Happenings for Week of September 5th

Tuesday, September 5th, 2006

Celebrate Mexico Now (A, C, E)
A citywide festival showcasing the vanguard of contemporary Mexican art and culture
September 1st - 17th, 2006
For more information of events, locations, tickets go to: www.mexiconowfestival.org



Michael Gray, author of “The Dylan Encyclopedia” (E, M)
Speaks on Bob Dylan and the Poetry of the Blues
@ The New School
66 West 12th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
Cost: $5.00
For more information and to sign up go to: www.newschool.edu

Rita Rudner discusses her latest comic novel, Turning the Tables (A)
She unleashes her hilarious take on Sin City in this comic romp filled with gambling, strippers, double-crossing exes, swingers’ conventions, magicians, and everything else that’s supposed to stay in Vegas
@ Barnes and Noble
4 Astor Place (between Lafayette and Broadway)
7p
Free
For more information go to: www.bn.com

How Green was My Valley (M)
John Wayne takes on a Welsh mining town in this classic non - Western
@ Symphony Space
2537 Broadway (@ 95th Street)
7p
Cost: $10.00
For more information and to buy tickets go to: www.symphonyspace.org


Wednesday, September 6th, 2006

Harpsichord Recital (M)
Music by William Byrd, Girolamo Frescobaldi, Johann Jakob Froberger and Francois Couperin
@ Church of Saint Francis Assisi
135 West 31st Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
1:15p
Free



Pilot Parties @ Museum of Television and Radio (A, P)
See the most buzzed about new series pilots before they air
Fox presents: Til Death, Happy Hour, Justice, Standoff and Vanished
@ Museum of Television and Radio
25 West 52nd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
6p
Free
For more information go to: www.mtr.org

Opening night and reception
Journeys: original oil paintings by Piper Lyman (A, P)
@ Great Neck Village Hall
2 Gussack Plaza (@ Cutler Mill Road) Great Neck, Long Island
7p
Free



Sunset Yoga (S)
Enjoy an evening of yoga on the water in the park
@ Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park
26 Dock Street (@ Water Street), Dumbo, Brooklyn
7p
Free

Join marine biologist, Eugene Kaplan as he explores the (E)
strange lives of undersea creatures
@ Union Hall
702 Union Street @ 5th Avenue, Brooklyn
7p
Free
For more information go to: www.unionhallny.com


Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Jazz Performance: Gotham Jazz men (M)
@ Donnell Library
20 West 53rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
12:30p
For more information: http://nyc.freecityevents.com



Movie Screening: Rain, 1932 (A)
Starring: Joan Crawford and Walter Huston
@ The Museum of Modern Art
11 West 53rd Street (between 5 and 6th Avenues)
6:30p
Cost: Free with museum admission ticket stub ($20.00)
For more information go to: www.moma.org

Middal Ohr Young Leadership’s event (NP, S)
City Sleuths Scavenger Hunt through NYC
Meeting place: 130 East 59th Street, 7th floor (@ Lexington Avenue)
7p
Cost: $90.00
For more information and to buy tickets call: 212.397.3700

Wine Tasting: More than just a drink (D/F)
@ Wine’s Up
305 West 87th Street, #3
6:30 - 8p
Free
For more information and to sign up call: 212 579 3910

Magnificient 7: Thesis videos from MFA Photography, Video and Related Media Department 2006 graduates from School of Visual Arts (A)
@ Florence Gould Hall
55 East 59th Street (between Madison and Park Avenues)
7p
Free
For more information go to: www.schoolofvisualarts.edu


Friday, September 8th, 2006

Design + DJs + Dancing (A, C, E)
@ Cooper - Hewitt, National Design Museum
2 East 91st Street (@ 5th Avenue)
6 - 9p
Free with museum admission: $12
For more information: www.cooper-hewitt.org

Book Launch Party: At the Edge of Art and Gaming: Essays on Algorithmic Culture (A, E)
Author, Alexander Galloway considers the video game as a distinct cultural form that demands a new and unique interpretive framework
@ New Museum of Contemporary Art - New Museum Store
556 West 22nd Street (between 10th and 11th Avenues)
6:30 - 8:30p
Free
For more information go to: www.newmuseum.org

Silver/Brown Dance Company performs: (A)
Oasis 3, a 9/11 Memorial Performance
@ Cove in Brooklyn Bridge Park (between Main and Water Streets), Dumbo, Brooklyn
7p
Free
For more information go to: www.brooklynbridgepark.org

D.T. discusses his new book, (A)
The Family that Couldn’t Sleep: A Medical Mystery
@ Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway (at West 82nd Street)
7p
Free
For more information go to: www.bn.com


Saturday, September 9th, 2006

Intermediate Hike (S)
@ Cold Spring - Westchester
Cost: $40.00 for a 1/2 day guided hike, must buy own train ticket
Leave from Grand Central and meet guide at Cold Spring
For more information and to make reservations call Ron at 888-445- 3796 or 845-298-6234

Kayaking, Cliff Jumping, Swimming (S)
@ The Delaware Water Gap
8a - 7:30p
Cost: $75
For more information and to sign up: igorbass@dynamicoutdoors.com

Yoga for Peace (NP, S)
@ 75 Battery Place, Battery Park (at the central lawn area)
registration starts at 10:30a, yoga 12 - 3:30p
Cost: $20.00
For more information and to register go to: www.yoga-for-peace.org

Riverside Park Oyster Festival (D/F, M)
@ Hudson Beach Cafe
Riverside Park @ 105th Street (enter park at 103rd & Riverside Drive)
Featuring freshly schucked oysters, pints of Guiness and live music
12 - 9p
Free

New York Opera Forum (A, M)
A concert version of the Strauss opera, Elektra
@ Donnell Library
20 West 53rd Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
1:30p
For more information: http://nyc.freecityevents.com



Art Parade (A, D/F, M)
From Grand Street at Crosby Street to Wooster Street
Parade starts at 4p, finishes at Deitch Projects
@ 18 Wooster Street (Grand and Canal Streets)
Special performances and block party to follow parade
Free
For more information go to: www.deitch.com

Annual Post Summer Reunion Party (P)
@ Link
120 East 15th Street (between Irving Place and Union Square East)
10p - 3a
Cost: Free, but RSVP is a must
RSVP @ www.davidshapiro.net


Sunday, September 10th, 2006

Broadway on Broadway (M)
It's the quintessential NYC event: live numbers from Broadway shows performed on a giant outdoor stage
@ Times Square
Broadway & 42nd Street
11:30a
Free



Come and catch up with your old friends as well as make new ones (P)
Fire Island Reunion
@ Central Park - Southeast corner of the sheep meadow
West side, mid - park from 66th to 69th Streets
12p
Free
Rain or shine
If you have any questions, email Sheri @ sasggemgirl@aol.com

Pretend it's 1960.. listen to some Folk Music (M)
Old School Hootenannie
@ Washington Square Park - near circular fountain
West 4th Street and Waverly
12 - 5p
Free

The Fifth Annual Family Music Festival (M)
Featuring Tom Chapin and Friends, BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet, The Klezmatics, Pleasant’s RiddimAthon! and the Double Dutch Divas
@ Wagner Park (@ Water Street) southern end of the promenade
1 - 6p
For more information go to: www.rivertorivernyc.com

Panelists discuss... (C, E)
Noguchi/ Fuller and Their Imprint
@ Noguchi Museum
33rd Road (@ Vernon Boulevard), Long Island City, Queens
3p
Free with museum admission ($10.00)
For more information go to: www.noguchi.org



Sake Tasting: Sake 101 (D/F, E)
Roger Dagorn will teach you the basics of appreciating, understanding and savoring sake
@ Chanterelle
2 Harrison Street (@ Hudson Street)
3 - 5p
Cost: $55.00
For more information and to sign up go to: www.chanterellenyc.com

Speed Dating for Young Professionals (P)
@ Pop Burger
58 - 60 Ninth Avenue (between 14th and 15th Streets)
Ages: Women 32 - 41, Men 33 - 45
8p
Cost: $37.00, save $5.00 enter 'Alice' in the yellow promotional code
For more information and to sign up go to: www.nyeasydates.com


Monday, September 11th, 2006

Religious Diversity in New York City (C, E)
A slide-lecture tracing the origins of its diversity from 1624 to the present
@ Mid-Manhattan Library
455 Fifth Avenue (between 39th and 40th Streets)
6:30p
For more information: http://nyc.freecityevents.com

Lawrence Wright (A, E)
Author of The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
Tower tells the story through the interweaving lives of four men: the two leaders of al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri; the FBI’s counterterrorism chief, John O’Neill; and the former head of Saudi intelligence, Prince Turki al-Faisal.
@ Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway (at West 82nd Street)
7p
Free
For more information go to: www.bn.com

Key to Activities

A Art
C Cultural
D/F Drink/Food
E Education
M Music
NP Non-Profit
P Party
S Sport