Events Benefits
Barking Up the Right Tree
This year's edition of the dog and cat adopt-a-thon Broadway Barks!, hosted by Mary Tyler Moore and Bernadette Peters, will take place in Shubert Alley on Saturday, July 12...
Broadway Bears Raise Big Bucks at B.B. King
The 11th annual Broadway Bears auction to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS at The B.B. King Blues Club & Grill...
Bloggers United! After The Jump Fest to Benefit Music Education
In the name of a good cause, the passionate bloggers of New York's indie music scene have put aside any hipper-than-thou attitudes or petty bickering to raise awareness toward the importance of musical education in New York. After The Jump Fest features performances from the hottest NYC indie rock bands, and proceeds will go towards DJ equipment for a Bronx high school...
AfterParty with America's Fav Mom Florence Henderson
LIFEbeat, the Music Industry Fights AIDS offers fans of Florence Henderson a unique opportunity to meet America's favorite mom--Florence Henderson...
New York City Performers Come Together to Raise Money for Hurricane Katrina Victims
In order to help Hurricane Katrina victims, several New York City performers have come together, including writer and performer Staceyann Chin who will headline in "There Has to Be a Way: A Common Ground Cabaret," on June 4, 2007, a cabaret-style benefit ...
Strike!: A Benefit for Visual AIDS May 21
STRIKE!: A Benefit for Visual AIDS will celebrate with a night of bowling, dancing, art, cocktails and alley snacks. Here you can bid on artists' designed bowling pins and dance to the music of DJ Little Jukka aka Nayland Blake and DJ Cur8tr aka Edwin Ramoran...
At The Museums
Museum of the City of New York
Current exhibitions: The Jewish Daily Forward: Embracing an Immigrant Community, through November 25; The Glory Days: New York Baseball 1947-1957, through December 31;New York Rises: Photographs by Eugene de Salignac, through October 28...
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Current Exhibitions: "Richard Prince: Spiritual America" September 28-January 9, 2008; "Solomon's Gift: The Founding Collection of the Guggenheim 1937-1949" April 14-January 9, 2008; "Foto: Modernity in Modern Europe, 1918-1945" October 12-January 13, 2008 ...
The Museum of Modern Art
Current exhibitions: "50 Years of Helvetica" through March 31, 2008; "Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon at 100" through August 27, 2007; "Focus: David Smith" through November 26, 2007; "Present Tense: Photographs by JoAnn Verburg" through November 5, 2007; "Lost Vanguard: Soviet Modernist Architecture, 1922–32, Photographs by Richard Pare" through October 9, 2007; "Lines, Grids, Stains, Words" through October 22, 2007 ...
Museum of the City of New York
Current exhibitions: The Jewish Daily Forward: Embracing an Immigrant Community, through November 25; The Glory Days: New York Baseball 1947-1957, through December 31;Facing Fascism: New York and the Spanish Civil War, through August 12; New York Rises: Photographs by Eugene de Salignac, through October 28...
The Morgan Library & Museum
Current Exhibitions: From Berlin to Broadway: The Ebb Bequest of Modern German and Austrian Drawings, through September 2; Tales and Travels: Drawings Recently Acquired on the Sunny Crawford von Bülow Fund, through September 23; Federico da Montefeltro and His Library, through September 30. ...
The Jewish Museum
Current exhibitions: Landslide: A New Media Installation by Shirley Shor, through August 5; Dateline Israel: New Photography and Video Art, through August 5; The Sculpture of Louise Nevelson: Constructing a Legend, through September 16...
Comedy Events
The Fresh Comedy Show at Comix
The comedy show "Fresh Meat with Catie Lazarus" features comics entertaining with stories, film, and stand-up as well as sharing experiences and first jokes...
Axis of Evil Comedy Tour HIts Gotham CIty
{mos_image}The Axis of Evil Comedy Tour crashes through to NYC for a one night gig at Times Square...
Improv Comedy: Sunny-Side Up and Blackout on Sep. 12
Sunny-Side Up and Blackout! will be performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater on Sep. 12th--they will have you laughing so hard that you'll probably pee on yourself ...
Will Durst Belittles Political Figures On The New World Stages
Political satirist Will Durst bashes the president and his congress in his new show The All-American Sport of Bipartisan Bashing at the New World Stages...
An All-star Comedy Show to Benefit Homeless Pooches
Big-name comics including Dave Attel, Rich Vos and Dean Edwards are only three of funnymen (and women) slated to perform at the benefit comic show "Sit, Stay and Stand-Up," at Comix on June 4th...
"Character Dogville" Takes Farce to Fridays
The Manhattan Comedy Collective's "Character Dogville: A Theatrical Comedy with Improvised Dialogue" mashes up Lars Von Trier's epic sensibilities and Christopher Guest's satire to unveil the on-going story of two imaginary American towns every Friday in June and July...
Dance Events
Pilobolus at the Joyce
Acclaimed for its startling mix of humor and invention, Pilobolus offers three programs of dance at the Joyce Theater through July 26...
Festival Events
New York Guitar Festival, Jan. 12 - Feb 6
The New York Guitar Festival will spread the love of the guitar through out 7 venues with 60 Guitarists and 20 concerts...
Film Events
Japanese Screen Classics in Honor of Mme Kawakita
This summer has been a godsend to Japanese film fans: Film Forum’s tribute to actor Tatsuya Nakadai, Japan Society’s second annual festival of new films, Japan Cuts, and now the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s new series of two dozen classic features ...
The Immortal Alain Robbe-Grillet
Screenwriter-director Alain Robbe-Grillet died in February at age 85. BAMcinematek’s series revisits the heyday of this uncompromising artist, whose films include Last Year at Marienbad, L’immortelle, and La belle captive. The earlier films demonstrate Robbe-Grillet's original notion that plot, characterization, and psychology are not the be-all and end-all of cinema; and all of them display his proficient visual technique, which grew more assured with...
Expos
Photo Plus International Conference Expo Oct. 18-20, 2007
The PhotoPlus International Conference Expo returns to the Jacob Javits center, showcasing the latest innovations in photography...
NYC Events
Memories of "Fame" School Burn Bright
Hundreds of alumni, former faculty, and friends gather to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the School of Performing Arts at its original location on West 46th Street...
Theater Events
2008 Midtown International Theatre Festival
The ninth annual edition of this amazing event offers a sumptuous smorgasbord of 50 shows in seven separate venues, July 14-August 3...
No Tune Like a Show Tune
The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts has delved into its collections for a multi-media tribute to the creators of Tony Award winning musicals...
Broadway Hunks on Parade
The 2008 edition of The Broadway Beauty Pageant, which had its inception last year under the title "Mr. Broadway," will raise the roof at New World Stages on Monday, April 28...
Food Events
The Best of Tastes
On Monday, June 2, the eagerly anticipated annual festival “Taste of Times Square” will offer visitors a chance to sample signature dishes from more than 50 of the area's greatest restaurants...
Winter Restaurant Week, Jan 28 - Feb 1
Dining in the Big Apple can be a pricey venture but for two golden weeks, Winter Restaurant Week gives you bargain-basement prix-fixe lunch and dinner deals across the city...
NYC's Best Street Vendors Go Cart-To-Cart At The Vendy Awards
Some of the best food in the city can be found down at the corner at the friendly neighborhood street vendor. At the 3rd Annual Vendy Awards, five city street vendors have been selected from among hundreds of carts, and one lucky winner will receive the Silver Vendy Cup...
Salud! Chilean Wine Fest: Sep. 18-30
During the second half of September, New Yorkers can participate in Salud!—a Chilean wine festival held at several area restaurants and wine shops, featuring tastings of some of Chile's most-esteemed varieties...
The NY Brewfest hits Pier 17 on Sep. 15
The 2nd Annual NY Brewfest looks to make an even bigger buzz by expanding to include nationwide breweries. Held at Pier 16 & 17 at the South Street Seaport, the event offers hops enthusiasts a chance to indulge in over 300 beers by 90 different breweries, with the majority based in New York state...
India and Pakistan Promote Peace Through Food on Aug. 14
What better way to celebrate and promote the message of peace, harmony and brotherhood between the people of India and Pakistan than with a celebration of food...
Literature
2007 National Book Award Finalist Reading
On Tuesday, November 13th at 7 pm, high class, original literature, the cream of the crop, will be presented at the 2007 National Book Award Finalists Reading ...
"Sopranos" Cast Trades Guns for Pens
Cast members from HBO hit series "The Sopranos" sign copies of "The Sopranos: The Complete Book" at Borders Columbus Circle...
The Palace at 4 a.m.
Artist Jon Kessler will sign copies of his new catalog "The Palace at 4 a.m."...
Wellness Events
Luxury Spas Gives Grand Central a Facelift this Week
Starting October 31st, Grand Central Terminal will be transporting visitors to 50 world-class spas with facials, massages and yoga presentations. Presented by Spa Finder, the four-day event is free and open to the public...
Bollywood Bustout with Rujuta Vaidya
Get ready to workout Bollywood style. Choreographer Rujuta Vaidya will have you dancing and having fun in no time...
July Wellness Events
This month, stay healthy by going to an all-organic cooking class, stay fit with a nature ride via horseback topped off with a kayak trip down the Delaware Water Gap, or, potentially meet the love of your life at NY's largest singles Margarita Party...
An Urban Oasis Lounge in the Midst of Union Square
If you're feeling run down from long hours at the office or are just in need of a long overdue R & R period--then check out UrbanDaddy's "The Lift Lounge" on June 27th where they will turn Union Square's Luna Park Cafe into an urban oasis for New York's fatigued workers...
Summer Solstice in Times Square
The summer solstice is not only the longest day of the year--it officially marks the beginning of the summer season. So to celebrate sun, summer, and creativity, the Times Square Alliance has put together two free outdoor events: "Mind Over Madness Yoga" on June 21st, and "Dancing At The Crossroads" on June 24th...
June Wellness Events
This month restore inner peace through meditation with Tai Chi in Bryant Park, learn to cook refreshing summer desserts and finally quit smoking with hypnosis (hey, you can't knock it until you try it)...
International Events
The Moscow Circus One-Day Showing At The Warsaw
The Moscow Circus is performing "A Russian Folk Fair" this year, based on centuries-old Russian traditions and fables at The Warsaw...
GlobalFest '08 Taking Over Webster Hall
Stamp your passport at the door of Webster Hall for GlobalFEST 2008, now in its fifth year with entertainment from the Dominican Republic to the Sahara Desert in one night...
South Asian International Film Festival
The South Asian International Film Festival returns for its 4th installment, with works from glamorous Bollywood, to somber, self-funded documentaries ...
Cross-Cultural French Fall Arts Festival Runs Sep. 25-Oct. 30
New York's French cultural center, FIAF, kicks off its first annual multidisciplinary fall arts festival with an appearance by promising young actress Isild Le Besco. Entitled Crossing the Line: FIAF Fall Festival, the fest features leading French and American artists from the worlds of theater, dance, music, visual arts and film...
The Tibetan Book Of The Dead at the Asia Society
Witness the creative process at this workshop production of The Tibetan Book Of The Dead at the Asia Society, a highly innovative multimedia experience using spoken text, music, and digital imagery...
Brazilian Day Festival 2007 - Sep. 2
Every year, on the Sunday before Labor Day, over a million green and yellow-clad partygoers descend on Midtown to celebrate Brazil's Independence Day. Fanning out from the area known as Little Brazil, this year's fest has added five more blocks to accomodate the rapidly growing crowds, giving the party a total area of 18 city blocks...
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