SummerStage season artwork by Jose Berrio.
City Parks Foundation is pleased to announce the 2025 Dinner & Dance Party benefit fundraiser will take place Thursday, September 25 at their flagship SummerStage venue in Central Park. This year’s event will honor Academy Award-winning filmmaker, GRAMMY Award-winning drummer, visionary artist, historian, best-selling author, DJ and producer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson with the SummerStage Icon Award, and Barclays Center/New York Liberty/Brooklyn Nets owners and community uplifters Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment (BSE) with the People & Parks Award. Read the full announcement here.
City Parks Foundation is thrilled to announce the 2025 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s iconic outdoor performing arts festival, bringing more than 70 free and benefit shows to Central Park and 13 neighborhood parks across the five boroughs. Read the full announcement here.
City Parks Foundation and Partnerships for Parks, in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice, NYC Parks, Natural Areas Conservancy, and The Nature Conservancy will be hosting a NYC Urban Forest Community Kickoff event. Read the full announcement here.
City Parks Foundation is thrilled to announce two new puppet performances this year at the Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre and with the CityParks PuppetMobile. This year the Cottage presents its original family-friendly production of Cinderella Samba, while the PupperMobile prepares for its new traveling presentation of Pippi Longstocking. Read the full announcement here.
City Parks Foundation has announced that registration is now open for its free 2025 Spring CityParks Play sports programs. New York City’s youth and seniors can participate in a variety of sports and fitness activities to be held in city parks across the five boroughs. Read the full announcement here.
Today, City Parks Foundation announced that they have awarded $140,000 in wildfire rapid response grants through the NYC Green Fund to parkland organizations that experienced significant fire damage in the fall of 2024. Read the full announcement here.
CityParks Play
City Parks Foundation Expands Free Soccer Program to More Queens Parks After Spring Success (June 6) – QNS
City Parks Foundation Offers Free Summer Sports for Kids and Teens (June 18) – PIX 11
Queen of Queens – The Met Golfer
Summer Just Got Active With Free Sports for Brooklyn Kids (June 20) – BK Reader
CityParks Learn
STEM Educators Discuss Career Opportunities at CCNY School of Education Panel (March 6) – CUNY
SummerStage
The Roots, Soccer Mommy, and More Lead 2025 SummerStage Concerts Across NYC (April 24) – Rolling Stone
The Roots, Rilo Kiley, Soccer Mommy, and more Lead 2025 SummerStage Central Park Concerts (April 24) – Variety
SummerStage Concert Series Kicks Off Wednesday Night in NYC (June 4) – CBS News
The Roots Headline Queens Day Events (June 26) – Queens Chronicle
The best NYC events in August 2025 (July 11) – Time Out New York
Morat, Camilo, and More Rock Out at SummerStage (July 13) – Rolling Stone
Hip-Hop Royalty Shuts Down Brooklyn (July 14) – BK Reader
Bastille Day: France puts on a show and brings New York atmosphere! (July 15) – Le petit Journal
CITYPARKS SHOWS: SWEDISH COTTAGE MARIONETTE THEATRE & PUPPETMOBILE
City Parks Foundation to Show Puppet Performances of “Cinderella Samba” and “Pippi Longstocking” (February 28) – Brooklyn Daily Eagle
CITYPARKS BUILD
Brooklyn Parks Scorched by Brush Fires Work Toward Recovery, Resiliency (March 13) – Brooklyn Paper
NYC Urban Community Workshop Celebrates Earth Day, Upcoming Canopy Project (April 22)– Staten Island Advance
450th Tree For Queens (June 11) – Queens Gazette
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