On Thursday night, the City Parks Foundation 2025 Dinner & Dance Party Benefit, this year honoring Grammy-and-Oscar-winning drummer, filmmaker, author, DJ and producer Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, raised nearly $1 million in donations. All funds raised will support City Parks Foundation’s free arts, sports, environmental education, and community building programs produced each year in New York City public parks across all five boroughs.

The event, held in Central Park at the flagship SummerStage venue, also awarded Barclays Center/New York Liberty/Brooklyn Nets owners Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment with the People & Parks Award.

In his acceptance speech, Questlove spoke of attending many SummerStage concerts as a young fan and hoping to perform there one day — the Roots’ most recent

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