Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership
Madison Square Park
Galleries and Museums
Music, Theater, Dancing
Education and Instruction
Announcements
Business Opportunities
Miscellaneous
Community and Nonprofit
Flatiron/23rd Street Partnership
Walking Tour Program
The BID sponsors free walking tours of the historic Flatiron district every Sunday year-round. Join our professional guides on a 90-minute journey through this vibrant neighborhood, viewing some of the City’s most notable landmarks, including the New York Life Insurance Building, the MetLife Clock Tower, the Appellate Courthouse and the famous Flatiron Building. Tours meet at 11 a.m. at the southwest corner of Madison Square Park at 23rd Street and Broadway (in front of the statue of William Seward).
Of the 250 walking tours given to date, over 3,330 people have attended, representing 49 countries, including China, Scotland, India, Sweden, Australia, Israel, Argentina, South Africa, Russia, Spain, and Switzerland. In the United States and Canada, over 275 cities have been represented by attendees.
Madison Square Park
The Madison Square Park Conservancy is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to keeping historic Madison Square Park a bright, beautiful and active public park. For information on programs, events and art exhibits, click here.
Galleries and Museums
Greensquare Tavern
Title of Exhibit: AWay
Description: A new exhibit from Manhattan multimedia artist, Hillary Altman. The project depicts ephemeral imagery that is predominantly fleeting in nature. They are a conversation between painting and photography, mostly illustrating the shifting perspective between abstraction and realism. They are a play on memories fading, on filtered realities as they approach dream states. They are the exploration of the duality that is propulsion and pause, the gesture of motion into still, and a continuing questioning of the insistent presence of the past.
Dates: Through February 2012.
Address: Greensquare Tavern, 5 West 21st Street.
Hours: The restaurant opens daily at 11:30 a.m.
For more information, click here.
SPACED: Gallery of Architecture
Title of Exhibit: Architects As.........
Description: The works on view start with excursions into the ancient ruins of the Middle East and Mexico, then to the extraordinary folios of British and Italian architecture that are masterpieces of early printing. There is a selection of the meticulous printmakers who evolved during the Depression and found no work as architects. Their Beaux Arts training enabled them to become master printmakers. The most current works are by Saul Steinberg and Richard Haas. Jim Heron's large painting creates a tree house in an urban setting. And coming full circle, David Macaulay mimics Piranesi in his extravaganza showing Grand Central Terminal as an archaeological relic.
Dates: Through February 2012.
Address: 31 West 26th Street, 6th Floor.
Hours: Saturday afternoons. For hours, please call (212) 213-1720. Or by appointment.
For more information, click here.
AIGA National Design Center
Title of Exhibit: 50 Books/50 Covers of 2010
Description: Since 1923, AIGA's 50 Books/50 Covers competition has recognized excellence in book design and production. This exhibition showcases the best-designed books and book covers published in 2010, selected in the 2011 competition by a distinguished jury chaired by Chip Kidd (designer, author and associate art director, Knopf, New York), which included Arthur Cherry (designer, Design by AAD, Kansas City), Barbara Glauber (principal, Heavy Meta, New York), Kimberly Glyder (designer, Kimberly Glyder Design, Philadelphia) and Joseph Sullivan (founder, The Book Design Review blog, Chicago).
Dates: Through February 23, 2012.
Address: 164 Fifth Avenue.
Hours: Mondays through Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Fridays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, click here.
Swann Auction Galleries
Description: Swann Auction Galleries was founded in 1941 as an auction house specializing in Rare Books. Today Swann has separate departments devoted to photographs, posters, prints, drawings, books, maps, atlases and autographs. Prior to auctions, the gallery is open to the public for viewing the various items up for auction..
For a full listing of upcoming auctions and galleries, click here.
Music, Theater, Dancing
Baruch Performing Arts Center
The Baruch Performing Arts Center presents a variety of productions and performances throughout the year.
For more information about shows, and to purchase tickets, click here.
Strad for Lunch Concert Series
The Workshop for Music Performance (W.M.P.) Concert Hall, a part of Gradoux-Matt Rare Violins, will hold concerts every Wednesday from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. as part of the Strad for Lunch series.
On Wednesday, February 8, Strad for Lunch presents violinist Siwoo Kim and pianist Eunice Kim who will play works by Prokofiev, Mozart, Tchaikovsky.
The concerts take place at 31 East 28th Street in an elegant 19th-century French décor hall. A $10 donation is suggested. For more information, call (212) 582-7536, or click here.
Concerts at The Gramercy Theatre
For over 60 years the Gramercy Theatre at 127 East 23rd Street served as a movie theatre and art-house, then was renovated into a playhouse, and is currently an intimate concert venue in the Flatrion district.
The Gramercy Theatre has hosted such artists as Steve Winwood, Counting Crows, Huey Lewis & The News, The Jonas Brothers, Macy Gray, Rufus Wainwright, Brand New, The Get Up Kids, Spoon, and Jay-Z. With a mix of actual seating in back with general admission standing room in front, and a sound system that caters well to both, the theatre offers a unique experience in New York City.
To view a calendar of upcoming shows, click here.
DJs and Music at the Ace Hotel
Check out various DJs, and local and traveling musicians performing in the lobby of the Ace Hotel throughout the week. For more information, call (212) 679-2222 or click here.
Education and Instruction
Classes at General Assembly
General Assembly, in the Flatiron district at 902 Broadway, is an urban campus for entrepreneurs seeking to transform industry and culture through technology and design. They provide programming, space and support services to foster collaborative practices and learning opportunities. For the latest class listing, click here.
Free Workshops at Baruch College
Registration is open for the Baruch College series of free workshops and seminars that are taught by faculty from the Zicklin School of Business. Workshops on subjects such as business plan development and starting new ventures are designed to provide a foundation for the entrepreneur. Other courses, including e-commerce and management workshops are designed to improve a business owner's knowledge and skills in specific areas.
For a complete list of seminars and workshops, and to register, click here. For additional information, call (646) 312-4790.
Free Workshops at NYC Business Solutions
NYC Business Solutions offers free business courses and workshops on a range of subjects from developing a business plan to computer-based bookkeeping, marketing 101 and how to get certified to sell to government. For a list of courses, and to register, click here.
To find your local Business Solutions Center, click here.
Free Magic Shows at Abracadabra every Sunday
Every Sunday at 3 p.m., free magic shows are held at Abracadabra, a costume, gift and gadget store at 19 West 21st Street. A magician conducts the 15 to 20 minute show that is geared towards children five years old and up, and consists of tricks such as color-changing rabbits and other stage and close-up tricks. The magic tricks performed are also sold in the store.
Abracadabra is located at 19 West 21st Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. To contact the store for more information, call (212) 627-5194.
Salsa Lessons on Monday Nights at Taj Lounge
On Monday nights, Taj Lounge provides salsa lessons. There is a $10 cover. Salsa Night begins with an open bar from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. and salsa lessons starting at 6:30 p.m. Salsa DJ Henry Knowles hosts the party. Dinner reservations for Taj Lounge, which is at 48 West 21st Street, can be made from the Flatiron Dining Directory.
Announcements
NYC Restaurant Week 2012
Reservations are now being taken for the 20th year of NYC Restaurant Week, which will run 20 days from January 16 to February 10. Presented by NYC & Company, participating restaurants will offer three-course prix-fixe lunches and dinners for $24.07 and $35, respectively, exclusive of beverage, tax and tip. Saturdays are not part of the Winter 2012 promotion, while Sundays are optional.
Restaurant Week will take place at more than 300 venues, the largest to date. Flatiron district dining deals include: A Voce Madison, Ristorante Asellina, Dos Caminos, Duo Restaurant & Lounge, Giorgio's of Gramercy, Gravy, Hill Country Barbecue, The Hurricane Club, ilili, Junoon, Millesime, Nuela, Pranna, Primehouse, SD26 and Tamarind. For more information about Restaurant Week, click here.
9/11 Memorial Opportunities
The 9/11 Memorial is building a directory of businesses that are showing their support for this special project to share with the nearly 5 million people projected to visit the site each year.
Through Signs of Support, businesses can display the 9/11 Memorial decal in storefront windows and on websites. With this gesture and a donation to the Memorial, businesses will be promoted to visitors and tourists to the Memorial, the 9/11 Memorial Preview Site at 20 Vesey St., and at www.national911memorial.org. Supporters who contribute a minimum of $100 also receive permanent sponsorship of a cobblestone on the 9/11 Memorial's plaza.
Business Opportunities
NYC Business Solutions - Free Business Courses
NYC Business Solutions offers free business courses and workshops on a range of subjects from developing a business plan to computer-based bookkeeping; marketing 101 to how to get certified to sell to government. For a list of courses and to register, click here.
Baruch Offers Rewards for Discounts to Students
The Undergraduate Student Government at Baruch College has launched a program that would let participating area businesses offer discounts to members of the student body.
The program is called "Baruch District." In return for offering discounts, participating businesses would be listed in each issue of The Ticker, the school newspaper, with a different business highlighted in each new issue. They would also be included in Baruch's upcoming iPhone app, together with a map showing the location of each business, and would be featured on the student government website.
For additional information, e-mail Bradford Davis of the Baruch student government at Bradford@usgbaruch.com.
Con Edison's Small Business Direct Installation Program
Con Edison, in partnership with Willdan, is offering energy saving opportunities for small businesses, religious/educational institutions and nonprofits that can lower energy costs and provide free energy efficiency upgrades. The program is called Small Business Direct Installation and provides a free on-site energy efficiency survey, free energy saving upgrades and more savings -- up to 70% of upfront costs -- for additional upgrades. Con Edison business customers with an average peak monthly demand less than 100 kW are eligible to participate.
For more information or to sign up for a free energy efficiency survey, call (888) 945-5326 or click here.
Con Edison: The Power of Green
Con Edison wants to help you make your home and business more energy efficient.
For owners of one- to four-family homes, there are financial incentives for upgrading heating and cooling systems and cash rebates from $200 to $600 for installing eligible energy-efficient heating and air-conditioning equipment.
For small businesses, there are free on-site energy surveys, free easy-to-install energy-efficiency measures and financial incentives for small-business customers who install energy-efficient equipment.
For apartment buildings, condominiums or co-ops of five to 50 units each, there will be incentives for owners and renters who replace and upgrade refrigerators and air conditioners; free energy surveys, and cash rebates for buying Energy Star refrigerators and air conditioners.
To view Con Edison's website, click here, or call (877) 870-6118.
For more information, and energy saving tips, click here.
Miscellaneous
Community and Nonprofit
Math Encounters: ABC Easy as 123
Math Encounters returns on Wednesday, March 7, with "Easy as 123: Communication as a Game of Numbers” by Peter Norvig. Google, Siri, Watson, and others use math to build computational models of language for speech recognition, spelling correction, and more. While some applications rely on sophisticated mathematics, join Google's Director of Research Peter Norvig as he demonstrates the surprising fact that many applications are based on the simple 1-2-3 counting you used in kindergarten.
The presentation will begin promptly at 7 p.m. on the 14th floor of the Baruch College Conference Center (24th and Lexington). Light refreshments will be served at 6:30 p.m.
To register for the 7 p.m. presentation, click here. For more information, email mathencounters@momath.org, or call (212) 542-0566.
Bike Share is Coming to NYC
Attend a community planning workshop to discuss the Bike Share program in New York City on Tuesday, February 21 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. The meeting will take place at Hunter College Brookdale Campus, 425 East 25th Street, 1st Floor Rotunda, between 1st Avenue and the FDR, Manhattan.
Join Community Board 6, Senator Liz Krueger, Borough President Scott Stringer, Assemblymember Daniel Quart, Councilmembers Daniel Garodnick and Jessica Lappin, and DOT to help plan the system.
For more information, visit www.nyc.gov/bikeshare.
Precinct Community Council Meetings
The New York Police Department's 13th Precinct, which includes the Flatiron district, welcomes the public every month to its Community Council meetings where guest speakers may be heard on a variety of topics and where public-safety concerns may be discussed directly with the precinct's Commanding Officer and Community Affairs Officers.
The meetings are generally held on the third Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at the precinct house, 230 East 21st Street, between Second and Third Avenues.
Community Supported Agriculture Program
Join the Prince George-Norwich Meadows Farm CSA to get fresh, organic vegetables from a local farmer! Members pick up a weekly share of vegetables from June-November at The Prince George (28th Street, between Fifth and Madison Avenues). The price starts at only $225 for over five months of vegetables, which is much cheaper than the grocery store!
For membership applications or for more information, please visit www.commonground.org/csa or contact Debbie at (212) 471-0858 or csa@commonground.org.
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