November in NYC calendar for 2008

Wednesday, November 19
Encores! Great American Musicals in Concert On the Town at City Center (through Nov. 23)
Pipilotti Rist: Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters) opens at the Museum of Modern Art (through Feb. 2)
Exhibition of works by the artists in Graphic Novels from Europe at the Cultural Services of the French Embassy, 972 Fifth Avenue (open noon to 5 p.m. weekdays only through Dec. 12)
New York History Month: Gastropolis at Book Culture
Free Orfeh performance and CD signing at the Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle at 6 p.m.
SpaSally free spa party at BioSkinErgy Medispa from noon to 7 p.m. Choose from free Laser Hair Removal for lip or underarms; chemical peel; mini-vela shape cellulite treatment; or mini-massage
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Canuks
Free art deco lecture at the NY Public Library on ” Deco in Dress” at 4:15 p.m.
Acker Wine workshop
(Delayed until Thanksgiving: Wollman Rink at Prospect Park opens for the season)

Thursday, November 20
Horton Foote’s “Dividing the Estate” opens on Broadway (open-ended run)
Free art deco lecture at the NY Public Library on ” Art Deco Revivalist Architecture in Manhattan” at 12: 30 p.m.
La Traviata at the Met Opera at 8 p.m.
Artist signing and discussion on Graphic Novels from Europe: New Literature from Europe 2008 at the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
NY Philharmonic open rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.: Maazel Conducts Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony
Captains of Industry: Stephen J. Adler and Earvin “Magic” Johnson, Jr. at 92nd St Y
Acker Wine workshop
Private gallery tour at the Met Museum “Landscapes Clear and Radiant: The Art of Wang Hui” with Maxwell K. Hearn, Douglas Dillon Curator of Asian Art at 11 a.m.

Friday, November 21
Bronx Zoo’s Holiday Lights begins
“Pal Joey” begins previews on Broadway (opening night: Dec. 11; open-ended run)
Mostly Monk: One For All w/ Eric Alexander, Steve Davis, Jim Rotondi, Dave Hazeltine, John Webber, Joe Farnsworth at Jazz at Lincoln Center (through Nov. 23)
Brian Wilson plays the Hammerstein Ballroom
Ani DiFranco plays Town Hall (and Nov. 22)
Brian Wilson in-store at J&R
Free Fridays at the South Street Seaport Museum from 5 to 9 p.m. on the topic Fulton Fish Market: Images and Impressions
Book signing at the International Center of Photography with Joseph Rodriguez
The Evening Sale: Finest and Rarest Wines Featuring Domaine De La Romanee-Conti at Christie’s
Punk/Rock collections go on display ahead of the Nov. 24 auction at Christie’s

Saturday, November 22
Polar Rink opens for ice skating at the American Museum of Natural History
Holiday Train Show begins at the NY Botanical Garden (through January 11)
Holiday Shops at Bryant Park open for the season
Knicks home game vs. Washington at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.
Orchestra of St. Luke’s plays chamber music by Britten, Ibert, Herrmann and Vaughan Williams at the Brooklyn Museum
NY Transit Museum tour: Bergen Street Sign Shop
NYC Audubon’s Wintering Waterfowl Workshop
Capuçon-Angelich Trio at 8 p.m. at the Met Museum

Sunday, November 23
Jewish Colonial America - Lower Manhattan Walking Tour at 11 a.m.
Sarah Brightman at Madison Square Garden
Cora Burggraaf concert at The Frick Collection
Ditmas Park tour with the Center for the Urban Environment at 2 p.m.
Opening night on Broadway for Irving Berlin’s White Christmas
New York Marble Cemetery, the oldest public non-sectarian cemetery in New York City, is open to the public from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Monday, November 24
Big Onion’s Revolutionary New York walking tour
Nikki Yanofsky at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Coyotes
De la Concha cigar dinner with Pepin Garcia
Acker Wine workshop

Tuesday, November 25
Knicks home game vs. Cleveland at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.
NY Philharmonic open rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.: Julia Fischer Plays Mozart
Ken Peplowski/Bucky Pizzarelli Quintet: The Music of Harold Arlen, Hoagy Carmichael & Duke Ellington at Jazz at Lincoln Center (through Nov. 30)
Annual Christmas Tree and Neapolitan Baroque Crèche opens at the Met Museum (through January 6, 2009)
Choirs of Angels: Painting in Italian Choral Manuscripts, 1300–1500 opens at the Met Museum (through April 12)

Wednesday, November 26
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade balloon inflation
Youssou N’Dour’s Great African Ball at Nokia Theatre (and Nov. 27)
Jim Gaffigan: Sexy Tour at Town Hall (through Nov. 30)

Thursday, November 27
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade
Places open Thanksgiving Day

Friday, November 28
New York City Ballet begins seasonal performances of George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker ™ (through Jan. 3)
Big Onion’s Annual Post-Thanksgiving Multi-Ethnic Eating Tour walking tour
Seaport Ice skating rink opens for the season at the South Street Seaport
Harry Connick, Jr. & His Big Band, a Holiday Celebration at City Center at 8 p.m.

Saturday, November 29
Special Event: Community Dialogue: Gilbert & George at 3 p.m. at the Brooklyn Museum
Harry Connick, Jr. & His Big Band, a Holiday Celebration at City Center at 8 p.m.
Free 1-hour concert at Bargemusic at 1 p.m.
Knicks home game vs. Golden State at Madison Square Garden at 7:30 p.m.
Sporting Art and Maritime Art goes on display at Christie’s ahead of the Dec. 3 auctions

Sunday, November 30
NY Jets home game vs. Denver
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Panthers

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December in New York City calendar for 2008

Monday, December 1
Growing & Greening New York opens at the Museum of the City of New York
Met Opera’s Don Giovanni at 8 p.m. with Erwin Schrott
Roland Barber Quintet: A Jazz Celebration of Family at Jazz at Lincoln Center
TimesTalks event: Inside The News, AIDS: Progress and Peril at 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, December 2
Acker Wines BYOB Holiday Dinner at Tribeca Grill
Kenny Werner w/ David Sanchez, Randy Brecker, Scott Colley & Antonio Sanchez at Jazz at Lincoln Center (through Dec. 7)

Wednesday, December 3
Liza Minella on Broadway in Liza’s at the Palace …! (through Dec. 14)
Acker Wine workshop
Chanticleer at 8:30 p.m. at the Met Museum
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Penguins
Marlene Dumas opens at MoMA (through Feb. 2)
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 50th Anniversary Opening Night Gala
Fine and Rare Wines auction at 5 p.m. at Christie’s

Thursday, December 4
Big Onion’s Revolutionary New York walking tour
Acker Wine workshop

Friday, December 5
Downtown Culinary Tours with Alexandra Leaf: Extreme Chocolate Walking Tour
Met Opera’s Don Giovanni at 8 p.m. with Erwin Schrott
A Literary Christmas Miscellany from the Berg Collection goes on display at the Edna Barnes Salomon Room of the NYPL’s
Humanities and Social Sciences Library, featuring Charles Dickens’s prompt copy of A Christmas Carol, from which he gave his public readings (through Jan. 4)
Till Fellner, piano at 8 p.m. at the Met Museum
Live from the NYPL lecture series at 7 p.m.: Zadie Smith On Sensibility
Twisted Sister play the Nokia Theatre
Repeal Day sale at LeNell’s in Red Hook, celebrating 75 years since the repeal of Prohibition

Saturday, December 6
Free Jazz Battles at Jazz at Lincoln Center
21st annual Indie & Small Press Book Fair (and Dec. 7)
Fascinating Gershwin, historical narrative and special live performances at 6 p.m. at the Met Museum
The Next Digital Age for book publishing at 1 p.m. The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York, free but reservations required
NY Transit Museum tour of Corona Shop and Car Wash, subway maintenance shop
Sunnyside and Woodside tour with the Center for the Urban Environment at 11 a.m.
Presents to the Animals at Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo and Prospect Park Zoo (and Dec. 7, 13, 14, 20 and 21)
Bank of America cardholders get free admission all weekend to the Met Museum, International Center of Photography, NY Hall of Science, the Jewish Museum, Bronx Zoo and NY Aquarium for Museums on Us
NYC Audubon’s Wintering Waterfowl at Jamaica Bay

Sunday, December 7
NY Giants home game vs. Philadelphia
Holiday Lights and Cannoli Tour with 92nd Y from 6 p.m.
Pilgrimage to the World Trade Center Site: A Multifaith Perspective at 3:30 p.m. at the Tribute WTC Visitor Center
A Great Day in Harlem tour with the Center for the Urban Environment at 11 a.m.
Justin Ferate’s Bus tour: Holiday on the Hudson: Sunnyside, Union Church at Pocantico Hills & Glenview Mansion
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Flames

Monday, December 8
Annual “Noel Coward Cabaret” - one night only at the Algonquin Hotel’s Oak Room
Remembering Dr. George Butle at Jazz at Lincoln Center
TimesTalks event: A Brief History of Perfume at 6:30 p.m. with Chandler Burr, fragrance critic for The New York Times Style Magazine

Tuesday, December 9
Culinary Historians of New York event with Anne Mendelson, on Milk: The Surprising Story of Milk Through the Ages
Acker Wine workshop’ s vertical of Domaine Georges Roumier Bonnes-Mares at Tocquville for $1,299 per person
Metropolitan chapter of the Victorian Society in America lecture: “Gothamtide”— New York’s Contributions to Creating the Victorian Christmas at 6 p.m.
Philippe de Montebello & Isabella Rossellini at 8 p.m. at the Met Museum
Calder Jewelry opens at the Met Museum (through March 1, 2009)
Martin McDonagh’s The Cripple of Inishmaan begins performances at The Linda Gross Theater (through March 1)
NYC Gay Mens Chorus Holiday Spectacular 2008 at 8 p.m. at Carnegie Hall
Met Opera’s Don Giovanni at 8 p.m. with Erwin Schrott
George Coleman Organ Quintet w/ Peter Bernstein, Mike Ledonne, Joe Farnsworth & special guest Eric Alexander at Jazz at Lincoln Center (through Dec. 14)

Wednesday, December 10
Special Nights on Broadway: “Billy Elliot”

Thursday, December 11
Opening night on Broadway for “Pal Joey” (open-ended run)
Free art deco lecture at the NY Public Library on ” Art Deco Revivalist Architecture in Manhattan” at 12:30 p.m.

Friday, December 12
What is Real: Documentary Photography and the Politics of Truth at the International Center of Photography (and Dec. 13)
Waldorf-Astoria Tour and High Tea tour with 92nd Y at noon
Ray Davies plays the Hammerstein Ballroom

Saturday, December 13
New York National Boat Show at the Javits (through Dec. 21)
American Museum of Natural History’s real-life sleepover
Met Opera’s Don Giovanni at 8 p.m. with Erwin Schrott
New York premiere of Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr. Fox at Dicapo Opera Theatre
Hoboken tour with the Center for the Urban Environment
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Hurricanes

Sunday, December 14
Opening night on Broadway for “Shrek: The Musical”
NY Jets home game vs. Buffalo
NY Transit Museum tour of The Jewel in the Crown: Old City Hall Station
New York premiere of Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr. Fox at Dicapo Opera Theatre

Monday, December 15
Jimmy Owens & The New School Jazz Improvisation Ensemble at Jazz at Lincoln Center
15th anniversary reunion of Tommy with the original Broadwya cast and band, at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, December 16
Christian McBride Band at Jazz at Lincoln Center (through Dec. 21)
United Nations Tour and Delegates Dining Room Lunch with 92nd Y at 10:15 a.m.
Acker Wine workshop

Wednesday, December 17
Tickets go on sale for Shakespeare in the Park’s “Mother Courage” with Meryl Streep as a film called “Theater of War” at Film Forum
Free art deco lecture at the NY Public Library on ” Deco in Dress” at 4:15 p.m.
NY Philharmonic open rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.: Handel’s Messiah

Thursday, December 18
Tommy James & the Shondells play the Hammerstein Ballroom

Friday, December 19
Labelle at the Apollo Theater
The Fertile Goddess exhibition opens at the Brooklyn Museum (through May 31)
Met Opera’s Don Giovanni at 8 p.m. with Erwin Schrott
New York premiere of Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr. Fox at Dicapo Opera Theatre

Saturday, December 20

Sunday, December 21
Jazz Nativity at Birdland Jazz (through Dec. 25)
NY Giants home game vs. Carolina
Big Onion’s Winter Solstice Tour of Central Park walking tour at 1 p.m.
New York premiere of Tobias Picker’s Fantastic Mr. Fox at Dicapo Opera Theatre

Monday, December 22
Dicapo Opera Theatre’s Puccini 150th Anniversary Gala at 8 p.m.
Barbara Carroll Trio w/Ken Peplowski: A Holiday Celebration at Jazz at Lincoln Center (through Dec. 28)

Tuesday, December 23
Wu Tang Clan play the Hammerstein Ballroom
Lionheart, Christmas in Medieval Italy: Il Laudario di Cortona at 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Capitals
PBS airs “Grey Gardens: From East Hampton to Broadway,”, the new documentary film produced by East of Doheny with Albert Maysles

Wednesday, December 24
Big Onion’s Christmas Stroll in Greenwich Village walking tour at 1 p.m.
Shakespeare in the Park’s “Mother Courage” with Meryl Streep premieres on screen as “Theater of War” at Film Forum (through Jan. 6)

Thursday, December 25
Big Onion’s 18th Annual Christmas Day Jewish East Side Tour walking tours at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Places that were open Christmas Day in 2007
Rainbow Room meal reservations from noon to 7 p.m. ($200 for adults and $100 for children)
St. Patrick’s Cathedral Christmas Day mass - celebrated at 7, 8, 9, 10:15 a.m., noon and 1 p.m.
Radio City Spectacular - shows at 1, 4 and 7 p.m.
Jazz Nativity at Birdland Jazz at 5 and 8 p.m.
Christmas with Hilary Kole at Birdland Jazz at 11 p.m.

Friday, December 26
Nas plays the Hammerstein Ballroom
Free Holiday Open House at the Queens County Farm Museum (through Dec. 29)

Saturday, December 27
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Devils

Sunday, December 28
NY Jets home game vs. Miami

Monday, December 29
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Islanders

Tuesday, December 30
Gov’t Mule play the Hammerstein Ballroom (and Dec. 31)

Wednesday, December 31
New Year’s Eve events
Big Onion’s Historic Lower Manhattan -New York in a New Year walking tour at 1 p.m.
New Year’s Eve black-tie dinner at Rainbow Room (Reservations available from 8 to 11:30 pm; $1,500 per person.)
La Rondine New Year’s Eve Gala at the Met Opera
My Morning Jacket at Madison Square Garden

St. Patrick’s Cathedral New Year’s Eve vigil at 5:30 p.m.
New Year’s Eve Celebration Vocalist Hilary Kole with Chico O’Farrill’s Jazz Orchestra at Birdland Jazz at 8 and 11 p.m.

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January 2009 in New York City calendar

Thursday, January 1
Places that were open New Year’s Day in 2008
Merchant’s House Museum will be open New Year’s Day
Big Onion’s Historic Times Square walking tour at 1 p.m.
Coney Island Polar Bear Club New Year’s Day swim; meet at noon swim at 1 p.m.
NYC Audubon’s Beach Walk at 11 a.m. at Fort Tilden in Breezy Point
St. Patrick’s Cathedral ’s Solemnity of Mary (Holy Day of obligation)
Masses at 8 a.m. and noon

Friday, January 2
Previews begin on Broadway for “The American Plan”
NY Philharmonic open rehearsal at 9:45 a.m.: Bach, Strauss and Pictures at an Exhibition

Saturday, January 3
Bank of America cardholders get free admission all weekend to the Met Museum, International Center of Photography, NY Hall of Science, the Jewish Museum, Bronx Zoo and NY Aquarium for Museums on Us

Sunday, January 4

Monday, January 5
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs.Penguins

Tuesday, January 6
Previews begin on Broadway for Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler with Mary-Louise Parker
Steve Ross plays the Algonquin Hotel’s Oak Room (through Jan. 31)
Eliane Elias: Bossa Nova Stories at Jazz at Lincoln Center (through Jan. 11)

Wednesday, January 7
Free Jazz Battles at Jazz at Lincoln Center
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Canadiens

Thursday, January 8
“Great Producers: Visionaries of the American Theater” discussion at the Drama Book Shop

Friday, January 9
NYC Audubon’s Montauk Winter Weekend (through Jan. 11)

Saturday, January 10

Sunday, January 11

Monday, January 12
The Basic No-Knead Method class at Sullivan Street Bakery

Tuesday, January 13
Performances begin for the martial arts show The Spirit of Shaolin on Broadway (through Jan. 31)

Wednesday, January 14
Previews begin Off-Broadway for Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya starring Denis O’Hare (through Feb. 22)

Thursday, January 15
Gracie Mansion Tea Tour with 92nd Y at 1 p.m.

Friday, January 16
Lily, inspired by and featuring the music of Kurt Weill, at Dicapo Opera Theatre

Saturday, January 17
Lily, inspired by and featuring the music of Kurt Weill, at Dicapo Opera Theatre

Sunday, January 18
Ma’alot Quintet concert at The Frick Collection

Monday, January 19

Tuesday, January 20
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Ducks
Gracie Mansion Tea Tour with 92nd Y at 1 p.m.

Wednesday, January 21

Thursday, January 22
Opening night on Broadway for “The American Plan”

Friday, January 23
The Ritz-Carlton Luxury Tour and High Tea with 92nd Y at 1 p.m.

Saturday, January 24

Sunday, January 25
Opening night on Broadway for Hedda Gabler with Mary-Louise Parker (through March 22)

Monday, January 26
Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met Opera with Diana Damrau and Anna Netrebko at 8 p.m.

Tuesday, January 27
Rangers home game at Madison Square Garden vs. Hurricanes
Gracie Mansion Tea Tour with 92nd Y at 1 p.m.

Wednesday, January 28
NYC Audubon’s Digital Nature Photography for Beginners

Thursday, January 29
Lucia di Lammermoor at the Met Opera with Diana Damrau and Anna Netrebko at 8 p.m.
Gracie Mansion Tea Tour with 92nd Y at 1 p.m.

Friday, January 30

Saturday, January 31
“American Art and the East” (working title) opens at the Guggenheim (through April 19, 2009)

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New York City 2009 calendar events

Incomplete as of yet, this is where you’ll find events that have already announced their dates for 2009. Return to NewYorkology’s main calendar page for events in 2008, (and January 2009.)

2009 events in New York City:

Feb. 2 - Private gallery tour of the Met Museum’s Art and Love in Renaissance Italy with Andrea Bayer, Curator of European Paintings and Linda Wolk-Simon, Curator of Drawings and Prints, at 11 a.m.
Feb. 3 - Tony DeSare plays the Algonquin Hotel’s Oak Room (through Feb. 21)
Feb. 3 - Lecture: Unexpected in the Bronx at The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York
Feb. 4 - Reel Religion: A Century of the Bible and Film opens at the Museum of Biblical Art (through May 17)
Feb. 7 – Bank of America cardholders get free admission all weekend to the Met Museum, International Center of Photography, NY Hall of Science, the Jewish Museum, Bronx Zoo and NY Aquarium for Museums on Us
Feb. 7 - Hudson River EagleFest at Teatown in the Hudson Valley
Feb. 9 - The Westminster Kennel Club 133rd Annual Dog Show at Madison Square Garden (and Feb. 10)
Feb. 10 at The General Society of Mechanics and Tradesmen of the City of New York … cal from here
Feb. 10 Masterpieces of European Painting from the Norton Simon Museum opens at the Frick (through May 10)
Feb. 13 - William Godwin’s Juvenile Library opens at the NYPL’s Humanities and Social Sciences Library (through June 13)
Feb. 13 - Harlem Globetrotters at Madison Square Garden
Feb. 15 - Atrium Quartet concert at The Frick Collection
Feb. 19 - U.S. premiere of Leos Janácek’s first opera Šárka at Dicapo Opera Theatre
Feb. 21 - Leos Janácek’s first opera Šárka at Dicapo Opera Theatre
Feb. 23 - Previews begin on Broadway for West Side Story
Feb. 24 - Sheera Ben-David plays the Algonquin Hotel’s Oak Room (through March 7)
Feb. 27 - Leos Janácek’s first opera Šárka at Dicapo Opera Theatre
Feb. 28 - Orchestra of St. Luke’s plays works by Latin American composers influenced by the indigenous music and dance of Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Peru, at 2 p.m. at the Brooklyn Museum

March 1 - Leos Janácek’s first opera Šárka at Dicapo Opera Theatre
March 7 – Bank of America cardholders get free admission all weekend to the Met Museum, International Center of Photography, NY Hall of Science, the Jewish Museum, Bronx Zoo and NY Aquarium for Museums on Us
March 15 - Julian Rachlin & Itamar Golan concert at The Frick Collection
March 19 - Opening night on Broadway for “West Side Story”
March 24 - Previews begin on Broadway for “9 to 5”

April 3 - Between Collaboration and Resistance: French Literary Life Under Nazi Occupation opens at the NYPL’s Humanities and Social Sciences Library (July 25)
April 4 – Bank of America cardholders get free admission all weekend to the Met Museum, International Center of Photography, NY Hall of Science, the Jewish Museum, Bronx Zoo and NY Aquarium for Museums on Us
April 5 - Byron Schenkman concert at The Frick Collection
April 16 - L’Italiana in Algieri at Dicapo Opera Theatre
April 17 - L’Italiana in Algieri at Dicapo Opera Theatre
April 17 - Thomas & Friends Live! On Stage at the Beacon Theater (through April 19)
April 18 - L’Italiana in Algieri at Dicapo Opera Theatre
April 19- L’Italiana in Algieri at Dicapo Opera Theatre
April 19 - Geringas Baryton Trio concert at The Frick Collection
April 22 - Eighth annual Tribeca Film Festival (through May 3)
April 23 - Opening night on Broadway for “9 to 5” (open-ended run)

May 3 - Tempesta di Mare concert at The Frick Collection
May 9 - Orchestra of St. Luke’s plays Schumann and Brahms at the Brooklyn Museum
May 15 – “Frank Lloyd Wright: A Retrospective” opens at the Guggenheim, marking the 50th anniversary of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the 50th anniversary of the death of Frank Lloyd Wright (through mid-August 2009)

June 4 - Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Netherlandish Prints of the Sixteenth Century opens at the Museum of Biblical Art (through Sept. 27)

Sept. 19 – “Kandinsky” exhibition opens at the Guggenheim (through mid-January 2010)

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