Spring 2020 NYC Official Visitor Guide

30 NYC & Company | Official Visitor Guide of New York City venues. Open studios, installations, panels and more. Memorial Day Parade 5/25 nycgo. com Memorial Day isn’t just an excuse for springtime sales and a three-day weekend. The City honors its fallen heroes with parades in all five boroughs.  June TBA Bronx Week nycgo.com/events/ bronx-week or ilovethebronx.com A tradition for more than 40 years, the Bronx celebrates with a parade, festivals, live music, a unique trolley tour and, of course, the induction of the latest additions to the Bronx Walk of Fame.  New York Philharmonic Concerts in the Parks nyphil.org Lounge on a lawn blanket and relax to the sweet sound of free music, courtesy of the New York Philharmonic. Concerts held in citywide parks (except Staten Island, which is held indoors). Check website for schedule.  Belmont Stakes 6/6 nyra.com This is the third leg of horse racing’s Triple Crown event. MuseumMile Festival 6/9 museummilefestival.org Find free admission to some of the world’s finest art during extended evening hours, 6–9pm. Museum Mile’s 23-block stretch is home to six major institutions. Outdoor festivities include face painting, live music and other party events. Rain or shine.  May TBA Shakespeare in the Park public theater.org The Public Theater offers free plays and big stars in Central Park. Runs late May into mid/late August. World Science Festival world sciencefestival.com  An annual celebration of imagination, ingenu- ity and inventiveness that brings science out of the laboratory and into the streets, theaters, museums and parks of NYC. Annually, late May–early June. 212 348 1400 | Citywide; mail: 475 Riverside Dr., ste. 950, NYC, NY 10115 .  KUSAMA: Cosmic Nature 5/9– 11/1 nybg.org A must-see exhibit of Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama’s mesmerizing work. This will be a singular garden-wide reveal of Kusama’s immersive inspirations from nature. New York Botanical Garden, in the Bronx.  TD Five Boro Bike Tour 5/3 bike.nyc Cyclists race through 40 miles of traffic-free streets in the five boroughs of NYC.  Frieze New York  5/7–10 frieze.com/fairs/frieze-new-york Art fair featuring over 200 leading contemporary and modern art galleries from around the world, talks, education programs, artist commissions, food from top NYC restaurants. 212 463 7488; Randall’s Island Park, mail: 247 Centre St., 5th fl., NYC 10013. NYCxDesign 5/12–20 nycxdesign .com World designers and their creations showcase in a variety See a garden-wide exhibit of mesmerizing patterns by Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama (pictured here) in Kusma: Cosmic Nature at the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx. (MAY)