Indoor park has popped up on Mulberry St. (photo by twi-ny/mdr)
201 Mulberry St. between Broome & Spring Sts.
Extended through February 13, 11:00 am – 6:00 pm
Admission: free (picnic and a movie $125)
212-334-0288
www.openhousegallery.org
Well, the weather outside is still rather frightful, but you can find respite in a lovely little park on Mulberry St. that you won’t see on any tourist map. You’d better hurry, though, because it’s temporary. Through February 13, Openhouse Gallery and UrbanDaddy have teamed up to bring us Park Here: An Indoor Pop Up Park in a large space in SoHo. Spread across several rooms, the park consists of synthetic grass, rocks, butterflies, and trees, with the temperature set to a positively balmy seventy-four degrees. You can hang out at a picnic table, read a book in the shade, or just lie across the greenery, taking a much-needed break from the rest of the world. In addition to just plain old relaxation, the park offers daily yoga at noon, bocce ball, croquet, chocolate and wine tastings, food from local vendors, movie nights, and dinner parties. The next chocolate and wine tasting, sponsored by Eat My Chocolate, takes place on Wednesday at 5:30 ($60), while the next picnic and a movie is scheduled for Thursday at 8:30, with a screening of DANGEROUS LIAISONS (Stephen Frears, 1988) catered by Café Boulud, including caviar, sesame seared tuna, terrine grand père, seared filet of beef, wild rice, sliced Comté cheese, a pair of macarons, and an open bar ($125). It might not be your standard picnic, but this is SoHo, ya know.