Dinner and a show in NYC usually means sitting back and watching the performance unfold. But at The Murder Mystery Company’s new immersive dinner show at Carmine’s Times Square, guests become part of the story the second they walk through the door.

There’s a quiet revolution happening in New York City’s bakery scene, and it starts with a simple but powerful idea: everyone deserves a great dessert.

There are artists who chase grand subjects. And then there are artists like Ria Sim, who can make you emotional over a trash bin, a flowerbed, or a paper coffee cup sitting on the sidewalk.

Come to Seward Park at Lower East Side to climb the highest mountain in North America on a rainbow of long-stretching, platformed climbing structures.

At Sol Lain Playground, we smiled at the surprising details: lots of apples, swaying grasses, unusual rope features, and more.

Big kids especially will find opportunities to hang, climb and swing at the Hester Street Playground.

There is a moment at Glace when everything clicks. You are handed something that feels familiar, but it does not look like anything you have had before.

There’s no shortage of coffee shops in New York City but every so often, a place comes along that makes you slow down, sit a little longer, and rethink what coffee can be.

Pearl Street Playground is great for FiDi and Seaport families with little kids. And it’s a fun stopover playground when visiting the Seaport across the street.