Evelyn Kanter’s NYC Guidebook | Best spot to cheer NYC Marathon runners is Fifth Ave. and 110th St., as they enter Central Park for the finish line My vote for the best spot to watch and cheer the 43,000 runners in the 2011 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 6th, is where they enter Central Park [...] Best spot to cheer NYC Marathon runners is Fifth Ave. and 110th St., as they enter Central Park for the finish line My vote for the best spot to watch and cheer the 43,000 runners in the 2011 ING New York City Marathon on Sunday, November 6th, is where they enter Central Park [...] More than 700 items from the long and legendary career of movie star John Wayne are on display in New York City this weekend before they go on auction in Los Angeles next month. The treasure trove of memorabilia includes cowboy hats, scripts with handwritten notes, costumes, awards, his American Express card, a beret [...] Save the date for one of the best annual sales of the season — Wednesday, August 10th to Saturday, August 13th, for the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Thrift Shop super sale of top designer clothing, shoes, handbags and other accessories, plus furniture, paintings and collectibles including fine English and bone china. You know the names, which [...] The Metropolitan Museum of Art is extending its hours for the final days of its extraordinarily popular Costume Institute exhibition, Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty. The exhibit closes on August 7, 2011, and from Thursday, August 4th to closing, the exhibition will remain open daily until 9 p.m., instead of closing at 5:30 p.m. on [...] This is a special kind of R&R — because it could include romance. The Museum of the City of New York is launching a weekly program of live music, dancing and cocktails on the spacious terrace overlooking Central Park. The program begins this Wednesday, and continues every Wednesday, August 31st. There’s a different performer, [...] posted by Evelyn Kanter Just in time to get in shape for Memorial Day and the coming summer — get a free three-day trial membership at Reebok Sports Club. I found this deal on the Urban Daddy website. There are two Reebok Sports Club locations in Manhattan, plus one each in Boston, Miami, [...] This invitation just came in the mail to me and I am sharing — get a free hearing screening and consultation at Audiohelp Hearing Center on the Upper East Side the week of Monday, May 9th to Friday, May 13th. Hours are from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and an appointment is required, either [...] It’s called peripheral artery disease, and it’s also called a silent killer, since it causes strokes and heart attacks with little or no warning. As part of its spring seminar series on health and wellness, New York-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical college are sponsoring a FREE lecture on how early detection prevents strokes [...] Your taxes are due Monday, April 18th. If you need help, you can get it free this weekend, when the Internal Revenue service opens nearly 100 of its offices nationwide for advice with the 1040 and other tax forms. It’s a one-day only special for those of us who can’t get to an IRS [...] Lena Horne, one of the many famous New Yorkers we lost in 2010. View her gowns, jewelry and more before her estate auction. The estate of the great, legendary movie star, singer and civil rights pioneer Lena Horne is being auctioned on Wednesday, February 23rd. From Saturday, February 19th until Tuesday, February 22nd, [...] Not much time left to make plans for a Super Bowl Sunday party. Head over to Session 73, a huge restaurant and club space on the Upper East Side for a $30 deal — all you can eat, all you can drink, and all the cheering you can manage. Session 73 is at 1359 [...] | |