This Week in the City: Skating, Dreamlands, Eurocrisis and BAFF
Welcome to November. With the leaves changing and the temperature dropping, bundle up and enjoy the scenery This Week in the City.
Bryant Park Rink is officially open, go skating before it's -30 degrees
Too early for skating? The Winter Village at Bryant Park certainly disagrees (and so does the TJ Maxx near school which has already pulled out the jingle bells). The Winter Village rink is 17,000-square-feet and surrounded by over 100 shops and food stalls. Thanksgiving is only weeks away and Christmas is ready to swoop in!
Hours
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. daily
Travel Time (from TKC)
~ 20 mins via the 2/3
Cost
General Admission free, $20 for skate rental
LINK: http://www.wintervillage.org/
Sit in on a lecture by Nobel Laureate Joseph Stiglitz on the Euro
The financial crisis of 2008 led to the "euro crisis" in recent years. Countries, most obviously Greece, in the eurozone are suffering from rampant stagflation as a result. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz offers a solution to this economic crisis and has a plan to prevent it from happening again.
Hours
Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Travel Time (from TKC)
~ 25 mins via the 2/3
Cost
Free, registration requested here
Get lost in Dreamlands at the Whitney
The exhibition (full title is Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905–2016) chronicles the ways artists have, according to the Whitney's website, "dismantled and reassembled the conventions of cinema—screen, projection, darkness—to create new experiences of the moving image." The exhibition is technologically complex and features new state-of-the-art technologies.
Hours
Mon. - Thurs., Sun. 10:30 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
Fri. - Sat. 10:30 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.
Travel Time (from TKC)
~ 25 mins via the 2/3
Cost
$18 students, or attend a Pay-What-You-Wish Friday from 7:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. (last ticket at 9:30 p.m.)
This wouldn't be a This Week in the City post without something film-related
The Big Apple Film Festival runs this week from Nov. 1 through Nov. 5. The festival showcases films from the independent film community; you may be familiar with BAFF awards. Their website is atrocious but the independent film is high quality.
Hours
Varies by film
Travel Time (from TKC)
~ 20 mins via the 4/5
Cost
$20, typically includes a program either before or after the film
LINK: http://www.bigapplefilmfestival.com/2016_baff_program.html
Note: Filter by category and date, then purchase tickets on Eventbrite