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Friday Night Fireworks at Coney Island
(End September 3, 2010; 5th & 21st Sts.; Coney Island, Brooklyn; 9:30pm.; www.coneyislandfunguide.com)
Beer Island will be showcasing a brilliant display of fireworks going off above the Coney Island coast. For $26, Luna Park will be offering a four hour pass for unlimited rides around the theme park so you can actually take a ride on the much discussed Cyclone rollercoaster. The free fireworks display can be seen from the boardwalk so stop by with the entire family.

The Coney Island Rockabilly Festival
(September 3-6, 2010; $5-10 per event, $15 per day; Visit www.myspace.com/cockabillyrecordsnyc for details)
The Coney Island Rockabilly Festival is a fun filled event which features great food and live entertainment from local bands Susquehanna Industrial Tool & Die Co. There will also be a Miss Pin Up Coney Island contest. For more information on the event, visit www.myspace.com/cockabillyrecordsnyc.

The Mostly Mozart Festival
The Mostly Mozart Festival will be bringing Pierre- Laurent Aimard to curate a special program as part of the festival at The Lincoln Center. It will combine the Ensemble Basiani with the International Contemporary Ensemble to Ars Nova Copenhagen and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe. To witness this rare and amazing slew of talent, visit www.new.lincolncenter.org for more information. The Mostly Mozart Festival began as a summer music session which provided visitors and music lovers with a budget friendly means to enjoying formal classical music. Each Summer, the festival showcases talents in orchestra combinations of Mozart as well as performances from admirers, successors and many other classical musicians.

Ken Russell Films
($9-$12 per film; $30 for three-film pass; www.filmlinc.com)
Director Ken Russell of critically acclaimed cinema productions like Tommy and The Devils, is being celebrated by The Film Society of the Lincoln Center for his amazing works in film that have been evolving for over 40 years. Russell will be introducing and discussing nine films from his enormous collection throughout the course of the week. For more information, visit www.filmlinc.com.

New York International Fringe Festival
(fringenyc.org)
The New York International Fringe Festival is an exciting time for New Yorkers and tourists alike to enjoy huge performances in music, comedy and acting. The festival boasts a surplus of 1,000 performances from all over the world. Join the parade of events which span a period of two weeks for these great shows. Visitors can also purchase a multi-day pass to spend the entire day soaking in the amazing atmosphere.

New York Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival
(Flushing Meadows- Corona Park; www.hkdbf-ny.org)
The Hong Kong Dragon Boat Festival is a celebration of the 5th month of the lunar calendar. This year is no exception to the amazing dragon boat show that takes place on Meadow Lake where more than 100 boats compete alongside one another. Stop by with friends and family to enjoy Chinese arts, crafts, dance, cuisine and more.

Lincoln Center Out of Doors
(lincolncenter.org)
“Out of Doors” at The Lincoln Center is an outdoor dance and music festival in Damrosch Park. Take friends or family to watch riveting performances from talents like Centrifugal Force, Asphalt Symphony and more. The festival will be running from July 28th- August 15th so come by for the free shows.

Summer Streets
(www.nyc.gov)
There is hardly a time when New York City is known for a quiet, peaceful environment but during Summer Streets from 7a.m. to 1p.m. on August 7th, 14th, and 21st, the city will be consumed with sounds of dancing, strolling and bicycle rides. This year’s third annual Summer Streets is being sponsored by NYC Dot who will be closing off the infamous Park Avenue for three consecutive Saturday mornings in August. Be sure and stop by to enjoy the fresh air void of honking and car accelerators for a few hours.

1) Take the NY See The Lights! Tour from OnBoard Tours. It starts at 7pm every night. Eat ice cream under the Brooklyn Bridge while gazing at the lights of lower Manhattan.

2) Take a nighttime stroll through Central Park for The American Museum of Natural History’s Evening Bat Walks where bat experts will point out various species of bats present in the park. (American Museum of Natural History, Central Park West at 79th St.; www.amnh.org; Fri 16, July 23, 30 8:30-9:30pm; $30).

3) Join The Amateur Astronomer’s Association to gaze at the beautiful stars and planets through advanced telescopes in the High Line. (The High Line at 10thAve. & 14th St.; Tuesdays now through October, 8:30p.m.- 10p.m.; free; www.thehighline.org).

4) Another great nighttime activity is joining Time Up sponsored Moonlight Rides in Central and Prospect Park where visitors can enjoy the scenic natural beauty of the parks without the distraction of daytime crowds. (Central Park: Meeting place at Columbus Circle, southwest corner of Central Park & 59th St.; First Friday of every month, 10p.m.; free; Prospect Park: Meet at Grand Army Plaza, Prospect Park West at Union St, Park Slope, Brooklyn. Second Saturday of every month, 9pm; free; www.times-up.org).

5) Or perhaps you are better suited for a trip to Coney Island for their Full Moon Ride which entails a pitch black roller coaster ride in the dead of the night during the full moon of the lunar cycle. (Coney Island Cyclone, 834 Surf Ave at 8th St, Coney Island, Brooklyn; coneyislandcyclone.com).

6) Book a private night time tour with Onboard Tours and plan your own itinerary or enjoy a few of the above activities.

7) Try out some infamous restaurants with amazing dinner menus including the likes of Serendipity, Balthazar or Mario Battali’s eateries Lupa or Babbo.

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Although it became world famous in the twentieth century as the Mecca for African-American arts, when Harlem was founded it was a Dutch village, named after the Old World city Haarlem in the Netherlands. When annexed by New York in 1873, Harlem was but an area of declining farm lands, but the extension of the elevated railroads in the late 1880s, and later the subway system, brought rapid urban development to the neighborhood. Within 40 years, Harlem burgeoned with apartment buildings and brownstone townhomes; sports teams such as the New York Giants called Harlem “home”; and Harlem had become the scene of the African-American literary movement known as the Harlem Renaissance.

The decades of the 1920s and ‘30s defined Harlem as a literary center. Writers such as Ralph Ellison and Langston Hughes gave voice to the African-American experience as not only a distinct literary genre, but as an important platform for the Civil Rights Movement of the 50s and 60s.

The most famous Harlem landmark of the Golden Age of Jazz was the Cotton Club, where jazz greats such as Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday performed regularly. During the Great Depression of the 1930s, beat poets gathered in local venues to perform their latest creations. Today, a tour through the streets of Harlem takes one past some of the most significant music and literary historic landmarks in the country. Today, the historic Apollo Theater continues Harlem’s legacy as a Mecca for African-American music.

There are a number of tours you can take to see historic Harlem. Contact our customer service ambassadors, and they will help you plan your visit.