All Entries in the "Art & Lifestyle" Category
An NYC Mom’s Guide to Sanity in Stilettos
Laura Bennett may be best known publicly as the sophisticated clothing designer and finalist on season three of Project Runway in 2006. While NYC parents tend to share the Type-A gene in one area or another, Laura Bennett wins the gold. Take, for example, that we all earn the ”parent” designation by having one child. Laura has six. Gold star. Many [...]
Big Red Chair Family Series at NYU
New York offers tons of activities for children from museums to Broadway which are well-known but there are so many undiscovered family-friendly entertainment options. Recently, I discovered New York University’s Big Red Chair Family Series when I was looking for birthday events for my daughter. We ended up attending “Darwin“, a touching story of Darwin [...]
Tai Chi in New York City
Have you ever walked through a park early in the morning and seen a group of people in a meditative state performing slow, beautifully graceful movements in unison? If you have, then what you were witnessing was the ancient Chinese martial arts form, Tai Chi Chuan, or Tai Chi for short. There are Tai Chi [...]
Face The Music Ensemble to Perform World Premier at P.S. 321
Face the Music, an ensemble of 20 classically-trained musicians ranging from sixth to twelfth grade dedicated to performing today’s most compelling and creative new music, will be presented by Simone Dinnerstein’s PS 321 Neighborhood Concerts in a concert called “Beating Down the Doors” on Thursday, April 15, 2010 at 7pm at PS 321 (180 7th [...]
Summer Musical Theater Workshop at Lucy Moses School & Merkin Concert Hall
It seems that more and more of the younger generation is really embracing musical theater and performing arts. The excitement and success of shows like Golden Globe winner “Glee,” the buzz over the new “Fame” feature film, the triumphant teenage cast of Broadway’s “Bye Bye Birdie” revival, and the phenomenal success of the “High School [...]
The Museum Of Natural History: Just like in the movies- only better.
Growing up in NYC, a school trip to the Museum of Natural History is a staple in your grammer school days- and you don’t just visit once- the museum is way too big for that. So you visit 2, 3 sometimes 4 times to visit different areas depending on what you are studying at the [...]
Music Adventures at the Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music
Music Adventures at the Brooklyn-Queens Conservatory of Music (58 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn) is a dynamic, innovative program that incorporates the physical and rhythmic aspects of music to start children on the path to not only learning music, but also to experience the fun and joy that music can bring into their lives. Celebrating 25 years [...]
The Forbes Galleries – Hidden Treasure in the Village
An overlooked gem of a museum is The Forbes Galleries on lower Fifth Avenue. It’s easy to maneuver, takes little time and there is something for everyone, no matter the age. Best of all, it’s free. What makes it different from other museums is that it is personal collection of the Forbes family. Malcom Forbes [...]
At Yankee Stadium for the World Series
The air as you approached Yankee Stadium was electric Wednesday night. Game one of the World Series – only four wins away from what would be the perfect ending to an amazing inaugural season in the brand new Yankee stadium. Concrete jungle where dreams are made of . . . The crowd was awash in navy blue and white, [...]
Date Night At New Jersey Performing Arts Center
As baby makers let’s face facts: life can get a little mundane and routine, no matter how few dull moments our kids allow. Many times spouses or partners simply become the other parent you live with — your business partner around the house, not the love of your life. So how do you shake this [...]
