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First Saturday at the Brooklyn Museum, Brasil Carnival will be lots of fun for the whole family …
Target First Saturdays – FREE
At the Brooklyn Museum’s Target First Saturdays, thousands of visitors enjoy free programs of art and entertainment each month from 5–11 p.m. All evening long, the Museum Café serves a wide selection of sandwiches, salads, and beverages, and a cash bar offers wine and beer. Parking is a flat rate of $4 starting at 5 p.m.
March 4, 2006
(these are just some of the events on March 4 – see web site for more)
6 p.m.–8 p.m.: World Music
Hall of the Americas, 1st Floor
Jeff Newell’s New-Trad Octet of Brooklyn plays New Orleans Mardi Gras music with a twist.
6:30 p.m.: Performance
Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
Drama of Works and 2 Punks Puppet Theatre combine overhead projection and traditional shadow puppetry to tell a Cajun fairytale in which the hero goes in search of that one special ingredient for a Mardi Gras gumbo. Free tickets available at the Visitor Center beginning at 5:30 p.m.
8 p.m.: Free Dance Lessons
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Get ready to move those dancing feet to the rhythms of samba music led by Stepping Out Dance Studio instructors.
9 p.m.–11 p.m.: Dance Party
Beaux-Arts Court, 3rd Floor
Twice voted the best Brazilian band in the U.S. by the Brazilian International Press Association, Grupo Saveiro will perform high-energy Brazilian music—just like at Carnival in Rio!
Brooklyn Museum, web site, 200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, 718-638-5000
previous post: “Brooklyn Museum of Art – free first Saturdays,” February 14, 2006
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“Summer Restaurant Week” isn’t over yet … extended through Labor Day, some of New York’s finest restaurants will continue to offer three-course lunches for just $20.12 (beverages, tax and tip are extra).
For example:
On the Upper East Side, before or after visiting the Whitney Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, enjoy the fine French cuisine at Cafe Boulud, 20 East 76th Street, 212-772-2600 or at Dumonet at The Carlyle, 35 East 76th Street, 212-570-7192 … classic French and delicious
On the Upper West Side, a visit to the New York Historical Society and the American Museum of Natural History must be combined with a lunch at Cafe des Artistes, 1 West 67 Street, 212-877-3500 … Austrian-Hungarian and very cozy …
On Columbus Circle, visit and shop at our own “Las Vegas” mall … the new Time-Warner Center … and lunch at Asiate in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, 80 Columbus Circle at 60th Street, 212-805-8881 … a very spectacular view of Central Park from the 35th floor!
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Posted July 29, 2005, 6:22 am
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Keep Friday evenings free because it is pay as you wish …
(1) Start at the Guggenheim Museum, 6 pm. – 8 pm., 1071 5th Avenue (88th Street), take the elevator to the top floor and walk down the circular staircase … so much fun … to see the art-works … people watching … time required about 45 minutes …
(2) Afterwards, walk out of the museum and head south and east to Sant Ambroeus, 1000 Madison Avenue (78th Street), treat your-self to two scoops of delicious ice-cream or fruit ice for $3 …
(3) Then walk south to The Whitney Museum, 6 pm. – 9 pm., 945 Madison Avenue (75th Street) … keep the Whitney for last because of the 9 pm closing time … watch all the Lower East Side young and very hip folks trekking up-town for the 5 floors of American art …
(4) Finally, walk to Via Quadronno, 25 East 73rd Street, for two more scoops of ice cream for $3, too!
In one evening, you get a very cool Fine Arts education with some exercise and lots of ice-cream … I’m in heaven on earth …
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Greater New York 2005 … Currently the best museum exhibition in town … PS1 (an exhibition of contemporary art) … through September 26, 2006 … 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City… 718-784-2084 … in Queens…I was there, last Sunday. Pay as you wish…suggested admission…a great bonus… directions
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