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New York City & Vicinity Art Scene

This site is designed to assist in planning art-related excursions to the City and its environs.

Guides to Current Happenings

NYC:

  • The Guide --> from the The New York Times Sunday Edition Arts &Leisure Section (note: requires free registration)
  • Antiques & the Arts Weekly Auctions Guide
  • City Search NYC Guide -->This is the best starting point for planning for current and upcoming Arts & Entertainment events, incl. Art, Music, Theater, Readings, Lectures, & much more. Use Powersearch to specify type of event, district, and time frame.
  • Metroscope --> a good general NYC web links list
  • Photography in New York --> bi-monthly guide
  • Village Voice Art Listings -- > Museums, Uptown & Downtown Galleries
  • WNET City Arts --> nicely-mapped current events, interviews, programming
  • SoHo-NY --> galleries, artists, openings . . .

    Environs:

  • HudsonLink --> "The Information Resource for New York's Hudson Valley"
  • Museums and Galleries in the Hudson Valley Region
  • Southern New York Field Trip Index
  • Hudson Valley Historic Sites & Museums
  • Orange County Historical Houses
  • Poughkeepsie Journal Arts & Entertainment --> Search for Museums, Galleries

    • Museum Listings

    Art Sales & Auctions

  • Sotheby's
  • Christies
  • William Doyle

    • Topics, Reviews, Local Art Magazines

    Getting There

  • Poughkeepsie Taxi: 473-3333

  • Metro-North Hudson Line Schedule & Fare Information

  • NJ, NY, & CT Railroad Page --> contains timetables, fares & other useful information

  • Driving Directions from VC to MMA -- > from Yahoo. Reset here by entering the address or corner of your destination, then follow instructions.

  • Shadow Traffic -- > up-to-minute NYC traffic reports

  • MTA System Maps -- > Subway, Bus, Metro-North

  • NYC Subway Instruction Page --> This site is a work of art in itself.

  • NYC Subway Maps & Information --> Paperless Guide Series

    en route:

  • Hudson River School of Painters --> 100 images care of the Desmond-Fish Library
  • About the Hudson River --> from the Hudson River Watertrail Association
  • Hudson River Links --> includes links to maps & historic places

    • NYC Weather

  • Current Report for JFK
  • Current Local Area Radar
  • NBC 4-day Forecast

    Don't believe it? Look for Yourself:

    Live Cam Views

    Upper West Side --> Columbus Avenue & 73rd Street with good view of street
    Empire State Building -- > View up from Fifth Avenue with a good color image of the sky
    Empire State Building --> View down from 77th Floor View toward Midtown
    Empire State Building --> View South Toward Battery Park
    Rockefeller Center and Rockefeller Center with Telerobotic Control
    World Trade Center --> 77th Floor Looking North
    Times Square --> View from 54th Street
    Bryant Park
    Statue of Liberty
    Southern Manhattan Waterfront
    Brooklyn Bridge --> 360-degree panorama with link to Live Cam

    • Where to Eat (we thought of everything)
  • NYC Restaurant Guides
  • Fodors NYC Dining Guide
  • Dinesite --> Search under "New York, NY"
  • Zagat NYC Dining Guide
  • Museum of Modern Art Restaurants --> Brochure, no menus
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art Restaurants --> Brochure

    • Please send suggestions and additions to: Thomas Hill: thhill@vassar.edu

    BON VOYAGE !