New York Events January-February 2016

Museum of Modern Art-MOMA  Picasso Sculpture. Through  February 7
This is  the first such museum exhibition in the United States in nearly half a century. The exhibition features more than 100 sculptures, complemented by selected works on paper and photographs.
Timed tickets are required for entry to Picasso Sculpture. A limited number of same-day timed tickets will be available onsite, depending on capacity.



Metropolitan Museum of Art Celebrating Sax .  Instruments and Innovation  Through February 21, 2016

This special display of instruments made by three generations of the Sax family marks the bicentenary of the birth of Adolphe Sax

 

Metropolitan Museum of Art
 The Luxury of Time.  European Clocks and Watches.  Through March 27, 2016

Drawn from the Museum's distinguished collection of German, French, English, and Swiss horology from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century, the extraordinary objects on view show how clocks and watches were made into lavish furniture or exquisite jewelry.  

Neue Galerie    Munch and Expressionism  February 18-June 13, 2016

 An  exhibition  examines Edvard Munch’s influence on his German and Austrian contemporaries, as well as their influence upon him.   The Neue Galerie is the sole venue for the exhibition, where it will be on view through. The exhibition will be comprised of approximately 35 paintings and 50 works on paper from both public and private collections worldwide.

 American Museum of Natural History  The Titanosaur  January 15, 2016 - January 19, 2020

Museum added another must-see exhibit to its world-famous Fossil Halls:  cast of a 122-foot-long dinosaur came to the Museum .    This species is so new that it has not yet been formally named by the paleontologists who discovered it. The titanosaur cast,  installed in the Wallach Orientation Center on the fourth floor,  replaced a life-sized—but, by comparison, diminutive—fleshed-out model of a juvenile Barosaurus that has been on display since the completion of the fourth floor in June 1996.

The Jewish Museum  The Power of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film. Through February 7
In addition to a stunning collection of photographic and cinematic works, The Power of Pictures features a rich array of film posters and vintage books that employ radical graphic styles with extreme color, dynamic geometric designs, and innovative collages and photomontages. Also presented are examples of periodicals in which major photographic works were published.  Saturdays and late Thursdays are free.

 

NYC Restaurant Week January 18–February 5.
Participating restaurants offer three-course prix-fixe menus specially priced at $25 for lunch and/or $38 for dinner.

 The list of participating in NYC Restaurant is here

Broadway discount week  January 19 - Feb. 5, 2016

Get 2-for-1 deals on select theater shows during Broadway Week.
The participating shows include: Aladdin, Allegiance, An American in Paris, Beautiful: The Carole King Musical, Chicago, China Doll, The Color Purple, The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Fiddler on the Roof, Finding Neverland, Fun Home, The Humans, Jersey Boys, The King and I, Kinky Boots, Les Misérables, The Lion King, Matilda the Musical, Misery, Noises Off, On Your Feet!, Our Mother's Brief Affair, The Phantom of the Opera, School of Rock. 

Barclays Center, February 25 through   March 6
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus.    The true stars of the show are The Ringling Brothers' animals. The circus has a large herd of Asian elephants and a whole menagerie of other beautiful creatures including lions and tigers. If you don't like animal acts don't go!

New York City Center, February 18 - 20, 2016
Cinderella ballet 

Les Ballets de Monte Carlo perform a dark and sensual version of Cinderella choreographed by Jean-Christophe Maillot  . The ballet  strips the classic fairy tale of its sugar and explores the untold story of Cinderella's mother, a vision of lost happiness, who returns from the dead in the form of a fairy godmother. It is a poignant meditation on love and loss, in which the departed shape the future of those left behind.


The Explorers Club , 46 East 70th Street . January 28-31
The New York WILD Film Festival.
This festival is  the first annual documentary film festival in New York to showcase a spectrum of topics, from exploration and adventure to wildlife and the environment, bringing all things WILD. This event offers 17 outstanding films, premieres, receptions, and conversations with some of the world's most creative, adventurous and heroic characters.


Snow sports in Central Park
January 23, 2016 (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.)
Enjoy skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and sledding during Winter Jam, when the Central Park bandshell area is covered with blown-in snow. Bring equipment or borrow it free. Bring photo ID for sports. Free.

Swedish Cottage Marionette Theatre
LITTLE RED'S HOOD From February 2, 2016.
Like many of today’s children, Little Red is a smart, young city slicker who is too focused on her smartphone to notice her surroundings. Wulfric is a misunderstood wolf with a sweet tooth. When Little Red travels from New York City to the country to deliver some cupcakes to her Grandma, she encounters a colorful cast of characters as Wulfric the Wolf tries to head her off at the pass. Children 18 months to 12 years old $7.00. Grown ups ages 13 and up $10.00


 

Winter Carnival in Bryant Park.  February 5 and 6, 12pm-10pm
Bundle up and come on out for the 2nd annual Winter Carnival at Bank of America Winter Village! Embrace the frosty weather and join us for a celebration of the winter season. This jam-packed weekend will feature dancing, curling lessons, live skating and musical performances, photo ops, and more


Lunar New Year, year of the Monkey. 
 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Saturday, February 6, 11:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Met's Department of Asian Art with traditions from across Asia. Mark the Year of the Monkey, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac, with performances, interactive gallery activities, and artist-led workshops for visitors of all ages.
Performances from Chinese Theatre Works - Carson Family Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education Saturday, February 6, 11:00–11:30 a.m. at Carson  Family Hall, Ruth and Harold D. Uris Center for Education.  Experience traditional Chinese live arts through opera, movement, and music. Space is limited; first come, first served. Tickets distributed 15 minutes prior at event location
 
Central Park Ice Festival  February 13, 2016 (3 to 7 p.m.)

On Valentine’s Day weekend, celebrate your love of Central Park’s sculptures the fifth annual free Ice Festival. See carvers make romantic statues with chisels and chain saws. At 5 p.m. trade ID for headphones and dance at a “silent disco” with DJs and colored lights during Ice Festival at Naumburg Bandshell. Free.

Chinese parade February 14, 2016 (1 p.m.) Sara D. Roosevelt Park East Houston Street to Canal Street
See colorful floats, marching bands, lion and dragon dancers, antique cars, beauty queens, and performers at Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade & Festival


 

 

 

 

 

New York Events May- June 2015

Van Gogh: Irises and Roses in Metropolitan Museum
( through August 16, 2015)
 The show includes four paintings that were part of a floral series completed by the artist, just a few short months before his death in his last weeks at the asylum Saint-Rémy/ TRhese paintings  have never been shown together.
“Irises and Roses” features the Met’s own Irises and Roses shown alongside their long separated mates: Irises from  the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam and Roses from the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.


 China: Through the looking glass in Metropolitan Museum (through August 16,2015)
Metropolitan Museum of Art opens its largest fashion exhibition ever. "China: Through the Looking Glass," a collaboration between the museum's Costume Institute and Department of Asian Art, which celebrates its centennial this year.



Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971 in MOMA ( Museum of Modern Art)
May 17–September 7, 2015
The Museum of Modern Art presents its first exhibition dedicated exclusively to the work of Yoko Ono.During the first 11 years of her extensive career, Ono moved among New York, Tokyo, and London, serving a pioneering  
role in the international development of Conceptual art, experimental film, and performance art.


Art of the Mannequin in MAD museum (March 31, 2015 to August 30, 2015)The first museum exhibition to explore the work of renowned New York-based designer Ralph Pucci, who is widely regarded for his innovative approach to the familiar form of the mannequin. The Art of the Mannequin will include over 30 of Pucci’s most important mannequins, as well as an in-gallery recreation of his sculpture studio.

Air Show  on Jones Beach, Long Island  May 23 & 24, 2015    12PM - 5PM (Free)
 Parking Cost: $10.00 EARPLUGS are suggested for the younger viewers (under 3 years), but aren't a bad idea for some of the grown-up viewers as well. The jets can get loud.  Get there early. In the past, this show has easily seen
200,000 people fill up the beach on a single day. It is not unusual for the parking lots to be filled by 11:00am
Freedom tower ( One World) observatory will open on May 29
On the 100th floor of the Observatory, also known as the Discovery Level, Guests will experience expansive, 360-degree views in all directions, taking in the iconic sights, surrounding waters and panoramic views of the city and beyond.Price is steep- the cheapest tines ticket is 32 dollars.
Summer & Holiday Hours:
 May 29, 2015 – September 7, 2015 (Labor Day)
 9am until midnight (last ticket sold at 11:15pm)


 Marine Day in Bryant Park  (Free)
Thursday, May 21, 2015 Time: 6:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.
The U.S. Marine Corps (USMC) will host Marine Day in Bryant Park featuring a boot camp style exercise session (6:30  a.m.), followed by USMC displays, demonstrations and a performance by the USMC Band.  Weapons and vehicles are on display from 9am - 5pm




 
Governors island Family Festival   May 23.
Family Festival will run from 12PM-4PM in Nolan Park and will feature theatrical performances by Story Pirates, the Central Park Zoo Wildlife Theater, and Arm of the Sea, live music with Astrograss and Arts in Action and  rides on The Home Spun Merry Go Round, and activities by Earth Matter,  NY Aquarium, Children’s Museum of the Arts, Brooklyn ARTery, Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance, Spontaneous Interventions, and Art of Intuitive Photography.
All performances and activities are family-friendly and FREE to the public.
Ferries are free before noon and $2 round trip between noon and closing. Children under 12 always ride free.
The Manhattan ferry is in Battery Maritime Building located at 10 South Street.
Boats to Governors Island leave every half hour from 10am until 7pm on weekend.
Ferry from Brooklyn leaves from Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Boats from Governors Island leave every half hour
from 11am until 6pm.


The World Science Festival, May 27-31, NYU campus
 Festival was founded and created by Brian Greene, professor of mathematics & physics at Columbia University and author of several science books   and Tracy Day, a four-time National News Emmy Award-winning journalist.
 The festival  will center on a celebration of the 100th anniversary of Einstein’s general theory of relativity on May 27. Mr. Greene, co-founder of the festival, will star in a dramatic re-enactment of Einstein’s discovery, which includes animation and music from the composer Jeff Beal, who has worked on “House of Cards.”


 Monday Night Magic Show  Players Theatre, Between West 3rd and Minetta Lane  115 MacDougal Street
 Mon, May 25  8:00pm  ,Mon, Jun 1   8:00pm 
10012)  New York's longest-running off-Broadway magic show, Monday Night Magic, showcases a weekly offering of some of the finest stage magicians performing mind-boggling illusions and head-scratching sleight of hand in an intimate theatrical setting. Each show features at least five renowned illusionists.



FLOW.15 Art on Randoll Island, starting from May 30
The Randall’s Island Park Alliance, the Bronx Museum of the Arts and Made Event  present FLOW annual summer art exhibitions along the shoreline at Randall’s Island Park in New York City.  FLOW.15 – this year's fifth annual 
exhibition  will feature new site-specific installations, all reflecting and encouraging interaction with the Park’s history and environment.

Governors island FIGMENT NYC, Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7, 10 AM  to 6 PM
 FIGMENT is a free, inclusive, participatory arts event held in multiple cities and drawing tens of thousands of participants each year. At FIGMENT visitors will find works in every imaginable medium including sculpture, installation, performance, music, workshops, games, social experiments, and heart-stopping technological innovations that change the way we see the world… and visitors are invited to bring something, too
The Manhattan ferry is in Battery Maritime Building located at 10 South Street.
Boats to Governors Island leave every half hour from 10am until 7pm on weekend.
Ferry from Brooklyn leaves from Pier 6 in Brooklyn Bridge Park. Boats from Governors Island leave every half hour
from 11am until 6pm.


Egg Rolls & Egg Creams Festival  Sunday, June 7 from 12 pm to 4 pm 1
2 Eldridge Street  New York

This year, our signature festival celebrating Jewish and Chinese culture will expand to also feature the food, music and folk arts of the Puerto Rican community of our neighborhood. Enjoy Chinese opera, klezmer and salsa,  Yiddish, Mandarin and Spanish lessons; Hebrew and Chinese scribal art, Puerto Rican mask making, mah jongg and, of course, egg rolls, egg creams and empanadas – all kosher! 

Museum Mile Festival Tues June 9th, 2015 | 6 – 9 pm
During this annual festival, 5th Avenue is closed to traffic and becomes home to a block party, complete with musical and artistic entertainment for children and adults. In addition to the nine museums offering free admission, there 
are activities, musical entertainment, and artist demonstrations along Fifth Avenue. Face painting and chalk drawing along Fifth Avenue are especially fun for children.
Museums participating:
• The Jewish Museum - 92nd Street
• Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution - 91st Street
• National Academy Museum and School of Fine Arts - 90th Street
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum - 89th Street
• Neue Galerie New York - 86th Street
• The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 82nd Street
Be prepared for crowds - the event is attended by 50,000 annually. Lines at museums can be long, but move quickly


Kayaking near Brooklyn Bridge,  Pier 2
Saturdays, 10 am – 3 pm & Thursdays, 5:30 pm – 6:45 pm from June to August
Glide along the water while kayaking with the Brooklyn Bridge Park Boathouse at the Pier 2 floating dock! Children under 18 must have an adult guardian present. All levels are welcome and no experience is necessary.

Shakespeare at Sunset near Brooklyn Bridge
Fri, June 12, 2015 7pm
Sat, June 13, 2015 7pm
Sun, June 14, 2015 7pm
The Real Merry Housewives Of Windsor, CT.
Theatre 2020 presents “THE Real MERRY HouseWIVES OF WINDSOR, CT.” a modern take of the Bard’s classic comedy.
Falstaff, one of Shakespeare’s most memorable characters, foolishly tries to woo two married ladies at the same time. Bring a blanket or seat cushion

New York Events February- March 2015

Ice Festival in the Central Park
 February 14, 2015, 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
  Naumburg Bandshell, Mid-Park at 72nd Street
This Valentine’s Day, celebrate your love of Central Park at our fourth annual Ice Festival. Witness ice-carving artists from Okamoto Studio  use electric chain saws, chisels, and picks to transform more than 3,000 pounds of ice into a glistening replica of the Park’s most romantic statue  ― Romeo and Juliet by Milton Hebald (1966). Free.


Society of Illustrators ,128 East 63rd Street, New York, NY
Sketch Night on Tuesday February   10, 17, 24 from 6:30 - 9:30pm
with live music. Models will be nude with an occasional accessory.$15/ $7 seniors + students with I.D. There is a museum and a dining room in this old carriage house built in 1875

Camellia House Weekend, Long Island Arboretum
Saturday, February 21st and Sunday, February 22nd   11:00am – 4:00pm 
Come and enjoy our Annual Camellia House weekend featuring live music and activities for children in the Camellia House with one of the best collections of flowering camellias in US . 

New York City Restaurant Week, February 16 - March 6, 2015

The twice-annual discount dining event NYC Restaurant Week offers cheap dining deals at more than 300 restaurants in New York
Enjoy gourmet, 3-course $25 lunches and $38 dinners! 
Saturdays excluded, Sundays optional.

 You can make a booking here.

Ballet Flamenco  "Voces, Suite Flamenca"  at the City Center
30 West 56th Street, New York, NY
Mar 4 - 7, 2015


Direct from Spain, the reigning flamenco queen Sara Baras will lead a company of 15 performers in Voces, Suite Flamenca, a hugely entertaining show that captures all the drama and passion of flamenco.
Pre-show dance classes are free for ticketholders and open to all levels. Head to our beautiful grand tier lobby 90 minutes before curtain for an opportunity to mingle, dance, and enjoy tapas and Spanish wines.

 

The Paris of Toulouse-Lautrec: Prints and Posters at Museum of Modern Art till March 22, 2015

This year marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of an artist whose work came to define the bohemian Belle Epoque in Paris. In the late 1800s, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec won fame by depicting the performers, prostitutes and hedonistic patrons of the French capital's thriving dancehalls.  Before his death in 1901, at 36, he produced an enormous oeuvre, including more than 700 paintings and 368 prints and posters.Museum of Modern Art  presentsapproximately 100 of his printed works, selected from the museum’s permanent collection


Moscow City Ballet's Don Quixote at Brooklyn College
Sunday, March 15, 2015 at 3pm.
Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College continues its 60th Anniversary Season with Moscow City Ballet's Don Quixote ,inspired by Miguel de Cervantes' classic story.
 Tickets are $36-45 and can be purchased at BrooklynCenter.org or by calling the box office at 718-951-4500 (Tue-Sat, 1pm-6pm).
 

St. Patrick's Day Parade, March 17
The St. Patrick's Day Parade is one of New York City's greatest traditions. On this day, everyone is Irish in the Big Apple!  The Parade marched for the first time on March 17, 1762 - fourteen Years before the signing of the Declaration of Independence and today it is the largest Parade in the World. The parade marches up Fifth Avenue past St. Patrick's Cathedral at 50th Street all the way up 79th Street  and the Irish Historical Society, where the parade finishes around 4:30 - 5:00 pm


NYC Craft Beer Festival - at Lexington Avenue Armory  
68 Lexington Avenue (between 25th & 26th St)
Friday, March 14 Saturday, March 15 
 
Each attendee will be given a tasting glass and have the opportunity to try unlimited 2 oz tastings of approximately 150 craft beers from all over the country. Food will be available for purchase for all attendees and there will be a selection of retail vendors on-site


Beyond Rubik's Cube, Liberty Science Center  Liberty State Park
 222 Jersey City Boulevard  Jersey City, NJ 07305
The world's first museum exhibition about the Rubik's Cube.
7,000 sq ft of games, puzzles, history, art, and engineering, all inspired by Ernő Rubik's best-selling masterpiece.

New York Events January-February 2014

Boat show in Javits Center January 21(Wednesday)  - 25(Sunday), 2015 See new boats, marine gear, and accessories plus workshops and TV celebrities at the New York Boat Show at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.The price  is $15.00 and kids 15 and younger are free with a paid adult admission
	Get 2-for-1 deals on select theater shows during Broadway Week. List of show include Phantom of the Opera, Wicked, Miserable, On the town, etc

Winter Jam in Central Park

January 24(Saturday) , 2015 (11 a.m. to 3 p.m.) 
Enjoy skiing, snowboarding, snowshoeing, and games during Winter Jam. Snowmakers from Gore Mountain plan to make   15 feet of snow for about the length of a football field near the Central Park Bandshell.  Activities will include sledding, snow shoeing, ski and snowboarding lessons and a winter market.   Equipment will be provided for FREE ( bring your ID)  or you can bring your own gear


Winter Carnival  in Bryant Park
January 30(Friday)- 31 (Saturday), 2015 Winter Carnival includes mini-golf on ice, winter sports, snowflakes making, lessons, ping pong, skating, and an outdoor kids’ dance party at Bryant Park. At night it will be Winter Village's first-ever Summer Skating
Here is the info from the part site:
Throw on a Hawaiian shirt (over your sweater if you must), a straw hat, and sunglasses and join us for a spin around the ice to classic summer tunes from decades past. Costumes strongly encouraged. If you dare... wear your bathing suit!  You can read more about  Bryant Park in my Posts-Post1, Post2 and Post 3.
Skating is FREE if you have skates. Rent is available.

Groundhog Day
February 2 (Monday), 2015
Staten Island Zoo opens at 6:30 a.m., and   the groundhog Chuck looks for his shadow at 7:30 a.m.  to predict the end of winter.The zoo has four groundhogs, all with the variations of the brand name "Chuck." On the morning of Feb. 2, zoo staff selects which of the groundhogs will participate in the ceremony and be dubbed Chuck for the day. This event is FREE ( if you can make it on Monday, at 6-30!)


  Chinese New Year
February 21(Saturday), 2015
The  Annual Chinatown Lunar New Year Parade in Manhattan New York (USA) will take place at 1:00 PM on Saturday, February 21, 2015.
More than 6,000 people are expected to march , which will start at Mott Street and promenade through practically every street in of NYC Chinatown.    The parade is expected to conclude at 3:00 pm, at which time an outdoor Chinese cultural festival will take place in Sara D.
Roosevelt Park featuring more performances by musicians, dancers and martial artists.


Brooklyn Museum  Killer Heels ( till March1,2015)
From the high platform chopines of sixteenth-century Italy to the glamorous stilettos on today’s runways and red carpets, the exhibition looks at the high-heeled shoe’s rich and varied history and its enduring place in our popular imagination. The general admission prices are suggested contribution amounts - you can pay $1 !!


Metropolitan Museum of Art. El Greco till February 1, 2015
 The Met’s 400th anniversary show demonstrates that El Greco saw painting as more than just a craft. It was a philosophical, intellectual and religious undertaking.  Metropolitan Museum of Art brought  out its nine El Greco paintings as well as another six lent from the Hispanic Society.
 Suggested fee- you can pay $1 !!




American Museum of Natural History, Upper West Side.  Butterflies
Temperatures climb to 80 degrees in the 1,200-square-foot vivarium, returning for its 16th year. The 500 specimens flying around include monarchs, zebra longwings and iridescent blue morpho butterflies.