Friday, September 1
Top of the Rock, Rockefeller Center's observation deck, will kick off football season and Labor Day weekend with the world's tallest tailgate party for the New York Jets' game against the Philadelphia Eagles. Several Jets tailgaters will showcase their culinary skills on the newest Weber grills, with tastings for the public and a Family Fun Fest!
Sunday, September 3
Ecofest, NYC Largest Environmental Event, Lincoln Center, 70 Lincoln Center Plaza, 212-496-2030. NYC largest environmental event celebrates its 18th birthday Labor Day Sunday with solar cars, ecoexhibits, eco-fashion show, conference, workshops, food, lots for kids, pet adoptions, entertainment and much more. Free admission. For info, ecofest.com.
Annual Tugboat Race and Competition, Working Harbor Committee, Pier 63 Maritime, West 23rd Street and Hudson River, 212-757-1600 Race and competition will take place from Noon to 3 PM. The Parade of Tugs will begin at Pier 63 (the Intrepid pier). There will be bow-to-bow and line-throwing contests. Watch close-up in WHC Spectator Passenger Boat. Departs 11:45 AM for 2-hour cruise ($35/$30 members). Or watch from upper deck at Pier 63 ($20/$15 members). Food service available.
Washington Square Outdoor Art Exhibit, Washington Square Park. This is a wonderful juried show and worth an afternoon of strolling in the sunshine to enjoy it. Through Monday, September 4.
Monday, September 4, 2006
Diet Coke Women in Jazz Festival, Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola, Jazz at Lincoln Center Broadway at 60th St., 212-258-9595. The 2nd annual Diet Coke Women In Jazz Festival runs all September at Dizzy's Club Coca-Cola at Jazz at Lincoln Center (Broadway at 60th St., 5th Fl.) Headlining artists include: Marian McPartland, René Marie, Ann Hampton Calloway, Karrin Allyson & Nancy Henry, Patrice Rushen, Jane Bunnett, Ann Ducros, Elaine Elias and more! Through Wednesday, October 4.
Thursday, September 7
Pre-registration for 2006 Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure, Time Warner Center, 10 Columbus Circle, 3rd Floor, 212-823-6100 Advance Registration for the 2006 Komen New York City Race for the Cure will take place at Time Warner Center on Thursday and Friday, September 7th and 8th from 10AM-9PM and Saturday, September 9th from 10AM to 5PM. This is an opportunity for new participants to sign-up and for Race registrants to pick up their T-shirt and bib.
Friday, September 8
2006 New York Underground Comedy Festival, New York Underground Comedy Festival, Citywide, 212-265-5510. An unprecedented showcase of the best emerging and established talent from around the world appearing in front of industry on the grandest stage in the media capital of the world. Over 300 comedians from around the world, including One Person Shows, Improv, Sketch & Film. 75 Venues including free NY Public Library shows and many more locations. Runs through Saturday, September 16.
Spring 2007 Collections, Olympus Fashion Week, Bryant Park, 42nd St. & 6th Ave. Preview the Spring 2007 collections from scores of designers, including Donna Karan and Zac Posen as they show their new collections to celebrities, media, and the fashion industry. Runs through Friday, September 15.
Black Style Now, Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue. Black Style Now, an exhibition that explores African-American style and highlights the hip-hop revolution and its transformative impact on fashion and design. Runs through Monday, February 19, 2007.
Saturday, September 9
Autumn Crafts Festival, Lincoln Center. 973-746-0091. from 11:00 AM – 7:00 PM through Sunday, September 10th and then again on Saturday, September 16 and Sunday, September 17.
Sunday, September 10
Sanctuary Choir 56th Choir Day concert: Coming Home: Together Again. The Abyssinian Baptist Church, 132 Odell Clark Place (W. 138th Street). At 3:00 PM The Abyssinian Sanctuary Choir hosts their 56th Choir Day Concert Coming Home: Together Again featuring former Sanctuary Choir soloists Joan Fay Donovan, Curtis Rayam, Elvira Green, Alexander Hickson, Carolyn Sebron, Marvis Martin. www.abyssinian.org.
Swing Dance, New York Swing Dance Society, St. Cyril & Methodius Croatian Hall, 502 W. 41st Street, NYC (just west of 10th Ave.). 212-NYN-YSDS Swing dance to the sounds of the Yallopin' Hounds, performing a tribute to the late Illinois Jacquet; Dance lesson at 7 PM; dancing 8 PM. – midnight; admission $15, $11 seniors and members; DJ plays between sets.
A Concert on the Eve of the Fifth Anniversary of 9/11, All Souls of New York Church of All Souls, 1157 Lexington Ave. @ 80th Street. This musical feast of cultural diversity brings together the talents of several international musicians for an intercultural journey through music as an artful approach to breaking barriers. starts 6 PM. $10.- @ door. www.allsoulsnyc.org.
Monday, September 11, 2006
New York Music: Bernstein, Gershwin & Weill, Socrates Sculpture Park 32-01 Vernon Blvd. (Broadway). 718-956-1819. The little Opera Theater of NY will present songs, duets, and ensembles from the works of Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin and Kurt Weill in a free outdoor concert sponsored by Socrates Sculpture Park. The concert is part of The September Concert, a free citywide music festival in remembrance of 9/11. www.socratessculpturepark.org.
September Concert Set to Fill the Skies of New York City with Music, The September Concert Foundation. Throughout NYC. 212-333-3399 On September 11th, thousands of musicians will fill the skies with music as part of the Fifth Annual September Concert, a music festival launched in 2002 to spread a message of peace through the power of music- in all areas of our city, our nation, and our world. All concerts are free. See www.SeptemberConcert.org for venues.
Thursday, September 14, 2006
Cézanne to Picasso: Ambroise Vollard, Patron of the Avant-Garde, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Fifth Avenue @ 82nd Street. At the age of 28, Ambroise Vollard (1867–1939) established himself in Paris with the presentation of Cézanne's first-ever solo exhibition. Over the succeeding years Vollard bought and sold pictures by Bonnard, Cézanne, Degas, Derain, Gauguin, Van Gogh, Maillol, Matisse, Picasso, Redon, Renoir, Rouault, Rousseau, Vlaminck, Vuillard, and others.
Feast of San Gennaro, Little Italy, mainly on Mulberry Street. New York City's oldest, biggest and best street festival. Presented annually since 1996 by Figli di San Gennaro, Inc., a not-for-profit organization, this year's Feast will again bring more than 1 million people to the streets of Little Italy in the annual salute to the Patron Saint of Naples. Lots of crowds every year.
Friday, September 15
Mark Grotjahn, Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Avenue, at 75th Street. Part of a group of younger painters engaged with abstract painting, Los Angeles-based artist Mark Grotjahn began working with colored pencils to develop “perspective drawings” and then perspectival paintings, each generally with at least two vanishing points.
Celebrate Africa Foundations, celebrates The Best of Africa, Celebrate Africa Foundation 501-c, Central Park West/79th Street, 908-531-7239. An annual fundraising awards and gala that celebrates the best of Africa. Senegal is the country and Mr. Ted Jacobsen, NYC AFL-CIO will be honored at Tavern on the Green located in central park.
Saturday, September 16
The 31st NY Salsa Festival, Madison Square Garden, 31st to 33rd St. between 7th & 8th Avenues. Ralph Mercado Presents "A Tribute to the Singer of the Singers" Hector Lavoe. Featuring: Willie Colón, Cheo Feliciano, Andy Montañez, Tito Rojas, Lalo Rodriguez, Ismael Miranda, Tito Nieves, Cano Estremera, Domingo Quiñones, Tony Vega, Michael Stuart, José Alberto "El Canario," Eddie Santiago, Yomo Toro, and more, www.ralphmercadopresents.com.
Sunday, September 17
49th Annual German American Steuben Parade, celebrates Baron Friedrich von Steuben, who arrived in the United States as a volunteer offering his services to General George Washington, and is generally considered the German-American event of the year. Participants march, dance, and play music. For info, www.germanparadenyc.org.
37th Annual African American Day Parade, African American Day Parade, Inc. 111th St. to 142nd St. on Adam Clayton Powell Blvd. in Harlem. The 37th Annual African American Day Parade will be held in Harlem at 2pm from 111th Street to 142nd on Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard. Dignitaries, celebrities and elected officials will march as well as bands and organizations from 12 states. Come and see an amazing cultural event of positive Black achievements & pride.
4th Annual West Side County Fair, Riverside Park South - Summer on the Hudson 2006. Park-Wide event: call 212-408-0219 for specific locations. Enjoy a little county right here in Manhattan at our annual country fair with carnival rides and games, music, square dancing, sideshow performances, pony rides, and more! Sunday, September 17, 1:00 PM – 6:00 PM Park-wide.
Monday, September 18
Queens Restaurant Week, Queens Tourism Council, All Queens Neighborhoods, 718-263-0546. Discover Queens Restaurants! September 18 - 21 & September 25 - 28, 2006. Queens Restaurants offer special menus at $19.86 in celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the NY Mets World Series Championship Win in 1986. Visit www.discoverqueens.info for more information, call 718-263-0546 or email mms@queensny.org.
Tuesday, September 19
The StarChefs.com International Chefs Congress 2006, StarChefs.com, Covenant House, 17th Street and 9th Avenue., 212-966-7575 Don’t miss the most exciting professional culinary event in the US this year. Save the date for StarChefs.com’s inaugural International Chefs Congress, a two-day culinary symposium where the world’s most influential and innovative chefs will present the latest techniques and culinary concepts to their chef peers. Be a part of culinary history! Through Wednesday, September 20.
Friday, September 22
Rosh Hashanah begins at Sunset.
Saturday, September 23
Third Annual Children’s Sports & Fitness Expo, Body Sculpt of New York, Inc. 175 West 134th Street. For more information call 718-346-5852. The Children's Sports & Fitness Expo is an annual event that culminates into a day of exercise, education and fun. During this event, children are introduced to over 25 sports activities, nutrition clinics and health screenings. The Children's Sports & Fitness Expo was created to target the ongoing childhood obesity problem plaguing our youth.
Sunday, September 24
Ramadan begins.
Thursday, September 28
Picasso and American Art opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art. Runs through Sunday, January 28, 2007.
Grand Central Oyster Bar & Restaurant annual Oyster Frenzy party has been extended to a three-day festival celebrating everybody's favorite slippery seafood. The legendary eatery has a full schedule of events and activities on tap for this 76-hour bivalve bacchanal, and the fun kicks off on Thursday, September 28 and Friday, September 29 at 7 pm with two-hour feasts each evening including an unlimited supply of 15 different oyster varieties, wine pairings and musical entertainment for just $90 per person ($95 if purchased after September 1). On Saturday, September 30, the Oyster Bar will wrap up the festivities with the first ever Oyster Carnival, which is free and open to the public. The day-long (1 pm to 5 pm) celebration will feature cooking demonstrations and samplings from prominent New York City chefs (including Oyster Bar Executive Chef Sandy Ingber), the annual Professional Oyster Shucking Championships, the annual Oyster Slurp-Off, and the announcement of the winner of the inaugural Oysters Rockefeller Recipe Contest. To enter any of these contests, to purchase tickets and for more information, contact the Oyster Bar at 212-490-6650 or info@oysterbarny.com.
