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Visit the rainforest of Brazil without leaving the jungle of New York City. Amazônia Brasil has a four-part exhibit that provides insight into the complex Amazon of Brazil. Learn about how climate change is affecting the diverse ecosystem of the rainforest, visit a re-creation of an Amazon village, and meet indigenous artisans and shamans.
Amazônia […]
DUMBO, once a sleepy neighborhood of warehouses on the “other” side of the Manhattan Bridge, has quickly become an art lovers destination. Galleries abound, this small enclave of Brooklyn boasts dozens of art centers, galleries, and studios that display, sell, and create some of the most avant-garde art in the five boroughs.
The first Thursday […]
This Friday night, trade in your usual club-hopping routine for Guggenheim’s Art After Dark. The first Friday evening of each month, the Guggenheim Museum opens its doors at for a evening of DJ music, drinks, and art.
This week, Shepard Fairey will be the guest DJ spinning a mix of old-school, hip hop, rock, and […]
The spring season of the New York City Ballet opens tonight, April 29. The two-month season features programs from one of the finest American-born choreographers, Jerome Robbins.
Jerome Robbins is an Academy Award winning film director (West Side Story) and choreographer whose work has been seen from the stages of Broadway to the halls […]
***For the most recent free concert calendar, check out July’s Good Morning America and Today Summer Concert Series Calendar ***
Add this to your list of “Free Things to Do in New York City.” Summertime means the kick-off of the ever-popular summer concert series hosted by two of the major television network morning shows: ABC’s […]
Here is my short list of notable exhibitions and shows that are ending in May. Be sure you catch these events before they’re gone:
“Jasper Johns, Gray” | Metropolitan Museum of Art The first exhibition to focus on the use of the color gray. Click here for more information. Ends May 4.
“Color Chart: Reinventing Color, […]
The warm, beautiful weather we have had recently in New York has given us the hope that we can put away our big coats and boots. This last week I walked the streets of Soho to see what spring fashion trends I am seeing on the locals on the streets of New York City.
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Originally conceptualized in 1968 as a painting, Robert Indiana’s LOVE WALL, a 12-foot tall sculpture made of Cor-ten steel, is temporarily on exhibit on Park Avenue at 57th Street until May 15th.
For more of Robert Indiana’s art in New York, check out a photo I featured last week of his famous LOVE sculpture.
Photo […]
The 2008 Tribeca Film Festival debuted Wednesday night with the lukewarm reception of Tina Fey and Amy Poehler’s comedy, Baby Mama. This weekend, marking the first full weekend of festivities, more independent, foreign films will make their New York, North American, and World Debuts.
As I sit here in a Tribeca coffee shop, cinemaphiles to […]
Friday, April 25th
Catch and Release Fishing Accompanied by adults, children can borrow the nature center’s poles with unbarbed hooks and bait and try their luck at catching fish on the shores of the Harlem Meer. Charles A. Dana Discovery Center, Central Park, East 110th St at Fifth Avenue. More information at 212-860-1370. 10am - 3pm. […]
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