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There’s a full schedule of free concerts in Central Park all summer, featuring such top pop, R&B and rap stars as Miley Cyrus, Black Eyed Peas and Mary J. Blige. It’s the annual SummerStage series, and it starts on Tuesday, June first with the New York Pops Orchestra, the only independent professional orchestra in [...]
Travel to Austria is as close as your nearest Food Emporium. Through June 3rd, the Big Apple supermarket chain is featuring a variety of natural, biotic-free food products from Austria. Of course, this includes cheese from happy cows and goats which roam the famous Austrian Alps, plus jellies and preserves, balsamic vinegars, pickles, Viennese [...]
Celebrate Fleet Week 2010 NYC May 26 to June 2
Fleet Week in New York City begins today, Wednesday, May 26th with the largest parade of the year, as dozens of U.S. Navy ships sail up the Hudson River. There are Fleet Week 2010 events every day through Wednesday, June 2nd, including the opportunity to [...]
Peaceful Places NYC travel guidebook by Evelyn Kanter for residents, visitors
This week is Book Week in New York City. It doesn’t matter whether the books you read are hardcover, paperback, or on Kindle, what’s important is that you buy books and read books. Book Week honors authors and publishers, who are hanging out at [...]
Learn all about French wines in this free webinar sponsored by Atout France, part of the French government tourism agency. Your guide and instructor is Sheryl Sauter Morano, one of only 26 certified Master sommeliers in the USA, and three other experts. The free online seminar is at 2 p.m. EST, Wednesday, May 26th, [...]
Lord & Taylor is suiting up with Lucky magazine’s fashion experts to help us get in the swim. It’s a free evening that includes a fashion show of latest swimwear trends plus advice to help us pick a swimsuit best suited to flatter our shape. The swim event is happening at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 20th at the NYC flagship [...]
Follow the footsteps of Robin Hood in this contest for a free trip to Nottingham and Sherwood Forest. Of course, the contest promotes the new blockbuster film directed by Ridley Scott and starring Russell Crowe as the famous outlaw and Cate Blanchett as his lady Marian. The contest is sponsored by Visit Britain, American Airlines and [...]
Do you know how to recognize the signs of skin cancer? If not, you can get a free skin cancer screening from the dermatologists and other medical specialists of Roosevelt Hospital. The free screening is Sunday, May 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Roosevelt Hospital Physicians, 425 W. 59th, just west of Columbus Ave. Call 212-523-3888 for [...]
The Babies R Us store in Union Square is celebrating babies, their parents, and parents-to-be, with a week-long schedule of events, lectures, product displays, free gifts with purchases, and more. Here’s some of what to expect (sorry about that pun — I couldn’t resist) –
Chris Gillespie is usually found playing jazz, Broadway show tunes and other favorites at the upscale Carlyle Hotel. On Thursday, May 6th, he joins Pulitzer Prize winner Tracy Kidder, Broadway musical star Kate Fisher, who performed the role of Cosette in Les Miserables, and others for a special charity fund-raiser for the tiny African nation of Burundi. The event is called Jazzical, and supports Village Health Works, a clinic in Burundi which has treated some 34,000 people since it opened less than three years ago. Jazzical is at 6 p.m. on May 6th at the DiCapo Opera Theatre, 184 E. 76th Street. There also will be a silent auction. It promises to be an inspiring and entertaining evening.
The clinic is the dream of Burundi native Deogratias Niyizonkiza, now an American citizen. Please read the next page for the inspiring story of Deo, the important health care clinic he built in Burundi, and how you can help.
Celebrate Mother’s Day on the Hudson River with cool breezes, cool jazz, chilled champagne and beautiful views of the Big Apple. It’s all aboard the annual Mother’s Day Brunch Cruise in New York Harbor on the 125 foot John James Audobon. It’s a three-hour cruise that will both spoil and honor Mom with free-flowing champagne, mimosas and [...]
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