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Things to do this week in NYC Feb 18-Feb 25: Cultural Arts (02/18) - Dance, art galleries, museums, lectures -- you name it, there are plenty of things to do in NYC. From the New York City Ballet, to Alvin Ailey, from performances at the Metropolitan Opera, to live music at Madison Square Garden, New York has it all. Here is a selection of what's going on in New York this week. (read the story...) ACTIVITY PLANNER Sign up for Our Weekly NYC Activity Newsletter Email Find out what's happening in NYC when you're planning to visit. Arrival: Departure: Category: All Activities Auditions Awards Shows/Banquets Cabaret Charity Events Comedy Cultural Arts Film Food and Drink Fun for Kids Galleries Holiday Celebrations Lectures/Debates Literary Marathon Museums Music Nature/Outdoors Parades Sample Sales Scavenger Hunts Shopping Signings/Appearances Sports Street Fairs Theater Tours Trade Shows   Date: Activity: Through 6/24/2012 Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies - American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street - 212-769-5100 amnh.org Ages: All Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies, an exhibition of more than 20 sets of striking large-format prints, showcases advanced imaging technologies used by scientists at the American Museum of Natural History and reveals once-hidden, intricate details of both natural phenomena and cultural artifacts. The exhibition features i... (more) Through 3/04/2012 Jim Henson's Fantastic World - Museum of the Moving Image 36-01 35 Ave., Astoria, Queens - 718-777-6888 www.movingimage.us Ages: All The exhibition features more than 120 artifacts, including drawings, storyboards, and props, and video material that illustrate Henson's boundless creativity and innumerable accomplishments. A special addition to the exhibition at Museum of the Moving Image is a puppet of Miss Piggy from The Muppets Take Manhattan. Among other highlights are fourte... (more) Through 4/01/2012 Remembering 9/11 - New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West - 212-873-3400 www.nyhistory.org Ages: All To commemorate the tenth anniversary of September 11, the New-York Historical Society will present a special exhibition, Remembering 9/11, which will be free to the public. The exhibition opens on September 8, 2011 and will remain on view through April 1, 2012. The exhibition presents a selection of several hundred photographs taken by professiona... (more) Through 9/01/2012 Hours: 10:00pm - 2:00AM Guilt, The New Masked Ball - Botanica 47 E Houston St - 347-581-7249 Ages: +21 Price: $0 Guilt is a new masked party in Downtown New York. Guilt is an excuse to hide yourself and party without feeling the guilt of next day responsibilities. Guilt is for those who want to remain anonymous. Through 3/04/2012 Infinite Jest: Caricature and Satire from Leonardo to Levine - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All The exhibition explores caricature and satire in its many forms from the Italian Renaissance to the present, drawn primarily from the rich collection of this material in the Museum's Department of Drawings and Prints. The show includes drawings and prints by Leonardo da Vinci, Eugene Delacroix, Francisco de Goya, Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, and Enri... (more) Through 3/04/2012 CSI: The Experience - Discovery Times Square 226 W. 44th St. (Broadway-8th Ave.) - 866-987-9692 www.discoverytsx.com Ages: All Play the role of a crime scene investigator at CSI: The Experience! As the latest recruit in the world of forensic science, guests are guided by videos featuring CSI: cast members and real-life forensic scientists. Throughout the exhibition you must examine blood types, while matching DNA to potential suspects in order to complete the investigation... (more) Through 5/28/2012 The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter! - American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street - 212-769-5100 amnh.org Ages: All The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter!, a perennial favorite visited by millions of children and adults, returns to the American Museum of Natural History. This popular winter attraction invites visitors to mingle with up to 500 iridescent butterflies fluttering among blooming tropical flowers and lush green vegetation in... (more) Through 4/02/2012 The Ronald S. Lauder Collection: Selections from the 3rd Century BC to the 20th Century/Germany, Austria, and France - Neue Galerie 1048 Fifth Ave. (86 St.) - 212-628-6200 www.neuegalerie.org Ages: All Devoted to the extraordinary collection of Neue Galerie co-founder Ronald Lauder, the show will provide a rare glimpse into one of the finest private art collections in the world. The Ronald S. Lauder collection encompasses a broad range of masterworks. The exhibition will focus on six areas: medieval art, arms and armor, Old Master paintings,... (more) Through 4/15/2012 Dead Sea Scrolls: Life and Faith in Biblical Times - Discovery Times Square 226 W. 44th St. (Broadway-8th Ave.) - 866-987-9692 www.discoverytsx.com Ages: All Take a fascinating archaeological journey through the Holy Land. This rare exhibit features the famed Dead Sea Scrolls, a stone from the Western Wall from the Second Temple in Jerusalem and more than 500 never-before-seen artifacts from biblical times. Experience firsthand the traditions, beliefs and iconic objects of ancient Israel that impact wor... (more) Through 8/26/2012 Hours: 1 hour The Berenstain Bears LIVE! in Family Matters, the Musical - Marjorie S. Dean Little Theatre 5 West 63rd Street - 2123544660 Ages: 3-9 Price: $34.95 - $59.95 New York: Unlike most bears, The Berenstain Bears LIVE! will not be hibernating this winter, the critically-acclaimed family musical will extend for a third time since it came to New York in June 2011. This open-ended extension will be celebrated in a new, more convenient location at the Upper West Sides’ Marjorie S. Dean Little Theatre (5 West 63r... (more) Through 5/14/2012 Diego Rivera: Murals for The Museum of Modern Art - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd Street - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All Diego Rivera was the subject of MoMA's second monographic exhibition (the first was Henri Matisse), which set new attendance records in its five-week run from December 22, 1931, to January 27, 1932. MoMA brought Rivera to New York six weeks before the exhibition's opening and gave him studio space within the Museum, a strategy intended to solve the... (more) Through 2/17/2014 Contemporary Art from the Collection - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd Street - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All Reinstalled to continue the historical sequence found on MoMA's fifth (1880-1940) and fourth (1940-1980) floors, the galleries on the second floor will begin with art of the early 1980s and extend to the present moment, interweaving works in all mediums. Individual galleries will focus on particular topics, ranging from specific locales that nouris... (more) Through 8/12/2012 Beyond Planet Earth: The Future of Space Exploration - American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th Street - 212-769-5100 amnh.org Ages: All Beyond Planet Earth launches visitors into the exciting future of space exploration as it boldly speculates on humanity's next steps in our solar system and beyond. The exhibition features a full-sized re-creation of a lunar habitat, a model of an elevator reaching up into space, a walk-through diorama of the Martian surface, and challenging intera... (more) Through 5/06/2012 Storytelling in Japanese Art - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All Japan has enjoyed a long tradition of narrative painting, one that continues even today with the popular contemporary Japanese cartoon (manga) and animation. This exhibition will offer particularly stellar examples of illustrated Japanese narrative works from the thirteenth to the nineteenth century. Drawn from some of the foremost American collect... (more) Through 5/28/2012 The Coe Collection of American Indian Art - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All Drawn from works given and bequeathed to the Metropolitan during the past decade by Ralph T. Coe of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the exhibition will be comprised of some thirty objects made in natural materials from stone to animal hide. It will feature a wide range of Native American works that come from different times, different places, and numerous di... (more) Through 6/11/2012 Hero, Villian, Yeti - The Rubin Museum 150 W 17th St - 212-620-5000 www.rmanyc.org Ages: All Comic book storylines have drawn on Tibet's cultural and religious traditions for more than sixty years, mixing reality with myths and long-held stereotypes. Featuring more than fifty comic books from around the world, Hero, Villain, Yeti sheds light on global perceptions of Tibet as reflected in and informed by these diverse narratives. Through 4/29/2012 White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain - Frick Collection 1 E. 70th St. (Madison-Fifth Aves.) - 212-288-0700 www.frick.org Ages: All The Portico Gallery for Decorative Arts and Sculpture opens in late December with an inaugural exhibition of works drawn from Henry Arnhold's promised gift of 131 examples of Meissen porcelain from the early years of this Royal Manufactory's production. On view through April 29, 2012, White Gold: Highlights from the Arnhold Collection of Meissen Po... (more) Through 3/26/2012 Sanja Ivekovic: Sweet Violence - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd Street - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All The first museum exhibition in the United States of the work of Sanja Ivekovic (b. 1949, Zagreb) covers four decades of the artist's remarkable career. A feminist, activist, and video pioneer, Ivekovic came of age in the post-1968 period, when artists broke free from mainstream institutional settings, laying the ground for a form of praxis antipoda... (more) Through 5/06/2012 Duncan Phyfe - Master Cabinetmaker in New York - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All n the early 1800s, furniture from the workshop of New York City cabinetmaker Duncan Phyfe (1770–1854) was in such demand that he was referred to as the "United States Rage." This exhibition—the first retrospective on Phyfe in ninety years—will serve to re-introduce this artistic and influential master cabinetmaker to a contemporary audience. Th... (more) Through 3/18/2012 Police Work: Photographs by Leonard Freed, 1972-1979 - Museum of the City of New York Fifth Ave. & 103rd St. - 212-534-1672 mcny.org Ages: All Police Work: Photographs by Leonard Freed, 1972-1979 features a selection of vintage prints by the Brooklyn-born photographer who documented "life on the beat" with NYPD officers during the tumultuous 1970s. During a time when New York City faced near bankruptcy and was internationally notorious for its high crime rates and social disorder, Freed's... (more) Through 3/18/2012 The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bellini - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All It has been said that the Renaissance witnessed the rediscovery of the individual. In keeping with this notion, early Renaissance Italy also hosted the first great age of portraiture in Europe. Portraiture assumed a new importance, whether it was to record the features of a family member for future generations, celebrate a prince or warrior, extol ... (more) Through 6/05/2012 Hours: 7:30-8:30 pm NEW Flamenco Guitar for Beginners! - Flamenco Latino Studio 244 W 54 Street, #404 - 212-399-8519 www.flamencolatino.com Ages: 15 yrs. and up Price: $16-18/class FLAMENCO GUITAR GROUP CLASSES for beginners at Flamenco Latino Studio, with Basilio Georges. Winter/Spring term runs January 7 - June 7, 2012. --NEW Group Guitar Level 1, Tuesday 7:30-8:30 pm. -Learn right hand techniques and hand placement, how to absorb material more quickly -Basic chord shifts for all open position chords -Hammers ... (more) Through 3/30/2012 Hours: 7:30-8:30pm Stone Cold Fox Presents Crisistown: A Choose Your Own Adventure Comedy - Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre 307 West 26th Street - 212-366-9176 Price: $10 Stone Cold Fox invites you to Crisistown, a little town with a big crisis. “What sort of crisis?” you ask. “And just how big is it?” That’s the thing: YOU get to decide. Crisistown: A Choose Your Own Adventure Comedy is a scripted, interactive comedy show that puts you, the audience, in charge. YOU get to vote on what happens next. And YOU get to d... (more) Through 6/03/2012 Question Bridge: Black Males - Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway (Washington Ave.) - 718-638-5000 brooklynmuseum.org Ages: All Question Bridge: Black Males is an innovative video installation created by artists Hank Willis Thomas and Chris Johnson in collaboration with Bayeté Ross Smith and Kamal Sinclair. The four collaborators spent several years traveling throughout the United States, speaking with 150 Black men living in 12 American cities and towns, including New York... (more) Through 4/08/2012 Audubon: National Treasures - The Five Watercolors for the Second Fascicle of 'The Birds of America' - New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West (77 St.) - 212-873-3400 www.nyhistory.org Ages: All Looking at these five watercolors you are enjoying an experience similar to that of John James Audubon's (1785–1851) original subscribers to The Birds of America (1827-1838). In distributing its 435 plates, he followed a nineteenth-century practice of issuing them serially by subscription in 87 fascicles (groups) of five prints. In a brilliant mark... (more) Through 4/15/2012 Who Loves You, Baby? - SoHo Playhouse 15 Vandam Street - 2126911555 www.tellysavalaslive.com Price: $25 Who Loves You, Baby?, written by New York’s own Hunter Nelson, has had everyone from hipsters to hip-replacements rolling in the aisles. Under the direction of Taylor Negron, Tom DiMenna expertly channels the unmistakable chutzpah of long-dead 70’s Hollywood tough guy Telly Savalas. That’s right: The no-nonsense Greek-American actor best known as... (more) Through 3/25/2012 Brian Bress: Status Report - New Museum of Contemporary Art 235 Bowery (Prince St.) - 212-219-1222 www.newmuseum.org Ages: All This exhibition, the latest presentation in the New Museum's 'Stowaways' series, will be the New York premier of Brian Bress's Status Report (2009). In Bress's low-tech video, humorous characters, all played by the artist, struggle with interpersonal relationships, the pursuit of intended goals, and the desire to communicate. Manipulating pictorial... (more) Through 4/22/2012 Enrico David: Head Gas - New Museum of Contemporary Art 235 Bowery (Prince St.) - 212-219-1222 www.newmuseum.org Ages: All "Head Gas" is the first New York exhibition by Italian-born, Berlin-based artist Enrico David. Over the past twenty years, David has produced a body of work encompassing painting, drawing, sculpture, and collage that draws upon a rich variety of sources and expresses a range of complex emotional states. Although his work is highly celebrated throug... (more) Through 4/29/2012 Rembrandt's World: Dutch Drawings from the Clement C. Moore Collection - Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Ave. (36th St.) - 212-685-0008 www.themorgan.org Ages: All This exhibition focuses on artists who worked in their native Holland during the fertile period of the seventeenth century known as the Dutch Golden Age. Through 8/19/2012 Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes - Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway (Washington Ave.) - 718-638-5000 brooklynmuseum.org Ages: All Newspaper Fiction: The New York Journalism of Djuna Barnes, 1913-1919 is an exploration of the early journalistic career of American writer and women's rights advocate Djuna Barnes (1892-1982). Though best known for her modernist novels and plays, including Nightwood (1936) and The Antiphon (1958), Barnes spent the period between 1913 and her depar... (more) Through 9/02/2012 Weegee: Murder Is My Business - International Center of Photography 1114 Avenue of the Americas - 212-857-0000 icp.org Ages: All For an intense decade between 1935 and 1946, Weegee (1899-1968) was one of the most relentlessly inventive figures in American photography. His graphically dramatic and often lurid photographs of New York crimes and news events set the standard for what has become known as tabloid journalism. Freelancing for a variety of New York newspapers and pho... (more) Through 5/06/2012 The Loving Story: Photographs by Grey Villet - International Center of Photography 1114 Avenue of the Americas - 212-857-0000 icp.org Ages: All Forty-five years ago, sixteen states still prohibited interracial marriage. Then, in 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court considered the case of Richard Perry Loving, a white man, and his wife, Mildred Loving, a woman of African American and Native American descent, who had been arrested for miscegenation nine years earlier in Virginia. The Lovings were no... (more) Through 5/06/2012 Perspectives 2012 - International Center of Photography 1114 Avenue of the Americas - 212-857-0000 icp.org Ages: All Perspectives is an exhibition series that focuses on emerging young artists working in photography and video. The small group exhibitions in the series are nonthematic, highlighting the individual ideas and achievements of an engaging and eclectic group of new faces. Those presented within Perspectives have not been widely exhibited, inspiring conv... (more) Through 5/06/2012 Magnum Contact Sheets - International Center of Photography 1114 Avenue of the Americas - 212-857-0000 icp.org Ages: All Magnum Contact Sheets reveals how Magnum photographers have captured and edited their best shots from the 1930s to the present. The contact sheet, a direct print of a roll or sequence of negatives, is the photographer's first look at what he or she has captured on film, and provides a uniquely intimate glimpse into their working process. It records... (more) Through 4/15/2012 Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi (1904-1965) - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All Perhaps the greatest figure painter and landscapist of China's modern period, Fu Baoshi successfully integrated Western and traditional artistic influences to create haunting images that evoke a mood as much as a place or person. This exhibition will treat Fu's forty-year career with some seventy paintings, including many of the artist's recognized... (more) Through 3/09/2012 Print Studio - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd Street - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Print/Out, Print Studio is an interactive space that explores the evolution of artistic practices relating to the medium of print. The studio offers a series of drop-in workshops, lectures, and events that emphasize accessible and sustainable models for the production and dissemination of ideas. Drawing ... (more) Through 3/07/2012 Hours: 9 AM to 6 PM Monday to Friday Usdan's 'First Class' free student art exhibit - The Lobby Gallery 430 Park Avenue - 212-772-6060 www.usdan.com Ages: 6 and up Price: Free Usdan Center for the Creative and Performing Arts, the nationally renowned summer arts camp whose alumni include Natalie Portman and Mariah Carey, presents "First Class," the inaugural exhibit of works by teenaged students in its Portfolio Preparation Track pre-professional class. Previous classes (titled the Usdan Honors Art Intensive) have been ... (more) Through 5/21/2012 Hanging Around: Necklaces from MAD's Collection - Museum of Arts & Design 2 Columbus Cir. (near Eighth Ave. & W. 58th St.) - 212-299-7777 madmuseum.org Ages: All For at least forty thousand years, in virtually all cultures, humans have worn objects of symbolic, decorative, and amuletic value around their necks. Ranging in length from chokers to rope necklaces that hang below the waist, and in form from simple pendants to elaborate sculptural collars and breastplates, necklaces are strategically positioned b... (more) Through 8/06/2012 9 Scripts from a Nation at War - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd Street - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All 9 Scripts from a Nation at War (2007), a 10-channel video installation recently acquired by MoMA, marks the first work for which artists Andrea Geyer, Sharon Hayes, Ashley Hunt, Katya Sander, and David Thorne have collaborated. The work responds to knowledge production and communication in the context of the Iraq war since the initial invasion by U... (more) Through 6/09/2012 Hours: 12-6:30 pm Children's Dance Classes in Ballet and Flamenco - Flamenco Latino Studio 244 W54 Street, 4th fl. - 212-399-8519 www.flamencolatino.com/class/childafterschoolsatclass.html Ages: 7 years and up Price: $10/class Flamenco Latino offers affordable Flamenco and also Ballet classes for children at their midtown studio. January 7-June 8, 2012. 18 weekly classes plus final recital on June 9, 2012. Wednesday 4:30-5:30 pm, Flamenco, Ages 7-12; 5:30-6:30 pm, Beginner Ballet. Friday 4:00-5:00 pm, Beginner Ballet. 4:30-5:30 pm, Flamenco, Ages 7-12... (more) Through 2/29/2012 Hours: 11:30AM - 1PM New Guided Tour “With Bravery and Distinction: The African Journey in Sea, Air and Space” - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 46th Street and 12th Avenue - 212-245-0072 www.intrepidmuseum.org Ages: All ages Price: Tours are $20 for adults; $15 for children (ages 3-17) The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, located at Pier 86 (46th Street and 12th Avenue) in Manhattan, introduces the new guided tour With Bravery and Distinction: The African American Journey in Sea, Air and Space that will run daily from Wednesday, February 1 through Wednesday, February 29 from 11:30 AM – 1:00 PM daily. The tour celebrates the... (more) Through 2/25/2012 Hours: Tues - Sat, 11-6pm 'Resourced: The Influence of Photography in Contemporary Art' - Lyons Wier Gallery 542 West 24th St - 212-242-6220 www.lyonswiergallery.com Artists’ Reception: Thursday February 2nd (6-8pm) Nearest subway: C,E @ 23rd St & 8th Ave Lyons Wier Gallery is pleased to present Resourced, an exhibition of eight contemporary artists who use photography to create and sometimes inspire their art making. Each artist appropriates certain aspects and assets afforded by the cam... (more) Through 3/16/2012 CREATE SOMETHING GREAT? RECYCLED SCULPTURE CONTEST - Portledge 355 Duck Pond Road - 516-750-3222 www.portledge.org/createsomethinggreat Portledge School and the Theodore Roosevelt Sanctuary & Audubon Center are proud to co-sponsor the Second Create Something GreatSM Recycled Sculpture Contest. We are encouraging students in pre-Kindergarten through sixth grade to build sculptures made out of recycled and/or reusable materials designed around the theme of nocturnal animals, such as... (more) Through 2/25/2012 Hours: 11-6 Greg Haberny: 'Prelude to Mommy's Little Monster' - Lyons Wier Gallery 542 West 24th Street - 212-242-6220 lyonswiergallery.com GREG HABERNY SOLO INSTALLATION Prelude to Mommy’s Little Monster February 2 – 25, 2012 Opening Reception: Thursday February 2nd, 2012 6-8pm Lyons Wier Gallery 542 West 24th St., New York, NY 10011 Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat, 11-6pm Nearest subway: C,E @ 23rd St & 8th Ave. Lyons Wier Gallery is pleased to feat... (more) Through 3/31/2012 Hours: 10am-5pm Separation Anxiety: Exhibit, Free Reception and Art Workshop - Pelham Art Center 155 Fifth Avenue - 914-738-2525 pelhamartcenter.org Ages: All Price: Free A multi-media exhibition examining the various facets of parenthood. Free opening reception and all-age art workshop: Friday, February 3, 6:30-8:00pm. Artists in the exhibition explore the often unacknowledged worry and unease that all parents, traditional or not, must navigate. Through these investigations, cultural anxieties and debates o... (more) Through 7/08/2012 Hours: 10AM - 5PM Ship-Shape: Nautical Scale Models - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 46th Street and 12th Avenue - 212-245-0072 www.intrepidmuseum.org Ages: All Price: Free with the cost of admission "Ship-Shape: Nautical Scale Models," a new exhibition that examines the detailed process of building model ships at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum and will be on display through Sunday, July 8, 2012. The exhibition consists of dozens of artifacts including model ships, vintage toy ships, a variety of antique model kit boxes, a mock-up of... (more) Through 2/25/2012 Hours: 2:30PM - 3:30 PM PARTNER YOGA - The Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art 338 Lighthouse Avenue - 718-987-3500 tibetanmuseum.org Ages: All Ages Price: $100 per couple for 3 sessions, or $40 per couple per session. “Join us for a winter yoga program at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art on Saturday, February 4th, 11th and 25th from 2:30 - 3:30PM. Sean McCann and Lauren Tacconi will present this series of workshops. Connect deeper to your work out, your partner and to your sense of peace with partner yoga. Great for couples, friends and family; p... (more) Through 2/25/2012 Hours: 2:30PM - 3:30PM Partner Yoga - Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art 338 Lighthouse Avenue - 718-987-3500 Ages: All Ages Price: $100/Couple for 3 sessions, $40/Couple for one session. Join us for a winter yoga program at the Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art on Saturday, February 4th, 11th and 25th from 2:30 - 3:30PM. Sean McCann and Lauren Tacconi will present this series of workshops. Connect deeper to your work out, your partner and to your sense of peace with partner yoga. Great for couples, friends and family; par... (more) Through 2/26/2012 Leave The Balcony Open - 3LD Arts and Technology Center 80 Greenwich Street - 212-352-3101 leavethebalconyopen.com Ages: 16+ Price: $18 New Feet Productions presents Leave the Balcony Open, a hopeful and humorous new play about learning how to live with loss written by Maya Macdonald. Jessica Bauman directs a cast of seven including Heidi Armbruster* (Broadway: Time Stands Still), Wrenn Schmidt* (Broadway: Come Back Little Sheba; Nat. Tour: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf), Jerzy G... (more) Through 2/27/2012 Hours: All Day Model Mondays - Unleashed by Petco 81 Seventh Ave - (718) 230-5059 Ages: All Price: Free Brrrr, it’s cold out! Stop in the Park Slope Unleashed by Petco any Monday in February and show off your pets winter fashion. You’ll receive a free photo of your pet making it work, along with free yummy treats fro your 4-legged loved one! Their picture might even make it up on our fashion wall of fame! Through 4/09/2012 Eugene Atget: "Documents pour artistes" - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd Street - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All This exhibition presents six fresh and highly focused cross sections through the career of master photographer Eugene Atget (French, 1857-1927), drawn exclusively from the Museum's unparalleled holdings of his work. The sign outside Atget's studio read, "Documents pour artistes," -- declaring his modest ambition to create images for other artists t... (more) Through 5/13/2012 Renoir, Impressionism, and Full-Length Painting - Frick Collection 1 E. 70th St. (Madison-Fifth Aves.) - 212-288-0700 www.frick.org Ages: All An exhibition of nine iconic Impressionist paintings by Pierre-Auguste Renoir, offering the first comprehensive study of the artist's engagement with the full-length format, which was associated with the official Paris Salon in the decade that saw the emergence of a fully fledged Impressionist aesthetic. The project was inspired by La Promenade of ... (more) Through 8/26/2012 Spies in the House of Art - Photography, Film, and Video - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All Artists are the secret constituency of museums, inspired and challenged not only by the objects and collections they display but also by the spaces in which they are shown and the authority they represent. Most artists aspire to see their works in museums, even if they joke among themselves about how museums are mausoleums, places where art goes to... (more) Through 5/06/2012 Princes and Painters in Mughal Delhi, 1707-1857 - Japan Society 333 E. 47th St. - 212-832-1155 japansociety.org Ages: All Delhi has served as a cultural center of North India for more than a millennium in different incarnations. This exhibition focuses on the 18th century to the mid-19th century, the crucial period when Delhi moved from being the heart of the late Mughal Empire to becoming the jewel in the crown of the British Raj. The exhibition examines Mughal art... (more) Through 5/19/2012 Hours: 8am-4:30pm Vignettes from The Queens Project - Queens Botanical Garden 43-50 Main Street - 718-886-3800 queensbotanical.org Ages: 5 and up Price: Free up to 3/31; then free with admission QBG is honored to present the photography of Audrey Gottlieb in the Visitor & Administration Building Gallery. Her best-known images show multicultural America today. Save the date for an Artist's Talk on May 19. Through 3/01/2012 Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 6pm Fantastic February Exhibitions at Agora Gallery - Agora Gallery 530 West 25th St, New York City - 212-226-4151 agora-gallery.com Price: free Infuse the short winter days with energy and warmth by visiting the exhibitions at Agora Gallery this February. The Substance of Abstraction explores the variety and mystery of the world, diving into the essence of form and shape that make up our lived experience of reality. Intriguing, intelligent and full of fascinating detail and insight, these... (more) Through 4/01/2012 Hudson River School Highlights: Landscapes From The New-York Historical Society's Collections - New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West - 212-873-3400 www.nyhistory.org Ages: All The Hudson River School has long been 'at home' in the New-York Historical Society. New-York Historical's first membership diploma was engraved around 1821 by Asher B. Durand. The 1858 deposit of Luman Reed's pioneering collection of American art brought iconic landscapes by Thomas Cole and Durand to the New-York Historical Society's Museum. Gifts ... (more) Through 2/13/2013 Hours: 7-11 Monday Night Open Mic Joint - One and One/Nexus Lounge 76 East 1st Street - (917) 703-1512 inspiredwordnyc.com Ages: 18+ Price: $10 Looking for special open mic in downtown Manhattan? This is it. Come to one of the hottest open mics in the country - a stage graced by Grammy nominated singers, HBO Def Poetry stars, American Idol finalists, Golden Globe Award-winning actresses, and poets from The Best American Poetry anthology. The Inspired Word's NYC Open Mic Joint, host... (more) Through 5/13/2012 John Chamberlain: Choices - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave. (89 St.) - 212-423-3500 www.guggenheim.org Ages: All This exhibition comprises nearly 100 works, from his earliest monochromatic welded iron-rod sculptures to the large-scale foil creations of recent years. Through 4/08/2012 A Passion for Drawings: Charles Ryskamp's Bequest to The Frick Collection - Frick Collection 1 E. 70th St. (Madison-Fifth Aves.) - 212-288-0700 www.frick.org Ages: All This winter and spring The Frick Collection will celebrate the generosity and discerning taste of former Director Charles A. Ryskamp (1928-2010) with an exhibition of works on paper from his bequest. This generous gift transforms the museum's holdings in drawings, enlarging them by nearly a third, while complementing the permanent collection's focu... (more) Through 6/10/2012 Glasstress New York: New Art from the Venice Biennales - Museum of Arts & Design 2 Columbus Cir. (near Eighth Ave. & W. 58th St.) - 212-299-7777 madmuseum.org Ages: All The Museum of Arts and Design is proud to present Glasstress New York: New Art from the Venice Biennales an extraordinary international gathering of glass sculpture created in Murano at the studio of entrepreneur and mentor Adriano Berengo. Berengo, the founder of Venice Projects, has engaged artists, architects and designers from such diverse coun... (more) Through 7/30/2012 Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd Street - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream is an exploration of new architectural possibilities for cities and suburbs in the aftermath of the recent foreclosure crisis. During summer 2011, five interdisciplinary teams of architects, urban planners, ecologists, engineers, and landscape designers worked in public workshops at MoMA PS1 to envision new ... (more) Through 5/14/2012 Printin' - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd Street - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All Organized in conjunction with the exhibition Print/Out, Printin' takes as its starting point DeLuxe (2005), a tour de force portfolio of 60 works by Ellen Gallagher (American, b. 1965) that challenged traditional ideas of what a print could be. This technically complex work employs a veritable riot of mediums, unorthodox tools, and elements, from s... (more) Through 4/22/2012 The Ungovernables - 2012 New Museum Triennial - New Museum of Contemporary Art 235 Bowery (Prince St.) - 212-219-1222 www.newmuseum.org Ages: All The 2012 New Museum Triennial will feature thirty-four artists, artist groups, and temporary collectives -- totaling over fifty participants -- born between the mid-1970s and mid-1980s, many of whom have never before exhibited in the US. The exhibition title, "The Ungovernables," takes its inspiration from the concept of "ungovernability" and i... (more) Through 2/26/2012 Sesame Street Live: 1-2-3...Imagine! with Elmo & Friends - Theater at Madison Square Garden 4 Pennsylvania Plaza (Seventh Ave. & 32nd St.) - 212-465-5800 thegarden.com Ages: All Imagine singing and dancing with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all your favorite Sesame Street Live friends! It's as easy as counting "1-2-3...Imagine!" This high-energy musical will transport audiences to far away places as Ernie captains the high seas, Elmo dances to the rhythm of the African rainforest and Bert meets an octopus who has th... (more) Through 2/26/2012 Sesame Street Live: 1-2-3...Imagine! with Elmo & Friends - Radio City Music Hall 1260 Sixth Ave. (50th St.) - 212-307-7171 www.radiocity.com Ages: All Imagine singing and dancing with Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all your favorite Sesame Street Live friends! It's as easy as counting "1-2-3...Imagine!" This high-energy musical will transport audiences to far away places as Ernie captains the high seas, Elmo dances to the rhythm of the African rainforest and Bert meets an octopus who has th... (more) Through 3/17/2012 Hours: 10AM - 6PM III, Exhibition featuring work by: Robin Cameron, Elaine Cameron-Weir, Rochelle Goldberg - Martos Gallery 540 West 29th Street - 2125600670 Ages: All Price: Free Stack This Press Release Until Its 9 Feet Tall Modernity gives birth to phenomena that are difficult to articulate, not least of which is a kind of faith in the direct relationship between phenomena and their articulation. This is just to say “bear with me”. We talked about Brancusi’s Endless Column, that big knotty extrusion which seems to... (more) Through 7/01/2012 Dan Flavin: Drawing - Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Ave. (36th St.) - 212-685-0008 www.themorgan.org Ages: All Best known for his fluorescent light installations, Dan Flavin was also an avid draftsman. This first retrospective of his drawings will include over one hundred sheets representing every phase of his career: early abstract expressionist watercolors of the 1950s, studies for light installations, portraits and landscape sketches, and pastels of sail... (more) Through 6/10/2012 Harlem 1970-2009, A Study in Transitions by Camilo Jose Vergara - New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West - 212-873-3400 www.nyhistory.org Ages: All This exhibition of photographs by Camilo Jose Vergara will be shown in two cycles: Harlem: The People and Harlem: The Place. Vergara's images serve as powerful and poignant witness to the changes that have occurred over the past four decades in one of the most famous neighborhoods of New York City. Known as the capital of black America, Harlem is a... (more) Through 2/26/2012 Hours: See the full schedule of events at intrepidmuseum.org Kids Week 2012 - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum Pier 86, W. 46th St. & 12th Ave. - 212-245-0072 www.intrepidmuseum.org Ages: All Price: In advance: $22; $18 seniors and college students; $17 veterans and children ages 7-17; $8 children ages 3-6. At the door: All tickets are $2 more The Intrepid's annual Kids Week brings a host of fun-filled activities, including live performances, creative crafts, and cool demonstrations that bring science and space to life. Kids Week at Intrepid offers something for everyone - and a chance to win a FREE week at Camp Intrepid this summer and other great prizes. Participating partners inclu... (more) Through 3/10/2012 “Mind Over Manhattan” - New York Society for Ethical Culture 2 West 64th Street - 800-745-3000 Price: $60-$30 World-renowned mentalist Marc Salem will take you on a captivating and surprising journey through the possibilities of the human mind. “Mind over Manhattan” will delight audiences of all ages with a series of mesmerizing and mystifying mind games. Using psychological techniques, a sharp eye for human nature, a quick wit and more than 20 years of st... (more) Through 2/25/2012 Prima Donna - Brooklyn Academy of Music 30 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn - 718-636-4100 www.bam.org Ages: All Rufus Wainwright makes his first foray into opera with Prima Donna, a meditation on the fine line between fame and failure. "[A] love song to opera, soaked in the perennial operatic themes of loss, betrayal, delusion and nostalgia, and saturated in the musical styles of opera's golden age" (The Times, London), this work is presented by City Opera i... (more) Through 2/25/2012 Hours: 10:00am-2:30pm Weird Science - Mystic Aquarium 55 Coogan Blvd - 860.572.5955 mysticaquarium.org Ages: all Price: included with aquarium admission Experience Weird Science at Mystic Aquarium during February school vacation week. Curiosity, learning and wonder will heighten with all of the weird and wonderful demonstrations, hands-on activities and displays throughout the aquarium. Do you know what happens when you put Ivory soap in the microwave? Come find out - it’s going to be really bi... (more) Through 5/14/2012 Print/Out - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd Street - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All Over the last two decades, geopolitical borders have shifted and new technologies have forged channels of communication around the world. Printed materials, in both innovative and traditional forms, have played a key role in this exchange of ideas and sources. This exhibition examines the evolution of artistic practices related to the print medium,... (more) Through 2/24/2012 Midwinter Recess - Jr. Police Academy - New York City Police Museum 100 Old Slip - 212-480-3100 www.nycpm.org Ages: All 1-3:30 pm each day. Ages: 6-10. Drop-off your children at the Museum for an afternoon of fun learning about the police and museum collections. Children will explore the exhibits at the museum, and participate in science and art activities. On Monday children will conduct CSI chemistry experiments including fingerprinting and invisible ink. On Tue... (more) Through 5/14/2012 Millennium Magazines - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd Street - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All This survey of experimental art and design magazines published since 2000 explores the various ways in which contemporary artists and designers utilize the magazine format as an experimental space for the presentation of artworks and text. Throughout the 20th century, international avant-garde activities in the visual arts and design were often cod... (more) Through 2/23/2012 Hours: 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Paint with the Animals - Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo 1875 Noble Avenue - 203-394-6563 Ages: 6+ Price: $100 per canvas Create one-of-a-kind artwork by collaborating with our veryown animal artists-in-residence! This new premium program is the first ofits kind in the country and is open by reservation only. The minimum age toparticipate is 6 years old; couples and families are encouraged to painttogether. Cost: $100 per canvas. A single canvas may be used by an indi... (more) Through 2/26/2012 Hours: 11am-9pm BKI Warehouse Sale - Brooklyn Industries - Chelsea 161 8th Ave - 718-801-8900 brooklynindustries.com Ages: All Price: Free BKI Warehouse Sale- Up to 80% Off! Starts Tuesday 2/21 to Sunday 2/26. at the Chelsea location 161 8th Ave, NY, NY 10011 Extended Hours 11am to 9pm. 2/22/2012 Romeo + Juliet - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All After The Nutcracker, Romeo and Juliet is perhaps the most choreographed ballet of the last 60 years. Most versions are set to Sergei Prokofiev's lush 1935 score, although some choreographers have used music by Tschaikovsky, Berlioz, and Delius. In May 2007, Romeo + Juliet, a sumptuous new production of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy choreograph... (more) 2/22/2012 Madama Butterfly - Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-362-6000 www.metoperafamily.org/metopera Ages: All Anthony Minghella's breathtakingly beautiful staging returns with Patricia Racette and Liping Zhang alternating as the tragic heroine. Robert Dean Smith and Marcello Giordani share the role of the faithless Pinkerton and Placido Domingo conducts. 2/22/2012 Britten Sinfonia - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Columbus Ave. btw. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-875-5000 www.lincolncenter.org Ages: All Britten Sinfonia, one of Europe's most dynamic chamber orchestras, makes its U.S. debut in this program of Baroque and Baroque-inspired music. 2/22/2012 Amateur Night at the Apollo - Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-531-5337 www.apollotheater.org Ages: All The new Amateur Night season is underway with a whole new line-up of eager contestants who compete for the winning title of Super Top Dog and a cash prize of $10,000! Aspiring musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, rappers and spoken word artists try their best to please the audiences that can make them an Apollo legend. Then get ready to ch... (more) 2/22/2012 - 2/26/2012 Ballet Arizona - Play - Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Ave. (19th St.) - 212-242-0800 joyce.org Ages: All The company makes its Joyce debut with Play "a masterful ballet" by Ib Andersen, "a deeply gifted choreographer" (Dance Magazine). Described by Andersen as a "seven-course meal," Play is an evening length work composed of seven ballets set to the rich music of Mozart, Schubert, Britten, and Stravinsky. With its style and mood changing from passiona... (more) 2/22/2012 Muzsikas - Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. - 212-247-7800 www.carnegiehall.org Ages: All Artist-in-residence András Schiff joins Muzsikás—perhaps the world's most admired Hungarian folk-music ensemble and the first group to popularize their country's traditional music. 2/22/2012 Britten Sinfonia - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Columbus Ave. btw. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-875-5000 www.lincolncenter.org Ages: All Britten Sinfonia, one of Europe's most dynamic chamber orchestras, makes its U.S. debut in this program of Baroque and Baroque-inspired music. 2/22/2012 Dubal: La Belle Epoque - Dadaism: Erik Satie and Les Six - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All David Dubal, pianist, teacher, writer, and broadcaster. This music talk will synthesize the artistic activity in Paris during the first decades of the twentieth century, and will be enhanced with performance by students of The Juilliard School. This lecture is presented in conjunction with The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso, and the Paris... (more) 2/22/2012 Hours: 6pm-8pm Screeningand Conversation: Women Without Men - Proshansky Auditorium, Graduate Center @ CUNY 365 Fifth Ave. @ 34th Street - 212-817-2023 Price: Free Join celebrated writer Shahrnush Parsipur and artist Shirin Neshat as they reflect on their shared concern for the position of women in Iranian society and how they work with artistic means, whether literary or visual, to express their views. Parsipur was jailed after the publication of her novella, Women Without Men, in Iran in 1989 and Shirin Nes... (more) 2/22/2012 85TH, BIANCA RAQUEL, GREG BANKS, EMANUEL GIBSON & More - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144 www.bbkingblues.com Ages: All B.B. King Blues Club presents a night of performances by great local artists, including 85th, Bianca Raquel, Greg Banks, Emanuel Gibson, and more. 85th is a hip-hop collective group that consists of five rappers: DC, 21 Quest, Eleagle, Matt Cronin, and DGoD, along with producer Ken-I. Together, these rappers incorporate into their music influen... (more) 2/22/2012 Dia Frampton - Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. - 212-414-5994 www.highlineballroom.com Ages: All Dia Frampton began with a dream: the dream to make music - music that touches the heart and mind. Music that is inspirational and intimate for everyone. This dream led her to start a band with her sister Meg; collectively they called themselves Meg & Dia. Their band toured worldwide with some of the most respected bands in rock and unexpectedly end... (more) 2/22/2012 Hours: 8pm - 9:30 pm Comedy School Dropout: Double Down FREE COMEDIZZA - Beauty Bar 231 East 14th Street - 5164264129 Price: free The ladies of Comedy School Dropout continue to surprise, amaze, and mildly disgust with their lineup of pro-comics and their offering of free pizza in the February 22 installment of show. Featuring: Adam Newman (Comedy Central's Comics to Watch and CollegeHumor); Chris Lambreth; Charlie Kasov Uinterview.com, TimeOut New York; Chris Burns. ... (more) 2/22/2012 Hours: 8pm - 9:30 pm Comedy School Dropout: Double Down FREE COMEDIZZA - Beauty Bar 231 East 14th Street - 5164264129 www.facebook.com/events/265336426870369/ Price: free The ladies of Comedy School Dropout continue to surprise, amaze, and mildly disgust with their lineup of pro-comics and their offering of free pizza in the February 22 installment of show. Featuring: Adam Newman (Comedy Central's Comics to Watch and CollegeHumor); Chris Lambreth; Charlie Kasov Uinterview.com, TimeOut New York; Chris Burns.... (more) 2/22/2012 Dinner and After Party at Veranda NYC with EuropeaNightlife's List - Veranda 130 7th Ave, New York, NY 10014 - 9175575787 Ages: +21 Price: 0 Romantic forest meets glossy lounge at Veranda, the sexy new hookah lounge serving Mediterranean food and spiced tobacco. Veranda's décor is golden and glowing, with burnished ceilings, hanging lanterns and gleaming wood floors. Dinner starts at 9.30pm (limited spots - RSVP in advance) After Party starts at 11.30pm (Guestlist's name: Euro... (more) 2/23/2012 Fancy Free - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), the gifted and versatile American conductor and composer of symphonic music and Broadway shows, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. At the age of seventeen he entered Harvard, went on to study at the Curtis Institute, and then to Tanglewood. Serge Koussevitzky took great interest in his talent and promoted his co... (more) 2/23/2012 Russian Seasons - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Alexi Ratmansky's Russian Seasons is an inventive and exciting combination of dance and musical flavors. The ballet uses classical steps with elements of folk and jazz mixed in. There are also many humorous passages for the six male and female dancers. The music is a 12-part composition by Lenoid Desyatnikov for a string orchestra, solo violin and ... (more) 2/23/2012 Stravinsky Violin Concerto - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All In 1941, Balanchine choreographed Balustrade for the Ballet Russe to Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in D. When he returned to the score three decades later, he could no longer remember his original choreography. But Balanchine was not at all disturbed by the loss. "What I did then was for then," he said, "and what I wanted to do to this music for our... (more) 2/23/2012 Aida - Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-362-6000 www.metoperafamily.org/metopera Ages: All Verdi's vision of ancient Egypt is grandly realized with the help of the Met's unparalleled musical forces -- and every one of its stage elevators. Violeta Urmana and Marcelo Álvarez star as the ill-fated lovers. Stephanie Blythe sings Amneris for the first time at the Met. 2/23/2012 Pictures at an Exhibition - New York Philharmonic Avery Fisher Hall, Broadway & W. 65th St. - 212-875-5656 www.nyphil.org Ages: All 2/23/2012 Berliner Philharmoniker - Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. - 212-247-7800 www.carnegiehall.org Ages: All The Berliner Philharmoniker has long been among the premier orchestras in the world, and under Sir Simon Rattle it is "achieving a new kind of invigorating glory" (The New York Times). For their first of three concerts at Carnegie Hall this season, they perform music that shows the range of fin-de-siècle music, from the august Dvorák's Golden Spinn... (more) 2/23/2012 Romeo - Madison Square Garden 4 Pennsylvania Plaza (Seventh Ave. & 32nd St.) - 212-465-5800 www.thegarden.com Ages: All While most 13 year-old boys were out chasing girls and shooting hoops, Romeo opted to stay home, penning his first songs. It is well known that Romeo's idol in bachata is Antony "El Mayimbe" Santos. However, his fascination with the art of the popular song commenced when he discovered the likes of Camilo Sesto, Manuel Alejandro, Juan Gabriel, Omar ... (more) 2/23/2012 Hours: 7:00pm - 8:00pm Evening with Janita - Euphoria Studios 40 West 27th Street - (914) 861-5032 Price: $50.00 I’ve always felt that at the heart of every singer’s music is their story. My whole life – whether I was climbing the Finnish pop charts at age fourteen, or moving from Helsinki to Brooklyn to make it in the New York music scene – I have been on a journey to find my own unique musical voice. And now I want to share that story with you. My exper... (more) 2/23/2012 Hours: 6:30pm - 8:30pm Learn the Secrets to Buying Wine Worth Your Money - Vestry Wines 65 Vestry Street - (914) 861-5032 Ages: 21+ Price: $70.00 - 2 hour guide to NYC’s wine market from an industry insider - Taste great wines by lesser known wineries in two stores over cheese and meats - Test your new tasting skills and knowledge in a wine bar - Cost of wine and food included in price Wine doesn’t have to taste bad to be within your budget. Learn how to side-step the sleek marketi... (more) 2/23/2012 Hours: 6pm -9pm CuriosiTeas NYC launches custom blended teas with co-host Tanyka Renee, Playboy model and Lingerie Football League Player - Gran Piatto d'Oro 1429 5th Ave at 116th - 347-674-6644 curiositeasnyc.com Ages: 21 and up Price: Free CuriosiTeas NYC launches their custom blended teas with In-House Certified Nutritional Holistic Counselor and Ayurvedic practitioner, Playboy model and Lingerie Football League Player Tanyka Renee CuriosiTeas NYC will allow guest to sample three custom hand -blended loose leaf teas that have unique names and personality only found in Harlem at ... (more) 2/23/2012 Phife Dawg of A Tribe Called Quest - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144 www.bbkingblues.com Ages: All Malik Taylor, a.k.a. Phife Dawg, is one-third of the dynamic hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, together with high school classmates Q-Tip and Ali Shaheed Muhammad. Tribe was one of the first hip-hop groups in the '90s to achieve worldwide success with their classic punch-line rhymes and jazzy drum-heavy beats and loops. Seminal albums such as The... (more) 2/23/2012 CuriosiTeas Launch - Gran Piatto d'Oro 765 Mountain Avenue STE 234 - 9085318750 www.CuriosiTeasNYC.com CuriosiTeas NYC will allow guest to sample three custom hand -blended loose leaf teas that have unique names and personality only found in Harlem at their grand launch in Harlem, New York on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012. The launch will be held at Gran Piatto d’Oro on 5th Ave and 116th from 6:30 p.m. - 9p.m. and feature local business owners and e... (more) 2/23/2012 - 2/24/2012 Sinead O'Connor - Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. - 212-414-5994 www.highlineballroom.com Ages: All There has never been mistaking Sinead O'Connor for anybody else. A voice born to break as many hearts as windows, as tender as it is lethal. The face, simultaneously that of ocean-wide-eyed angel and shaven-headed warrior queen. And the spirit, courageous in its conviction, undaunted by controversy, and fortified with endless reserves of resilience... (more) 2/23/2012 - 5/20/2012 Rembrandt and Degas - Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All Self-portraits made by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) and Edgar Degas (1834-1917) at the start of their illustrious careers are seen side by side, for the first time, in an exhibition that highlights the Dutch master's guiding influence on the young French Impressionist and offers an intimate look at their unique kinship. 2/23/2012 Hours: 10AM - 5PM Puppet Day at “Kids Week” Celebration - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 46th Street and 12th Avenue - 2122450072 intrepidmuseum.org Ages: All ages Price: Free with the cost of admission Celebrate “Puppet Day” with “Sesame Street Live!” characters and watch Puppetry Arts Theatre perform during “Kids Week” on Wednesday, February 22nd aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, located at Pier 86 (46th Street and 12th Avenue), Manhattan. Puppet Day will feature special performances, arts and crafts, face painting and puppet-ma... (more) 2/23/2012 Hours: 10AM - 5PM Sports and Recreation Day at “Kids Week” Celebration - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 46th Street and 12th Avenue - 2122450072 intrepidmuseum.org Ages: All ages Price: Free with the cost of admission Tennis star Patrick McEnroe will lead a tennis clinic for children as part of Sports and Recreation Day during "Kids Week" at 1:30 PM on Thursday, February 23rd aboard the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum, located at Pier 86 (46th Street and 12th Avenue), Manhattan. New York Rangers, Knicks and Liberty street teams will host special activities ... (more) 2/23/2012 - 3/12/2012 Grand Finale Fur Sale - Maximilian at Bloomingdale's 1000 Third Ave. (60th St.) - 212-705-3335 www.maximilian.com Ages: All Save 50% - 75% on an amazing selection of furs including mink, sheared mink, fox, sheared beaver, chinchilla, sable, shearling lamb, fur-trimmed outerwear, designer furs and more. Sale ends March 12, 2012. Reg./Orig. prices reflect offering prices. Savings may not be base on actual sales. Intermediate markdowns may have been taken. Savings ... (more) 2/23/2012 Hours: 11:00 PM - 4:00 AM POGO 02/23/12 – the Rock n’ Roll Dance Extravaganza with DJ Miss Guy - Hotel Chantelle 92 Ludlow Street - 6465555555 Ages: 21 and up Price: 0 POGO 02/23/12 – the Rock n’ Roll Dance Extravaganza with DJ Miss Guy Thursday, February 23rd Join DJs MISS GUY, MICHAEL CAVADIAS, CAROL SHARKS, and PRINCE TERRENCE for an ALL-OUT-KNOCK-YOUR-SOCKS-OFF-DRAG-THEM-AWAY-KICKING-AND-SCREAMING-PARTY-LIKE-NO-OTHER In the BASEMENT of the famed HOTEL CHANTELLE, 92 Ludlow St. NYC With your host... (more) 2/23/2012 - 3/23/2012 Hours: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm Now Registering for our Free Clerical Skills Training & GED Program - Opportunities For a Better Tomorrow 783 Fourth Avenue - 718-369-0303 Ages: 17-21 Price: Free Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow is currently registering for our February 2012 cycle - CLERICAL SKILLS TRAINING & GED PROGRAM. Opportunities for a Better Tomorrow (OBT) is a not-for-profit organization that provides education, college assistance, job training and job placement assistance to young adults ages 17 – 21. During our 20-week prog... (more) 2/23/2012 SkyRoom Thursdays: Limo Party Tour, Cocktail Party and After Party - skyroom 330w 40th street between 8th and 9th ave - 3476449480 www.skyroomnyc.com Ages: +21 Price: 0 SkyRoom Thursdays: Limo Party Tour, cocktail party and after party * Limo party tour available at 9pm (50% off)) *Complimentary admission for ladies and gentlemen before 11pm *One complimentary drink for ladies When: Thursday Feb 23rd, 2012 - 9 pm - 4 am Where: SkyRoom :330w 40th street between 8th and 9th ave. (www.skyroomnyc.co... (more) 2/24/2012 Donizetti Variations - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All This ballet was created for "Salute to Italy," a New York City Ballet program celebrating the 100th anniversary of Italy's unification. Balanchine felt he needed a "cheerful and sunny work" to offset the more somber tone of the other ballets on the program, which included La Sonnambula. 2/24/2012 Russian Seasons - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Alexi Ratmansky's Russian Seasons is an inventive and exciting combination of dance and musical flavors. The ballet uses classical steps with elements of folk and jazz mixed in. There are also many humorous passages for the six male and female dancers. The music is a 12-part composition by Lenoid Desyatnikov for a string orchestra, solo violin and ... (more) 2/24/2012 Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Balanchine's first setting of music from Tschaikovsky's third suite for orchestra was created in 1947, when Ballet Theatre commissioned him to choreograph the theme and variations that constitute the final movement. Called simply Theme and Variations, the work is a riveting display of classical technique that has become a staple of the ballet reper... (more) 2/24/2012 Don Giovanni - Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-362-6000 www.metoperafamily.org/metopera Ages: All Mariusz Kwiecien brings his youthful and sensual interpretation of Mozart's timeless anti-hero to the Met for the first time, under the direction of Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage and with Fabio Luisi conducting. A troupe of refined Mozartians appears in this new production, including Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Isabel Leonard, M... (more) 2/24/2012 - 2/26/2012 Kings of the Dance: Opus 3 - New York City Center W. 55th St. btw. Sixth & Seventh Aves. - 212-581-1212 www.nycitycenter.org Ages: All Five years after its world premiere at Segerstrom Center for the Arts and New York City Center, Kings of the Dance returns with an all-new program showcasing the incredible power, athleticism and artistry of today's most celebrated male ballet stars. Kings of the Dance: Opus 3 will feature Guillaume Côté of the National Ballet of Canada, Marcelo Go... (more) 2/24/2012 Berliner Philharmoniker - Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. - 212-247-7800 www.carnegiehall.org Ages: All Pre-concert talk starts at 7:00 PM in Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage with Walter Frisch, Professor of Music, Columbia University. Anton Bruckner was working on his Ninth Symphony until the day he died in 1896, but never completed the work he had dedicated to "the Almighty God." Deeply spiritual in conception, Bruckner's Ninth is grand, sweepin... (more) 2/24/2012 Erin Morley, Vlad Iftinca - Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. - 212-247-7800 www.carnegiehall.org Ages: All For Erin Morley, last season was what she called "the year of the Queen": She wowed audiences in Santa Fe, Frankfurt, and Dresden as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte. This season, the regal, young soprano appears in Robert Lepage's new production of Wagner's Ring Cycle at the Metropolitan Opera—and gives a recital of songs by Hayd... (more) 2/24/2012 "Avess'io almen d'un bel cristallo il core" (If only I had a heart that was crystal clear): Poetry and Portraits in the Renaissance - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All Lina Bolzoni, professor of Italian literature, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa, and Global Distinguished Professor of Italian Studies, New York University. Explore the ways poets and painters from Petrarch onward have competed to create portraits capable of revealing the hidden secrets of the heart. This event is presented in conjunction with the... (more) 2/24/2012 Romeo - Madison Square Garden 4 Pennsylvania Plaza (Seventh Ave. & 32nd St.) - 212-465-5800 www.thegarden.com Ages: All While most 13 year-old boys were out chasing girls and shooting hoops, Romeo opted to stay home, penning his first songs. It is well known that Romeo's idol in bachata is Antony "El Mayimbe" Santos. However, his fascination with the art of the popular song commenced when he discovered the likes of Camilo Sesto, Manuel Alejandro, Juan Gabriel, Omar ... (more) 2/24/2012 Hours: 7:00pm - 9:00pm Discover the Musical Blend of an Innovative Indo-Western Quartet - Michiyo Art Studio 59 Franklin St - (914) 861-5032 Price: $40.00 - Hear the unique blend of jazz, folk and traditional Indian music pioneered by Karavika - See the creative process as they strip down and explain defining elements of their music - Talk to Karavika about their musical influences and hear them perform original songs Imagine the sound of a band whose members come from musical backgrounds as ... (more) 2/24/2012 Hours: 10AM - 5PM Birthday Party Day at 'Kids Week' Celebration - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 46th Street and 12th Avenue - 212-843-9296 intrepidmuseum.org Ages: All ages Price: Free with the cost of admission The Gazillion Bubbles Show and Voca People will highlight Birthday Party Day during “Kids Week” at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum with special performances scheduled between 12:00 PM – 3:00 PM on Friday, February 24th. Birthday Party Day will also feature several hands-on activities including the Coca-Cola Polar Bear Bounce House, prize ... (more) 2/24/2012 - 5/13/2012 Hours: Sun–Wed, 10 am–5:45 pm; Fri, 10 am–5:45 pm; Sat, 10 am–7:45 pm; closed Thurs. John Chamberlain: Choices - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 5th Avenue - 212 423 3500 guggenheim.org Ages: All Ages Price: Adults $18, students/seniors (65+) $15, members and children under 12 free. John Chamberlain: Choices offers a comprehensive examination of the work of the late John Chamberlain and the first U.S retrospective since 1986. Comprising approximately one hundred works, the exhibition examines the artist’s development over a sixty-year career, exploring the shifts in scale, materials, and techniques informed by the assemblage p... (more) 2/24/2012 Hours: 9:00 pm The Audible Dark @ Bitter End - Bitter End 147 Bleecker St - 5852165040 www.theaudibledark.com Ages: 18+ Price: $8 The Audible Dark is a New-York based melodic rock band combining captivating vocals and transparent lyrics, in the vein of Foo Fighters, Paramore, and My Chemical Romance. In January, they released “Die Trying”, the first single from their upcoming full-length record, which has found a very enthusiastic audience. “Die Trying” is about... (more) 2/24/2012 Johnny Cash Tribute - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144 www.bbkingblues.com Ages: All Johnny Cash was an American music icon known to the world as the "Man in Black." His booming deep bass voice is surely one of the most recognizable in country music history. Cash's music career began at the same time as the birth of rock `n' roll and his rebellious attitude made him a kindred spirit. We hope you will join us on Johnny Cash's birthd... (more) 2/24/2012 - 1/24/2012 Hours: 7:00pm Eugene Marlow's Heritage Ensemble: “We’ve Got Rhythms” - Nuyorican Poets Cafe 236 E. 3rd St., (Btn. Aves. B & C), NYC 10009 - 212-780-9386 www.nuyorican.org Ages: 21+ Price: $12: $7 students with ID Described as “a cross-cultural collaboration that spins & grooves” by the New York City Jazz Record, Eugene Marlow's Heritage Ensemble is an imaginative and tight quintet that churns out an intoxicating brew of in-the-pocket grooves & reverent soulful performances of original compositions & arrangements in various jazz, Afro-Cuban, Brazilian, & neo... (more) 2/24/2012 Hours: 6:30pm - 9:00pm See the Metropolitan Museum of Art from an Artist’s Perspective - Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 5th Ave - (914) 861-5032 www.sidetour.com/experiences/see-the-metropolitan-museum-of-art-from-an-artists-perspective/?utm_source=cityguideny&utm_medium=eventlisting&utm_campaign=EventDirectories Price: $50.00 - Host Mark Venaglia is an artist with work in corporate and private collections worldwide - Explore the new galleries in The American Wing while learning about its controversies - Get to know American art’s “Green Movement” and its origins in the early 1800s - Join Mark for coffee or a cocktail afterwards to debrief the experience The au... (more) 2/24/2012 Hours: 6:00pm - 8:00pm DJ with GrandWizzard Theodore – The Inventor of the Scratch - Scratch DJ Academy 32 Cooper Square - (914) 861-5032 www.sidetour.com/experiences/dj-with-grandwizzard-theodore-the-inventor-of-the-scratch/?utm_source=cityguideny&utm_medium=eventlisting&utm_campaign=EventDirectories Price: $60.00 - Enjoy a DJ showcase by GrandWizzard Theodore and hear how he invented the scratch - Get behind a set of turntables at the Scratch DJ Academy founded by Jam Master Jay - After mastering the basics and some pro tips from GWT, battle it out for a prize “The scratch.” It’s a skill that no DJ today does without, but someone had to invent it. O... (more) 2/24/2012 The Launch Party For Gossip Meets Couture - skyroom 330w 40th street between 8th and 9th ave - 3476449480 www.skyroomnyc.com Ages: +21 Price: 0 On Friday February 24th Prive Event Planning presents The Launch Party For Gossip Meets Couture with a live Performance by Breakthrough Artist JacQ featuring DJ Jean Michel - We will also be holding a fundraiser for Be Bright Pink! This special event will be hosted by Exotcis Dancers & Drummers Join us at our fully heated and enclosed Outd... (more) 2/25/2012 Agon - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Agon is the Greek word for contest; the movements of the ballet are named after French court dances. The score was commissioned by New York City Ballet with funds from the Rockefeller Foundation and dedicated to Lincoln Kirstein and Balanchine by the composer. Balanchine and Stravinsky together designed the structure of the ballet during the creati... (more) 2/25/2012 Allegro Brillante - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Allegro Brillante is characterized by what Maria Tallchief (the ballerina on whom the bravura leading role was created) calls "an expansive Russian romanticism." The music's vigorous pace makes the steps appear even more difficult, but the ballet relies on strong dancing, precise timing, and breadth of gesture. Balanchine said: "It contains everyth... (more) 2/25/2012 Donizetti Variations - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All This ballet was created for "Salute to Italy," a New York City Ballet program celebrating the 100th anniversary of Italy's unification. Balanchine felt he needed a "cheerful and sunny work" to offset the more somber tone of the other ballets on the program, which included La Sonnambula. 2/25/2012 Fancy Free - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), the gifted and versatile American conductor and composer of symphonic music and Broadway shows, was born in Lawrence, Massachusetts. At the age of seventeen he entered Harvard, went on to study at the Curtis Institute, and then to Tanglewood. Serge Koussevitzky took great interest in his talent and promoted his co... (more) 2/25/2012 Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Balanchine's first setting of music from Tschaikovsky's third suite for orchestra was created in 1947, when Ballet Theatre commissioned him to choreograph the theme and variations that constitute the final movement. Called simply Theme and Variations, the work is a riveting display of classical technique that has become a staple of the ballet reper... (more) 2/25/2012 Zakouski - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Zakouski is the Russian term for hors d'oeuvres. This ballet for two dancers set to four short works for violin and piano explores through vernacular gesture and movement the emotional terrain of its musical sources. Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev (1891-1953) was a leading Soviet composer and a brilliant pianist. He left Russia in 1918 and lived in G... (more) 2/25/2012 Madama Butterfly - Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-362-6000 www.metoperafamily.org/metopera Ages: All Anthony Minghella's breathtakingly beautiful staging returns with Patricia Racette and Liping Zhang alternating as the tragic heroine. Robert Dean Smith and Marcello Giordani share the role of the faithless Pinkerton and Placido Domingo conducts. 2/25/2012 Ernani - Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-362-6000 www.metoperafamily.org/metopera Ages: All Angela Meade takes center stage in Verdi's thrilling early gem. Marcello Giordani and Roberto DeBiasio share the role of her mismatched lover, and all-star Verdians Dmitri Hvorostovsky and Ferruccio Furlanetto round out the cast. 2/25/2012 Pacifica Quartet - Beethoven String Quartets - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All 2/25/2012 Pictures at an Exhibition - New York Philharmonic Avery Fisher Hall, Broadway & W. 65th St. - 212-875-5656 www.nyphil.org Ages: All 2/25/2012 Hours: 8pm-12Am Black Tie & Black Jack Casino Night - Pier 60 Chelsea Piers - 212.376.7086 Ages: 21 and older Price: $165 Would you bet on a cure? Join the Society Ties' young professionals committee on Saturday, February 25, 2012 for Black Tie & Black Jack Casino Night, an evening of open bar, food, dancing and casino games, with the opportunity to win fabulous prizes -- all to benefit The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and the fight against blood cancer. Get your tic... (more) 2/25/2012 Beatles Brunch - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144 www.bbkingblues.com Ages: All NYC's Longest Running Beatles Show STRAWBERRY FIELDS featuring former members of Broadway's BEATLEMANIA Doors: 11am - Show: 12pm Ticket includes All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet, Show, Tax and Tip $40 adv, $42.50 door STRAWBERRY FIELDS is a look-a-like, sound-a-like Beatles tribute, dedicated to bringing you as close to a real Beatles concert a... (more) 2/25/2012 András Schiff, Dénes Várjon - Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. - 212-247-7800 www.carnegiehall.org Ages: All András Schiff's Carnegie Hall Perspectives residency focuses on Bartók, and on this concert he teams up with Dénes Várjon to perform the Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion—one of the composer's most popular works. In addition, Schiff and Várjon perform Debussy's En blanc et noir, which alternates between passionate extroversion and somber reflect... (more) 2/25/2012 Berliner Philharmoniker - Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. - 212-247-7800 www.carnegiehall.org Ages: All In 1894, Mahler took the stage with the Berliner Philharmoniker for the first performance of his new "Resurrection" Symphony. Today, under Sir Simon Rattle, this illustrious orchestra's Mahler is "incisive and impassioned" (The New York Times). On this concert, they are joined by the Westminster Symphonic Choir and soloists to perform the grand, dr... (more) 2/25/2012 The Rewind Show - Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. - 212-414-5994 www.highlineballroom.com Ages: All EVERY SATURDAY LATE NIGHT at The Highline Ballroom: The Rewind Show with live performances and celebrity DJs. File Under: Rock, Dance, Electronic, Late Night. 21 or over to enter. Doors at 10:30pm, Show at 11:00pm. $20 at door. RSVP to info@4kent.com. The Rewind Show is a vision we have had for as long as we have been in the business of night clubs... (more) 2/25/2012 The Rewind Show - Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. - 212-414-5994 www.highlineballroom.com Ages: All EVERY SATURDAY LATE NIGHT at The Highline Ballroom: The Rewind Show with live performances and celebrity DJs. File Under: Rock, Dance, Electronic, Late Night. 21 or over to enter. Doors at 10:30pm, Show at 11:00pm. $20 at door. RSVP to info@4kent.com. The Rewind Show is a vision we have had for as long as we have been in the business of night clubs... (more) 2/25/2012 Hours: 12-2p Explore Jackson Heights’ Thriving Immigrant Community - (location TBA upon purchase of ticket) Jackson Heights - (914) 861-5032 Price: $45 - 3 hour tour of New York’s historic Jackson Heights neighborhood - Informed commentary on the immigrant community from a South Asian expert - Review Queens-specific architecture - Enjoy a delicious all-you-can-eat South Asian lunch (cost included) Jackson Heights was originally a civic-planned New York neighborhood designed to cater to t... (more) 2/25/2012 'Naked' Polar Bear Cruise - Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises - (Circle Line 42nd Street) Pier 83, W. 42nd St. & 12th Ave. - 212-563-3200 www.circleline42.com Ages: All Circle Line Sightseeing is teaming up with the Coney Island Polar Bear Club to raise funds for the Wildlife Conservation Society. The longer passengers can withstand the cold in their bathing suits, the more money they will raise for animals in need! Are you up for a challenge? Do you want to make a bet with someone? Here is the Ulti... (more) 2/25/2012 Buckwheat Zydeco - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144 www.bbkingblues.com Ages: All American musical legend Stanley "Buckwheat" Dural Jr. - along with his band, Buckwheat Zydeco, one of the greatest party bands in America - is the preeminent ambassador of Louisiana zydeco music. 2009 marked Buckwheat Zydeco's 30th anniversary, and Buckwheat celebrated with the release of his Grammy Award-winning CD (and Alligator Records debut), L... (more) 2/25/2012 Teitur - Marit Larsen - Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. - 212-414-5994 www.highlineballroom.com Ages: All Look out, the musician's favorite singer-songwriter is coming to a place near you with a new album. Says KT Tunstall: "He is the sound of melting ice, haunted woods, and beautiful honesty." He is Teitur (Tie-tor), a man from the Faroe Islands who turns music into magic beautifully and effortlessly. In 2002, Teitur was signed by the legendary Doug M... (more) 2/25/2012 Hours: 2-5 pm The JCC In Manhattan Announces: The 2011/2012 Season of R&R @ the JCC - The JCC In Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street - 3476043964 www.jccmanhattan.org/rr Ages: All Ages Price: FREE WHO: Community Cinema: On the Waterfront, Urban Arts Dance Demo & Workshop From the legendary Rock Steady Crew. POPMASTER FABEL will introduce us to all things breaking, Adult Arts Class - Brooklyn graffiti icon KAVES will offer a workshop in creating your own NYC street style, City Improv for Families with Rebeca Diaz, Urban Arts Panel Discussion:... (more) 2/25/2012 Hours: 2-5 pm The JCC In Manhattan Announces: The 2011/2012 Season of R&R @ the JCC - The JCC In Manhattan 334 Amsterdam Avenue @ 76th Street - 3476043964 www.jccmanhattan.org/rr Ages: All Ages Price: FREE WHO: Community Cinema: On the Waterfront, Urban Arts Dance Demo & Workshop From the legendary Rock Steady Crew. POPMASTER FABEL will introduce us to all things breaking, Adult Arts Class - Brooklyn graffiti icon KAVES will offer a workshop in creating your own NYC street style, City Improv for Families with Rebeca Diaz, Urban Arts Panel Discussion:... (more) 2/25/2012 Steel of a Deal: Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Times Square Holds Free Sword Swallowing Shows on Saturday, February 25 - Ripley's Believe It or Not! Times Square 234 W42nd Street - 212 398 3133 Ages: All Price: Free More than 20 sword swallowers will be “dropping swords” at Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Odditoriums worldwide at 2:25 p.m. on February 25, in celebration of the 6th annual World Sword Swallower’s Day. In excess of 125 feet of solid steel is set to go down the hatch - hopefully without a scratch. ... (more) 2/25/2012 - 2/26/2012 Hours: 10AM - 5PM Live Animal Demonstrations at Safari Weekend during 'Kids Week' - Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum 46th Street and 12th Avenue - 2122450072 intrepidmuseum.org Ages: All ages Price: Free with the cost of admission Enjoy seeing live animal displays -- featuring penguins and alligators -- as well as theater performances by the Central Park Zoo Theater Company at Safari Weekend during “Kids Week” at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum between 11:00 AM – 3:00 PM on Saturday, February 25th “Safari Weekend” will feature arts and crafts and interactive demon... (more) 2/25/2012 Hours: 1:00pm - 7:00pm DAY & NIGHT's Gold Standard Pre-Oscar Brunch Benefiting the American Cancer Society - Ajna Bar 25 Little West 12th Street - (516) 639-9384 oscars.charityhappenings.org Price: $100 You're Cordially Invited to DAY & NIGHT Brunch's Gold Standard Pre-Oscar Brunch Benefiting The American Cancer Society Saturday February 25th 2012 From 2pm to 7pm Live Set By Grammy Award Nominated DJ / Producer TRACY YOUNG and Resident Claudius Raphael Group Tables Available (New York, NY) Dual Groupe's Derek & Da... (more) 2/26/2012 Agon - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Agon is the Greek word for contest; the movements of the ballet are named after French court dances. The score was commissioned by New York City Ballet with funds from the Rockefeller Foundation and dedicated to Lincoln Kirstein and Balanchine by the composer. Balanchine and Stravinsky together designed the structure of the ballet during the creati... (more) 2/26/2012 Stravinsky Violin Concerto - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All In 1941, Balanchine choreographed Balustrade for the Ballet Russe to Stravinsky's Violin Concerto in D. When he returned to the score three decades later, he could no longer remember his original choreography. But Balanchine was not at all disturbed by the loss. "What I did then was for then," he said, "and what I wanted to do to this music for our... (more) 2/26/2012 Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 - New York City Ballet David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza (Columbus Ave. at 63rd St.) - 212-721-6500 nycballet.com Ages: All Balanchine's first setting of music from Tschaikovsky's third suite for orchestra was created in 1947, when Ballet Theatre commissioned him to choreograph the theme and variations that constitute the final movement. Called simply Theme and Variations, the work is a riveting display of classical technique that has become a staple of the ballet reper... (more) 2/26/2012 Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Columbus Ave. btw. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-875-5000 www.lincolncenter.org Ages: All Two-time Grammy Award–winning violinist Hilary Hahn appears with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in a program that includes a new work by American composer Steven Stucky, paired with Tchaikovsky's beloved Fifth Symphony. 2/26/2012 Ma'alot Quintett - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Columbus Ave. btw. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-875-5000 www.lincolncenter.org Ages: All Sunday Morning Coffee Concerts are a wonderful tradition: some of today's most capitvating performers giving intimate one-hour concerts followed by complimentary coffee and refreshments with the artists. 2/26/2012 Gospel Brunch - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144 www.bbkingblues.com Ages: All EVERY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, join us for GOSPEL BRUNCH THE WORLD FAMOUS HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR Get your dose of the Holy Ghost! Ticket includes All-You-Can-Eat-Buffet, Show, Tax and Tip Doors: 12:30pm Show: 1:30pm $40 adv, $42.50 door Every Sunday, for the past 9 years, the world famous HARLEM GOSPEL CHOIR has brought their experience of Harl... (more) 2/26/2012 A Happy Ending to a Sad Story: Rediscovered Illustrations for A Long Tale for an Autumn Night - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All John Carpenter, curator of Japanese Art, Department of Asian Art, MMA. Be captivated by the romance, intrigue, and glamour of the world of traditional Japanese tales and histories. Introduction by Masako Watanabe, senior research associate, Department of Asian Art, MMA. 3pm. 2/26/2012 The War of the Twelve Animals: Anthropomorphosis and Allegory in Medieval Japan - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All Sarah Thompson, assistant curator, Japanese Prints, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston . 3:30pm. 2/26/2012 Dragons, Jewels, and Powerful Women: Taishokan Paintings in Seventeenth-Century Japan - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All Melanie Trede, professor, Institute of East Asian Art History, Heidelberg University. 4pm. 2/26/2012 Hours: 12p-2p Celebrating Adopted NYC Pets Party - Unleashed by Petco 1155 Third Ave - 212-288-1564 Ages: All Price: Free With over 6-8 million cats and dogs entering shelters every year, it’s important to Think Adoption first and help save shelter animal’s life. On February 26th, we’re celebrating NYC Adopted Pet Month and all those who have saved an NYC shelter animal’s life by throwing a party! Stop in with your furry friend for free treats, games and other fun act... (more) 2/26/2012 Hours: 8pm 84th Annual Academy Awards Sunday - Southern Hospitality BBQ 1460 Second Avenue & 645 9th avenue - 212-249-1001 www.southernhospitalitybbq.com Ages: 21+ Price: Free Join us for the 84th Annual Academy Awards Sunday, February 26th, 2012 8PM 14 HD TVs, 1 Large Projection Screen, $6 Frozen Drinks $10 Pitchers of Coors, Miller $6 Midnight in Paris: (A French Martini) $6 The Iron Lady: (English Rose Cocktail) $5 War Horse: A Black & Tan $5 MoneyBall Shooter $5 "The Oscar": (Shot) Win Free Drinks, Appetizers, ... (more) 2/26/2012 Hours: 3:00pm - 5:00pm Mary/Magdalene: Sacred Discoveries from the Age of Revolution - The Church of the Epiphany 1393 York Avenue at 74th Street - 212 866-0468 www.salonsanctuary.org Ages: adult Price: $25 Salon/Sanctuary Concerts presents Mary/Magdalene: Sacred Discoveries from the Age of Revolution. Jessica Gould, soprano & Meg Bragle, mezzo; Marika Holmqvist & Joan Plana, violins; Ezra Seltzer, cello; Gabe Shuford, harpsichord. The passion story as told by its female protagonists, as heard through recently discovered eighteenth-cen... (more) 2/26/2012 The 3rd Annual GEORGE HARRISON Birthday Show - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144 www.bbkingblues.com Ages: All George Harrison was admired for his commitment to spirituality, which he believed could improve lives and protect the planet. His post-Beatles songs reflect that conviction and are as relevant today as they were 30 years ago. Through music, visuals, and commentary about his journey of self-discovery, these tribute events honor George Harrison, his ... (more) 2/26/2012 GROOVE BUFFET Classic R&B, Motown & Soul Revue - Lucille's 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144 www.bbkingblues.com Ages: All Paying homage to soul legends, Groove Buffet has an extensive song library from which it crafts each show's set list, providing an entire night of material featuring the sounds of Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, Otis Redding, Al Green, Gladys Knight, Marvin Gaye, James Brown, Tina Turner, Wilson Pickett, and many more. Founded solely on passion for... (more) 2/26/2012 Game Rebellion With Oxymorons - Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. - 212-414-5994 www.highlineballroom.com Ages: All Game Rebellion has been making waves on the New York scene since 2006, when the group's members found common ground after playing a gig together at Irving Plaza in NYC. These musicians-for-hire soon became a band on fire! Since then, Game Rebellion has ventured across the country and overseas to slam heads, rock houses, and muddy the lilywhite wate... (more) 2/26/2012 - 3/25/2012 Hours: 4:30-5:30 PM Blessed are the Peacemakers- A Lenten Tribute - St. Paul's Chapel Broadway and Fulton Street - 212-602-0800 www.trinitywallstreet.org Ages: All Price: Free and open to all A Lenten Tribute Featuring Storytelling and Jazz Meditations by THEODICY JAZZ COLLECTIVE. Celebrate the lives of men and women of faith and courage with stories, prayers, and jazz meditations by Theodicy Jazz Collective at St. Paul’s Chapel in Lower Manhattan (Broadway at Fulton Street) on Sunday afternoons during Lent. This year’s reflect... (more) 2/27/2012 Khovanshchina - Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-362-6000 www.metoperafamily.org/metopera Ages: All Mussorgsky's other great Russian epic features an ideal Russian and Georgian cast: Olga Borodina, Vladimir Galouzine, Ildar Abdrazakov, Anatoli Kotscherga, and George Gagnidze. Kirill Petrenko conducts. 2/27/2012 Gerald Finley, bass-baritone - Julius Drake, piano - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Columbus Ave. btw. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-875-5000 www.lincolncenter.org Ages: All This great bass-baritone, recently heard as Elijah with the New York Philharmonic and as J. Robert Oppenheimer in the Metropolitan Opera's Doctor Atomic, takes the stage to perform works by Schumann and Britten. 2/27/2012 What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow - Beethoven 'Pathétique' Sonata - Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts Columbus Ave. btw. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-875-5000 www.lincolncenter.org Ages: All Composer, conductor, commentator, and author Rob Kapilow makes music appreciation inevitable in the beloved What Makes It Great? series, now in its fifteenth season, which features performances by some of today's leading artists illuminated by Kapilow's lively, insightful discussion. 2/27/2012 Simon Trpceski - Carnegie Hall 57th St. & Seventh Ave. - 212-247-7800 www.carnegiehall.org Ages: All From Macedonia to the world, Simon Trpceski has established himself as one of the most remarkable young pianists to emerge in recent years, performing with the greatest orchestras and delighting audiences across the globe. With impeccable technique and delicate expression, he performs a virtuosic program that includes Schubert's epic "Wanderer Fant... (more) 2/27/2012 Run the Night NYC's Most Explosive Dance Competition - Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. - 212-414-5994 www.highlineballroom.com Ages: All New York City dancers need their big break. Connections and callbacks don't always equal work and money. Run the Night is NYC's most explosive dance competition. Join big industry judges and a live audience to decide who wins Run the Night. Featuring hip-hop, jazz, tap dance, contemporary, stepping, and more, Run the Night is sure to be a joyous ex... (more) 2/28/2012 Aida - Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-362-6000 www.metoperafamily.org/metopera Ages: All Verdi's vision of ancient Egypt is grandly realized with the help of the Met's unparalleled musical forces -- and every one of its stage elevators. Violeta Urmana and Marcelo Álvarez star as the ill-fated lovers. Stephanie Blythe sings Amneris for the first time at the Met. 2/28/2012 Pictures at an Exhibition - New York Philharmonic Avery Fisher Hall, Broadway & W. 65th St. - 212-875-5656 www.nyphil.org Ages: All 2/28/2012 - 3/04/2012 Ballet du Grande Theatre de Geneve - Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Ave. (19th St.) - 212-242-0800 joyce.org Ages: All "Exceptionally supple ballet-trained dancers" (The New York Times) are at the core of this acclaimed Swiss company. The ensemble performs an enchanting evening length work by Israeli born choreographer Emanuel Gat, a powerful new voice in contemporary dance. Using Bach's magnificent Prelude and Fugue No. 22 in C minor as inspiration and backdrop, G... (more) 2/28/2012 Hours: 7:30-9:00p Make Mozzarella and Design Your Own Burger with 4food - 4Food 286 Madison Ave - (914) 861-5032 Price: $35 - Make mozzarella with the executive chef of healthy fast food restaurant, 4food - Design and brand your own 4food burger with the possibility of earning royalties - Enjoy the mozzarella and burger with your choice of craft beer or sangria (included in price) Learn how to make mozzarella from scratch and design your very own burger using en... (more) 2/28/2012 - 3/11/2012 Hours: 12-9:30 pm Study pure flamenco/modern choreography w/ Rosa Olympia Estrella! - Flamenco Latino Studio 244 W 54 St. 4th fl. - 212-399-8519 www.flamencolatino.com Ages: 15 yrs. and up Price: 25 Flamenco Latino hosts Rosa Olympia Estrella for a 2 week workshop at their midtown studio. A rare opportunity to study with an artist from Spain who fuses pure flamenco technique with varying dance styles such as Modern and Jazz. Tues, 2/28, Intermediate 8:30-9:30 pm Thurs, 3/1, Beginner 6:30-7:30pm Sat, 3/3, Beginner 12:00-1:00 pm / Interm... (more) 2/28/2012 LETHILLWEAPON CD Release Show - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144 www.bbkingblues.com Ages: All LethillWeapon is a rap and hip-hop group from Long Island, NY. Childhood friends Edward JJ Jones, Terrence G-LA Stroude, and Ram R.A.M. Caruso, along with Freddie DJ Epic Thompson, have been tearing up the Long Island hip-hop scene for the last couple of years with their high-energy beats, catchy hooks, inspirational raps, and breathtaking stage pr... (more) 2/28/2012 Robert Glasper Experiment With Special Guests Chrisette Michele, Lalah Hathaway & More - Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. - 212-414-5994 www.highlineballroom.com Ages: All Glasper has long kept one foot planted firmly in jazz and the other in hip-hop. His gig at the Blue Note Jazz Club earlier this year became a freestyle jam session when Kanye West, Mos Def, and Lupe Fiasco crashed the stage. The Los Angeles Times once wrote that "it's a short list of jazz pianists who have the wherewithal to drop a J Dilla referenc... (more) 2/28/2012 Hours: 6:00 PM Register, 6:30 PM Start Jura Pub Night - Bar and Books Beekman 889 1st Avenue - 212.221.7611 Ages: 21+ Price: Free Join us at Bar and Books Beekman for a night of Pub Trivia and Complementary Scotch Tastings! Be there for Jura giveaways & sign up for a chance to win a free bottle of Jura Scotch! Registration for the Pub Quiz begins at 6:00 PM and will start at 6:30 PM. 2/28/2012 - 4/18/2012 Hours: 12-5 Tibetan Tapestries – Dream Weaves from the Himalayas Designs by José Sanint - Tibet House US Gallery 22 West 15th st - 212.807.0563 www.tibethouse.us Tibet House US is delighted to present its next magnificent art exhibition entitled Tibetan Tapestries – Dream Weaves from the Himalayas. Featuring contemporary designs by Colombian architect José Sanint, beautiful textiles have been hand-woven by Tibetan artisans using carefully restored antique ceremonial garbs and an ancient Tibetan-Himalayan-Bu... (more) 2/29/2012 Don Giovanni - Metropolitan Opera Amsterdam Ave. btw. W. 62nd & 65th Sts. - 212-362-6000 www.metoperafamily.org/metopera Ages: All Mariusz Kwiecien brings his youthful and sensual interpretation of Mozart's timeless anti-hero to the Met for the first time, under the direction of Tony Award-winning director Michael Grandage and with Fabio Luisi conducting. A troupe of refined Mozartians appears in this new production, including Marina Rebeka, Barbara Frittoli, Isabel Leonard, M... (more) 2/29/2012 Amateur Night at the Apollo: Show Off! - Apollo Theater 253 W. 125th St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-531-5337 www.apollotheater.org Ages: All For the first time this season, all the winners of recent Amateur Night shows come together to SHOW OFF their talent and compete for the chance to move on to the Top Dog semi-finals on May 16, and maybe even win the title of Super Top Dog and a cash prize of $10,000! Aspiring musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, rappers and spoken word arti... (more) 2/29/2012 Dubal: La Belle Epoque - The Franco-American Years: Nadia Boulanger, Aaron Copland, Virgil Thomson - Metropolitan Museum of Art Fifth Ave. @ 82nd St. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All David Dubal, pianist, teacher, writer, and broadcaster. This music talk will synthesize the artistic activity in Paris during the first decades of the twentieth century, and will be enhanced with performance by students of The Juilliard School. This lecture is presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Steins Collect: Matisse, Picasso... (more) 2/29/2012 - 3/25/2012 The Yeats Game - Producers' Club 358 West 44th Street - 212-868-4444 www.theyeatsgame.org Ages: 18+ Price: $30 American Storyboard presents The Yeats Game, a farce of improbable darkness written by John J. Ronan. Kathy Richter directs a cast of four including Toby Wherry, Susan Stout, Jennifer Silverstein and Lucius Wall. Performances for The Yeats Game will be held at The Producers’ Club, 358 West 44th Street in NYC for twenty-four performances beginning ... (more) 2/29/2012 Hours: 7pm Ellen Kaye Sings Sensuous 'Ice WIne' to Metropolitan Room - The Metropolitan Room 34 West 22nd Street - 2122060440 Ages: AD Price: $25.00 plus two drink minimum Singer Ellen Kaye is a revelation on stage: a gutsy hybrid of blues, rock and folk who lays her own bold spin on favorite 20th and 21st Century songwriters. She brings her trademark, unusual repertoire, and ebullient personality to the Metropolitan Room on February 29th at 7p. The shows feature music from her recently released albums, "Ice Wine: so... (more) 2/29/2012 Hours: 6-8 PM Art Now: Aesthetics Across Music, Painting, Architecture, Movies, and More - A Lecture by Leon Botstein - The New York Public Library , Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street - 212-242-0617 Ages: All Ages Price: Free It is one of the most debated subjects of all time: What is art? Some might think it doesn't much matter whether or not consensus is achieved on this highly subjective topic, but the definition of art has an enormous impact upon how the arts are — or aren't — funded. The question of what constitutes art spills over into debates about art's value to... (more) 2/29/2012 Hours: n/a Wall Street Veteran to Speak at Adelphi on Corporate Social Responsibility - Adelphi University 1 South Avenue - 5168774040 Ages: all Price: free Michael J. Driscoll M.B.A. ’89, a Wall Street industry expert, will deliver the Adelphi University Hagedorn Lecture on Corporate Social Responsibility, entitled “Observations of an Outsider from the Inside...One Person's View of Wall Street and Where We Lost Our Way.” The lecture, free and open to the public, will take place on Wednesday, February ... (more) 2/29/2012 Almost Queen - A Tribute to Queen - B.B. King Blues Club & Grill 237 W. 42nd St. (7-8 Aves.) - 212-997-4144 www.bbkingblues.com Ages: All Almost Queen is the most authentic Queen live show since the days of Queen itself. This four-piece band boasts an undisputed live show consisting of four-part harmonies and genuine costumes, capturing the live energy that is the bona fide Queen experience. Almost Queen boasts an unbroken string of sold-out theaters from New York to San Diego, while... (more) 2/29/2012 Meany USA Presents The Disappointment, The Gypsy West, Marco, la Sara & More - Highline Ballroom 431 W. 16th St. - 212-414-5994 www.highlineballroom.com Ages: All Meany USA presents a night of performances by outstanding NYC artists, featuring The Disappointment, The Gypsy West, Marco, la Sara, and more. The night will begin with progressive rock sounds from The Disappointment and The Gypsy West and continue on to the pop side with Marco, la Sara and more! You will not want to miss this night. Now, on F... (more) 2/29/2012 Hours: 5-8pm Gadgets & Gizmo’s Get You Drinks - Brother Jimmy's 116 East 16th Street New York, NY 10003 - (212) 673-6465 Ages: 21+ Price: Tickets: Bring any old working or non-working gadget (cell phone, calculator, gaming unit, etc) and drop it into the Guzu e-cycling bin in exchange for your happy hour ticket. Don’t throwaway your throwback electronics! New York based electronics recycling program, Guzu, is encouraging you to go green with your gadgets by giving you an opportunity to let your old Blackberry, T-9 calculator or laptop buy you a drink! Bring in any old working or non-working electronic to recycle as your ticket in for an exclusive happy hou... (more) 2/29/2012 Hours: 7:00 pm-9:30 pm A Double Shot of Fiction from Cerro Chato Publishing - Sidewalk Cafe 94 Avenue A - 917-834-8800 Price: FREE Celebrate HUMP DAY {and the first time 2/29 has fallen on a hump day since 1984} at a reading and book signing with Cerro Chato Publishing: Hump Day by Jason Hefter A Deep Scratch in the Vinyl by Michael Kirkbride 2/29/2012 Hours: 7:30pm - 9:00pm Join BodyFace for a Jam Session at the Legendary Music Building - Legendary Music Building 584 8th Ave - (914) 861-5032 www.sidetour.com/experiences/join-bodyface-for-a-jam-session-at-the-legendary-music-building/?utm_source=cityguideny&utm_medium=eventlisting&utm_campaign=EventDirectories Price: $25.00 - Hang out with up-and-comers BodyFace at their studio, take part in a jam session - Step inside the building where Madonna got her start and Billy Idol wrote “White Wedding” - Go home after a few beers and with BodyFace’s newest EP (included in the SideTour) The Music Building is an oasis of emerging talent. Since opening in 1979, it’s kic... (more)