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The monthly Sunday night Lindy Hop to the music of Elvis, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and the Comets, Chubby Checker and other 50s and 60s favorites is this weekend at Iguana Swings. The DJs play a rotating mix of music for Lindy, West Coast Swing, Shag, and even a Cha Cha or two. It’s great fun and great exercise, [...]
New Orleans comes to New York City this weekend, with a special Valentine’s weekend concert on Saturday, February 12th by Rosie Ledet and the Zydeco Playboys. It’s more than a concert. This group plays toe-tapping music that will get you out on the dance floor. It’s the monthly dance night fest sponsored by Let’s [...]
The 36th Thunderbird American Indian Dance Concert and Pow-Wow takes place this weekend and next weekend at the Theater for the New City in the East Village. This is an afternoon of dancing and singing by tribal members of all ages, from grade school age to elders, all dressed in incredibly beautiful hand-made costumes [...]
Family Day at the Museum of Art and Design is Saturday, January 15, 2011
Saturday, January 15th is Family Day at the Museum of Art and Design, sometimes called MAD. It’s an all day celebration of crafts workshops and dance and music performances and workshops, for $30 for the entire family, including museum [...]
Basic Ballroom is one of many dance studios that have weekly dance parties after the ballroom, salsa and swing lessons end for the day. On New Year’s Eve, this midtown studio is offering dinner, drinks, dessert, an evening of dancing cheek-to-cheek, and a performance by professional Latin dance champions, all for $75 per person. [...]
It’s called Karaoke Killed the Cat 2011, and it’s happening at Union Hall, the combo restaurant, bar, bocce court and live music venue in Park Slope. New Year’s festivities begin with a New Year’s Eve karaoke dance party with a $15 entry fee, but the ‘morning after’ party is FREE. Except that it [...]
The renowned Dance Theater of Harlem is bringing back its monthly Open House Series, with a new name, Sunday Matinées. These are monthly performances by DTH students, the DTH Ensemble, guest artists and more. Tickets are just $18 adults, $14 for children age 12 and under. It’s a great way to introduce young people [...]
NYC Free and Frugal $1.99 app from iTunes store
It may be the best $1.99 bargain on the planet. NYC Free and Frugal is the newest app for the iPhone, iPad and iTouch, just pubished and avialable for download on the iTunes store.
NYC Free and Frugal information on more than 100 cheap [...]
The annual Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival of free concerts and dance performances just got underway, and there’s something happening every day through August 15th. Most events are in and around the main plaza at Lincoln Center or in the Damrosch Park Bandshell. Here is some of what’s happening this weekend:
The 27th [...]
Dust off those dance shoes and take them to Damrosch Park in Lincoln Center for the annual outdoor music and dance festival called Midsummer Night Swing. A different international band or orchestra plays four nights a week for your listening and dancing pleasure. Mostly dancing. The temporary dance floor is crowded with couples swing [...]
Free party celebrating release of FELA! cast recording
Celebrate the release of the Broadway show cast recording of FELA! at a free event in Brooklyn. The party is being hosted by FELA! stars Sahr Ngaujah and Kevin Mambo, with performances by the show’s drummer Tony Allen, plus Baba Ola Jagun. It’s all happening [...]
Caribbean Week in NY is a week-long festival of events, many of them free, June 6th to 12th. The annual festival celebrates Caribbean food, culture, music, dance, and the Caribbean Disapora. More than one dozen Caribbean nations support Caribbean Week, each one of them a wonderful and appealing vacation destination.
Two top chefs from [...]
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