FootDown Festival & Bike Month NYC
FootDown Festival at Union Square tonight!
Hi CCH Guests and all New Yorkers! Do you like to ride your bike? Then, we have a cool invitation for you for this evening! Go out, hop on your 2-wheelers and have some fun with fellow riders at Union Square. Join other adventure seekers for the 2010 Bike Month Footdown Festival at 7pm.
Footdown is a fun and friendly bicycle game. The object of the game is very simple – DON’T put your FOOT DOWN! Players ride around inside of a circle, trying to force other riders to put a foot on the ground. You get eliminated once your foot has touched the ground. How awesome is that? Let us tell you something – it may sound silly but it really actually is a great thing to do and we had tons of good time the last time we took part in the festival! So go ahead, we strongly encourage you to go down to 14th Street today – come on, the weather is gorgeous and you’ll surely enjoy it! Meet up at Union Square and then everybody will take a little ride to a more private venue to play the game. Can’t wait!
Tuesday, May 4th, 2010
7:00 PM
Union Square (south end by steps)
http://times-up.org
Oh, by the way, did you know that May is a Bike Month in the Big Apple? Oh, it definitely is and here at Columbus Circle Hostel we are avid supporters of this wonderful, environment-friendly initiative! That’s right, we have a couple of devout cyclists here. Bike Month NYC is the annual celebration of bicycling in metropolitan New York City. Each year the Department of Transportation and Transportation Alternatives team up to bring you Bike Month NYC, a city wide campaign to promote the joys of cycling in New York City. They work with many individuals and organizations to bring you over 200 rides, workshops, races and events.
Bike Month has grown since 1990 from a one-day celebration of biking to work, to a week long celebration of bicycling in NYC, to a month full of activities that showcase bicycling in NYC and the tri-state region. Cycling in NYC has grown by leaps and bounds during that time. On an average day, 236,000 New Yorkers bicycle—more than double the number who biked only five years ago (EXCELLENT!). What’s even better is that this number continues to grow fueled by government and advocates’ efforts to improve and promote biking. Keep up the good job guys and we’ll keep on riding! But for now, hop on that bicycle and meet us this evening at 7pm at Union Square for that FootDown Festival! See ya there!
To learn more about cycling events this month and other bike-friendly info visit: http://bikemonthnyc.org
Lincoln Center GRASS ROOF opens May 21!
Great news Columbus Circle Hostel Guests and all of us living and/or working in the Upper West Side! We’ve been awaiting this for a year now, but as you can see by the picture, Lincoln Center is finally getting close to opening the sloping glass roof that will sit on top of a restaurant just off of 65th Street on the Lincoln Center campus. YAY! According to a Lincoln Center spokeswoman, the scheduled opening date is May 21.
The best part about it is that the roof will be open to the public. Of course, the oasis for the common folk sitting atop will also house a fancy little but who cares if we still get to hang out on the rooftop with a cup of Starbucks coffee or homemade peanut butter and jelly sandwich, right? According to The New York Times, the restaurant, operated by chef Jonathan Benno of Per Se, is expected to open in September, coinciding with New York Fashion Week. The building will also hold a film center (AWESOME!), office space and mechanical equipment. Supposedly, the structure and its accoutrements cost $102.5 million (ouch…)
So are you looking forward to another spot opening on the Upper West Side as much as we are? It looks like with spring in full bloom we’re getting one more great place where people can lounge around and disrobe on a sunny day. We’re sure that all guys reading it are already envisioning beautiful semi-clothed ladies lounging around on the grass with their bikinis, abs and gorgeous tans… What, are we wrong??? See you on the Lincoln Center Grass Roof on May 21!
Tribeca Film Festival Family Festival Street Fair on Saturday, May 1!
Tribeca Film Festival Family Festival Street Fair
Once again the Tribeca Family Festival has launched in our beloved New York and invites you to the ultimate street fair and family celebration Saturday, May 1. Starting at 10 am, you’ll get a unique opportunity to experience a dazzling array of activities and performances in Tribeca tomorrow. Come meander through the heart of the neighborhood as local schools, merchants, restaurants, and civic organizations join together for this all-day, family-friendly celebration. You’ll enjoy special performances on indoor and outdoor stages and throughout the neighborhood streets, not to mention the surprise appearances by some of your favorite characters from movies, books, and television. The BMCC Plaza Stage for example will feature professional acts of Broadway performers along with emerging talent from right here in Tribeca.
In the courtyard at BMCC and along Greenwich Street, local restaurants and merchants will offer their finest foods, refreshments, and merchandise. Local schools will sponsor a variety of fundraising activities, from hairspray painting to bookmark making.
But hey, that’s not all they’ve prepared for us this year! For the first time, families can attend a FREE screening of a Tribeca Family Festival feature film after the Street Fair. This special presentation of Snowmen, hosted by the Tribeca Cinemas Kids Club, will be screened at 7:00 pm on Saturday, May 1 at BMCC Tribeca PAC, Theatre 1. The line forms at 6:00 PM at the theater, and tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. So make sure to arrive early to get in!
What a great Saturday afternoon you’ll have in Tribeca tomorrow! Go fly a kite, create life-size bubbles in the Bubble Garden, get creative in the Arts & Crafts Pavilion, dance to live music and put a smile on your face… The weather is going to be gorgeous too so no reason to be grumpy this weekend. CCH Staff are convinces you’ll agree with us when we say it’s a great time to take to the streets of the neighborhood, right? So join us for a special day of fun and let us know how much you got to see later!
Family Festival Street Fair
Saturday, May 1
10:00 am to 6:00 pm
Greenwich Street from Chambers St. to N. Moore Street
Washington Market Park (Chambers St. at Greenwich Street)
Church Street School for Music and Art (74 Warren Street)
BMCC Tribeca PAC (199 Chambers St. between Greenwich Street and West Street)
Download the 2010 Family Festival Street Fair Map
www.tribecafilm.com
