Sunday, January 1st – Monday, January 9th
New York National Boat Show’s 100th Anniversary Celebration.
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center (35th Street & 11th Avenue), 655 West 34th Street Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the world's first boat show, featuring more than 1,000 of the newest and best models, plus electronics, gear, engines, fishing equipment, financing, insurance, boating education, Discover Boating Center, fascinating exhibits, fun activities and free daily seminars.
Monday, January 2nd
New York Swing Dance Society
Irving Plaza E. 15th Street & Irving Place. Swing dance to the music of City Rhythm Orchestra. Dance lesson at 7pm, dancing from 8pm-midnight. Admission is $15, non-members; $11 members and students with ID.
Saturday, January 7th and Sunday, January 8th
8th Annual Japanese Contemporary Dance Showcase
Japan Society, 333 East 47th Street. Spend a breathtaking evening on the cutting edge of Japan's contemporary dance scene! Now an annual event at Japan Society, this year's lineup features the much-anticipated U.S. debut of Noism05 a newly formed company founded by highly acclaimed choreographer Jo Kanamori, who has toured extensively in Europe and many more. Performance is at 7:30pm.
Free Friday Evenings, Asia Society
725 Park Avenue (at 70th Street). Each Friday evening at the Asia Society’s museum is free. From 6-9pm, visitors enjoy free admission to all exhibitions and other programs in the building.
Sunday, January 8th
Non-fiction Books and Paper Show
Tip Top Shoe Building, 155 west 72nd Street. Come view a vast collection of books about art, antiques, collectibles, music, dance, theatre, film, business, sports, publishing, sheet music, photos, posters, auction catalogs, calendars, and magazines.
Monday, January 9th – Wednesday, January 11th
The Fame Show
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street. Owned and produced by Business Journals, Inc. FAME is the first Contemporary Lifestyle Apparel and Accessories Show staged for the industry, with the industry. FAME combines the richness of the great shows of times past with the best merchandising available today all in a package that addresses the current need of the Market.
Children’s Club
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street. A juried exhibition of children's clothing, accessories, jewelry and shoes.
AccessoriesTheShow
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street. AccessoriesTheShow is an edited show covering every category of accessories. The Show features a cornucopia of new Market Faces, Fine Nationally Advertised Brands, Key International Collections and Unprecedented Amenities. Replete with every category in demand, our Spring/Summer 2006 exhibit floor is a must see!
Friday, January 13th – Monday, January 16th
Park Avenue Antiques Show
Wallace Hall, Park Ave. at 84th Street. One hundred major international dealers exhibit their wares: 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-century American, English, French, Continental, and Oriental furniture; decorative accessories; tribal and ancient art; designer, Art Deco, and estate jewelry; rare books; paintings, prints, maps, and posters; porcelain; and silver.
Friday, January 13th
Ruth Duckworth, Modernist Sculptor
Museum of Arts & Design, 40 West 53rd Street. Meet Ruth Duckworth, age 85, in one of her rare public appearances at the opening of her first retrospective exhibition. An artist of world renown, she is considered a grand dame of the ceramic arts. This major exhibition will present 50 years of her creative work including documentary photographs, original drawings and personal diaries.
Saturday, January 14th – Monday, January 16th
New York Luxury Show
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street. The New York Luxury Show is the world's premier event serving high-end travel and luxury product enthusiasts, business travelers, travel industry professionals, and incentive and meeting executives. Located in the 'Media Capital of the World,' New York City, and sponsored by the New York Post and CBS Channel 2.
Adventures in Travel Show
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street. Adventure Travel encompasses a wide range of activities such as: hiking, eco-travel, snorkeling & diving, snowboarding, skiing, whitewater rafting, bird watching, trekking, kayaking and canoeing, dog-sledding and trips to the deepest seas and outer space... learn more at Adventures in Travel Expo!
Sunday, January 15th – Wednesday, January 18th
National Variety Merchandise Show
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street. Exhibitors of the Variety Merchandise Show are national and international prime source suppliers: wholesalers, distributors, and manufacturers of general and variety merchandise. Attendees of the Variety Merchandise Show range from volume buying syndicates to owners of small independent retail shops.
Sunday, January 15th – Wednesday, April 5th
Peter Paul Rubens (1577 – 1640): The Drawings
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue @ 82nd Street. This exhibition, the first major retrospective in the U.S. devoted to the drawings of the great Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens, brings together 115 of his finest and most representative drawings from European and American public and private collections. On view are more than 30 sheets, many of them intimate portraits of Rubens' immediate family.
Tuesday, January 18th – Saturday, June 17th
John Jay: A New Yorker Who Changed the Nation
Fraunces Tavern Museum, 54 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10004 | 212-425-1778 John Jay's life can be described not only in "firsts", such as the first Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court Justice, but in also in "only," the only Founding Father born & raised in New York. The exhibit will highlight his role as molder of the country including as Secretary of Foreign Affairs, peace negotiator, & leading Federalist.
Wednesday, January 19th – Thursday, August 31st
City of Change
The Skyscraper Museum, 39 Battery Place. This exhibit explores the role of the skyscraper in shaping the identity and character of downtown's streets and skyline. It brings together a wide range of historic construction photographs, maps, film clips, real estate records, and urban views of lower Manhattan, as well as documentary work by contemporary photographers.
Friday, January 20th – Monday, January 23rd
The American Antiques Show
Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle (Broadway between. 58th & 60th Streets.). Presented by the American Folk Art Museum. American art and antiques, with special events and educational programs. The show includes a number of distinguished dealers, and all the work is for sale.
Saturday, January 21st – Monday, January 23rd
New York International Motorcycle Show
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center. 655 West 34th Street. The New York International Motorcycle Show exhibits the latest motorcycles models and accessories including apparel, ATV accessories, fairing and parts, goggles and eyewear, helmets, leather, novelties, off road products, parts and performance products.
Sunday, January 22nd – Monday, January 23rd
Antiques @ the Pier
Passenger Ship Terminal Piers, 12th Avenue at 55th Street. Antiques @ The Piers is the highlight of the midwinter antiques season, held during Americana Week in New York. This includes 18th & 19th century American and European furniture, silver, art glass, paintings, prints, porcelains and fine linens, along with elegant art deco furnishings. Show hours are Saturday and Sunday 10am-5pm.
Big Apple Comic Book, Art & Toy Show
Big Apple Conventions, Penn Plaza Pavilion, 401 7th Ave at 33rd St, 201-865-3288. Comic Books, Toys, Artists and Celebrities, Contests, Giveaways, Anime, Gaming, & Surprises! Celebrity guests include Priscilla Barnes and Joyce deWitt (Three's Company), Happy Days' Joanie Cunningham (Erin Moran) and Ralph Malph (Donny Most), Kristine Sutherland (Buffy the Vampire Slayer).
Tuesday, January 23rd, - Saturday, January 28th
Winter Restaurant Week
This is a wonderful way to try a variety of restaurants at a great value of $21.12 for lunch and $35.00 for dinners at over 100 of NYC’s best restaurants. Please remember that tax and gratuity is not included in that price and your servers appreciate those gratuities.
Friday, January 27th – Monday, May 8th
Cy Twombly: Fifty Years of Works on Paper
Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue. One of the most important American artists living today, Cy Twombly uses a variety of materials and methods, including paint, crayon, and collage, and finds inspiration in everything from famous battles of classical history to Russian Constructivism. Surveying the last fifty years, the exhibition includes works from his famous chalkboard period.
Saturday, January 28th – Tuesday, January 30th
Outsider Art Fair
Sanford L. Smith & Associates, Puck Building (Lafayette St. between. Prince & West Houston Sts.) Features the work of self-taught, visionary, and intuitive artists.
Sunday, January 29th – Friday, February 3rd
New York International Gift Fair
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street. This semi-annual event fills 660,000 net square feet, including the entire Jacob K. Javits Convention Center and the Passenger Ship Terminal. The 43,000 national and international attendees are drawn from major retail outlets, specialty retailers, distributors, catalog companies and others.
Tuesday, January 31st – Monday, February 6th
Tax Free Week
During Sales-Tax-Free Week, retailers throughout the city will waive the standard sales tax on clothing and footwear under $110.
Tuesday, January 31st – Monday, February 4th
Winter Restaurant Week continues.
Thank you to Wendy Perrin and Condé Nast Traveler for choosing us as their exclusive “Destination Specialist for New York City” for the second consecutive year! We are thrilled to be included amongst the top travel specialists around the world.
