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Arrival: Departure: Category: All Activities Auditions Awards Shows/Banquets Cabaret Charity Events Comedy Cultural Arts Film Food and Drink Fun for Kids Galleries Holiday Celebrations Lectures/Debates Literary Marathon Museums Music Nature/Outdoors Parades Sample Sales Scavenger Hunts Shopping Signings/Appearances Sports Street Fairs Theater Tours Trade Shows   Through 5/26/2013 Ages: All Artist and Visionary: William Matthew Prior Revealed American Folk Art Museum 2 Lincoln Square - 212-595-9533 - folkartmuseum.org Organized by the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, this exhibition includes more than 40 oil paintings spanning William Matthew Prior's career from 1824 to 1856. Through his pragmatic marketing strategy, Prior was able to document the faces of middle-class Americans throughout his lifetime, making art accessible to a previously overlooked... (more) Through 5/26/2013 Ages: All Women's Studies American Folk Art Museum 2 Lincoln Square - 212-595-9533 - folkartmuseum.org The late twentieth century has seen great strides for women working within visual mediums, yet the male gaze persists as the primary perspective from which women are considered -- and thus perceived - in film and art. This exhibition presents drawings and photographs of women by four self-taught artists from the1940s through the late twentieth cent... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm Ages: All Superreal: Alternative Realities in Photography and Video El Museo Del Barrio 1230 5th Ave. - 212-831-7272 - www.elmuseo.org This exhibition explores the layered meaning and interpretation of the real as represented through photography and video. Drawing on the presentation of the landscape, the human figure, the world of architecture, objects and natural phenomena, the works in this exhibition explore alternative realities. Through 5/19/2013 Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., 11am-5pm Ages: All Piero della Francesca in America Frick Collection 1 E. 70th St. - 212-288-0700 - www.frick.org Revered in his own time as a 'monarch' of painting, Piero della Francesca (1411/13-1492) is acknowledged today as a founding figure of the Italian Renaissance. In early 2013, The Frick Collection will present the first monographic exhibition in the United States dedicated to the artist. It brings together seven works by Piero della Francesca, inclu... (more) Through 5/26/2013 Ages: All NYC 1993: Experimental, Jet Set, Trash and No Star New Museum 235 Bowery - 212-219-1222 - www.newmuseum.org Prince St. "NYC 1993" looks at art made and exhibited in New York over the course of one year, providing a synchronic panorama in which established artists and emerging figures of the time are presented alongside the work of authors whose influence has since faded from the discussion. Through 5/26/2013 Ages: All Ashe to Amen: African Americans and Biblical Imagery Museum of Biblical Art 1865 Broadway - 212-408-1500 - www.mobia.org The remarkable wealth and breadth of African American artists' interpretations of Biblical stories and traditions in historic and contemporary art is the subject of a loan exhibition investigating the ever-shifting intersections and crossroads of aesthetics and belief. Themes that recur throughout Ashe to Amen include creation, revelation, faith, l... (more) Through 5/26/2013 Ages: All Reaching Out - American Bible Society and the African American Community Museum of Biblical Art 1865 Broadway - 212-408-1500 - www.mobia.org An exhibit tracing American Bible Society's relationship with the African American community built through Bible publication and distribution. Through 5/22/2013 Ages: All No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave. - 212-423-3500 - www.guggenheim.org The Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative identifies and supports a network of curators and artists from South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa in a comprehensive five-year program involving curatorial residencies, acquisitions for the Guggenheim's collection, international touring exhibitions, and far-reac... (more) Through 5/26/2013 Ages: All Fine Lines: American Drawings from the Brooklyn Museum Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway - 718-638-5000 - brooklynmuseum.org Fine Lines: American Drawings from the Brooklyn Museum presents a selection of over 100 of the finest, rarely seen drawings and sketchbooks from the Museum's world-renowned collection of American art. Produced between 1768 and 1945 in a wide range of media (including graphite, pen and ink, crayon, charcoal, and pastel), the featured objects represe... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Ages: All Audubon's Aviary: Part I of the Complete Flock New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West - 212-873-3400 - www.nyhistory.org To celebrate the sesquicentennial of the New-York Historical Society's purchase of the Audubon avian watercolors and the the release of the lavishly illustrated book Audubon's Aviary: The Original Watercolors for "The Birds of America"―published by the New-York Historical Society and Skira/Rizzoli and winner of a 2013 New York Book Show Award... (more) Through 5/21/2013 Hours: Wed.-Sat., 11am-6pm; Sun. noon-6pm Ages: All Mercury Retrograde: Animated Realities Stephan Stoyanov Gallery 29 Orchard St. - 212-343-4240 - www.stephanstoyanov.com An international selection of artists making animated videos. The exhibition is curated by William Heath & Zeljka Himbele, and features animations by Brian Alfred, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, Aline Bouvy & John Gillis, eteam, Cliff Evans, Jan Nalevka and Noah Spiderman & Scott Gelber. Through 5/19/2013 Collapse New York City Center Stage II 131 W 55th St - 212.581.1212 - womensproject.org Price: $20-60 Women's Project presents the New York Premiere of COLLAPSE By Allison Moore Directed by Jackson Gay Hannah has it all. Well, sort of: a caring husband in control of his panic attacks, a free-spirited sister with a penchant for accidental crime, an exciting career fraught with moral dilemmas, and a drunken house plant. COLLAPSE is a hilario... (more) Through 5/24/2013 Hours: Wed.-Sun., noon-6pm Ages: All Donald Weber - Interrogations Foley Gallery 97 Allen St. - 212-244-9081 - foleygallery.com Through 5/24/2013 Hours: Wed.-Sun., noon-6pm Ages: All Sage Sohier - About Face Foley Gallery 97 Allen St. - 212-244-9081 - foleygallery.com Through 5/24/2013 Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm Ages: All Karine Laval: Altered States Bonni Benrubi 41 E. 57th St. - 212-888-6007 - bonnibenrubi.com For her 4th solo exhibition at Bonni Benrubi Gallery, the Brooklyn-based French artist Karine Laval will present a selection of new photographs as well as a video installation. Through 5/26/2013 Hours: 9-7 Ages: All BabyGanics Celebrates New Diaper Line with Major Savings Babies R Us 24-30 Union Square East - (516) 901-9095 BabyGanics will be hosting a promotion and sale event that will be held every Friday, Saturday and Sunday beginning the week of April 15th until the last weekend in May at the Union Square Babies R Us. An additional special day of savings and giveaways will be held on Earth Day, April 22nd. The founders of BabyGanics are committed to offering e... (more) Through 5/25/2013 Ages: All Love Therapy DR2 Theatre 101 E. 15th St. - 212-239-6200 - telecharge.com Price: $45 LOVE THERAPY is a play about a young therapist who finds herself out of her depth when intimacy, attraction and passion collide with the healing process. The playing schedule is as follows: Wednesdays through Saturdays at 8PM, with matinees on Saturday at 2PM and Sunday at 3PM. Tickets are $45 and are available by visiting telecharge.com or ca... (more) Through 5/25/2013 Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm Ages: All Helen Berggruen: The Open Window: Objects, Rooms, & Landscapes Fischbach Gallery 210 Eleventh Ave. - 212-759-2345 - www.fischbachgallery.com Through 5/25/2013 Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm Ages: All Fredericka Foster: Water Way Fischbach Gallery 210 Eleventh Ave. - 212-759-2345 - www.fischbachgallery.com Through 5/25/2013 Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm Ages: All Wolf Kahn Ameringer | McEnery | Yohe 525 W. 22nd St. - 212-445-0051 - ameringer-yohe.com The subjects portrayed in Patrick Lee's graphite drawings are threatening and aggressive in appearance. The artist approaches these men on the streets of Southern California and photographs them as studies for his drawings. This dialogue and interaction is an essential part of his process. Through 5/25/2013 Hours: Tues.-Sat., noon-6pm (Thurs., until 8pm) Ages: All Susan Grabel - Venus Comes of Age Ceres Gallery 547 W. 27th St. - 212-947-6100 - www.ceresgallery.org Grabel's cast paper sculptures, collagraph prints and collages explore the reality of the older woman's body. Through repetition, humor and classical references, she challenges the conventional biases about the aging female body and validates women's experiences of themselves. Through 5/25/2013 Hours: Tues.-Sat., noon-6pm (Thurs., until 8pm) Ages: All Judy Werlin - Spontaneous Generation II Ceres Gallery 547 W. 27th St. - 212-947-6100 - www.ceresgallery.org The continuation of an exploration of the nature and future of life. Wall sculptures made with mixed materials and photographs. Through 5/20/2013 Hours: 10am - 10pm Ages: All New York Institute of Technology 2013 MFA Thesis Exhibition NYIT Gallery Manhattan 16 W. 61st St. - 212.261.1796 - www.facebook.com/events/443982665693053 The New York Institute of Technology Fine Arts Department of the College of Arts and Sciences presents the 2013 MFA Thesis Exhibition, encompassing work by the sixteen artists who will graduate from the program this May working in the fields of Art and Technology, Graphic Design and Computer Animation. The artists will present their work in the... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: 12-5 Ages: All #OlayWowEyes Times Square near the TKTS Booth and Ruby-Red Stairs Times Square, NYC - 2128910483 Stop by the Olay Beauty Truck set up in Times Square (right near TKTS) to introduce the new launch of our Facebook app #OlayWowEyes and try out our new product, Regenerist Micro-Sculpting Eye Cream & Lash Duo! In addition to a mini-makeover, we will take an image of your eyes and project it on a giant screen in New York’s Times Square! You can... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Ages: All Big Sur Brooklyn Bridge Festival Various locations - http://bigsurbrooklynbridge.wordpress.com/schedule/ Big Sur, California's The Henry Miller Memorial Library moves East for a week's worth of art, music, and literature with friends Philip Glass' Days & Nights Festival , folkYEAH Presents, Grove Press, New Directions, the Allen Ginsberg Trust, Pomegranate Arts, The Big Sur Bakery, and more. Through 5/26/2013 Ages: All Hubbard Street Dance Chicago The Joyce Theater 175 Eighth Ave. - 212-242-0800 - joyce.org Hubbard Street Dance Chicago returns to The Joyce with all the exuberant, athletic, and innovative technique that has contributed to its reputation as one of the country's leading contemporary dance companies. The company's Joyce season will consist of two programs and will feature works by some of the most important choreographers on the internati... (more) Through 5/20/2013 Ages: All Onegin American Ballet Theatre Metropolitan Opera House, Amsterdam Ave. & 64th St. - 212-362-6000 - abt.org Pushkin's great 19th-century verse-novel, Eugene Onegin, is interpreted with flawless storytelling skill by John Cranko. With a wealth of magical moments, this compelling tale features an unusual twist of double unrequited love - while the high-handed Onegin at first spurns the young, naive Tatiana, she blooms to become a sophisticated St. Petersbu... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Ages: All Kismet Dicapo Opera Theater 184 E. 76th St. - 212-288-9438 - www.dicapo.com In keeping with its tradition of presenting musicals from time to time, and on the heels of its wildly successful production of Frank Loesser's The Most Happy Fella, Dicapo will present Kismet with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest, adapted from the music of Alexander Borodin and a bo... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: 10 a.m. - 7 p.m. Ages: All Christopher Fischer Cashmere SoHo Sample Sale Christopher Fischer Cashmere 80 Wooster Street - 212-967-6900 Price: free Christopher Fischer Cashmere is holding a sample sale at its SoHo location from May 16 to May 19. The stock will be replenished daily. Through 5/19/2013 Hours: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Ages: All Endangered Species Weekend Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo 1875 Noble Avenue - 203-394-6565 Price: Zoo admission Started by United States Senate proclamation, endangered species awareness events encourage people of all ages to learn about the importance of protecting endangered animals and plants and what actions can be taken to help preserve their future. Participate in a scavenger hunt featuring exotic and domestic endangered animals! Scavenger hunters may ... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: 6pm, show 6:30pm Ages: All The Great Googa Mooga Festival Prospect Park Bandshell 95 Prospect Park West - brooklyn.googamooga.com Price: $54.50 Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Flaming Lips, The Darkness, on opening day. Great GoogaMooga is back! Launching Friday, May 17th, with a kickoff concert, Great GoogaMooga will transform Prospect Park into an amusement park of food, drink and music all weekend long. Eat and drink from 85 top restaurants and more than 50 wineries and breweries. Enjoy themed p... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: 4PM 5/17 - 5PM 5/19 Ages: All Bohemian Festival 2013 The Vander Ende-Onderdonk House 1820 Flushing Avenue - 2126250981 - bohemianfestival.com Price: 15.00 Bringing together a diverse palette of live music, globally sourced DJs, dancers, performers, art and workshops, our second annual Bohemian Festival will be both a culturally rich and insanely festive camp-out and non-stop party on the grounds of the historic Onderdonk House in Ridgewood, Queens. The festival will feature the renowned ensemble ... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: 10am-9pm Ages: All Experience Intel. Look Inside Gansevoort Plaza Price: 0 Join Intel at the first stop of the Experience Intel global tour and explore a series of immersive, cutting-edge digital experiences and performances—by notable artists and creative thinkers—that let you both imagine and experience how an Intel-based device is different from any other. You’ll be able to go hands on with all the latest Intel-powered... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: Noon-5pm Ages: All Ninth Avenue International Food Festival Ninth Avenue 9th Ave. from 42nd St. to 57th St. - www.ninthavenuefoodfestival.com The Ninth Avenue International Food Festival has become a favorite weekend for New Yorkers since it began in 1973. Experience the delightful taste of various cuisines from different countries like Poland, Italy, Spain, Greece, Japan, Thailand and many others. There's also games and fun activities for the children and a live stage entertainment of i... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: 12pm-6pm Ages: All Open Studios Event in LIC Studio 34 34-01 38th Ave, Studio 418 - 6467702254 Max Tzinman was born in Romania and lived in Israel and Canada, immersing himself in a multitude of cultures that influenced his artistic/philosophical concepts. His work invites the viewer to contemplate alienation, anonymity, and the struggle for authenticity and visibility in a group-think world. Through 5/19/2013 Hours: 10:40am-12:20pm Ages: All Guided Tour - Pacific War: USS Intrepid in WWII Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum Pier 86, W. 46th St. and 12th Ave. - 212-245-0072 - www.intrepidmuseum.org Price: $33-$44 The 100-minute tour tells the story of the USS Intrepid and her men during World War II. From 1943 to 1945, the Intrepid participated in the greatest naval campaign in world history. Armed with state of the art planes and crewed by over 3,000 sailors, the "Fighting I" won hard-fought victories against Imperial Japan in the Pacific Theater. From th... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: 10am-4pm Ages: All New York Baby Show Pier 92 NYC 711 12th Avenue - 212-230-1800 - newyorkbabyshow.com Price: $10 A grand family-friendly mega-show, the New York Baby Show will help new parents and parents-to-be discover many of the best products for maternity, baby and toddler from national and local companies, as well as offer an inspiring menu of lectures, seminars and demonstrations from highly regarded and beloved figures in the world of parenting and pre... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: Saturday 10:00am to 6:00pm and Sunday 11:00am to 5:00pm Ages: All 4th Annual Westchester Festival of the Arts Village of Scarsdale 25 Chase Rd. - (631) 421-1590 The Westchester Festival of the Arts returns May 18-19, 2013 to the Village of Scarsdale. Downtown streets will blossom with exquisite artwork created by 65 renowned artisans. For sale will be extraordinary original creations by painters, sculptors, photographers, jewelers, glass, fiber and ceramic artists - and more! Become an art collector! Enr... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: 10:30 am- 3:00 pm Ages: All Meet SpongeBob SquarePants Mystic Aquarium 55 Coogan Blvd. - 8605725955 - mysticaquarium.org Price: Included with admission or membership fee SpongeBob SquarePants will be at Mystic Aquarium on Saturday, May 18 and Sunday, May 19 for the premiere of SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: The Great Jelly Rescue. Aquarium guests can meet and have their photo taken with the popular Nickelodeon character both days between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D: The Great Jelly Rescue, a seven... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Ages: All American Music Festival - Martins/Robbins New York City Ballet 20 Lincoln Center Plaza - 212-496-0600 - nycballet.com New York City Ballet celebrates its affair with American music, a passion first shared by Founding Choreographers Balanchine and Robbins and continued by Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins. With 18 composers, these three weeks will be a festival of American music like no other. 5/19/2013 Hours: 3pm Ages: All DanceAfrica 2013 Opening Celebration Brooklyn Academy of Music 30 Lafayette Ave. - 718-636-4100 - www.bam.org Price: $20 Created by Chuck Davis in 1977, DanceAfrica -- the nation's largest festival dedicated to African dance -- brings together performance, art, film, and an array of community events for an exhilarating celebration of culture from Africa and its diaspora. The festivities begin with the DanceAfrica Opening Celebration, hosted by Baba Chuck Davis and fe... (more) 5/19/2013 Ages: All Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts 2900 Campus Rd. - 718-951-4500 - www.brooklyncenteronline.org Get your vocal chords warmed up for this screening of the Academy Award-winning Julie Andrews movie musical, complete with subtitles so that the whole audience can sing along. Classic tunes include "Climb Every Mountain," "My Favorite Things," and of course the soaring title song. If you've always wanted to be a part of a musical, this is your chan... (more) 5/19/2013 Hours: 1pm Ages: YE,TW,TE,All Kids n Comedy Gotham Comedy Club 208 W. 23rd St. - 212-367-9000 - www.kidsncomedy.com Price: $15 cover Every month Kids 'n Comedy presents a showcase of its best and brightest teenage stand-up grads at Gotham Comedy Club in Manhattan. We won't ask you to wear a tie. In fact, we hate ties. Nobody wearing a tie is allowed in. There, we've put our foot down. Come see the funniest young comedians in New York, and even get the chance to tell a joke yours... (more) 5/19/2013 Hours: 7pm Ages: AD Cabaret Showdown UNDER St. Marks 94 St. Marks Place - horsetrade.info Price: $12 Do you have what it takes to be a cabaret champion? Contestants compete for the chance to star in their own show or cabaret. Come out and join the fun! Whether you are a contestant or in the audience you are guaranteed to have a blast. Hosted by Mark McDaniels. 5/19/2013 Hours: 3pm Ages: All The MET Orchestra Carnegie Hall 881 7th Ave. - 212-247-7800 - www.carnegiehall.org Pianist Evgeny Kissin performs Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 4 with the MET Orchestra on this program, which also marks the return of Music Director and Conductor James Levine after a two-year hiatus. The legendary conductor leads the ensemble through excerpts from Wagner's Lohengrin and Schubert's "Great" Symphony. 5/19/2013 Ages: All Amazing Brooklyn Scavenger Hunt - Park Slope Prospect Park West Brooklyn - 718-344-8962 - pogoevents.com Price: $40 POGO Events presents The Amazing New York Scavenger Hunt - part scavenger hunt, part obstacle course and ALL NEW YORK. A series of clues leads you around the Park Slope area performing physical and mental challenges along the way. This is a GREAT way to really become familiar with the ins and outs of different areas of this amazing borough! Th... (more) 5/19/2013 Hours: 1-4pm Ages: All “Bald Girls Do Lunch” Fundraiser Modiani Kitchens 46 South Dean Street - 2015730300 Price: $25 Bald Girls Do Lunch" is a non-profit organization whose mission is to raise awareness of, provide emotional support and educate about research for women afflicted with Alopecia Areata (autoimmune loss of hair). Modiani Kitchens of Englewood will host the benefit on May 19 from 1pm-4pm. This event will include a raffle with a $2,500 value grand ... (more) 5/19/2013 Hours: 11AM-6PM Ages: All Drums Along The Hudson Inwood Park 218th Street & Indian Rd. - 212.627.1073 ext:18 - www.drumsalongthehudson.org 4 Blocks West of Broadway Rain or Shine - Drummers and Dancers from Around the World, Pow Wow, Environmental Tent, Storytelling, Native Arts & Crafts, International Foods, and Captain Planet. Hosted by: Sandra Bookman, Weekend Anchor for Eyewitness News WABC-TV. Honoring: Singer/Songwriter Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida), Author Doug George (Mohwak) and Debor... (more) 5/19/2013 Hours: 2pm Ages: All Opera in Cinema: Nabucco Morgan Library & Museum 225 Madison Ave. - 212-685-0008 - themorgan.org Price: $17 In conjunction with Emerging Pictures, the Morgan hosts a series of stunning high-definition broadcasts of operas from Europe's landmark theaters. Placido Domingo takes another thrilling step into the baritone repertory as he sings the title role of Nabucco for the first time in this powerful staging of Verdi's epic opera, performed at the Royal Op... (more) 5/19/2013 Ages: All Frolic! Rock 'n' Roll Carnival Brooklyn Bowl 61 Wythe Avenue - 718-388-3100 - frolicplayspace.com Price: $10-20 Frolic! announces its Rock ‘n’ Roll Carnival with performances by the Little Rock-its by Frolic!, Tim and the Space Cadets,Mario the Magician & Special Guests! Attractions and activities include rock 'n' roll tattoos, face painting, photo booth, jugglers and more! Tickets can be purchased here: ticketfly.com/event/249303-frolic-rock-n-roll-carniva... (more) Ongoing Events Date: Activity: Through 9/01/2013 Journey to the Stars - American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park West - 212-769-5100 amnh.org Ages: All A spectacular new Space Show, Journey to the Stars, narrated by Academy Award-winning actress Whoopi Goldberg, in the Hayden Planetarium at the Frederick Phineas and Sandra Priest Rose Center for Earth and Space. Journey to the Stars is an engrossing, immersive theater experience created by the Museum's astrophysicists, scientific visualization, ... (more) Through 6/24/2013 Picturing Science: Museum Scientists and Imaging Technologies - American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park West - 212-769-5100 amnh.org Ages: All More than 20 sets of large-format images showcase the wide range of research being conducted at the Museum as well as how various optical tools are used in scientific studies. Through 6/16/2013 Aesthetic Ambitions: Edward Lycett and Brooklyn's Faience Manufacturing Company - Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway - 718-638-5000 brooklynmuseum.org Ages: All This exhibition highlights the nearly fifty-year career of ceramicist Edward Lycett (American, 1833-1910), creative director of the Faience Manufacturing Company from 1884 to 1890. The range of works illustrates Lycett's talent and adaptability to stylistic changes in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as well as his vision for Faie... (more) Through 1/06/2014 Gateway to Himalayan Art - The Rubin Museum 150 W. 17th St. - 212-620-5000 www.rmanyc.org Ages: All Marking the first in a series of yearly rotations, nearly twenty works of art add new dimensions and context to Gateway to Himalayan Art. Visitors will notice a greater emphasis on Hindu works, with beautiful examples from India and Nepal ranging from 12th to 19th centuries, as well as intricately-detailed thangka paintings, manuscript pages, and t... (more) Through 6/02/2013 Bronx Lab - Bronx Museum of The Arts 1040 Grand Concourse - 718-681-6000 www.bronxmuseum.org Ages: All A forum and test site for new ideas, BRONX LAB engages audiences in topics relevant to our surrounding communities. Through different social media platforms as well as hands-on activities, viewers will be asked to interact with the exhibition's main themes and exercise their critical views. Drawing primarily from the Museum's permanent collection, ... (more) Through 7/31/2013 Hours: Closed Thurs. A Long-Awaited Tribute: Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian House and Pavilion - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave. - 212-423-3500 www.guggenheim.org Ages: All On October 22, 1953, Sixty Years of Living Architecture: The Work of Frank Lloyd Wright opened in New York on the site where the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum would eventually be built. Two Frank Lloyd Wright-designed buildings were constructed specifically to house the exhibition: a temporary pavilion made of glass, fiberboard, and pipe columns; an... (more) Through 8/11/2013 Up Where We Belong: Native Musicians in Popular Culture - National Museum of the American Indian 1 Bowling Green - 212-514-3700 www.americanindian.si.edu Ages: All This panel and object exhibition highlights Native people who have been active participants in contemporary music for nearly a century. Musicians like Russell "Big Chief" Moore (Gila River Indian Community), Rita Coolidge (Cherokee), Buffy Sainte-Marie (Cree), and the group Redbone are a few of the Native performing artists who have had successful ... (more) Through 8/04/2013 Objects from the Kharga Oasis - Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All This selection of late Roman and Byzantine period objects from the Metropolitan Museum's excavations at the Kharga Oasis includes textiles, ceramics, and grave goods from an intact tomb. Through 5/31/2013 Adelphi University to Host its Seventh Outdoor Sculpture Biennial - Adelphi University 1 South Ave. - (516) 877-4040 adelphi.edu/artmuseum/sculpture_biennial/ Ages: all Price: Free The Adelphi University Exhibitions Program is delighted to present its seventh Outdoor Sculpture Biennial, featuring the works of 10 skilled sculptors. Their diverse works are located throughout the scenic 75-acre arboretum on the Garden City campus. The biennial will be on view from September 1, 2012 to May 31, 2014. A free reception will be held ... (more) Through 5/27/2013 After Photoshop Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age - Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All This installation explores various ways in which artists, including Nancy Burson, Filip Dujardin, Joan Fontcuberta, Beate Gutschow, and others, have used digital technology to alter the photographic image from the 1980s to the present. Through 9/29/2013 Winged Tapestries: Moths at Large - American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park West - 212-769-5100 amnh.org Ages: All Witness the arresting beauty and surprising diversity of moths in a presentation of more than 30 large-format prints by Canadian photographer Jim des Rivieres. Des Rivieres creates these larger-than-life images by scanning each moth at high resolution to reveal unexpected colors and intricate patterns. Through 9/29/2013 Bashford Dean and the Creation of the Arms and Armor Department - Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All To mark the centennial of the Arms and Armor Department, this exhibition surveys the career of Dr. Bashford Dean (1867-1928), the department's founding curator. Through 10/08/2017 Circle of Dance - National Museum of the American Indian 1 Bowling Green - 212-514-3700 www.americanindian.si.edu Ages: All A five-year exhibition that presents Native dance as a vibrant, meaningful, and diverse form of cultural expression. Featuring ten social and ceremonial dances from throughout the Americas, the exhibition illuminates the significance of each dance and highlights the unique characteristics of its movements and music. Through 5/27/2013 The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter! - American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park West - 212-769-5100 amnh.org Ages: All The Butterfly Conservatory: Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter!, a perennial favorite visited by millions of children and adults, returns to the American Museum of Natural History. This popular winter attraction invites visitors to mingle with up to 500 iridescent butterflies fluttering among blooming tropical flowers and lush green vegetation in... (more) Through 5/27/2013 WWII & NYC - New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West - 212-873-3400 nyhistory.org Ages: All When World War II broke out, New York was a cosmopolitan, heavily immigrant city, whose people had real stakes in the war and strongly held opinions. WWII & NYC will explore the impact of the war on the metropolis, which played a critical role in the national war effort, and how the city was forever changed. Through 10/12/2013 Hours: 4:00 Silver Patter Parties: Old New York City Style Bachelor Party Saturdays - 25 North Moore The Library Lounge) North Moore Street - 1-860-248-0988 silverplatternyc.webs.com Ages: 12:00 Price: 450.00 Bachelor Saturday: "Scotch, Sinatra At Cigar Bar + Steakhouse" Tasting The Gentleman's Bachelor Party Saturdays! Set The Tone For The Evening: Pure Class All The Way! The Perfect Fit For An Upscale Evening Learn About Scotch As You Relax & Sip During An Entertaining Presentation In Tribeca. Enjoy an evening rife with flavors and arom... (more) Through 5/31/2013 Louis Armstrong at Freedomland - Louis Armstrong House Museum 34-56 107th Street - 718-478-8274 louisarmstronghousemuseum.org Ages: All The story of the early 1960s is in many ways a story of freedom. In the United States, African-Americans were growing more vocal in their struggle for Civil Rights. A nation turned with hope to young president John F. Kennedy to lead them through the Cold War. The Berlin Wall was constructed in August 1961, splitting one of Europe's biggest cities ... (more) Through 6/30/2013 Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family 1967 - Studio Museum in Harlem 144 W. 125th St. - 212-864-4500 www.studiomuseuminharlem.org Ages: All Gordon Parks: A Harlem Family 1967 honors the legacy and the work of late iconic artist and photojournalist Gordon Parks, who would have turned 100 on November 30, 2012. The exhibition, organized by Director and Chief Curator Thelma Golden and Assistant Curator Lauren Haynes, will feature approximately thirty black and white photographs of the Font... (more) Through 11/12/2021 Hours: 3-6PM Little Kids Can Make A Big Difference - Make Meaning 1501 Third Avenue (Between 84th and 85th) and 329 Columbus Avenue (between 75th and 76th) - 646-307-5911 In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, MAKE MEANING and Baby Buggy are joining forces to help families affected by the storm. Come and create a custom soap for free and drop off a package of diapers for families in need. Soaps, diapers and 50% of proceeds from any yearly memberships purchased will be donated to Baby Buggy's relief efforts. Through 8/11/2013 Our Global Kitchen: Food, Nature, Culture - American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park West - 212-769-5100 amnh.org Ages: All Food celebrates cultures and cooking, historic meals and markets, and moments in our lives that we mark with food -- as well as the ingredients that we have discovered and shaped over the course of thousands of years. As this exhibition takes visitors on a journey of growing, transporting, cooking, tasting, and celebrating, it also examines contemp... (more) Through 8/25/2013 Playing with Fire - 50 Years of Contemporary Glass - Museum of Arts & Design 2 Columbus Circle - 212-299-7777 madmuseum.org Ages: All MAD celebrates the 50th anniversary of the birth of the American Studio Glass movement with Playing with Fire: 50 Years of Contemporary Glass, which will feature more than 100 works of glass from the collection, as well as promised gifts, and additional contemporary works on loan. Ever since 1962, when a legendary workshop led by renowned glass ar... (more) Through 9/02/2013 African Art, New York, and the Avant-Garde - Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All This exhibition highlights the specific African artifacts acquired by the New York avant-garde and its most influential patrons during the 1910s and 1920s. Reflecting on the dynamism of New York's art scene during the years that followed the 1913 Armory Show, the exhibition brings together African works from the collections of many key individuals ... (more) Through 6/16/2013 C.Maxx Stevens: House of Memory - National Museum of the American Indian 1 Bowling Green - 212-514-3700 www.americanindian.si.edu Ages: All C.Maxx Stevens (Seminole/Muscogee) is a visual storyteller whose deeply personal, eclectic constructions tell stories about places and people from her past. Working with "found objects" and ephemeral materials such as paper, wood and hair, her art has a dark, gritty quality that is both haunting and familiar. The selected sculpture, installation an... (more) Through 7/31/2013 Barings in America - An Interactive Investment Experience - Museum of American Finance 48 Wall St. - 212-908-4110 moaf.org Ages: All Barings Bank provided financial backing in the US from the nation's beginning through the industrial revolution. This exhibition explores five of the firm's US investments, some good and some bad. Barings chose to invest in the fledgling government and its industry. Would you have done the same? Through 6/30/2013 The Sau-Wing Lam Collection of Rare Italian Stringed Instruments - Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All The Sau-Wing Lam collection of violin-family instruments is one of the most important collections of bowed Italian stringed instruments ever assembled by a private individual. Sau-Wing Lam (1923-1988) was born in Shanghai, China, where he graduated with a degree in economics from the prestigious Saint John's University. In 1948 he moved to New York... (more) Through 7/07/2013 'A Sport for Every Girl': Women and Sports in the Collection of Jefferson R. Burdick - Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All Beginning in the late 1870s, tobacco producers used inventive imagery of actresses, athletes, politicians, animals, flags, and world capitals -- to name only a few of the hundreds of categories -- to advertise their brands. Through 12/22/2013 American Legends: From Calder to O'Keeffe - Whitney Museum of American Art 945 Madison Ave. - 800-WHITNEY www.whitney.org Ages: All American Legends: From Calder to O'Keeffe showcases the Whitney's deep holdings of artwork from the first half of the twentieth century by the eighteen leading artists: Oscar Bluemner, Charles Burchfield, Paul Cadmus, Alexander Calder, Joseph Cornell, Ralston Crawford, Stuart Davis, Arthur Dove, Charles Demuth, Marsden Hartley, Edward Hopper, Gasto... (more) Through 7/31/2013 Hava Nagila: A Song for the People - Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust 36 Battery Pl - 646-437-4200 www.mjhnyc.org Ages: All An exhibit that uses engaging imagery, video, music, and imaginative design to tell the little-known history of the wordless melody from Ukraine that became the theme song for Jewish celebrations around the world. Through 7/07/2013 Flight of the Butterflies - American Museum of Natural History 200 Central Park West - 212-769-5200 www.amnh.org Ages: All Price: $25 adults; $19 students/seniors; $14.50 children Flight of the Butterflies, a breathtaking new giant-screen adventure takes viewers on the epic 3,000-mile journey traveled every fall by half a billion monarch butterflies. The film is the awe-inspiring story of two unlikely heroes that share a common strength. Based on true events, it follows the perilous journey of the iconic monarch butterfly in... (more) Through 6/04/2013 Hours: 11am-5pm Takeshi Murata : Mortality - Museum of Arts & Design 2 Columbus Circle - 212-299-7777 madmuseum.org Ages: All Underlining the temporality of nostalgia, memory, and narratives crafted through cinematic pop culture, the American artist Takeshi Murata has constructed a body of animated works that explore the lifespan of moving images and their role in the shaping of shared cultural histories. Through 2/02/2014 Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., 11am-5pm Precision and Splendor: Clocks and Watches at The Frick Collection - Frick Collection 1 E. 70th St. - 212-288-0700 www.frick.org Ages: All The Frick Collection has one of the most important public collections of European timepieces in the United States, much of it acquired through the 1999 bequest of the New York collector Winthrop Kellogg Edey. This extraordinary gift of thirty-eight watches and clocks dating from the Renaissance to the early nineteenth century covers the art of horo... (more) Through 9/15/2013 Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers - Museum of the City of New York 1220 Fifth Ave. - 212-534-1672 mcny.org Ages: All A showcase for innovative design solutions to better accommodate New York City's changing, and sometimes surprising, demographics, including a rising number of single people, and will feature a full-sized, flexibly furnished micro-studio apartment of just 325 square feet -- a size prohibited in most areas of the city. Through 5/26/2013 Artist and Visionary: William Matthew Prior Revealed - American Folk Art Museum 2 Lincoln Square - 212-595-9533 folkartmuseum.org Ages: All Organized by the Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, this exhibition includes more than 40 oil paintings spanning William Matthew Prior's career from 1824 to 1856. Through his pragmatic marketing strategy, Prior was able to document the faces of middle-class Americans throughout his lifetime, making art accessible to a previously overlooked... (more) Through 5/26/2013 Women's Studies - American Folk Art Museum 2 Lincoln Square - 212-595-9533 folkartmuseum.org Ages: All The late twentieth century has seen great strides for women working within visual mediums, yet the male gaze persists as the primary perspective from which women are considered -- and thus perceived - in film and art. This exhibition presents drawings and photographs of women by four self-taught artists from the1940s through the late twentieth cent... (more) Through 6/09/2013 Joan Semmel: A Lucid Eye - Bronx Museum of The Arts 1040 Grand Concourse - 718-681-6000 www.bronxmuseum.org Ages: All Well known for the uncompromising feminist tone of her early work, Joan Semmel has turned her attention over the past decade to the process of image making. Photography has played a central role in Semmel's work since she decided to represent the figure in the early 1970s. However, Semmel's use of photography has often escaped the viewer whose atte... (more) Through 6/02/2013 Honey, I Rearranged the Collection - Bronx Museum of The Arts 1040 Grand Concourse - 718-681-6000 www.bronxmuseum.org Ages: All Created in 1986, the Bronx Museum Permanent Collection has assembled over the years a remarkable group of artworks that convey not only personal narratives but also incisive insights onto contemporary life. For this exhibition, we took inspiration from Allen Ruppersberg's ongoing series Honey, I rearranged the Collection initiated in 2000 and that ... (more) Through 6/23/2013 Sleeping Eros - Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All The exhibition focuses on the Museum's statue of Sleeping Eros, one of the finest of the few surviving ancient bronze statues from antiquity. It will explore a number of topics associated with this work, including the issue of originals and copies in Greek and Roman sculpture, new research that suggests it is a Hellenistic bronze that was restored ... (more) Through 6/02/2013 Pop Shop Tokyo - New-York Historical Society 170 Central Park West - 212-873-3400 nyhistory.org Ages: All In honor of the installation of the ceiling from Keith Haring's famous Pop Shop above the new admissions area in the Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History, the New-York Historical Society, in collaboration with the Keith Haring Foundation, has created a rotating display devoted to the Pop Shop in the Henry Luce III Center... (more) Through 7/28/2013 Birds in the Art of Japan - Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Ave. - 212-535-7710 www.metmuseum.org Ages: All This exhibition presents approximately 150 works in various media from medieval times to the present. Highlights include a unique, early seventeenth-century pair of ink-painted screens showing a flock of 120 mynah birds in flight or strutting on the shore; and a set of four enormous paintings of birds of prey by the nineteenth-century master Kawana... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: Tues.-Sat., 11am-6pm Superreal: Alternative Realities in Photography and Video - El Museo Del Barrio 1230 5th Ave. - 212-831-7272 www.elmuseo.org Ages: All This exhibition explores the layered meaning and interpretation of the real as represented through photography and video. Drawing on the presentation of the landscape, the human figure, the world of architecture, objects and natural phenomena, the works in this exhibition explore alternative realities. Through 1/13/2014 Masterworks: Jewels of the Collection - Rubin Museum of Art 150 W. 17th St. - 212-620-5000 www.rmanyc.org Ages: All A showcase of some of the finest works of art from the museum's collection while highlighting the stylistic diversity and relationships between different strands of Himalayan and neighboring cultural and artistic traditions. Through 8/04/2013 Gravity and Grace: Monumental Works by El Anatsui - Brooklyn Museum 200 Eastern Parkway - 718-638-5000 brooklynmuseum.org Ages: All The first solo exhibition in a New York museum by the globally renowned contemporary artist El Anatsui, this show will feature over 30 works in metal and wood that transform appropriated objects into site-specific sculptures. Anatsui converts found materials into a new type of media that lies between sculpture and painting, combining aesthetic trad... (more) Through 7/08/2013 Living Shrines of Uyghur China - Rubin Museum of Art 150 W. 17th St. - 212-620-5000 www.rmanyc.org Ages: All Featuring photographs of sacred landscapes in northwestern China by New York-based artist Lisa Ross. In and around the Taklamakan Desert, Ross photographs Muslim shrines, or mazars, often adorned with recycled flags and fabrics. Ross's remarkable images are largely without the presence of the human figure, allowing the viewer to inhabit a space tha... (more) Through 9/02/2013 Universe of Desire - Museum of Sex 233 Fifth Ave. - 212-689-6337 www.museumofsex.com Ages: AD Type. Swipe. Search. Upload. Download. Post. Stream. These are the new verbs of desire. Our most intimate thoughts, fantasies, and urges are now transmitted via electronic devices to rapt audiences all over the world. These transmissions—from sexts to webcam masturbation feeds—are anonymous yet personal, individual yet collective, everywhere and no... (more) Through 5/19/2013 Hours: Tues.-Sat., 10am-6pm; Sun., 11am-5pm Piero della Francesca in America - Frick Collection 1 E. 70th St. - 212-288-0700 www.frick.org Ages: All Revered in his own time as a 'monarch' of painting, Piero della Francesca (1411/13-1492) is acknowledged today as a founding figure of the Italian Renaissance. In early 2013, The Frick Collection will present the first monographic exhibition in the United States dedicated to the artist. It brings together seven works by Piero della Francesca, inclu... (more) Through 5/26/2013 NYC 1993: Experimental, Jet Set, Trash and No Star - New Museum 235 Bowery - 212-219-1222 Prince St. www.newmuseum.org Ages: All "NYC 1993" looks at art made and exhibited in New York over the course of one year, providing a synchronic panorama in which established artists and emerging figures of the time are presented alongside the work of authors whose influence has since faded from the discussion. Through 5/26/2013 Ashe to Amen: African Americans and Biblical Imagery - Museum of Biblical Art 1865 Broadway - 212-408-1500 www.mobia.org Ages: All The remarkable wealth and breadth of African American artists' interpretations of Biblical stories and traditions in historic and contemporary art is the subject of a loan exhibition investigating the ever-shifting intersections and crossroads of aesthetics and belief. Themes that recur throughout Ashe to Amen include creation, revelation, faith, l... (more) Through 5/26/2013 Reaching Out - American Bible Society and the African American Community - Museum of Biblical Art 1865 Broadway - 212-408-1500 www.mobia.org Ages: All An exhibit tracing American Bible Society's relationship with the African American community built through Bible publication and distribution. Through 6/24/2013 Wait, Later This Will Be Nothing: Editions by Dieter Roth - Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 11 W. 53rd St. - 212-708-9400 moma.org Ages: All The artistic practice of Dieter Roth (Swiss, b. Germany, 1930-1998) encompassed everything from painting and sculpture to film and video, but it is arguably through his editioned works -- prints, books, and multiples -- that he made his most radical contributions. These experiments include the use of organic materials in lieu of traditional mediums... (more) Through 5/22/2013 No Country: Contemporary Art for South and Southeast Asia - Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum 1071 Fifth Ave. - 212-423-3500 www.guggenheim.org Ages: All The Guggenheim UBS MAP Global Art Initiative identifies and supports a network of curators and artists from South and Southeast Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East and North Africa in a comprehensive five-year program involving curatorial residencies, acquisitions for the Guggenheim's collection, international touring exhibitions, and far-reac... (more)