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Winter Warm-Up Drinks
We Profile The City’s Tastiest Warm-up Drinks
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History At The Famed 21 ClubVisit Their Legendary Secret Wine Cellar
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Weekend GetawayFall/Winter Getaway In The Hamptons
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Shoe Shine ManNew York’s Entrepreneurial Spirit
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What Was Old is New AgainThe New York City Center set to reopen October 25
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LAIR RestaurantInterview with Chef Chris Cheung
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River To River Set To Entertain City -
Big BBQ in the Big AppleAfter 9 years of cooking, the Big Apple BBQ Block Party is still heating up.
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FulldomeThe Joshua Light Show Appearing at Hayden Planetarium
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First SaturdayThe Brooklyn Museum’s Exploration of Afro-Latin Roots
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All Tied UpFashion Spotlight on Men’s Ties
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Santa Fe RestaurantSouthwestern With A Sharp Turn to Mexican
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Soul-Mending Food at Bonnie’s GrillNew York City’s Ultimate Diner
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Romance Under the StarsCelebrate Valentine’s Day at Hayden Planetarium
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HERE’s CulturemartAnnual festival serves up a first look at dynamic new work
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Last Chance ExhibitsThe New Museum’s Last Newspaper and Cooper Hewitt’s Why Design Now?
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Spiked Egg Nog and a Holiday Sing-A-Long!Now This Is A Holiday PaRtY!
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Celebrating JapanNYCEncore Lists 5 not-to-be missed events celebrating JapanNYC
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So You Want to Be A Writer?Location is everything.
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Module RPeek-a-boo Store Offering Only Modular
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Notorious and Notable Lena Horne -
Winter’s Eve Kicks Off TonightEleventh Annual Winter’s Eve at Lincoln Square
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Tiny Furniture’s photographer Laurie Simmons -
Drawing in the StreetsThe Drawing Center presents Big Draw Flash Mob
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workworkworkworkworkThe Work of Charles LeDray
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Nate Lowman paints with TeensDETAILS GUILD hosts Free Arts NYC, 10 teens and Nate Lowman
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Norman Rockwell: Behind the CameraBrooklyn Museum’s new exhibition of Rockwell’s Study Photographs and Paintings
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X-Rated!Paul Kasmin Gallery presents William N. Copley X-RATED
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Name This “Bestselling Novelist”If you do, maybe you’ll get a job?
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JCC Book FairHanukkah’s right around the corner…
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Five Events for the WeekendIncluding Juggalos, chowder and the NYC Marathon (a natural grouping)
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Would You Eat a $45 Burger?The answer is: yes
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New York Art Book FairAlso known as, in the words of a fellow writer, “pretty”
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King Con BrooklynA comic book convention actually about the comics!
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The Best Things We Ate at NY Taste Last NightWe apologize in advance for the inevitable drool on your keyboard
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Five Fascinating Facts About Harry HoudiniIncluding how he successfully sued a newspaper for slander
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A Taste of New YorkNew York magazine hosts an evening of gastronomic glory
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Photos: Halloween 2010Walking through the city, looking for the best costumes
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Photos: Rally to Restore SanityWe saw American in action—for an hour, at least
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Happy Birthday, Junior’sAnd they’re celebrating with a delicious deal
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Houdini EscapesThe Jewish Museum presents first major art museum exhibition of Houdini’s life and legend
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Five Events for the WeekendThe Halloween Edition
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HallowMeme Costume PartyDress up as Pedobear and not get arrested
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Party with EncoreAt the Pink Masquerade Ball on October 30
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Pumpkin Mania NightWith many, many different kinds of pumpkin beer, the best kind of beer
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Take Me Down to Alphabet CityWhere there’s a shocking lack of pun-named stores
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Did You Know It’s Almost the Holiday Season?The opening of Wollman Skating Rink will help you remember
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Knitting Factory Picks the Best ’90s Halloween EpisodesHopefully including Roseanne
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Five Events for the WeekendFeaturing Muppets, dogs wearing costumes and “Thriller”
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The Man Who Discovered the Tyrannosaurus RexMuseum of Natural History discusses Barnum Brown
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Mussels, Fries and a Cold BeerSteamers Landing has something for everyone every day
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Vanderbilt Mansion Home to CelebrationThe Hudson River Valley Ends Month Long Celebration at the Vanderbilt Mansion
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This Generation’s On the RoadJudah Friedlander must be so proud
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A Real Life GhostbusterTalk to a man cooler than Peter Venkman
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Five Events for the WeekendFeaturing bacon, big wheels and Mad Men
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Grub Street Food FestivalFeaturing more than 40 vendors
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Have Tony and Marisa Joined the Hip Side?Restaurant review: SD26
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Beyond Our BoroughsLevon Helm’s Midnight Ramble
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You’re Not a Real New Yorker Until You’ve…At least according to How I Met Your Mother
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The Best Costumes of New York Comic ConWookies, Doctors, Batman villains and much more
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The Celebrities of New York Comic ConJames Marsters, Milo Ventimiglia, M. Night Shyamalan and more
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Five Events for Each Day of NY Comic ConZombies, Battlestar, Harvey Pekar Tribute and much more
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Amazed and ConfusedA three-acre corn maze at Queens County Farm Museum
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Nocturnelle BeautyOne-stop shop for the one-of-a-kind
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Don’t Mess with DesignersHow the new Gap logo is upsetting a lot of people
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The Day AfterEncore catches up with Z100’s Trey Morgan
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New York Burlesque FestivalWe pick the should-be winner of the Best Stage Name award
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Need a Free Ride to Restore Sanity?Then you’ve got one, courtesy of Arianna Huffington
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Explore Parts of New York You’ve Never SeenReservations now open for OpenHouse New York
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Still Confused About How Greenwich Village Works?Then you need a NFT guide—and a drink
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The Home of Glazed Berkshire Pork ChopFaustina at the Cooper Square Hotel
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All About BobCongress names a national landmark after Bob Hope
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Best Coast?New York and California square off at Le Grand Fooding
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No More Dr. Zizmor?MTA experimenting with TVs on the subway
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A Look Inside the Showtime HouseDexter, Weeds, Nurse Jackie and more
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List of Things That Are New York’s Best Kept SecretEvidently, it’s everything from bass fishing to archery
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Nolcha Fashion Week: Day ThreeEncore reports from the runway
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Good GrubA Brooklyn Kitchen-presented insect tasting menu
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Interview: Jeff AndrewsThe designer behind Dexter’s Refuge in the Showtime House
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Nolcha Fashion Week: Day TwoEncore writer reports from the frontlines of Fashion Week
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hitREC’s Fall FormalJoseph Gordon-Levitt hosts a night of performances at Town Hall
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Nolcha Fashion Week: Day OneEncore writer reports from Fashion Week
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Bryant Park Fall FestivalA week of free entertainment in the park
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Gathering of the GlamorousAt Nolcha Fashion Week: New York, from September 13-16
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Ten Brooklyn Book Festival Panels to VisitKafka, sports, sexy sex—it’s all here
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Yoshitomo Nara: Nobody’s FoolThe Asia Society Museum’s new exhibition has more than 100 pieces of the artist’s work
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More Events about Wine and FoodTickets are still available for certain NY Wine and Food Fest events
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A Giant Griffin in Brooklyn“The griffin is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle,” and it’s living in Brooklyn
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In MotionProfile of David Kramer and John Melville, the men behind “Motion Deconstructed”
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A Tour of Bob Dylan’s New YorkPart one of our “What Happened Here” series
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Fashion on the Cutting (and Cheap) EdgeProfile of Zara Terez handbags
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Food Truck FestNYC’s best street food on Governors Island
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The Shop at Andaz 5th AvenueReview of Midtown’s casual cafe
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Photos of the Italian Superstore, EatalyA look inside the Flatiron District’s newest addition
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Z100 Personality Begins “30 Deeds, 30 Days”Trey Morgan will do one charitable deed every day of September
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Bedbugs at the Toronto International Film Festival?The bugs have gone up in class, from Times Square to Toronto
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Tour Dexter’s Home Without the Fear of MurderThe Showtime House is back with a new location
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Bankrupt BlockbusterThe video game rental store is…wait, they rent DVDs too?
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Water Balloon Fight in GreenpointTo support the arts, of course
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Read Comics in Public DayHide your nerdy shame no longer—at least for today
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Wafels & DingesEat your heart out, cupcakes
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Mmm…Ice Cream and BeerThe New York City Degustation Advisory Team finally pairs the two
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Ticketmaster Launches a Blog Explaining How You’re Getting Ripped OffNew blog, yes. Reduced service fees, no.
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Brooklyn FarmacyIt’s like the 1950s never ended, complete with egg creams
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A Different Kind of CleanseLocal comedian is staying in his bathroom for five days to combat internet addiction
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Should 15 Penn Plaza’s Skyscraper Be Built?The proposed ‘scraper would rival the Empire State Building
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Volkswagen Traffic JamAll your favorite VWs on Governors Island this Sunday
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Color WheelzA bright community-based art installation
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Restaurant Review: Wall and Water“Yes, this sure is where the power lunches happen”
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Claire Danes to Paint Walls in Grand CentralFor one day only!
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Random New Yorkers Reading Amanda Bynes’ Twitter AccountExactly what it sounds like
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Want to Appear on Mad Men?Here’s how, cocktails not included
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Times Square Kiss-InCelebrate V-J Day and the world’s most famous kiss tomorrow in Times Square
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Why Sing When You Can Snap?International Body Music Festival at Lincoln Center’s Damrosch Park Bandshell
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Patsy’s Pizza Turns Back the ClockFor today only, pizza and steak 20 times cheaper than usual
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How to Further Lower Times Square’s DignityPhotos of the recently opened Pop Tarts World
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Beyond Our BoroughsAll Tomorrow’s Parties New York 2010
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Work with Joseph Gordon-LevittThe actor is looking for NYC performers for his website, hitRECord
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Hangin’ Out, In the StreetSummer Streets clears cars from 6.9 miles of NYC roads
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What Can’t Robert Pollard Do?Guided by Voices-frontman has an art exhibition, goes on tour
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Get AnimatedSubmit to Babelgum Animation Film Festival, win prizes
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Beacon’s Chowder FestAn all-you-can-eat beach party in Midtown
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Lincoln Center Out of DoorsTwo-and-a-half weeks of free fun
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Think You Can Have More than 144 Pieces of Chalk Thrown at You While Wearing a Taco Suit and Singing “Space Oddity”?URDB.org hosts “World Record Appreciation Society”
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Lincoln’s Center Mostly Mozart FestivalA four-week celebration of the great composer
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And the Starbox Celebrity is…Was it James Franco? Justin Bieber?!?
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Saved by the Bell HouseA theme party for history’s greatest high school show
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Beyond Our BoroughsOsheaga Music and Arts Festival
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Become a Donor, Save a LifeHow a young Broadway actress inspires thousands
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Guess the Mystery Celebrityart.party.theater.company puts an 8×8 box in Bryant Park, invites you to guess who’s inside
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Walk Among UsDinosaurs come to life at Madison Square Garden from July 21-25
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Who Do You Write Like?From Meyer to Joyce, and various others in-between
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New York City’s Best DoughnutReason enough to take the G train
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Super SabadoSpend Saturday at the El Museo del Barrio
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Day of Wine and Rock ‘n’ RollSummer of Riesling at the Knitting Factory
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Are You 98 Years Old and Hoping to Appear on 30 Rock?Here’s your chance!
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Broadway BurgersPictures of the Theater District’s newest addition, Shake Shack
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The New ChatrouletteGet to iChatr before the creeps do
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Unlikely Summer Concert Fun“Warm Up” at MoMA P.S.1
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Beyond Our BoroughsSolid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA
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Do as De La Does, Go to BrooklynBrooklyn Hip Hop Festival from July 5-10
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Saving the Enviroment, One Dress at a Time“Eco-Fashion: Going Green” at the Museum of FIT
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Soon We Celebrate Our Independence Day!Encore’s all-day guide to July 4
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Explosions in the SkyThe best places to see NYC fireworks
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A Lifetime of Fame“Andy Warhol: The Last Decade” at the Brooklyn Museum
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Happiness is an Unseen Beatles PhotoCurt Gunther shoots the Beatles’ 1964 North American tour
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International Artist’s Cohort Predict the PresentThe Creators Project at Milk Studios
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Coney Island SummerThings to do in one of New York’s greatest treasures
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Support the Small Town Arts in South OrangeWith help from Lauryn Hill, Zach Braff, Max Weinberg, and others
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Race to the End of the Earth at the Natural History MuseumNew exhibit on the exploration of our last great frontier
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Dare to DreamIntroducing local twentysomething entrepreneurs
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Exotic Urban Escape: South Asian Culinary VisionSpice Market New York
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Funny FriendsComix presents The Daily Show and Friends
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Inside Out, Outside InShantell Martin: Project
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Brooklyn GemVintage-inspired jewelry store Old Hollywood
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Big Apple ArtThe Greater New York Exhibit returns to PS1
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What a Long, Strange Trip It’s BeenGrateful Dead exhibit hits NYC
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Cars in New YorkCelebrating a century of honking horns, engaged engines, and panicked pedestrians
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When Features of Futurism and Pieces of Primordiality CollideLee Bontecou’s New Gallery at MOMA in a gripping commentary on a tumultuous age
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Environmental ExhibitionUndercurrents: Experimental Ecosystem in Recent Art
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A Complete Look at Raphael FerrerEl Museo del Barrio’s exhibition
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Go Stand Next to the MountainBrief talk with Derrick Adams’ upcoming performance
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Seasonal Spring Fare at 508 Restaurant & BarFrom Farm to Table, This Greenwich Village Modern Day Farmhouse Gets it Right in So Many Ways
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Comedy’s QueenJaneane Garofalo celebrates 25 years on the scene
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Mysterious WatchersEvent Horizon in Madison Square Park
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Give Yourself an Edge, Go Vintage!Vintage clothing store Maflada opens in Brooklyn
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To Obie or to Desk?Celebrating off-, off-off, and beyond Broadway since 1955
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A Weary Yelp to Tumultuous Times of YesteryearMayor Lindsay at the MCNY
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Ancestral AttireThe MET takes a look at the influence of women’s fashion
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Recontextualizing DesignThe National Design Triennial asks, “Why Design Now?”
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Life is Only Two Blocks AwayA Look at Famous New Yorkers and their Native Neighborhoods
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Sent From HomeHarlem Postcards Exhibit at the Studio Museum Reminds Us of Harlem’s Treasures
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Culture and Cocktails in the HimalayasFriday nights at the Rubin Museum
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Natural Luxury for Your HomeTextile designer Aviva Stanhoff finds inspiration in nature
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Brooklyn-based Textile Designers Gunny + GalloonEncore exclusive interview with Shiva Sadri
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Picasso: Painter, LoverMOMA exhibit explores artist’s creative process
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God, That’s Good!Stephen Sondheim, creator of the redefined Broadway musical, turns 80
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Pub with a Perfect FormulaA conversation with Alchemy owner Kevin Read
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Photojournalist PhenomHenri Cartier-Bresson retrospective comes to MoMA
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Dawn Falcone LifestylesEncore exclusive interview with designer Dawn Falcone
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Timeless ThreadsAmarcord brings vintage to NYC
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Culture ClubYPLC offers parties, patronage
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Ghosts at the Guggenheim?Exhibition explores presence of the past
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Saying, “I Do” to Fabulous FashionAn Encore exclusive interview with designer Angelo Lambrou
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Embracing the Local SceneA Night Out with the Vivian Girls Takes Me Back to My 20’s, Somehow the Music Still Sounds the Same
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Fashion FusionBlanc de Chine, Braden-Rapp pair for Fall/Winter show
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Warm and Fuzzy Green SpiritThe once banned herb-based beverage, Absinthe, is once again en vogue!
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Eating Close to HomeBone-chilling temperatures encourage eating (and heating up) in nearby locales
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Your Ticket to Fashion WeekHow to feel like the in-crowd without sitting next to Anna Wintour at this year’s shows!
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Road RediscoveredSilk Road at AMNH offers sights, smells
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Chelsea Handler at Radio CityComedian brings laughs to NYC
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Stella Adler Studio: A Day in the LifeTheater student gives glimpse into conservatory
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Handbags and ChutzpahAn exclusive interview with Toni Hacker, Designer and Founder of Hayden- Harnett
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Target Free ThursdaysLincoln Center renovations include free concerts
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The Art of Movie MagicTim Burton Retrospective at MoMA
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51 Things You Should Know Before Getting EngagedBook offers practical advice for those considering “I Do”
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SARAR SatisfiesEuropean giant stakes hold in NYC
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Fashion as a Work of ArtMarla Cielo offers one–of–a–kind purses
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A Community Within a CommunitySomething is always happening at Prospect Park Residence
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Top Shelf, IndeedAgency specializes in meeting uncommon personnel requests for special events and parties
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Ice Theater Celebrates MilestoneBenefit performance and gala mark Manhattan sky rink anniversary
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Better Than FineDJT Fine Art offers the best in modern art
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A Blend of Old and NewThe Roosevelt Hotel and MAD46 lounge define Manhattan leisure
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Up Close and Personal With the TitanicArtifacts bring history’s most famous sunken ship to life
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Lucy’s Legacy Illuminates Human LegacyExhibit features often-overlooked aspect of evolutionary history
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Patron and Muse of the ArtsThe House of Campari continues its history of supporting the arts
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Enlightening and EntrancingBodies delivers fun and facts
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New Exhibits Offer Spectacle Both Big and SmallAmerican Museum of Natural History has three new exhibits
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Intrepid Museum Reopens With a BangSea, Air & Space Museum offers free events in renovated museum
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Soho Welcomes John LennonNew exhibit showcases rare and unique artifacts from the rock star’s legendary life
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Brooklyn’s Global InfluenceLocally grown but internationally known furnishing designers showcase at BKLYN DESIGNS
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Curtain CallNew exhibit at Library for the Performing Arts devoted to 100 years of female designers