CULTURAL EVENTS in NYC – FEBRUARY 2013

Making Room: New Models for Housing New Yorkers – through 9/15

This exhibition “showcases innovative design solutions to better accommodate NYC’s changing demographics . . . .  Visitors to the exhibition will see models and drawings of housing designs by architectural teams . . . . as well as examples set by other cities in the US and around the world.”   

Museum of the City of New York, NYC

< www.MCNY.org >

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Taj Mahal Trio & John Mayall Band – 2/7

Blues performed by inspiring American and British musicians  

The Tarrytown Music Hall, Westchester, NYS  

< TarrytownMusicHall.org >

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Athena Film Festival – 2/7 – 2/10

This film festival is a “celebration of women and leadership”. 

Barnard College, NYC

< http://athenafilmfestival.com >

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NY Fashion Week – 2/7 – 2/14

Lincoln Center, NYC

< www.mbfashionweek.com >

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Shoe Obsession – 2/8 – 4/13 

Exhibition -- “Shoe Obsession examines our culture’s ever-growing fascination with extravagant and fashionable shoes. . . .  Shoe Obsession will feature approximately 150 examples of contemporary footwear, highlighting the extreme, lavish, and imaginative styles . . . .  The exhibition will include work by prominent footwear labels . . . as well as shoes from influential design houses.” 

Museum at FIT, NYC

< www.fitnyc.edu >

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NYC Winter Wine Festival – 2/9 

Best Buy Theater, Times Square, NYC

< www.nywinefestivals.com >

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Ebony Hillbillies – 2/9

“‘One of the last Black string bands in the U.S., The Ebony Hillbillies keep an important legacy alive with a rootsy, homegrown style of All American Music’ -- Jazz, Blues, Bluegrass, Rockabilly, Rock + Roll and Country.” 

Flushing Town Hall, Queens, NYC

< www.flushingtownhall.org >

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Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show -- 2/11 - 2/12

Madison Square Garden, NYC

< www.TheGarden.com >

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Fat Tuesday Celebration – 2/12

with George Clinton & The P-Funk All-Stars  

B. B. King Blues Club, NYC

< www.bbkingblues.com >

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College Art Association’s Annual Conference – 2/13 – 2/16

“Over 6,000 artists, art historians, students, educators, critics, curators, collectors, librarians, gallerists, and other visual-arts professionals will discuss the latest developments in the scholarship and practice of visual art.” 

Hilton Hotel, NYC

< http://conference.collegeart.org/2013 >

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Ashé to Amen: African-Americans and Biblical Imagery – 2/15 – 5/26

This exhibition “looks at the role The Bible and religion –as manifested through art – played for Africa-Americans in their adjustment to life in the Americas.” 

Museum of Biblical Art, NYC

< www.Mobia.org >

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Maroon 5 -- 2/16

Madison Square Garden, NYC

< www.TheGarden.com >

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The Who – 2/21

live performance of the “classic rock opera Quadrophenia, a smash double album from 1973”

Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NYS

< http://nassaucoliseum.com >

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Lady Gaga – 2/22 & 2/23  

Madison Square Garden, NYC

< www.TheGarden.com >

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