Spring has arrived in NYC, and here are some wonderful ways to enjoy events all month long. Please note that the summer street fairs are back and therefore getting around town will take longer than expected. Allow extra time on the weekends as the fairs have the streets closed until 6:00 PM.
Tuesday, May 2
Spring International Art & Antiques, Show, 7th Regiment at 67th Street, 11:00 AM – 8PM through May 3.
Tuesday, May 2 – Sunday, May 14th
Art Rock, A Contemporary Public Art Exhibition, Rockefeller Center, Art Rock is an annual indoor/outdoor public art exhibition featuring approximately 20 artists who will create an original site-specific work. Art Rock is hosted by Tishman Speyer, sponsored by US Trust and produced by New York City’s Clementine Gallery. Art Rock will be open from 11:00AM – 7:00PM daily and is free and open to the public.
Wednesday, May 3rd through Monday, September 4th
AngloMania: Tradition and Transgression in British Fashion. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue @ 82nd Street, AngloMania will focus on British fashion from 1976 to 2006, a period of astounding creativity and experimentation. Over the past 30 years, British fashion has been defined by a knowing and self-conscious historicism. In their search for novelty, designers have looked to past styles with an appetite that is as audacious as it is rapacious.
Wednesday, May 3rd through Monday, July 10th
Against the Grain: Contemporary Art from the Edward R. Broida Collection, The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), 11 West 53rd Street . This exhibition displays some one hundred paintings, sculptures, drawings, and prints selected from Edward R. Broida's recent gift to the Museum of 175 works of art. Dating from the 1960s through the present, the works represent a total of thirty-eight European and American artists.
Wednesday, May 3rd through Monday, September 18th
Since 2000: Printmaking Now: The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), 11 West 53rd Street. Contemporary printmaking is flourishing, with artists turning to new digital approaches, renewing age-old techniques, and printing on and with alternative materials and tools. Artists today are engaging a myriad of printed formats, from the traditional intimacy of the singular sheet or book, to expansive multipart projects, and more. Call us to arrange for you to meet an artist in his/her studio and learn how prints are made!
Friday, May 5th
Poe in the Graveyard, Bowery Poetry Club, The Marble Cemetery on 2nd Street btw 2nd and 3rd Aves. | 212-529-1955 A midnight reading of Poe at the Marble Cemetery, a People's Poetry Gathering tradition. Featuring NYC's own Edgar Allen Poe, Edgar Oliver as well as Philadelphia's unique Poe channeler, George Kuchak. Hosted by Bob Holman. For info, www.peoplespoetry.org.
Saturday, May 6th
Music Memorabilia Show, Music Memorabilia, 155 West 72 St. Over 10,000 items of music memorabilia - records (LPs, 45rpm, 78rpm), sheet music, photos, posters, books, magazines, etc. For info, visit www.musiccollecting.com
Non-Fiction Books & Paper Fair, Non-Fiction Books, 155 West 72 St. Books about art, antiques, collectibles, music, dance, theatre, film, business, some fiction, sports, etc. plus sheet music, photos, posters, etc.
Salon: One Hundred Percent, 1027 Fifth Avenue at 84th St. A place to converse with and purchase from Artisans executing works in Gold, Leather, Metal, Fiber, Porcelain, Glass & Wood. Well-known fine artisans and craftsmen representing themselves to the public.
Sunday, May 7th
Asian American Heritage Festival, Coalition of Asian Pacific Americans, Union Square Park (North End). The 27th Annual Asian American Heritage Festival is the largest outdoor event in the Northeast to celebrate Asian American Heritage Month in May. The event consists of performances by performing artists, children's fair, food court, martial art demonstrations, and a diverse array of participating organizations. For info, visit www.capaonline.org.
Monday, May 8th through Thursday, May 11th
Volvo Ocean Race Stopover, North Cove Marina next to the World Financial Center | 212-418-7434 The seven Volvo Ocean Race entries (world class racing yachts) will have a 3-day pit-stop in lower Manhattan on their way around the globe. Stop by for a look at the boats and for the race restart at 1pm on May 11th by the Statue of Liberty. For info, visit www.volvooceanrace.org.
Wednesday, May 10th through Sunday, May 14th
Lighthouse International’s POSH Designer Clothing Benefit Sale, Lighthouse International, 110 E. 60th bet. Lexington and Park Avenues. Come join the stylish throngs as they buy celebrities' and top designer's new and gently used clothing -new merchandise arriving daily- to benefit Lighthouse International. Benefit Preview Sale May 10th 5pm $225, 6pm $125 (ea w/4 day pass), May 11-14 11am to 7pm $30/4 day pass, $10/1 day pass, $5/day for students/SR's w/ID. www.lighthouse.org/posh
Friday, May 12th through Sunday, June 18th
The 181st Annual Exhibition at the National Academy Museum, 1083 Fifth Avenue at 89th St | 212-369-4880 This year's annual exhibition will be an invitational comprised of works in a variety of mediums by outstanding artists from across the country. The participants will be selected by National Academicians, the esteemed artist members of the National Academy, and will include painters, sculptors, printmakers and architects.
Thursday, May 18th through Sunday, September 3rd
The Eames Lounge Chair: The Evolution of a Modernist Icon, Museum of Arts & Design, 40 West 53rd Street. The culmination of Charles and Ray Eames's experimentation in molded plywood, the 1955 Eames Lounge Chair represents the epitome of both modernist style and luxurious comfort. Organized by the Grand Rapids Art Museum, this exhibition will examine multiple aspects of this classic chair including its technical design, production, promotion, & more.
Friday, May 19th through Saturday, May 20th
Everything 4 Festa Italiana, Metropolitan Pavilion
125 West 18th Street. A two-day event dedicated to everything and anything that has to do with the cultural roots of Italians and Italian-Americans featuring a piazza, the focus of every Italian village. It is here at the "Piazza Italia," where participants will be able to enjoy a feast of sight, sound and wonderful tastes. For info, www.everything4festaitaliana.com.
Friday, May 19th through Sunday, September 24th
Solos: Matali Crasset, Cooper-Hewitt Nat'l Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution
2 East 91st Street. In the fourth installment of the Solos exhibition series, Cooper-Hewitt presents an interactive light and sound installation by the celebrated French industrial designer Matali Crasset. Crasset's work explores residential and urban rituals and the domestication of technology, comprising industrial design products, graphics, theater sets, and more.
Friday, May 19th through Sunday, April 1, 2007
Highlights from the Permanent Collection, The Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard) in Long Island City. Works from the permanent collection are reinstalled in the second floor galleries as originally conceived by Isamu Noguchi.
Friday, May 19th through Sunday, October 22nd
Frederick Church, Winslow Homer, and Thomas Moran: Landscape and Tourism, Cooper-Hewitt Nat'l Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, 2 East 91st Street. An exploration of nature tourism in nineteenth-century America through Cooper-Hewitt's extraordinary collections of oil paintings, drawings, and watercolors by the three title artists, including a range of period ephemera and the premiere exhibition of many of the Museum's Homer oil paintings.
Friday, May 19th through Sunday, October 15th
Best of Friends: R. Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi, The Noguchi Museum
9-01 33rd Road (at Vernon Boulevard) in Long Island City. The conceptual basis for the exhibition will be to document through text, sculptures, photographs, drawings and models the close friendship and shared values of R. Buckminster Fuller and Isamu Noguchi. Each in his own way was dedicated to improving the lot of the common man, to enhancing and encouraging the development of individual initiative.
Saturday, May 20th – Sunday, May 21st
International Food Festival: Ninth Avenue Association of New York, Inc.
From 37th to 57th Streets, on Ninth Avenue | 212-581-7029 Experience the delightful taste of various cuisines from different countries like Poland, Italy, Greece, Asia, and many others at the 33rd annual food festival. Lots of bargains, so shop till you drop. Games and fun activities for children. Live stage international entertainment of music and dance at 45th Street. From 9:30AM-6:30PM.
Sunday, May 21st
Fine Art & Designer Crafts on Bleecker, Greenwich Village Youth Council
5 blocks of Bleecker Street between Christopher and Bank Streets. 100 artists/artisans present original one of a kind and limited edition pieces in a fundraiser for the Greenwich Village Youth Council. Some work may be previewed on 1178designs.com, origoldberg.com, joanhuggard.com, coko.com, bellero.net, ottomedvetsky.com, hudsonriverinlay.com.
Annual Arthritis Walk, Arthritis Foundation - New York Chapter
Battery Park. The Arthritis Walk is a nationwide walk event that raises funds and awareness to fight arthritis, the number one cause of disability in the US. Join your family, friends, and co-workers for our fun 3-mile walk, and raise vital dollars to help prevent, control, and eventually cure arthritis. For info, www.newyorkarthritiswalk.kintera.org.
Wednesday, May 24th through Tuesday, May 30th
Fleet Week, Intrepid Sea Air Space Museum
West 46th Street @ 12th Avenue. In partnership with New York City, the United States Navy and the Intrepid Museum, over a dozen Navy and Coast Guard ships as well as ships from all over the world visit New York Harbor each Fleet Week. The visiting Fleet Week vessels are open for free public tours daily. There are also military demonstrations, athletic competitions and much more.
Saturday, May 27th
Washington Square Art Show, artists display their works in this invitation show that is a NY institution.
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