; $10 parking.
Brookhaven Fair Brookhaven Amphitheater Arts Cultural hotels toronto Center at Bald Hill, 1 Bicycle Path, Farmingville. With rides, games, food and entertainment. Friday, 5 p.m. to midnight; and Saturday through Monday, noon to midnight; also weekends through June 12; (631) 920-2738; brookhavenfair.com ; $1 admission Friday, otherwise, $8; free for children under 3.
Community Mosaic Street Painting Festival , the 15th annual hotels toronto event on Main Street in Riverhead, in which artwork is created on the spot (with chalk provided), with entertainment, a crafts show and children's activities. Sunday, noon to 5 p.m.; rain date, Monday, 2 to 5 p.m. Sponsored by the East End Arts Council. (631) 369-2171 or (631) 727-0900; eastendarts.org .
Fireworks in North Hempstead Beach Park , with live music by the United States Marine Color Guard, the Nassau County Pipe Band and others. Sunday, 6 to 10 p.m.; West Shore Road, Port Washington; portwashingtonpatch.com ; (516) 869-6311. Parking, $5.
Italian Feast , with rides, music, entertainment and food, at the Our Lady of the Rosary Knights of Columbus, 759 Long Island Avenue, Deer Park. Friday, 6 to 11 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 3 to 11 p.m.; and Monday, 3 to 8 p.m. (631) 595-2012; admission, including rides, $12; $5 for 62+, free for under 2.
'I Did the Grid,' an annual event in memory of Cpl. Christopher G. Scherer, a Marine killed in Iraq in 2007. On Saturday at the Pulaski Road School, 623 Ninth Avenue, East Northport. A four-mile competitive run begins at 8 a.m., followed by a one-mile fun run at 9 a.m. and a four-mile recreational run-walk at 9:30. (631) 261-2881; cplchris.com . Fees, $30; $10 for those 12 and older; $5 for children under 12.
Long Beach On Sunday at 8 a.m., the City Manager 10-Mile Trophy Run in honor of veterans, beginning at Riverside Boulevard and the Boardwalk; early registration until Friday at 5 p.m. at the Long Beach Recreation Center, Magnolia Boulevard at West Bay Drive; Sunday registration begins at 6:30 a.m. at the Long Beach Ice Arena, 150 West Bay Drive, next to the Recreation Center. (516) 431-3890; longbeachny.org ; $25, $20 in advance. On Monday, the annual Memorial Day Parade, beginning at 9:30 a.m. at Ohio Avenue and West Beech Street.
Montauk Art Show , the fourth annual. Saturday and Sunday, hotels toronto 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (till 5 p.m. on Sunday), a fine arts festival on the Village Green, sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce; (631) 668-5336; hotels toronto montaukartistsassociation.org .
Southampton Antiques Fair With items on sale inside and outside the White House, 159 Main Street. Sunday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Presented by the Southampton Historical Society.(631) 283-2494; southamptonhistoricalmuseum.org ; free admission.
Animals Acrobats Van Cortlandt Manor, 525 South Riverside Avenue, off Route 9, Croton-on-Hudson. An early American circus. Saturday through hotels toronto Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. (914) 631-8200; hudsonvalley.org . $12; $10 for 62+; $6 for children 5 to 17; free for children under 5 and members.
Graveside hotels toronto Mourning Ceremony , New Windsor Cantonment State Historic Site, Route 300, New Windsor. Presented by Continental Army soldier re-enactors, with music performed by the singer-storyteller Linda Russell. Monday at 2 p.m.; (845) 561-1765; free.
Lasdon Memorial hotels toronto Day Antiques Fair and Plant Sale Lasdon Park and Arboretum, Route 35, Katonah. With entertainment and food. Monday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; (914) 273-4667; cordshows.com . $7; free for those under 13.
Memorial Day Parades and Memorials All on Monday. A ceremony at 9 a.m. in front of Yonkers City Hall and a parade beginning at 10:30 a.m. at Radford Street and South Broadway; (914) 377-6700. At 10:30 a.m. in New Rochelle, at Memorial Plaza and ends at Hudson Park, with a concert and picnic; (914) 557-5556. At 10 a.m. in White Plains beginning at Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard; (914) 422-1424.
Playland Park , Exit 19 off Interstate hotels toronto 95, Rye. The park will be open for rides and entertainment on Friday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, noon to 11 p.m.; and Monday, noon to 10 p.m. All-inclusive daily ride admission: $30, $20 for Kiddyland ($25 and $15 for Westchester residents); spectator admission: $10 ($5 for residents); parking, $5 ($7 Saturday and Sunday, $10 on Monday). Special hotels toronto events hotels toronto this weekend include storytelling hotels toronto on Monday, a salute to veterans on Sunday and a day of music on Monday. Discounted or free admission on Sunday for veterans and their families with appropriate identification; preregistration: hotels toronto (914) 995-2145. General Playland information: hotels toronto (914) 813-7010; ryeplayland.org .
Soldier's Stories Songs St. Paul's Church National Historic Site, 897 South Columbus Avenue, Mount Vernon. Monday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., tours of the historic 18th-century site, with music and talks about the lives of American soldiers throughout history. (914) 667-4116; nps.gov/sapa ; free.
Woodstock-New Paltz Art Crafts Fair Ulster County Fairgrounds, off Libertyville Road, Exit 18 of the Gov. Thomas E. Dewey Thruway, New Paltz. Saturd

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