celebrations

The federal holiday commemorates June 19th, 1865, when enslaved Black Americans in Galveston, Texas, were told they were free. In New York City this year, arts events and cultural experiences are running all weekend long to celebrate.

July Fourth is past, but for Francophiles the celebration of liberty is just getting going with Bastille Day returning tomorrow (and being celebrated all weekend across town). So where to go? Start here.

Some people were out actually celebrating 4/20 yesterday, including "Nappy," a 24-year-old man dressed as an elk who smoked bowls in Central Park with a group of like-minded, painfully sincere pot connoisseurs.

Yesterday would have been John Lennon's 70th birthday, and celebrations and

Spain's 1-0 overtime victory over the Netherlands to win the 2010 World