Over the past week, there’s been a lot of press surrounding street artist Keith Haring, whose 50th birthday would have been on May 4th. Haring died from AIDS-related illnesses in 1990 at age 31 and devoted his life to creating art in public spaces around New York City, living up to his belief that art should be accessible to all.

I first remember seeing Keith Haring’s artwork as a teenager in the early 1990s, when it was animated for MTV’s use in public service announcements about AIDS, when the HIV/AIDS epidemic was at an all-time high.

For your own tour of Keith Haring artwork around NYC, start here at neighborbeeblog! Last week I wrote about walking tours. In keeping with that theme, here’s where you can stroll about and see Keith Haring’s work –for free– all over New York City.

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Now that the weather is mostly mild (if you ignore this upcoming rainy weekend), it’s time to think about taking advantage of all the ways you can spend your free time outdoors. As someone who has walked most of Manhattan and loves this city’s history, I thought it’d be nice to share my favorite walking tours.

At a recent dinner party, I met an animated group of guys who are the father-and-sons team known as The Levys’ Unique New York. They picked up on my fondness for New York history and reeled me in with stories about one of their most popular tours, which explores the Lower East Side’s seedy history. I jokingly suggested that they rename the tour: “Jews, Boobs and Booze.” They laughed nervously. Maybe I should leave the tour names up to them.

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Imagine a place where you can eat and drink all you want, it’s not a holiday and no one will look at you funny for stuffing your face. I call it… heaven.

Actually, it’s called Brooklyn Eats . Sponsored by the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, this food, wine and beer tasting event will take place next Wednesday, April 30th at Steiner Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard.

While on the event was on hiatus last year, the last Brooklyn Eats in 2006 contained an amazing 44 food participants. With Brooklyn boasting more than 1,000 restaurants in its fine borough, one can only imagine that there will be an even bigger selection this year.

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Hey all, I’m Amanda and you can catch me here on neighborbee every week, where I’ll be writing about events taking place all over the city. Topics will range from walking tours to food festivals, sponsored parties to pub crawls. I’ll even throw in some worthy nonprofit events, if they seem interesting and fun. (Because it’s important to support this great community, right? Right!)

In the meantime, here’s an event that is guaranteed to make you feel good all over.

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