Metropolitan Museum of Art
May 10 - August 19
$25 recommended admission.
It looks like the Costume Institute at the MET has another blockbuster exhibition on their silk-gloved hands. Inspired by Miguel Covarrubias's "Impossible Interviews" for Vanity Fair in the 1930s, this exhibition explores the affinities between two iconic Italian designers from different eras: Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada. The exhibition will showcase approximately ninety designs and thirty accessories by Schiaparelli (1890–1973) from the late 1920s to the early 1950s and by Prada from the late 1980s to the present. Signature objects by both designers will be arranged in seven themed galleries: "Waist Up/Waist Down," "Ugly Chic," "Hard Chic," "Naïf Chic," "The Classical Body," "The Exotic Body," and "The Surreal Body."
Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival
May 7-13.
$10 tickets. Some shows are admission free.
No trip to NYC is complete without a visit to Harlem. Head uptown for the Harlem Jazz Shrines Festival - a weeklong celebration of Harlem's legacy as a Jazz mecca. Venues include the Apollo Theater, Harlem Stage Gatehouse, Lenox Lounge, Showman's Cafe, Red Rooster, Columbia University, Abysinnian Baptist Church, Small's Paradise, Minton's Playhouse, and many more. Noted performers include Nona Hendryx and Wycliffe Gordon.
Mini Grand Tasting: A Taste Around the World with 20+ Wines
Saturday, May 12. 1-3pm at Italian Wine Merchants
$95
Take your tastebuds on a trip around the world at this mini grand tasting featuring more than twenty wines from Italy, France and North & South America. Sip on Champagne, Barolo, Burgundy, Super Tuscans and many more.
