No one celebrates the holiday season like New York. Whether it’s the colorful balloons floating through the City during the Thanksgiving Day Parade, the bright lights of the famous Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree or the incomparable excitement of a million revelers coming together to watch the ball drop during the world’s biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, all eyes are on NYC during the most wonderful time of the year.
Show your clients South Dakota’s rich culture and history featured throughout the state.
Dakota Discovery Museum | MITCHELL
The inviting environment features numerous historic artifacts from a time when the way of life came from the land itself. The Dakota Discovery Museum provides entertaining and educational benefits to everyone who walks through the door.
Akta Lakota Museum & Cultural Center | CHAMBERLAIN
The Akta Lakota Museum is more than a traditional museum—it is a living lesson on the Native American way of life. Visitors can enjoy the mini-theater, interactive displays, English-Lakota descriptions, and outdoor Medicine Wheel Garden.
Thanksgiving
For nearly a century, New Yorkers—and visitors, of course—have turned out in droves on the fourth Thursday of each November to see the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, a supersized procession of Broadway performers, celebrities and giant floating balloons. The parade runs down Central Park West from 77th Street, then east along Central Park South to Sixth Avenue, where it turns south and ends in front of Macy’s Herald Square.
This year’s parade will take place on Thursday, November 22. If your clients are in town early, they might enjoy viewing the inflation of balloons the night before the parade—another holiday tradition. Crowds gather around the American Museum of Natural History from around 4:30pm until 9:15pm, when the gates close, to watch the enormous helium-filled balloons come to life.
OREGON IS MAGIC
It’s a feeling you get when you’re here.
When you hike the autumn forests,
When you breathe the crisp air,
When you’re humbled by the snowy mountains.
Join us as we visit some of our favorite Oregon places this fall.
Every week we’ll reveal a magical destination to add to your travel list.
The Pembina Gorge State Recreation Area is home to some great mountain biking opportunities including the NEW Pembina Gorge Terrain Course located at Frost Fire. This new trail system incorporates phase one of a two-phase project.
NYC & Company is rolling out a series of multilingual webinars to give you the timeliest tools, insights and inspiration as you promote travel to New York City.
BISMARCK, N.D. – Steve Silseth’s photo “Pintail” has been named Best in Show in the 15th annual North Dakota Governor’s Photo Contest.
Gov. Doug Burgum recognized the winning photographs and honorable mentions in a ceremony October 10, 2018, in Memorial Hall of the North Dakota Capitol. Joining Burgum for the presentation were North Dakota Tourism Director Sara Otte Coleman and North Dakota Council on the Arts (NDCA) Executive Director Kim Konikow.
In “Pintail,” Silseth captured the moment just before the duck takes flight, leaving a trail of geysers through the water. The photo also took first place in the Wildlife Category and was selected as best from the 1,072 submitted to this year’s contest.
New York City has an incredible variety of experiences for sports lovers. Here’s a guide to the City’s major teams as well as everything you need to know to help your clients book tickets to some of the best sports events in NYC.
What’s New in Minneapolis – Fall 2018
Leisure travel and tourism news from the Bold North
Minneapolis (Sept. 13, 2018) – Fall colors and football are leading the way as Minneapolis runs head-first into autumn with plenty of arts, active living and tasty spots that show off the city’s diverse offerings from its downtown core to its neighborhoods. This Meet Minneapolis leisure travel round-up offers highlights of what’s new in Minneapolis this season.
Minneapolis Institute of Art and ‘Egypt’s Sunken Cities’
“Egypt’s Sunken Cities” showcases antiquities from one of the greatest finds in the history of underwater archaeology. Over 200 objects are featured— ranging from colossal 16-foot-tall sculptures to precious gold coins and jewelry, and bronze vessels—from two cities lost to natural disasters and the rising tides of the Mediterranean Sea. Nov. 4 – April 4, 2019. https://new.artsmia.org/egypts-sunken-cities
Walker Art Center Fall Programming
Highlighting key works from the Walker’s collection juxtaposed with new commissions by 12 international contemporary artists, Platforms: Collection and Commissions opens Nov. 15 and runs until Oct. 6, 2019. Every seven weeks, a new grouping will be rotated into the space, encouraging viewers to return and experience yet another new perspective. In another gallery, the first comprehensive retrospective in the U.S. devoted to the work of Siah Armajani is open now through Dec. 20.
Artist Ifrah Mansour Headlines Fall Somali Programs at Minnesota History Center
Acclaimed artist Ifrah Mansour headlines a slate of programs at the Minnesota History Center this fall that explore Somali history and culture. In November, Mansour will perform her multimedia piece “How to Have Fun in a Civil War.”
Parkway Theater Restored, Reopening
The 87-year-old South Minneapolis theater has undergone a major restoration and reopens Sept. 13 showcasing classic 35mm films and live events such as world-class performing arts, comedy and engaging speaker series. https://theparkwaytheater.com/
Food and Drink News
Minneapolis’ food and beverage scene is constantly evolving. Here are some of the newest spots to grab a bite or a sip:
Fall Events and Happenings
Along with football games, fall color peeping and apple picking, Minneapolis has events celebrating the season and the strong arts culture:
For more information about what to see and do in Minneapolis, visit www.minneapolis.org.
Anchorage’s fall season has arrived and it brings some of the prettiest views of the year. Autumn in Alaska means shimmering gold birch leaves, gorgeous sunsets, crisp air and shoulder season pricing. Your budget-conscious clients can explore while enjoying the best Anchorage has to offer.
Northern Lights Viewing
By the time September rolls around, true night skies have returned to Anchorage and that means the northern lights, also known as the aurora borealis, can be viewed again. You don’t have to go far to increase your chances to see the aurora and its vibrant displays.
Whale Watching & Wildlife Viewing
Score a front row seat with great views of glaciers, whales, sea otters and maybe even a bear. Through the end of September and into the first weeks of October, one of the most popular Alaska activities is a glacier and wildlife cruise of Kenai Fjords National Park or Prince William Sound.
Ride the Rails
The Alaska Railroad offers year-round service. Hop a train to Fairbanks for fantastic views of the changing fall colors and maybe even a clear shot of Denali. Or take a day trip up to scenic Hurricane on one of the last whistle stop trains in America.