Happenings for Week of May 21st, 2007

Week of May 21st, 2007



Fleet Week NYC 2007: 20th Anniversary (C, E)
Thousands of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard and international navy ships will participate. Fleet Week New York is the City's celebration of the sea services. This annual event also provides an opportunity for the citizens of New York City and the surrounding Tri-State area to meet Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen, as well as witness first hand the latest capabilities of today's Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard Team. Fleet Week includes dozens of military demonstrations and displays throughout the week, as well as public visitation of many of the participating ships.
May 23rd - 30th, 2007
For more information and event schedule: fleetweek

The 12th Annual Lower East Side (LES) Festival of the Arts (A, C, D, E, F, L, M)
This festival will bring together under one roof in just three days over 100 performing arts organizations, local and international celebrities, independent artists, poets, puppeteers, film makers and many others all of whom reside, work or have their roots in the culturally diverse, willfully anarchistic lower east side. Additionally, the distinct ethnic communities of the lower east side are amply represented, including the Latin American, African American, Chinese, Indian, Irish, Italian, Jewish, Native American, Polish and Ukrainian communities.
May 25th - May 27th, 2007
@ Theater for the New City
155 1st Avenue (between East 9th and 10th Streets)
For more information and schedule: LES

Monday, May 21st, 2007

Product Launch/Cocktail Party (A, D/F)
Luceplan will introduce the new Grande Constanza.
Evening prizes will be raffled among all guests
@ Luceplan Store
49 Greene Street (between Broome and Grand Streets)
6 - 9:30p
Free
For more information: luce

Jenifer Jackson Performs (M)
Best of all, her band-mates know to let Jenifer's voice remain the focus. Whether she's sings high and ethereal, or drops down to a low dusky whisper, Jenifer's conversational, confessional, innate vocal stylings inhabit a song, making her someone you just simply have to listen to.
The Marion's Marquee Lounge
356 Bowery, (between East 4th Street and Great Jones)
8p
For more information: Jenifer

Bernstein & Robbins: Dybbuk in Music & Dance (code: EAYNYB00S7) (A, C, D, M)
Join Jean-Pierre Frohlich, ballet master and former soloist with the New York City Ballet, and members of the company in an evening devoted to the Leonard Bernstein-Jerome Robbins Dybbuk. Frohlich danced in the 1974 premiere of the ballet and in subsequent revisions made by Robbins and is responsible for maintaining the Robbins repertory at NYCB. He will discuss his work with Robbins in staging the ballets and present several dancers performing excerpts from Dybbuk. Ellen Sorrin, director of The George Balanchine Trust and advisory council member of The Jerome Robbins Trust, will moderate.
The JCC in Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Avenue (at 76th Street)
8p
$20
For more information and to sign up: jcc

Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007



Art Exhibit: Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures (A, L)
Despite the challenges that their small size present to typesetters, printers, binders and illustrators, miniature books explore the full range of human endeavor, and encompass nearly every subject considered in full-size books, from Shakespeare’s plays to Bibles, from children’s books to fiction. The hundreds of examples on view in Miniature Books: 4,000 Years of Tiny Treasures none taller than three inches range in date from a Babylonian tablet of ca. 2000 BC, to tiny artists’ books of the present day. Engaging, artful, and sometimes eccentric, miniature books are also captivating examples of the bookmaker’s craft: gilt, bejeweled, painted, tooled, illuminated, and illustrated by the likes of Picasso, Miro, and Edward Gorey.
The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street (between Park and Madison Avenues)
Free
For more information: grolier

Mutual Funds for Beginners
A presentation by John Sterba, CFP, Investment Management Advisors, Inc. Sponsored by the Financial Planning Association of New York
@ New York Public Library - SIBL (Science, Industry, and Business Library)
188 Madison Avenue (between 34th and 35th Streets)
5:30p
Free
For more information call: 212.592.7000

Presenting the Allison Cipris Band (M)
Allison is a gifted and award winning songwriter and powerhouse performer, carrying on the lineage of Joss Stone, Sass Jordan, Sheryl Crow, and Melissa Etheridge before her. Her shows stick with you long after the last encore. She can hush the room with her intimacy, blow out its back wall with raw intensity, break your heart and fix it again, all in one 45 minute set. She is backed by the Allison Cipris Band a powerhouse group of musicians that give their all to Allison's vibrant,catchy melodies bringing to them a raw, soulful edge.
@ The Red Lion
151 Bleecker Street (between Thompson Street and LaGuardia Place)
7p
For more information: allison

Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007

9th Annual Dine Around Downtown (D/F)
A downtown tradition showcasing the finest restaurants in Lower Manhattan. Sample signature menu items for $3 to $6 while enjoying an array of live entertainment throughout the day.
@ Chase Manhattan Plaza
(between Liberty/Pine Streets and Nassau/William Streets)
11 - 3p
For more information and lists of participants: downtown

Exhibit Discussion: Matthew Brannon: Where Were We (A, C, E)
Matthew Brannon employs a signature combination of printed materials, design strategies and text to create work inscribed with psychological content and critique. In various modes of production including letterpress, silk-screen, lithography and other printed matter, Brannon constructs an indeterminate graphic identity that veils a pointed sensibility.
@ Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria
120 Park Avenue (@ 42nd Street)
6:30p
Free
Reservations are not required, though seating is limited
For more information call: 917.663.2645



Sicily Meets the World: Cheese & Wine Tasting (D/F, E)
With its sunny climate and vibrant indigenous grapes, Sicily is fast becoming a popular and respected wine region. Vito will take you through a tasting of some of the island's best offerings and, cheese evangelists, Waldemar and Nadia, will match the wines with artisan cheeses from all around the world in a fun and educational tasting. Waldemar and Nadia are making it their mission to bring the wonders of artisan cheeses to gourmands from all walks of life.
@ Aroma Kitchen
36 East 4th Street (between Lafayette and Bowery Streets)
7 - 8:30p
$45 plus sales tax
For more information and to sign up: aroma

Elisabeth Lohninger Performs (A, M)
"A rich, passionate alto" and "A haunting alto of controlled force" that is how critics describe Elisabeth Lohninger's voice. Lathered on lusciously all over her new release "the only way out is up", it catches the listener by surprise with its sheer sonority and smoothness. Having lent her vocals to a very diverse range of releases over the last ten years, Elisabeth Lohninger is not only a seasoned, polished singer but a vocalist with tremendous depth and range.
@ 55 Bar
55 Christopher Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
7 - 9p
For more information: lohninger

Thursday, May 24th, 2007

Movie Screening: Knives in My Throat (A, D/F, F)
Knives in My Throat is an experimental, episodic documentary directed by Abiola Abrams, which chronicles a year in the life of a young poet and actress named Taqiyya Hadden who battles mental illness, self-destructive urges and several suicide attempts. The film blends intimate video diaries, startling interviews, dramatic verity, animation and compelling performance pieces. "Knives in My Throat" also depicts Taqiyya's journey as she wades through the fire of drugs, sex and hard choices and balances jubilation and regret using hip hop poetry as therapy.
@ NY Perks
193 Smith Street, (between Warren and Baltic Streets), Brooklyn
Reception: 6:30p, screening: 7:30p
Free
For more information and to RSVP call: 212.414.5144



Book Reading with authors: Darcey Steinke and Rob Sheffield (E, L)
Darcey Steinke is the author of four novels, two of which were New York Times Notable Books of the Year. She will be reading from her latest book: Easter Everywhere. Rob Sheffield is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, where he writes the "Pop Life" column. His work has appeared in Spin, the Village Voice, MTV, VH1, and many other places. He will be reading from his autobiography, Love is a Mixed Tape.
@ Freebird Books and Goods
123 Columbia Street (between Kane and Degraw Streets), Brooklyn
7p
Free
For more information: freebird

Fallout: The Police Experience (C, M)
The Police Experience is the result of Miles Copeland's international search for musicians who could pull off duplicating, in the most authentic way possible, The Police as you remember them. The Police Experience hurls you back 20 years ago to re-live the raw, electrifying, experience of seeing The Police in their prime. With extraordinary attention to detail, the band will amaze audiences; from young fans of 80s music who may not have even heard of The Police, to the most hardcore of fans. Close your eyes, and you're listening to The Police at the peak of their career, open your eyes, and you won’t believe it’s not The Police completely captures, not just the music of The Police, but their very essence absolutely amazing.
@ Canal Room
285 West Broadway (@ Canal Street)
Doors open at 8p, show starts @ 8:30p
$15 in advance, $20 at the door
For more information and to buy tickets: canalroom

Friday, May 25th, 2007



The Toyota Concert Series on Today, Starring: Blondie with special guest, Lily Allen (M)
Viewing is on a first-come, first-served basis outside TODAY's Window on the World Studio
(at 49th Street and Rockefeller Plaza)
7 - 10a
Free
For more information: today



Art Exhibit: (A, C, L)
She Draws Comics: 100 Years of America's Women Cartoonists
Celebrate a century of the greatest female practitioners of comic and cartoon art that America has ever seen, from the Nell Brinkley Girl of the turn of the century to the wartime adventures of Miss Fury and Brenda Starr, to today's cutting-edge manga and graphic novels. With over fifty artists participating and over 100 artworks shown, this is the largest women cartoonists' show in history.
@ Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art
594 Broadway (between Houston and Prince Streets)
$5
For more information: mocca

Lispector, Umberto and Invisible Friend Perform (C, M)
Semi - French pop tunes..
Umberto's lineup is ever-shifting based on geographical location. Songs range from heartwrenching testimonial singer-songwriterish anthems to smart and snappy power pop tunes; from off-the-cuff odes to npr personalities and rants against hipsterism to hip hop covers.
@ The Creek and The Cave
10 - 93 Jackson Ave (between 48th and Hunters Point Avenues), Long Island City
8p
$5
For more information: thecreek

Movie Screening: Paris, Texas (F)
An act of selfless, redemptive love is the object of this strikingly filmed adaptation of a Sam Shepard play.
@ Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17th Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)
9 - 11:50p
Free, with $7 bar minimum
For more information and to reserve a ticket: rma

Saturday, May 26th, 2007



Outdoor Hike: Breakneck Ridge (S)
Join us on the vertical rock face of Breakneck Ridge in Hudson Highlands State Park. These peaks present a far more rugged feel than anywhere else in the chain, and requires use of hands. The sparse, wind-bent vegetation, rocky screes, and relative isolation presents the most challenging hiking you will use hands to scramble up the steep, dramatic peak overlooking the Hudson River.
NOTE: This is our most strenuous hike; we recommend that only experienced & fit hikers attend.
Time: 8 - 6p (meet at 7:45 for check-in).
Meeting Place: 73rd Street and Broadway, NE corner (in front of Apple Bank)
Cost: $49
For more information and to sign up: outdoorbound
Save $5.00 - after signing up email: info@outdoorbound.com and let them know you found out about trip from Laura’s List.

Bicycle Fetish Day 2007 (C, S)
Bicycle contests (best in show, best vintage, best hand-made, best chopper, ugliest bike, heaviest bike and more) live music, food, raffle prizes all day long.
Havemeyer Street (between Grand and Hope Streets), Brooklyn
12 - 6p
Free
For more information: messages@cityreliquary.org

Wine Tasting: Staff Faves (D/F, E)
@ Le Du Wines
600 Washington Street (@ LeRoy Street)
3 - 6p
Free
For more information: ledu

Dr. Sketchy’s Anti-Art School Featuring: Ruby Valentine (A, C, S)
Dr. Sketchy's is what happens when cabaret meets art school. Dr. Sketchy's is the little Brooklyn event that became a movement. Founded in 2005 by artist Molly Crabapple, Dr. Sketchy's asked a simple question. Why can't drawing naked people be sexy?
We combed New York to find the most beautiful burlesque dancers, the most bizarre circus freaks, and the most rippling hunks of man. Interspersed with posing are ridiculous drawing contests (best left handed drawing? Best incorporation of a woodland animal?).
@ Lucky Cat Lounge
245 Grand Street (between Driggs and Roebling), Brooklyn
3 - 6p
$15
For more information and to reserve a spot: drsketchy

Sunday, May 27th, 2007



Walking Tour: The Lower East Side: Then and Now (C, E, S)
America’s most famous immigrant neighborhood, enter it’s sacred sites and walk it’s historic streets.
Meet in front of the Abrons Art Center
466 Grand Street (@ Pitt Street)
11:15a
$18 (save $2 with advance pre-registration)
For more information and to reserve a spot email: leconservancy@aol.com or call: 212.374.4100 x1

Food Tasting and Walking Tour: Chinatown Discovered (C, D/F, E, S)
Explore unique food shops and restaurants. Taste the exotic and the nostalgic. Learn about ethnic flavors and cultures. With an area covering two square miles and an estimated population of 150,000, NYC’s Chinatown is the largest in the United States. There are over 10 distinct Asian cuisines available in this neighborhood; and over 500 restaurants, bakeries, and tea shops line the streets for your exploration. Chinatown is a food shopper’s paradise offering fresh, unique food at a reasonable price. We go into the stores, giving you the opportunity to view the many delicacies, take in the tantalizing aromas and taste their specialties.
2 - 5p
$45 (includes food samples, a bottle of water)
Reservations are necessary to guarantee your space. Once you sign up, meeting place will be revealed.
For more information and to reserve your spot: info@enthusiasticgourmet.com

Music at the Harlem Meer: Starring: Sadiki Conde (M)
Join the Conservancy for the 14th season of this popular Sunday concert series that features the best in local emerging and established Latin, Jazz, World, and Gospel artists.
@ The Charles A. Dana Discovery Center
Inside the Park at 110th Street (between Fifth and Lenox Avenues)
4 - 6p
Free
For more information: centralpark



Disco Crisco Twister (S)
The New, Fun, Coed Game Tournament
With music guest: Rotten Cheri
@ Arlene’s Grocery
95 Stanton Street (between Allen and Ludlow Streets)
7p
$5 in advance or with RSVP, otherwise $8 at the door
For more information and to buy tickets/advance RSVP: twister

Annual Memorial Day Bash (P)
Get back to nature and away from it all this Memorial Day Weekend. Join us as we exclusively take over the Montana lodge-themed, Retreat Lounge. Jewish Single Professionals between ages: 20 - 30s. There will be: $6 Retreat specialty drinks (9 - 10p), Complimentary hors d'oeuvres (9 - 10p), Music and dancing courtesy of DJ Michael Dominico.
@ Retreat Lounge
37 West 17th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)
9 - 2a
$20 in advance or with RSVP, otherwise $25 at door
For more information and to RSVP: letmypeoplego

Monday, May 28th, 2007 (Memorial Day)



Caribbean Gardens: Journey to Paradise (C, E)
Travel to exotic islands during the Caribbean Gardens flower show. Stroll through a Spanish courtyard garden that’s overflowing with lush, tropical flora. Immerse yourself in the fragrance and colors of dozens of plants hibiscus, passionflower, bougainvillea, orchids, and so many more. Elaborate, color-themed motifs lead to a dramatic centerpiece: a spectacular two-story façade of a columned, Caribbean-style house. Beds overflow with tropical color and greenery, from bromeliads to cycads and caladiums to cannas, transforming the glasshouse galleries into a tropical paradise. Discover the colonial influence on the region’s gardening as the tradition and formality of Spanish gardens meet the variety and vividness of Caribbean flora.
@ New York Botanical Garden
200th Street and Kazimiroff Boulevard
$18
For more information: nybg

Picnic in Central Park (D/F, P, S)
It’s Memorial Day. We sure hope you have the day off. The weather is beautiful and we’ll be having a fun-filled pot-luck picnic in Central Park. We’ll hang out, eat lots of food, and enjoy the beauty of the park. Everyone brings something to share and we will just eat, chill and hang out.
Meet inside the actual Columbus Circle rotary directly underneath the Columbus statue (59th Street and 8th Avenue)
2p
$10 in advance, $15 day of event
For more information and to sign up: lunch

Key to Activities

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