Pre Covid-19 we searched the internet everyday looking for the very best of What’s Happening, primarily on Manhattan’s WestSide, so that you didn’t have to.” We made it as easy as 1-2-3.
Covid-19 has required some changes. For January we are going to try a different format – “Top 10 Corona Culture” – updated info and video especially suited to these difficult times OR NYC related visual info (Instagram and YouTube) OR all the NYC news you need to start your day.
We hope you will come back often to see what’s cooking here.
Today it’s NYC Weekend Corona Culture (Sat). NEW STUFF!
Jazz / Havana by Way of Chicago
Comedy / Dispensing Healing Hilarity
Performing Arts / Fanciful, Fluid Dynamics
Art & Museums / Take a Scroll Through the Winter Show
KIDS / A Circus for All and by All
“Our critics and writers have selected noteworthy cultural events to experience virtually.” (NYT)
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amNY Weekender: Ten things to do in New York City – amNY
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3 NYC Art Gallery Shows to See Right Now – The New York Times
“Irving Penn’s notion of photographism; Martha Diamond’s spectacular cityscapes; and the sculptor Fawn Krieger’s “experiments in resistance.””
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Moynihan Train Hall is Not Perfect, But It’s Close Enough (Op-Ed)– untappedcities
“Moynihan Train Hall is open and in this humble Chief Experience Officer‘s opinion, it is good. The renderings we saw for years became a reality on New Years Day when the spacious 255,000-square foot hall was opened to the public. The Art Deco clock was the first welcome surprise. The timepiece, designed by Peter Pennoyer Architects, was not on an any of the original renderings but now hangs as an homage to the concourse clock in the old Penn station and the beloved opaline-faced clock in Grand Central Terminal. Train travelers finally have a clear and definable meeting spot on the west side.”
===============================================================================“Last year, the Garment District organized the most fun light-up seesaws to take over Broadway, and it completely brightened up New Yorkers’ dark winter. This year, their public art exhibit is a bit less interactive, but even more stunning!
Opening Monday, January 11, the brand new illuminated “Prismatica” installation will light up Broadway between 39th and 40th Streets.”
=============================================================================From Golden Diner’s honey butter pancakes to Parlay’s chicken curry, here are the restaurant orders that were kept in regular rotation all year long
“Welcome to Year in Eater 2020, Eater’s annual ritual of eulogizing the past 12 months. In 2020’s final days, Eater NY will be posting questions about New York City’s restaurant scene in the past year, with answers from food writers, photographers, chefs, restaurateurs, entrepreneurs, and even a few local legislators who helped to support the industry through this enormously difficult year. Now, we ask: What were your regular go-to destinations for takeout, delivery, and outdoor dining in 2020?”
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The best things to do in NYC this weekend – TONY
“The best things to do in NYC this weekend includes Prismatica on Broadway, free aerialist performances, and a concert for Birdland.”
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21 Amazing Things New Yorkers Are Putting On Their 2021 Bucket Lists – secretnyc.co
Including what we’re putting on ours!
“Though of a course a new year won’t fix everything, it definitely feels like the right time to have a fresh start.
One thing that gets us super excited is making a list of all the activities we want to take part in the new year — and luckily, we’re in the best place to do that: NYC! We also asked our Instagram followers what was on their 2021 bucket lists, and got even more ideas from that.
Full of the best of arts, culture, dining and more, NYC is still the place to be for 2021. Here’s to things looking up in the New Year!
First, here’s what you’re putting on your 2021 bucket list, according to our IG poll! “
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NYC-Arts Top Five Picks: January 22-28
Interesting. Unusual. Uniquely NYC. Highlights of this week’s top events include the world premiere of “They Will Take My Island,” National YoungArts Week, Frances Burney’s “The Woman Hater,” and more. Get the NYC-ARTS Top Five in your inbox every Friday and follow @NYC_ARTS on Instagram or @NYCARTS on Twitter to stay abreast of events as they happen.
They Will Take My Island
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Manhattan / Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 7:00 pm
On Tuesday, January 26 at 7 p.m. the MetLiveArts commission presents the world premiere of “They Will Take My Island,” which features unreleased scenes and highly personal short films by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter) set to original musical scores by Armenian American composer Mary Kouyoumdjian, will stream on The Met’s website, YouTube channel and Facebook. “They Will Take My Island” includes footage from Egoyan’s films “Ararat and A Portrait of Arshile,” and Kouyoumdjian’s new score is performed by JACK …
Joanna Beall Westermann
Venus Over Manhattan
Manhattan / Tue, Jan 26, 2021, 10:00 am
Venus Over Manhattan is pleased to announce an exhibition of work by Joanna Beall Westermann, organized in collaboration with the late artist’s estate. It will be the first solo presentation for the artist in over two decades. A student of Josef Albers and Diego Rivera, Joanna Beall Westermann’s contributions were significant, yet somewhat obscured in her lifetime by her marriage to famed sculptor and printmaker H.C. Westermann. Venus Over Manhattan’s exhibition comprises a group of …
Sondra Radvanovsky and Piotr Beczała Live in Concert
Metropolitan Opera
Manhattan / Sat, Jan 23, 2021, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky and tenor Piotr Beczała will perform a live concert on Saturday, January 23, at 7:00pm CET/1:00pm ET, from the historic Stadthalle in Wuppertal, Germany, as part of the “Met Stars Live in Concert” series. The program features popular arias and duets from some of the many classic operas they’ve performed at the Met and other world stages, including Giordano’s “Andrea Chénier,” Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” and “Luisa Miller,” and Dvořák’s “Rusalka.” …
National YoungArts Week+
National YoungArts Foundation
Mon, Jan 25, 2021 – Sat, Jan 30, 2021
“National YoungArts Week” is YoungArts’ signature program that offers YoungArts award winners at the Finalist level the guidance needed to prepare for the next stage of their artistic development. Typically held in-person in Miami, the 2021 program, “National YoungArts Week+,” will take place virtually. During the intensive program, Finalists across 10 disciplines participate in online classes and interdisciplinary workshops with internationally recognized leaders in their field, including acclaimed visual artist Zoe Buckman; Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence …
The Woman Hater
Red Bull Theater
Manhattan / Mon, Jan 25, 2021, 7:30 pm
Frances Burney’s rarely seen 18th century proto-feminist satire, “THE WOMAN HATER” is the story of broken engagements, excessive romanticism – and one massively misguided misogynist. The one and only Everett Quinton directs this special event. Sir Roderick has turned frantic misogynist for two reasons: he was jilted 17 years previously and his sister had the gall to marry his ex-fiancee’s brother. Burney’s outrageously witty comedy of manners bursts into life with the introduction of the former …
PLUS ONGOING EVENTS
Magazines and the American Experience
Grolier Club
Manhattan / Wed, Jan 20, 2021 – Sat, Apr 24, 2021
This exhibition is a study of how magazines have both driven and reflected the American experience. Unlike regional newspapers, that report local current events, or non-fiction books, which focus on major historical moments and personalities, national magazines have the unique ability to connect trans-local communities of like-minded individuals. In the colonial era, magazines were the harbingers of American thought and identity; the first successful magazine from the 18th century proudly proclaimed itself as “The American …
“From a Passing Shape”: Modernist Works on Paper
Rosenberg & Co.
Manhattan / Mon, Jan 11, 2021 – Sat, Feb 27, 2021
Artists have long relied on paper as a fundamental support material. Paper is easily accessible and arguably the most familiar and humble medium. These qualities have led artists to use paper in a variety of ways, from the rough translation of ideas to the exploration of nontraditional processes. Artists have continued, and will continue, to reinvestigate and redeploy this everyday medium. The exhibition takes its title from the words of Pablo Picasso. He wrote, “The artist …
MasterVoices’ 79th Season
MasterVoices
Manhattan / Wed, Jan 13, 2021 – Wed, May 26, 2021
Ted Sperling, Artistic Director of MasterVoices, announced details of the 79th season of the acclaimed ensemble, which celebrates the power of the human voice to unite, inspire, and connect. The central project of MasterVoices’ 2020-2021 season will be a virtual rollout of award-winning composer Adam Guettel’s theatrical song cycle, “Myths and Hymns,” in an online staging conceived by Ted Sperling. Inspired by Greek myths and a 19th-Century Presbyterian hymnal, the 1998 cycle is a kaleidoscopic collection of …
Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music Sing-Along Broadcast
South Street Seaport Museum
Manhattan / Ongoing
South Street Seaport Museum’s monthly sea-music event, “Sea Chanteys and Maritime Music,” continues virtually on Sunday, January 3, 2021 at 2pm ET. From our living rooms and kitchens join a round-robin of shared songs featuring members of The New York Packet and friends. Listen in, lead a song, and belt out the choruses for your neighbors to hear on the first Sunday of every month. The event is FREE. Sign up here to receive the …
Dreaming Together
New-York Historical Society
Manhattan / Thu, Oct 29, 2020 – Sun, Jul 25, 2021
As part of the Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone—a multi-venue festival of art, ideas, and innovation—the New-York Historical Society and Asia Society Museum opens their first ever collaborative exhibition, “Dreaming Together.” More than 35 interwoven works drawn from both art collections generate dialogue about the urban and natural environments, protest and rebellion, individuals and identities, borders and crossings. Highlights include the Canal Street diptych (1992) from Martin Wong’s Chinatown series, 98-foot hanging scrolls by …
The Pleasure Pavilion: A Series of Installations
Luhring Augustine Gallery
Brooklyn / Thu, Sep 17, 2020 – Sat, Mar 13, 2021
Luhring Augustine is pleased to announce “The Pleasure Pavilion,” a series of installations that bring together artists from the gallery program in dialogue with the façade of a late 18th or early 19th century Indian pleasure pavilion. The arcaded portico pavilion, most likely part of an Indian palace or resort, was believed to have been originally used for recreational activities, such as enjoying musical and dance performances, entertaining guests, or admiring the surrounding gardens. The sandstone and …
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