If there was ever a month to snuggle at home with Seamless and Netflix, February is it. But there are some pretty cool happenings going on throughout the next few weeks in New York City, so layer up and show that Polar Vortex who’s boss. Here’s a few of our February faves:
Ladies and Gentlemen…The Beatles!: February 6-May 10, 2014
It’s been 50 years since the Fab Four flew from Liverpool to J.F.K, landing to the screams of millions of teenyboppers countrywide. To celebrate the enduring legacy of John, Ringo, Paul and George, the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts is hosting an exhibition covering Beatlemania’s early years, complete with pop culture artifacts, posters, photographs, interviews and other memorabilia stemming from 1964-1966.
Get Married (or renew your vows!) in Times Square: February 14, 2014
On the most romantic day of the year, head to the crossroads of the world where you can meet, marry, and make your love last forever, all in a New York minute.
Hot Chocolate Festival: February 1-28, 2014
For the entire month of February, City Bakery features a different flavor of hot chocolate a day, every day. With flavors like malted milk, peanut butter barge, and bourbon hot chocolate, this is a delicious must-do.
Westminster Kennel Club’s 138th Annual Dog Show: February 10-11, 2014
Watch your favorite furry friends prance around, shaking their tales in hopes to win best-in-show.
Off-Broadway Week: February 17-March 2, 2014
Score 2 for 1 tickets during this year’s Off-Broadway Theater week.
1930′s and 40′s Music Revue: February 20-23, 2014
For four evenings this month, the historic Apollo Theater in Harlem will transform into a vintage nightclub, capturing the neighborhood’s rich musical legacy. Expect plenty of dancing and crooning.
SPLURGE
Love Bites: A Valentine’s Dinner Celebrating Classic Literary Lovers: February 13, 2014.
Jessica Tiare Bowen lives in the juicy Big Apple with her adorable pink-nosed chihuahua, Gillman. He’s the inspiration for her first published children’s book, “Park Avenue Pound Puppy.” The book is the combined result of her two greatest passions: pooches and penning stories.
Her passions include art, urban hikes through Manhattan, drinking coffee with 3 creams and 6 sugars, making extremely detailed itineraries and traveling to far away places, singing along to Broadway shows, Netflix movie nights, discovering incredible treasures at Goodwill and thrift stores, and listening to stories from little people under 7 and big people over 70.
She started her career as New York City Teaching Fellow, teaching elementary school and theater arts at a special education school in the South Bronx for 6 years. She is now a Special Education School Improvement Specialist working in public schools throughout New York City. She is the Editor-In-Chief of the online New York City travel magazine, Used York City. The magazine focuses on finding the best of New York…as used by New Yorkers. She is a member of the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, and an ASPCA Ambassador.
