TULIP EXPLOSION
M. sent along this photo and it is a good reminder that after Washington Market Park, the most bodacious display of tulips in the neighborhood is the small elevated green area just south of the Winter Garden in the North Cove. Worth a stroll.

BMCC ASTROPHSICISTS ON NASA MISSION TEAM
Two astrophysicists on the faculty of BMCC, Barry McKernan and K.E. Saavik Ford, have been named to NASA’s latest Medium Explorer or Mid-EX mission team: the Ultraviolet Explorer (UVEX) space telescope project. Ford and McKernan are only community college professors on the 56-member team. The UVEX telescope will launch in 2030 as NASA’s next Astrophysics Medium-Class Explorer mission and will survey ultraviolet light across the entire sky, providing insight into how galaxies and stars evolve. Professors McKernan and Ford have brought BMCC students into this conversation and included them in research projects related to black holes, gravitational waves and more.

TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL IS JUNE 5-16
Somehow I missed this announcement so I went looking: the Tribeca Festival, nee the Tribeca Film Festival, is scheduled for June 5 to 16 and tickets and packages are on sale now. There’s so much going on, it’s almost tough to follow. See more here.

CITIES IN WOOD
The Skyscraper Museum has a show up now through August called Tall Timber: the Future of Cities in Wood, which evolved from the 2023 exhibition REFRAMED, co-curated by the Chicago Architecture Center and the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat. The museum is at 39 Battery Place. Admission is free, but timed tickets are recommended. See more here.