Harlem, New York – While We Are Still Here, Inc., a community-based organization dedicated to preserving and celebrating Harlem’s rich history and culture, announces the completion and installation of 21 heritage markers. The initiative honors the individuals, organizations, historical events, and sites that have shaped Harlem’s unique identity.
Sign Up For Our Newsletter
NEWSLETTER
CLOSE
Posts from February 2025
CCHS opens season with ‘Creativity in Bloom’ exhibit made possible by RC Smith Foundation
Feb 21, 2025
Norwich, N.Y. – The Chenango County Historical Society (CCHS) launches the 2025 museum season with special Saturday hours from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 1. The Community Gallery will host “Creativity in Bloom: The Storied Illustrations of Suzanne Bloom,” a career retrospective with exclusive exhibit art created by Chenango County’s own award-winning children’s author and illustrator.
East Aurora, NY—The Friends of Knox Farm State Park will be hosting the first annual Love-In-Bloom Wedding Showcase on Sunday, May 18, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the historic Mansion at Knox Farm in East Aurora, NY. The spring celebration will feature wedding and event vendors from throughout the Western New York region to provide guests with tips, resources, and special offers for planning a memorable wedding.
Lewiston, NY – Sing, Move and Groove with International sensation CoComelon: Sing-A-Long LIVE inside the Artpark Mainstage Theater in Lewiston, NY, on Sunday, May 18, 2025 at 2:00PM. The Tour is produced by Round Room Live and Moonbug Entertainment. This event is presented by Artpark.
Staatsburg, N.Y. — Explore the upstairs/downstairs world of the Gilded Age this March at Staatsburgh State Historic Site. Perhaps you align yourself with the likes of the Dowager Countess from Downton Abbey or Bertha Russel from HBO’s The Gilded Age. Or you identify more with the working-class servants downstairs in the grand Gilded Age mansions. Staatsburgh’s popular “The REAL Gilded Age: America’s Elite in the Downton Abbey Era” and “A Life in Service” theme tours, offered this March, will explore two separate topics of Gilded Age history.
La MaMa to present world premiere of CLASS DISMISSED
Feb 21, 2025
Written by Robert Lyons and directed by Daniel Irizarry
Off-Broadway previews begin April 18, Opens April 21, Runs through May 4
New York, NY – La MaMa proudly presents the world premiere of Soho Think Tank and One-Eighth Theater’s CLASS DISMISSED, written by Robert Lyons and directed by Daniel Irizarry, with original compositions by Rhys Tivey. CLASS DISMISSED runs Off-Broadway April 18 – May 4, 2025 in a limited engagement at La MaMa’s Ellen Stewart Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street in New York City. Previews begin April 18 for an April 21 opening.
Saratoga Springs, N.Y. — Eight racehorses, seven trainers, and one jockey account for the 16 finalists that will comprise the National Museum of Racing’s 2025 Hall of Fame ballot, as chosen by the Museum’s Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The finalists are racehorses Blind Luck, Game On Dude, Groupie Doll, Havre de Grace, Kona Gold, Lady Eli, Rags to Riches, and Smarty Jones; trainers Christophe Clement, Kiaran P. McLaughlin, Kenneth G. McPeek, H. Graham Motion, Doug F. O’Neill, John W. Sadler, and John A. Shirreffs; and jockey Jorge F. Chavez. Groupie Doll, Smarty Jones, and McPeek are each a finalist for the first time.
Saratoga Springs, NY – The Saratoga Springs History Museum is excited to announce its reopening! Beginning Saturday, March 1st, the museum will be open to visitors every Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 AM to 4:00 PM for the month of March.
Tour Cayuga Celebrates Destination Professional Day
Feb 19, 2025
Cayuga County, NY (2/19/25) – Tour Cayuga, the organization dedicated to promoting Cayuga County as a visitor destination, is proud to celebrate February 19, 2025, as Destination Professionals Day to honor the people and organizations that drive tourism, economic growth and community vitality worldwide.
Opening April 9, Amy Sherald: American Sublime, the artist’s first New York museum solo show, explores her career to date, signature portrait style, and depictions of American life.
Tickets to see this highly-anticipated exhibition go on sale Tuesday, February 18, 2025, and can be reserved on whitney.org.
New York, NY, February 18, 2025 — The Whitney Museum of American Art will present Amy Sherald: American Sublime, the artist’s debut solo exhibition at a New York museum and the most comprehensive showing of her work. Opening to the public on April 9, 2025, American Sublime considers Amy Sherald’s powerful impact on contemporary art and culture, bringing together almost fifty paintings spanning her career from 2007 to the present.