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diff --git a/places/NYC.page b/places/NYC.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ad3dffd --- /dev/null +++ b/places/NYC.page @@ -0,0 +1,81 @@ + +## Museums + +Use [I heart NYC Museums](http://iheartnymuseums.com/) to look them all up and +see when they are free! + +Short and probably out-of-date summary: + +* MOMA is free 4-8pm on fridays +* The Met is always "suggested" donation +* Guggenheim is free Saturday 5:45-7:45pm +* Whitney is free 6-9pm Fridays +* New Museum is free 7-9pm Thursdays +* Morgan library is free 7-9pm Fridays +* Brooklyn museum street party is the first Saturday of every month. + +## Cinema and Outdoor Films + +Generic listings for Manhattan: +[Google](http://www.google.com/movies?hl=en&near=10013), +[Fandango](http://www.fandango.com/manhattan_+ny_movietimes) + +Good small theaters (possibly redundant with above listings): + +* [MOMA](http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/filters/3) (Midtown) +* [Anthology Film Archives](http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/) (East Village) +* [Film Forum](http://www.filmforum.com/) (SOHO/Village) +* [BAM Cinema](http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=6) (Brooklyn) +* [Quad Cinema](http://www.quadcinema.com/now-playing/) (W 13th) +* [Film Society Lincoln Center](http://www.filmlinc.com) +* [Lincoln Plaza Cinema](http://lincolnplazacinema.com/now-playing.aspx) +* [NiteHawk](http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/) (Williamsburg; serves booze) + +In the summer, try: + +* [Rooftop Film Series](http://rooftopfilms.com/) +* [Films on the Green](http://www.frenchculture.org/) (French films in parks) +* [River to River](http://www.rivertorivernyc.com/) (lower manhattan; has some films) +* [Bryant Park Summer Films](http://www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/filmfestival.html) + +### Music + +[Oh My Rockness](http://www.ohmyrockness.com/index.cfm) and +[Brooklyn Vegan](http://www.brooklynvegan.com/) are the main listings sites. + +[The Stone](http://thestonenyc.com/calendar.php) is a great experimental music +venue in the East Village. + +### Places + +I like the Hungarian Pastry Shop up near Columbia University, very cozy. + +Think Coffee is reasonable near Washington Park, open relatively late. + +Kaffee 1668 (just north of WTC site) has the best brewed coffee I know of in +Manhattan, and good wifi. + +The "Dual Specialty" grocery store. Mostly Indian, some Middle Eastern spices +and ingredients, at 1st Ave and 6th St in Manhattan. + +[School of Math](http://thewe.net/math/) is sort of an anarcho-math hangout. + +[Proteus Gowanus](http://proteusgowanus.org/) was nice, but defunkt. + +### Other Stuff + +Listings of things to do: + +* [monkey.org's masterplace]((http://monkey.org/masterplan/newyork/) +* [nonsensenyc.com](http://nonsensenyc.com) (a mailing list) +* [Time Out](http://www.timeout.com/newyork) (generic) +* [Time's Up](http://times-up.org/) is a bike activist group with lots of + events + +The Met Opera House sometimes has standing-room-only tickets, which are +actually pretty reasonable (you get sort of a dedicated lecturn in the back of +the audience), and frequently results in free upgrades to primo seats in the +orchestra. + +The State Island Ferry, Central Library (at 42nd St), High Line, and of course +Central Park are all free and worth visits. diff --git a/places/nyc.page b/places/nyc.page deleted file mode 100644 index 201c815..0000000 --- a/places/nyc.page +++ /dev/null @@ -1,69 +0,0 @@ - -## Museums - -Use [I heart NYC Museums](http://iheartnymuseums.com/) to look them all up and -see when they are free! - -MOMA is free 4-8pm on fridays, the Met is always "suggested" donation, the -Guggenheim is free Saturday 5:45-7:45pm, the Whitney is free 6-9pm Fridays, the -New Museum is free 7-9pm Thursdays, Morgan library is free 6-9pm every -Thursday. Brooklyn museum street party is the first saturday of every month. - -## Film - -[Google listings for Manhattan](http://www.google.com/movies?hl=en&near=10013) - -Other movies listings: - -* [MoMa films](http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/filters/3) -* [Anthologie film archives](http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/) -* [Film Forum](http://www.filmforum.com/) -* [BAM cinema](http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=6) -* <http://www.quadcinema.com/now-playing/> -* <http://www.filmlinc.com> -* [NiteHawk](http://www.nitehawkcinema.com/screenings.php) - -In the summer, see: - -* <http://rooftopfilms.com/2011/schedule/> -* <http://www.frenchculture.org/spip.php?article4245> -* <http://www.rivertorivernyc.com/> -* <http://www.bryantpark.org/plan-your-visit/filmfestival.html> - - -## Other lists/blogs - -<http://monkey.org/masterplan/newyork/> - -<http://nonsensenyc.com> (mailing list) - - -### Music - -<http://www.ohmyrockness.com/index.cfm> - -[brooklyn vegan](http://www.brooklynvegan.com/) - -[the stone](http://thestonenyc.com/calendar.php) - -## Misc - -Dual Specialty: Mostly Indian, some Middle Eastern spices and ingredients, at -1st Ave and 6th St in Manhattan. - -I like the Hungarian Pastry Shop up near Columbia University, very cozy. Think -Coffee is reasonable near Washington Park. Kaffee 1668 (just north of WTC site) -has the best brewed coffee I know of in Manhattan, and good wifi. - -[School of Math](http://thewe.net/math/) - -[Proteus Gowanus](http://proteusgowanus.org/) - -The Met Opera House sometimes has standing-room-only tickets, which are -actually pretty reasonable (you get sort of a dedicated lecturn in the back of -the audience), and frequently results in free upgrades to primo seats in the -orchestra. - -The State Island Ferry, Central Library (at 42nd St), High Line, and of course -Central Park are all free and worth visits. - |