Romance
Empire State opens annual Valentine wedding contest
When the Empire State Building puts out a request for proposals, qualified applicants must be willing to say “I do.”
The city’s tallest skyscraper allows weddings only once a year - at Valentine’s Day.
Fourteen couples will be chosen to marry, renew their vows or affirm their commitment to each other in ceremonies atop the Empire State Building on Valentine’s Day weekend, 2010. Each couple will get a free, private 30-minute ceremony with up to 20 of their guests.
“From big-screen movie love scenes to sky-high proposals, this destination has always been a symbol of romance,” said Carley Roney, editor in chief of The Knot, which is sponsoring the event.
To enter the contest, applicants need to submit their romantic story, photos and reasons for wanting a skyscraper wedding to The Knot or Empire State Building by Dec. 9.
Winners will be chosen based on originality, creativity and their connections to the building.
Picture credit: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology
November 12, 2009 9:41 AM Comments (0)
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Museums, zoos, ice rinks, clubs open Thanksgiving Day
In case you find yourself in New York City on Nov. 26, 2009 looking for something to do besides share a bird with your beloved family members, here are some places that will be open on Thanksgiving Day in NYC:
The Macy’s 83nd Thanksgiving Day Parade will begin at 9 a.m. at 77th Street and Central Park West. The new route this year starts out the same, traveling south down Central Park West to Columbus Circle. But this year it will skip Broadway,and instead turn onto Central Park South and then south on 7th Avenue. Once it reaches, 42nd Street, the parade will head east until it reaches Bryant Park at 6th Avenue. The parade will continue south on 6th (Avenue of the Americas) until it reaches 34th Street, where it will turn towards Macy’s at herald Square.
Restaurants open Thanksgiving Day
Radio City Christmas Spectacular - performances at 2, 5 and 8 p.m.
Cirque du Soleil’s “Wintuk” at Madison Square Garden - performances at 2:30 and 7:30 p.m.
Broadway Thanksgiving Week schedule includes Thanksgiving Day performances of “Hamlet” at 7:30 p.m. as well as “Chicago,” “Oleanna,” “Phantom of the Opera” “West Side Story” and “White Christmas” at 8 p.m.
Big Apple Circus - 2 p.m. performance
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island - 9 a.m. - 5:15 p.m. (Although tickets to the statue’s crown are sold out through 2009, you can still reserve free pedestal/museum access with your ferry tickets.)
Empire State Building open from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. (Last elevator goes up at 1:15 a.m.)
Rockefeller Center’s Top of the Rock open from 8 a.m. to midnight (Last elevator goes up at 11 p.m.)
Socrates Sculpture Park - 10 a.m. to sunset
Discovery’s Times Square Exhibition featuring “Titanic: The Artifact Exhibition” and “DaVinci’s Workshop” from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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November 9, 2009 10:56 PM Comments (0)
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Museums open late for fall/winter 2009/10 in NYC
 Many museums stay open late at least one night a week, often in conjunction with free admission hours, live music and cocktails.
Here are the New York City museums with late-closing hours listed by day of the week:
Mondays
New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free)
Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame Annex - 8 p.m., with last admission at 7 p.m. ($24.50)
Tuesdays
China Institute Gallery - 8 p.m. (free 6 to 8 p.m.)
Society of Illustrators - 8 p.m. (always free)
New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free)
Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame Annex - 8 p.m. with last admission at 7 p.m. ($24.50)
Wednesdays
Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art - 7 p.m. ($10)
New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex at Grand Central Terminal - 8 p.m. (always free)
Museum of Jewish Heritage - 8 p.m. ($12)
Rock ‘N’ Roll Hall of Fame Annex - 8 p.m. with last admission at 7 p.m. ($24.50)
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November 4, 2009 10:28 AM Comments (0)
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Met Opera, NYC Opera offer rush seats for $25 or less
Some of the best seats in the house at the Metropolitan Opera are available for a mere $20 through the Varis Rush Tickets all season.
All regular performances Mondays through Thursdays will offer 150 orchestra seats for $20. The catch is the tickets go on sale only at the Met Opera box office starting two hours before curtain, subject to availability.
An extra 50 tickets are reserved for seniors (65 or over) at the $20 price. The senior tickets are available starting at noon on the day of each performance and may be reserved online or by calling (212) 362-6000.
The $20 tickets are not available for special events, galas or opening nights.
The New York City Opera, which begins its season later this week, again will offer tickets for $25 or less through its Opera for All program.
There are two ways to get the cheap seats at City Opera. On Mondays at 10 a.m., you can buy that week’s $25 orchestra rush seats at the box office, online or by phone (212) 721-6500. Use the offer code OFA1.
In addition to the rush seats, City Opera also sells $20 and $12 tickets for for every performance in the theater’s 4th and 5th ring.
Picture credit: Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
November 3, 2009 9:16 AM Comments (0)
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Shakespeare in the Park '10 'Merchant,' 'Winter’s Tale'
 “The Merchant of Venice” and “The Winter’s Tale” have been chosen as the two free plays for Shakespeare in the Park for the summer of 2010, The Public Theater announced today.
Daniel Sullivan will direct “Merchant” while Michael Greif will direct “Winter’s Tale.” Casts will be announced later.
Normally Shakespeare in the Park stages one play at the begging of summer, takes a break and starts a second. But in 2010, they’ll play in rotating repertory from June 9 through Aug. 1. The same company of actors will perform in both plays.
Image source: Official website for Shakespeare in the Park.
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November 2, 2009 4:36 PM Comments (0)
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Michelin adds Daniel to list of best NYC restaurants
The New York City 2010 Michelin Guide hits the shelves today, proclaiming Daniel, Jean Georges, Le Bernardin, Masa and Per Se the best restaurants in NYC.
One notch below, each with two stars: Alto, Corton, Gilt, Gordon Ramsay at The London, Momofuku Ko and Picholine. Forty-four other restaurants get one star.
The additional Bib Gourmand list (“Inspectors’ Favorites for Good Value,”) is available online.
The Michelin guide, now in its fifth year covering New York City, for this edition adds a symbol to denote restaurants with worthy cocktails or sake, expands its under-$25 listings, beefs up its Brooklyn and Queens coverage and adds a “small plates” classification.
October 6, 2009 2:52 PM Comments (0)
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Bryant Park Fall Fest offers 10 nights of free concerts
 Bryant Park this evenings kicks off a series of 10 free nights of music and dance concerts intended as a sort of overture of New York’s fall cultural calendar. Expect performers from the likes of the Met Opera, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Jazz at Lincoln Center and Ailey II and others.
Many of the organizations will also offer freebies and discounts on regular-season tickets, according to the official Twitter feed for Bryant Park (which is also a good place to check for last-minute weather-related changes.)
All concerts will start at 6 p.m. and end about 7:30 p.m. Chairs on the Upper Terrace will open for seating at 5 p.m. Tables, chairs, and picnics will also be allowed on the lawn.
The full schedule for the Bryant Park Fall Festival:
Monday, Sept. 28 - St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble
Tuesday, Sept. 29 - Bargemusic
Wednesday, Sept. 30 - New York Gilbert & Sullivan Players
Thursday, Oct. 1 - Metropolitan Opera’s Lindemann Young Artist Development Program
Friday, Oct. 2 - Carnegie Hall, featuring Ensemble ACJW
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September 28, 2009 8:59 AM Comments (0)
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Zeta-Jones, Lansbury to star in 'A Little Night Music'
 Angela Lansbury and Catherine Zeta-Jones this fall will star in the first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler’s “A Little Night Music,” producers confirmed today.
Trevor Nunn will direct the production, which will begin previews Nov. 24 with an opening night set for Dec. 13. The ladies will share the stage with Olivier Award–nominee Alexander Hanson, who transfers with the musical from London’s Menier Chocolate Factory.
The romantic musical, based on Ingmar Bergman’s “Smiles of a Summer Night,” includes the song “Send in the Clowns.” The original Broadway production won the Tony for best musical in 1973.
“I’m honored that Trevor Nunn and Stephen Sondheim asked me to make my Broadway debut in this beautiful production,” Zeta-Jones said in a statement.
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September 22, 2009 5:07 PM Comments (0)
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Central Park hosts 'Wizard of Oz,' Ken Burns screenings
 Central Park is gearing up to host two free events celebrating a few things green.
Even the Empire State Building will go green this Thursday for “The Wizard of Oz” 70th Anniversary Emerald Gala Celebration.
The film will be screened outdoors in Central Park on Sept. 29 with a free 7:30 p.m. concert featuring Jennifer Hudson, ?uestlove and Julianne Hough performing contemporary songs from the “The Wizard of Oz.”
But before the Emerald City events, Central Park this Wednesday will host a free event for Ken Burns’ new PBS documentary, “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.”
The Wednesday event in the East Meadow, Feel Free A National Parks Celebration in Central Park, will start at 6:45 p.m. and feature performances by the Counting Crows, Augustana, Eric Benet, Gavin DeGraw, Jose Feliciano, Carole King, Alison Krauss and Union Station featuring Jerry Douglas and Peter Yarrow.
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September 21, 2009 8:36 AM Comments (0)
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'Milkmaid' opens at Met Museum; it's not all about sex
“Vermeer’s Masterpiece: The Milkmaid” today opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a special loan from Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum as part of the citywide celebrations of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s initial trip up the river that now bears his name.
And lest you think the famous Vermeer is just a stodgy old work of nearly perfectly executed light and proportion from circa 1658, you should know the mini-exhibition also examines the long history of kitchen- and milk-maids as erotic figures.
 And yes, the “hot coals inside a wooden box” is indeed a metaphor.
Though during a media preview of the exhibition earlier this week, Curator Walter Liedtke jokingly cautioned: “Don’t quote: ‘The curator says it’s all about sex.’”
And yet. …
The exhibition, which will be on view through Nov. 29, shares the gallery with five Vermeers from the Met’s own collection as well as other Dutch paintings, engravings and drawings.
Image source: (top) Johannes Vermeer (Dutch, 1632-1675); The Milkmaid, ca. 1658; Oil on canvas, 45.5 × 41 cm; Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam SK-A-2344
Picture credit: Curator Walter Liedtke at the Met Museum. Amy Langfield/NewYorkology.
September 10, 2009 9:05 AM Comments (1)
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