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Thanksgiving Day Parade to reveal new balloons in lineup, festivities will include performances by Muppets, Mary J. Blige

New York Daily News 11/23/2011
Thanksgiving Day Parade to reveal new balloons in lineup, festivities will include performances by Muppets, Mary J. Blige

There'll be some monkeying around at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade when Paul Frank's sock puppet-inspired simian Julius makes its debut as a 41-foot-tall balloon in front of millions of spectators Thursday.

Poison Ivy, Pokemon and Captain America: Superfans get in character for Comic Con

Where can you find Captain America, Hawkeye, Poison Ivy, assorted X-Men and even Pikachu all getting together for a party? New York Comic Con opened, and fan boys and girls from far and wide came together to celebrate their favourite comic book characters - in the obligatory fancy dress, of course.

Beekeeper Chase Emmons with a hive on the roof of Bobo Restaurant in the Village.

Foodies are buzzing about what promises to be one sweet celebration in Queens this weekend. The first New York City Honey Festival begins Saturday in the Rockaways with workshops on how to raise bees, a honey-themed dinner and tasting competition, and local beekeepers selling their wares, organizers said.

September 11 remembrance events in New York City

Lore Croghan AND Irving Dejohn New York Daily News 09/05/2011

NYC Developers to Hack New Photo Apps

Joab Jackson PCWorld 08/17/2011
September 11 remembrance events in New York City

Below are some of the places that will host memorial commemorations and services in the days leading up to the 10th anniversary of 9/11.

NYC Developers to Hack New Photo Apps

Hoping to spark some entrepreneurial creativity in the Big Apple, online tools provider Aviary has organized a New York City event for developers to hack together new photo-based applications.

Big July 4 fireworks in New York

Jeanne Cooper San Francisco Chronicle 07/01/2011
Ines Sastre and Andy Garcia in 'The Lost City,' in the N.Y. International Latino Film Festival.

The big-time, high-end New York Film Festival kicks off at the end of next month, but until then the city has a few other great collections of flickering images to send the summer out. Here are three to put into your calendar:

Big July 4 fireworks in New York

The pyrotechnics in Washington, D.C., and Boston might get more TV time, but the annual Macy's July 4 fireworks show over the Hudson River is said to be the country's biggest.

The run for the pizza in New York Saturday

Kitty Bean Yancey USA Today 06/09/2011
The run for the pizza in New York Saturday

If you want to see an unusual slice of New York this weekend, slide on over to Tompkins Square Park in lower Manhattan (East Village, Avenue A and East 7th) at 11 a.m. Saturday to watch one of the more unusual races in the USA.

New York City's summer events: Midsummer Night Swing, PS1, The Hip Hop, Sunday Best, Summer Stage

It has been a long, sweaty winter of dancing at basement clubs and crowded house parties. Time to give the groove a little elbow room. Just ask Jack Walsh, director of performing arts for BRIC Arts Media Bklyn. His company produces Celebrate Brooklyn! at the Prospect Park bandshell, and they’re branching out with dance parties at Pier 1 in Brooklyn Bridge Park.


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