Plus the Battery Park City Library is open for grab-and-go; it's the Year of the Ox; new year's activities at The China Institute.
Plus Battery Park City hosts a free version of a hit play from The Flea at the Irish Hunger Memorial; learn mahjong at the China Institute. / 1 comment
Plus Spruce Street first graders get a tour of Thalassa; the China Institute offers Go classes; bike lane extended on Lafayette; one more look at the Mill Street Synagogue. / 6 comments
Plus: Poke restaurant to serve liquid nitrogen ice cream; Tribeca music/film tour; a peek inside Ladder 8; dance festival; new Spanish restaurant on Grand; "Dreams of the Kings" exhibit.
Plus: Proposed storefront replacements for Chambers and Reade; soft blobs at Taymour Grahne; confirmation of Agatha Ruiz de la Prada's closing; Broadway and Walker in 1912. / 5 comments
Plus: A visit to the Four Seasons; new subway entrance; World Trade Center mall update (and concerns), including the good news that Grom is open; the inaugural show at the China Institute's gallery. / 7 comments
Chartered by the Board of Regents, China Institute is enrolling now for classes and workshops in Lower Manhattan! We have something for everyone—from Chinese language classes and calligraphy to art exhibitions and business programs. / Sponsored
Plus: Racines NY's prix-fixe lunch menu; pink paper in the Josephine windows; ticker-tape parade alert now at red level; Sweet Lily closing for renovations; Harley-Davidson's use of a public plaza; "Taste of" event in the West Village.
At at China Institute's Fall Festival, you can watch special demonstrations of our language, calligraphy, t’ai chi, and brush-painting classes; enjoy snacks; and participate in our tea ceremony. / Sponsored
In cone and sandwich form. Plus: Cell-phone antenna camouflage; the China Institute is open (and there might be a restaurant on the ground floor); World Trade Center PATH exits; neuropsychology for the young. / 1 comment
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