The U.S. Open opens today
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.
Filed under Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Great Sites about NYC, Navigating New York, New York City | Comment (0)Masterpieces from the Oberlin Collection at the MET
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.
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Museums, Navigating New York, New York City | Comment (0)New York City Ballet 2010 - 2011 Season opens September 14.
The New York City Ballet opens its 2010 - 2011 season on September 14.
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Great Sites about NYC, Navigating New York, dance | Comment (0)Lizards and snakes at AMNH
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,…
Filed under Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Museums, Navigating New York, New York City | Comment (0)Mark Morris at Mostly Mozart, August 5, 6, 7
L’Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
Mark Morris Dance Group
Thursday, August 5, Friday, August 6 and Saturday, August 7, 2010.
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Pilobus at the Joyce through August 7, 2010
Pilobolus performs at The Joyce through August 7, 2010.
Pilobolus brings a powerful line-up of new and classic works to its 23rd summer season at The Joyce. Much anticipated highlights — which include Hapless Hooligan in “Still Moving”, a collaboration with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman; Hitched, a fast duet about love, marriage, and nostalgia; Contradance, a collaboration with Grammy Award-winning family music man Dan Zanes; and return hits from last year’s sold-out run, will launch the 40th Anniversary celebration of this American legend.
Filed under Enjoying New York City, Navigating New York, dance | Comment (0)Monday, July 12, 2010 — My Man Godfrey on The Lawn of Bryant Park
Monday, July 12, 2010 Enjoy My Man Godfrey on The Lawn of Bryant Park
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Socialite Carole Lombard hires tramp William Powell as her wealthy family’s butler. Not quite what he seems to be, Powell ends up teaching her frenetic household valuable life lessons. A wonderful mix of crazy screwball comedy and trenchant Depression-era social commentary. (1936) 95 Min. (Universal)
Filed under Enjoying New York City, Navigating New York, New York City, film | Comment (0)The Sculpture Garden at MoMA
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Monday, July 5, 2010 Enjoy The French Connection at 5:00pm | The Lawn at Bryant Park.
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Gene Hackman won an Oscar for his portrayal of Popeye Doyle, a profane NYC narcotics cop obsessed with stopping an international drug ring. Much of the action was filmed in NYC, including the greatest car/subway chase of all time. (1971) 104 Min. (Twentieth Century Fox)
Filed under Enjoying New York City, Great Sites about NYC, Navigating New York, New York City, Nightlife, Urban Life, film | Comment (0)MoMA Contemporary Art from the Collection opens today
Contemporary Art from the Collection
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
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