Happy November, Citywide Friends! It’s officially looking like fall, and we can enjoy some great seasonal New York City activities again, such as ice skating, holiday markets and fall foliage peaking in the green corners of the city!
Photograph: Patina. Restaurant Group
One of the season’s highly anticipated events are the reopening of the city’s many iconic skate rinks. From neighborhood favorites to iconic midtown rinks, some of the ice skating rinks already open for the season are: Rockefeller Plaza ($25; $12 skate rental), Bank of America Winter Village at Bryant Park (free; $20 skate rental) and Coney Island’s Abe Stark Rink ($10; $5 skate rental).
If you are not ready to skate onto the ice just yet, but want to indulge in the season’s many fresh aromas, there are tons of green markets carrying seasonal fruits, vegetables and treats across New York’s five boroughs both Saturday and Sunday.
Do you have a favorite fall-time activity? Share it with us on Instagram by using #CitywideFerry!
#FromWhereIStand2016
Flatiron Plaza, E 23rd Street
This pre-election weekend only
November 3rd – November 5th, 2016
Instagram is prompting New Yorkers to take a stand this pre-election weekend with a street art piece at the Flatiron Plaza, where visitors are asked to take a very physical stand on the issues that matter to them, in a circle painted on the city’s street, where visitors are prompted to stand in an area where the issues most important to them is in focus for their snapshot. So, are you ready to take a stand?
BROOKLYN ELECTRONIC MUSIC FESTIVAL
Various Brooklyn Locations
7:00pm – Late
November 4th – November 13th, 2016
Ready to shake loose and rock your dancing shoes? It’s yet again time for the annual Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival, which stretches over 9 days across some of Brooklyn’s most beloved venues! From underground venues in Bushwick to notorious Williamsburg venues, the borough is ready to bring you on for a tour of Brooklyn venues and international DJs you will never forget. And guess what? Tickets are only $75 for a whole 9 days of fun!
Photograph: Canstruction
CANSTRUCTION
Brookfield Place
230 Vesey Street
8:00am – 8:00pm
November 3 – November 16, 2016
An intriguing annual design competition, rethinking and reimagining designs to surprise, excite and wow visitors and fellow designers alike. Not only is this a design competition, but also a food charity out of the ordinary. The event supports City Harvest, an organization assisting 500 food kitchens around New York City feed the 1.4million locals currently struggling to put food on their tables.
The twist? Canstruction is challenging teams of architects, engineers and contractors to build sculptures made entirely out of unopened cans of food!
OPEN STUDIO: OSKAR SCHLEMMER
Saturday
10:30am – 3:00pm
November 5th, 2016
This special open studio event at the Whitney Museum extends a warm fall welcome to families and kids of all ages to join this Saturday, in celebration of the new exhibition, Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016.
“[The exhibition] focuses on the ways in which artists have dismantled and reassembled the conventions of cinema—screen, projection, darkness—to create new experiences of the moving image.” – Whitney Museum
Photograph: Filip Wolak, New York City Marathon
NEW YORK CITY MARATHON
Sunday
Start: 9:40am
Various locations
November 6th, 2016
November may be known to be the month of eating as Thanksgiving approaches; however, another November New York staple for is the Marathon, currently in its 40th year! From the prize amounts and record running times, to the age of the oldest ever contestant, here’s 17 fun facts you probably don’t know about the New York City Marathon.
So, whether you are interested in exploring the magic of this iconic big apple event or watching friends race to the finish line, the marathon is an interesting event to witness!