Sunday, April 1
Tartan week: The Scottish Village at Vanderbilt Hall Grand Central Terminal, Daily 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM, March 31st through April 8. Enjoy learning about Scotland and enjoy free tastings. Tartanweekny.com
Macy’s Flower Show, 151 West 34th Street at Broadway. Every year the store transforms into a floral oasis with more than a million rare and colorful roses, orchids, cherry trees and other botanical treats on sale. Mon – Wed. 10:00 AM – 9:30 PM; Sunday, 11:00 AM – 8:30 PM. Through April 15.
Monday, April 2
New York Yankees Home Game Season Opener, Yankee Stadium. Please remember to call us for tickets and skybox seating events. If you want one on one time with one of the players, let us know.
Tuesday, April 3
Adidas Urban Run at Chelsea Piers, Chelsea Piers, Pier 62 (next to Ruthy's Cafe), 212-336-6100. The Adidas Urban Run invites runners of all levels to participate in twice-weekly group runs on the Hudson River Park bikeway/walkway. Simply show up ready to run and you'll be on your way to accomplishing your goals. Tuesdays at 7:00 PM Sundays at 10:00 AM.
Wednesday, April 4
The Island Tapes – A New Way to a New World, New York Historical Society
170 Central Park West at 77th Street, 212-868-4444. An unforgettable multi-media experience marrying vintage films of Scottish island life with atmospheric live music, Gaelic songs and Scottish poetry. US premiere--one of a series of four unique events, "Journeys from Scotland to America," brought all the way from Scotland as part of Tartan Week 07. For tickets, visit www.smarttix.com
Midtown Jazz at Midday, Saint Peter's Church, Lexington Avenue at 54th Street, 212-935-2200. Time: 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM. Dena DeRose, pianist/singer, Joel Frahm, saxophone and Martin Wind, bass. These jazz sessions feature artists in the Living Room of Saint Peter's Church every Wednesday. The concerts last approximately one hour. Bring your lunch and join us for jazz. Suggested donation is $5.
Friday, April 6
Diana Ross
Theater at Madison Square Garden, Seventh Avenue and 32nd Street. 212-465-MSG1. Call us for tickets.
Saturday, April 7
Pianist Ilya Yakushev, Winner of the World Piano Competition, Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center, 65th Street and Broadway, 212-721-6500. Ilya Yakushev is an outstanding pianist with exceptional musicality and facility. In 2005 he won the Gold Medal at the 49th Anniversary Celebration of The World Piano Competition of Cincinnati's annual "Go for the Gold" World Finals. The Tully program includes Sonata in D, Prokofieff Sonata, #7 and Mussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition. 8:00 PM.
Eggstreme Weekend, Bronx Zoo, Off Bronx River Parkway at Fordham Road, 718-367-1010. Bella the Bronx Zoo's costumed Easter bunny wants you to hop on over to the Bronx Zoo for a weekend of egg races, egg hunts, storytelling by LuAnn Adams and a guaranteed eggciting time. Activities free w/admissions: $14 adults, $10 children, $12 seniors, free for children under 2! Event held 11am-4:30pm. Through Sunday, April 8.
Hanami: the 25th Anniversary of Sakura Matsuri & the Cherry Viewing Season, Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 1000 Washington Avenue, 212-623-7200. Hanami is the Japanese cultural tradition of viewing and cherishing each moment of the Cherry Blossom season—from the first buds to the petals falling like pink snow. Visitors can enjoy a stroll under a canopy of cherry trees, view contemporary Japanese artwork, taste a special Japanese at the Terrace Café, & celebrate our Sakura Matsuri festival. Through Saturday, May 6.
Sunday, April 8
Easter Parade, Fifth Avenue between 49th and 57th Streets. Wear a hat and bring your camera for this delightful egg-ample of creativity. This is a great opportunity to see Easter bonnets on humans and their pets wander along Fifth Avenue. The area around St. Patrick's Cathedral is the ideal place to see the parade. The Easter Parade and Easter Bonnet Festival runs from 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM.
Monday, April 9
New York Mets Home Game Season Opener, Shea Stadium. Call us for tickets, sky box opportunities and the ability to meet the players!
Wednesday, April 11
Lilly Daché: Glamour at the Drop of a Hat, The Museum at FIT, Seventh Avenue at 27 Street, 212-217-5958. Lilly Daché was a successful early to mid-century millinery designer and fashion celebrity. Vanessa Arlak, a graduate student in the Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice program, leads a guided tour of the exhibition, discussing Daché's designs and what made them fashionable. E building, 6-7 pm.
Mary Chapin Carpenter, The Concert Hall, 2 West 64th Street at Central Park West , 212-277-7171. Mary Chapin Carpenter was part of a small movement of folk-influenced country singer/songwriters of the late '80s. Although many of these performers never achieved commercial success, Carpenter was able to channel her anti-Nashville approach into chart success and industry awards by the early '90s.
Thursday, April 12
Grand Gourmet: The Flavor of Midtown, Grand Central Terminal, Vanderbilt Hall at Grand Central Terminal, 866-468-7619. The eighth annual Grand Gourmet: The Flavor of Midtown will feature over 30 top restaurants offering unlimited tastings of their best dishes along with wine and cocktails. Tickets are $75 and all proceeds are used for services for the homeless in Manhattan. Tickets are available at www.ticketweb.com and 866-468-7619.
Friday, April 13
New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra, Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, 212-864-5400. Teresa Cheung returns to conduct an all-Russian evening: Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov Violin Concerto with soloist Wendy Yun Chen and Shostakovich Symphony No. 9. Presented by New Amsterdam Symphony Orchestra.
Dragon Boat Chinese Banquet Fundraiser Dinner, Women In Canoe, Grand Harmony, 98 Mott Street, 718-470-1321. Chinese banquet dinner with live band, cash bar, dancing, raffle and prizes to raise funds for breast cancer survivors' junior dragon boat teams. Women In Canoe is a non-profit organization and a portion of each ticket is tax deductible. Please visit www.womenincanoe.com for more info about the dinner and/or joining the team.
Broadway Then and Now, The New York Pops, Carnegie Hall at 57th Street and 7th Avenue,. Rob Fisher, conductor and pianist, and founding director of City Center Encores, will conduct music from Showboat, Chicago, Light in the Piazza, Wicked, and more. At 8:00 PM.
Havana Film Festival, Citywide, www.hffny.com. Through Thursday, April 19.
Saturday, April 14
The Harlem Symphony Orchestra at the Apollo Theater, The Apollo Theater, 253 West 125th Street (between Seventh Avenue and Frederick Douglass Blvd.), 212-530-5320 The Harlem Symphony Orchestra will be performing at the Apollo Theater on Saturday, April 14th at 2pm, led by Music Director Amadi Hummings. Special guests include Diane Monroe, Violin Soloist and S. Epatha Merkerson from NBC's "Law and Order," Host and Narrator.
Home Design in New York, Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd Street, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Join us for an exploration of this diversity of design with some of the top designers, writers, and photographers. Each of the speakers in this lively and informative day-long program has selected a single historic or contemporary New York interior and will discuss, document and illustrate its significance. Reservations required: $30/$25 members. 212-534-1672 X 3395 or www.mcny.org. Program includes lunch. Seating is limited. Respond by April 6th.
Tartan Day Parade, Sixth Avenue, www.tartanweek.com.
New York Round Table Writer’s Conference, Small Press Center
20 West 44th Street, 212-764-7021. Hands on meetings with professional writers, editors, agents—-75 industry insiders—-for publishing success. Special guests include Pulitzer Prize-winning Richard Ford and Colson Whitehead. Panels, discussions, luncheons, cocktail receptions and craft workshops. Everything about publishing and writing in the publishing capital of the world.
Monday, April 16
5th Annual NY HR Week, New York Hilton, 1335 Avenue of the Americas, 212-586-7000. NY HR Week serves all levels and sectors of the HR profession. Whether you are involved in outsourcing, work in HR for the federal government, or are an HR manager or director for small, mid-size or large companies, this event will provide you with practical advice that you can immediately use to serve your organization and advance your career. Through Wednesday, April 18.
Tuesday, April 17
Adidas Urban Run at Chelsea Piers, Chelsea Piers, Pier 62 (next to Ruthy's Cafe), 212-336-6100. The Adidas Urban Run invites runners of all levels to participate in twice-weekly group runs on the Hudson River Park bikeway/walkway. Simply show up ready to run and you'll be on your way to accomplishing your goals. Tuesdays at 7:00 PM Sundays at 10:00 AM.
Wednesday, April 18
International Orchid Show, Rockefeller Center, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, 50th Street (between Fifth and Sixth Avenues), 212-332-6553. This is always a very crowded event. Rockefeller Center will be transformed into a spectacular orchid conservatory when 70 international exhibitors showcase tens of thousands of orchids. In the show sales area located in the Concourse, commercial growers will offer orchids, prints, jewelry, gifts and supplies for sale. Through Sunday, April 22.
Thursday, April 19
Women, the Media and the Middle East, Moderated by Barbara Walters, The Museum of Television & Radio, 25 West 52nd Street, 212-621-6785. Barbara Walters will moderate a discussion with leading women in the media who are being heard in the Middle East in ways unimagined just a few years ago. The influential panel will discuss changing roles of women and the approach regional radio and television outlets are taking in efforts to incorporate female voices.
Friday, April 20
Opening of the New Greek and Roman Galleries, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000, Fifth Avenue at 82nd Street. The spectacular redesign and reinstallation of the Museum’s superb collection of classical art is nearing completion. On April 20, 2007, the New Greek and Roman Galleries, which include the dramatic Leon Levy and Shelby White Court, will be unveiled, concluding a 15 year project and returning thousands of works from the permanent collection to public view.
The new galleries will house objects created between 900 BC and the early fourth century AD. Works on view will trace the evolution of Greek art in the Hellenistic period and the arts of southern Italy and Etruria, culminating in the rich and varied world of the Roman Empire. First floor galleries will be dedicated to Hellenistic and Roman art. The wholly redesigned mezzanine level, which overlooks the stunning new court from two sides, will include galleries for Etruscan art as well as the Greek and Roman study collection. Together, the astonishing assembly of works on display—some never before seen by the public—will bring to life the aesthetic and philosophical roots of Western civilization.
Saturday, April 21
Earth Day Eggstravaganza, South Street Seaport Museum, 212-748-8600.
www.southstreetseaport.org.
Sunday, April 22
2007 MS Walk, National MS Society, NYC Chapter's 2007 MS Walk, South Street Seaport, 212-463-9791. National Multiple Sclerosis Society, New York City Chapter hosts the 2007 MS Walk sponsored by Serono® and Pfizer®. A minimum donation of $50 is required for all participants. Check-in at 9.30 AM.
Tuesday, April 24
Adidas Urban Run at Chelsea Piers, Chelsea Piers, Pier 62 (next to Ruthy's Cafe), 212-336-6100. The Adidas Urban Run invites runners of all levels to participate in twice-weekly group runs on the Hudson River Park bikeway/walkway. Simply show up ready to run and you'll be on your way to accomplishing your goals. Tuesdays at 7:00 PM Sundays at 10:00 AM.
PharmaMedDevice 2007, Jacob K. Javits Convention Center / Reed Life Sciences, 655 West 34th Street, 203-840-5483. PharmaMedDevice™ is the only comprehensive forum that fully illuminates the convergence of the medical device, pharmaceutical, and biologic industries. This transformational event provides a unique opportunity for cross-sector collaboration. The inaugural event will be co-located with INTERPHEX, April 24-Thursday, April 26.
New York City Ballet Spring Season, New York State Theater begins. Call us for tickets.
Wednesday, April 25
TriBeCa Film Festival, TriBeCa, www.tribecafilmfestival.org (thru 5/6).
Pantene Beautiful Lengths Haircutting Party, Mark Garrison Salon, 108 East 60th Street, 212-400-8000. Get a hot new haircut for the summer while giving to a good cause. Just donate 8 inches of your beautiful healthy hair to Pantene Beautiful Lengths. Pantene will use these donations to craft high-quality wigs for cancer patients. Come prepared by reading all the guidelines at: http://www.pantene.com/en_US/beautifullengths/images/guide.pdf
Thursday, April 26
An Evening with Gordon Lightfoot, Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street (b/w Broadway and 6th). Canadian Gordon Lightfoot first began to gain recognition in the mid-'60s as a songwriter when his compositions "For Lovin' Me" and "Early Morning Rain" became hits for Peter, Paul & Mary. Lightfoot's own style was understated, his tasteful folk arrangements topped by a gentle burr of a voice.
Thursday, April 26
7th Annual Taste of the Lower East Side, The Puck Building, 295 Lafayette Street, featuring tastings from New York’s hottest downtown restaurants. Specialty cocktails, silent auction, business card raffle and DJ Patrick Kowalczk. Sponsored by Ford Motor Company and Barclays Capital. www.grandstreet.org/taste or call 212-674-1740 or email taste@grandstreet.org.
Friday, April 27
The Spring International Art & Antiques Show, Seventh Regiment Armory, www.wendyshows.com. Through Tuesday, May 1.
Saturday, April 28
NYC GROWS Garden Festival, Union Square Park, www.nycgrows.com.
Sakura Matsuri: Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Cherry Blossom Festival, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 718-623-7200, www.bbg.org. Through Sunday, April 29.
Sunday, April 29
Adidas Urban Run at Chelsea Piers, Chelsea Piers, Pier 62 (next to Ruthy's Cafe), 212-336-6100. The Adidas Urban Run invites runners of all levels to participate in twice-weekly group runs on the Hudson River Park bikeway/walkway. Simply show up ready to run and you'll be on your way to accomplishing your goals. Tuesdays at 7:00 PM Sundays at 10:00 AM.
Monday, April 30
The 24th Birthday Gala, The New York Pops, Carnegie Hall at 57th Street and 7th Avenue, 212-765-7677. This annual birthday concert celebrates another year of magical music making. Proceeds benefit the orchestra, its education programs, and free outdoor summer concerts. Artists and programming to be announced later. And while single tickets will be available for $65 and up, benefit prices (which include a dinner-dance) will also be announced later.
