There’s a new star at the American Museum of Natural History, and he or she – a museum representative told Patch that the dinosaur’s gender isn’t known – is about 150 million years old.

Lincoln Center Theater, the nonprofit theatre company located within the Lincoln Center performing arts complex, has announced its 40th-anniversary season of Broadway and Off-Broadway shows.

The Children’s Museum of Manhattan on Tuesday announced that the philanthropist Laurie M. Tisch, its founding board chair, has donated a total of $50 million to the institution’s $300 million capital campaign for its new home at Central Park West and 96th Street, which is expected to open in 2028.

Danny Meyer-backed ice cream upstart Salt & Straw opens its first NYC location on Friday, September 20, on the Upper West Side, at 360 Amsterdam Avenue at 77th Street. After a 12-year legacy on the West Coast, it debuts here with a roster of classic flavors as well as limited-time New York-inspired scoops.

In “Grounded,” Jeanine Tesori and George Brant’s new work about a fighter pilot turned drone operator, which opened the season last week, a group of soldiers lets out a stentorian “boom” to depict an F-16 dropping a bomb. It’s a laughable moment; but the real sonic blast arrived during Puccini’s “Tosca,” a few days later.

The Mermaid Inn officially opened on Monday, October 21 at its new Upper West Side location: 335 Columbus Avenue at 76th Street. The popular seafood restaurant had previously operated at 570 Amsterdam Avenue (between 87th and 88th streets) for 15 years before closing in October 2022. ILTUWS was there as the admired eatery set sail at its new address.