Librado Romero/The New York Times It’s off to camp for Fresh Air Fund kids and many others this weekend.With school out, the exodus from the city begins.
On Friday morning, the Fresh Air Fund is putting hundreds children on buses at the Port Authority, headed for host families in greener pastures as far off as West Virginia. Some are leaving home for the first time. Others are reuniting with hosts from summers past. About 4,000 city children will leave town through the Fresh Air Fund this summer.
Here’s what you need to know to start your Friday â€" and the intermittently stormy weekend ahead.
WEATHER â€" Clouds, then rain, then sun, then clouds, then rain, then sun.Repeat through the weekend, with rain predominating by Sunday and highs in the low 80s. The June rainfall total now stands at 10.1 inches, only 0.17 inches shy of the record for wettest June in New York City. It will likely fall.
TRANSIT & TRAFFIC â€"
- Route 95 northbound is closed for a stretch in Greenwich, Conn. Otherwise not bad so far, 1010 WINS reports. Alternate-side parking is in effect.
- Subways are normal. Click for the latest status.
COMING UP TODAY
- Gay pride weekend kicks off with a rally on Pier 26 in TriBeCa at 7 p.m.
- Gay veterans will ring the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange.
- Fireworks on the boardwalk at Orchard Beach in the Bronx just! after sunset.
- A show by pop-art icon Red Grooms opens at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan.
- The New York Asian Film Festival gets under way at Lincoln Center with the world premiere of the Hong Kong film “Tales From the Dark Part 1.â€
- The Bicycle Film Festival “a celebration of bicycles through film, art, and music,†begins its 13th year of screenings at Anthology Film Archives. Valet bicycle parking is provided.
- For more Friday events, see The New York Times’s Arts & Entertainment guide.
AND FINALLY…
- After 42 years, the Metropolitan Museum of Art is getting ri of its bendy metal admissions tags. They have become too expensive. On the bright side, starting Monday, the Met will be open seven days a week. [New York Times]
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