NYC Events Picks

Local performing arts, fine art, and family events picks.

Hudson River School Highlights - Resolve Artists - Tibet House Benefit Concert - ‘Love in the Parlors’ Concert - New York City Ballet: ‘Romeo + Juliet’

Holiday Train Show - ‘The Pirates of Penzance’ - Haydn, Schubert, and Ravel - ‘The Enchanted Island’ - Shen Yun Performing Arts

The Coe Collection of American Indian Art - Baroque Collection - ‘The Colonial Nutcracker‘ - ‘La Fille du Regiment’ - Handel’s ‘Messiah'–New York Philharmonic

New York City events you won’t want to miss, including the Rockefeller Christmas Tree Lighting and the Chinese International Figure Painting Competition.

Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, George Balanchine’s ‘The Nutcracker,' Great Turkey Burn Off, Arlo Guthrie’s Annual Thanksgiving Concert, Handel’s “Messiah,” and more . . .

Sleepy Hollow Cemetery Tours; London Symphony Orchestra; Chinese International Future Stars Recital; European Paintings Auction; ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc’

Annual Hands For Haiti Red Carpet Benefit; 500 Years: Decorative Arts Europe; Winds + Strings + Piano; Have Your (Batter) Cake & Eat It, Too; Young People’s Concerts: Bach; ‘King Lear’

Chili Pepper Festival; Bach, Berg, and Brahms, New York Film Festival: ‘Ben-Hur‘; ’The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs’; Medieval Festival Near the Cloisters.

Baroque Opera: ‘Atys’; Blue Grass in the Park; Brooklyn Book Festival; From Farm to City: Staten Island 1661—2012; Ingres at the Morgan

NYC Events Picks, Sept: The Twin Towers and the City: Photographs; Brazilian Day; Richmond County Fair; String Music from 17th Century Italy and Germany; ‘Swan Lake'

NYC Events Picks, Aug-Sept: A Concert for New York; Ecofest; Bolshoi Ballet: ‘Coppelia' in HD; Falun Gong Parade; Mario the Magician

Met Opera Summer Recital Series, ‘Wizard of Oz‘ Live, Historic Garden Summer Workshop, Waterlily Concert Series, Handel’s ‘Orlando’

NYC events happening for June. Shakespeare’s ‘As You Like It' from the Globe Theatre, The Choral Mix Live: Brahms in Love & Loss, Shen Yun Performing Arts, Museum Mile Festival

NYC Events Picks, Memorial Day Weekend: Grand Procession Honoring Civil War’s 150th Anniversary; Memorial Walk Tour in Central Park; Stargazing on the High Line; Mutter, Beethoven, Bruckner, and a Sebastian Currier Premiere; Lady of the Camellias—American Ballet Theatre

NYC Events Picks, May-June: Rarely Seen 18th Century Pastel Portraits on View, ‘Jack and the Beanstalk‘ Puppet Show in Central Park, Health & Wellness Expo 2011 in Stamford, Fleet Week 2011, American Ballet Theater: ‘Giselle’

NYC Events Picks, April 20 to May 9: Easter Parade, Drums and Dance of India, The Metropolitan Opera, James Beard Awards

Key to the City, Mini 10K Run with New York Road Runners, The Tony Awards

Luna Park at Coney Island, Ballet for Young People, Tour de Brooklyn, ‘Goal! World Cup 1966' at BAM