Norma's Weekly Member Snapshot: 
Staying Fit...Dance, Pilates, Yoga


Consistency and variation are key to staying fit and New York offers some of the most innovative ways to get in shape. In recent years we have seen a surge in boutique fitness studios and our options have multiplied with all sorts of invigorating ways to get and stay fit. This week's Special Feature includes dance, yoga, and pilates.

 
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GeneralGENERAL EVENTS
Winter Jam
Through January 18  Holiday Train Show   
New York Botanical Gardens  
NYC's favorite train show!  And don't miss Bar Car Nights to sip a cocktail, see model trains circle a miniature New York, and watch ice carvers.  

January 23  Winter Jam
 
Central Park Bandshell Area (Enter at 72nd Street)
Mark your calendars
for the ultimate snow day. An annual event in NYC, Gore Mountain blows fresh snow for the day.
There will be snowshoeing, a winter market, and the opportunity to learn to ski and snowboard. Equipment is free.
 
Through March 6  Bank of America Winter Village
Bryant Park
Skate, shop, and dine this winter.

ON THE RADAR:

January 29  Apres Ski Winter Party
Astor House (130 East 80th Street)
The New York Junior League's 5th Annual Aprčs-Ski Winter Party. Wear mountain ski attire and enjoy hors d'oeuvres and warm beverages. Bring a ski lift ticket to attend an exclusive after-party.

January 30 & 31  Winter Carnival
Bryant Park
A two-day celebration of ice golf, curling, and other winter activities... topped off by food samplings from local chefs, as well as a NYC brewhouse.
   
February 7  EAT, DRINK & BLOODY MARY Contest
L'Apicio (13 East 1st Street)
Annual battle of the Bloody Marys... 17 brunch spots will put out their best recipes and compete for Judges' and People's Choice Trophies. 
 

February 11 through 18
  Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
Various locations
Your opportunity to view all of the cutting-edge upcoming fashion trends and looks.



February 12 through 14  Couture Fashion Week
Crowne Plaza Times Square Manhattan (1605 Broadway)  
If you can't score tickets to Fashion Week, buy a ticket to this fashionably fabulous event.

February 13  Ice Festival
Central Park - Naumburg Bandshell
Fifth annual festival features ice-carving artists from Okamoto Studio using electric chain saws, chisels, and picks t
Lunar New Year Parade
o transform more than 6,000 pounds of ice into a glistening replica of one of the Park's most beloved statues. 

February 14  Lunar New Year Parade
Chinatown
See colorful floats, marching bands, lion and dragon dancers, antique cars, beauty queens, and performers.

February 15 & 16   Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show    
Piers 92/94 (55th Street & West Side Highway)

The best of the best pedigrees come out to compete in the most prestigious of dog shows.

February 19 through 28  NYC Beer Week
Multiple Locations
Annual ten-day celebration of craft beer throughout NYC... events include festivals, tastings, menu pairings, and beer dinners. 
 
CutluralCULTURAL PURSUITS

Looking for a new way to see a museum?  Check out Museum Hack, guided tours (up to 9 people) of the Met and the American Museum of Natural History. Led by experienced guides well-versed in art history, it's a way to see the works through a new lens.
                
CLOSING THIS WEEK: 
   
 
Yoko Ono: THE RIVERBED 
ANDREA ROSEN GALLERY (525 West 24th Street) 
Through January 23 
I'm always intrigued by what Yoko Ono develops.  She entitled this exhibit "over the river in between life and death." 

BOHEMIAN NATIONAL HALL (321 East 73rd Street) 
January 21 through 24  Brings together a carefully selected and distinguished international group of about 30 galleries. Porcelain, pottery, glass, and enamels.  




COOPER HEWITT
  (2 East 91st Street)
How Posters Work  
Through January 17
Dozens of designers collaborate to convey their ideas and constructions.
 
CRAIG F. STARR GALLERY
(5 East 73rd Street)
Through January 23  
An intriguing exhibit of store windows and store fronts.  

GLADSTONE GALLERY (515 West 24th Street)
Sharon Lockhart: MILENA MILENA
Sharon Lockhart: MILENA MILENA
Through January 23
Sharon Lockhart's  exhibit of photography and films that mine the formal terrain of her chosen mediums.

HAMMER GALLERIES(32 East 67th Street)
Through January 20
Two of my favorite artists' works on display.

HPGRP GALLERY
(434 Greenwich Street)
Through January 16
An eclectic showing of Japanese artists.

HUNTER COLLEGE (680 Park Avenue)
Through January 23
A selection of rarely seen paintings, works on paper, photographs, and books that describe the beauty and complexity of life in Latin America.


THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (1000 Fifth Avenue) 
Through January 24 
230 powerful and compelling masterworks from the transformational era... the unification of Egypt.
 

METROPOLITAN PAVILION (125 West 18th Street)
Outsider Art Fair
January 21 through 26 
The Fair's 24th edition, featuring works from over fifty international galleries

Graphic Passion: Matisse and the Book Arts
MICHAEL WERNER GALLERY (4 East 77th Street)  
Through January 16
The inaugural United States exhibit of his paintings.

THE MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM
(226 Madison Avenue)
Through January 18
The exhibit embraces the printed book as a means for the artistic expression of Matisse.  



MUSEUM OF MODERN ART (11 West 53rd Street) 
Through January 18 
Digital age design encompassing fashion and furniture.  

PACE GALLERY (534 West 25th Street)
Robert Rauschenberg: Anagrams, Arcadian Retreats, Anagrams (A Pun)
Through January 16
Works from his first three exhibitions on display at Pace.
  
 
 
PARK AVENUE ARMORY (Park Avenue at 67th Street)
Winter Antiques Show
January 22 through 31
An extensive collection for museum dealers and those intrigued by antiques. 
    
Master Drawings
PAUL KASMIN GALLERY (293 Tenth Avenue)
Through January 23
Wildly inventive architecture and signature neon palates!
 
VARIOUS LOCATIONS
Master Drawings in New York

January 23 through 30
Masterpieces will be displayed, showcasing a mix of pen, ink, charcoal, and watercolors of iconic artists from the 16th century onward.
 
WALLACE HALL CHURCH OF ST. IGNATIUS LOYOLA 
(980 Park Avenue)  
January 24
The best boutique show in all of New York.
 
WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART (99 Gansevoort Street)
Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist
Through January 17
The first exhibition of his paintings in two decades. 
The exhibit embraces the printed book as a means for the artistic expression of Matisse. 

 
ONGOING EXHIBITS: 
 

A
MERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY (Central Park West at 79th Street) 
Through August 14
The exhibit takes visitors on a tour of the human body.

 

Jean-Michel Cousteau's Secret Ocean
Through January
Take a breathtaking journey around the underwater world as Cousteau introduces 30 species shown for the first time on film.   
The Butterfly Conservatory
Through May 29
The butterflies are back! Enter a room filled with beautiful butterflies of many different species... great for all ages.   

The Titanosaur
Ongoing
View the cast of a 122-foot-long dinosaur. This species is so new that it has not yet been formally named by the paleontologists who discovered it!

ANTON KERN GALLERY
(532 West 20th Street)
Through February 20
The Kern gallery promotes international art with a futuristic bent.



CENTER FOR ITALIAN MODERN ART (421 Broome Street)
Giorgio Morandi
Through June 25
An annual installation dedicated to one of the best known Italian artists of the 20th century and focuses on the artist's rarely seen works from the 1930s.
  

COOPER HEWITT  (2 East 91st Street)
Through August 7
Pixar fans, such as myself, will enjoy this exhibit, which traces the creation of the rarely seen sketches, paintings, and sculptures of Pixar's popular characters. 
James Welling: "Choreograph"

DAVID ZWIRNER GALLERY (525 West 19th Street)
James Welling: "Choreograph"
Through January 30
See the exhibit of the postmodern artist James Welling.  
 
DISCOVERY TIMES SQUARE (226 West 44th Street)
Through February 29
With all of the craze about Star Wars, it's the perfect time to see the comprehensive exhibit of memorable costumes from this incredibly iconic (and ongoing) film series.

ELLIS ISLAND
Ongoing
Life-size historic photographs of Ellis Island immigrants are displayed on the south side of Ellis Island. 

Ongoing
Tells the story of immigration to America before the processing station opened. 
  
Photo-Poetics: An Anthology
GALERIE ZURCHER (33 Bleecker Street)
Lynn Umlauf
Through February 25
I love that her creations, both paintings and sculptures, were created in a farmhouse in Tuscany. 

GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM (1071 Fifth Avenue) 
Through March 23 
Over seventy works by ten artists examining an important new development in contemporary photography.
 


INTREPID SEA, AIR & SPACE MUSEUM (Pier 86 - West 46th Street & 12th Avenue)
On the Line: Intrepid and the Vietnam War
Now open
A major exhibition exploring the events and impact of the Vietnam War through the lens of the Intrepid.  
 
THE JEWISH MUSEUM (1109 Fifth Avenue)
Unorthodox
Through March 27
An exhibit showcasing the impact of unorthodox concepts on orthodox systems.

MADISON SQUARE PARK
Through Winter
500 feet of sprawling sculptures made of golden canopies suspended above the park's pathway.  An eye-catching exhibit. 
Girolama dai Libri and Veronese Art of the Sixteenth Century 
 
MAISON GERARD GALLERY  (53 East 10th Street)
Two Days in the Life of Andy
Now open
Rare photographs of Andy Warhol exhibited for the first time.


THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART (1000 Fifth Avenue)
Jacqueline de Ribes: The Art of Style
Through February 21
An exquisite exhibit from the Costume Institute: a retrospective of a Parisian aristocrat

Girolamo dai Libri and Veronese Art of the Sixteenth Century
Through February 7
Exhibit showcases art from this leading artist in Verona, Italy during the early sixteenth century... altarpieces and manuscripts made for numerous churches in and around the city.

THE MORGAN LIBRARY AND MUSEUM  (226 Madison Avenue)
Ernest Hemingway: Between Two Wars
Through January 31
I have been awaiting this exhibit, in collaboration with the John F. Kennedy Library. This is the first major museum exhibit devoted to the works of the iconic Ernest Hemingway. 

THE MUSEUM OF ART & DESIGN (2 Columbus Circle)
Wendell Castle Remastered
Through February 28
An acclaimed figure of the American art furniture movement.  
 
MUSEUM OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK (1220 Fifth Avenue)
Jacob A. Riis: Revealing New York's Other Half
Through March 20
Features photographs by Riis and his contemporaries, as well as his handwritten journals and personal correspondence.

MUSEUM OF CHINESE IN AMERICA (215 Centre Street)
Chinese Style: Rediscovering the Architecture of Poy Gum Lee, 1923-1968
Through March 27
Lee's modernist influence is seen in the development of NYC's Chinatown.

Scenes for a New Heritage

MUSEUM OF MODERN ART  (11 West 53rd Street)
Through March 20
The 30th anniversary will feature 19 artists from 14 countries.

Through April 10
Exhibition of past three decades of 30 international artists whose works range in their approach to political, social, and cultural flux of our global landscape.



Picasso Sculpture
Through February 7
See Picasso from a different perspective. His sculptures, which he adored living with and rarely showed, are the focus of the exciting new exhibition.   
 
Jackson Pollock: A Collection Survey, 1934-1954
Through May 1
Previews of one of my favorite artists, Jackson Pollock
.  
 
NEW YORK BOTANICAL GARDEN (Bronx, NY)
Close: A Journey in Scotland - The Photography of Allan Pollok-Morris
Through March 16
Inspirational landscapes from famed Scottish photographer.
 
NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY (170 Central Park West)
Superheroes in Gotham
Through February 21
Terrific exhibit on the history of comic books.   

Silicon City: Computer History Made in New York 
Through April 17
There is sure to be plenty of interest in this exhibit with all of the buzz about the Steve Jobs movie.

Holiday Express: Toys and Trains from the Jerni Collection
Through February 28
An ageless and spectacular exhibit of toys and trains from a bygone era from the renowned Jerni Collection.    

RACHEL UFFNER GALLERY (170 Suffolk Street)
Open Time
Through February 20
Both Nikholis Planck and David Armacost will exhibit their works in the theme "Open Time."

ROOSEVELT HOUSE (47-49 East 65th Street)
Women Take the Lead
Through April 2
The newly remodeled historic Roosevelt House recently opened showcasing the first special exhibit featuring relics from women of the suffragette movement... from Elizabeth Cady Stanton to Eleanor Roosevelt, Suffrage to Human Rights.

THE SKYSCRAPER MUSEUM  (39 Battery Place)
Ten Tops
Through February

Focuses on a group of the world's tallest buildings 100 stories and higher.  A perfect exhibit for this museum! 

Rachel Rose: Everything and More
SOCIETY OF ILLUSTRATORS (128 East 63rd Street) 
Tuesdays & Thursdays
For those that have a talent for sketching, stop by Tuesday or Thursday evenings for sketch night and see the latest exhibit.

WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART (99 Gansevoort Street)
Rachel Rose: Everything and More
Through February 7
Video installations merging images and sound.
 



Frank Stella: A Retrospective
Through February 7
Minimalist paintings by this acclaimed artist.
Munch and Expressionism
 
ON THE RADAR:

NEUE GALERIE NEW YORK MUSEUM FOR GERMAN AND AUSTRIAN ART (1048 Fifth Avenue)
Munch and Expressionism
February 18 through June 13
The exhibit features works of Edward Munich's influence on his German and Austrian contemporaries.
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FILM:
             
January 17  Sunday Night Film Club: Bridge of Spies
Crosby Street Hotel (79 Crosby Street)
For $55 per person, enjoy dinner and a movie. A 3-course meal is followed by a viewing of this Oscar-nominated movie starring Tom Hanks.
 
January 17  TalkCinema
 

Through January 26  New York Jewish Film Festival
The Jewish Museum and Film Society of Lincoln Center  (70 Lincoln Center Plaza) 
The 25th annual festival at Lincoln Center, hosting an array of films, an exhibition, and a symposium.


MUSIC & DANCE:

Mondays  Rainbow Room
Rainbow Room (30 Rockefeller Plaza)
Don't miss Max Weinberg for dinner seatings on Mondays in November.  Also, I love that they are serving a special Sunday brunch and dinner & dancing on Friday nights. It's an iconic spot and a must-see!
 
Tuesdays & Wednesdays Jazz Nights
The Lambs Club (132 West 44th Street)
Live jazz from new and up and coming performers.  The featured performer on January 12th is Emily Braden, a master vocalist with a sound blending jazz and soul.  
  
Regency Bar & Grill
Friday Nights  Friday Nights to Remember
The Regency Bar & Grill (Loews Regency Hotel - 540 Park Avenue)
Quincy Jones recording artist, Michael Fredo performs every Friday at 7:30pm... get the feel of old school New York jazz with a new twist.

Ongoing  New York Live Arts
New York Live Arts (219 West 19th Street)
Chelsea based programs feature the most innovative movements. Check the website for performances. 

Winter Season   New York Philharmonic   
Avery Fisher Hall (10 Lincoln Center Plaza)   
Visit the schedule for upcoming concerts through the rest of the year.
   
January 15 & 16  Fred Hersch & Friends: Intimate Moments
The Appel Room (10 Columbus Circle)
Jazz at Lincoln Center features Grammy nominated pianist Fred Hersch... he will dazzle you this month.
 
Through January 17  Winter Jazzfest     
(Le) Poisson Rouge (158 Bleecker Street) and other locations
100 groups playing at various spots in the Village. 
 
Through January 17  Prototype
HERE (145 Sixth Avenue) 
Festival of opera and theater productions.  

Through January 17  Under the Radar Festival

The Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street)
Annual festival showcases new theater from around the world.

January 18  eighth blackbird
Carnegie Hall (881 Seventh Avenue) Different  styles and sounds by separate pieces of 6 performers, creating the full length Hand Eye.


January 19  New York City Ballet 
Lincoln Center Plaza 
Get your tickets for one of the upcoming ballets.  Through February 28th.
Lincoln Center
Various locations within Lincoln Center's venues. Outstanding artists... all in intimate settings. Through April. Catch Loudon Wainwright III's performance at the Appel Room on January 22nd. 
 
January 20 through 23  Tosca 
Rose Theater (10 Columbus Circle)
NYCO Renaissance presents Puccini's masterpiece.

January 20 through 31  Parsons Dance  
The Joyce Theater (175 Eighth Avenue)
Celebrated choreographers take center stage in stunning performances of extraordinary athleticism.

Carnegie Hall (881 Seventh Avenue)
Sing along with favorite American songs.  

Through January 23  Chita Rivera 
 
Cafe Carlyle (35 East 76th Street)
Actress, singer, and musical theater star performs.

January 26  Seeing Music

92Y (1395 Lexington Avenue) 
Masterpieces like you've never imagined... various performances through February 18th.     
January 31   Sondheim Unplugged
54 Below (254 West 54th Street)
Annual event features some of Broadway and cabaret's most dynamic voices, accompanied by piano only, honoring the work of Broadway's master composer. Also February 28th. 
 
Through March 3  Truffles: A Murder Mystery Jazz Dinner
Duane Park (308 Bowery)
Great jazz coupled with whodunnit?   
 
Through March 27  Bargemusic Winter Festival
Fulton Ferry Landing - Brooklyn Bridge
Bundle up to hear exceptional chamber music presented on a floating barge at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge!



Through May  La Boheme  
The Metropolitan Opera House (Lincoln Center Plaza)
Puccini's immortal tale of tragic young love set amidst the rooftops of bohemian Paris.  
  
THEATER:
 
January 19th through February 5th, don't miss Broadway Week... Two for one tickets to must-see shows. Visit the website for more information and to purchase tickets.   

A View from the Bridge
Through February 21
Lyceum Theatre (149 West 45th Street)

Electrifying performance of Arthur Miller's classic.
 
Allegiance
Through February 14
Longacre Theatre
(220 West 48th Street)
Based on a true story, a tale of one Japanese American family's love, optimism, and heroism. Starring 
George Takei of Star Trek fame. 
 

An American in Paris
Through July 3
Palace Theater (1564 Broadway) 
American Stage debut of the story about a young artist who discovers life and love after returning from the war.    
 
Through July 3
Stephen Sondheim Theatre (124 West 43rd Street)
This musical follows the legendary songwriter from her early days as a Brooklyn teenager to well-known hits as a top recording artist.
 
China Doll
Through January 31
Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre (236 West 45th Street)
What do you get when the leading man is played by Al Pacino and the playwright is David Mamet?  Perfection. Tickets will be selling quickly for this story about a wealthy man, his young fiance, and an airplane!

Clever Little Lies 
Through March 20
Westside Theatre (407 West 43rd Street)
A comedy of love and secrets starring "That Girl" Marlo Thomas.

Colin Quinn The New York Story
Colin Quinn The New York Story
Through January 31
Cherry Lane Theatre (38 Commerce Street)
Directed by Jerry Seinfeld, the play returns!  Quinn bemoans the rise and fall of his hometown city (formerly known as New York).  It's Quinn at his satirical best... depicting NYC as the crossroads of the world.  

The Color Purple 
Through May 1
Bernard B Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street)
Tickets are now on sale for this Broadway revival starring Jennifer Hudson.   
    

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 
Through July 3
Barrymore Theatre (243 West 47th Street) 
A Tony Award Winning play! The lead actor, a graduate of Julliard, is brilliant. The story unfolds with a mathematically precocious adolescent with behavioral problems uncovering truths and secrets. 
    
Fiddler on the Roof
Through July 3
Broadway Theatre (1681 Broadway) 
The acclaimed show returns to Broadway, a favorite of mine.
    
Through July 3
Lunt-Fontanne Theatre (205 West 46th Street)
The amazing story of how Peter became Pan.
   
Through June 5
Circle in the Square Theatre (235 West 50th Street)
Performance brings the actors and audience within close proximity. Tony Award Winning play about seeing your parents through adult eyes.        

Hamilton
Through October 30
Richard Rodgers Theatre
(226 West 46th Street)
An inventive musical about a young immigrant who changed America... Alexander Hamilton.     

King Charles III
The King and I 
Through June 5
Lincoln Center Theater (150 West 65th Street)
The revival of Rodgers and Hammerstein's play, starring Tony Award Winner Kelli O'Hara.

King Charles III
Through January 31
Music Box Theatre
(239 West 45th Street)
When Prince Charles finally becomes King of England, he learns that his new role is not exactly what he expected.    
       


Misery 
Through February 14
Broadhurst Theatre (Broadway & 44th Street)  
Much-anticipated thriller based on the Stephen King novel (and movie starring Kathy Bates). I was petrified reading the book, the movie brought it to life, and the on-stage show starring Bruce Willis and Laurie Metcalf is sure to have you on the edge of your seat!  
 

Noises Off
Through March 6
American Airlines Theatre (227 West 42nd Street)
A Broadway revival of comedy chaos and embarrassing hi-jinks... starring one of my top performers, Megan Hilty.
 
Through April 3
Marquis Theatre (1535 Broadway)
A high-energy performance about the lives of Emilio and Gloria Estefan.     
 
Prodigal Son
January 19 through March 20
New York City Center (131 West 55th Street)
Oscar nominated director John Patrick Shanley hits it out of the park once again in an explosive portrait of a young man on the verge of salvation or destruction.  Previews begin January 19th, opens February 9th through March 20th.


Ruthless
Through April 2
St. Luke's Theatre (308 West 46th Street)
Called "the mother of all musicals," I've seen it and can attest... it's a hilarious show starring 10-year old Tori Murray. 
 
The Screwtape Letters
Through January 24
The Pearl Theatre (555 West 42nd Street)
C.S. Lewis' tale... clever and satirical, a spiritual warfare from a demon's point of view.
Tappin' Through Life

School of Rock
Through October 2
I'm a fan of Andrew Lloyd Weber and I'm sure there will no exception to the quality of his newest musical based on the film starring Jack Black.

Tappin' Through Life
Through March 13
New World Stages (
340 West 50th Street)
A song and dance musical starring Broadway legend Maurice Hines. 

 


ON THE RADAR: 
   
 
February 5 through 10  Mardis Gras Jazz
Blue Note (131 West 3rd Street)
Hear native New Orleans sounds during Mardis Gras.
 
February 5 through 27  As You Like It
The Players Theatre (115 Macdougal Street)
"All the world's a stage" in William Shakespeare's romantic comedy.

February 6  The Bacon Brothers
Schimmel Center at PACE University (3 Spruce Street)
Whether you're into 6 degrees of Bacon or just a fan, grab tickets for some great music.
 
February 8  Hughie
Booth Theatre (222 West 45th Street)
Oscar winner Forest Whitaker makes his Broadway debut in Eugene O'Neil's theatrical masterpiece which investigates the themes of loneliness and redemption. Previews begin February 8th, opens February 25th through June 12th.


February 9  Keith Jarrett
Carnegie Hall (881 Seventh Avenue)
An exceptional jazz and classical pianist performs a solo concert.

February 9  The Beach Boys
Kings Theatre (1027 Flatbush Avenue - Brooklyn)
The legendary group performs for one night in Brooklyn.
Harkness Dance Festival 

February 11  Harkness Dance Festival
92Y (1395 Lexington Avenue)
Five weeks of choreographers and performers presenting powerful innovations of contemporary dance. Through March 20th.

February 10 through 14  Cabin in the Sky
New York City Center (131 West 55th Street)
As part of Encores! Great American Musicals In Concert, see this short run show. Other shows through May 15th. Cabin in the Sky followed Porgy and Bess in celebrating African-American music and dance traditions.

February 16  John Pizzarelli Quartet
Birdland (315 West 44th Street)
The renowned quartet performs for one night.

February 18  Jerry Seinfeld: The Homestand
The Beacon Theatre (2124 Broadway)
Although the tickets for his January and February performances are mostly sold out, try to grab tickets for any of the other 10 performances in 2016.
 
February 19  She Loves Me
Studio 54 (254 West 54th Street)
Roundabout Theatre Company production starring one of my favorite performers, Jane Krakowski. It's a revival of a musical comedy.  Previews begin February 19th, through June 12th.

February 23  Rita Wilson
Cafe Carlyle (35 East 76th Street)
One of my favorite performers, Rita Wilson, will perform through March 5th.  And don't miss Woody Allen & The Eddy David New Orleans Jazz Band through Mondays through June 14th.

February 29  The Crucible
Venue to be announced
Arthur Miller's famed production of the timeless parable of morality returns to Broadway. Previews begin February 29th, opens April 7th through July 17th. 
 
FoodFOR THE FOODIE
Rebelle
NEW: Rebelle
Nolita: 218 Bowery
French Cuisine
A new contemporary restaurant inspired by the owners' love of French food and wine (same owners as Pearl and Ash, one of my top spots in the city). Try the Eggplant Citrus Vinaigrette appetizer and the and Beef Tartare. A chic industrial design with a wine list of 1,500 bottles... many that are reasonably priced!
 
NOTABLE: The Mermaid Inn
Greenwich Village: 79 Macdougal Street
Seafood
Although there are a few locations in the city, I really enjoy the one on MacDougal Street... an iconic street that was home to my maternal grandparents.  It's an upscale-casual seafood restaurant that serves a blue plate special every Tuesday night.  Besides  an incredible assortment of oysters and raw bar, they offer the best seafood platters. 
 
EVENTS:
  
January 19 through February 5  NYC Restaurant Week
Various Locations
I'll highlight recommendations as we get closer. 
 
January 19  Sixth Annual New York International Pairing Series 
City Winery (155 Varick Street)
Part of a series of dinners showcasing the wine and food of a specific region. This event focuses on California.

January 23  Pinot Days
City Winery (155 Varick Street)
The pinot producers of California, Oregon and New Zealand are extremely excited to be back at the center of the universe amongst the country's finest restaurants, wine shops and passionate wine lovers.

ON THE RADAR: 
 
February 3   Slow Wine World Tour - New York City 
Highline Ballroom (431 West 16th Street) 
Slow Food International is celebrating the release of its 2016 edition of the Slow Wine Guide with a night of wine tasting, Italian bites, and live entertainment.

February 6  NYC Winter Wine Festival
PlayStation Theater (Times Square)
The Theater will be transformed into an indoor vineyard... savor wines from all over the world, delicious food and amazing music. 
FeatureSPECIAL FEATURE: STAYING FIT... DANCE, PILATES, YOGA 
 
DANCE:

AKT in Motion
1182 Broadway & 244 East 84th Street
Dance-based exercise classes get you moving; one of the most talked about studios this year!
 
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
405 West 55th Street
Renowned global dance company... take a lesson or two to get the blood flowing and test out the waters! From belly dancing to Zumba, there is plenty to choose from.
 

Joffrey Ballet School
434 Avenue of the Americas - 5th Floor
For anyone who wants to try out some classic ballet... designed for the adult student who has no formal Ballet training or who has studied Ballet in the past and wants to start up again. Pointe and Variations, Jazz Dance, and Core Synergy Conditioning are also offered.
 
TriANGulO
135 West 20th Street (6th & 7th Ave)
They are the only dance studio dedicated exclusively to my favorite dance... the Argentine Tango.
Flex Studios

PILATES:

Erika Bloom Pilates
14 East 60th Street
Teachers develop custom exercises and personalized sequences to accommodate and challenge each body.

Flex Studios
47 West 14th Street
Signature reformer class combines pilates with strength training and high-energy music. The method allows for more exercise options and quicker transitions.

New York Pilates
25 Howard Street
Founder Heather Andersen takes her modern approach to Soho; this second location is twice the size of her Washington Square Park location.

Real Pilates
177 Duane Street & 333 Huddson Street
Alycea Ungaro has trained Madonna, Uma Thurman, and Christy Turlingon. As a licensed physical therapist, Ungaro puts a strong emphasis on alignment.  The SoHo location is new!

SLT
SLT: Strengthen, Lengthen, Tone
5 locations: Midtown, Flatiron, SoHo, Upper East Side, and Upper West Side
Machine-based classes combine cardio and pilates. 

True Pilates
50 West 57th Street - 6th Floor (5th & 6th Avenues)
358 East 57th Street (1st & 2nd Avenues)
With an emphasis on personal training, this studio still practices many of the techniques and trainings of the original pilates founder, Joseph Pilates.




YOGA:
Katonah Yoga
I'll be featuring additional health remedies like meditation and reiki later this month, but in the meantime check out Stephanie Radler's Yoga, Meditation, and Reiki... Urban Zen has helped me to relax!

Integral Yoga Institute
227 West 13th Street 

Katonah Yoga
267 West 17th Street

Kula Yoga Project
28 Warren Street

Modo Yoga
434 Sixth Avenue

Pure Yoga
203 East 86th Street & 204 West 77th Street

Sacred Sounds Yoga
163 Bleecker Street

Y7
Sky Ting Yoga
55 Christie Street

Y7
430 Broome Street & 25 West 23rd Street
 
Yoga Vida
666 Broadway & 99 University
 
YogaWorks
1319 Third Avenue, 459 Broadway, 37 West 65th Street