The Big Apple never sleeps, it goes, not even in August, ever during the weekend. For those who want to enjoy the city, in fact, the options are many. This is what to do in New York during the weekend, from the closing of the last great arteries to vehicular traffic, to the calendar of musical exhibitions in the parks, to the evening openings of the museums.
The main outdoor event covers the final act of Summer Streets, the municipal initiative that temporarily closes to traffic some of the main city roads to reserve them to pedestrians, cyclists and podists. Saturday, August 22, from 9:00 to 17:00, the event will be held for the last time of the year in the districts of Brooklyn and the Bronx, freeing several kilometers of car ride and alongside the route areas for sports and free installations.
For tennis fans, the approach to the US Open also passes for promotional events in the neighborhoods. The Hudson Yards Public Square & Gardens will become available to adventurous tennis courts, play areas, music and activities. In the meantime, the events of the 40th edition of the SummerStage, the exhibition of free concerts organized in the parks of all five districts, together with the evening performances of the Picnic Performances on the Bryant Park lawn in Midtown.
On the front of exhibitions and activities indoors, the options range from technological installations to local history. At Chelsea Piers the ARTE Museum New York offers an immersive path dedicated to the works of Monet, Van Gogh and the masters of the Musée d’Orsay, reworked through games of light and sound. At the Seaport is open the exhibition “Daydream” of the Balloon Museum, composed of large inflatable sculptures and interactive lighting structures. With regard to the history of the territory, the New York Botanical Garden hosts the Ross Gallery exhibition Before New York: a project based on more than twenty years of historical and geographical research that reconstructs, through high definition digital rendering, the aspect that had the nature of the region before the arrival of European colonizers four centuries ago.
The weekend evenings finally offer different ways to access museums with reduced conditions. On Friday night, from 17:00 to 22:00, the Whitney Museum provides free admission by booking a ticket at the time, allowing you to visit contemporary art collections and access the panoramic terraces. The Metropolitan Museum maintains its extended evening openings until 21:00 on Fridays and Saturdays, while for viewers under forty years continues the initiative Fridays Under 40 of the Metropolitan Opera House, which offers reduced-price tickets for the titles of the opera season.
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