Labor Day: Culture Works Overtime 2010
New York City offers many ways for the hard-working person to kick back and have some fun over the three-day holiday weekend.
Bodies in motion is the theme of outdoor parties like the West Indian American Day Parade and its events in Brooklyn, the final Warm Up dance party at P.S.1 in Queens, and the three-day Unicycle Festival that wheels to Coney Island, Governors Island and Grant's Tomb in Manhattan. There are plenty of rides and BMX demonstrations at the Richmond County Fair.
On Museum Mile (Fifth Avenue), the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of the City of New York are both open for the holiday.
Take your pick of fun, take in the sights or just take a rest. At least deciding what to do won't be hard work.
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Historic Richmond Town/Staten Island Historical Society
Staten IslandSat, Sept 4, 2010 – Mon, Sept 6, 2010
This huge event includes amusement park rides, pig races, potato sack races, a Led Zeppelin tribute band, Beatlemania, the Nashville Attitude, the Richmond County Orchestra and the Riverside Opera Company. There's also pie-eating contests and blue-ribbon awards for the best crafts and more. More -
New York City Unicycle Festival
General Grant National Memorial
ManhattanSun, Sept 5, 2010
The New York Unicycle Club hosts Sunday's festivities at Grant's Tomb, their usual home. Unicycles are on site for those who cannot BYOU. More -
West Indian American Day Carnival Association
BrooklynSun, Sept 5, 2010
This event features performers David Rudder, Black Stalin, Denise Belfon, Rikki Jai, Ajala and Aaron Duncan. Also included are the King and Queen of the Bands competition, stilt walkers and rhythm masters. Music provided by Sunshine Band and DJ One Plus, MC‘s Wassy, Jemm Jordan and Godfrey Jack. More -
2010 West Indian American Day Parade
West Indian American Day Carnival Association
BrooklynMon, Sept 6, 2010
This parade is a celebration of West Indian culture, song and dance. Hundreds of thousands of West Indian Americans, Brooklynites and New Yorkers of all backgrounds stake out a spot along the parade route, which runs down Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn from Schenectady Avenue to Grand Army Plaza. More -
We Built New York: A Labor History Tour
ManhattanMon, Sept 6, 2010
A special Labor Day tour featuring the role that immigrants and the labor movement have played in the growth of New York City. Stops include the Labor Lyceum, the first Labor Day Parade (1882), the founding site of the ILGWU, the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory, and sites associated with Emma Goldman, Louis Kossuth and Peter Cooper. More -
Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival: Free, Outdoor Screenings
ManhattanSat, Aug 28, 2010 – Mon, Sept 6, 2010
View the full HD festival schedule.
The Met’s outdoor festival, first presented in 2009, returns on August 28 with screenings of ten productions from the company’s Live in HD series. More -
Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum—Smithsonian Institution
Manhattan
A branch of the Smithsonian Institution, this is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design. The museum possesses one of the largest design collections in the world. The collection is international in scope and ranges from one-of-a-kind to mass-produced items and includes rare books, furniture, ceramics, glassware, architectural drawings, metalwork and jewelry. More -
Manhattan
This 172-acre island in New York Harbor was a quiet military installation under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Army from 1794 to 1966 and of the Coast Guard until 1996. It now hosts free art exhibitions, festivals and ticketed concerts and is accessible by a free ferry. More -
Manhattan
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was incorporated in 1870 and moved to its present location in Central Park in 1880. It houses an encyclopedic collection of art objects from virtually all periods and continents. More -
Museum of the City of New York
Manhattan
Among the city’s major museums, there is only one with the words “New,” “York,” and “City” in its name, and this is precisely what gives the Museum of the City of New York its unique mandate: to explore the past, present, and future of New York City and to celebrate its heritage. More