10 best things to do this weekend in NYC
EVENT
1 HINDU LAMP CEREMONY
Aeilushi Mistry, born in India and now based in Brooklyn, is trained in Bharatanatyam,
a form of classical Indian dance. Tomorrow afternoon, she'll perform the traditional Aarti ceremony -- a Hindu lamp ceremony
"to convey gratitude and protection from mother river" -- at Brooklyn Bridge Park, where she'll be joined by guest artists. Visitors can decorate their own palm leaf lamps -- hand-painted areca leaf boats with candles -- and float them on the East River.
WHEN | WHERE 4 p.m. tomorrow at Empire Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn Bridge Park
INFO Free, brooklynbridgepark.org
'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.
'His sacrifice made a difference': Gold Star mother honors son's memory Army Pfc. Raheen Tyson Heighter, 22, of Bay Shore, was the first serviceman from Long Island killed in the Iraq War.
