Seaport, located by the lower Manhattan waterfront, has always been a popular neighborhood with many offerings ranging from street performances and concerts to shopping and food markets. It is a great place to experience the hustle and bustle of New York City. Check out the shopping mall or South Street Seaport Museum!

An upcoming event that you should take notice to, however, is the Orange Alert. Commemorating the tenth anniversary of 9/11, this play centers around the lives of six people who live in the aftermath of 9/11 and currently work at Ground Zero (where the play takes place). The play is about love, construction, and loss. This is a great opportunity to remember and come together with others as the sensitive topic that touches many of our lives is brought to hand. Buy and reserve tickets to one of the performances on September 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18 at the Algonquin Seaport Theater located at Pier 17 89 South Street.

Check out the rich, upbeat and lively atmosphere and the events offered at Seaport this season!

The New York Hall of Science is probably a place that we’ve all been to before as little kids. All the exhibits seemed to be extremely cool since we couldn’t quite grasp how some of the things happened. However, the World Maker Fair will be there this year from September 17-18.

It features people who make interesting creations on their own. There are weird and funky robot creations, rockets, and even arts and crafts. It is the second year they’re doing this at the New York Hall of Science.

In anticipation of the opening of two new Manhattan locations, Uniqlo, a popular Japanese retailer, has launched the Uniqlo High Line Rink and Pop Up, located at The Lot at Tenth Avenue and West 30th Street. Open daily through September 26, the rink charges moderate admission and rental prices and offers stunning visuals of the High Line. The space also features benches sculpted from original High Line beams and the Uniqlo Cube, a makeshift store that sells tees, cashmeres, and more. The High Line Rink and Pop Up is a must-see for any Uniqlo fan, casual skater, or fun-loving New Yorker.

The first museum I looked for on my cultural passport was the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.  I’ve been in there once my junior year, but I went as far as the ticket counter.  While I was in there, I felt a sense of enormity, like this was something big.  Since then, I’ve told myself I wanted to go, but like most New Yorkers I put it off since it’s right her in NY.  However, now that it’s on my cultural passport I’m definitely going to go the next time I have a long weekend or break and many times after that.

Coming up in mid-October is the Intervals exhibition by Nicola Lopez.  When I’ve seen the Guggenheim on television I was more enticed by the sculptures.  I remember one time there were cars hanging around and I think this started my fascination with the Guggenheim.  These “sculptural collage environment” pieces interest me and I want to see Intervals: Nicola Lopez when it appears this October.

One thing that has become a must see in New York is the broadway play The Book of Mormon. It was written by the creators of South Park Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Considering that South Park is highly controversial and usually makes fun of everything many people thought the show would be inappropriate. The show is about two Mormon missionaries who travel to a small village in Uganda that is run by a brutal warlord and they try to spread the Mormon faith and way of life. When the the show started previewing and reviews came out, the reviews were amazing and the show was surprisingly not that offensive, David Rooney of the Hollywood Reporter said  “Religious zealots are not going to roll up, but the show has a comic field day with Mormonism while. simultaneously acknowledging — maybe even respecting — the right of everyone to follow any faith they choose. Or invent.” The show premiered in March 2011 and did so well that getting tickets is still very difficult and show awarded nine Tony Awards. The play became a must see for anyone who like comedy as well as broadway.

Calling all Americans to come visit the Ellis Island Immigration Museum, where many of our ancestors had their first steps to a start of a better future. Over 12 million immigrants passed through the doors of Ellis Island between 1892 and 1954, hoping to achieve the “American dream.” As they entered America, the first thing they would glance upon was the Statue of Liberty, which is a “symbol of freedom and democracy.” This is what America is all about, having the opportunity to not only make a better life for yourself, but for your family as well. As human beings we have the responsibility to retrace our past and to recognize how it is that we got to where we are today. So come join me as we celebrate our country’s history and the building of a better future. For more information please visit http://www.nps.gov/elis/index.htm. Ellis Island is only accessible by state cruises, which leave from the Castle Clinton National Monument in Battery Park in New York and the Museum at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, NJ. Liberty and Ellis Island are open Daily.The first ferry departs the mainland at 9 a.m. and the last ferry leaves at 3:30 p.m.The final ferries of the day departing from Ellis Island will leave at 5:15 p.m.

Broadway at Night, taken by Alvin Langdon Coburn in 1910

The Met is one of my all-time favorite art museums and they have a couple of cool exhibitions there right now. One that stuck out to me was the Night Vision: Photography After Dark, which is there until September 18th. Whenever we take photos at night, it comes out too bright because of the flash, or too dark because of no flash, or too weirdly colored because of the night mode. It’d like to see how these established photographers tackled that challenge.

One of the featured photographers, Alfred Stieglitz, is considered to be one of the first photographers to photograph at night. This exhibition features night photos from the late 1890’s to now. It’d be cool to see this timeline of photos and compare them to see how the camera has evolved.

This fall some of the hottest hip hop artists are coming to the New York City area. Superstars Jay-Z and Kanye West are bringing their Watch The Throne tour to the Izod Center in East Rutherford, NJ on Saturday, November 5th and Sunday, November 6th at 7:30 PM. This event promises to be worthwhile. Jay-Z and Kanye West will play some of their newest material and will most likely bring other artists to perform with them as well. This concert will definitely blow the roof off of the Izod center.

If you are not a fan of mainstream hip hop then you should go see Mac Miller perform in New York City as part of his Blue Slide Park tour. Mac has a show at Irving Plaza on Thursday, September 22nd at 7:00 PM and then comes back to the city for a show on Friday, December 2nd at 8:00 PM at the Best Buy Theater. Mac Miller is one of the top young artist in the game so this promises to be a good show.