Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012…

2012 Winter Restaurant Week Reservations
Numerous UWS & NYC Restaurants
$24.07 for lunch; $35.00 for dinner
Now through 2/10

Film — Midweek Matinee: An Evening With Harry Belafonte
Riverside Branch, New York Public Library (127 Amsterdam, between 65th & 66th)
11:15 am – 12:15 pm
FREE

Concert: Wednesdays At One — Juilliard Pianists
Alice Tully Hall (Broadway & 65th)
1:00 pm (doors open at 12:30)
Free

Live Music: Guitar Afternoon, With Bill Wurtzel & Guests
American Folk Art Museum (2 Lincoln Square — Columbus @ 66th)
2:00 – 3:00 pm
FREE

Book Discussion: “Rise and Shine: A Novel” By Anna Quindlen
Riverside Branch, New York Public Library (127 Amsterdam, between 65th & 66th)
3:30 – 4:30 pm
FREE

Special Wine Tasting Event: Wines Of The Hess Collection
67 Wine (179 Columbus, at 68th)
4:00 – 7:00 pm
FREE

Food Samples: “Football Tasting”
Whole Foods, Columbus Square (808 Columbus, at 97th)
5:00 – 7:00 pm
FREE

Classic Film Double Feature: Handle With Care & Melvin And Howard (Director Jonathen Demme in person)
Film Society Of Lincoln Center (West 65th, between Amsterdam & Broadway)
6:00 pm
$8 – $13

SciCafe: The Virus Hunters
Wallach Orientation Center  @ American Museum Of Natural History (Central Park West & 79th)
7:00 pm
FREE (21+ with ID, space is limited, cash bar)

JCC Conversations: More Than Money With Myron Kandel: “Inside Wall Street” With Andrew Ross Sorkin (NYT)
JCC In Manhattan (334 Amsterdam, at 76th)
7:00 – 8:30 pm
$15 ($10 for members)

Live Music: Faculty Recital — Timothy Eddy (Cello) & Gilbert Kalish (Piano)
Mannes College/New School For Music (150 W. 85th, between Amsterdam & Columbus)
8:00 pm
FREE (seating is first-come, first-served)

As a reminder, 2-for-1 tickets are now on sale for both Broadway Week (1/17 – 2/4) and Off-Broadway Week (1/30 – 2/12). While not specific to the Upper West Side, most of the theaters are nearby in the West 40s & 50

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