Evelyn Kanter’s NYC Guidebook | Celebrate the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend at Studio Museum of Harlem, which is FREE on Sundays, including the crafts project for kids and the grown-ups who bring them. Make a collage with The Laundromat Project. The program is called the “I Have A Dream” project. The program is 1 PM to 4 [...] You don’t have to be Jewish to enjoy the films being shown at the Jewish Film Festival at Lincoln Center, through January 26th. There are films about pre-wedding jitters, the angst of a man who thinks he has killed his best friend, and one that traces the impact of the NYC garment center, which [...] More than 150 museums in the USA are free this weekend, the first weekend of the month — but only if you are the owner of a Bank of America or Merrill Lynch credit card. The two companies are once again offering their “Museums on Us” program, which includes such top cultural destinations as [...] The actor’s studio called the Shakespeare Gym is offering a free introductory class to the Gym’s physical and vocal approach to the Bard. The program is a fun, interactive workshop taught by Andy Goldberg and Shaun Peknic, and open to all acting levels, including those still debating whether to be, or not to be, [...] The New York Guitar Festival opens tonight with a free performance in honor of the 30th anniversary of Brian Eno’s tribute to the NASA moon landings, Apollo: Atmospheres & Soundtracks. This is a a live re-imagining of this sonic masterpiece featuring the ambient ensemble itsnotyouitsme, along with guitar master Larry Campbell and special guests [...] The Upright Citizens Brigade is a long-running comedy improv show on Sunday nights, often with special guests from Saturday Night Live, 30 Rock & The Colbert Report. There are two shows each Sunday — the 7:30 PM show costs $10 and tickets are only available via pre-sale on the Brigade’s website, with no service [...] Kids and teens age 6-18 can see a Broadway show for FREE during the annual Kids’ Night on Broadway, sponsored by The Broadway League. Kids get a free ticket when accompanied by an adult paying full price, at participating Broadway shows. The next Kids’ Night on Broadway 2012 takes place on February 5-9, 2012. [...] Kids get the opportunity to camp out overnight at the American Museum of Natural History, in the real version of the movie. As the doors close and the lights dim, participants head out with flashlights in search of adventure, which could mean a face-to-face meeting with a 65-million-year-old T. rex in the Hall of Dinosaurs, or [...] Celebrate Kwanzaa at the American Museum of Natural History, with a four-hour family-friendly festival that is FREE with museum admission. The program is noon to 4 PM on Saturday, December 31st, and includes – storytelling by master storyteller Linda Humes. The Brooklyn Steppers, the high-energy stars of President Obama’s inauguration parade, and a featured [...] BAM has something productive for your teens to do during winter break this week — free movies for ages 13-19 only. The free films are Thursday, 12/29 only. At 11 AM, the film is Love and Basketball, starring Sanaa Lathan, Omar Epps, Alfre Woodard, Tyra Banks, Boris Kodjoe, Kyla Pratt and Gabrielle Union. It’s [...] Take the kids to Lincoln Center to see Mary Poppins, the super-cala-fragalistic-ex-pialidocious 1964 film starring Julie Andrews as the airborne nanny and Dick van Dyke as the chimney sweep. Screenings are at the Elinor Bunin Monroe Film Center in Lincoln Center, daily, through Friday, December 30th, at 10:30 AM and 2 PM each day. [...] Target plays Santa Claus year-round in New York City, by sponsoring FREE museum days at several of the city’s top museums. Brooklyn Museum — Target FREE First Saturday of the month, from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. Studio Museum Harlem – Target FREE Sundays, every Sunday, , noon to 6 p.m. Museum of Chinese [...] | |