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Saturday February 23, 2008
I Can Haz Flowerz
10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Orchid Show; The New York Botanical Garden, Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, 200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard, Bronx.
Wednesday July 04, 2007
July 4th Independence Day
Short list of todays events in the city that defines independence.
10AM to 2PM
George Washington and Benjamin Franklin re-enactors take part in July 4 celebration; New-York Historical Society, 170 Central Park West.
10:30 AM
Festivities begin before hot dog eating contest; Nathan's Famous, 1310 Surf Ave., Coney Island, Brooklyn.
12:40 PM _ Eating contest.
6:30 PM
Midsummer Night Swing celebrates July 4 with Chino Nunez Orchestra; Lincoln Center, Josie Robertson Plaza, Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street.
9 PM
Macy's fireworks show; East River between 23rd and 42nd streets and South Street Seaport.
Saturday May 26, 2007
Outdoor Art Exhibit
Noon to 6 p.m.
Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit; University Place from 12th Street to 3rd Street and Washington Place from Washington Square East to Mercer Street.
Wednesday May 23, 2007
Fleet Week
9:30AM - 11AM
Fleet Week Parade of Ships and aircraft fly-over; Hudson River from Verrazano Bridge to George Washington Bridge, with narrators at Stapleton Pier, Staten Island, and Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn.
Sunday May 20, 2007
Ninth Avenue Food Festival
11AM-5PM
Ninth Avenue Association of New York
Ninth Avenue Food Festival
Ninth Avenue, from 37th to 57th Street
Checked the blogsphere and some folks have
it sorted with which ones to check out.
Avoid the professional street fair carts (serving generic kielbasas and funnel cakes and the like) and head to the real 9th ave restos' street stands. Standouts from last year: Amy's Bread (probably the best bakery in HK) had many tasty items for $1, Wondee Siam had their amazing steamed vegetable dumplings (basically garlic and peanut dumplings) for a coupla bucks, and Rice 'n' Beans had some interesting off-the-menu snacks. [via...chowhound]
Saturday April 14, 2007
Steel Over The Garden Wall
10:30 a.m.
Richard Serra's 100-ton steel sculpture is lifted by crane over MoMa's garden wall; The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building, The Museum of Modern Art, 4 W. 54th St., between Fifth and Sixth avenues.
Monday March 05, 2007
Dancing With The Stars Road Trip
4:30-7:30PM
Dancing with the Stars Road Trip
@ Madison Square Garden
7th Ave & 33rd St
Dancingwiththestarsroadtripdotcom!!!!! Free dance lessons and a national dance contest and a chance to win a trip to LA for a live taping of the show. Well no shit.
Tuesday February 27, 2007
Martin Ramirez
10:30AM-5:30PM
Martin Ramirez
@ American Folk Art Museum
45 West 53rd Street
212-265-1040
$9, $7 students
Martín Ramírez (1895–1963) created nearly 300 drawings within the confines of DeWitt State Hospital in northern California, where he spent the last 15 years of his life. This retrospective at the American Folk Art Museum promises to explode the concept of Ramirez' work simply being that of the “schizophrenic artist”, introducing viewers to nearly 100 drawings by this self-taught artist.
Saturday February 24, 2007
Williamsburg After Hours
Until 11PM
Williamsburg After Hours
@ Participating Galleries
Williamsburg, BK
Free
Nearly all of Williamsburg's art galleries get down and dirty to celebrate art fair season by staying open late tonight and hosting shows with a lil' kick: this year's highlights include dating rituals in motion, Double-Dutch jump-rope antics, club-world-savvy, peacocks, a 1969 Pontiac V-8 engine and a hot-tub. A hot-tub.
PILLOW FIGHT!
2PM
Pillow Fight NYC
@ Union Square
516-312-0693
Free
A massive pillow fight in Union Square! Feathers fly and teddies soar as the rambuncious of the city gather for a massive urban pillow fight. Ladies, leave your clothes on - this pillow fight is clothed and family-friendly (sorry). Soft pillows only, and remember - feathers are more fun!
Friday February 23, 2007
2007 Comic Con
4PM-9PM
New York Comic Convention
@ Jacob Javits Center
11th Ave b/w 34th and 39th St
$30 one-day advance, $40 day-of
4:30 meet Stephen Colbert
Sure, Saturday and Monday are sold out - but the Colbert Report's Stephen Colbert shows up on Friday @ 4:30PM! Sweet! Plus meet comic Stan Lee all day, and snatch up some copies of Lost Magazine at the show store at 4PM.
Wednesday February 21, 2007
In The Heights
7PM
In the Heights
@ 37th Street Arts
450 W 37th St b/w Ninth & Tenth Ave
$25-75
In The Heights, a new musical about three days in the life of Washington Heights, is winning praise from the Times and New York Magazine. Check out this exuberant and refreshing New York tale that "owes more to Big Pun than to Bernstein" before the tourists descend upon it en masse.
Saturday February 17, 2007
Lunar New Year Flower Market
120AM-6PM
Lunar New Year Flower Market
@ Columbus Park
Mulberry St b/w Bayard and Worth
Free
When is a flower market not only a flower market? When it's the annual Lunar New Year Flower Market! Chinese families purchase auspicious flowers to decorate their homes before the new year to ensure that the families' prosperity and fortune will bloom along with the flowers in the Year of the Pig. Joining in the preparations will be performers - magicians, fortune tellers, dancers, pop and opera singers. Don't miss this!
Nominated Shorts Screening
12PM, 4PM
4th Annual Short Films Day
@ The Academy Theatre
Lighthouse International
111 E 59th St
RSVP 888-778-7575
$5, $3 students
Celebrate Short Films Day today by watching the live action and animated short films nominated for the 79th Annual Academy Award.
Chinese New Year Spectacular
11AM, 8PM
Chinese New Year Spectacular: Myths and Legends
@ Radio City Music Hall
1260 6th Avenue
English: 1-888-260-6221
Chinese: 1-888-260-6223
$38-$180
From the NTDTV website: "New Tang Dynasty Dynasty Television Senior Vice President Samuel Zhou says, 'Ever since it entered into China, the CCP has wanted to wipe out Chinese traditional belief systems and replace them with Marxist and Maoist ideology. That’s the only way the leadership can maintain control over the Chinese people. They’re out to destroy a lot of things that are actually quite good.' Zhou quips: 'I think the CCP’s really upset because this year’s show is more than good–it’s great!'"
Friday February 16, 2007
The Gazillion Bubble Show
8PM
The Gazillion Bubble Show
@ New World Stages
340 W 50th St b/w 8th & 9th Ave
$60
You know Fan Yang - he's "the greatest bubble artist in the world!" (David Letterman) Attend The Gazillion Bubble Show through September, and watch this holder of 12 Guinness World Records trap people in bubbles and generally "BLOW you away!!!" YEAH!
PS It is simply UNBUBBLELIEVABLE!
Thursday February 15, 2007
New York Flamenco Festival
7:30PM
New York Flamenco Festival
Gala de la Bienal de Sevilla
@ New York City Center
W 55th St b/w 6th and 7th Ave
$30-$70
Do you flamenco? No? Do you like to watch? The 7th annual New York Flamenco Festival returns with an extraordinary array of dancers, vocalists and guitarists direct from Andalucia, Spain, the heartland of flamenco.
Wednesday February 14, 2007
Free Hotel Rooms at The Paramount!
5-10PM
V-Day in the Heart of Times Square
@ The Paramount Hotel
235 West 46th St
Times Square
212-764-5500
$69 for meal & hotel room!
Sailors and nurses, either with identification or in costume, run don't walk to the Paramount to grab their special prix-fixe Valentine's Day menu. Included in your $69 meal is a
complimentary stay in one of the hotel's well-known rooms. The menu features New York classics like oysters Rockefeller, roasted prime rib of beef, New York chocolate cheesecake, and chocolate-covered strawberries.
Monday February 12, 2007
Dog Show!
8:30AM-6PM
Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show
@ Madison Square Garden
Seventh Ave at 32nd St
212-307-7171
$40
If you're one of those people who have to stop on the street to make baby sounds at every dog you pass by, then I probably don't need to tell you that the Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show is going down at Madison Square Garden through February 13th. For the rest of you - it is.
Meet the Oscars
11AM-7PM
Meet the Oscars
@ Times Square Studios
1500 Broadway at 44th St
Free
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences present
Meet the Oscars, New York. Learn fun factoids about Oscar and see the statuettes awarded to Clark Gable and Bette Davis. At the end of the exhibit you can make nice and agree to photograph all the tourists holding a real live Oscar statuette. That'll be super fun.
Saturday February 10, 2007
The Olympics of the Mind
9AM-5PM
10th Annual USA Memory Championship: The Olympics of the Mind
@ Con Edison Auditorium
4 Irving Place @ 14th St
Spectators Free
At the USA Memory Championship, "Mental Athletes" memorize the following: a string of 1,000 random digits, two decks of shuffled cards, 99 names and faces, 100 spoken words and an unpublished 50 line poem. Not all at once. Although they probably could.
Saturday July 29, 2006
Chocolate Walking Tour
12:45PM
Chocolate Walking Tour
@ 484 Broome St, in front of MarieBelle
917-292-0680
$50
Sample the best chocolate NYC has to offer.
Saturday June 17, 2006
Not For Tourists
6-8PM
Not For Tourists Guidebooks Presents Launch Bash to Celebrate The Guide to Queens
@ Sculpture Center
44-19 Purves St, Queens
Free
Not For Tourists Guidebooks hosts a launch party at the Sculpture Center to celebrate the release of its newest guidebook, the Not For Tourists Guide to Queens.
Sunday October 30, 2005
Halloween Fests
10AM-6PM
Times Square Halloween Carnival
7th Avenue Between 47th and 57th
12:45 - 4:45PM
Everyone is invited to wear a costume
and join the fun at The Pond in Bryant Park,
with costume judging at 1:30 p.m.;
Bryant Park, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street.
1-3PM
The Doggie Halloween Costume Party and Contest
offers refreshments and gifts organized by
friends of Riverside Park; W72nd St Dog Run,
Riverside Park at 72nd Street.
Sunday October 09, 2005
Open House New York
Featuring 150 sites throughout all five boroughs including a preview of the new headquarters for The New York Times, exclusive entry to MoMA’s Conservation Lab, the first public tours ever of Ellis Island’s historic hospital grounds and much, much more. OHNY Guides are also available at participating sites and tourist information centers, including The Center For Architecture, (536 LaGuardia Place), NYC & Company, the Times Square Info Center, the Wall Street Rising Downtown Info Center, and the Brooklyn Visitors Center.
Wednesday September 28, 2005
Ashlee Simpson
8pm
Supper Club
240 W. 47th Street
Get Tickets
Will she sing the right song? Find out!
Tuesday December 21, 2004
Travel Tip Jet Blue
Tuesday September 28, 2004
Rocket, Giants, Boxer
Sports Stars in town - Tourist Heads Up
12:30 Yao Ming @ 48th Street and Fifth Avenue.
12:30 New York Giants @ 42nd Street and Broadway (ESPN)
3:00 Felix Tito Trinidad @ Park Place (Church + Broadway)
Saturday September 11, 2004
Fairs Etc
10-6PM Big Apple Arts Fair.
Seventh Avenue between 47th and 59th streets
1030-7PM Pathways to Beauty and Well-Being event
at the Jacob Javits Convention Center.
$15. Javits Center, 11th Ave @ 34th-38th sts
Wednesday August 11, 2004
Graffiti Walking Tour
The Writing On The Wall: Graffiti Walking Tour
Tour meets behind the US Armed Forces Recruiting Station,
West 43rd Street in middle of Times Square, 212-501-3722
Meet times: 11:30am, 1:30pm, or 3:30pm. Reservations suggested.
Recording with details: 212-501-3722.
Tuesday August 03, 2004
Lady Liberty Reopens
The Statue of Liberty reopens today. Also debuting today is the
new ticketing system. Any feature with the goal of eliminate lines
is a freind of ours. Further info online: Statue of Liberty
Tuesday January 06, 2004
Slunt - Get Your Crew On
Slut (Vince Neil) @ BB Kings Blues Club
We gonna put this one under "tourists"
237 W. 42nd St., (212) 997-4144. 8PM
$22 advance, $27 day of show.
Thursday December 25, 2003
Gospell Cermony
4 those who still have the holiday spirit....
A Pure Gospel Christmas
Mason Hall @ Baruch College
17 Lexington Avenue @ 23rd St
212-967-7079
"Pure Gospel Christmas is a joyous, finger-snapping, toe-tapping musical celebration of the lessons and sounds of the holiday season. The production features a powerful 26-voice choir with some of the best gospel singers from NYC backed by a 5-piece band."
Fri: 8pm, Sat: 3 & 8pm, Sun: 5pm.
Sunday December 21, 2003
Littly Italy Xmas (last day)
Tuesday November 18, 2003
LOTR Shuttle
