The part of the Upper East Side known as Yorkville has a long and interesting history that includes its role in rescuing survivors of the worst accidents in New York City history. That would be the fire aboard the steamship General Slocum in 1904, in which some 1,000 people perished. A FREE lecture and exhibit [...]
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Cartoonist Charles Addams may be most famous for his Addams Family characters, including Morticia and Fester. They are part of the new exhibit “Charles Addams’s New York”, at the Museum of the City of New York, of course. But just part of the exhibit, which also features hundreds of Addams cartoons, many from covers and pages of the New [...] Learn to speak Spanish in small classes with professional instructors, at the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute. You’ll be learning in an elegant and historic landmark East Side townhouse with native Spanish speakers who are native speakers. A nine-week course begins Tuesday, Feb. 16th for all levels, and there is a three-week cram course, three days per week, that [...] Lia Schorr is one of the leading day spas in The Big Apple, and for Valentine’s Day and through the end of March, the spa is offering up to half off treatments for men and women. A seaweed facial, regularly $130 is now $65. A hot stone massage with reflexology, regularly $145, is now $70. And [...] The annual A. Tierney sample sale of preppy accessories, jewelry and more takes place on Tuesday and Wednesday, February 9 and 10. This is a blow-out sale. Hair accessories are on sale for $1-$2, normally $10 – $18. Belts on sale for $5, normally $36. Enamel bangles normally $50 are just $10. Jewelry, travel pieces, totes and much more at [...] It’s enough to make you hungry. The Big Apple’s famous NYC Restaurant Week begins Monday, Jan. 25, and luckily for us, runs for two weeks, not one, through Sunday, Feb. 7. It’s a spectacular opportunity to have a three-course lunch in 266 of the city’s best restaurants for $24.07 or dinner for $35.00. Plus beverages and tips, of [...] Take the kids to the annual Children’s Holiday Party at the Museum of the City of New York. It’s a festive afternoon of activities and entertainment, and the little ones just might leave with a decoration they make at the party to take home. The Children’s Holiday Party is Monday, December 14, 3 p.m. to [...] |
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