At City Parks Foundation, we are dedicated to invigorating and transforming parks into dynamic, vibrant centers of urban life through sports, arts, community building and education programs for all New Yorkers. Our programs — located in more than 400 parks, recreation centers and public schools across New York City — reach more than 310,000 people each year. Our ethos is simple: thriving parks mean thriving communities.
City Parks Foundation is thrilled to return to live, in-person performances this summer with the announcement of the shows planned for the 2021 season of Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage, New York City’s largest free outdoor performing arts festival. This year’s festival will showcase renowned artists and rising stars with an important tie to New York City. SummerStage shows will be returning to Rumsey Playfield in Central Park, Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem, Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens, and The Coney Island Amphitheater, presenting distinctly New York genres including hip-hop, Latin, indie rock, contemporary dance, jazz, and global music.
City Parks Foundation, with the newly-formed Culture in Parks and Plazas Coalition, is thrilled to announce the GREEN / ARTS LIVE NYC fund.
The Capital One City Parks Foundation SummerStage Anywhere digital series is excited to announce a continuation of weekly digital performances in 2021 on SummerStageAnwhere.org. The series will debut on January 15th with a performance commemorating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday.
Read the full press announcement here.
Click here for our February release announcing our Black History Month programming and here for our March release about our Women’s History Month programming. Read our press release about April programming here.
In celebration of Earth Day, City Parks Foundation has launched registration for the second cohort class of the CityParks Green Girls Empowered by ING Curriculum Training.
Read the official release here.
CityParks Play
Here and Now with Associate Director of Sports Jonathan Gamburg and Track and Field Head Coach Grace Vixama (July 21) – ABC7NY’s Here and Now
ESPN Radio – Interview with Director of Sports Mike Silverman (August 2) – ESPN Radio
Adventure Races 8 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C This Weekend (August 8) – New York Times
Golfing Phenoms (April 25) – Fox 5 WYNW
Free Golf Lessons Get Crown Heights Kids in the Swing of Things (July 15) – Brooklyn Reader
The Road Less Traveled: How a New York City Golf Program Led Two Girls to Augusta National (July 26) – Golf.com
Li Na’s Tennis Journey to Stretch from China to Hall of Fame (July 19) – Associated Press
Parques de la Ciudad Ofrecen Clínicas Deportivas Para Niños (July 22) – NY1 Noticias
What Do A Grand Slam Tennis Champion, Drug Overdose And A Healthcare App Have In Common? (August 30) – Forbes
Free Yoga Classes Offered to Bronx Residents (October 7) – News 12 Bronx
Battle of the Boroughs Hits Randall’s Island (August 8)– NBC
CityParks Learn
City Parks Foundation 30 Years (May 1)– Bronx Net TV
Van Cortlandt Park Becomes Outdoor Classroom as Students Examine Pond Water (May 14) – News 12 Bronx
Turning Fear Into Fascination: Seeds To Trees Putting Students Up Close Into Nature (May 16) – CBS New York
Green Girl Power Is on the Rise in East New York (June 19) – Brooklyn Reader
Green Girls Summer Program Empowers Girls in STEM and Environmental Care (August 5) – NowThis
OpEd: NYers Must Prioritize Educating Kids about the Climate Crisis (July 26) – City Limits
OpEd: To Combat Climate Change, Take Class Outside (November 7) – New York Daily News
Green Girls (November 16)– News 12 Bronx
CityParks Shows: Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
How to Make the Most of Central Park – National Geographic
Yeti, Set, Snow! (November 8) – Time Out New York
7 Things to Do With Your Kids in N.Y.C. This Weekend (February 14) – New York Times
January Events Calendar for Kids (November 8)– Time Out New York
Best Holiday Shows in New York City (November 12) – NYC Go
20 Best Holiday Events in NYC for Toddlers and Preschoolers (November 19) – Mommy Poppins
Agenda de Nueva York: Los Eventos que no te Puedes Perder (November 14) – El Diario
Best Holiday Shows for Kids and Families in NYC 2019 – Mommy Poppins
CityParks Shows: SummerStage
NYC’s Best Summer Music Festivals of 2019 (April 30) – Time Out NY
SummerStage Will Have a New Feel This Season (April 23) – New York Times
New York’s SummerStage Concert Series Announces Lineup and Benefit Shows (April 23) – Billboard
Outdoor Summer Concerts in NYC, from SummerStage to Electric Zoo – AM New York
New York’s SummerStage Commits to Gender Equality in Concert Series (May 16) – Wall Street Journal
SummerStage Concert Season Returns To Central Park With Brand New Features For Fans (May 29) – CBS New York
SummerStage Concert Series to Debut New and Improved Central Park Venue (May 30) – New York Post
How A New Canopy Spurred Central Park SummerStage’s Overhaul (June 12)– Pollstar
Free Concerts in New York City Parks This Summer (June 18) – New York Times
SummerStage in Central Park Gets Makeover for Free Summer Shows (July 9) – ABC7NY
City Scenes: Free New York City Concerts (July 25) – NPR
10 Things You Absolutely Have to Do in NYC Before Summer Ends (August 21) – Time Out NY
This Labor Day, We Salute the (Arts) Workers (August 29) – New York Times
Guest Post: How Live Music & Multicultural Arts Helped New York Bounce Back (September 26) – Pollstar
CityParks Build
Immigrant Volunteers Win Award for Transforming Leif Ericson Park (April 9) – Brooklyn Reporter
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