Happenings for Week of December 4th

Week of December 4th, 2006



18th Annual NYC Coat Drive (NP)
December 1st - 31st
Each winter, tens of thousands of New Yorkers are forced to make a choice between buying a winter coat and putting food on the table. That’s just one reason why, NY Cares has collected more than 1 million coats for New Yorkers in need.
Please donate your gently used coats at the following locations:
Grand Central Terminal, NY Penn Station, NY Port Authority Bus Terminal, NYC Police Precincts, Janovic Plaza stores and W Hotel - Union Square. For exact times and locations please call 212.402.1173 or visit: nycares

Monday, December 4th, 2006

New Media Revolution:
How New Media and Mobile Marketing are Changing the Game (E, T)
Come join top South Asian executives leading today’s top new media and mobile marketing companies.
@ Denou NYC Headquarters
1675 Broadway (@ 52nd Street)
6:30 - 9p
Free, though must RSVP in advance. Email: samma.info@gmail.com include your name, email address and company.

Charles Tilly and Sidney Tarrow read and discuss their book: Contentious Politics (E, L)
The book presents a set of analytical tools and procedures for study, comparison, and explanation of these very different sorts of contention. Drawing on many historical and contemporary cases, the book shows that similar principles describe and explain a wide variety of struggles as well as many more routine forms of politics.
@ Labyrinth Books
536 West 112th Street (between Amsterdam Avenue and Broadway)
7p
Free
For more information: labyrinthbooks

Jazz by Candlelight (M)
Showcasing Manhattan School of Music student jazz combos.
@ Mitzi Newhouse Pavillion
120 Claremont Avenue (@ 122nd Street)
7:30p
Free

Tuesday, December 5th, 2006



Bring the Barefoot Contessa home (D/F, E, L)
Ina Garten, author and popular Food Network chef, will be autographing
her new book and providing tastings of some of her delicious desserts.
@ Crate and Barrel
650 Madison Avenue (@ 60th Street)
4 - 6p
Free
For more information: crate

Negotiating the New York Real Estate Market (code: T-MM5LP26-01) (E)
What’s the process for buying an apartment in the city? How much will it cost?
Co-op or condo? Should you rent, buy now or wait? Do you qualify for a mortgage? Ruth Indyk Lubick, vice president at Douglas Elliman, offers a crash course.
@ Makor - Steinhardt Building
35 West 67th Street (between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West)
7 - 9p
Cost: $30
For more information and to sign up: 92y



Neal Gabler discusses his new book:
Walt Disney: the Triumph of the American Imagination (C, E, L)
Seven years in the making and meticulously researched--Gabler is the first writer to be given complete access to the Disney archives--this is the full story of a man whose work left an ineradicable brand on our culture but whose life has largely been enshrouded in myth.
@ Barnes and Nobles
1972 Broadway (@ 66th Street)
7p
Free
For more information: bn

Do you like it big and bold? (D/F, E)
Cabernets, Zins and Shiraz. You will taste through a diverse selection of wines form various regions around the world that will knock your socks off.
@ Bacchus NYC
2056 Broadway (between 70th and 71st Streets)
7:15 - 8:45p or 9 - 10:30p
Cost: $40 (plus tax, includes take home crystal stem)
For more information and to sign up: bacchusnyc

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006

Wholesale: To the Trade Only (1985 - 1997) Exhibit (A, E)
Georgia native J. Morgan Puett emerged in the mid-1980s as a fashion designer. Her distinctive style, which drew from sources that explored the history of garments, were hand-made, crafted of hand-dyed natural fabrics, often in wrinkled, informal states. Her quirky SoHo retail space was heralded for its evocative environment a bewildering combination of store, art installation, architectural remnant, and factory. Puett closed her Wooster Street store in 1997, and archived all of its contents from dresses and patterns to financial records and shipping receipts-most of which was preserved with natural beeswax.
@ Alexander Gray Associates
526 West 26 Street (between 10th and 11th Streets) #1019
Free
For more information: alexandergray

The Pure Products of America (1992 - 2006) Exhibit (A, E)
This is the first comprehensive survey of the artist duo Ligorano/Reese’s ongoing project of political editions and artworks. The Pure Products series, which consists of over a dozen works, satirizes the marketing of politics, politicians, and religion. Each limited edition is handmade and assembled by the artists in their studio and may be incorporated into larger installations and sculptural works. Ligorano/Reese often mail their works to government officials and politicians, and the resulting ephemera from these correspondences will also be exhibited to contextualize their work within a greater political and public arena.
@ Printed Matter
195 Tenth Avenue (at 22nd Street)
Free
For more information: printed



New York Theatre Ballet: The Nutcracker (C, M)
The Sugar Plum Fairy, the Mouse King, and Clara come to life in the version of the timeless tale, The Nutcracker. This hour-long version is the perfect starter ballet.
@ Winter Garden - World Financial Center
The World Financial Center is bordered by West Street, the Hudson River, Vesey and Liberty Streets.
7p
Free
For more information: worldfinancial

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

Draw-A-Thon (A, P)
8 hours of dramatic alternative drawings, scenarios combined with theater, performance art and music designed to be drawn. Composed of four 2 hour shows.
@ Fix Café
110 Bedford Avenue (@ North 11th Street), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
6 - 2a
Cost: $16
For more information: art

Guided Cheese Tasting (code: T-MM5LK13-01) (D/F, E)
Did you ever wonder what makes one cheese better than the other? Do you know what to ask when you buy cheese? Where can you buy the best cheeses in NYC? Come and find out while tasting a variety of cheeses.
@ Makor - Steinhardt Building
35 West 67th Street (between Columbus Avenue and Central Park West)
7p
Cost: $35
For more information and to sign up: 92

Big, Fat, Fun Redalicious Holiday Wine Tasting (D/F, E, H)
Wine expert Stefani Jackenthal will give a brief introduction of each wine and will be on hand to answer all of your wine questions. Learn the wines you love so you can bring them to your holiday dinners and parties.
@ Salon Rouge, Upstairs lounge at Madame X
94 West Houston Street (between Thompson Street and LaGuardia Place)
7 - 9p
Cost: $40 prepaid (plus $2 surcharge for paypal), by Monday, December 4th at 5p
For more information and to sign up: reallive

Friday, November 8th, 2006



Annie Leibovitz: A Photographer’s Life, 1990 - 2005 (A, C, L)
This exhibition encompasses work Leibovitz made on assignment as a professional photographer as well as personal photographs of her family and close friends. "I don't have two lives," Leibovitz says. "This is one life, and the personal pictures and the assignment work are all part of it." The material documents the birth of her three daughters and many events involving her large and robust family, including the death of her father.
@ Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Parkway (@ Washington Avenue), Brooklyn
Cost: $8
For more information: brooklyn



Holiday Workshop (H, T)
Getting ready for the holidays? A Mac can elminate the chaos that accompanies this festive season, leaving you more time to share with your loved ones. Learn how to create greeting cards, family newsletters and invitations that will delight your friends and family.
@ Apple Store Soho
103 Prince Street (between Greene and Mercer Streets)
4 - 5p
Free
For more information: apple

Gin Tasting (D/F, E)
Natural poppy, dragon eye, lotus leaves, together with hints of crisp citrus give this balanced breed a provocative twist. Bulldog plays with your palate in ways gin never has before! Stop by Crush and try for yourself - Anshuman Vohra will be on hand to pour samples of this artisan gin.
@ Crush Wine and Spirits
153 East 57th St (between 3rd and Lexington Avenues)
5 - 7:30p
Free
For more information: crush

Americans in Paris (1860 - 1900) Exhibit (A, C, E)
In the late 19th century, American artists by the hundreds including such luminaries as James McNeill Whistler, John Singer Sargent, Mary Cassatt, Thomas Eakins, and Winslow Homer were irresistibly drawn to Paris, the world’s new art capital. Paris inspired decisive changes in American painters’ styles and subjects, and stimulated the creation of more sophisticated art schools and higher professional standards back in the United States.
This landmark exhibition features some 100 oil paintings by 37 Americans whose accomplishments proclaim the truth of what Henry James observed in 1887: "It sounds like a paradox, but it is a very simple truth, that when to-day we look for ‘American art’ we find it mainly in Paris.
@ The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2nd floor - Special Exhibition Galleries
1000 Fifth Avenue (@ 82nd Street)
Cost: $20
For more information: met

Saturday, December 9th, 2006



Singles Winter Horseback and Wine Tasting (S, D/F)
We’ll ride for one hour through fields and woods with an experienced Wrangler or two.
Next, we'll drive to a Hudson Valley Vineyard and Winery for a tasting of NY State wines and hard ciders! Tasting will include Chardonnay and Riesling, Pinot Noir, Cabernet Franc and Baco Noir. Ciders include Hard Apple Cider, Hard Pear Cider and Framboise.
Bring: Your lunch and water.
8:45 - 5p
Meeting Place: 73 & Broadway, NE corner (in front of Apple Bank)
Cost: $129
For more information and to sign up: www.outdoorbound.com
Save $5.00 - after signing up email: info@outdoorbound.com and let them know you found out about trip from Laura’s list.

Celebrate Winter through Nature (A, H, S)
This Bronx public garden has 11 shimmering holiday installations by contemporary artists that evoke a natural world aglow with the season. On view in Wave Hill House, a former 19th-century estate house once home to Mark Twain, Theodore Roosevelt and Arturo Toscanini.
@ Wave Hill Garden and Cultural Center
West 249th Street and Independence Avenue, Bronx
10 - 4:30p
Free
For more information call: 718.549.3200

Luchadoras-Women Warriors-Mohila Joddha Exhibit (A, C, E)
This exhibit of photography and storytelling displays the work of 6 immigrant women, featuring powerful images that highlight the strength and beauty of everyday women warriors who hold their communities together.
@ Carlito’s Café y Galeria
1701 Lexington Avenue (between 106th - 107th Streets)
Free
For more information call: 212.531.3011

Holiday Party (H, P)
@ Columbus 72
246 Columbus Avenue (between 71st and 72nd Streets)
7 - 11p
Cost: $10 with RSVP, $15 without RSVP
For more information and to sign up: david

Sunday, December 10th, 2006



Sex and the City Tour (C, S)
Follow in the fancy footsteps of Carrie and Co. as they conquer NYC. Drink where they drink, shop where they shop and gossip where they gossip. There will be over 40 locations on the tour with 3 step-off points.
Meeting location: Fifth Avenue and 58th Street (exact location given upon purchase)
10a, 11a and 3p
For more information: tours
To sign up call: 212.209.3370

Annual Book Fair (L, NP)
@ YM and YWHA of Washington Heights and Inwood
54 Nagle Avenue (near West 195th Street between Broadway and Ellwood Streets)
11 - 2p
Free

Fall in Love with Israel Festival (A, C, D, E, L, M, P)
The festival is intended for Israel-minded students, singles and families. There will be Israeli crafts, Israeli folk dancing and a special musical performance by Hadag Nachash. There will be Israeli cuisine and vendors selling Israeli and Israel-related items.
@ Puck Building
295 Lafayette Street (@ East Houston Street)
11 - 8p
Free
For more information: festival

Singles Pizza and Swing Dance Party (D, P)
Swing is fun and easy to learn; you'll be impressing dance partners for a long time to come with the moves you'll learn!
We'll start the evening with a (kosher) pizza dinner followed by a Swing Lesson and then the floor is yours with your new moves.
Ages: 40’s +
@ Ansche Chesed
251 West 100th Street (Corner West End Ave)
5:30p
Cost: $25
You must RSVP for this event as no walk-in's will be allowed. The deadline for sign up is by noon on Friday December 8th.
For more information and to sign up: party

Monday, December 11th, 2006



What Makes a Style “Local”? (A, C, E)
Observations on American Neoclassical Furniture
In the late 18th and early 19th century, uniquely American interpretations of English and French neoclassical furniture designs emerged in Boston, New York City, Philadelphia and Baltimore, the principal formal furniture-making centers of the new American Republic. In this lecture, father and daughter, Stuart P. Feld and Elizabeth Feld, of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, will explore some of the most important cabinetmakers of that time from these four major centers of production. They will examine the stylistic impact of these innovators on the cabinetmaking trade and their influence on local production.
@ Bard Graduate Center
38 West 86th Street (between Central Park West and Columbus Avenue)
6 - 8p
Cost: $20
For more information and to sign up: bard

ISO (InterSchool Orchestras) of Carnegie Hill Orchestra and Concert Orchestra (C, M)
present works by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach, Britten, Strauss and Mozart
@ Peter Jay Sharp Theatre - Symphony Space
2537 Broadway (@ 95th Street)
7:00p
Tickets: $15
For more information and to buy tickets: space

Key to Activities

A Art
C Cultural
D Dance
D/F Drink/Food
E Education
H Holiday
L Literature
M Music
NP Non-Profit
P Party
S Sport
T Technology