Always a family favorite. Just as we visit the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree every year, the AMNH origami Christmas tree is on our must see list. November 21, 2011 – January 2, 2012 Included in General Museum Admission An annual Museum tradition, the delightfully decorated Origami Holiday Tree has marked the start of the holiday…
Month: October 2011
Occupy Wall Street Wins Community Board Support
Occupy Wall Street protesters won support from Downtown’s community board — but were told to clean up their act. Community Board 1 voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to support the demonstrators’ right to protest, despite residents’ complaints that the occupants of the makeshift camp in Zuccotti Park were noisy and dirty — with some accused of using…
Pumpkin Festival: October 29
Pumpkin FestivalWhat’s better than a spooktacular event for the whole family? One that’s FREE! On Saturday, October 29, NYC Parks will host Pumpkin Festival in Central Park, an annual event that celebrates the fall harvest season. Pumpkin Festival will feature a ghoulishly scary ‘Fright Night at the Movies’ Haunted House, our popular Pumpkin Patch (can…
Fall Festival on UWS!
This Sunday October 23rd, from 10-5pm PS166, Richard Rodgers School for Arts & Technology, will be hosting their annual Big Green Extreme Halloween Fall Festival at 132 W.89th Street, between Amsterdam and Columbus Avenues. Lots of rides, games, food and fun activities like face painting, cupcake decorating, spin art, and more! Buy your tickets now…
The NYC Food Film Festival, Oct. 13-16th, 2011
The NYC Food Film Festival kicks off this weekend – October 13-16th. Through documentaries, features and short films, the Festival showcases the best, and the most memorable, of the world’s favorite foods. Along with a heaping helping of mouth-watering films you are served up the food that you are watching on the screen for a multi-sensory,…
Steve Jobs, 1955 – 2011
I’ve never bought any other computer but a Mac. And never will. My first exposure to a Macintosh came in 1988. My boyfriend’s dad was an engineer and had all things current in computers in the house. He worked on an MacII but in the attic was a MacPlus. Super cool. In or around…
The Inconvenient Truth Behind Waiting For Superman
It has been ONE YEAR since the premiere of Davis Guggenheim’s documentary, WAITING FOR SUPERMAN was released in NYC. A slick, emotionally-charged advertisement for charter schools, SUPERMAN was promoted relentlessly by the corporate media… and flopped at the box-office. A group of NYC public school teachers and parents produced their OWN film in response? This…