Looking for what to do in New York? We've got the latest on all the goings-on in NYC, from concerts to museum exhibitions to comedy to the best in city sightseeing. Yes it's spring, and yes, it's snowing. Lucky for us most events take place indoors, like this week's Come Together Music Fest at MoMA PS1, the AD Design Show, great exhibits, concerts, comedy, and more!
THE BIG EVENT
(3/24) Come Together: Music Festival and Label Market at MoMA PS1. 12pm-9pm. MoMA PS1 and iconic record shop Other Music have teamed up to present the second annual Come Together: Music Festival and Label Market, offering live performances, films, workshops, and panels that celebrate the interactive ecosystem of local and international music communities, along with a label market. This season’s event will include more than 75 record labels, expanded live programming, and extended hours.
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(3/21) Celebrate World Puppetry Day with Avenue Q at New World Stages. 8pm.
(3/24-3/25) The AD Design Show, Architectural Digest Show, at Pier 92 & 94. Vignettes, book signings, design seminars, cooking demos, special events, and more. addesignshow.com
(3/25) 2018 Food Truck Fest at Grand Bazaar NYC. Join this year's NYC Food Truck Fest, organized by Grand Bazaar NYC, a weekly curated market on the Upper West Side. This Sunday you'll find 12 of the best gourmet food trucks in NYC in addition to the market's 100+ vendors. Trucks will be coming together to serve up everything from fresh lobster sandwiches to freshly made pizza, hot mac 'n' cheese to sweet crepes, to award-winning empanadas and stuffed French toast.
(Now-3/25) The Queens World Film Festival is underway through the weekend, with screenings at various locations.
March is Women's History Month. Click here for ideas on ways to celebrate.
EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK
Baby Block Bouquet, 1981, Acrylic, fabric, glitter on shaped canvas, 63.5 x 69”. © 2017 Estate of Miriam Schapiro Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.
(3/22-9/9) Surface/Depth: The Decorative After Miriam Schapiro at Museum of Arts and Design (MAD). In June of 2015, Miriam Schapiro, the pioneering feminist artist and founding member of the Pattern and Decoration movement, passed away at the age of ninety-one. Surprisingly, given her status as the elder stateswoman of the feminist art movement, the tremendous impact of her oeuvre on contemporary art has yet to be fully acknowledged or critically assessed. This exhibition seeks to redress this gap in the history of American art through an exploration of Schapiro's signature femmages, the term she coined to describe her distinctive hybrid of painting and collage inspired by women's domestic arts and crafts and the feminist critique of the hierarchy of art and craft. You can read more about it here.
(Now-6/24) Memory Unearthed: Henryk Ross Photographs at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Recovered like buried treasure after the Second World War, the photographs of Henryk Ross survive to tell the hidden story of the Lodz Ghetto. Two hundred of these photographs are on view now. Here is a $5 off admission coupon, good for up to two adults.
(Now-7/15) On stage, he was Ziggy Stardust, Aladdin Sane, and The Thin White Duke. David Bowie, the beloved English singer/New York transplant who sang about “Changes” and is revered for perpetually changing his sound and look over a five decades-plus career, is being celebrated in David Bowie is, a major exhibition that is making its final stop at the Brooklyn Museum. This first-ever Bowie retrospective includes hundreds of significant objects from Bowie’s teens to his death in 2016, including handwritten lyrics, diary entries, photography, set designs, album artwork, and rare performance material, with many items exclusive to the Brooklyn Museum presentation. More than 60 stage costumes are on display. Advanced sound technology, alongside theatrical scene–setting, animation, and video, provides an immersive journey through Bowie’s formative artistic experiences. Throughout the duration of the exhibit, there will be special events and screenings.
(Now-5/20) To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, the New-York Historical Society presents an exhibition of photographs and artifacts honoring these visionary leaders who irrevocably changed the United States. Rebel Spirits: Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King Jr. showcases approximately 60 photographs and 30 documents and artifacts that uncover the relationship between these historic figures.
(Now-5/9) The historical and the personal collide in the moving new show Danh Vo: Take My Breath Away at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. This first-ever mid-career survey of Danish artist Danh Vo (b. 1975, Vietnam) brings together world culture and historical artifacts, given fresh perspective by Vo’s mischievous eye and the museum’s epic setting. You’ll find the Unabomber’s typewriter, life-size segments of a duplicate Statue of Liberty, and deconstructed chairs used by JFK and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara, their power laid bare. Vo’s layered approach to objects and meaning is exemplified in 2010’s Das Beste oder Nichts. The title derives from the Mercedes-Benz motto, “the best or nothing,” and the artwork is comprised of the engine and drivetrain of Vo’s father’s taxi, a Mercedes-Benz 190. Complex and resonant, the object is simultaneously art, junk, and a prized achievement. Like everything else in this show, it invites new forms of contemplation.
COMEDY
(3/22-3/24) John Witherspoon at Gotham Comedy Club.
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(3/22-3/25) Sirius XM Radio's You Up with Nikki Glaser at Carolines.
(Ongoing) Catch the latest and funniest on the comic strip at the LOL Times Square Comedy Club. Use promo code CITYGUIDE for 50% off tickets!
KIDS
(New!) The new Smash Dash game at Ripley's Believe it or Not will keep kids on their toes! Keep your reflexes sharp, in this all new race against time. Here is a coupon!
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(Now-5/1) Future Foodies, Created for Kids. The Future Foodies Tour was created especially for kids with four balanced tastings, and less than 5 minutes of walking. This tour is only available upon request, and can be tailored to your personal tastes.
Click here for more ideas on things to do with family in NYC during the winter, such as skating at Rockefeller Center. (Thankfully, spring is almost here!)
For more kids activities, check out our sister site nymetroparents.com!
SIGHTSEEING
(Now-3/31) March savings! Get 20% off Spirit of New York Cruises.
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New! Check out NYC's hottest new museum, exploring the world of espionage, SPYSCAPE!
(Ongoing) Kids of all ages will want to check out the brand new Gulliver's Gate, a $40 million extravaganza that allows visitors to travel the globe without leaving Times Square. Latin America, Asia, the Middle East, Russia, and Europe are all here in incredibly detailed miniature. And don’t let that word “miniature” fool you—Gulliver’s Gate feels like it covers acres, stretching a full city block with the wonders of the world.
Grab a photo with Taylor Swift, One Direction, Lady GaGa and countless others at Madame Tussauds New York. Here is a $5 off coupon!
(Ongoing) A visit to the One World Observatory is a journey like no other! Start by ascending to the top of the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere in less than sixty seconds, in state-of-the-art "Sky Pod Elevators" that feature a floor-to-ceiling LED screen showing the ever evolving New York skyline. Once reaching the 100th floor, visitors can take in panoramic, uninterrupted views on the main platform; the 101st floor features three dining areas and the 102nd has a private event space that can accommodate up to 300 people. Here is a coupon!
MUSIC & NIGHTLIFE
(Now-4/22) The Orchid Show celebrates its 16th year at the New York Botanical Garden with a showcase of thousands of dramatically displayed orchids in the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory. This year's show features a series of installations crafted by Daniel Ost—each a living sculpture that celebrates the complex beauty of these stunning flowers. One of the world’s leading floral designers, Ost uses flowers as a means of expression. During Orchid Evenings (*3/24, 3/31) experience music, tours, and special performances, while cash bars will offer beer, wine, and cocktails for purchase. nybg.org
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(3/21-3/22) The Justin Timberlake: Man of the Woods Tour comes to Madison Square Garden. *Please note, the 3/21 show has been postponed.
(3/21) Celebrate World Puppetry Day with Avenue Q. On March 21, the highly acclaimed musical will celebrate World Puppetry Day with a Spring Fling to bring together professional and amateur puppeteers and their puppets for a special performance and post-show soirée at New World Stages (Off-Broadway, 340 W. 50th St.), starting at 8pm.
(3/22) Heller Bock Cask Tasting at Flatiron Hall. Join the wizards from Heartland Brewery for a tasting of a one-of-a-kind cask conditioned brew. This stronger, unfiltered version of the brewery's regular Heller Bock has a malt-forward “bready” taste with a hoppy aroma. The Director of Beer Operations will be on hand to answer questions regarding this latest creation!
(3/26) Chanteuse K.D. Lang performs at the Beacon Theatre.
(Now-4/26) Ecstatic Music Festival at Kaufman Center.
(Ongoing) Listen to the hottest new talent out of Nashville at Opry City Stage!
For information on LGBT nightlife, visit our brother site metrosource.com!
SNEAK PEEK, NEXT WEEK
Spirit of New York offers some lovely Easter Sunday Brunch and Dinner Cruises.
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(3/30-3/31) Lynne Koplitz at Gotham Comedy Club.
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