When I'm not traveling, I love exploring my hometown. Here are a few events happening in the Big Apple where you might run into me wearing a little black dress! Many of these events are free or very affordable, so get out and have some fun!
Save the Date!
Women & Wanderlust: Travel Talk & Expo
Guest Speaker: Pauline Frommer
Thursday, February 18. 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
$10 includes wine & hors d’oeuvres
Join The Black Dress Traveler for a fabulous evening of networking with other travel loving ladies. Whether you are a seasoned traveler or just starting your journey, don’t miss this great event. Get expert advice on everything from travel safety, traveling on a budget, popular destinations, and more. Our guest speaker, travel expert Pauline Frommer has been traveling since she was four years old. Daughter of famed budget travel author Arthur Frommer, Pauline has written her own award winning series of travel guides.
$20 Tickets at Lincoln Center
Through Tuesday, January 26.
Get day-of discounted tickets for performances at Lincoln Center. Tickets available daily at noon, limit of 2 per person. NYC Restaurant Week
Monday, January 25 - Sunday, February 7. $24.07 for 3 course prix-fixe lunches and $35 for dinner. (beverage, tax & gratuity not included)
Dine at some of NYC's best restaurants without going broke. Some of my favorite eateries are participating, including Allegretti, Beacon and DB Bistro. Early reservations strongly encouraged. To grab some gourmet goodness on the go, follow the route of the first-ever NYC Restaurant Week Truck that will be serving soup from 24 of the city’s best restaurants. $1 of each $6 purchase made at the truck will aid earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
Monday, January 25 and every Monday. 8:00 pm – 11:00 pm.
$15 cover charge and $15 food/drink minimum. 1 drink minimum at the bar.
Say goodbye to the Monday blues! Put on your little black dress and join Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks for a great evening of dinner & dancing at Sofia’s Restaurant in the theater district. In 30 years as a bandleader, Vince Giordano has become the authority on recreating the sounds of 1920s and '30s jazz and popular music. Giordano has worked on half a dozen Woody Allen soundtracks. He and the Nighthawks were featured on the big screen in Gus Van Sant’s Finding Forrester, Martin Scorsese’s The Aviator, Robert DeNiro’s The Good Shepherd, and many other Hollywood productions. Himalayan Happy Hour
Wednesday, January 27 and every Wednesday. 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm.
This weekly event at the Rubin Museum of Art is no ordinary happy hour. The Rubin, located in the old Barney’s department store in Chelsea, is home to a comprehensive collection of art from the Himalayas and surrounding regions. The space is absolutely beautiful. Enjoy 10% off selected wines, specialty teas, and snacks in the cafe as local musicians fill the room with sounds from across the globe.
Free Performance at Lincoln Center
Thursday, January 28 and every Thursday at 8:30 pm.
Every Thursday the brand new David Rubenstein Atrium at Lincoln Center hosts FREE concerts. Tonight’s performer is Master kora player Muhamadou Salieu Suso. Born into a family of Mandinka griots. Muhamadou draws on this millennium-old practice to infuse tradition with modern-day Afro-Jazz. Free Wine Tastings at CRUSH
Thursday, January 28 and Friday, January 29. 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm.
Sip some tasty vino at one of the Big Apple’s most popular wine stores. Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, & Paris International Center of Photography
Friday, January 29 – Sunday, May 9.
Voluntary contribution on Fridays from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, $10 general admission all other days and times.
Paris was a city of fantasy and chance encounters for Surrealist artists of the 1920s and '30s. In Twilight Visions: Surrealism, Photography, and Paris, guest curator Terry Lichtenstein has assembled over 150 photographs, films, books, periodicals, and Surrealist ephemera to show how real and imaginary versions of Paris were constructed through photographic images.
(image: Ilse Bing, Eiffel Tower, 1934 © Estate of Ilse Bing/Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York Courtesy Galerie Karsten Greve AG, St. Moritz, Switzerland) Voz Latina: Concert featuring La India, Tito Rojas & Milly Quezada
Saturday, January 30. 8:00 pm. $50-$125.
VOZ LATINA features three of Latin music’s most acclaimed artists - LA INDIA, ”PRINCESS OF SALSA”, MILLIE QUEZADA, “QUEEN OF MERENGUE” and TITO ROJAS, “EL GALLO SALSERO” in a sizzling evening with exciting voices, great hits and throbbing rhythms. Beyond Funderdome: Comedy Blowout with Stars & Writers of Saturday Night Live
Sunday, January 31. 8:00 pm. $85 General Admission. $150 VIP ticket includes pre-show drinks with the performers at 6:30 pm.
Getting tickets to a taping of SNL is virtually impossible but now is your chance to see many of the stars of the hit show! Beyond Funderdome features sketches, music and stand-up comedy from Seth Meyers, Fred Armisen, Will Forte, Jason Sudeikis, and other cast members. The event is a fundraiser for the stage adaptation of the graphic novel “The Diary of a Teenage Girl.”
Lil’Mo & The Monicats
Sunday, January 31. $20. Complimentary dance lesson at 6:00 pm. Live music 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm.
Lil Mo and the Monicats will rock the Big Apple with their traditional country and rockabilly with swing and a touch of bluegrass. Save the date! WORKWEAR CONVERSATIONS: An Evening with Donna Karan at Parsons The New School for Design. Thursday, February, 4. 6:00 pm. Free!
