Evelyn Kanter’s NYC Guidebook | 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 [...] 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. [...] Get those toes tapping at this free performance by the six-piece Gotham Jazzmen. It’s the last performance of 2011 for Toe Tappin’ Tuesdays at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in Lincoln Center. The music is Tuesday, December 27th, noon to 1:30 PM at the Bruno Walter Auditorium. There are no [...] There’s a long list of FREE concerts and dance performances Monday, November 28th, as part of the festival Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square that begins with a tree lighting ceremony at Broadway and 63rd St. Here’s a partial list –and remember — everything is FREE – Folk icon Arlo Guthrie performs at 5:30 PM at [...] Normally, tickets to the Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center cost $100 and more, but you can see grand opera for $22 with this special deal — watch live HD performances in a movie theater, on a gigantic screen. The Met Opera Live HD series begins this Saturday, October 15th, in more than 100 movie [...] #NYCCheap The annual FREE outdoor Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival have resumed following Hurricane Irene, with daily opera performances through Monday September 5th, in the Lincoln Center Plaza. These are HD screenings of live performances, on a jumbotron sized screen literally hung from the balcony of the Met. The schedule includes classics such [...] #NYCCheap The annual FREE outdoor Metropolitan Opera Summer HD Festival is from Saturday, August 27th to Monday September 5th, in the Lincoln Center Plaza. These are HD screenings of live performances, on a jumbotron sized screen literally hung from the balcony of the Met. The schedule includes classics such as Bizet’s Carmen, one [...] Lincoln Center Out of Doors free concerts and dance performances wraps up this weekend with wall to wall music. The Roots of American Music Festival is two days of FREE jazz, blues, rock, rockabilly, folk, bluegrass, country, hip-hop and funk. There’s a tribute to Sun Records, home of Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis, [...] Latin American film festival at LincolnCenter Films from ten different Latin American countries are on the big screen at the annual Lincoln Center Latinbeat Film Festival, including a documentary about Cuba’s Che Guevara and a couple of cult classic horror films. How can you not go to see a film named Marimbas from [...] The dance and music of the African-American and Latino diaspora is celebrated this weekend with two days of FREE concerts and performances, at the Lincoln Center Out of Doors Festival. Here’s part of what’s happening – Saturday, 2 p.m.and again Sunday at 3 p.m. — Five hours of music and spoken word performances by [...] This is the last week of the annual Midsummer Night Swing music and dance festival. so grab your dancing shows and a partner and head over to Damrosch Park at Lincoln Center. There’s a FREE dance lesson included with the price of admission. That’s at 6:30. The music and dancing is 7:30 p.m. to [...] Dancing under the stars at Lincoln Center has a country flavor tonight. Grab your cowboy hat and boots and enjoy Austin-based band Hot Club of Cowtown. There’s a free two-step dance lesson at 6:30 with professional instructors Meredith Stead and John Knapp, and the dancing starts at 7:30 at Damrosch Park. Tomorrow night, [...] | |