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Hi Friends,
Today we breathe the first air of spring. I love watching it unfold in New York as the light shifts, the trees begin to bud, and the city renews block by block.
Over the past month, we’ve had lingering cold outside and real heat in the market. Several of our listings have drawn multiple bids and moved within days. Those results reflect discipline, precision in meeting demand, and leadership that recognizes and relies on the strength of the team.
Leadership, especially in a busy market, comes back to fundamentals:
Keep information moving. Sharing what is known, what is still being evaluated, and how decisions are reached allows people to operate with confidence. Assumptions shrink when context is shared.
Foster unity. Marketing, operations, and sales must move from the same understanding and toward shared goals. Alignment protects execution and upholds standards.
Work ahead. In a fast-moving city, early positioning determines whether urgency produces results or unnecessary friction.
The seasons cycle, and so does the market. Leadership defines how we respond.
Below are 31 events happening in and around New York City this March. I hope you find something that draws you out into the city.
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Louise Phillips Forbes Licensed Associate Real Estate Broker lphillips@bhsusa.com 212-381-3329 917-846-8640 View My Listings |
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| | | | | A themed market event celebrating March Madness with a winner’s lineup of local vendors selling vintage trading cards, sports memorabilia, game-day snacks, and other unique finds.
| Creative Writing (Weekly Writing Session)
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A weekly in-person creative writing session led by author and poet Jon Curley that invites participants to hone their writing skills, share work, and get supportive feedback in a community setting.
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A late-night stand-up show featuring a rotating lineup of comedians including Jim Tews, Chloe Radcliffe, Ahri Findling, Kate Willett, Mahesh Kotagi, and Shaun Murphy for a high-energy evening of jokes and improv.
| Springtime Cooking Course
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A hands-on, chef-led class focused on preparing a seasonal spring menu in a professional in-store kitchen setting.
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The first major museum survey of Carol Bove’s work, presenting 25 years of her inventive practice in sculpture, drawing, and site-specific interventions throughout Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic rotunda.
| The resident 16-piece jazz orchestra at Birdland performs a lively mix of swing, funk, Brazilian, Latin, and world-influenced big band jazz.
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Holi Celebration at the Seaport
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A free outdoor festival celebrating Holi, the traditional Indian Festival of Colours welcoming spring with interactive powder play, live dance and drum performances, food tastings, a puppet show, and an outdoor Indian market.
| A survey of contemporary American art featuring works by 56 artists and collectives that explore themes of relationality, identity, and the complexity of the present moment.
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A free NYC Parks fitness class featuring easy-to-learn, low-impact line dance routines popular for all skill levels.
| Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
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An evening jazz performance by multi-instrumentalist Vince Giordano leading his 11-piece Nighthawks orchestra.
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A live music show featuring The Cafe Wha? House Band performing high-energy covers of popular songs in the iconic Greenwich Village club.
| Brussels-based mixed-media artist Kasper Bosmans presents a selection of new paintings, sculptures, and murals exploring identity and expression.
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A year-round Friday farmers market offering fresh local produce and food products from a wide range of vendors.
| The Battle for New York’s Soul: Jane Jacobs & Robert Moses Walking Tour
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A two-hour guided walking tour through Greenwich Village and SoHo that traces the epic historical rivalry between urban activist Jane Jacobs and planner Robert Moses, stopping at key sites where their battles over New York’s built environment and community shaped the city’s future.
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A late-night live performance by Hungarian trumpeter and composer Barabás Lőrinc blending jazz, neoclassical, electronic, and atmospheric soundscapes at Brooklyn Public Library’s Dr. S. Stevan Dweck Cultural Center.
| Savoring Spain Cooking Course
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A chef-led hands-on class exploring classic Spanish dishes and flavors in Sur La Table’s in-store kitchen.
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NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade
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An annual celebration and historic parade honoring St. Patrick and Irish culture featuring thousands of marchers and spectators along Fifth Avenue.
| Affordable Art Fair New York – Spring 2026
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A major spring art market and fair showcasing thousands of contemporary paintings, sculptures, photography, and mixed-media works from local, national, and international galleries.
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Full Body Circuit Training
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A free NYC Parks fitness class offering a dynamic full-body workout that combines resistance and bodyweight exercises for all fitness levels.
| The Seaport Museum’s exhibition uses 540 carefully selected objects from the Museum’s collections to show how New York City grew from its maritime origins into a global cultural and economic capital shaped by waterways, people, trade, and diverse communities.
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An intimate evening of new and rarely performed music curated by composer and pianist Teodora Stepančić and performed by Brooklyn-based LCollective, featuring works by Michael Pisaro, Eva-Maria Houben, and Jürg Frey in an inclusive, unconventional concert setting.
| Greenwich Village Food Tour
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A locally guided walking food tour experience through iconic NYC neighborhoods like Greenwich Village, Chinatown & Little Italy, where you’ll taste classic New York foods.
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An elegant evening cruise on the water with a plated three-course dinner, live entertainment, and sweeping views of the New York City skyline and landmarks like the Statue of Liberty and Brooklyn Bridge aboard a glass-enclosed vessel.
| Christie’s Japanese and Korean Art Auction
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A live art auction during Asia Week in New York featuring an extensive curated sale of Japanese and Korean works.
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A live jazz performance by bassist and composer Brent Canter leading his quartet through a set of original compositions.
| Sister Act 2 Film Screening
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This interactive screening is co-presented by The Apollo and Harlem-based film collective Melanin Madness.
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Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck
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The first major U.S. exhibition of Finnish modernist painter Helene Schjerfbeck, featuring nearly 60 works at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
| A guided historical apartment tour exploring the story of Joseph and Rachel Moore and the community they built amid post-Civil War New York life.
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Arthur Miller’s classic drama returns to Broadway in a new production starring Nathan Lane as Willy Loman as he grapples with disillusionment, family tensions, and the American dream’s unraveling in a modern staging of this iconic play.
| A visually rich exhibition of extraordinary large-format scientific illustrations from historic rare books that showcase the astonishing diversity and beauty of the world’s ocean life, included with general admission.
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A high-energy, heart-pumping dance cardio workout designed to get your whole body moving with upbeat music and dynamic exercises.
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