Learn about the city’s past and keep an eye on the future.

Lower East Side

Hester Street Fair
Kick off street fair season with the first day of this classic Lower East Side celebration.
Housed on the historic grounds of New York City’s largest pushcart market at the turn of the century, the Hester Street fair pays homage to those roots by bringing together a collection of NYC’s best vendors in a bustling outdoor marketplace featuring artisanal food, vintage clothing, jewelry, crafts, home goods and much more.
Saturdays, April 27-September 26 10AM-6PM
Corner of Hester and Essex

East Village

An Afternoon at the New York Marble Cemetery
Named for the marble vaults hidden beneath its grounds, the New York Marble Cemetery is one of the few surviving cemeteries in Lower Manhattan. This visit on one of their rare open days features a talk on the cemetery’s history and its place in the greater changes happening in New York City in the 19th century.
Sunday, April 28th, 12-2PM
41 1/2 Second Avenue; enter through the gate and walk down the alleyway.
Tickets: $12 (a portion of the proceeds goes to support the New York Marble Cemetery)

Upper East Side / Williamsburg

Dan Deacon in the Charles Engelhard Court at the Met Museum
You’ll need to put on your creative New Yorker hat to score a ticket to this sold-out Met Museum party featuring uber-DJ and electronic composer Dan Deacon, but you can still lock in the official afterparty across the East River.
Saturday, April 27, 9PM
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 100 5th Avenue
Afterparty:10PM, 285 Kent Avenue, Brooklyn; tickets $5

SoHo

826 NYC Match Game Fundraiser
Creative kids’ learning organization 826NYC fundraisers and events transcend the usual fundraising fare and they’re always way more fun than an auction-and-dinner. This tongue-in-cheek version of the popular TV game show should be no exception, especially since celebrity panelists include Fred Armisen and Olivia Wilde.
April 25, 8PM
The Canal Room, 285 West Broadway
$35 general admission/$50 VIP seating

Midtown East

Fashion Fast Forward: Japanese Art Goes Pop
Visit the Japan Society for an insider’s look into contemporary fashion/design/street culture inspired by Japanese art through the millennia. Like the tastemaker merchants and artisans who shaped ukiyo-e culture, consider how populist fashion blogs and “street kids” influence the upper echelons of high fashion. On hand will be fashion editors, bloggers, designers and models to illuminate and illustrate.
Friday, April 26, 6:30 PM
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street
Tickets: $20/$15 for Japan Society members