Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Black History Month Begins, Valentines Day Weekend a Week Away, NYC Restaurant Week, Hotel Week and 2:1 Broadway Tickets - ALL end Sunday, Women in the Heights Open Call ends Monday & Ice Bumper Cars in Manhattan; the Flushing Chinese New Year Parade next Saturday in Queens; Glide under the Brooklyn Bridge in Brooklyn; Bartow Pell Mansion Open Call ends Thursday 2/8 & Art Exhibit Event at Hostos in the Bronx Next Week; a Tavern Concert at Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island
February 2, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather as of 2.2.24. Sunrise 7.04 am. Sunset 5.14 pm. The temperature highs will be in the low to mid 40's and the temperature lows will be in the low 30's. Winds will range from 7 - 12 mph all weekend. The humidity will be 70% - 80% on Friday and then fall to 50% - 60% for the rest of the weekend. It's expected to be sunny without any precipitation in the forecast. This seems to be an awfully good weekend weather report for this time of year.
The photo at right shows Trinity Church cemetery in Downtown Manhattan last week, near where the Department of City Planning held two super important meetings. One was about a new real estate development on Flushing Meadows Corona parkland in Queens. The second was about the City of Yes Text Amendments which will completely change the limits on development in NYC. Democracies only work if the citizenry pays attention and participates. As Jefferson is quoted as saying [said something similar but it was a Vermont journalist who coined the phrase], "... Eternal vigilance is the price of liberty ...".
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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
Saturday, February 3, 2024 from 12 noon to 5 pm - Governors Island Ice Sculpture Show. On Governors Island which you may reach via a ferry from Manhattan next to the Staten Island Ferry, or ferries running from Brooklyn Bridge Park Pier 6 or from Red Hook / Atlantic Basin in Brooklyn. For details see - For details and tickets see - https://www.govisland.com.
Saturday, February 3, 2024 from 6 to 9.30 pm - New York City Wine Fest - at the Chelsea Industrial event space at 531 - 555 West 28th Street in Chelsea Manhattan. For details and tickets see - https://winefestnewyork.com.
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
Thursday, February 8, 2024 beginning at 6.30 pm - New York on Film: The Last Days of Disco at the Museum of the City of New York at 1220 5th Avenue at 104th Street on the UES of Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets see - https://www.mcny.org. Also worth seeing in This is New York which runs until July 21, 2024.
Beginning Thursday, February 8 - March 3, 2024 starting at various times ranging from 2 pm to 8.30 pm - the Winter One Act Festival at the Chain Theatre at 312 West 36th Street on floors 3 & 4. For details and $22 tickets see - https://www.chaintheatre.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, January 27 - Sunday, February 18, 2024 from 12 noon to 5 pm daily - Lunar New Year Exhibition entitled Remember at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. Free. The exhibit opened with a reception on January 27th, 2024.
The photo at right was taken last week at a City Planning meeting about the colossal real estate development project for Flushing Meadows Corona Park, moving rapidly through the halls of NYC government. The development may overburden infrastructure already running near capacity, like the #7 subway line. It has been proposed that a third stadium [for soccer] be built on the parkland.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Saturday, February 3, 2024 beginning at 12.30 pm - An Interborough Day of Action in Highland Park at Elton Street and Jamaica Avenue in Brooklyn & Queens. The rally is to stop the practice of home flipping. Organized by CypressHills.org, Chhaya, East New York Community Land Trust, East New York Community Coalition, and the Pratt Center for Community Development.
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.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
Sunday, February 4, 2024 from 10 am to 1 pm - Looking into the Science of George Washington Carver at Wave Hill at 4900 Independence Avenue in the Riverdale neighborhood of the Bronx. This is a Black History event, as George Washington Carver was an African American Agricultural scientist credited with being one of the first to urge farmers to rotate crops so they wouldn't deplete the soil. Free w/ admission to the grounds. For details and rsvp see -
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 at right shows the Metro North train returning to Manhattan in the South Bronx near Hostos Community College. Later this month there's a meeting with the new Bronx Transit Commissioner - see Member Calendar link below.
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Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Saturday, February 3, 2024 beginning at 6 pm and 8 pm - Linda Russell live in a Tavern Concert at Historic Richmond Town at 441 Clarke Avenue on Staten Island. Admission $20. For details see - https://www.historicrichmondtown.org.
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Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Black History Month, Valentines Day Weekend, Winter One Act Fest, Chinese New Year Firecracker Event, Film & Exhibit about NYC, Ice Bumper Cars in Manhattan; the Flushing Chinese New Year Parade & Related Exhibit in Queens; the Brooklyn Chinese American Lunar New Year Parade & Glide Skating under the Bridge in Brooklyn; Closing Reception at Hostos in the Bronx Two Weeks Away; ? a Tavern Concert at Historic Richmond Town on Staten Island ... and oh, i almost forgot about the Taylor Swift, Travis Kelce, Kansas City Chiefs, SuperBowl Weekend
February 9, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather as of 2.10.24. Sunrise 6.57 am. Sunset 5.24 pm. The high temperature will be around 50 on Friday, near 60 on Saturday and back to around 50 on Sunday. The low temperatures will be in the low 40's on Friday, rising to the mid 40's on Saturday, before descending to the mid 30's on Sunday. The humidity will be around 70% or so on Friday and Saturday, dropping to 50% - 60% on Sunday. The winds will be around 5 mph all weekend. No precipitation is expected until Monday evening.
The photo at right shows some of the Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations going on in Chinatown in Manhattan in a prior year. The celebrations begin this Saturday.
Things To Do This Weekend - 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
Be sure to use the Valentines Day links if you're interested in dining and / or some Valentines Day related activities.
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
- Saturday, February 10, 2024 from 11 am to 3.30 pm - Chinese New Year Celebration Firecrackers at Sara D. Roosevelt Park at Grand Street. Free. For details see - https://betterchinatown.com.
- This is New York [Film] runs until July 21, 2024 at the Museum of the City of New York at 1220 5th Avenue at 104th Street on the UES of Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets see - https://www.mcny.org.
- Beginning Thursday, February 8 - March 3, 2024 starting at various times ranging from 2 pm to 8.30 pm - the Winter One Act Festival at the Chain Theatre at 312 West 36th Street on floors 3 & 4. For details and $22 tickets see - https://www.chaintheatre.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
The photo at right shows some of the pageantry of the Flushing Queens Chinese Lunar New Year Parade in a prior year. The parade returns Saturday.
- Saturday, February 10, 2024 beginning at 11 am and hypothetically ending at 12 noon - the Chinese Lunar New Year Parade in Flushing. This year it's the celebration of the year of the dragon. The celebrations runs through February 20th, 2024. The year of the dragon brings challenges but also luck. Chinese New Year Parade in Flushing Queens parade begins between 37th and 39th Avenues along Union Street, marches south to Sanford Avenue, turns right [west] until reaching Main Street, where it turns right again [north] and heads back to the Queens Crossing Mall at 39th Avenue in Flushing. Free and well worth the visit. Click here for prior coverage of the Queens Chinese New Year Parade in Flushing which includes a parade route map. For details see - http://flushingfantastic.nyc
- The photo shows the Flushing Chinese New Year Parade in a prior year. Click the link above for reports from prior years about the parade and some of its history. Click this link to view a map showing the Chinese New Year parade route and viewing locations from a prior year which haven't substantively changed.
- Sunday, February 11, 2024 beginning at 11.30 am - Glow Cultural Center & Flushing Town Hall Chinese New Year Parade and Celebration. At 11.30 am there's a Lion Dance, traditional Wedding Procession and Parade from Glow Cultural Center at 133-29 41st Avenue to Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing [Free]. At the same time on the first floor at Flushing Town Hall there's a cultural bazaar generally centered around food, calligraphy and possibly some artisanal work. At 12.30 pm on the second floor of Flushing Town Hall there's a cultural performance of dance and juggling in the theater [$8] and again at 2.30 pm a different cultural performance with juggling, sword dance and Chinese opera [$8]. For details and tickets see - https://glownyc.org
- Saturday, January 27 - Sunday, February 18, 2024 from 12 noon to 5 pm daily - Lunar New Year Exhibition entitled Remember at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. Free. The exhibit opened with a reception on January 27th, 2024.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
- Sunday, February 11, 2024 from 11.30 am to 2 pm - Brooklyn Chinese American Association Chinese New Year Parade. The parade begins at 50th Street and 8th Avenue in Sunset Park in Brooklyn NYC. Free.
- 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.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
- Monday, February 12, 2024 beginning from 6.30 to 9.30 pm - Book Talk entitled What Should I Be? At Bronx Doc Film Center at 614 Courtlandt Avenue in the Bronx. Free, but rsvp at - https://www.bronxdoc.org.
- Tuesdays - Fridays, until February 21, 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. 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, February 10, 2024 from 2 to 5 pm - Black History Month: Painting with Soul & a Drum Circle - in the Lobby of Building P at Snug Harbor Cultural Center at 1000 Richmond Terrace in the Randall Manor neighborhood of Staten Island. Free, but please rsvp at - https://snug-harbor.org. They're doing their Chinese New Year celebration Saturday, February 17, 2024 from 12 noon to 3 pm. The event will include storytelling, arts & crafts, performances and snacks. Admission $12.
- Saturday, February 11, 2023 from 7 to 11 pm Lighthouses are for Lovers and Friends at the Lighthouse Museum at 200 The Promenade in the St. George neighborhood of Staten Island. This event includes live entertainment, drinks, hors d'oeuvres, raffles and games. There are ongoing exhibits about lighthouses and related subjects such as the equipment, the history and the life of lighthouse keepers. For $65 tickets and details see - https://lighthousemuseum.org.
- Wednesday, February 14, 2024 from 7.30 to 9.30 pm - English Country Dance at the Third County Courthouse & Visitor Center on the 2nd Floor in Historic Richmond Town. Admission $10 at - https://www.historicrichmondtown.org. No experience necessary.
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Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Black History Month, Presidents Day Weekend, Twyla Tharp at the Joyce, Winter One Act Fest, Film & Exhibit about NYC, Ice Bumper Cars in Manhattan; Cosmic Con at the Tangram & Chinese New Year Exhibit in Queens; Glide Skating under the Bridge & Celebrations at Avant Gardner in Brooklyn; Closing Reception at Hostos in the Bronx; and Chinese New Year Celebration & 19th Century Freedom Ball on Staten Island
Updated February 17, 2024 from 2.16.24 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather as of 2.16.24. Sunrise 6.49 am. Sunset 5.31 pm. The high temperature will be around 40 thru Monday. The low temperatures will be around 30 thru Monday. The winds will be 5 - 10 mph all weekend, except Sunday when it ticks up to 10 - 15 mph. The humidity will be 35% - 45% on Friday and Saturday, rising a bit to 45% - 55% on Sunday and Monday. It will be dry most of the weekend, with the possible exception of Friday night / Saturday morning when we could receive 1 - 3 inches of snow.
The photo at right shows the inside of a men's store in Midtown Manhattan in a prior year. The Presidents Day weekend is a good one for leisurely shopping, dining and other things.
Things To Do This Weekend - Capital Budgeting
- Ending on February 22, 2024 at 5 pm, NYC funding application requests for City Agencies, Nonprofit Organizations, Cultural Institutions, and Public Schools from the 2025 Borough and City Council Capital Budgets. Applications began on January 5, 2024. For details see - https://www.nyc.gov/site/capitalgrants/index.page
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
- Tuesday thru Sunday, February 13 - 25, 2024 at various times but generally 2 pm matinees on the weekend and at either 7.30 or 8 pm in the evenings - Twyla Tharp at the Joyce Theater at 175 8th Avenue in Chelsea in Manhattan. For details and tickets see - https://www.joyce.org
- This is New York [Film] runs until July 21, 2024 at the Museum of the City of New York at 1220 5th Avenue at 104th Street on the UES of Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets see - https://www.mcny.org.
- Beginning Thursday, February 8 - March 3, 2024 starting at various times ranging from 2 pm to 8.30 pm - the Winter One Act Festival at the Chain Theatre at 312 West 36th Street on floors 3 & 4. For details and $22 tickets see - https://www.chaintheatre.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, February 17 & 18, 2024 beginning from 10.30 am to 7 pm and 11 am to 6 pm respectively - Cosmic Con at the Tangram Center at 133-33 39th Avenue in Flushing Queens. For details and $16.50 tickets see - https://retail.tangramnyc.com
- Saturday, January 27 - Sunday, February 18, 2024 from 12 noon to 5 pm daily - Lunar New Year Exhibition entitled Remember at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. Free. The exhibit opened with a reception on January 27th, 2024.
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Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
- Saturday & Sunday, February 18 & 19, 2024 from 10 pm to 4 am & 6 pm to 12 midnight respectively - Lunar New Year / Spring Celebration / DJ's at Avant Gardner at 140 Stewart Avenue in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn. For details and $84 tickets see - https://dice.fm/event/25gxp-spring-festival-lunar-new-year-celebration-ft-slander-and-alan-walker-18th-feb-avant-gardner-new-york-tickets or https://www.avant-gardner.com
- 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.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
- Tuesdays - Fridays, until February 21, 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. 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, February 17, 2024 from 12 noon to 3 pm - Chinese New Year Celebration at the Snug Harbor Cultural Center in Building P at 1000 Richmond Terrace in Randall Manor on Staten Island. For details see - https://snug-harbor.org
- Saturday, February 17, 2024 from 7 to 11 pm - Freedom Ball at LiGreci's Staaten at 697 Forest Avenue on Staten Island. A colonial dress event [18th century Victorian garb] celebrating African American history. The event includes a three course dinner, dancing and live performance. Tickets are $1200 for a table or $150 for an individual. The proceeds go toward the 3rd Annual Juneteenth Parade in Tappen Park in June 2024 on Staten Island. For details and tickets see - https://www.rocanatural.com
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Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Funding Deadlines for Youth Summer Jobs, Earth Day Artists Open Call & Citizens NYC Grants; Chinese New Year Parade & Celebration, Black History Month, Twyla Tharp at the Joyce, Winter Concert, Comedy, Theater & Real Estate Talk in Manhattan; Theater, Poetry, Dance, Genealogy, Art and Artists / Playwright Meet Ups in Queens; Numerous Concerts, Ringling Bros Circus & Glide Skating under the Bridge in Brooklyn; Bronx Doc Film in the Bronx; and Carpenter Shop Curiosities Market at Snug Harbor, Black History Awards on Staten Island
February 23, 2024 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather as of 2.23.24. Sunrise 6.40 am. Sunset 5.39 pm. The temperature highs will be in the high 40's on Friday, and then about 40 for the rest of the weekend. The temperature lows will be in the mid 30's on Friday and Sunday, but dipping into the low 20's on Saturday. The humidity will range between 70% - 80% on Friday, dropping to 40% - 50% for the rest of the weekend. Winds will range from 4 - 11 mph all weekend. There's a 65% chance of 1/10th of an inch of rain Friday morning, with the probability declining close to zero by 4 pm Friday afternoon and then the rest of the weekend is clear.
The photo at right was taken on Staten Island outside of the National Lighthouse Museum near the Staten Island Ferry Terminal in St. George a few years ago. Notice the light, as we're only two weeks away from Springing Ahead into Daylight Savings Time.
Things To Do This Weekend in New York City - Open Calls
The Deadline for the Summer Youth Employment Program is Friday, March 1, 2024. Copy & paste this link to apply now - https://application.nycsyep.com/?emci=14c7d66f-8dd1-ee11-85f9-002248223794&emdi=35506f79-ced1-ee11-85f9-002248223794&ceid=13568279
The Deadline for the MTA Earth Day Artists' Installation Program is Monday, March 4, 2024. Up to $10,000 for works celebrating Earth Day this year [official date is 4/22, but the event is scheduled for 4/20/24] at MTA sites. Copy & paste this link to apply now - https://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dotart-cfed-2024.pdf
The Deadline for the Citizens NYC Program is Friday, March 1, 2024. Copy & paste this link to apply now for the $3,000 Community Leaders Grant - https://www.citizensnyc.org/communityleaders?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=e9ef546d-2fbe-4271-b3bf-2a79b8f1ee57
And copy & paste this link to apply now for the $5,000 Neighborhood Business Grant - https://www.citizensnyc.org/nbg?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=e9ef546d-2fbe-4271-b3bf-2a79b8f1ee57
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan NYC
Sunday, February 25, 2024 from 4 to 5.15 pm - Carnegie Hall Citiwide: Joseph Parrish, Bass-
Baritone & JoyAnne Amani, Piano at St. Paul & St. Andew United Methodist Church at 263 West 86th Street at West End Avenue on the UWS of Manhattan. Free & first come / first serve. For details see - https://stpaulandstandrew.org
- Sunday, February 25, 2024 beginning at 1 pm - Chinese Lunar New Year Parade. Festival booths are on Bayard Street between Mott and Mulberry Streets. The parade route is as follows - Begins at Mott & Canal to Chatham Square to East Broadway towards the Manhattan Bridge, completing on Eldridge and Forsyth Streets towards Grand Street next to Sara D. Roosevelt Park. For details & a map see - https://betterchinatown.com/lny-parade/.
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 beginning at 6.30 pm - Comedy with Morir Sonando at the United Palace at 4140 Broadway in Washington Heights. It's a two Dominican American women show. For details and $30 / $50 tickets see - https://www.unitedpalace.org.
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 from 8.30 am - 11.45 am - The Future of NYC's Storefronts on the 20th Floor at One Vanderbilt between 42nd & 43rd Streets in Midtown. There are entrances on both Vanderbilt & Madison. Organized by the Manhattan Chamber of Commerce. Free. For details and to rsvp see - https://www.manhattancc.org
Thursday - Sunday, February 29 - March 3, 2024 from 12 noon - 6 pm Thurs, from 11 am - 8 pm Fri & Sat & from 11 am - 6 pm Sunday - Outsider Art Fair at the Metropolitan Pavilion at 125 West 18th Street [between 6th & 7th Avenue] in Chelsea. It's just what it says it is, which is an art fair for those operating outside of the established art world. For details and $35 / $65 / $100 tickets see - https://www.outsiderartfair.com
Friday - Sunday, February 16 - 25, 2024 beginning at various times - 12th Annual Winter Film Awards International Film Festival at LOOK Cinemas Theater at 657 West 57th Street in Hells Kitchen in Manhattan. For schedule, details and tickets ranging in price from Free / $5 / $12.50 / $16.50, copy & paste - https://winterfilmawards.com
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays & Sundays, February 22 thru March 10, 2024 beginning at 8 pm, except on Sundays when it begins at 3 pm - William Electric Black's The Frankenstein Project at the Theater for the New City at 155 First Avenue at 10th Street in the East Village in Manhattan. For details and $18 / $15 tickets copy & paste - https://theaterforthenewcity.net/
Saturday, February 24, 2024 beginning at 5 pm - The Meeting - at 675 Riverside Drive at 145th Street in the performance space in Riverbank State Park in Washington Heights. About a fictional meeting between Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. Each saw a different pathway to obtaining equality, but both men saw the same problem. Free. For details and to rsvp copy & paste - https://www.shadesoftruththeatre.com/
Tuesday, February 20, 2024 - Paco de Lucia Festival at Carnegie Hall in Midtown Manhattan to honor famous flamenco guitarist [1947 - 2014].
Wednesday / Tuesday - Sunday, Feberuary 21 - March 3, 2024 beginning at 7.30 pm weekdays, 8 pm on Saturdays and at 2 pm on Saturdays and Sundays - Jelly's Last Jam at New York City Center at 131 West 55th Street in Midtown Manhattan. For details and $45 - $165 tickets copy & paste - https://www.nycitycenter.org
- Tuesday thru Sunday, February 13 - 25, 2024 at various times but generally 2 pm matinees on the weekend and at either 7.30 or 8 pm in the evenings - Twyla Tharp at the Joyce Theater at 175 8th Avenue in Chelsea in Manhattan. For details and tickets see - https://www.joyce.org
- This is New York [Film] runs until July 21, 2024 at the Museum of the City of New York at 1220 5th Avenue at 104th Street on the UES of Manhattan. For details and $20 tickets see - https://www.mcny.org.
- Beginning Thursday, February 8 - March 3, 2024 starting at various times ranging from 2 pm to 8.30 pm - the Winter One Act Festival at the Chain Theatre at 312 West 36th Street on floors 3 & 4. For details and $22 tickets see - https://www.chaintheatre.org
- Ending Saturday, March 2, 2024, 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
Friday & Saturday, February 23 & 24, 2024 beginning at 7 pm with a 2 pm matinee on Saturday - Working - at the LaGuardia Performing Arts Center w/ entrance encouraged at 45-50 Van Dam Street in LIC, Queens. A musical about workers in Queens. For details and $20 / $15 / $10 tickets see - https://www.lpac.nyc/
Saturday, February 24, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - Danny Simmons Def Poetry Jam at Black Spectrum Theatre Company at 177th Street and Baisley Blvd in Jamaica Queens. For details and $35 tickets see - https://www.blackspectrum.net.
Saturday, February 24, 2024 from 2 to 5 pm - Tracing Your Roots: Getting Started with Irish Genealogy at the NY Irish Center at 10-40 Jackson Avenue in LIC, Queens. For details and $45 tickets see - https://www.newyorkirishcenter.org/
Friday & Saturday, February 23 & 24, 2024 from 8 to 10 pm - West African Dance at the Jamaica Performing Arts Center at 153-10 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica Queens. For details and $20 / $30 tickets see - https://jcal.org/
Ongoing until Sunday, March 3, 2024 from 1 to 3 pm when there is a - Closing Reception for the 23rd Bayside Historical Society Annual Winter Art Show at the Bay Terrace Shopping Center at 26th Avenue and Bell Blvd in Bayside. Free. For details see - https://www.baysidehistorical.org/bhs-winter-art-show
Sunday, February 25, 2024 beginning at 3 pm - Red Firecrackers by Nai Ni Chen Dance Company at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. It's a dance performance about a small town uniting to fight a monster and explores some of the origins of the Chinese New Year. For details and $8 / $12 / $15 tickets see - https://www.flushingtownhall.org/
Wednesday, February 28, 2024 from 6 - 8 pm - Artists Meet Up at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing. An open call for networking of artists of all dimensions. Light refreshments will be served. Free. For details see - https://www.flushingtownhall.org/
Thursday, February 29, 2024 from 8 to 9.30 pm - Meet the Playwrights at the Jamaica Center for Arts & Learning at 161-04 Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica Queens. Free. For details and to rsvp see - https://jcal.org/
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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 St John's Men's Basketball Players Autograph Session on 2/7 at 6.30 pm in Jamaica and Winter Break for Kids at the Queens Botanical Garden 2/20 - 2/23/24.
Things To Do This Weekend in Brooklyn NYC
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, February 22 - 25, 2024 beginning at 2 pm / 6 pm, 11 am / 3 pm / 7 pm & 11 am / 3 pm respectively - Ringling Brothers at Barclays Center at 620 Atlantic Avenue at Flatbush in Downtown Brooklyn. It began Thursday 2/22. For details and $43 tickets copy & paste - https://www.ringling.com/show/brooklyn-ny-20
Saturday, February 24, 2024 from 7 - 8.45 pm - Beethoven / Harrison by the Brooklyn Chamber Orchestra at St. Ann & Holy Trinity Church at 157 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights in BK. The event includes the following performances - LOU HARRISON Concerto for Piano with Javanese Gamelan & Adam Tendler, piano & Son of Lion and BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 conducted by Philip Nuzzo. Earlier in the day they're hosting Mozart for Munchkins which has been sold out. For details and $20 / $40 / $60 tickets see - https://brooklynchamberorchestra.org or https://www.stannholytrinity.org.
Saturday, February 24, 2024 from 4 - 5.30 pm - Harlem Chamber Players Black History Month Concert in the Dweck Center at the Brooklyn Public Central Library at 10 Grand Army Plaza in Prospect Heights Brooklyn. Free. For details see - https://www.bklynlibrary.org.
Tuesday, February 27, 2024 beginning at 7 pm - Pietro Mascagni’s CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA on piano at the OLPH Catholic Academy of Brooklyn at 59-02 6th Avenue in Sunset Park in Brooklyn. This performance only is Free - http://reginaopera.org and the location is at https://www.olphcab.org
Saturdays & Sundays, March 2 & 3, 9 & 10, 2024 beginning at 3 pm [and extra performance at 7 pm on 3/9] - Pietro Mascagni’s CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA conducted by Scott Jackson Wiley, staged by Sabrina Palladino and performed in Italian with English supertitles at the OLPH Catholic Academy of Brooklyn at 59-02 6th Avenue in Sunset Park in Brooklyn. For details and $25 / $20 / $5 tickets see - http://reginaopera.org and the location is at https://www.olphcab.org
- 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.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
Saturday, February 24, 2024 beginning at 3 pm - Panel Discussion about 10 Years of Youth Photography & Education at the Bronx Doc Film Center at 614 Courtlandt Avenue at 151st Street in the Melrose neighborhood of the Bronx. For details and a free rsvp see - https://www.bronxdoc.org/.
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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 Tuesday, March 12th hosting Kristy Marmorato who serves as the NEW Councilwoman for the 13th District.
Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
Saturday, February 24, 2024 from 12 noon - 5 pm - Carpenter's Shop Curiosities in Building G Galleries at Snug Harbor at 1000 Richmond Terrace in the Randall Manor neighborhood of Staten Island. A curated selection of vendors selling various arts, crafts, clothing and accessories. Free. https://snug-harbor.org
Saturday, February 24, 2024 beginning at 12 noon - 19th Annual Staten Island Black History Town Hall at the First Central Baptist Church at 117 Wright Street near Van Duzer in Stapleton Heights on Staten Island. Awards will be announced and given to select participants. Free.
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