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I have 3 Days to visit NYC, What Places I shouldnt miss?

I like Photography, Museums and Dance/Elec Music

A few things I would say are not to be missed:

Blue Man Group at the Astor Place Theatre, 434 Lafayette Street: http://www.blueman.com/ticketinfo/nyc/index.shtml
This is a great show that might appeal to the dance/elec music fan in you. A bunch of mute blue guys play instruments often made from plumbing materials and catch objects in their mouths. And more, of course. It’s wildly entertaining.

Avenue Q at the Golden Theater, 252 W 45th St: http://www.avenueq.com/
A much more traditional Broadway music than Blue Man Group, except the cast is made up of puppets similar to your friends on Sesame Street singing songs like “It Sucks To Be Me.”

Discount tickets may well be available for both of these shows; they’ve been around for a while.

Whitney Museum, 945 Madison Ave. (at 75th Street)

http://www.whitney.org

Pace/MacGill Gallery is currently exhibiting some photographs from Richard Avedon’s private collection, including images by Brassaï, August Sander, Diane Arbus, Peter Hujar, Irving Penn, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Jacques-Henri Lartigue. 32 E. 57th St. http://www.pacemacgill.com/

Chelsea Market: A great place to catch a cheap breakfast or lunch, it has tons of great bakeries and food shops

http://www.chelseamarket.com/enter/concourse/info.html

Also, you should eat at least one meal at a restaurant that’s participating in Restaurant Week. They serve three-course menus at outrageously low prices (under $25 for lunch), and some of the city’s finest restaurants participate. My top choices among participating restaurants would be David Burke & Donatella, 66, Gotham Bar & Grill, JoJo and Mercer Kitchen.

JoJo is probably my favorite restaurant in the whole city. It’s not as trendy as some other places, but they never let me down. The food and service are always impeccable, every single course. And it’s a cute converted townhome on the Upper East Side.

http://www.nycvisit.com/RestaurantWeekSearch/index.cfm?pagePkey=1713

The Radical Camera: New York’s Photo League, 1936-1951 (Jewish Museum) $31.50 Artists in the Photo League, active from 1936 to 1951, were known for capturing sharply revealing, compelling moments from everyday life. Their focus centered on New York City and its vibrant streets—a newsboy at work, a brass band on a bustling corner, a crowded beach at Coney Island. Though beautiful, the images harbor strong social commentary on issues of class, child labor, and opportunity. …

Windows on Nature: The Great Habitat Dioramas of the American Museum of Natural History $23.82 New York City’s American Museum of Natural History is a national treasure, attracting four million visitors annually. Its dioramas-a dazzling mixture of nature, science, and art-have inspired young and old alike, and are world-renowned examples of the unique diorama craft: art in the service of science. Now, in the only book of its kind, readers get an insider’s view of these “windows on nature,” …

New York 400: A Visual History of America’s Greatest City with Images from The Museum of the City of New York $11.44 The year 2009 is a landmark in the history of New York, and America. It’s the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s arrival along the river that bears his name. With public initiatives and media attention on commemorative events and exhibits at a fever pitch throughout the year, the stage is set for New York 400, a one-of-a-kind celebration of the greatest city in America.With unprecedented acce…

Museum of Photography by Derenthal, Ludger; Kuhn, Christine Edition , 0 $23.99 Delving into an institution that has recently grown in popularity among photography enthusiasts the world over, this survey examines the renowned Museum of Photography in Berlin. The chapters demonstrate how the museum’s visitors are able to take a more informed look at the history of photography from its inception to the present day. The Art Library’s exhibitions are reviewed, showing the wide range of historical and contemporary expressive forms available to photography as a medium. Works by Helmut Newton and June Newton are also presented.

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