John McEnroe Tennis Academy

August 31st, 2010

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Nine miles from Flushing Meadow Park is John McEnroe’s Tennis Academy at Sportime on Randall’s Island.

This Sportime facility features McEnroe’s philosophy that you can have it all — a career and a life.  The facility will find and nurture the next generation of tennis greats in McEnroe’s path — New Yorkers with family lives, professional aspirations, and ace abilities on court.

Operating with 20 indoor/outdoor Deco-Turf and Har-Tru tennis courts, all enclosed during the indoor season and lighted for evening play outdoors; 20,000 square foot clubhouse with meeting, study and entertainment spaces; fitness and training center; multi-purpose class rooms; junior computer/study lounges; café, pro shop, nursery, treatment rooms — and most importantly Gilad Bloom and John McEnroe.

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The U.S. Open opens today

August 30th, 2010

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The Opening Night Ceremony for the 2010 US Open will celebrate  tennis greats Martina Navratilova and James Blake, wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer and USTA member Dori Samadzai-Bonner, who has embraced tennis since coming to this country from her native Afghanistan. The primetime ceremony will be hosted by Christiane Amanpour, host of ABC News’ “This Week,” and will feature a special musical performance by award-winning performer Gloria Estefan.

Tickets for the 2010 US Open can be purchased four ways: 1) at USOpen.org; 2) by calling Ticketmaster at 1-866-OPEN-TIX; 3) at all Ticketmaster outlets; or 4) at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center box office. American Express is the Official Card of the US Open.

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Mark di Suvero at the Morgan

August 25th, 2010

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Mark di Suvero’s sculpture is on view at The Morgan.

The Morgan Library & Museum is located at 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

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Masterpieces from the Oberlin Collection at the MET

August 24th, 2010

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The Fountain of Life (Fuente de la Vida), Spanish, early 16th century

The Metropolitan Museum of Art is located at 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street.

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Lizards and snakes at AMNH

August 9th, 2010

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An exhibition of 60 squamates from around the world awaits at AMNH.

The American Museum of Natural History is located at 80th Street and Central Park West. For more information,…

The Sculpture Garden at MoMA

July 6th, 2010

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The Museum of Modern Art is located at 11 West 53rd Street. For more information,..

MoMA Contemporary Art from the Collection opens today

June 30th, 2010

Contemporary Art from the Collection

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The works selected for this installation highlight the debates around economics, politics, gender, and ethnicity that have permeated artistic practices since the late 1960s. Including approximately 130 works drawn from all of the Museum’s curatorial departments, the installation features a variety of approaches to art-making and follows a chronological path. The exhibition begins with works such as a haunting “body print” by David Hammons (1969), which depicts the artist in an act of prayer, and Pino Pascali’s Machine Gun (1966), a sculpture he made out of parts from a Fiat 500 during a period of intense social unrest in Italy. Concluding the show are two projects that explore larger themes of humanity and loss through current events: Huma Bhabha’s expansive print series Reconstructions (2007), in which the artist memorializes lost civilizations in her native Pakistan, and Paul Chan’s Waiting for Godot (2007), a project based on the artist’s restaging of Samuel Beckett’s play in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

Opening today, continuing through September 12, 2011

The Museum of Modern Art is located at 11 West 53rd Street. For more information,…

Fuel up at the Shake Shack near you

June 21st, 2010

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Following the lead of our favorite Belgian chef — Le Pain Quotidienne — Shake Shack is opening in neighborhoods nearer to you,..Enjoy!

72 + Sunny + NYC = 72 + w1/2

June 17th, 2010

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Whether or not you can get away from the city — you can enjoy this glorious weather in New York’s greatest perk — Central Park.

The Loeb Boathouse, located mid-park at 72nd Street is an ideal destination whether or not you want a meal, a drink, a bike road, or a boat ride.

Enjoy.