(1/6-1/13) Each week, City Guide's Things to Do in NYC brings you the best in special NYC events, the newest exhibits, sightseeing activities, fun for kids, concerts, nightlife, and more. The holidays may be over, but the action continues!
THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK: THE BIG EVENT
(1/7-1/14) The J.P. Morgan Tournament of Champions at Grand Central Terminal brings together the world’s greatest squash stars for an exciting week of international competition and live spectator events. Grand Central Terminal.
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(now-1/18/16) Get lost in a winter wonderland at The Holiday Train Show at New York Botanical Garden.
THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK: EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK
Bell Labs Engineers working on Telstar 1, ca 1961. Courtesy of Alcatel-Lucent/Bell Labs.
(now-4/17/16) Celebrate New York's role in the tech revolution at Silicon City at the New-York Historical Society.
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(ongoing) New York has had a fascination with the treasures of King Tut since archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed them nearly a century ago. Visitors to Premier Exhibitions 5th Avenue can walk in Carter’s footsteps in the remarkable recreation The Discovery of King Tut. Click here for a discount coupon.
Star Wars: The Force Awakens is in theaters now! The Force is strong in New York! Visit Star Wars and the Power of the Costume: The Exhibition, now at Discovery Times Square. The interactive exhibit features 70+ costumes, including seven from the new film!
(ongoing) Agitprop! at Brooklyn Museum connects contemporary art, social change, and historic moments in creative activism.(now-2/21/16) Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style opens at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
(ongoing) Coney Island: Visions of an American Dreamland, 1861-2008 opens at the Brooklyn Museum.
(ongoing) The Secret World Inside You provides an incredible tour of the trillions of micro-organisms living in and on the human body at the American Museum of Natural History.
(now-1/31/16) Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars, the first-ever full exhibit on the author's life and works, now at the Morgan Library & Museum.
(ongoing) Alberto Burri and the Trauma of Painting at The Guggenheim presents a major retrospective of the Italian artist known for his work with non-traditional materials such as burlap, wood, tar, and plastic.
(now-2/28/16) Flavor: Making It and Faking It at the brand-new Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD) in Brooklyn.
(now-2/7/16) Emerging artist (and New Yorker) Rachel Rose at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
(now-2/21/16) Superheroes in Gotham at the New-York Historical Society explores the origins, influences, and culture of beloved NYC-based comic book phenomenons, dating back to the 1930s.
(ongoing) On The Line: Intrepid & The Vietnam War has opened at the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. The Intrepid made three tours of duty in Vietnam between 1966-1969. Here's a coupon!
(ongoing) The Butterfly Conservatory is back at AMNH.
(ongoing) Designing Home: Jews and Midcentury Modernism presents vintage furnishings, housewares, and graphics to explore how Jewish émigré and American-born designers and architects helped spark America's embrace of midcentury modernism—forging a bold new direction in design and thought. The Museum of Jewish Heritage.
(ongoing) Saturday Night Live: The Exhibition is open at Premier Exhibitions 5th Avenue. Get your discount coupon here!
(ongoing) Pixar: The Design of Story is now open at the Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
(now-1/10/16) Final days! Folk City: New York and the Folk Music Revival at the Museum of the City of New York explores Bob Dylan and the explosion of folk music, esp. in Greenwich Village.
THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK: COMEDY
(1/7) Jerry Seinfeld begins his residency at the Beacon Theatre.
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(1/8-1/9) Vic DiBitetto at Gotham Comedy Club.
(1/8) Mike Yard, Paul Mercurio, Andrew Schulz and others at Stand Up NY.
Enjoy an evening of great comedy on the Upper East Side at legendary venue Dangerfield's.
Enjoy two for one admission at Broadway Comedy Club!
THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK: KIDS
(now-1/10/16) Final days! Big Apple Circus: The Grand Tour! at Lincoln Center in Damrosch Park.
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(now-1/16/16) Final weeks!! The Holiday Train Show at the New York Botanical Garden.
Star Wars: The Power of the Costume at Discovery Times Square!
(Permanent) Connected Worlds is now open at the New York Hall of Science.
THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK: SIGHTSEEING
(1/10, every Sunday) NYC Audubon Winter Seals & Waterbirds Ecocruise with New York Water Taxi.
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(ongoing) The Rockefeller Center Ice Skating Rink is open!
Check out the new "tour about nothing" When Harry Met Seinfeld with On Location Tours.
The One World Observatory is now open. Click here for a free collectible pin!
Explore NYC's financial district with Wall Street Walks.
Check out the hottest spots to eat and drink in the Flatiron District and Williamsburg with Like a Local Tours.
Take a selfie with Taylor Swift, One Direction, Ed Sheeran, and countless other famous celebs at Madame Tussauds New York! Here's a coupon!
THIS WEEK IN NEW YORK: NIGHTLIFE & MUSIC
(photo NYBG website)
(1/8-9, 1/15-16) Bar Car Nights at New York Botanical Garden.
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(1/6) Dancing with the Stars Live! Dance All Night at the Beacon Theatre.
(1/7) Die Fledermaus at the Metropolitan Opera.
(1/7) Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden.
(1/8-9) Madeleine Peyroux at City Winery.
(1/8) Cirque Fridays at Highline Ballroom.
(1/9) Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill.
(1/9) Ninth Annual Charles Bukowski Memorial Reading at Cornelia Street Cafe.
(1/9) Melba Moore at Feinstein's/54 Below.
SNEAK PEEK, NEXT WEEK IN NYC
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(1/13) Atomic Funk Project at B.B. King Blues Club & Grill.
(1/11, 1/15, 1/18) Turnadot at the Metropolitan Opera.
(1/15-16) Andrew Schulz headlines Gotham Comedy Club.
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