Sat 3/6 - Magnetic North + Taiyo Na Jam!

This will be awesome - Magnetic North (new album days away - I'm so excited!) and Taiyo Na are getting together with a few other artists for one night of hip hop and fun.  Check it out!

Event: Magnetic North, Taiyo Na, Cynthia Lin, afterschoolspecial @ Parkside Lounge

• What: Jam Session
• Start Time: Saturday, March 6 at 9:00pm
• End Time: Saturday, March 6 at 11:00pm
• Where: Parkside Lounge

For details and to RSVP, click HERE.

Get a manicure for 88 cents!

Just posted on 8coupons.com: 88-cent manicures @ SPA 34!!  Get it done between Wed 3/24-Fri 3/26.

Spa 34
64 E. 34th St, 2F and Park Ave

Click HERE to get the coupon texted to your phone!

3/4-3/7: Armory Art Show - Get FREE Tix!

Check out this famous art show in NYC this weekend, plus score 2 FREE tix with the code below!  Thanks to Michelle S. for the heads up!

From the website:

The Armory Show is America’s leading fine art fair devoted to the most important art of the 20th and 21st centuries. In its eleven years, the fair has become an international institution. Every March, artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators from all over the world make New York their destination during Armory Arts Week.

• Piers 92 & 94 — Twelfth Avenue at 55th St
• Thursday, March 4 - Saturday, March 6 Noon to 8 pm
• Sunday, March 7 Noon to 7 pm

Get a pair of free tickets by using promo code ‘TASGALLERY’

 

https://www.microspec.com/tix123/etic.cfm?code=ARMORY10

Upcoming: AIW, Oscars, Glee!

A few events coming up, plus supporting fun to go with them!

FRI 3/5
Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland, in theaters!  Going to see it this Fri 3/5 @ 1030a!  

• A great pairing with this movie is of course a stop at Alice's Tea Cup
• Check out this AIW Happy Hour @ Sidebar, free [118 E 15th St @ Irving Pl], 5-7p, including giveaways like movie tix! [via TimeOut NY]
• You can also take the 1 to the 50th st stop to see some Alice in Wonderland murals in the subway!
• Download Danny Elfman's "Alice's Theme" for free HERE. [via TheSkint.com]

SUN 3/7
82nd Annual Academy Awards/The Oscars

• Besides taking a picture with a real Oscar (see POST), this might be a fun place to watch it: City Winery, 155 Varick St @ Vandam, 7p, $6 - free glass of wine when you fill out an Oscars ballot!

FRI 5/28 + SAT 5/29
GLEE! Live in Concert! 

• Amex cardmembers can purchase tix starting this Fri 3/5 @ 10a; otherwise, it goes on sale Sat 3/13 @ 10a!

More updates later this week!

Exhibits + Museum Deals!

Here are some museum happenings!

1. It's the Whitney Museum's 75th Biennial (Thru 5/30)! Pay-what-you-wish on Fridays, 6-9p.
2. I posted about a few museums a while back, and we were able to go to one of the 3 (Tim Burton @ MoMa  - pretty awesome!!).  I still plan to check out "Hyper" ft. gravity-defying dancers at French supermarkets, especially since it's wrapping up at the end of this month.
3. Click HERE to download a Museum Discovery Pass for BOGO admission at one of the unique 7 museums below, unlimited (through 5/31):

American Folk Art Museum

Asia Society Museum

Jacques Marchais Museum of Tibetan Art

Museum of Chinese in America

The Noguchi Museum

Rubin Museum of Art

The Studio Museum in Harlem

Prepare Your Speech...It's Oscars Week! (Thru 3/7)

The Oscars are coming up on this Sun Mar 7th, and NYC has a few events going on to celebrate -

Take a picture with a real Oscar statute @ Time Warner Center's "Meet the Oscars, New York" exhibit, this week until the Oscars on Sun 3/7.  Send your picture, and I'll post a few on NYColor!  [via NYCDailyDeals.com, more details HERE]

Click HERE for more from NYCgo.com!

Happy 200th Bday, Chopin!

HAPPY MARCH!

Today is Chopin's 200th birthday, and to celebrate, 200 hours of his beautiful music will be playing all week on 5 pianos at the World Financial Center.  It's open to the public to play in the morning too (if only I could play still!).  I enjoy classical piano so so much.  I will likely stop by later this week in the afternoon, if anyone wants to join!

March 1 - 5, 2010
Performances on five pianos, 9:00 am–7:00 pm daily
Performances at Winter Garden main stage, 7:00 pm daily 
WEBSITE

WEEKLONG BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION
CHOPIN 200 is a weeklong series of performances celebrating the 200th birthday of Romantic classical composer Frederic Chopin. The festival features 200 hours of the composer’s works performed on five pianos by an eclectic line-up of pianists, including NPR From the Top host Christopher O’Riley; Eduardus Halim (substituting for Claire Huangci); Kimball Gallagher; Vassily Primakov; Jeffrey Swann and the winner of the Chopin Competition in Miami (held the last week of February).