Tags
Amstel Quartet, Animation Art, Antique Auto Show, Ballet, Clybourne Park, Discovery Times Square, Frieze Art Fair 2 for 1 Tickets, Lesbian/Gay Symphonic Band, MOMA Family Programs, Munch's The Scream, Museum of Moving Image, New Amsterdam Bike Show, NY Historical Society, Queens County Farm Museum, Recess Monkey, Society of Illustrators, Sotheby's, Tai Chi, Titanic Voices, United Nations Tour
SUNDAY APRIL 29, 2012
MUSEUMS/ART/GALLERIES
Titanic Voices
Honoring the Titanic’s maiden voyage, the installation includes Washington Dodge’s handwritten eyewitness account of the ship’s sinking; a bronze medal presented to Arthur Rostron, captain of the Carpathia, for his heroic rescue of Titanic survivors; a photographic portrait of Isidor Straus, owner of H.R. Macy & Co., and his wife, Ida, who perished together, and more.
Adults $15, Seniors $12, Children $5. Admission is pay-as-you-wish from 6-8 pm on Fridays. Tues-Thurs and Sat: 10am-6pm, Friday 10am-8pm, Sunday 11am-5pm
Through June 3
New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park West
at Richard Gilder Way (77th Street)
http://www.nyhistory.org/node/77339
Tel: 212-873-3400
Directions:
Subway
B, C to 81st St
Bus
M7, M10, M79, M11
CONCERTS/MUSIC
Schneider Concerts Presents: The Amstel Quartet
The Amstel Quartet presents moving string and saxophone quartet transcriptions from Mozart, Barber, Glazunov, Tan Dun, Jan Sweelinck, and a New York Premiere of Michael Torke’s May-June-July. $17.50 Adults, $15 Seniors. 2pm-4:30pm
The New School
Tishman Auditorium
Alvin Johnson/J. M. Kaplan Hall
66 West 12th Street-between 5th and 6th Ave
http://www.newschool.edu/mannes/events.aspx?id=68097
Directions:
Subway
1, 2, 3, F, L, M to 14th St
N, Q, R, 4, 5, 6 to 14th St/Union Sq
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M5, M7, M14
KIDS/TEENS
Recess Monkey
Recess Monkey is the acclaimed children’s music band from Seattle formed by three elementary school teachers who make kid’s music derived from their days in their classrooms. $15. 11am
Click link to buy tickets: http://www.92y.org/tribeca/tickets/production.aspx?performanceNumber=80601
92ndst Y Tribeca
200 Hudson Street
92y.org/Tribeca/index
Tel: 212-601-1000
Directions:
Subway
A, C, E, 1 to Canal St
Bus
M20
DANCE/THEATER
Works & Process, American Ballet Theatre: A Cast of Characters
American Ballet Theatre’s 2012 Metropolitan Opera season will feature a cast of characters, including pirates, evil sorcerers, a tractor driver, and even a donkey. Join ABT’s creative team and company dancers to explore the process and journey of bringing the diverse characters of ABT’s repertoire to life. $30. 7:30pm.
**SORRY, THIS IS NOW SOLD OUT….STANDBY TICKETS MAY BE AVAILABLE IF SPACE PERMITS
Guggenheim Museum
1071 Fifth Ave at 89th St
worksandprocess.org
Box Office Tel: 212-423-3587
Directions:
Subway
4, 5, 6 to 86th St
Bus
M1, M2, M3, M4, M86
X’TRAS/THINGS TO DO
33rd Annual Antique Auto Show. Queens County Farm Museum
Members of the New York Antique Auto Club will exhibit their cars on the farmhouse grounds. Automobile memorabilia, historic house tours, hayrides, and food will be available. Adults $5, Children $2. 11:00am – 4:00pm
Queens County Farm Museum
73-50 Little Neck Parkway
Floral Park
http://queensfarm.org
Tel: 718-347-3276
Directions:
Subway and Bus:
E or F Train to Kew Gardens/Union Turnpike Station
Q46 Bus (eastbound on Union Tpk.) to Little Neck Parkway Stop
Cross Union Tpk and walk North on Little Neck Pky 3 blocks to Museum Entrance
**AND MORE** Reminder: Now That The Weekend’s Over….It’sTime To Start Planning For The Next!! http://wp.me/p248Xv-WQ
Header Photograph Courtesy of Wendy Horwitz
