February in New York: 29 ideas for fun
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Source: nytimes.com
In February, the Big Apple will host many noteworthy events. If you need a reason to leave home, use this list of events for every day of the month from the publication. The New York Times.
February 1
On the first day of February, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will host Lunar New Year Festival: Year of the Rat. This one-day holiday includes a parade, performances and family art events. You can also visit Rumsey Playfield in Central Park - there will be a free winter sports festival Winter jam.
February 2
Visit the film festival Bamkids at Brooklyn Academy of Music. A number of foreign works, from fiction to animated shorts, should appeal to children of all ages.
February 3
This day will be an event Five Hundred Years of Women's Work: The Lisa Unger Baskin Collection at the Grolier club. The latest exhibition of the Grolier Club, with over 200 exhibits, documents the history of women's independent lives. Works include one of the first books to be printed by women, a history of Roman emperors and popes in 1478, and a copy of Mary Sicol's 1857 autobiography, the first in Britain to be written by a black woman. The exhibition will run until February 8.
February 4
Moth StorySLAM at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. This evening, 10 residents of Haarlem share their stories of life in this unique New York area. The host is comedian, singer, songwriter, teacher, and writer, Dame Wilburn. Beginning at 19:00.
February 5
In C Terry Riley at Le Poisson Rouge. The Brooklyn ensemble Darmstadt performs its interpretation of this iconic composition of 1964 on the eve of the 85th birthday of the musician and composer this summer. Start at 20:00.
February 6
Art in Dumbo's First Thursday Gallery Walk in brooklyn. Galleries will be open until late so visitors can visit Winter Open Studios and other galleries on their own, or join a free guided tour of the exhibitions presented at Janet Borden and AIR Gallery. Those who wish can walk along the East River to get to New York Clearing Anthony Gormley - here, on Pier 3 in the Brooklyn Bridge Park, a monumental public work entitled “Drawing in Space” is presented.
February 7
Watching a movie Cane river in cinemas BAM Rose. Horace Jenkins died shortly after the end of this romantic romance in 1982, which addressed issues of slavery and African-American landowners. After the real story was painstakingly restored, the film was released. Screenings of films will be held from February 7 to 20.
February 8
First Animation Festival at the French Institute Alliance Française. Award-winning films, immersive exhibits, video game demos and more are at the heart of this festival.
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February 9
Visions of Resistance: Recent Films by Brazilian Women Directors at the Museum of the Moving Image, this is a story of resistance and rebellion that focuses on the life of black Brazilians. You can attend the event on February 8 and 9.
February 10
"Hamlet" in St. Ann's Warehouse. Ruth Negga received rave reviews about her reincarnation as a Hamlet in Dublin. Now she will play this role for the New York public. The event will run from February 1 to March 8.
February 11
The mother of us all at the Metropolitan Museum of Art - this is the opera of Virgil Thomson with the libretto by Gertrude Stein rarely performed. This is another reason to attend this performance. Dates: February 8, 11, 12 and 14.
February 12
Exhibition Dorothea Lange: Words & Pictures opens at the Museum of Modern Art. The recently renovated museum is starting new exhibitions. Among the first is the presentation of photographs by Lange, sharply reflecting various human conditions. This is the first major MoMA exhibition in 50 years of Lange's career. Dates: February 9 - May 9.
February 13
Artist Talk and Book Signing: Rachel Feinstein at the Jewish Museum. In his first museum retrospective, fashion artist and muse Rachel Feinstein presents bizarre works with grotesque elements. This evening, she will talk about her exhibition Maiden, Mother, Crone and where she takes inspiration for creativity. The event will begin at 18:30.
February 14
Movie premiere High Fidelity on Hulu is an adaptation of the 1995 Nick Hornby novel. In the new film, the main role - the owner of a record store in the Crown Heights district of Brooklyn - was played by Zoe Kravitz.
February 15
Screening of the film “Love and Basketball” (Love & Basketball), dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the BAM Rose Cinemas cinema. Starring Sanaa Lathan and Omar Epps. Enjoy 2000's Gina Prince-Bywood classics on the big screen as part of the Long Weekend of Love.
February 16
Irina Kolesnikova in Swan Lake at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. The Russian prima ballerina and the St Petersburg Ballet Theater will debut in the United States in Tchaikovsky's classics. The time of the event is February 15 and 16.
February 17
Dracula and Frankenstein at the Classic Stage Company. Kate Hamill reinterprets Bram Stoker's Dracula, and Tristan Bernays adapts Mary Shelley's Frankenstein for this repertoire of two Gothic tales. In the repertoire - until March 8.
February 18
“Source of self-esteem” (The source of self-regard) Tony Morrison. On this day at 92nd Street Y. André Holland and Phylicia Rashad will perform a dramatic reading of the 2019 non-fiction collection of writers, consisting of works written over four decades and still having social and political resonance. Morrison would have turned 89 years old on February 18th. The event starts at 20:00.
February 19
Exhibition Jeffrey Gibson at the Brooklyn Museum (Brooklyn Museum). For this exhibition, the artist, a native of Choctaw and Cherokee, selected exhibits from the museum collection that will be presented along with his latest works. This will allow you to rethink after him the art of indigenous peoples and Native Americans.
February 20
New version West Side Story starts on Broadway. Choreographer Jerome Robbins was replaced by choreography by Anne Teresa de Keersmaeker. The performance will last 1 hour 45 minutes, without intermission.
February 21
It's All in Me: Black Heroines at the Museum of Modern Art. MoMA presents this intriguing series of works, both familiar and little-known, including The Watermelon Woman, Support the Girls, Sambizanga. Attend this event from February 20 to March 5.
February 22
Platform 2020: Utterances From the Chorus in the Danspace Project. “When contemporary dance has a certain charm but still feels intimidating,” Gia Kurlas wrote recently, adding that the series is “a way in”. Performance and protest ideas will be explored by organizer Okwui Okpokwasili and Judy Hussie-Taylor, Executive Director and Chief Curator of Danspace. The event will run from February 22 to March 21.
February 23
Countryside, The Future at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. This is the long-awaited Rem Koolhaas exhibition, which examined the impact of environmental, political and socio-economic issues on the life of what he calls the “countryside”. You can visit the exhibition from February 20 to August 14.
February 24
Cambodian Rock Band at Signature Theater. The musical play by Lauren Yee is a story about a Cambodian-American woman trying to prosecute prison guard Khmer Rouge prison.
February 25
Dana h at the Vineyard Theater. This is a story about how Dana Khnata was captured by a former prisoner who kept her in a trap disoriented and scared for five months. Based on real events, this painful story told by Dana herself and reconstructed by her son Lucas Khnat will impress you.
February 26
José Parlá: It's Yours at the Bronx Museum of the Arts. At his first solo exhibition in New York, Joseph Parla presents his new paintings that explore his connection with the Bronx. Visit the exhibition from February 26 to August 16.
February 27
Pioneering african-american ballerinas at the museum in fit. This event focuses on the dancers who paved the way for Misty Copeland, who in 2015 became the first African American woman to be appointed director of the American Ballet Theater.
Participants in the discussion: Virginia Johnson, director of the Harlem Dance Theater; Lydia Abarca, the first prima ballerina of the Dance Theater of Harlem; Debra Austin, the first African-American dancer in the New York City Ballet, and Aesha Ash, a former City Ballet.
The beginning is at 19:00.
February 28
Play Intimate apparel. Previews will start at Lincoln Center on February 27th. The 2003 Lynn Nottage play was adapted for chamber opera and complemented by music by Ricky Ian Gordon. Nottage wrote the libretto, and Bartlett Cher is the director. The play takes place in 1905 in New York and introduces you to the African-American seamstress who worked on the Panama Canal. The premiere of the film is scheduled for March 23.
February 29
Collector installation Brendan fernandes: contract and release at the Noguchi Museum. Created by dancer and visual artist Brendan Fernandes, this installation is in the spotlight this month's museum programs on Saturday.
