Category Archives: NYC Events

Kembra Pfahler Wanders Claude Monet’s Gardens: Downtown on The Bowery

Fifteen, twenty years ago, if someone asked you to go downtown to the Bowery to see an exhibition at a place called The Hole, you would be forgiven if the invitation gave you pause. Today, of course, things are different–WAY … Continue reading

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The Glenwood Dinner and a Movie Guide: IFC Center NYC Edition

Because we love nothing more than the classic dinner and a movie night on the town, here's is part two of Glenwood's Dinner and a Movie Guide, each installment featuring a movie theater we frequent and an array of personally … Continue reading

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Artist Liu Bolin the Invisible Man at Eli Klein Fine Art

For several years now, Chinese artist Liu Bolin's disappearing act has happened in plain sight. Initially a reaction to the Chinese government shutting down his studio ("they want me to be invisible, I'll be invisible") as well as other, state-sanctioned … Continue reading

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Where Can I Buy Girl Scout Cookies in NYC? Girl Scout Cookies “Stores” in Manhattan

What is your favorite flavor of Girl Scout cookies? Samoas, right? Ok, that was too easy…. I mean, aside from the odd Thin Mints afficionado, or the even odder Do-si-do peanut-butter freak, Samoas clearly rule the Girl Scout Cookie universe, … Continue reading

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Now at the Guggenheim Museum NYC: John Chamberlain: Choices

As more than one writer has already noted, at first glance the John Chamberlain retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum looks as if they staged some sort of disastrous funny-car rally down the Guggenheim's signature spiral ramp, the wreckage in each … Continue reading

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Photography Exhibtion in Midtown Manhattan: Cindy Sherman at the MoMA

For Glenwood Residents living in our Midtown Manhattan apartments, this photography exhibition is must see. Actually, it is must see for everyone, especially after you've finished taking in all the art of New York Art Fair Weekend. The huge, career-spanning Cindy Sherman … Continue reading

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New York Art Fair Weekend 2012: Where to Go & What to See

Contemporary art enthusiasts, prepare to be completely overwhelmed. This coming weekend is, once again (time flies etc.) New York Art Fair Weekend 2012, one of our personal favorite rites of (pre-) Spring. This year there seems to be at least … Continue reading

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The Ungovernables are in Downtown Manhattan; 2012 New Museum Triennial

New Museum NYC Goes Global: 34 Artists Converge Downtown A nice counterpoint to the upcoming, always-heavily-hyped Biennial at the Whitney Museum, the much-appreciated if too-often-underwhelming New Museum on Bowery just unveiled The Ungovernables, a triennial survey of the state of … Continue reading

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Cathedral of St. John the Divine – An Upper West Side Vertical Tour

  The massive, magnificent Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine has long (like: more than a century long) been an integral part of the Morningside Heights community, that mini-neighborhood within the Upper West Side that includes Columbia University. In … Continue reading

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Ice Skating in NYC at the Standard Hotel New York

We have mixed feelings about the Standard Hotel, located smack in the middle of the Meatpacking District. Yes, the Standard Hotel and its New York hot spots–bars, clubs, restaurants, roof decks, beer gardens, etc.–tend to attract the sort of wannabe … Continue reading

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