http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Key NYC Events SMS What's Up is smart text for the wired set. SMS Text Messages NYC Events, New York City Pick events. The right message, at the right time, for the right reason. en-us 2007-06-11T00:59:53-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php Brooklyn’s best pizzerias will be revealed on this four-hour bus tour, along with the borough’s most famous movie locations, landmarks and other noteworthy spots. 11:00 am $55 - Children under 12 $45 Meet at 4th Avenue between 13th and 14th Sts in the East Village 212-209-3370... 10891@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2007-06-11T00:59:53-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php For all your history buffs, pop culture fanatics, and/or dengenerate alcoholics - your Saturday evening is made. Take a drinking tour of Greenwich Village! Stops include the haunts of Ernest Hemingway and Edna St. Vincent Millay, a speakeasy from the 1920s still intact with its secret exits and trap doors, and the bar where Norman Mailer and RFK contemplated their political futures. Cost of refreshments is extra, so come armed with some extra cash and a thirst for history and spirits, and enjoy the comradery of a historic pub crawl! NYC Discovery Walking Tours $14 - 5:15pm Reservations and Meeting Place: 212-465-3331... 10861@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2007-06-09T00:59:55-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php "Bike throughout North Brooklyn with licensed NYC tour guides and learn the history of Bushwick's Brewing community on the site of Brewers Row - 14 blocks that once hosted over 20 Breweries throughout the 19th century. From Brewers Row we head to The Boulevard -- Bushwick Avenue -- and gaze upon the last standing mansions of the Beer Barons' heyday. Biking further East, we visit Evergreen Cemetary and visit a veritable post-mortem Brewers' Row -- the plot of land where many old German Brewing families are buried. Finally we return to Williamsburg and the Brooklyn Brewery where we raise a toast to the Breweries of yesteryear." The City Reliquary 370 Metropolitan Ave, Williamsburg, Brooklyn 2:00pm-5:00pm; $25, includes two beers from the Brooklyn Brewery 21+ only Questions? Call: 718-R-U-CIVIC | Email: matt@cityreliquary.org... 10727@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2007-05-27T00:17:06-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_geek_event.php 11:30 AM #joiito NYC Meet & Geek (Lunch & Walking Tour) Heartland Brewery 35 Union Square West Net and game geek Joi Ito "We'll meet at the Heartland Brewery, get lunch, then, quoth buridan: "West to Hudson River park, down to Battery park, then up to the SoHo Apple Store (which will take us past JR Music World. All of which is a normal 5-miler on a Saturday" Don't forget to bring your cameras!... 10721@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Geek Event 2007-05-26T00:00:01-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_holiday_events_parades.php Seating at 1:30 p.m. & 3 p.m. Annual Mother’s Day Tea in the Garden Merchant's House Museum 29 East Fourth Street New York, NY 10003 Tel 212-777-1089 Celebrate this momentous day with a traditional afternoon tea in our 19th-century Garden. Scones served with clotted cream and jam, finger sandwiches, frosted confections, and pots of brewed English tea. Join us for a tour of the Museum following the tea. $50 per couple, members $40. One additional guest per couple $20. Reservations and prepayment required.... 10580@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Holiday Events + Parades 2007-05-13T00:50:03-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php 1PM Walking tour of monuments and mausoleums of Green-Wood Cemetery begins; meet at the Gothic Arch inside the cemetery entrance, off 25th Street and Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn Written In Stone: Tales of Green-Wood with Ruth Edebohls. The monuments and mausoleums of Green-Wood have many fascinating stories to tell and some of the most interesting are not about the famous. Visit the final resting places and hear the stories of the Indian Princess, the girl who died on her 17th birthday, the heart- broken husband who waved good-bye to his wife in the morning never to see her again, the man who built "The Funny Place", an inventor and his dog, and many more. Walk may be hilly and strenuous.... 10486@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2007-05-06T00:55:31-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php 11AM-2PM Expert Guided Tours and Project Demonstrations @ The Bethesda Arcade Central Park Mid-park at 72nd St Yes, it's rainy outside - but this Central Park event is indoors! The Central Park Conservency employed a team of seven conservation technicians who cleaned and repaired by hand 14,000 of the 15,876 Minton tiles inside the building. Until 2PM you can attent guided tours of the arcade to learn more about its purpose, and the beautiful Minton tiles. Plus, Central Park is beautiful in the rainy.... 9962@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2007-03-02T00:42:07-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_everyone.php 1PM Chase Away the Winter Blues @ Brooklyn Botanic Gardens 1000 Washington Avenue Um, Brooklyn 718-623-7200 Free with $5 admission to the gardens Starting to feel a little stir-crazy? Lynne Spevack, licensed clinical psychotherapist and veteran Brooklyn Botanic Garden tour guide, hosts this hour-long outdoor wintertime walk designed to take down the winter blues. Discover the plants and animals that enliven the garden landscape even in the "dead" of winter rain, snow, or shine.... 9597@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Everyone 2007-02-04T00:45:20-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php 1PM The "Official" Gangs of New York Tour @ Southeast corner of Broadway & Chambers St at City Hall Park $15 A tour exploring the legends and lore of Five Points and Herbert Asbury’s 1928 classic The Gangs of New York – the inspiration for Martin Scorsese’s film. Stops include: Paradise Square, “Murderers Alley”, the African Burial Ground, the lost intersection of Five Points, and sites associated with Bill “The Butcher” Poole, William M. Tweed, Master Juba, and the 1857 Police and 1863 Draft Riots.... 9097@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2006-12-26T00:30:17-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php 10PM History, Mystery, Murder, and Money Tour @ Manhattan entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge Southwest corner of Chambers and Centre St /Park Row Free "A fascinating bicycle tour of dazzling and notorious lower Manhattan that includes New York's legendary Five Points (scene of Scorcese's movie Gangs of New York), the world's largest gold vault, and arguably the single most important place in our nation's history."... 8071@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2006-09-16T00:31:19-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php 5:30PM Horticulture Tour of Battery Park @ RSVP for location 212-206-9922 Free Brought to you by Friends of the High Line... 6934@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2006-06-08T00:08:27-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php 11AM History & Design of Union Sqaure @ Meet at the Abe Lincoln Statue Center of park at 16th Street, just south of the Pavilion Free You stayed inside all winter long and now that the weather is nice (knock on wood), it's time to get out and enjoy New York City. First 50 people get discount at Barnes & Noble on design and NYC history books.... 6532@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2006-05-06T00:54:24-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php 2PM Manhattan Murder Mysteries @ Park Central Hotel (meeting place) 7th Ave and 56th St 212-969-8262 Walking tour of the city's crime scences.... 5770@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2006-02-26T00:31:20-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php 2PM Dandies, Dudes, and Shady Ladies @ meet at Astor Place 212-969-8262 $10 If you have nothing to do this afternoon, I would recommend checking out this walking tour. Explore the low life haunts of old NY, saloon culture, and the Bowery boys and girls.... 5518@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2006-02-06T00:49:17-05:00 http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/archives/cat_tours.php 4661@http://whatsupnyc.com/blog/ Tours 2005-11-27T00:00:52-05:00