Have a lovely week-end
BLACK BEARS Photograph by Andrew H. Brown, Courtesy of National Geographic.
We wish you a week-end filled with fun and adventure. Whether your adventures are in 3D or online, Enjoy!
Filed under Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Navigating New York, New York City | Comment (0)NYDG Foundation Rx Haiti’s Great Sucess
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On May 6, 2010, NYDG Foundation held it’s first fundraiser at The Greenhouse at Scholastic. Celebrities turned out in force to raise funds and awareness to purchase prosthetic devices for Haitian who lost limbs in the earthquake of January 12. The NY Times has reported on Dr. Colbert and the formation of NYDG Foundation.
The May 6 fundraiser was not the beginning of this project, nor the end of NYDG’s commitment to help Haiti back to health. Join now to continue this important and solvable cause.
Filed under New York City | Comment (0)American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity at the MET
American Woman: Fashioning a National Identity shares the wardrobes of modern American woman from 1890 to 1940.
The MET is located at 1000 5th Avenue at 82nd Street.
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Great Sites about NYC, Museums, Navigating New York, New York City | Comment (0)FOR ALL THE WORLD TO SEE: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights, a photographic exhibit at ICP
For All the World to See: Visual Culture and the Struggle for Civil Rights explores the historic role of visual culture in shaping, influencing, and transforming the fight for racial equality and justice in the United States from the late 1940s to the mid 1970s. This exhibition of 230 photographs, objects and clips from television and film looks at the extent to which the rise of the modern civil rights movement paralleled the birth of television and the popularity of picture magazines and other forms of visual mass media.
The International Center of Photography, ICP, is located at 1133 Avenue of the Americas at 43rd Street, New York, NY 10036 | Phone 212.857.0000
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Marina Abramovi: The Artist Is Present at MoMA – Open Mondays
This performance retrospective traces the prolific career of Marina Abramovi: (Yugoslav, b. 1946) with approximately fifty works spanning over four decades of her early interventions and sound pieces, video works, installations, photographs, solo performances, and collaborative performances made with Ulay (Uwe Laysiepen).
The Museum of Modern Art is located at 11 West 53 Street
New York, NY 10019-5497
(212) 708-9400
and is open in Mondays from 10:30AM to 5:30PM.
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Navigating New York, New York City | Comment (0)Doug + Mike Starn on the Roof of The MET: Big Bambú
Twin brothers Mike and Doug Starn (born in New Jersey in 1961) ongoing creation, Big Bambú: You Can’t, You Don’t, and You Won’t Stop, is now on viea on the spectacular roof garden of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The monumental bamboo structure, ultimately measuring 100 feet long, 50 feet wide, and 50 feet high, will take the form of a cresting wave that bridges realms of sculpture, architecture, and performance. Visitors will witness the continuing creation and evolving incarnations of Big Bambú as it is constructed throughout the spring, summer, and fall by the artists and a team of rock climbers. Agile and appropriately dressed visitors can explore the sculpture.
The MET is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street.
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Great Sites about NYC, Museums, Navigating New York, New York City | Comment (0)Gentyl + Hires Photography Exhibit at Steuben
Inspired by the purity, beauty and refractive properties of crystal, Gentl & Hyers created a series of art photographs inspired by Steuben crystal. The resulting portfolio of twelve limited edition photographs, entitled “Visible Light”, is on exhibit in the Gallery of Steuben’s Flagship Store, 667 Madison Avenue at 61st Street through Friday June 11th.
All proceeds from the sale of these photographs benefit the Art Directors Club scholarship fund.
Filed under Art, Enjoying New York City, Navigating New York, New York City | Comment (0)Art Directors Club Gala and After-Party
The ADC 89th Annual Awards celebrates the most outstanding work internationally in advertising, design and communications, tonight, May 19, 2010, 6:30 pm at SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd St., NY. An after-party at ADC Gallery, 106 West 29th St. features space transformation by Two Twelve, Gabrielle Hamilton of Prune, drinks by Alex Ott, and a live performance by Twin Sisters.
Filed under Great Sites about NYC, Museums, Music, Navigating New York, New York City, Nightlife, Special Offers | Comment (0)Picasso at The MET
The Picasso exhibition at the MET features three hundred works by Pablo Picasso, including the Museum’s complete holdings of paintings, drawings, sculptures, ceramics and prints by Picasso—never before seen in their entirety.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street.
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American Ballet Theatre spring season opens tonight
