* Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
Buried Beneath the City & Baby Bonds in NYC; Winter Jazz Fest in Brooklyn & Manhattan, Mulchfest in NYC, Femme Collective at the 14th Street Y, Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library in Manhattan, Digital Illustrations at BAM in Brooklyn; Curators Choice Films at MoMI & last Weekend of the Affordable Art Fair in Queens; Holiday Train Show at the NYBG in the Bronx; Hot Rock Yacht Revue on Staten Island & Year Round Indoor & Outdoor Markets [coming] and Some Open Calls [coming], as we Gear Up Again for 2025, beginning with MLK Day next Weekend, followed by the Chinese New Year of the Snake (c'est appropo?)
January 10, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. Sunrise 7.19 am. Sunset 4.48 pm. The days are longer by 14 minutes of sunlight, versus the week of the Winter solstice in late December. Yahoo?
The temperature highs will be in the mid to high 30's on Friday and Saturday, rising to 40 on Sunday. The temperature lows will be around 30 all weekend. The winds will be 5 - 10 mph all weekend, at the lower end on Friday and Sunday and at the higher end on Saturday. The humidity will generally range between 55% - 65%, except in the latter part of Friday when it will dip into the low 40% range. No precipitation is expected.
The photo at right was taken along Park Avenue near Lever House in Midtown Manhattan, on the last weekend of December. The MetLife Building [renamed in 1992], which was originally erected in 1963 as the PanAm Building, is located in the background, colored in blue light.
Saturday late morning edition at 11.15 am. Mostly done except the markets and open calls which will be updated over the weekend and coming week.
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Things To Do This Weekend in NYC
Ending Saturday & Sunday, January 11 & 12, 2025 from 11 am to 2 pm - Mulchfest NYC - at various parks in all five boros around NYC. Mulch your Christmas trees, wreaths and similar items into wood chips you can take home for your garden or donate to the park to use for their grounds. Free. For details see - https://www.nycgovparks.org/highlights/festivals/mulchfest
Tuesday, January 14, 2025 from 1 to 2 pm - Buried Beneath the City - Zoom Lunch & Learn. Author Archaeologist Amanda Sutphin will talk about the history buried beneath the city from Indigenous peoples, to the early Dutch and English settlers to today. Free. To register see https://www.eventbrite.com/e/lunch-learn-buried-beneath-the-city-tickets-1058614858539?aff=eblast
Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 1 to 4.30 pm - Baby Bonds - at the Federal Reserve Bank at 33 Liberty Street in lower Manhattan. They describe the program as follows, " ... Baby bonds are an innovative policy tool that provides children with publicly funded investment accounts that can be accessed at age 18 for specific uses, including education, homeownership, small business, and retirement. The funds are intended as a long-term investment designed to narrow the wealth gap and address generational poverty. California, Connecticut, and Washington, D.C. have passed baby bonds legislation. This event will be of interest to researchers, nonprofit leaders, and policymakers. ...". For details and to rsvp by January 14th see - https://www.newyorkfed.org/newsevents/events/regional_outreach/2025/0116-2025
Monday, January 13, 2025 beginning at 6.30 pm - The Korean American Association of Greater NY Gala - at the Zeigfield Ballroom at 141 West 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan. For details and $600 & up tickets see - https://secure.givelively.org/event/korean-american-association-of-greater-new-york-inc/65th-anniversary-kaagny-gala
Things To Do This Weekend in Manhattan
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Thursday thru Wednesday, January 9 - 15, 2025 at various times - Winter Jazz Fest - at various venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. For tickets ranging in price from $40 to $300 [all in] and details see - https://www.winterjazzfest.com
Saturday & Sunday, January 11 & 12, 2025 from 1.45 - 3.45 pm and 4.15 - 6.15 pm - AAPI Dance Festival - at Alvin Ailey Citigroup Theatre at 405 West 55th Street in Midttown Manhattan. For details and $25 - $30 tickets see - https://www.aaartsalliance.org/events/aapi-dance-festival-at-apap-day-1-1c5f37a1-4ce9-4835-a382-fa33b2f9ce29
Thursday, January 9 - Saturday, February 1, 2025 at various times - The Femme Collective - at the 14th Street Y at 344 East 14th Street in the Village. Three separate plays - Broken Thread, January and She Wolves - are collaborations by Multistages, Neo Political Cowgirls and the Eden Theatre Company, which will be performed this month. For details and $25 - $75 tickets see - https://ci.ovationtix.com/36649
Tuesday thru Sunday, December 10, 2024 - January 12, 2025 at 7 pm weekdays, at 7.30 pm Friday & Saturday, with 3 pm matinees Saturday & Sunday - Mrs. Stern Wanders the Prussian State Library - at the WP Theater at 2162 Broadway at 76th Street in Manhattan. The show is described as follows, "... Berlin 1933. With martial law in effect, political activism has become a capital crime. A young Gestapo officer arrests a graduate student suspected of illegal research. This interrogation promises to be most challenging as he faces the iconic 20th-century thinker Hannah Arendt. Is she innocent? Or an enemy of the state? ...". No show on New Years Eve and it's at 3 pm - not 7 pm - New Years day. For details and $39 - $129 tickets, see https://www.mrssternwanders.com
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Things To Do This Weekend in Queens NYC
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The photo at right was taken in mid December of 2024 in the Ditmars neighborhood of Astoria, Queens. It captures some of the cloudy greyness we've been experiencing lately.
January thru Friday, January 31, 2025 - Curators Choice - at the Museum of the Moving Image iat 35th Avenue and 36th Street in Astoria / LIC Queens. These are films shown in 2024 that the staff of MoMI selected as some of their favorites for viewing. For $10 - $17.50 tickets and details see - https://movingimage.org/series/curators-choice-2024/
Thursday, November 7, 2024 to January 12, 2025 - open Thurs thru Sat from 10 am to 6 pm - Off the Wall Affordable Art Fair. Opening Reception 11.23.24 from 7 to 10 pm. Over 100 local Long Island City Artists [aka LICA] feature their works for sale at Culture Lab LIC at 5-25 46th Avenue in Long Island City, Queens. The fair continues thru January 12th, with an art talk event on January 11th from 2 to 3 pm. All art work priced under $999. For details see - https://www.culturelablic.org OR https://www.licartists.org/off-the-wall-2
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Thursday thru Wednesday, January 9 - 15, 2025 at various times - Winter Jazz Fest - at various venues in Manhattan and Brooklyn. For tickets ranging in price from $40 to $300 [all in] and details see - https://www.winterjazzfest.com
The photo at right was taken in December of 2024 - 'this must be the place'. Who am I to argue?
Wednesday, January 8 - 19, 2025 at various times - Techne: The Golden Key - at BAM Fisher at 321 Ashland Place in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. There are four immersive digital illustrations that keep evolving via AI-like whatever. Each illustration is shown for about three days apiece. For details and $10 tickets see - https://www.bam.org
Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.
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Things To Do This Weekend in the Bronx NYC
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Saturday, November 16 - 30, 2024 [Ends January 20, 2025] from 10 am - 6 pm [closed holidays] - NYBG Holiday Train Show - at the New York Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Belmont Neighborhood. Bronx holiday events & things to do nyc. Central Bronx. For details see below or - https://www.nybg.org
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Things To Do This Weekend on Staten Island NYC
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Sunday, January 12, 2025 beginning at 5 pm - Yacht Rock Revue - at the St. George Theatre. The performance is described as follows, "... hailed by Rolling Stone as the “world’s premier soft-rock party band,” ... [they take] listeners on a nostalgic voyage through the sun-soaked melodies of the ‘70s and ‘80s ...". For $60 - $90 tickets and details, see - https://stgeorgetheatre.com/events-main/
The photo at right shows Lady Liberty standing in the New York Harbor, reminding us that a free people must always be vigilant and unafraid to stand up for truth and justice. We, the American People, have been tested over the past decade and have earned only a marginally passing grade. I know we are capable of far better.
A nation of, for and by the People requires the people to pay attention, get involved, and participate in the discussion of how we are going to allocate resources, so that we will continue to function properly as a society, and move in a productive and rewarding direction, while staying true to our respect for universal human values. A true democracy requires human intelligence, and cannot function on auto pilot / artifical intelligence.
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MLK Holiday Weekend in NYC, Femme Collective Performances Continue at the 14th Street Y in Manhattan, Last Weekend for Techni Digital Illustrations at BAM in Brooklyn; Concert at Flushing Town Hall, Auditions for the Queens Choral Society & Curators Choice Films Continue at MoMI in Queens; Holiday Train Show Continues at the NYBG in the Bronx; MLK Day of Service on Staten Island & Year Round Indoor & Outdoor Markets [coming] and Some Open Calls [coming], as we Slowly Ramp Up for 2025. Next Week the NYC Boat Show & the Winter Show Return, and then onto the Chinese New Year of the Snake (c'est appropo)
January 17, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. Sunrise 7.16 am. Sunset 4.56 pm. We're getting 25 more minutes of sunlight than we were the weekend of the Winter solstice in late December.
This weekend we could get 1/10th inch of rain concentrated between 1 and 4 pm Saturday or none at all. And on Sunday there's an 80% - 90% chance we'll get two or more inches of snow between 1 pm and 9 pm. Monday is cloudy, but no precipitation is expected.
The temperature highs will be in the mid 40's Friday, the low 40's Saturday, falling to the mid 30's on Sunday and then to the mid teens on Monday. The temperature lows will be in the low 30's on Friday and Saturday, falling to the high teens on Sunday and dropping to about 10 on Monday. Most of next week will range from the high single digits up to 30 by next Friday, so enjoy the weekend, as it will be followed by a cold week. The winds will be 5 - 12 mph all weekend, at the lower end on Friday and Saturday, and at the higher end on Sunday and Monday. The humidity will rise from between 50% - 60% Friday, up to between 70% to 80% on Sunday, and again dropping to 50% to 60% on Monday.
The graphic at right depicts a man whose actions reflected his words. A rarity in any age, but even more so these days.
Saturday Early Afternoon edition at 1.30 pm. This is a fair start to the weekend, with more coming this Saturday afternoon. Most of what will follow will be MLK Day related events which you'll be able to access by clicking the links to the MLK Day & Weekend Things to do pages for each borough as shown below or following this report. We'll have these done by mid afternoon, and they are mostly in Brooklyn, Queens and Manhattan.
Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in NYC
Monday, January 20, 2025 is a federal holiday, and as such, the Post Office and non-essential federal offices will be closed. Most non-essential NYS & NYC offices will also be closed and many large companies and some small ones also close for the holiday commemorating the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King. See graphic above.
In the graphic above or at right, a British newspaper informs us how Eric Adams is spending one of his MLK Holiday Weekend 'Days of Service'. Unlike the man in the first graphic of this report, Adams too often appears to be a man who presents himself as someone he is not.
Wednesday thru Sunday, January 22 - 26, 2025 from 12 noon to 8 pm except Saturday & Sunday when it opens at 10 am & on Sunday it closes at 6 pm - The NYC Boat Show - returns to the Javits Center at 655 West 34th Street. For $20 tickets and details see - https://www.nyboatshow.com/about
Friday thru Sunday, January 24 to February 2, 2025 begins at 12 noon & ends at times ranging from 4.30 to 8 pm - The Winter Show - at the Park Avenue Armory at 643 Park Avenue on the UES. For $40 tickets and details see - https://www.thewintershow.org
Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Manhattan
Thursday, January 9 - Saturday, February 1, 2025 at various times - The Femme Collective - at the 14th Street Y at 344 East 14th Street in the Village. Three separate plays - Broken Thread, January and She Wolves - are collaborations by Multistages, Neo Political Cowgirls and the Eden Theatre Company, which will be performed this month. For details and $25 - $75 tickets see - https://ci.ovationtix.com/36649
In the graphic at right, a respectable British newspaper asks voters and all American citizens an important philosophical question.
Gramercy Theater concerts - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows
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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Queens NYC
January thru Friday, January 31, 2025 - Curators Choice - at the Museum of the Moving Image is at 35th Avenue and 36th Street in Astoria / LIC Queens. These are films shown in 2024 that the staff of MoMI selected as some of their favorites for viewing. For $10 - $17.50 tickets and details see - https://movingimage.org/series/curators-choice-2024/
Saturday, January 18, 2025 beginning at 1 pm - DoYeon Kim meets Cooper-Moore - at Flushing Town Hall at 137-35 Northern Blvd in Flushing Queens. This is described as follows, " ... DoYeon Kim, a virtuoso of the gayageum, the traditional Korean zither, whose innovative performances bridge centuries-old traditions with contemporary flair, and Cooper-Moore, a visionary multi-instrumentalist renowned for his mastery of the diddly bow, a one-stringed instrument rooted in African-American blues heritage ...". For details and $15 / $17 tickets see - https://www.flushingtownhall.org
The photo at right was taken on the subway returning to Queens, following a visit to the Polar Bear Club event at Coney Island on New Years Day. That's sand on the soles of the shoes.
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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Brooklyn NYC
Wednesday, January 8 - 19, 2025 at various times - Techne: The Golden Key - at BAM Fisher at 321 Ashland Place in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn. There are four immersive digital illustrations that keep evolving via AI-like whatever. Each illustration is shown for about three days apiece. For details and $10 tickets see - https://www.bam.org
Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.
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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in the Bronx NYC
Thru January 20, 2025 from 10 am - 6 pm [open some nights] - NYBG Holiday Train Show - at the New York Botanical Garden at 2900 Southern Blvd in the Belmont Neighborhood. Bronx holiday events & things to do nyc. Central Bronx. For details see below or - https://www.nybg.org
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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week on Staten Island NYC
Monday, January 20, 2025 from 1 to 3 pm - MLK Day of Service / Coastal Clean Up - meet at the north gate to Snug Harbor. Free but rsvp required at - https://snug-harbor.org/event/mlk-day-of-service-coastal-cleanup/?instance_id=8039
The photo above or at right was taken in the subway on a wintry January day traveling underneath the streets of NYC.
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Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
NYC Boat Show, the Winter Show, Dance Residency Try Outs & Femme Collective Performances Continue at the 14th Street Y in Manhattan; Exponential Theater Festival at the Brick in Brooklyn; Special Night of Interactive Dance Performance at Green Space, Auditions for the Queens Choral Society & Curators Choice Films Continue at MoMI in Queens; Van Cortland House Museum Connections to the Caribbean & Latam in the Bronx; Chinese New Year Celebration on Staten Island. Next Week Chinese Dance by Nai Ni Chen & Chinese Firecracker Celebration & Next Weekend Flushing Chinese New Year Parade & as we Slowly Ramp Up for 2025 Year Round Indoor & Outdoor Markets and Some Open Calls are coming ... possibly as early as this weekend or the next
January 25, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. Sunrise 7.12 am. Sunset 5.04 pm. We're getting 37 more minutes of sunlight than we were the weekend of the Winter solstice in late December. The temperature highs will be in the 30's rising to the low 40's on Sunday and the temperature lows will be in the 20's. No precipitation is in the forecast. Winds will be 4 - 12 mph. And humidity will range from 45% - 60%. So, generally all good.
The photo above or at right was taken this week in Queens, from the #7 subway line elevated platform, looking west toward Manhattan. Real estate developers have been trashing the NYC skyline with luxury skyboxes that obscure the architectural gems of NYC, like the Empire State Building, which you can barely make out these days, in the background to the left.
Saturday Late Afternoon Edition at 4.15 pm. Done. More coming next week.
Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in NYC
NYC Boat Show and Winter Show - see below.
Next Week Chinese Firecracker event in Manhattan & Next Weekend Flushing Chinese New Year Parade. Details below.
Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Manhattan
Saturday, January 25 & February 1, 8 & 15, 2025 from 2 to 5 pm - BIPOC is Black, Indigenous and People of Color identifying dancers and choreographers age 18+ / Collective Thread Residency. Free. St. Mary's Episcopal Church 521 West 126th Street in Washington Heights / West Harlem. Details coming or see for yourself - Harlem Arts Alliance & https://www.modartsdance.com
The photo at right was taken this week in downtown Manhattan near City Hall, at the base of the Brooklyn Bridge. The weather was easily doable and I subsequently walked across the Brooklyn Bridge on a bright sunny day. I was not alone by any means, although most of those amongst us, seemed either to be tourists or NYC's energetic youths.
Wednesday thru Sunday, January 22 - 26, 2025 from 12 noon to 8 pm except Saturday & Sunday when it opens at 10 am & on Sunday it closes at 6 pm - The NYC Boat Show - returns to the Javits Center at 655 West 34th Street. For $20 tickets and details see - https://www.nyboatshow.com/about
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 beginning at 11 am - Chinese New Year Firecracker Celebration - at Sara D Roosevelt Park along Chrystie Street near Grand Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. For details see - https://welcometochinatown.com/news/lny-events-in-chinatown-2025
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 beginning at 5.30 pm - Lunar New Year Gala of Music and Dance - at the DiMenna Center for Classical Music at 450 West 37th Street in Manhattan. For details and tickets see - https://www.nainichen.org
Friday thru Sunday, January 24 to February 2, 2025 begins at 12 noon & ends at times ranging from 4.30 to 8 pm - The Winter Show - at the Park Avenue Armory at 643 Park Avenue on the UES. For $40 tickets and details see - https://www.thewintershow.org
Thursday, January 9 - Saturday, February 1, 2025 at various times - The Femme Collective - at the 14th Street Y at 344 East 14th Street in the Village. Three separate plays - Broken Thread, January and She Wolves - are collaborations by Multistages, Neo Political Cowgirls and the Eden Theatre Company, which will be performed this month. For details and $25 - $75 tickets see - https://ci.ovationtix.com/36649
Gramercy Theater concerts - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows
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Saturday, January 25th, 2025 from 7 to 10 pm - 15 Minutes of Fame & Cross Pollination - by Dance Entropy at Green Space at 37-24 24th Street Suite 211-212 in Long Island City. Improvisational, music and dance, audience interactive and free. For details see - https://www.greenspacestudio.orgl
January thru Friday, January 31, 2025 - Curators Choice - at the Museum of the Moving Image is at 35th Avenue and 36th Street in Astoria / LIC Queens. These are films shown in 2024 that the staff of MoMI selected as some of their favorites for viewing. For $10 - $17.50 tickets and details see - https://movingimage.org/series/curators-choice-2024/
Saturday, February 1, 2025 beginning at 11 am - Queens Chinese New Year Parade in Flushing - at Main Street & Roosevelt Avenue. Details coming next Friday 1/31/2025.
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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Brooklyn NYC
The photo at right was taken this week in Brooklyn, looking south toward Brooklyn Borough Hall.
January 23, 24 & 25, 2025 beginning at 7 pm with a 3 pm matinee Saturday only - The Exponential Festival - at the Brick Aux Studio Theater at 628 Metropolitan Avenue in Brooklyn. Happy Birthday Curiosity Rover is described as follows, " ... A robot on a mission and a wandering alien find each other on Mars. A play with music about getting your solitude punctured, about the strange in stranger, about loving what will always go away ...". For $17 - $37 tickets see - https://www.bricktheater.com or https://www.theexponentialfestival.org
Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.
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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in the Bronx NYC
Saturday, January 25, 2025 beginning at 1 pm - Van Cortlandt Connections to the Caribbean and Latin America - at the Van Cortlandt House Museum at 6035 Broadway [at Post Road which is between West 242nd & 246th Streets], Bronx. They describe the event as follows, " ... What does the Van Cortlandt House, built in rural New York in 1748, have to do with the Caribbean and Latin America? It turns out quite a lot. The people who lived there, the wealth of its inhabitants, and the wars that were fought here all had important ties to the southern hemisphere. Join VCHM Site Historian Nick Dembowski for this special one-hour tour to learn about an often overlooked crucial aspect of New York's history ...". For $5 tickets and to rsvp see - http://www.vchm.org
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January 25, 2025 from 11.30 am to 12.30 pm and from 3 pm to 4 pm with the main event between 12.30 to 3 pm - Chinese New Year Celebration - at the Newhouse Center for Contemporary Art at Snug Harbor in Building C. They describe it as follows, " ... performances, treats, tales, and traditional crafts ... one of the biggest cultural celebrations in the world ... The Year of the Earth Snake. For $14 tickets see - https://snug-harbor.org
The photo at right was taken this week from atop the Brooklyn Bridge. In the distance, is the Statue of Lady Liberty, standing tall and strong in the NYS Harbor, reminding us of our Constitutional philosophy and promise.
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Have a nice January weekend.
* Things to do This Weekend in NYC & Boros
BIPOC Dance Residency Try Outs, Winter Show, Buried Beneath the City, Edges of Ailey at the Whitney ending 2/9 & Last Femme Collective Performance at the 14th Street Y in Manhattan; Historical Retrospective of W.E.B Du Bois at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn; Flushing Chinese New Year Parade, Curators Choice Films Ending at MoMI in Queens; MLB Yankee Stadium Tours & Next Week Ponce Bank Small Business Boot Camp in the Bronx; Painting with Soul at Snug Harbor on Staten Island. Coming 2025 Year Round Indoor & Outdoor Markets and Some Open Calls
January 31, 2025 / NYC Neighborhoods / NYC Things To Do Events / News Analysis & Opinion / Gotham Buzz NYC.
NYC Weather. Sunrise 7.07 am. Sunset 5.12 pm. We're getting 50 more minutes of sunlight than we were the weekend of the Winter solstice in late December. The temperature highs will be in the high 30's on Friday and Saturday, rising to the mid 40's on Sunday. The temperature lows will be in the mid 30's on Friday and Sunday, dipping in between to 20 on Saturday. The humidity will rise to 80% assuming that precipitation arrives Friday evening, then dipping to 40% - 50% on Saturday, before rising back to 50% to 70% on Sunday. There's a 75% chance of a small amount of precipitation [1/5 inch tops] Friday evening. After that it's dry for the rest of the weekend.
The photo at right was taken at the Georges Berges Gallery at 462 West Broadway [at Houston] in SoHo this past Thursday evening. There's a group show, entitled Tarot, at the gallery, which runs through February 28th, and it's well worth a visit.
Friday Evening Edition at 7 pm. We're just getting started. A fair amount more coming as the day progresses.
Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in NYC
January 23 thru December, 2025 - Buried Beneath the City - at NYC Municipal Archives at 31 Chambers Street in the 1st Floor Gallery in Manhattan. All about the history buried beneath New York City from Indigenous peoples, to the early Dutch and English settlers including the slave trade to today. Free. For details see - https://a860-collectionguides.nyc.gov
Ending Sunday, February 9, 2025 beginning at 5 pm - Edges of Ailey - at the Whitney at 99 Gansevoort in the West Village. The Village Preservation Group describes it as follows, " ... Edges of Ailey is the first large-scale museum exhibition to celebrate the life, dances, influences, and enduring legacy of visionary artist and choreographer Alvin Ailey. This dynamic showcase brings together visual art, music, a range of archival materials, and a multi-screen video installation drawn from recordings of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (AAADT) repertory to explore the full range of Ailey’s personal and creative life ...". For details see - https://whitney.org
Cancelled _ February 2025 - Winter Carnival - at and around the Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. This event has not happened since 2020. No explanation has been given by the NYC Parks Department. But that said, because we no longer get a snowfall that stays on the ground, it's likely this event is a permanent casualty of climate change. Thank you oil companies and drivers of large vehicles that carry only one person most of the time.
Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Manhattan
See Edges of Buried Beneath the City at the NYC Municipal Archives and the Edges of Ailey at the Whitney above.
Saturday, January 25 & February 1, 8 & 15, 2025 from 2 to 5 pm - BIPOC is Black, Indigenous and People of Color identifying dancers and choreographers age 18+ / Collective Thread Residency. Free. St. Mary's Episcopal Church 521 West 126th Street in Washington Heights / West Harlem. Details coming or see for yourself - Harlem Arts Alliance & https://www.modartsdance.com
Friday thru Sunday, January 24 to February 2, 2025 begins at 12 noon & ends at times ranging from 4.30 to 8 pm - The Winter Show - at the Park Avenue Armory at 643 Park Avenue on the UES. For $40 tickets and details see - https://www.thewintershow.org
Thursday, January 9 - Saturday, February 1, 2025 at various times - The Femme Collective - at the 14th Street Y at 344 East 14th Street in the Village. Three separate plays - Broken Thread, January and She Wolves - are collaborations by Multistages, Neo Political Cowgirls and the Eden Theatre Company, which will be performed this month. For details and $25 - $75 tickets see - https://ci.ovationtix.com/36649
Gramercy Theater concerts - https://www.thegramercytheatre.com/shows
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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Queens NYC
January thru Friday, January 31, 2025 - Curators Choice - at the Museum of the Moving Image is at 35th Avenue and 36th Street in Astoria / LIC Queens. These are films shown in 2024 that the staff of MoMI selected as some of their favorites for viewing. For $10 - $17.50 tickets and details see - https://movingimage.org/series/curators-choice-2024/
The photo above or at right was taken earlier this week, showing Queens Blvd traffic in Long Island City as it heads west across the Queens Borough Bridge.
Saturday, February 1, 2025 beginning at 11 am - Queens Chinese New Year Parade in Flushing - begins at the corner of Union Street and 39th Avenue in Flushing. Click this link & scroll down to the map to see the Flushing Queens Chinese New Year parade route from prior years, which [unconfirmed] I believe is the same as this year. Organized by the Flushing Chinese Business Association. For details see - https://fcbainc.org
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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in Brooklyn NYC
Sunday, February 2, 2025, from 1.30 to 3 pm - W.E.B. Du Bois in Perspective: The Nation, the City, the Church - in the sanctuary at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church at 157 Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights. "... Before ... Black History Month, W.E.B. Du Bois brought Negro History Week to Holy Trinity Episcopal Church [this location]. Du Bois was a major figure in twentieth-century America as a civil rights activist, scholar, and founding member of the NAACP. The program includes talks by ... historians Phillip Luke Sinitiere, Lavelle Porter, and Craig Townsend will offer perspectives on Du Bois' [life] ... The program will include musical performances by classical musicians Emily Kalish and Kyle Walker and the Gospel choir East Coast Inspirational Singers. Free. For details see - https://www.stannholytrinity.org
The photo at right was taken last week on the Brooklyn Bridge, looking east toward Brooklyn. It was a nice sunny day with temperatures in the mid 30's to 40's, so even with the breeze, it was fairly comfortable.
Two Plays - Polonsky & Billie Holiday Theater.
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Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week in the Bronx NYC
February 1 - 9, 2025 on at various times - Yankee Stadium Tours - at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx. See the Yankees Museum, the ball park including both the dugout a press box or VIP suite for $41 / adult and $30 / child. For details and online tickets [only] see - https://www.mlb.com/yankees/ballpark/tours/public/classic-tours-tickets
Wednesday, February 5, 12, 19, 26, 2025 beginning at 6 pm - Ponce Bank Small Business Boot Camp - at a central location in the Bronx. The first of a four part series which includes 1) getting the most from your bank, 2) accounting - knowing your numbers, 3) growing your business, and 4) preparing for a business loan. For details see - https://www.poncebank.com/financial-mastery-series/small-business-bootcamp
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*** In the February MCAL - Click the MCAL link above for details about
Saturday, February 8th, For the Love of Chocolate;
Tuesday, February 11th, Pelham Parkway Neighborhood Association Meeting
Saturday, February 15th Winter Walk; and
Monday - Wednesday, February 17 - 19, Stop Motion Time Travel Mini Camp.
Things To Do This Weekend & Next Week on Staten Island NYC
Saturday, February 1, 2025 from 2 to 5 pm - Black History Month: Painting with Soul: Colors of Culture - at Snug Harbor Cultural Center at 1000 Richmond Terrace in Building P. They describe the event as follows, " ... a self-guided paint project, celebrating the vibrancy of Black culture. Wrap up with an engaging, interactive quiz game highlighting Black history—win fun prizes! Enjoy light refreshments in a welcoming community atmosphere ...". Free. For details see - https://snug-harbor.org
The photo at right was taken this week from atop the Brooklyn Bridge. In the distance, is the Statue of Lady Liberty, standing tall and strong in the NYS Harbor, reminding us of our Constitutional philosophy and promise.
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Have a nice end of January / early February weekend.
