It’s the Summer of Soundwalking. He Is Your Sherpa.

By: Patricia Leigh Brown and Vincent Tullo — 5 August 2026 at 16:07

“We may be hearing but not listening,” Jacek Smolicki said, showing a reporter how sound travels through tree roots in Central Park and amplifying the scraping of aquatic snails.

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Not All National Parks Remain Open in the Shutdown. Here’s What to Know.

By: Chris Hippensteel — 5 October 2025 at 09:01

Some underground attractions are closed, and many outdoor sites have reduced their services.

Grand Canyon National Park will remain open to the public during the shutdown.

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New York City Is Full of Green Space. You Just Have to Find It.

By: Mihir Zaveri — 5 October 2025 at 07:00

The city’s millions of residents are crammed together, competing for space to live, play, work and rest.

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For Lupita and Junior Nyong’o, ‘Twelfth Night’ Is Child’s Play, Revisited

By: Alexis Soloski — 11 August 2025 at 09:02

The siblings “really enjoyed make-believe” as kids. Now they are playing Shakespeare under the stars at the newly reopened Delacorte Theater in Central Park.

“Now I get to watch Junior, for the first time, meet and match his sister in such a beautiful way,” said the director Saheem Ali, who has known the Nyong’o family for decades.

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17-Year-Old Fatally Shot in the Bronx After Fight Over a Water Gun

By: Maia Coleman， Chelsia Rose Marcius and Samantha Latson — 26 June 2025 at 00:49

Darrell Harris, a high school student, died after an encounter with men who were having a water gun fight at a local park, an official with knowledge of the incident said.