Hudson Valley, NY - Thanksgiving is just around the corner. Why not take advantage of the wonderful holiday dinners offered by Vintage Hudson Valley’s award-winning chefs?
Host your family feast at one of our member restaurants, and relax! This year, enjoy a spectacular holiday meal, and spend quality time with family and friends at the same time. Read more »
Season Begins This Week in Park City, Utah
Lake Placid, N.Y. — The 2009-10 FIBT World Cup bobsled and skeleton season gets underway this week in Park City, Utah, less than two weeks before the world’s best bobsledders and skeleton athletes take to the Olympic Sports Complex track in Lake Placid, N.Y., the second stop of the seven-race tour.
While in Lake Placid, the U.S. squad will try to match the same success it enjoyed last season when driver Steve Holcomb helped lead the team to four world championship medals on the 1,455-meter long course. The “Night Train” stood on three medal podiums, winning bronze in the two-man man race, bronze in the team competition and gold in the four-man event. That victory allowed him to become the first American pilot to claim a World title in 50 years. Read more »
Exhibition Dates: November 17, 2009 - February 7, 2010
Exhibition Location: European Paintings, Gallery 16, 2nd floor
Press Preview: Monday, November 16, 10:00 a.m.-noon
New York, NY - Velázquez Rediscovered, a special exhibition opening November 17 at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, will feature a newly identified painting by Velázquez, Portrait of a Man, formerly ascribed by the Museum to the workshop of Velázquez and recently reattributed to the master himself following its cleaning and restoration. It will be shown alongside other works from the Museum’s superior collection of works by the great Spanish painter. Read more »
Gingerbread house display Sweet Creations, a popular Rochester holiday tradition, is on view Nov. 11-Dec. 16
Rochester, N.Y. - George Eastman House is your home for the holidays, from the popular gingerbread house exhibition and holiday musicales to family films and pancake breakfasts with Santa and St. Nicholas: Read more »
LEGO®: The Art of the Brick (December 5, 2009-March 14, 2010) Approximately 30 whimsical, awe-inspiring works of art (giant heads, bodies, wall portraits, and more) made entirely of LEGO® bricks by artist Nathan Sawaya. The sculptural display is a prelude to, and complements, an upcoming exhibit, LEGO® Castle Adventure, opening January 23, 2010.
LEGO® Castle Adventure (January 23-May 9, 2010) Kids and families are transported to a LEGO kingdom where they can become master castle builders, using one of the greatest building materials of all time-LEGO bricks. Explore a giant castle full of LEGO brick decorations, climb into a lookout tower to defend the castle walls, and enter the dragon’s cave. Produced by The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis in cooperation with LEGO Systems, Inc. Read more »
New York, NY - With the winter holidays on the horizon, New York State (http://www.iloveny.com/) is preparing for a season full of merriment and holiday spirit featuring festive events and value-added hotel packages across its 11 vacation regions. Here are some of the winter activities and deals travelers can expect this season. Read more »
Sip, Savor and Shop at City Winery Dec. 6
Finger Lakes Wine Country, NY: Just in time for the holiday season, New Yorkers will be able to sip New York wines, sample New York foods, and shop for both at City Winery on Sunday, Dec. 6. The afternoon event will also feature a jazz trio led by guitarist Steve Salerno to usher in the Jazz Winterfest celebration of the Long Island Wine Council.
More than 35 wineries from throughout New York State will be joined by farmers and food producers, as well as several local restaurants, to present a taste of New York and celebrate the season. From 2 to 6 pm, consumers may sample over 100 wines from Long Island, the Hudson Valley, the Finger Lakes, and other regions, and have the opportunity to purchase those they particularly enjoy. Read more »
