In Celebration of the The Art of Children’s Book, Society of Illustrators
October 26, 2011 – December 29, 2011
The Original Art: Celebrating the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustrationjury
The Society of Illustrators is located at 128 East 63rd Street (Park & Lexington Avenues) New York, NY 10065
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Museums, Navigating New York, New York City, Urban Life | Comment (0)Museum Mile — tonight, June 14
Tonight from 6 to 9 PM nine of the country’s finest museums, offer complimentary admission.
This traffic-free, music- and art-filled celebration fills the street and sidewalks of Fifth Avenue from 82nd to 105th street, the mile now officially designated as Museum Mile. Over 50,000 visitors attend the festival annually.
Neue Galerie New York kicks off the festival on the steps of its 1914 landmark building on 86th street at 5:45pm.
Museum Mile welcomes its newest member, the Museum for African Art, slated to open in September 2011. Be sure to stop by their table at Fifth Avenue and 105th Street.
Edward Tufte: ET Modern
Edward Tufte’s gallery – ET Modern is open
Wednesday through Saturday, 10.00am to 6.00pm,
547 West 20th Street, corner of West 20th Street
and 11th Avenue, in New York’s Chelsea art
district, 212 206-0300. The second major exhibit,
Flying Dreams, displays 40 pieces that reveal the multiplicity of optical experiences generated by three-dimensional sculptures residing in varying light.
ET gives artist tours at ET Modern on most Saturdays from 11.00am to 6.00pm.
Ad hoc tours are given on some Fridays.
The Highline
Photograph by Jonathan Flaum.
It’s the perfect day to visit the Highline,…
Filed under Art, bicycles, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Great Sites about NYC, Navigating New York, New York City, Urban Life | Comment (0)Wellness Wednesday at Norma Kamali
17 NOVEMBER 11AM-3PM
HALO AIR Salt is wellness
The healing powers of salt – A Free event
Salt is as old as the planet and an incredible source of good health. Think what a day at the beach can do for you just breathing in the salt air. Isabella Samovsky, founder of Solay, will explain how to incorporate salt for better breathing, healing and in our diet and how Himalayan sea salt is a must for better health.
The planet is not as safe place anymore, and we need to use the natural resources we do have to learn how to obtain the best conditions for the air we breathe and the environment we can create around us.
Filed under Enjoying New York City, Navigating New York, New York City, Urban Life | Comment (0)Cusp Conference
Though outside our geographic domain, nothing could be more en pointe for us than the Cusp Conference. The brainchild of designers and strategic planners Dave Mason, Kevin Kruger and Greg Samata – partners at smbolic, Cusp is about the design of everything.
Cusp will be held at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago September 22 and 23.
Filed under Art, Urban Life | Comment (0)Monday, July 19, 2010, Enjoy The China Syndrome on The Lawn of Bryant Park
Monday, July 19, 2010, Enjoy The China Syndrome on The Lawn of Bryant Park
Ambitious TV reporter (Jane Fonda) and her radical cameraman (Michael Douglas) work to expose the cover-up of an accident at a nuclear plant, aided by an earnest shift supervisor (Jack Lemmon). Prophetically released just two weeks before the real-life disaster at Three Mile Island. (1979) 123 Min. (Sony/Columbia)
The lawn opens at 5:00pm for blankets and picnicking. The films begin at sunset (typically between 8pm and 9pm).
Filed under film, Great Sites about NYC, Navigating New York, New York City, Urban Life | Comment (0)The French Connection, Monday July 5 in Bryant Park
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, film, Great Sites about NYC, Navigating New York, New York City, Nightlife, Urban Life | Comment (0)Romantic Gardens: Nature, Art, and Landscape Design at The Morgan
Scenic vistas, winding paths, bucolic meadows, and rustic retreats suitable for solitary contemplation are just a few of the alluring naturalistic features of gardens created in the Romantic spirit. Landscape designers of the Romantic era sought to express the inherent beauty of nature in opposition to the strictly symmetrical, formal gardens favored by aristocrats of the old regime.
This exhibition features approximately ninety highly influential texts and outstanding works of art, providing a compelling overview of ideas championed by the Romantics and also implemented by them in private estates and public parks in Europe and the United States, notably New York’s Central Park.
Drawn from the Morgan’s holdings of manuscripts, drawings, and rare books, as well as lavishly illustrated landscape albums from private and other public collections, the exhibition attests to the artistic creativity and intellectual ferment of the era, a time when technological advances in book production greatly enhanced the transmission of ideas.
The Morgan Library & Museum is located at 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.
Filed under Art, Children in New York City, Enjoying New York City, Museums, Navigating New York, New York City, Urban Life | Comment (0)Boulder Digital at ADC tonight, June 7, 2010
One year ago, twenty top digital professionals meet in Boulder to imagine the future of digital education. Seven months later, Boulder Digital Works becomes a reality. And this is just the start. Within this changing digital world is a compelling need for a greater supply of multi-disciplined thinkers, problem solvers and leaders. Founded by the University of Colorado and MDC Partners, Boulder Digital Works is driving and accelerating this change by developing talent with the technical, intellectual, entrepreneurial and collaborative expertise necessary for success in the 21st century digital media space.
SPEAKERS:
• David Slayden: Executive Director, BDW
• Matt Howell: Chief Interactive Officer, Modernista!
• Ben Malbon: Executive Director of Innovation, BBH NY & Founding Partner, BBH Labs
• Scott Witt: Creative Director, Apple
• Shane Steele: VP Global B2B Marketing, Yahoo!
Monday, June 7, 2010
@ ADC Gallery
106 West 29th Street, NYC
6:30pm cocktails
7:00pm presentation
8:00-9:30pm cocktails
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