As the holidays get closer and closer, we’e rounded up some unique ways to celebrate with our Untapped New York picks for things to do this week. Walk in a parade of boomboxes through the East and West Village, explore a sprawling archive of rare Tiffany glass, shop for strange and unusual items at the Coney Island holiday market, and discover more ways to engage with the city this week!
Friday, December 13th
Go behind-the-scenes at the Tiffany Glass Archives, part of the largest collection of Tiffany glass in the world. On this special, small group tour, guests will get to see and even touch rare and priceless pieces of glass. Hundreds of thousands of pieces of glass salvaged from the Tiffany studio in Corona when it closed in the 1930s are now housed in this archive inside an unmarked warehouse in Long Island City.
Learn about the curatorial practices at a free talk at the Bronx Museum. Curator Kimberli Gant will talk about her curatorial experience working in ethnic-specific, contemporary, and encyclopedic museums. Gant is the McKinnon Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art at the Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA.
Experience a new way to party with 5D clubbing at ZeroSpace as Caravan Gitane presents CARAVAN Je T’aime: A Journey of Cosmic Love. Five different artists will perform amongst the innovative and cutting-edge new media installations on display in ZeroSpace’s 25,000 square-foot digital playground. Stop by the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital’s interactive holiday […]