Never mind the chill; everywhere you turn in NYC there’s a celebration of spring.

Midtown West

The Painted Garden: Macy’s Flower Show
This year’s floral extravaganza invokes the vibrant colors and spirit of South Asia–including an elephant painted in ceremonial style and blanketed in lush live flowers–for a trip you'll never forget. See event site for daily events throughout the store.
March 24-April 7, 10AM-9PM daily; Sunday, March 31, 12PM-5PM
Macy’s Herald Square, Broadway Plaza
Free

Midtown East

Easter Parade and Bonnet Festival
Each year on Easter the best of the bonnets are showcased along Fifth Avenue as New Yorkers celebrate the holiday by roaming the streets in their most festive spring gear. The parade marches north on Fifth Avenue starting at 49th Street; the best place to watch is from the area around St. Patrick's Cathedral.
March 31, 10AM to 4PM
St. Patrick's Cathedral, Fifth Avenue (between East 50th and East 51st Streets)

Morningside Heights

Dante's Inferno: A Maundy Thursday Reading at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine
This annual reading of key selections from Dante Alighieri's classic Inferno will take place on the evening of Maundy Thursday. Participants will include Cathedral Poet in Residence Marilyn Nelson, the Very Rev. Dr. James A. Kowalski, acclaimed poets and translators and other special guests.
Thursday, March 28, 9PM
The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, 1047 Amsterdam Avenue

Turtle Bay/United Nations

Holi Hai in NYC by NYC Bhangra
Immerse yourself in colors to celebrate the beginning of spring. Enjoy Bhangra music and dance with this event on the occasion of Holi, the Indian festival of colors. NYC Bhangra Dance Company is providing a platform for new artists to showcase their talent on stage; there will also be food vendors, dance performances, live music, prizes, Bhangra dance lessons, henna tattoos, an art workshop for kids and more.
Sunday, March 31, 12PM to 6PM
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 47th Street at 2nd Avenue
Free

Flatiron/Union Square

Sandra Gibson and Luis Recoder, "Topsy-Turvy: A Camera Obscura Installation"
Kicking off the park’s spring programming, this new installation re-imagines one of the world’s oldest moving image devices, the camera obscura, as a life-sized structure. Visitors can enter the installation–it uses light to capture images of the surrounding Flatiron District–in real time, altering how visitors experience the park and the city’s urban landscape.
March 1- April 5, 10AM-5PM
Madison Square Park, East 23rd Street to East 26th Street

Upper East Side

Kids’ Cupcake Class at the Whitney
The celebrated bakers at Ovenly bakery team up with the Whitney Museum’s Untitled restaurant for a fun morning of cupcake decorating for kids and adults.
Friday, March 29th, 11AM-1PM
Untitled at the Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue at 75th Street
$45 per adult and child ($5 per additional child)

Lincoln Center

Film: PUNKING OUT: The Blank Generation
As part of their Rhapsodic City: Music of New York program, the New York Public Library presents this trio of short films that provide a window into the years when punk rock in New York City was more than just a fashion choice.
Tuesday, March 26, 6PM
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza
Free

Also on the program is Platinum Punk, a conversation between glamorous scenester Deborah Harry, Blondie bandmate Chris Stein and Will Hermes, senior critic of Rolling Stone, about the NYC music scene in the 1970s.
Wednesday, March 27, 6PM
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Cullman Center, Bruno Walter Auditorium, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza
Free

NoHo

The NY Theremin Society Presents “The Untouchables”
Expect performances by Dorit Chrysler, Benjamin Ickies, Scott Robinson, Rob Schwimmer and special guest Joe McGinty on Therevox. The NY Theremin Society is a platform for thereminists and enthusiasts to explore the surprising variety of different approaches that this relatively young and unique instrument has to offer in the contemporary world of music.
March 27, 9:30 PM
Joe’s Pub, 425 Lafayette Street
$15