The Blankman List: Things to Do in NYC, February 2024
The Blankman List is a monthly curated list of things to do in New York City. It showcases the full range of what there is to do, for residents and tourists alike.
I especially seek out artistic and cultural events like concerts, plays, and art exhibits, along with anything that is high-quality, notable, and/or free. There is at least one event for every day of February 2024, and no borough or event type is off limits.
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Disclaimer: before going anywhere, please confirm the date, time, location, cost, and description using the listed website. Any event is at risk of being rescheduled, relocated, sold out, at capacity, or canceled. Costs are rounded to the nearest dollar and may change. I try to vet quality and describe accurately, but I may misjudge.
Thursday, February 1
Food Photographers Opening Reception
6–8 pm; opening reception for food photography art exhibition
Free
Pearl River Mart SoHo
452 Broadway (SoHo, Manhattan)
Opera Prima – Tormento Seicento: Love and Torment in the Music of Monteverdi, Rossi, and Others
17th-century Italian vocal music; 7:30 pm (7 pm pre-concert talk)
$50
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Ave (Midtown East, Manhattan)
Scrabble Club 56 Weekly Live Play
Four rounds of competitive Scrabble play; 7 pm; every Thursday (details on pinned Facebook post)
$18
“Park 55” Building
110 E 55th St, 6th floor (Midtown East, Manhattan)
Friday, February 2
Community Stewards: Volunteering in the Garden
Volunteer work composting, harvesting, and maintaining a garden; 12–5 pm; every Friday and most Saturdays
Free
Wyckoff House Museum
5816 Clarendon Rd (Canarsie, Brooklyn)
Brooklyn Seltzer Museum and Factory Tour
Tour on the 1,500 year history of seltzer water; 1 pm; every Friday
$25
Brooklyn Seltzer Museum
474 Hemlock St (East New York, Brooklyn)
Opening Reception for Holding: Curatorial AIRspace Resident Exhibition
Opening reception for art exhibition on theme of sanctuary; 6–8 pm; exhibition Feb 2–25
Free
Abrons Arts Center
466 Grand St (Lower East Side, Manhattan)
Saturday, February 3
“Friends of the Pod” Group Art Exhibition
Contemporary art exhibition with artists involved with the podcast Nota Bene; 10 am–6 pm; through Feb 3
Free
Broadway Gallery
375 Broadway (Chinatown, Manhattan)
Prospect Park Tours with Turnstile Tours
Guided walking tour on the nature, history, and architecture of Prospect Park; 10:30 am–12:30 pm; select Saturdays and Sundays
$25 adult / $19 military / $23 student/senior
Tour starts at Brooklyn Public Central Library
10 Grand Army Plaza (Prospect Heights, Brooklyn)
Night of swing dancing with the Brooklyn Conservatory Community Orchestra; 7:30–10 pm
$65
St. Saviour High School Gymnasium
588 6th St (Park Slope, Brooklyn)
Sunday, February 4
The Art of Not Falling: Arnold Schönberg at 150
8–9:30 pm; performance and discussion on the life and music of Arnold Schönberg
Free
Black Box Theatre, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
82 Washington Square E (NoHo, Manhattan)
Monday, February 5
Jazz piano trio (Conal Fowkes website); 7:30 & 9 pm
$35
Mezzrow
163 W 10th St (West Village, Manhattan)
The Klezmer Guild as an Expression of the New Yiddish Culture
Talk on the music and dance of Jewish culture in modern times; 7–9 pm
$15 suggested donation
Bohemian National Hall
321 E 73rd St (Upper East Side, Manhattan)
Tuesday, February 6
Literary Black Book Club: The Travelers by Regina Porter
Monthly book club devoted to Black contemporary fiction writers—this month the book is The Travelers by Regina Porter; 7 pm
$5 (includes $5 store voucher)
McNally Jackson Downtown Brooklyn
445 Gold St (City Point BKLYN, Floor 1, Downtown Brooklyn)
The Legacy of Black Wall Street and the Tulsa Race Massacre
Public conversation on Greenwood, the early twentieth-century home of “Black Wall Street” in Tulsa, Oklahoma; 6:30–7:30 pm
$35
The Robert H. Smith Auditorium at the New-York Historical Society
170 Central Park W (Upper West Side, Manhattan)
Wednesday, February 7
Accelerating Discovery in Climate Physics with Machine Learning
Lecture on the potential of machine learning to advance climate science; 6–7 pm (5:30 pm doors)
Free
Gerald D. Fischbach Auditorium
160 5th Ave
Stéphanie St. Clair, Queen of Harlem
French and Creole play with English surtitles
$30 general / $25 students
FIAF [French Institute Alliance Française] Florence Gould Hall
55 E 59th Street (Midtown East, Manhattan)
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