Go Cocoa Loco! Chocolate & I New York Feb 8-14

Come celebrate all that is wonderful about chocolate with a week long exploration of the tawny delight at Chocolate & I New York. This series, taking place February 8-14, is designed to awaken the senses and enchant not only chocolate aficionados, but also offer new experiences and knowledge through quality events that exquisitely melt chocolate with food, design, and the arts. There are some incredible offerings throughout the week and a whole slew of FREE events & discussions that I have listed these below.

Chocolate & I New York
511 W. 25th Street (btwn 10th & 11th avenues)
All events are located here

Monday 2/8
4-6pm
Room4Chocolate: Find room to savor hot chocolate, enjoy locally made delicacies, peruse books on chocolate, food and art, all in a cozy environment.

4-7pm
Food for Art. Art for Thought:
A showcase of artists revolving around the relationship and characteristics society attributes to chocolate and the way it affects us on a personal level. Artists include Elim Chen, Ema, C&T, Jason Krugman, Michelle Mayer, Carolina Vallejo, Asli Sevinc & Charnan Lewis.

6-7pm
Sustainable Pleasure for the Palate & The Planet:
The Rainforest Alliance presents: Sustainable pleasures for the Palate, An Open Discussion On Responsibly Produced Goods.

Tuesday 2/9
4-6pm
Room4Chocolate: Find room to savor hot chocolate, enjoy locally made delicacies, peruse books on chocolate, food and art, all in a cozy environment.

4-7pm
Food for Art. Art for Thought:
A showcase of artists revolving around the relationship and characteristics society attributes to chocolate and the way it affects us on a personal level. Artists include Elim Chen, Ema, C&T, Jason Krugman, Michelle Mayer, Carolina Vallejo, Asli Sevinc & Charnan Lewis.

6-7pm
Eating Local & Seasonal (Discussion)
Slow Food NYC is dedicated to the enjoyment of local and seasonal food and to celebrating real food as a cornerstone of pleasure, culture, and community.

Wednesday 2/10
4-6pm
Room4Chocolate: Find room to savor hot chocolate, enjoy locally made delicacies, peruse books on chocolate, food and art, all in a cozy environment.

4-7pm
Food for Art. Art for Thought:
A showcase of artists revolving around the relationship and characteristics society attributes to chocolate and the way it affects us on a personal level. Artists include Elim Chen, Ema, C&T, Jason Krugman, Michelle Mayer, Carolina Vallejo, Asli Sevinc & Charnan Lewis.

6-7pm
Fair Trade Practices in Cacao Production (Discussion):
Annie Novak is founder and director of Growing Chefs, field-to-fork food education program will host this discussion.

Thursday 2/11
4-6pm
Room4Chocolate: Find room to savor hot chocolate, enjoy locally made delicacies, peruse books on chocolate, food and art, all in a cozy environment.

4-7pm
Food for Art. Art for Thought:
A showcase of artists revolving around the relationship and characteristics society attributes to chocolate and the way it affects us on a personal level. Artists include Elim Chen, Ema, C&T, Jason Krugman, Michelle Mayer, Carolina Vallejo, Asli Sevinc & Charnan Lewis.

6-7pm
The Importance of Pollination (Discussion):
Bees Without Borders is the brainchild of Andrew Coté, former high school dropout and vagabond turned Fulbright Scholar and professor. He was born into a beekeeping family in Connecticut and is (at least) the 4th generation to carry on this ancient skill.

7-11pm
Food for Art. Art for Thought (Artists Discussion + Opening)
A showcase of artists revolving around the relationship and characteristics society attributes to chocolate and the way it affects us on a personal level. Artists include Elim Chen, Ema, C&T, Jason Krugman, Michelle Mayer, Carolina Vallejo, Asli Sevinc & Charnan Lewis.

Friday 2/12
4-6pm
Room4Chocolate: Find room to savor hot chocolate, enjoy locally made delicacies, peruse books on chocolate, food and art, all in a cozy environment.

4-7pm
Food for Art. Art for Thought:
A showcase of artists revolving around the relationship and characteristics society attributes to chocolate and the way it affects us on a personal level. Artists include Elim Chen, Ema, C&T, Jason Krugman, Michelle Mayer, Carolina Vallejo, Asli Sevinc & Charnan Lewis.

6-7pm
The New Farmer Development Project (Discussion):
The New Farmer Development Project (NFDP) identifies, educates, and supports immigrants with agricultural experience to become local producers and establish small farms in their region.

Saturday 2/13

2-11pm
Food for Art. Art for Thought:
A showcase of artists revolving around the relationship and characteristics society attributes to chocolate and the way it affects us on a personal level. Artists include Elim Chen, Ema, C&T, Jason Krugman, Michelle Mayer, Carolina Vallejo, Asli Sevinc & Charnan Lewis.

2-6pm
Room4Chocolate: Find room to savor hot chocolate, enjoy locally made delicacies, peruse books on chocolate, food and art, all in a cozy environment.


Sunday 2/14
2-9pm
Food for Art. Art for Thought:
A showcase of artists revolving around the relationship and characteristics society attributes to chocolate and the way it affects us on a personal level. Artists include Elim Chen, Ema, C&T, Jason Krugman, Michelle Mayer, Carolina Vallejo, Asli Sevinc & Charnan Lewis.

2-5pm
Room4Chocolate: Find room to savor hot chocolate, enjoy locally made delicacies, peruse books on chocolate, food and art, all in a cozy environment.

It's NIME Time! Tuesday, 12/15, 8pm

NIME: New Interfaces for Musical Expression
Creating new performance tools for digital music.

It's that time again for the eighth annual NIME concert, where performers play a series of newly designed electronic instruments that aim to keep the “live” in the live performance of digital music.

This year's NIME concert will feature such innovations as a musically enhanced sewing machine, sonified floor tiles, performative knitting needles, turntablism for live instrumentalists, electronically controlled cartoon antics, novel realizations of the rock guitar, and a host of other exciting approaches to the creation of music.

When: Tuesday, December 15, 2009
8pm-11pm (Doors 7pm)
Where: Southpaw
125 Fifth Avenue
Brooklyn, NY
(1/2/3 Train to Bergen)
Cost: $7 (Free for NYU ID holders)

Pedal for Art & the Environment Tonight!

Hey Guys, if it's free nights at the MOMA + Bikes you can count me in!

Bike to MoMA tonight, April 6 and get half-price admission and free bicycle valet parking! One Monday a month, The Museum of Modern Art stays open until 8:45 p.m. Drop in after hours for exhibitions, films, DJ, cash bar—plus I hear the first 600 ticket buyers after 5:30 p.m. get free admission on their next visit. Hooray!

The evening goes green with free bicycle valet parking courtesy of Transportation Alternatives, New York City's advocate for biking, walking, and public transit. Rain or shine, park your bike (enter on 53 Street) and receive a voucher for half-price Museum admission. Carbon emissions will be offset for the event, and they're raffling off a collapsible, STRiDA 5.0 Bicycle ideal for NYC's urban transport.

Plus with a MOMA ticket you get free access to PS1 Gallery in Queens, just take your ticket stub to PS1 for admission.

The Museum of Modern Art
is located at 11 West 53 Street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues
New York, NY

See you there!

Resonance in Residence--Sound Sculptures at 3rd Ward Tonight!

What happens when you put 7 artists in a room and ask them to create a sculptural object focusing on sound? A collaborative installation combining 100 algorithmically-controlled, sound-generating motors and field recordings, of course! Sounds pretty cool, right?

Join 3rd Ward for the opening reception on Friday, March 6th from 7 to 10 p. There'll be free beer (Hooray!), an electronics demo, and of course, a three dimensional, multi-sensorial art experience!
Be there!!

RSVP gallery@3rdward.com
For more information visit
http://www.3rdward.com/

3rd Ward is located at 195 Morgan Ave., in East Williamsburg, near the Grand, Montrose, and Morgan stops on the L train

Art to Art: The 12th Annual Dumbo Art Festival

The D.U.M.B.O. Arts Center is proud to sponsor it's 12th Annual : Art Under the Bridge Festival this weekend-
September 26-28, 2008.

This is a multi-sensory event with art happening everywhere, in all the little nooks and crannys of D.U.M.B.O. art will be displayed and the public is encouraged to be interactive with the installations.

For more information click here! Cost is Free so get out there and see some art.

The festival kicks off on Friday at 7pm until Sunday evening.

PS. D.U.M.B.O. stands for (Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass)

Hello Dali-Free Friday Nights at the MOMA

I heart Dali, especially when I get to see his works for free! The Museum of Modern Art has "Target Free Fridays" where the museum is free to the public on Friday evenings from 4-8pm. They do suggest some kind of donation when you get there though so make sure and have a few dollars on hand. *Note: This info is not explained online so one-time I went and paid like 10 cents to get in because that's all I had and I looked like a complete jerk!

Tickets can't be purchased in advance for the free Target Fridays but I've never had a problem getting in. They also show free films on Fridays, but those tickets go fast so I recommend getting there as early as possible.

The Dali exhibition is now through September 15th, but I also heard the Dreamland Exhibition is worth checking out during your time at the museum. Plus with a MOMA ticket you get free access to PS1 Gallery in Queens, just take your ticket stub to PS1 for admission.

The Museum of Modern Art
is located at 11 West 53 Street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues
New York, NY

See you there!

High Art-Rooftop Cocktails at the Met

So a friend of mine recently recommended this spot for a special date or evening with friends. On top of the Metropolitan Museum of Art there is a beautiful rooftop garden bar that overlooks Central park and affords incredible views of the Manhattan skyline.

The Met is always donation only, so I recommend paying a few bucks and then heading straight to the top! Enjoy one themed cocktail that highlights the current exhibition as you watch night fall. So romantic and it's a cheap date too!

Location: 1000 Fifth Avenue at 82nd St
New York, NY 10028
Hours (May until October)
Fri - Sat: 10 am to 8:30 pm
Sun – Thurs (closed on Mondays):11am –4:30pm