The 26-minute SOUSA Firework shows will start at 9:20 p.m. with more than more than 40,000 shells fired from six barges in the river between 24th and 50th streets.
Tune your radio to 10101 Wins, which will broadcast the live music in sync with the fireworks. NBC will broadcast the fireworks show, along with the live performance, which will feature the New York Pops, Rob Thomas, Jewel, Karen Olivo and the cast of Broadway’s “West Side Story.”
JetAmerica delays Newark debut to Aug. 14 - Jaunted
JetAmerica, which was scheduled to start flying July 13 from Newark with tickets from $9, has started telling passengers service will instead start Aug. 14, according to an e-mail obtained by Jaunted travel website.
From Newark, JetAmerica plans to service Toledo, Ohio; South Bend, Ind.; Lansing, Mich.; and Melbourne-Vero Beach, Fla.
JetAmerica, technically not an airline, is a public charter company contracting with Miami Air International to provide and operate its aircraft.
The MAve hotel opened for business today with rooms from $169 per night, up to $509 per night for the penthouse suite.
Construction is complete on all of The MAve’s 72 rooms. The only incomplete area is half of the lobby, which will eventually house a restaurant or cafe, a hotel spokesman told NewYorkology. Room service is now offered through the Olana Restaurant.
The hotel offers free wi-fi in all rooms and public spaces, and guests are offered free breakfast as well. Rooms have 9-1/2 foot high ceilings, modern furnishings, pillow-top mattresses, H20 Aquatics bath products, 32-inch HDTVs.
Through September 7, rooms are priced from $169 to $509. The hotel’s also taking part in NYC’s third night free program. After Sept. 7, the base rate will rise to $249 per night.
The MAve is located in the Flatiron neighborhood, at 62 Madison Ave., map.
Image source: Boulevard King on The MAve’s website.
Statue of Liberty crown tickets sold out until Labor Day
While the Statue of Liberty is on track to reopen her crown to the public on the Fourth of July, tickets to climb up her steps are already all-but sold out through the Labor Day weekend.
Tickets first went on sale June 13 and demand was so high that the website and telephone lines were difficult to access. (The website has been slow again this morning.)
Only 30 people per hour will be allowed to take the stairs to the crown under escort from a National Park Service ranger.
It’s important to note that currently the plan is to keep the crown open for two years only. After that, it will close again for a project to make the interior safer to visitors and hopefully allow more people to visit each day.
The crown has been closed since Sept. 11, 2001, mainly for fire safety reasons, the National Park Service has long said. The torch has been closed to the public since 1916, when Liberty’s arm was damaged by a massive rail yard explosion in nearby New Jersey. There are no plans to ever reopen the torch to the public.
What you need to know to get tickets to the Statue of Liberty’s crown:
Crown tickets can be reserved up to a year in advance through Statue Cruises, the only company licensed to ferry the public to Liberty and Ellis islands. The $3 crown fee will be on top of the regular ferry ticket, currently priced at $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for children. Tickets can be purchased online or by calling 877- LADY-TIX (877-523-9849) between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m., Eastern time.
Water Taxi Beach Governors Island soft opens July 4
Water Taxi Beach Governors Island will make its unofficial debut this weekend, with the grand opening now set for July 11, a spokeswoman for the Harbor Experience Companies told NewYorkology.
The new Water Taxi Beach will be open this Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. “with very limited food and beverage service,” she said.
The Harbor Experience Companies already operates two other Water Taxi Beaches, in Long Island City and at the South Street Seaport, (pictured.)
The Governors Island beach fully opens July 11 with food, drink, volleyball, basketball and live music. The Beach at Governors Island concerts kick off July 11 with Grateful Dead-tribute band Dark Star Orchestra.
The full concert season:
July 12 - DJ khz at 4 p.m.(free show)
July 18 - Wheel Up! w/ DJs DRM (Bastard Jazz) + Erik The Red (Giant Step) at 2 p.m. (free show)
July 19 - Tragedy, all-metal tribute to the BeeGees at 2 p.m. (free show)
July 25 - The Beatards at 2 p.m.(free show)
July 26 - Turntables on the Hudson at 3 p.m. (free show)
Aug 4 - Erykah Badu at 8 p.m.
Aug 15 - Hip-Hop Karoke BBQ at 2 p.m. (free show)
Aug 18 - B52s at 8 p.m.
Aug 23 - Turntables on the Hudson at 3 p.m. (free show)
Sept. 6 - Turntables on the Hudson at 3 p.m. (free show)
Sept 12 - Mos Def at 9:30 p.m.
Sept. 26 - Buckethead at 8 p.m.
When there are evening concerts, New York Water Taxi will provide service during and after the shows to the Battery Maritime Building. Concert tickets include ferry transportation.
Disney said it will close “The Little Mermaid” on Broadway, with the final performance set for Aug. 30.
The musical about a mermaid Ariel is based on Disney’s 1989 animated film, which in turn was based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale.
The musical, which probably cost $15 million just to create, likely did not recoup its initial investment in the two years it’s been on Broadway, according to Variety.
When it closes, it will have played 685 performances plus 50 previews, according to the New York Times.
“The Little Mermaid” plays the Lunt-Fontanne Theater, 205 W. 46th St., map. Regular tickets are priced from $51.50 to $121.50 with premium seats selling for $161.50.
Disney recommends its productions for ages 6 and up.
The wheels are hitting the road through Downtown Alliance’s free summer bikes program, which has found success this season, especially on weekends.
Since Bike Around Downtown started May 13, the program has been at capacity for every weekend. A total of 2,454 reservations had been made through June 30, according to numbers provided to NewYorkology by Downtown Alliance.
The 30 free bikes are available seven days a week during three time slots: 9:30 a.m. to noon; 12:30 to 3 p.m.; and 3:30 to 6 p.m. The bicycles are provided through Bike and Roll, which also rents bikes and offers bike tours of New York.
Once you reserve online, free bikes can be picked up at the Bike and Roll’s kiosk at the South Street Seaport and returned at the same location, or at the Bike and Roll kiosks at Pier A in Battery Park, or 12th Avenue and 43rd Street, or on Governors Island when it’s open on Fridays, Saturdays or Sundays.
Jude Law coming to Broadway in 'Hamlet' in September
Jude Law will return to Broadway in September as Hamlet, according to the Donmar Warehouse website.
The Shakespeare tragedy, currently playing in London, earned mostly good reviews from critics.
Law made his Broadway debut in 1995 in “Indiscretions,” Variety notes.
“Hamlet” will play the Broadhurst Theatre for 12-weeks only. Previews will start Sept. 12; opening night is set for Oct. 6.
Tickets go on sale to American Express card members July 1 while the general public gets access starting July 18. Regular tickets will be priced from $25 to $116.50. Premium seats are $201.50 to $251.50. If a performance is sold out, standing-room tickets will go on sale the day of the performance for $21.50. The box office for “Hamlet” will open July 18.
The Donmar is the same troupe behind Tony-nominated “Mary Stuart,” now at the Broadhurst, as well as the Tony-nominated “Frost/Nixon” in 2007.
The Broadhurst Theatre is located at 235 W. 44th St., map.
Jewish Museum cuts hours, adds 2-for-1 July admission
Due to budget reasons, the Jewish Museum is changing its hours starting this week, closing its doors entirely on Wednesdays, and closing other galleries on some weekdays.
It will also add hours on Friday. Previously the museum was closed on Friday, but starting this week it will remain open until 5:45 p.m. until Oct. 16. For two Fridays — Oct. 23 and Oct. 30 — it will close at 5 p.m. Then from Nov. 6 through March 13, the Friday closing time will drop to 4 p.m.
On Thursdays, the museums will close at 5:45 pm rather than 8 p.m. In addition, the galleries to the permanent collection will close on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The change in the hours comes on top of a 10 percent staff cut through attrition and layoffs in March, which meant the loss of about 13 or 14 people, said Anne Scher, the director of communications for the museum. The recession, along with declines in the endowment and contributions, is the cause, but every effort is being made to limit the impact, Scher said.
