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Originally posted by DianeMarie:
Just discovered a little jewel of a musuem --The Frick Collection, located at 70th and Fifth Ave, right by Central Park. On Sundays between 11 am -1pm they have a pay as you will rate--it's usually $15. The museum is in a gorgeous stone building. This is not a museum you will spend all afternoon at: unless there is a special exhibit, there is only one floor of art. But, you will see masterpieces by Turner and de la Tour, stunning Rembrandts, and much more. I loved it!

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Originally posted by alittle116:
These two websites are updated on a daily basis and are devoted entirely to free events and open bars around NYC:
http://www.freenyc.net
http://www.myopenbar.com

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Some friends and I went to NYC last week and we ate at this little Diner a few times. It was AWESOME. The staff were incredibly friendly. By the end of our short stay in NYC, we were treated like regulars. They gave us so much free food we felt guilty. We got free dessert.. TWICE! The food was great. I can't say enough about this place. It defined our experience in NYC.

If anyone is staying at the Chelsea Star Hostel or the Manhatten Inn Hostel you are in luck. This diner is just around the corner on 9th ave. (30th and 9th) We stayed at the Chelsea star.

Victory Diner
360 9th Ave
New York, NY 10001

Sorry for sounding like an advertisement, but our trip would not have been the same without this place. I felt like I had to say something. Razz

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Mr. Mee will be the playwright in residence for the 2007-8 season. The first production, to open Aug. 7, will be “Iphigenia 2.0,” Mr. Mee’s reinvention of Euripides’ play about the sacrifice Agamemnon must make before going off to battle. (Mr. Mee has taken a similar approach to the classics in plays like “Orestes 2.0” and “The Trojan Women 2.0.”) Tina Landau will direct.

The next two productions are world premieres: “Queens Boulevard (the musical),” a work inspired by Indian dance-theater that will be directed by Davis McCallum; and “Paradise Park,” to be directed by Daniel Fish.

The last production of the season will be Mr. Albee’s “Occupant,” about the sculptor Louise Nevelson. That play was part of the 2002 season, but the run was cut in half when the star, Anne Bancroft, contracted pneumonia.

The 2008-9 season will be dedicated to writers of the Negro Ensemble Company, including Charles Fuller (“A Soldier’s Play”) and Lonnie Elder (“Ceremonies in Dark Old Men”). Ruben Santiago-Hudson, who directed the acclaimed production of August Wilson’s “Seven Guitars” at the Signature last year, will help present the season with Mr. Houghton.

Ms. Parks (“Topdog/Underdog”) will be the resident playwright for the 2009-10 season, and the year after that —Signature’s 20th— it will be Mr. Kushner.