Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

First Weekend of the New Year 2024 - Some of the Top Things to do this Weekend in All Five Boros of NYC

January 5, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

NYC Weather. Sunrise 7.20 am. Sunset 4.43 pm. The temperature highs will be in the high 30's all weekend. The temperature lows will be around 30 degrees all weekend. The winds will be 5 - 10 mph on Friday and Sunday, rising on Saturday to 15 - 20 mph. The humidity will rise from 45% on Friday, to 70% - 90% on Saturday, falling back a bit to 80% on Sunday. On Saturday, there will be an inch of rain [doubtfully snow in NYC] dropped between 3 pm and 2 am Sunday.

The photo at right was taken on New Years Day, at Coney Island in Brooklyn, as the Polar Bear Club took their annual plunge into the Atlantic Ocean. The weather was in the 40's and, as you can see, it was sunny. I used to think of the event as a bit of insanity, but on this New Years Day, it actually seemed like good fun.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR. THIS IS A POTPOURRI OF VARIOUS EVENTS HAPPENING THIS WEEKEND / NEXT WEEK. WE'LL BE MORE FOCUSED BY NEXT WEEKEND, AS WE'VE BEEN BUSY CLOSING OUT 2023, AND PREPPING FOR 2024.

Things To Do This Weekend in NYC - Mulchfest & NYC Capital Budgeting

Saturday & Sunday, January 6 & 7, 2024 from 10 am - 2 pm. This is the last weekend of Mulchfest. Mulchfest is an NYC Parks Department program to recycle Christmas trees and wreaths by mulching them and then either keeping the mulch to be used in NYC Parks or returning the mulch to the tree donor for them to use in their garden or house plants. The Mulchfest sites in each borough are: Brook Park in the Bronx, Prospect Park in Brooklyn, Tompkins Square Park in Manhattan, Juniper Valley Park in Queens and Cloves Lake Park on Staten Island.

On January 5, 2024 NYC opened funding requests to City Agencies, Nonprofit Organizations, Cultural Institutions, and Public Schools to apply for funding from the 2025 Borough and City Council Capital Budgets. Applications close on February 22, 2024 at 5 pm. For details see - https://www.nyc.gov/site/capitalgrants/index.page

Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC

Post Facto. Friday, January 5, 2024 from 11 am - 12 noon, 47th Annual Three Kings Parade at El Museo del Barrio at 1230 5th Avenue between 104th and 105th Streets. The parade begins at 106th along Park Avenue, ending at 115th Street in Harlem. The parade includes camels, floats and music and is free. Following the parade there will be a performance from 1.30 - 3 pm at El Museo del Barrio. For details see - https://www.elmuseo.org/.

Beginning January 5, 2024 the Metrograph Theater at 7 Ludlow on the Lower East Side began running a series they describe as follows, " ... Jester in the Court: Jean-Pierre Léaud’s Finest Follies, a nine-film series of features from across the actor's career ...". For $17 tickets and details see - https://metrograph.com/events/.

Saturday, January 6, 2024 from 3 - 4 pm, there's an Artists Panel following by an Opening Reception, at Rick Wester Fine Art at 526 West 26th Street, Suite 417 in Manhattan. Rsvp via email at rwfa@rickwesterfineart.com. For details see - https://www.rickwesterfineart.com/.

Thursday, January 11, 2024 beginning at 11 pm, Joe Lovano & Shabaka help kick off Winter Jazzfest at Dizzy's at Jazz at Lincoln Center [aka JALC] at 10 Columbus Circle in Manhattan. There are numerous other events January 10 - 18, 2024 around NYC, including in the outer boroughs. For details see - https://www.winterjazzfest.com.

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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC

The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is holding an Open Call to writers, producers and actors to participate in its Rough Draft Festival. Deadline for submissions is Monday, January 15, 2024. The Rough Draft Festival Reading Series runs from March 13 - 27, 2024. For details see - https://www.lpac.nyc/upcoming-events/rough-draft-festival-2024

Monday, January 8, 2024 from 7 - 9 pm, Healing Through Expressive Movement Workshop at GreenSpace at 37-24 24th Street, Suites 211 & 212, in Long Island City. Free but must rsvp via email at programs@greenspacestudio.org. For details see - https://www.greenspacestudio.org/

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 beginning at 7 pm, Monthly Jazz Jam at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. Admission $10 at https://www.flushingtownhall.org/.

Thursday, January 11, 2024, from 6.30 - 9 pm, there's a closing reception for the 'FORMALITIES' exhibit at Materials for the Arts at their warehouse at 33-00 Northern Blvd in Astoria / LIC. A nude model will be there and there will be a participatory collage program too. Free but must rsvp at https://www.materialsforthearts.org/.

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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC

On January 5, 2024 Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso put out an Open Call to City Agencies, Nonprofit Organizations, Cultural Institutions, and Public Schools to apply for funding from the 2025 Brooklyn Borough Capital Budget. Applications close on February 22, 2024 at 5 pm. For details see - https://www.nyc.gov/site/capitalgrants/index.page

Thursday, January 11, 2024 from 6 to 9 pm, there's hearing on Mayoral Control of NYC Public Schools at the Boys & Girls High School at 1700 Fulton Street in Bedford Stuyvesant in Brooklyn. Additional hearings will be held in the other four boroughs. For more information see - https://www.nysed.gov/new-york-city-mayoral-control-hearings?link_id=2&can_id=26562f26cf0a412536bf2c004ecb6d60&source=email-queens-mayoral-control-hearing-monday-1218&email_referrer=email_2160083&email_subject=brooklyn-mayoral-control-hearing-thursday-111.

The Public comment period on the Voluntary Cleanup in Borough Park at 3706-3710 15th Avenue site ends January 22, 2024. The Talmudical Seminary of Bobov has applied to enroll in the City VCP [Voluntary Cleanup Program]. The 3706-3710 15th Avenue site is located in Borough Park section of Brooklyn, New York and consists of a 11,483 square-foot lot. Currently, the Site is used for vehicle parking and contains a vacant one-story warehouse along 15th Avenue. The proposed future use of the Site will consist of a new four-story building encompassing the entire Site footprint and will include a full cellar. To participate / comment see - https://a002-epic.nyc.gov/app/search/advanced

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The photo at right was taken in Central Park on New Years Eve shortly after the clock struck 12 midnight. In addition to the annual fireworks in the park, there's a 5K midnight run.  Photo credit Michael Wood.

Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC

The Bartow Pell Mansion is holding an Open Call to artists to participate in its March 8 - 31, 2024 Art in Bloom: Contemporary Art Show. Deadline for submissions is February 8, 2024. For details see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/

Wednesday, January 10, 2024 from 6 - 10 pm, there's a Zoom meeting to inform the public about Metro North Expansion Plans for the Bronx between now and 2027. New station stops include Hunts Point, Parkchester/Van Nest, Morris Park, and Co-op City. To register see - https://www.nyc.gov/site/nycengage/events/bronx-metro-north-study-info-session/464738/1.

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Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC

Post Facto. Friday, January 5, 2024 from 5.30 - 8.30 pm, NLM First Fridays w/ New Years Jazz at the National Lighthouse Museum at 200 The Promenade in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island. I believe it was free. For details see - https://lighthousemuseum.org.

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* Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

Martin Luther King Weekend Events, Jazz Fest, Piano Fest, Under the Radar Festival, NYC Restaurant Week All over NYC, Hotel Staycation Discounts & 2:1 Broadway Tickets, KAAGNY Gala & Winter Show in Manhattan; Mountaintop ... His Last Night on Earth at Spectrum Theatre in Jamaica & Family Happiness at the Chocolate Factory in Queens; Crown Hill Theater Jazz Performance & Three Kings Parade in Brooklyn; Freedom Quilters at Wave Hill & Hostos Longwood Art Gallery Opening Reception in the Bronx; Annual Black Leadership Brunch & Mean Girls, Jr on Staten Island ... and more

January 12, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

NYC Weather. Sunrise 7.19 am. Sunset 4.50 pm. The temperature highs will be in the high 40's Friday, the mid 50's Saturday and then falling to about 40 on Sunday. The temperature lows will fall from the mid 40's on Friday, to the mid 30's on Saturday and then to the mid 20's on Sunday. The winds will be 10 - 20 mph on Friday and then 15 - 20 mph the rest of the weekend. The humidity will be 50 - 80% on Friday, descending to 50% - 60% on Saturday, and falling again on Sunday to 40% - 50%. On Friday after 10 pm and before 7 am Saturday, there will be an inch of rainfall.

I Survived the Great TV News Weather Noreaster of 2024

In the photo at right, you can see kids enjoying the snow of last weekend, dropped during the TV News '2024 Noreaster'. We were hit with a full 1/8 inch of snow, that only materialized on the rooftops of cooled down vehicles, and even then remained snow for but a brief moment. I reckon the TV News sensationalist hype and weather fear mongering is good for ratings and revenue, but it does nothing for their credibility. Anyone ever hear of Aesop's Fable about the Boy Who Cried Wolf?

Things To Do This Weekend in NYC - NYC Capital Budgeting

• On January 5, 2024 NYC opened funding requests to City Agencies, Nonprofit Organizations, Cultural Institutions, and Public Schools to apply for funding from the 2025 Borough and City Council Capital Budgets. Applications close on February 22, 2024 at 5 pm. For details see - https://www.nyc.gov/site/capitalgrants/index.page

• January 16 - February 4, 2024 - Next week Restaurant Week begins in NYC. Two course lunches and three course dinners for $30, $45 & %60 at participating restaurants. For details see - https://www.nyctourism.com/restaurant-week/

• January 3 - February 4, 2024 - Hotel rooms on sale - 24% discounts at participating NYC hotels. For details see - https://www.nyctourism.com/nyc-hotel-week/

• And 2:1 Broadway Tickets for many shows at particpating theaters. For details see - https://www.nyctourism.com/broadway-week/

Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC

• Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, January 12, 13 & 14, 2024 beginning at 8 pm except Sunday which begins at 2 pm - Jazz at the Joyce. The Joyce Theatre has just begun its Winter Jazz Festival. On Friday & Saturday there are modern dance performances by the Dallas Black Dance Theatre Company, and on Thursday and Sunday the performances are by Soles of Duende. It's all part of the larger January Arts Festival which runs through most of this month of January 2024. For details see - https://www.janartsnyc.org/

• All weekend there are jazz performances at the Birdland Theater at 315 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan. Tickets are $26 and $36 at https://birdlandjazz.com.

• Thursday, January 11 - 18, 2024 - Winter Jazzfest - beginning at various times at various locales in Manhattan and Brooklyn. There are numerous other events January 10 - 18, 2024 around NYC, including in the outer boroughs. For details see - https://www.winterjazzfest.com.

• January 5 - 21, 2024 - Under the Radar Festival beginning at various times and at various locales including Lincoln Center in Manhattan and BRIC Arts Media in Brooklyn. For details, shows and tickets see - https://utrfest.org/ And https://lincolncenter.org/series/lincoln-center-presents/s/Under%20the%20Radar

• January 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2024 - Martin Luther King Day Weekend - Things to do MLK / Martin Luther King Day Weekend in Manhattan NYC or scroll down.

• Saturday, January 13, 2024 beginning at 6.20 pm - Neville Dance Theatre - Free performance at Ailey CitiGroup Theatre at 405 West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan. For details and tickets see - https://www.nevilledance.org/

• Saturday, January 13, 2024 beginning at 6.30 pm - KAAGNY Gala - at the Zeigfield Ballroom at 141 West 54th Street in Manhattan. KAAGNY is the Korean American Association of Greater New York. For details and $500 [& up] tickets see - https://www.kaagny.org

• January 19 - 28, 2024 begins daily at 12 noon - The Winter Show - at the Park Avenue Armory at 643 Park Avenue in Manhattan. For details and $40 tickets see - https://www.thewintershow.org

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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC

• January 11 - 14, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - Juliana F. May / Family Happiness - at the Chocolate Factory Theater at 38-33 24th Street in Long Island City. For details and $10 - $275 tickets see - https://chocolatefactorytheater.org.

• Friday, Saturday, Sunday & Monday, January 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2024 beginning at 7 pm on Friday & Monday, at 2 pm & 7 pm on Saturday and at 4 pm on Sunday - MountainTop ... His Last Night on Earth. An original screen play about Dr. Martin Luther King's last night on earth. At the Black Spectrum Theatre Company at 177-01 177th Street and Baisley Blvd in Jamaica Queens. Admission $35 at https://www.blackspectrum.net.

• On Monday, January 15, 2024 from 9 am - 3 pm there's an all day Drop Off Kids Day MLK Day event at the Queens Botanical Garden at 43-50 Main Street in Flushing. It's designed to accommodate kids - Pre K thru Grade 5 - being dropped off for the day. https://www.queensbuzz.com/MemberEventsCalendarQueensNYC

• Deadline for submissions is Monday, January 15, 2024. The LaGuardia Performing Arts Center is holding an Open Call to writers, producers and actors to participate in its Rough Draft Festival. The Rough Draft Festival Reading Series runs from March 13 - 27, 2024. For details see - https://www.lpac.nyc/upcoming-events/rough-draft-festival-2024
  • Tuesday, January 16, 2024 from 11 am to 4 pm - Open Call to Perform in Working - A Musical.
  For details see - https://www.lpac.nyc/upcoming-events/working-open-call

• January 19, 2024 beginning at 12 noon - Louis Armstrong House Archive Tour. At the Louis Armstrong House at 34-56 107th Street in Corona Queens. Free w/ donation. For details and tickets see - https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org.
  • February 10, 2024 - Jean & Marcus Baylor Listening Event at the Louis Armstrong House. Tickets are $29.

• January 19, 20 & 21, 2024 - Modern Dance Performances at GreenSpace at 37-24 24th Street, Suites 211 & 212, in Long Island City. For details see - https://www.greenspacestudio.org/

• January 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2024 - Martin Luther King Day Weekend - Things to do MLK / Martin Luther King Day Weekend in Queens NYC or scroll down.

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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC

• Sunday, January 14, 2024 beginning at 8 pm - A Night at the East at the Crown Hill Theatre at 750 Nostrand Avenue in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn. They describe the event as follows, " ... We celebrate the East with a special one-off tribute show dedicated to the landmark Black cultural arts center. A one-of-a-kind venue and meeting place for Black people along Claver Place in Bed-Stuy from 1969 through the 1980s, it was the site of many landmark performances from Max Roach, Sun Ra, Betty Carter, Pharoah Sanders and other jazz legends. Gathering tonight will be an all-star lineup including direct East participants Billy Hart and Gary Bartz alongside Shabaka , Moor Mother, Julius Rodriguez, Luke Stewart, Nicole Mitchell, Elucid, Kweku Sumbry and Charles Burnham. They will reimagine a night at the East, using the center's rich history as a springboard to something new. Curated By Marcus J. Moore and Brice Rosenbloom ...". Tickets are $55 / $65 at https://www.winterjazzfest.com

• January 14, 2024 beginning at 3 pm - Three Kings Parade in Brooklyn. The parade begins at Meeker Avenue, travels along Graham Avenue to Flushing Avenue and Broadway in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn. Gifts will be given to children for as long as supplies last. For details see - FB - https://www.facebook.com/ThreeKingsDayParade/

• Thursday, January 11 - 18, 2024 - Winter Jazzfest - beginning at various times at various locales in Manhattan and Brooklyn. There are numerous other events January 10 - 18, 2024 around NYC, including in the outer boroughs. For details see - https://www.winterjazzfest.com.

• January 5 - 21, 2024 - Under the Radar Festival beginning at various times and at various locales in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

• January 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2024 - Martin Luther King Day Weekend - Things to do MLK / Martin Luther King Day Weekend in Brooklyn NYC or scroll down.

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The photo at right was taken in Central Park on New Years Eve shortly after the clock struck 12 midnight. In addition to the annual fireworks in the park, there's a 5K midnight run.

Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC

• Saturday January 13, 2024 from 10 am - 1 pm there's a workshop entitled Freedom Quilters of Gee's Bend at Wave Hill at 4900 Independence Avenue in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. The event is described as follows, " ... In 1966, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited the Gee’s Bend Community in rural Alabama and the Freedom Quilting Bee was established. The bold patterns and bright colors of these now-famous quilts made from fabric scraps would later go on to fund aspects of the community’s freedom. Create your own fabric collage to honor Dr. King’s birthday and the inspiring women quilters of Gee’s Bend ...". There's also an 11.30 am storytime performance in the Gund Theater. It's Free w/ admission to the grounds which costs $10 / $6 / $4. For details see - https://www.wavehill.org/.

• The Bartow Pell Mansion is holding an Open Call to artists to participate in its March 8 - 31, 2024 Art in Bloom: Contemporary Art Show. Deadline for submissions is February 8, 2024. For details see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/

• January 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2024 - Martin Luther King Day Weekend - Things to do MLK / Martin Luther King Day Weekend in the Bronx NYC or scroll down.

• Wednesday, January 17, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm - Opening Reception for Against the Grain: The Stories We Tell Ourselves at Hostos College Longwood Art Gallery at 450 Grand Concourse [C - 190] in the Bronx. Open Tuesdays - Fridays from 12 noon - 6 pm.
  • On Tuesday, February 6, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm there's another related public program and on Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm there's a closing reception. For details see https://www.bronxarts.org/programs/connector/longwood-art-project/longwood-art-gallery

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Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC

• Saturday, January 13, 2024 beginning at 2 pm and 7 pm - Mean Girls, Jr - at St. Joseph by the Sea High School at 5150 Hylan Blvd on Staten Island. For details and $20 tickets see - https://spotlighttheatresi.org.

• Monday, January 15, 2024 from 10.30 am to 1 pm - 1st Annual Black Leadership Brunch. A gathering of community leaders of African descent, including clergy, to break bread and discuss how to empower African American communities on Staten Island. At the Pavilion on the Terrace at 404 Richmond Terrace on Staten Island. Organized by Staten Island Black Heritage group. For details about the organizer see - https://siblackheritageday.com and for $38 brunch tickets see - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/1st-annual-mlk-day-leadership-brunch-tickets-785468476357

• January 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2024 - Martin Luther King Day Weekend - Things to do MLK / Martin Luther King Day Weekend on Staten Island NYC or scroll down.

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* Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

Under the Radar Festival, NYC Restaurant Week, Hotel Week and 2:1 Broadway Tickets til Feb 4th, Winter Show, Jewish Film Fest, Women in the Heights Open Call & Chevalier in Manhattan; Blarney Concert in LIC, Opening Reception Parables of Unknown, Modern Dance, 8 Asinine Women at Thalia, Watercolors at the Botanic Garden, Before the Drugs Kick in at Court Square Theater in Queens; Glide under the Brooklyn Bridge & Under the Radar Festival in Brooklyn; Against the Grain Art Exhibit at Hostos Longwood Art Gallery & BxArtsFactory & Bartow Pell Mansion Open Calls in the Bronx; Radio Plays and North / South Pole Adventures on Staten Island and & Education Advocacy Day & NY Boat Show Next Week

January 19, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

NYC Weather. Sunrise 7.16 am. Sunset 4.57 pm. The temperature highs will be

In the photo at right, a neighborhood New Yorker was out enjoying the snow that fell earlier in the week. He told me he was chilled to the bone. I suggested he dress more warmly to ward off the cold. More snow is expected Friday, but the amount of estimated snowfall keeps shrinking. As of this post it's under two inches.

Things To Do This Weekend - Capital Budgeting, Restaurant Weeks, Hotel Weeks, Broadway Twofers & Free Bus Rides for Education Advocacy Day in Albany Next Tuesday

• On January 5, 2024 NYC opened funding requests to City Agencies, Nonprofit Organizations, Cultural Institutions, and Public Schools to apply for funding from the 2025 Borough and City Council Capital Budgets. Applications close on February 22, 2024 at 5 pm. For details see - https://www.nyc.gov/site/capitalgrants/index.page

• January 16 - February 4, 2024 - Next week Restaurant Week begins in NYC. Two course lunches and three course dinners for $30, $45 & %60 at participating restaurants. For details see - https://www.nyctourism.com/restaurant-week/

• January 3 - February 4, 2024 - Hotel rooms on sale - 24% discounts at participating NYC hotels. For details see - https://www.nyctourism.com/nyc-hotel-week/

• Ending February 4, 2024 - 2:1 Broadway Tickets for many shows at participating theaters. For details see - https://www.nyctourism.com/broadway-week/

• Tuesday, January 23, 2024 departing at 6.30 am from Shirley A. Chisholm State Office Building at 55 Hanson Place in Brooklyn. Education Advocacy Day in Albany. Organized by the Alliance for Quality Educaiton in NY. For details and to rsvp a spot on the bus, see - https://www.aqeny.org.

Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC

• Friday - Sunday, January 19 - 28, 2024 begins daily at 12 noon - The Winter Show - at the Park Avenue Armory at 643 Park Avenue in Manhattan. For details and $40 tickets see - https://www.thewintershow.org

• Wednesday - Wednesday, January 10 to 24, 2024, times vary - Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center in the Walter Reade Theater at 165 West 65th Street on the UWS. For details and $18 / $15 / $10 / $8 tickets see - https://www.filmlinc.org.

• Friday - Sunday, January 5 - 21, 2024 - Under the Radar Festival beginning at various times and at various locales in Manhattan and Brooklyn. For details, shows and tickets see - https://utrfest.org/

• Wednesday - Sunday, January 24 - 28, 2024 from 12 noon to 8 pm except Saturday & Sunday opens at 10 am and Sunday closes at 6 pm - NY Boat Show at the Javits Center at 655 West 11th Street in Midtown Manhattan. Tickets $18 / $65 for opening night gala at https://www.nyboatshow.com

• Sunday, January 21, 2024 beginning at 4 pm - The Chevalier w/ the Harlem Chamber Players at the United Palace 4140 Broadway at 175th Street in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. For details and $25 / $50 / $200 tickets [latter includes artists reception], see - https://www.unitedpalace.org.

• Until Monday, February 5, 2024 - Open Call for Women in the Heights: Dress exhibition by the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance [aka NoMAA] at the United Palace at 175th Street and Broadway in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. The event is described as follows, " ... NoMAA invites artists to submit works that explore the many aspects of the subject of“Dress.” ... NoMAA invites artists to approach all aspects of the subject, from the societal to the personal, from the individual to the collective, and from the literal to the poetic. Open to self-identified women artists working or residing in El Barrio, Inwood, Washington Heights or Harlem. Deadline to apply is Monday, February 5th ...". For details see - FB https://www.facebook.com/UnitedPalaceNYC/ - or https://www.unitedpalace.org

• Weekdays only until 2/17/24, January 12 - March 2, 2024 times vary but generally in the range of 11 am / 1 pm to 4 pm / 6 pm - Ice Bumper Cars in Bryant Park. between 5th & 6th Avenues and between 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets and to rsvp see - https://bryantpark.org.

In the photo at right, you can see a photo taken of some old books at the Winter Antiques Show at the Park Avenue Armory. They renamed the event, the Winter Show, which now shows art, design and collectibles dating from the present back 5,000 plus years to antiquity.

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• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Manhattan Buzz NYC. Broadcast media seem to provide very little real / hard news, which focuses on what's happening in local and state governments. Most half hours of TV & radio broadcasts include weather [5 mins], sports [4 mins], and the rest [10 mins] is generally spent promoting their [TV] celebrities & shows by featuring stories about them, and hyping sensational accidents & crime video - much of which appear regurgitations of social media. The remaining 11 minutes are for ads. Democracy only works if the electorate is involved and informed. One of the reasons our system is cracking, is because traditional media has become deficient in its job of informing, and people have not yet sufficiently changed their media consumption habits to make up the difference. The information is out there, it's just not where it used to be.

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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC

• Friday, January 19, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - First Blarney Concert of 2024 featuring Jerry O'Sullivan and Michelle Bergin at the NY Irish Center at 10-40 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City in Queens. The performers are described as follows, " ... Jerry O'Sullivan, America's finst home-grown uilleann piper, will celebrate the release of his latest recording, Ón Tuath / From the Country,with a concert at the New York Irish Center on Friday, January 19, 2024. Jerry will be joined by pianist and fiddler Michelle Bergin, a leading New York traditional musician and music teacher in her own right ...". For details and $23 tickets see - https://www.newyorkirishcenter.org.

• Friday, January 19, 2024 beginning at 6 pm - Opening Reception for Parables of the Unknown: The Art of Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Horror at the Jamaica Center for Learning at 161-04 Jamaica Avenue in Queens. Free - but for details and to rsvp see - https://jcal.org.

• Friday, January 19, 2024 beginning at 12 noon - Louis Armstrong House Archive Tour. At the Louis Armstrong House at 34-56 107th Street in Corona Queens. Free w/ donation. For details and tickets see - https://www.louisarmstronghouse.org.
  • Saturday, February 10, 2024 - Jean & Marcus Baylor Listening Event at the Louis Armstrong House. Tickets are $29.

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday, January 19, 20 & 21, 2024 at 8 pm, 8 pm and 4 pm respectively - Eight Asinine Women at Thalia Spanish Theater at 41-17 Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside. It's comedy and the press release was in Spanish, so it's unclear whether there are any English performances. For details and $30 tickets see - https://thaliatheatre.org.

• Friday, Saturday & Sunday, January 19, 20 & 21, 2024 - Modern Dance Performances at GreenSpace at 37-24 24th Street, Suites 211 & 212, in Long Island City. For details see - https://www.greenspacestudio.org/

In the photo at right, one can see that the snow that fell earlier in the week, didn't stick to the pavement.

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MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS - See the Queens Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function has been fixed by providing this link - Queens Buzz New Member Sign Up. See the calendar for details on weekend performances of Before the Drugs Kick in at Court Square Theater in LIC and an 11 am Saturday 1/20 Watercolor Workshop at the Queens Botanical Garden.

Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC

• Daily, January, February, ending March 1, 2024 from 12 noon to 9 pm - Glide in Brooklyn Bridge Park [in the Emily Warren Roebling Plaza] at 334 Furman Street. Ice skating underneath the Brooklyn Bridge along the East River. For details and $0 - $43 tickets see - https://glidebk.com.
  • Friday, January 19, 2024 - Ice Queens Night.

• January 5 - 21, 2024 - Under the Radar Festival beginning at various times and at various locales in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

In the photo at right, the snow that fell earlier in the week did stick to the sidewalks. After melting some the next day, the walks became icy, making it a bit treacherous to move around, because of the clear and dark ice. It's a seasonal hazard.

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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC

• Ending [Deadline for submissions is] Monday, January 22, 2024. The Bx Arts Factory has put out an Open Call for Resident Artists beginning in February 2024 and May 2024. They describe the position as follows, " ... three-month residency that will include facilitating community events, once a month, and displaying a culminating sample of work in a month-long exhibition ...". For details see - FB https://www.facebook.com/BxArtsFactory1.

• Ending [Deadline for submissions is] February 8, 2024. The Bartow Pell Mansion is holding an Open Call to artists to participate in its March 8 - 31, 2024 Art in Bloom: Contemporary Art Show. For details see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/

• Tuesdays - Fridays, January 2024 from 12 noon - 6 pm - Against the Grain: The Stories We Tell Ourselves at Hostos College Longwood Art Gallery at 450 Grand Concourse [C - 190] in the Bronx.
  • Tuesday, February 6, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm there's another related public program.
  • Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm there's a closing reception. For details see https://www.bronxarts.org/programs/connector/longwood-art-project/longwood-art-gallery

• NEXT WEEK _ Sunday, January 28, 2024 beginning at 4 pm - Three Kings Day Cultural Celebration. At the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community Center at 1000 Rosedale Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx. They describe the event as follows, " ... [The] event will feature culturally diverse memorabilia, handmade crafts, and other items all related to Puerto Rico from sweets and spices to apparel. Moreover, the first 20 guests to register will get to participate in our Paint and Praise portion of the event in which they will paint the iconic "three kings" on a canvas with guided instruction ...". Free. Sold out? Organized by the Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade, Inc. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/bxprparade/

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• Click here to read recent OpEds and Editorials on Bronx Buzz. Broadcast media seem to provide very little real / hard news, which focuses on what's happening in local and state governments. Most half hours of TV & radio broadcast weather [5 mins], sports [4 mins], and the rest [10 mins] is generally spent promoting their [TV] celebrities & shows by featuring stories about them, and hyping sensational accidents & crime video - much of which appear regurgitations of social media. The remaining 11 minutes are for ads. Democracy only works if the electorate is involved and informed. One of the reasons our system is cracking, is because traditional media has become deficient in its job of informing, and people have not yet sufficiently changed their media consumption habits to make up the difference. The information is out there, it's just not where it used to be.

MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. See the Bronx Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function has been fixed by providing this link - Bronx Buzz New Member Sign Up. There's a Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association Meeting on January 9th.

Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC

• Saturday, Monday & Saturday, January 13, 22 & 27, 2024 beginning at 8 pm - 3 Different Original Radio Plays - a collaboration of Sundog Theatre and Maker Park Radio. Free. Tune in at https://makerparkradio.nyc and for program details see - https://sundogtheatre.org.

• Rescheduled from 1/21/24 to Sunday, January 28, 2024 beginning at 2 pm - North and South Pole Adventures with Dr. Baker at the National Lighthouse Museum at 200 The Promenade in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island. They describe the event as follows, "... Dr. William Baker is an author, filmmaker, professor, and long-time media executive. He is a seven times Emmy Award winning producer, twenty year president of the PBS flagship station, WNET in New York ... He’s believed to be the eighth person to stand on the North and South Poles ...". For details and $10 / $5 tickets see - https://lighthousemuseum.org.

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Have a nice weekend.

Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros

NYC Restaurant Week, Hotel Week and 2:1 Broadway Tickets - ALL until Feb 4th, NY Boat Show, Winter Show ends Sunday, Women in the Heights Open Call & Ice Bumper Cars in Manhattan; Ana en El Tropico at Thalia Spanish Theatre, Networking the Chinese New Year, Before the Drugs Kick in at Court Square Theater & Nai Ni Chen Dance in Queens; Glide under the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn; 3 Kings Celebration, Art Exhibit at Hostos & Bartow Pell Mansion Open Call in the Bronx; Sundog & Maker Park Radio Play, Lunar New Year at SI Zoo & Arctic Pole Adventures on Staten Island

January 26, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.

NYC Weather as of 1.26.24. Sunrise 7.11 am. Sunset 5.06 pm. The temperature highs will be in the high 40's on Friday & Saturday, descending to the low 40's on Sunday. The temperature lows will be around 40 all weekend. The winds will be 5 - 10 mph on Friday and Saturday, rising to 15 mph on Sunday. The humidity will be in the 80's all weekend. There's a 75% chance of rain all day Sunday, dropping an estimated 0.6 inch. Note that of late, likely due to climate change, oftentimes the amount of rain forecast diminishes, sometimes just evaporating into nothing.

The photo at right was taken at the NY Boat Show at the Javits Center in a prior year. The show returns through this weekend. See details below.

Things To Do This Weekend - Capital Budgeting, Restaurant Weeks, Hotel Weeks, Broadway Twofers

On January 5, 2024 NYC opened funding requests to City Agencies, Nonprofit Organizations, Cultural Institutions, and Public Schools to apply for funding from the 2025 Borough and City Council Capital Budgets. Applications close on February 22, 2024 at 5 pm. For details see - https://www.nyc.gov/site/capitalgrants/index.page

January 16 - February 4, 2024 - Next week Restaurant Week begins in NYC. Two course lunches and three course dinners for $30, $45 & %60 at participating restaurants. For details see - https://www.nyctourism.com/restaurant-week/

January 3 - February 4, 2024 - Hotel rooms on sale - 24% discounts at participating NYC hotels. For details see - https://www.nyctourism.com/nyc-hotel-week/

Ending February 4, 2024 - 2:1 Broadway Tickets for many shows at participating theaters. For details see - https://www.nyctourism.com/broadway-week/

Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC

Friday - Sunday, January 19 - 28, 2024 begins daily at 12 noon - The Winter Show - at the Park Avenue Armory at 643 Park Avenue in Manhattan. For details and $40 tickets see - https://www.thewintershow.org

Wednesday - Sunday, January 24 - 28, 2024 from 12 noon to 8 pm except Saturday & Sunday opens at 10 am and Sunday closes at 6 pm - NY Boat Show at the Javits Center at 655 West 11th Street in Midtown Manhattan. Tickets $18 / $65 for opening night gala at https://www.nyboatshow.com

Monday, January 29, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - El Barrio Lives at the United Palace at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights. A performance by the Classical Theatre of Harlem. Free. SOLD OUT. For details and tickets see - https://www.unitedpalace.org.

Until Monday, February 5, 2024 - Open Call for Women in the Heights: Dress exhibition by the Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance [aka NoMAA] at the United Palace at 175th Street and Broadway in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan. The event is described as follows, " ... NoMAA invites artists to submit works that explore the many aspects of the subject of“Dress.” ... NoMAA invites artists to approach all aspects of the subject, from the societal to the personal, from the individual to the collective, and from the literal to the poetic. Open to self-identified women artists working or residing in El Barrio, Inwood, Washington Heights or Harlem. Deadline to apply is Monday, February 5th ...". For details see - FB https://www.facebook.com/UnitedPalaceNYC/ - or https://www.unitedpalace.org

January 12 - March 2, 2024 [weekdays only until 2/17/24] times vary but generally in the range of 11 am or 1 pm to 4 pm or 6 pm - Ice Bumper Cars in Bryant Park. between 5th & 6th Avenues and between 40th and 42nd Streets in Midtown Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets and to rsvp see - https://bryantpark.org.

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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC

Saturday & Sunday, January 27 & 28, 2024 beginning at 3 pm on both days and also at 7 pm on Saturday - Nai Ni Chen Dance Company at the Kupferberg Center. For details and tickets see - https://kupferbergcenter.org

Saturday & Sunday, January 27 & 28, 2024 beginning at 8 pm and 4 pm respectively - Ana en El Tropico at Thalia Spanish Theater at 41-17 Greenpoint Avenue in Sunnyside. It's comedy and the press release was in Spanish, so it's unclear whether there are any English performances. For details and $30 tickets see - https://thaliatheatre.org.

Friday, Saturday & Sunday, January 26, 27 & 28, 2024 beginning at 7 pm and at 4 pm on Sunday - Before the Drugs Kick in - at Court Square Theater - see the Queens Member Events Calendar for details. Tickets $15 / $25.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 from 5 to 7 pm - Networking Night & the Chinese New Year - at Red Sorgum at 28-03 Jackson Avenue in Long Island City. The evening includes light bites and drinks. For details and $20 / $40 tickets see - https://www.longislandcityqueens.com/events/calendar/licp-networking-night-red-sorghum/

The photo at right was taken earlier this week at a City Planning meeting about the colossal real estate development project at Flushing Meadows Corona Park. We'll have a report on this sometime within the next week or so.

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MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS - See the Queens Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function has been fixed by providing this link - Queens Buzz New Member Sign Up. See the calendar for details on weekend performances of Before the Drugs Kick in at Court Square Theater in LIC and an 11 am Saturday 1/20 Watercolor Workshop at the Queens Botanical Garden.

Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC

Daily, January, February, ending March 1, 2024 from 12 noon to 9 pm - Glide in Brooklyn Bridge Park [in the Emily Warren Roebling Plaza] at 334 Furman Street. Ice skating underneath the Brooklyn Bridge along the East River. For details and $0 - $43 tickets see - https://glidebk.com.

The photo at right was taken at the Mayor's State of the City Address at Hostos College in the Bronx. We'll have more on that event and what the Mayor said next week.

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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC

Sunday, January 28, 2024 beginning at 4 pm - Three Kings Day Cultural Celebration. At the Justice Sonia Sotomayor Community Center at 1000 Rosedale Avenue in the Soundview neighborhood of the Bronx. They describe the event as follows, " ... [The] event will feature culturally diverse memorabilia, handmade crafts, and other items all related to Puerto Rico from sweets and spices to apparel. Moreover, the first 20 guests to register will get to participate in our Paint and Praise portion of the event in which they will paint the iconic "three kings" on a canvas with guided instruction ...". Free. Sold out? Organized by the Bronx Puerto Rican Day Parade, Inc. For details see - https://www.facebook.com/bxprparade/

Ending [Deadline for submissions is] February 8, 2024. The Bartow Pell Mansion is holding an Open Call to artists to participate in its March 8 - 31, 2024 Art in Bloom: Contemporary Art Show. For details see - https://www.bartowpellmansionmuseum.org/

Tuesdays - Fridays, January 2024 from 12 noon - 6 pm - Against the Grain: The Stories We Tell Ourselves at Hostos College Longwood Art Gallery at 450 Grand Concourse [C - 190] in the Bronx. Tuesday, February 6, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm there's a public program related to the exhibit. Wednesday, February 21, 2024 from 6 to 8 pm there's a closing reception. For details see https://www.bronxarts.org/programs/connector/longwood-art-project/longwood-art-gallery

The photo above right shows the Afro-Latin Jazz Ensemble which was the 'warm up band' prior to the Mayor's State of the City Address at Hostos College earlier this week.

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MEMBER CALENDAR EVENTS. See the Bronx Member Events Calendar for free posts made by arts, cultural and community groups. The new member sign up function has been fixed by providing this link - Bronx Buzz New Member Sign Up. There's a Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association Meeting on January 9th.

Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC

Saturday, January 27, 2024 beginning at 8 pm - Original Radio Play - a collaboration of Sundog Theatre and Maker Park Radio. Free. Tune in at https://makerparkradio.nyc and for program details see - https://sundogtheatre.org.

Sunday, January 28, 2024 from 11 am to 2 pm - Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration at the Staten Island Zoo at 705 Clove Road in West Brighton on Staten Island. For details and $10 / $7 / $6 tickets see - http://www.statenislandzoo.org

Rescheduled from 1/21/24 to Sunday, January 28, 2024 beginning at 2 pm - North and South Pole Adventures with Dr. Baker at the National Lighthouse Museum at 200 The Promenade in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island. They describe the event as follows, "... Dr. William Baker is an author, filmmaker, professor, and long-time media executive. He is a seven times Emmy Award winning producer, twenty year president of the PBS flagship station, WNET in New York ... He’s believed to be the eighth person to stand on the North and South Poles ...". For details and $10 / $5 tickets see - https://lighthousemuseum.org.

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