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                <title>citifari - photo tour</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[They have a great tour (the night photo tour.) Very enjoyable, I learned a lot and took great pictures.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Neue Gallery</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This museum of early twentieth-century German and Austrian art and design has a fabulous collection of art including many pieces by Egon Schiele and Klimt.<br>It also has two delightful cafes serving Viennese style food, wonderful cakes and gorgeous breakfasts. It's quite small and a refreshing change from some of the enormous museums in New York that can quickly exhaust you. Also it's not far from the marvellous Frick collection which is also fairly small and "do-able"]]></description>
                
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                <title>Nitehawk Cinema</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Love going to the movies, but hate the gross concession stand? The new Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg, Brooklyn serves dinner and a movie at the same time. There are even specials in different theaters related to whatever movie's being shown. General admission is $11 and food and drinks (yes, they serve alcohol, too!) are extra. Arrive about a half-hour early, so you can find a seat and table and order your meal.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Ride 1920s 2/3 Subway Trains</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[To promote the new season of Boardwalk Empire, HBO is running a restored 1920s subway train on the 2/3 lines each weekend in September. You can catch the vintage train at the 96th, 72nd, and 42nd streets. I can't wait to check out the rattan seats, ceiling fans, and old-fashioned windows!]]></description>
                
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                <title>"Talk to Me" at MoMA</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[I went to the MoMA (pronounced Moe-ma) website to try to figure out how to describe its latest exhibition, "Talk to Me," and I can't really figure it out. It's about design and where utility meets personal interaction and communication. It features 194 pieces. Uh, it looks cool? It really does. The museum's open every day in the summer and late on Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays. You can check out "Tall to Me" until November 7, and if you go to MoMA on a Friday from 4-8:30 you get in free. MoMA's located at 11 West 53rd Street between 5th and 6th Avenues.]]></description>
                
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                <title>River to river festival</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[NYC's in the middle of a heat wave, but New Yorkers still love relaxing outdoors in the summer. The River to River Festival brings free events to local parks every day. Last Friday, I saw dancers and trapeze artists downtown near the World Trade Center site. This Friday, anyone can see "Henry V" at Battery Park or watch dance performances and an exhibit inspired by the iconic artist Jules Feiffer. Check the calendar to see what's going on near you.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Moth</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[They say there are eight million stories in New York City. Some of the best ones are told at monthly Moth storytelling events. Moth slams are held at various venues in Brooklyn and Manhattan. At the start of slams, would-be storytellers put their names in a hat. If you're one of the 10 called, you get five minutes to share your take on the night's themes from memory. (Previous themes include Transformation and Revenge). The stories start at 7:30 and slams always sell out and have limited seating. Get in line early for a good spot.]]></description>
                
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                <title>"West Side Story" Dance and Sing-Along</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[I'm a recovering musical theater junkie, but even the cool kids love a good Stephen Sondheim musical. On July 21 at Brooklyn's Prospect Park Bandshell, not only can you watch the classic New York City musical "West Side Story," you can sing and dance in it, too. Choreographer Lawrence Goldhuber will teach the crowd some moves and song lyrics will be displayed on a giant outdoor screen. The show starts at 8 pm, but you can get stake out a spot starting at 7 pm. Get ready to rumble!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Laurel Nakadate's "Only the Lonely"</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Last week, I mentioned a closing exhibition of Laurel Nakadate's "365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears." If you didn't get to play voyeur to a year's worth of pictures of the artist crying, you're in luck. There's an even bigger exhibition of Nakadate's work -- including the weepy stuff -- at MoMA PS 1 in Long Island City, Queens. PS 1 is the place for contemporary art in NYC. The quickest way to the museum is the 7 train to Queens from Times Square or Grand Central. Get off at the 45th Road-Courthouse Square stop, exit at Jackson Avenue, and walk one block to 46th Avenue. The museum's located at 22-25 Jackson Avenue and 46th Avenue and is open Thursday through Monday from noon to 6 pm.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Laurel Nakadate's "365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears"</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[If you're the kind of person who tears up when someone else does, you might need to bring some tissues to Laurel Nakadate's "365 Days: A Catalogue of Tears." For a year, the artist took a photograph of herself crying - clothed, naked, at home, in public, and so on. Though some will doubt how sincere the art is, crying's personal, not to mention cathartic. The free exhibit closes on June 25. View it at the Leslie Tonkonow sixth-floor gallery at 535 West 22nd Street near 10th Avenue. It's open on Tuesday-Saturday from 10-6. While you're that far west, check out the other small galleries on 22nd Street. You'll bound to find some art to appreciate.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Sing For Hope Pop-Up Pianos</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Last year, NYC's five boroughs were blessed with temporary public pianos as part of the "Play Me, I'm Yours" exhibition. (Yep, I know it started in London. And it was amazing!) Now the non-profit organization Sing For Hope has provided 88 new pianos for the public to play until July 2. The pianos have been decorated by local artists. The artist Olek crocheted the piano in Brooklyn's DUMBO neighborhood. Last year, I recorded my friend Paul Sahner (video link: <a target="_new" href="http://vimeo.com/13130922)">vimeo.com/13130922)</a> jamming in Central Park. I'm ready for take two!]]></description>
                
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                <title>Jaume Plensa's "Echo" at Madison Square Park</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[New York City loves its public art and commissions interesting works from all over the world. My favorite piece this summer is Spanish sculptor Jaume Plensa's "Echo" on Madison Square Park Oval Lawn. The 44-foot statue isn't quite a bust. It's the neck and head of a daydreaming little girl. It sounds weird, but it's serene -- not an easy feat in the middle of bustling Manhattan. Until August 14, you can lie on the lawn around the statue and daydream on your own.]]></description>
                
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                <title>The Gagosian Gallery</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[New Yorkers love their museums - and have plenty of them - but it's nice to visit a smaller gallery for some art education. The Gagosian Gallery highlights lesser-known pieces by big artists. Fewer visitors means more of a chance to really take in the artwork. And did I mention it's free? Until June 25, you can check out the latest sexy exhibition, "Picasso and Marie-Thérèse: L’Amour Fou." The collection of paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings capture Marie-Thérèse Walter, one of Picasso's muses. The two had a secret love affair for years - Picasso would sneak around on his wife a few days each week to spend time with Walter and their child. Complicated love makes for good art.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Roses on Park Avenue</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[New York's coming out of a brutal, blizzard-ravaged winter. Around Valentine's Day, sculptor Will Ryman installed 38 huge rose sculptures, along with the occasional beetle and ladybug, on Park Avenue between 57th and 67th Streets. Good news: The giant urban garden isn't covered in snow anymore. Now you can stroll the ten-block strip with a pricey ice cream cone in hand. You'll even run into real blooms -spring's first daffodils, hyacinths, and tulips.]]></description>
                
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                <title>DIA:BEACON</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Art for art's space. Dia Art Foundation's gallery at Beacon exemplifies what New York does best - converting disused industrial space into space for art. At over 240,000 square feet this ex-box printing factory, located just over an hour's train ride away from Grand Central Station up the Hudson River, houses art on a grand scale. Each gallery is devoted to a single artist - from Beuys to Judd to Warhol (72 of them!) Including monumental holes in the ground and obligatory piles of shattered glass this is art, and as importantly a gallery, on a scale to take your breath away and make you smile. Follow with a stroll up the river and lunch in the groovy Beacon.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Standing tickets at the Met</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[It sounds like insanity, standing for three hours - but you get comfy armrests to lean on, your own surtitles, and a surprisingly good view at the back of the stalls. You're first out to the bar at the interval. And it's very cheap.]]></description>
                
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                <title>Coney Island Museum</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[Small museum that for a suggested 99 cents donation displays and contextualises wonderful remnants of Coney Island's colourful past including vintage bumper cars, funhouse mirrors and photos of the sideshow folk who once worked there. Also houses temporary exhibitions. Highly recommended to those with a taste for oddball Americana. Note that it's only open at weekends.]]></description>
                
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                <title>New York Public Library</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This building is quite imposing both inside and outside. Worth popping in to see the impressive interior. Free tours at 11am and 2pm daily]]></description>
                
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                <title>New Victory Theater</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This is a gem. My daughter and I have spent many delightful Saturday afternoons in this brilliant little theatre. Originally built by by Oscar Hammerstein it's an enchanting space off of Time Square, on 42nd. The shows are eclectic, funny, informative, and cultural courtesy of traveling companies from all over the world, including the UK. A must see for anyone visiting with children!]]></description>
                
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                <title>The White Horse Tavern</title>
                
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                <description><![CDATA[This is the place where Dylan Thomas claimed to have had 18 straight whiskies before passing out and being taken to nearby St Vincent's Hospital where he died.<br><br>The tavern is pleasingly modest and practical in appearance, the staff are friendly, there is a wide range of drinks and the legend of the gifted but wayward Thomas is not rammed down your throat.]]></description>
                
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