If you’re a film buff, you might be interested in the Burt Lancaster retrospective now running at the UWS Film Society Of Lincoln Center. The series — Man of Steel: Burt Lancaster at 100 — runs through Thursday, 5/23 and features some great classics.

Great free event at the Film Society of Lincoln Center tomorrow night (Thursday, 5/16): As part of FilmLinc’s “Summer Talk” series, actors Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy, along with director Richard Linklater, will sit down for an in-person discussion about their new movie Before Midnight – a follow-up to their earlier films Before Sunrise and [...]

UPDATE 5/16 @ 5:15 pm — So I heard from my contact that all 100 pairs of tickets were claimed rather quickly, however… I just got word that some people have give their tickets back — apparently you can “release” them on Gofobo if you realize you can’t go. So, there are now some additional [...]

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Tuesday, May 14th, 2013… Kids Eat Free At Big Nick’s Big Nick’s Burger & Pizza Joint (2175 Broadway, between 76th & 77th) All Day Kid’s 12 & under eat free (dine-in only, kids menu, minimum $10 check with adult) Bluth’s Original Frozen Banana Stand Columbus Circle 12:00 [...]

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013… Kids Eat Free At Big Nick’s Big Nick’s Burger & Pizza Joint (2175 Broadway, between 76th & 77th) All Day Kid’s 12 & under eat free (dine-in only, kids menu, minimum $10 check with adult) Martial Arts Class For Adults Joan of Arc [...]

It was all the way back in January that Juice Press announced it was planning to open two Upper West Side stores. As is common with these things, it took longer than expected to happen, but the first UWS Juice Press opened for business last week at 73 W. 82nd (between Columbus & CPW).

The 84th Street AMC Loews on Broadway is undergoing renovations, resulting in three of its six screens being temporarily closed and the entire theater shuttering for five days next week. It looks like one of the improvements will be the installation of La-Z-Boy-esque reclining seats.

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Friday, April 19th, 2013… Communal Paper Shredding Outside PS 166 (132 W. 89th, between Amsterdam & Columbus) 10:00 – 11:30 am $10 70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Warsaw Ghetto Memorial, Riverside Park (inside the park at 83rd Street) 12:30 – 2:30 pm FREE Public Lecture [...]

UPDATE 4/11: Just got word that they’ve released some additional tickets for tonight. If you’re looking for something to do on Thursday night (4/11), there’s an advance screening of The To Do List showing at the AMC Lincoln Square theaters (1998 Broadway, between 67th & 68th). My friends over at gofobo.com just sent me a link for [...]

Mentioned last month that there’s a huge Upper West Side celebration of Israel’s 65th anniversary slated to take place from April 11 – 16. Among the neighborhood activities is the Israeli Film Center Festival. It’s actually a city-wide event, but nearly a dozen screenings will take place on the UWS.

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Tuesday, April 9th, 2013… Kids Eat Free At Big Nick’s Big Nick’s Burger & Pizza Joint (2175 Broadway, between 76th & 77th) All Day Kid’s 12 & under eat free (dine-in only, kids menu, minimum $10 check with adult) Lectures & Talks: Conservation, Wilderness, and the American [...]

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Wednesday, April 3rd, 2013… Special Tasting Event: Rum Based Cocktails With Sailor Jerry 67 Wine, with Edible Magazine & Good Enough To Eat (179 Columbus, at 68th) 6:00 – 8:00 pm FREE SciCafe: Tiny Conspiracies: Cell-to-Cell Communication in Bacteria American Museum Of Natural History (Central Park West [...]