Spring 2020 NYC Official Visitor Guide

24 NYC & Company | Official Visitor Guide Anniversaries & Other Big Events American Museum of Natural History, 150 years amnh.org Expect extraordinary wonders at the museum as it observes its 150th anniversary.  Bird 100 Charlie Parker cityparksfoundation.org/charlie parker While Charlie Parker (aka Bird) died at age 34 in 1954, this year marks his centennial birthday. Special events are planned around the globe and as his adopted hometown, NYC expands its annual Parker festival (held every August). Check website for details. Edge, new observation deck edgenyc.com Hudson Yards now has an all-new dramatic outdoor deck for viewing. Opening March 2020. Essex Street Market, new location essexstreetmarket.com In 1940 a crammed and bustling outdoor market made up of hundreds of street vendors on the Lower East Side, hawking everything from fruits and meats to fabrics and furnishings, was brought indoors to ease city congestion. Today, the Essex Street Market gets a polished new four-story home at Essex and Delancey Streets, with new and old vendors plus restaurants. Fotografiska, recently openedmuseum fotografiska.com Stockholm’s inno- vative photography center expands worldwide, with an NYC outpost at 281 Park Avenue South. HarlemRenaissance, 100 years harlemrenaissance.org/events Known as a neighborhood hot spot for culture, dining and the arts, Harlem was also the epicenter of the 20th -century Harlem Renaissance— an African American–led cultural movement that catapulted to fame innovators like Josephine Baker, Langston Hughes and Bessie Smith, while simultaneously furthering social justice. The legacy of this renaissance continues to shape America. See website for events.  Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival, 30 years 8/8–9 hkdbf-ny.org Features folk arts, ethnic foods, multicultural performances and over 100 sporting teams. Meadow Lake, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, Queens | 718 767 1776.  ICP, new location icp.org The International Center of Photography, a leading museum and school dedicated to photography and visual culture—recently opened in its new home on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, close to the new Essex Market.  : Free : Kids  The Met Fifth Avenue celebrates its sesquicentennial. Calendar of Events