Christie’s is having an auction of fine musical instruments, including a rare 400-year-old viola from Brescia, Italy. You might not have the $250,000 expected purchase price, but you can look — and that’s free. Instruments are on view April 24th to 27th. Christie’s in the Big Apple is at 20 Rockefeller Plaza. [...]
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Spend an evening dancing to the music of Elvis, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and the Comets, Chubby Checker and other 50s and 60s favorites, at Iguana Swings. The DJs play a rotating mix of music for Lindy, West Coast Swing, Shag, and even a Cha Cha or two. It’s great fun and great exercise, and even if both of your feet [...] Join bassist Ben Allison and his jazz band at a FREE Carnegie Hall concert tonight, Friday, January 8th, at 8 p.m. But don’t go to Carnegie Hall at 57th and 7th Ave. This performance is part of the Carnegie Hall FREE Neighborhood Concerts series, and is being held at the Bronx Museum of the Arts, 1040 Grand [...] A new website launches in January offering free music downloads. But there’s a price for free. Instead of paying 99 cents for an iTunes download, you get your music for free from Free All Music – but only after you watch a 15 second or 30 second commercial from one of the website’s sponsors, such as Coca [...] The sweet swinging sounds of the 30s and 40s are a great way to welcome in the newest decade. Head to Brooklyn’s Montauk Club for a New Year’s Eve Formal Ball to swing dance to the live music of Michael Arenella & His Dreamland Septet, and the Minsky Sisters join in the fun at midnight. The Montauk [...] New York City’s most public monument to its role in slavery in the 1700s and 1800s is the African Burial Ground National Monument in Lower Manhattan, where some 15,000 men, women and children were buried. This is the place to honor them and celebrate Kwanzaa, the the weeklong holiday that begins on December 26 and commemorates African-American heritage and culture. There [...] Spend an evening dancing to the music of Elvis, Buddy Holly, Bill Haley and the Comets, Chubby Checker and other 50s and 60s favorites, at Iguana Swings. The DJs play a rotating mix of music for Lindy, West Coast Swing, Shag, and even a Cha Cha or two. It’s great fun and great exercise, and even if both of your feet [...] |
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