New York Events

Best of January 2010

Address: Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Tisch Exhibition Gallery, 6th fl • 11 W 53 St, New York, NY 10019 Category: Museum Event - Art Exhibit Dates: November 8 - January 25, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The Bauhaus, an avant-garde school founded in Germany in 1919, included artists, architects, and designers intent on unifying various fields of art. They also addressed the nature of art and its interaction with technology and craft. The Nazis shut down the group in 1933, but in that time, the members compiled a...

Address: Brooklyn Museum, Schapiro Wing, 5th fl • 200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052 Category: Museum Event - Art Exhibit Dates: October 30 - January 31, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

No, this isn't an exhibition about violence – it's about shooting with a camera! This is the first time a major museum has put the photographer in the forefront in a rock 'n roll exhibition. The photos – featuring music legends like Tina Turner, Bob Dylan, and the Rolling Stones – capture not only the live power of...

Address: WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden • 4 Pennsylvania Plz, Madison Square Garden Complex, New York, NY 10010 Category: Performance - Theater - Musical Dates: November 11 - January 3, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Cirque du Soleil delights crowds around the world with amazing artistry and acrobatics, and this winter show has become a favorite of New York audiences. It follows the story of a boy and his quest for snow (someone actually wants to find snow?!) with over 50 performers singing, dancing, and performing awe-inspiring...

Address: Webster Hall • 125 E 11th St, New York, NY 10003 Category: Fair / Festival - Music Dates: January 10, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

This annual, indoor world music festival presents more then a dozen artists not yet well-known in the United States, giving them a chance to be heard and their cultures to gain Western exposure. Last year, the festival featured artists like Bollywood star Kailash Kher and his band Kailasa from India and Tanya Tagaq...

Address: New-York Historical Society • 170 Central Park West, New York, NY 10024 Category: Museum Event - History Exhibit Dates: October 9 - March 25, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

He might have been born in Kentucky and served as a representative from Illinois, but Abraham Lincoln has many ties to New York City. This exhibit explores them, indicating that the New York Republicans helped raise Lincoln's national profile, nudging him toward becoming America's first Republican president. In New...

Address: Madison Square Garden • 4 Pennsylvania Plz, New York, NY 10010 Category: Sports Event - Rodeo Dates: January 8 - January 10, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

A little of the Wild West comes to the Big Apple when the Professional Bull Riders circuit comes to town. You can spend a whole weekend watching cowboys trying to stay on a huge bull or, after getting thrown off, trying to avoid getting gored. The best bull riders in the world will be on hand for the event, which...

Address: Stillwell Ave at the boardwalk, Coney Island, Brooklyn, NY 11204 Category: Holiday / Seasonal Event - New Year's Eve / Day Dates: January 1, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

What better way to ring in the New Year than by swimming in water that makes your body feel as if it's being stabbed by thousands of needles? The Polar Bear Club takes to the surf during winter, when the January temperatures in the Atlantic are in the low 30s. If you think you can brave the frigid waters, anyone is...

Address: New York Hall of Science • 47-01 111th St, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Queens, NY 11368 Category: Museum Event - Science Exhibit Dates: January 1 - January 31, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Located on the grounds of the New York Hall of Science, this 5,000-square-foot exhibition displays great icons of the US space program, including an original Atlas booster rocket, along with a replica Mercury capsule and an original Titan II booster with a replica two-man Gemini capsule. Inside the museum, the first...

Address: The Fillmore New York At Irving Plaza • 17 Irving Pl, New York, NY 10003 Category: Performance - Concert / Music - Rock / Metal Dates: January 15, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

The Canadian metal band Anvil was recently thrust back into the spotlight after the documentary Anvil! The Story of Anvil garnered raves across the country. A major influence on people like Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich and Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash, Anvil never really achieved more then cult status in the '80s....

Address: Park Avenue Armory • 643 Park Ave, New York, NY 10021 Category: Shopping Event - Other Dates: January 22 - January 31, 2010 User rating:      (Rate It!)    |    Add to a Suitcase

Now entering its 56th year, this show is one of America's largest and most important antique sales and presentations. Over 75 exhibitors have pieces on display, and a third of them specialize in Americana; the rest feature English, European, and Asian fine and decorative arts. With a committee of 160 experts from the...