The best of February in New York City — the month's biggest events, exhibitions and long runs in one ranked list, curated and verified by Stumblday.
Midtown, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBryant Park transforms into NYC's biggest holiday hub: a free-admission ice rink, the European-style Holiday Shops market and The Lodge bar and food hall behind the New York Public Library.
Midtown, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBryant Park transforms into NYC's biggest holiday hub: a free-admission ice rink, the European-style Holiday Shops market and The Lodge bar and food hall behind the New York Public Library.
Music Box Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanPhoto: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRosamund Pike plays a London Crown Court judge whose ordered life cracks open, in Suzie Miller's follow-up to Prima Facie, played without an interval.
Music Box Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanPhoto: Andreas Praefcke · CC BY 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRosamund Pike plays a London Crown Court judge whose ordered life cracks open, in Suzie Miller's follow-up to Prima Facie, played without an interval.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanJason Persse · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsConstantin Brancusi's rarely lent sculptures fill MoMA's entire sixth floor, rebuilt around his Paris studio at the impasse Ronsin.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanJason Persse · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsConstantin Brancusi's rarely lent sculptures fill MoMA's entire sixth floor, rebuilt around his Paris studio at the impasse Ronsin.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRoughly 130 Lichtensteins, from Look Mickey to Drowning Girl, plus a recreated 96-foot Greene Street Mural on the Whitney's fifth floor.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRoughly 130 Lichtensteins, from Look Mickey to Drowning Girl, plus a recreated 96-foot Greene Street Mural on the Whitney's fifth floor.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe Brooklyn Museum opens its survey of sculptor Michael Richards — killed in his World Trade Center studio on 9/11 — deliberately on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynThe Brooklyn Museum opens its survey of sculptor Michael Richards — killed in his World Trade Center studio on 9/11 — deliberately on the 25th anniversary of his death.
Sam S. Shubert Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanKen Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRaúl Esparza plays the astronomer on trial for his telescope, in a rock-scored new musical from Danny Strong and Michael Mayer.
Sam S. Shubert Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanKen Lund from Reno, Nevada, USA · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsRaúl Esparza plays the astronomer on trial for his telescope, in a rock-scored new musical from Danny Strong and Michael Mayer.
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The Frick Collection, Upper East Side, ManhattanCVB · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsCree artist Kent Monkman answers the Frick's Vermeer, hanging contemporary work inside a collection that rarely admits any.
The Frick Collection, Upper East Side, ManhattanCVB · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsCree artist Kent Monkman answers the Frick's Vermeer, hanging contemporary work inside a collection that rarely admits any.
James Earl Jones Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSolea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine play outlaw twins passing for white in 1893 Texas, with Ledisi and Luke James in Angelica Chéri's new musical.
James Earl Jones Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsSolea Pfeiffer and Liisi LaFontaine play outlaw twins passing for white in 1893 Texas, with Ledisi and Luke James in Angelica Chéri's new musical.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynPaul Cézanne · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsOver 50 modern European masterworks by Cezanne, Modigliani, Degas, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Soutine, newly given to Brooklyn.
Brooklyn Museum, Prospect Heights, BrooklynPaul Cézanne · Public domain · Wikimedia CommonsOver 50 modern European masterworks by Cezanne, Modigliani, Degas, Gauguin, Toulouse-Lautrec and Soutine, newly given to Brooklyn.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsFree in Queens: Masao Gozu photographed New Yorkers framed in tenement windows for decades, then went back to reshoot the same blocks.
MoMA PS1, Long Island City, QueensKing of Hearts · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsFree in Queens: Masao Gozu photographed New Yorkers framed in tenement windows for decades, then went back to reshoot the same blocks.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMore than 100 net art works the Whitney commissioned for artport, its online gallery, gathered for the platform's 25th anniversary.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanKidfly182 · CC BY 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMore than 100 net art works the Whitney commissioned for artport, its online gallery, gathered for the platform's 25th anniversary.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe first US exhibition ever devoted to the Savonnerie: Louis XIV's monumental Grande Galerie carpets, in their debut weekend at the Met.
The Met Fifth Avenue, Upper East Side, ManhattanThe first US exhibition ever devoted to the Savonnerie: Louis XIV's monumental Grande Galerie carpets, in their debut weekend at the Met.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanJason Persse · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
The Museum of Modern Art, Midtown, ManhattanJason Persse · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThirty works of digital and analog information design in MoMA's street-level gallery, which is free and open to the public.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's fall photography opening: Marianne Wex's 1977 feminist landmark in dialogue with seven contemporary artists, every contemporary work new to the museum's walls.
The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), Midtown, ManhattanMoMA's fall photography opening: Marianne Wex's 1977 feminist landmark in dialogue with seven contemporary artists, every contemporary work new to the museum's walls.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanPop master Roy Lichtenstein's Ben-Day dots and comic-strip canvases come to the Whitney — instantly iconic American art.
Whitney Museum of American Art, Meatpacking District, ManhattanPop master Roy Lichtenstein's Ben-Day dots and comic-strip canvases come to the Whitney — instantly iconic American art.
Hayes Theater, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsChristopher Gattelli restages the off-Broadway evergreen with Matt and Lewis as the lovers and two scheming mothers pulling the strings.
Hayes Theater, Theater District, ManhattanEpicgenius · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsChristopher Gattelli restages the off-Broadway evergreen with Matt and Lewis as the lovers and two scheming mothers pulling the strings.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanTaryn Simon's interactive Guggenheim installation combines never-before-seen photographs with text, video and sculpture.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Upper East Side, ManhattanTaryn Simon's interactive Guggenheim installation combines never-before-seen photographs with text, video and sculpture.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandMatthew Trump · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMore than twenty-five original pairs, from early 1800s wedding slippers to 1970s patriotic sneakers, trace how footwear tracked labour and status.
Historic Richmond Town, Richmondtown, Staten IslandMatthew Trump · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia CommonsMore than twenty-five original pairs, from early 1800s wedding slippers to 1970s patriotic sneakers, trace how footwear tracked labour and status.
New Amsterdam Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAladdin plays the restored New Amsterdam Theatre, where Friend Like Me remains the loudest eleven o'clock number in town.
New Amsterdam Theatre, Theater District, ManhattanAjay Suresh from New York, NY, USA · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia CommonsAladdin plays the restored New Amsterdam Theatre, where Friend Like Me remains the loudest eleven o'clock number in town.
Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle, ManhattanKidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Waffle Trainer, Air Force 1 and Vaporfly meet never-shown prototypes from Nike's 200,000-object archive, opening at MAD on Columbus Circle.
Museum of Arts and Design, Columbus Circle, ManhattanKidfly182 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsThe Waffle Trainer, Air Force 1 and Vaporfly meet never-shown prototypes from Nike's 200,000-object archive, opening at MAD on Columbus Circle.
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, Central Park, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
Doris C. Freedman Plaza, Central Park, Central Park, ManhattanTdorante10 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsBronze, stone and concrete dogs on leashes take over the Central Park entrance at 60th and Fifth — Camille Henrot's first public show in New York.
Chinatown, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsManhattan Chinatown's grand Lunar New Year Parade caps the Year of the Goat celebrations — dragon and lion dance troupes, elaborate floats, marching bands and cultural groups winding through the neighborhood's.
Chinatown, ManhattanPhotograph by Mike Peel ( www.mikepeel.net ). · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia CommonsManhattan Chinatown's grand Lunar New Year Parade caps the Year of the Goat celebrations — dragon and lion dance troupes, elaborate floats, marching bands and cultural groups winding through the neighborhood's.
Midtown, ManhattanThe New York Knicks host the Golden State Warriors at Madison Square Garden on (8:30 p.m. tip-off) — a Saturday-night visit from Stephen Curry's Warriors, one of the Garden's biggest draws.
Midtown, ManhattanThe New York Knicks host the Golden State Warriors at Madison Square Garden on (8:30 p.m. tip-off) — a Saturday-night visit from Stephen Curry's Warriors, one of the Garden's biggest draws.
Midtown, ManhattanThe New York Knicks host the Oklahoma City Thunder at Madison Square Garden on (7:30 p.m. tip-off) — a visit from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder, a Finals-caliber test.
Midtown, ManhattanThe New York Knicks host the Oklahoma City Thunder at Madison Square Garden on (7:30 p.m. tip-off) — a visit from Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and the Thunder, a Finals-caliber test.
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