We’ve got some more neighborhood openings to report… first, a math-specific learning center is coming to the neighborhood in a few weeks. Mathnasium, with a location on York and 84th, is moving into the old location of do-it-yourself art shop Make, at Amsterdam between 84th and 85th. Meanwhile, Make is opening a big store on [...]
Yes, you got that right… high fashion is moving to the Upper West Side. The people behind Fashion’s Night Out, the citywide shopping extravaganza coming back for the second year this September, held a press conference on Wednesday to promote the event. Mayor Bloomberg joined big names in fashion, from Anna Wintour to Donna Karan [...]
Summer at Lincoln Center is moving along quickly, with one series coming to a close and two others starting up. The Lincoln Center Festival, a celebration of classical art from all around the world that particularly focuses on unconventional destinations for art, concludes today after a fantastic two and a half week run. Today, Thai [...]
DNAinfo reports that workers have begun installing an art piece in the 96th Street 1/2/3 subway station that will give riders a garden view of sorts. 180 metal flowers are being installed in the station, linked together and hanging from the ceiling. The piece, titled Bloemendaal as a reference to the Upper West Side’s historical [...]
Lincoln Center puts on some great events each summer season, and with summer officially in full gear, the “Summer at Lincoln Center” event website gives you a one-stop place to see the lineup. From Midsummer Night Swing, the fantastic outdoor dance series that kicked off yesterday, to Lincoln Center Out of Doors, the free celebration [...]
Starting Monday, June 21st and through Monday, July 5th, “Play Me, I’m Yours” gives anyone the chance to put on a show. 60 pianos are currently available to play across the city from 9:00 am to 10:00 pm each day, all made available because of installation artist Luke Jerram via Sing for Hope. UWS piano [...]
… it’s actually art! The Marlborough Gallery has joined with the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation, The Broadway Mall Association, and the New York City Department of Transportation to help put on a public art exhibition. Spanish artist Manolo Valdés created a series of monumental sculptures that are on display [...]
The above photo was taken by Twitterer @theconcubine this week of a new sculpture at Verdi Square, the small triangle of land around the 72nd Street subway station between Broadway and Amsterdam. While we aren’t sure where the public art came from and when exactly it got there, we can say we have heard some [...]
Come to the Upper West Side’s newest art gallery, 25CPW (25 Central Park West, at 62nd), tomorrow evening for two openings in one night. First, “NY Perspectives” is a series of photographs of Amsterdam, discovered by New York photographers. Commemorating the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s discovery of Manhattan for the Dutch, the photographs were [...]
Although the Upper West Side is not exactly known for art galleries and a plethora of art-world-culture, every once in a while, we get an interesting art event. Monday is the opening of one such event, “Hipsters and Hassids.” Come to the Aish Center (83rd between West End Avenue and Riverside Drive) starting Monday for [...]
