New York City Travel Blog

Museums are not just homes to art collections anymore. In New York, they are much more. Museum enthusiasts now have access to exclusive events and behind the scenes exhibits that let you inside the creative minds of curators and artists. Not just closed off for members only, institutions like the American...

There’s no more festive place to be on Independence Day weekend in New York City than Coney Island (Brooklyn). First off, those seeking an early kick-off to the holiday can watch fireworks two nights early—Friday, July 2 starting around 9 pm—in the regular Friday night fireworks show (runs...

Last week, indie rock band The National (founded in Ohio and later transplanted to Brooklyn) played their biggest venue yet: Radio City Music Hall. I’d never been to the famous Rockefeller Center theater, and I have to admit I mostly associate it with its Christmas Spectacular, starring the famously...

This isn’t the New York of the ‘60s, when new bands were being formed seemingly by the minute that shaped the entire music scene, but that creative energy has stayed strong. Bands small and large make it a point to stop by New York on tours, making for great performances nearly every day of the week. One...