Evelyn Kanter’s NYC Guidebook | Streets and avenues around Times Square will be blocked off to parking for the biggest party in New York City, maybe the world. It’s the annual New Year’s Eve celebration in Times Square, attended a million of your closest friends and watched by many millions more on television worldwide. The New Year’s Eve 2011 [...] From 9:00 p.m. to midnight on New Year’s Eve, December 31, 2011, the menu at T.G.I. Friday’s is half the price. Menu items included in this special pricing are: Pan Seared Pot Stickers, Crispy Green Bean Fries, Fried Mozzarella, Spinach Florentine Flatbread, Tuscan Spinach Dip and half orders of Loaded Potato Skins. Check local [...] Sure, you could spend as much as $250 per person to ring in the New Year at some fancy restaurant or club. But times are tough, so here are three ways to welcome 2012 in New York City for one zero less than $250 — $25 or less per person. New York Roadrunners Emerald [...] Besides ringing in the New Year with a couple of million of your closest friends Times Square, there are other free ways to spend the last hours of 2011. FREE — Midnight fireworks at Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn. Click here for the details. FREE — Midnight fireworks in Central Park. Best viewing spot [...] Spend the last Friday evening of 2011 at the legendary Copacabana on Times Square, listening to and dancing to seven hours of live music from a rotating roster of bands and solo artists, for your dancing and listening pleasure. Bands include the George Gee swing dance orchestra, plus the Michael Arenella Quintet, and Jazzmobile [...] It’s called the New Year’s Eve Wishing Wall. Add your wishes for 2012 on a special Wishing Wall in Times Square before 4 PM on New Year’s Eve, and your wish will become part of the one ton of confetti that sprinkles New Year’s Eve celebrants at the world’s largest New Year’s Eve party. [...] Ring in the New Year at Brooklyn’s biggest party. Fireworks, entertainment, hot refreshments and more, at the Grand Army Plaza. The celebrations start around 11 PM, and the fireworks begin at 11:59 PM. Best locations for viewing the fireworks include: anywhere in Grand Army Plaza, inside the Park on the West Drive, and along [...] New Year's Eve in NYC Times Square is the world's biggest annual party. Photo courtesy Countdown Entertainment Streets and avenues around Times Square will be blocked off to parking beginning midnight Thursday, December 30th to prepare for the biggest party in New York City, maybe the world. It’s the annual New Year’s Eve [...] The Cathedral of St. John the Divine celebrates each new year with the annual New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace. It is a celebration of music, dance, prayer and inspiring words. This year’s guests include legendary folk singer Judy Collins, cellist Mihai Marica, operatic virtuosos mezzo-soprano Sarah Heltzel and tenor Rufus Mueller, and the [...] 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 [...] It’s the biggest New Year’s Eve celebration in the world, with more than one million people packing Times Square and nearby streets, and millions more watching on television screens around the world. Here’s your chance to win two free VIP tickets to the official party. All you have to do is check in and [...] | |