http://www.citypass.com/city/ny.html New York News High atop a hill in northern Manhattan’s Fort Tryon Park, overlooking the Hudson River, The Cloisters museum and gardens is the branch of The Metropolitan Museum of Art devoted to the art and architecture of medieval Europe. As the only museum of its kind in America, The Cloisters is a year-round destination for tourists and a local getaway for native ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/248/Dont-miss-The-Cloisters-museum-and-gardens.html The Metropolitan Museum of Art announced today the upcoming schedule for the next six Met Holiday Mondays—extra public viewing days that take place on the Mondays of major holiday weekends, when historically the Museum has been closed. A different selection of exhibitions will be open on each Met Holiday Monday. The Metropolitan's public cafeteria and several of the gift shops ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/604/Met-Holiday-Mondays.html November 22, 2009 – April 26, 2010<br /> This major career retrospective on Tim Burton (American, b. 1958), consisting of a gallery exhibition and a film series, considers Burton's career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along with his work as a fiction writer, photographer and illustrator. Following the current of his visual ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/590/Tim-Burton.html September 13, 2009 – April 12, 2010<br /> The Museum of Modern Art presents an installation that will, for the first time since the Museum's reopening in 2004, feature the full group of Claude Monet's late paintings in the collection. These include a mural-sized triptych (Reflections of Clouds on the Water-Lily Pond, c. 1920) and a single-panel painting of the ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/589/Monets-Water-Lilies.html October 21, 2009 – March 28, 2010 <br /> With the inauguration of the Deutsche Guggenheim in 1997, the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation and Deutsche Bank launched a unique and ambitious program of contemporary art commissions that has enabled the Deutsche Guggenheim to act as a catalyst for artistic production. Anish Kapoor: Memory is the 14th project to be completed ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/592/Anish-Kapoor-Memory.html April 8, 2009 – January 18, 2010<br /> In recent decades "landscape" has taken on an expanded definition in architecture. In the first half of the twentieth century, the architectural avant-garde celebrated autonomy from nature, and architects devised utopian schemes for creating urban realms ex novo, with little consideration for their surroundings. More recently, however, the challenges of a threatened ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/572/In-Situ-Architecture-and-Landscape.html September 18, 2009 – January 13, 2010 <br /> No other artist epitomizes the character of the Guggenheim quite like Vasily Kandinsky-his history is closely entwined with the history of the museum and his work has been collected in-depth for the museum's permanent collection since its founding. Presented to coincide with the fiftieth anniversary of the Guggenheim Museum, this full-scale ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/454/Kandinsky.html You may encounter a line at the front door during busy times at the Empire State Building due to the fact that they limit the number of guests allowed in the lobby at any one time for everybody"s safety. Once inside, CityPass holders may pass by the ticket lines and proceed directly to the high speed elevator ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/44/Empire-State-Building-Security-Line.html June 24, 2009 – January 4, 2010<br /> The Alfred H. Barr, Jr. Painting and Sculpture Galleries, fourth floor Surrealist artists, writers, and poets placed persistent emphasis on the power of the imagination to transform the everyday. Beginning in the early 1930s, the production of elliptically erotic, sexually charged objects and sculptures became central to their concerns. This exhibition features ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/570/The-Erotic-Object-Surrealist-Sculpture-from-the-Collection.html April 22, 2009 – January 4, 2010<br /> Contemporary Galleries, second floor The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection, acquired by the Museum in 2005, is an extraordinary collection of over 2,500 contemporary works on paper. Through a selection of more than three hundred works, this first comprehensive presentation of the gift surveys the various methods and materials within the ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/571/Compass-in-Hand-Selections-from-The-Judith-Rothschild-Foundation-Contemporary-Drawings-Collection.html May 23, 2009 - January 3, 2010<br /> "Most of us think we are familiar with mammals, a group that includes many well-known species, including dogs, bears, whales and, of course, humans," said Ellen V. Futter, President of the American Museum of Natural History. "Yet I suspect that people may not be aware that this class of animals also includes ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/482/Extreme-Mammals-The-Biggest-Smallest-and-Most-Amazing-Mammals-of-All-Time.html May 30, 2009 - January 3, 2010<br /> Back by popular demand, this delightful exhibition introduces visitors to the colorful and richly diverse world of frogs. More than 200 live frogs will be shown in their recreated habitats, complete with rock ledges, live plants, and waterfalls. Featuring approximately 25 species from around the world, the exhibition will explore the evolution ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/484/Frogs-A-Chorus-of-Colors.html Now Open<br /> The Charles Engelhard Court and the Period Rooms From monumental marble and bronze sculpture to stunning stained-glass windows by Tiffany, The Charles Engelhard Court is the grand gateway to the Met’s unparalleled collections of American art. The newly renovated American Wing also features superb ceramics, glass, silver, pewter, jewelry, and paintings as well as three centuries of ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/475/The-New-American-Wing.html June 10 - November 30, 2009<br /> The Yoshiko and Akio Morita Media Gallery, second floor In the mid-1970s, right on the heels of Conceptual art and Minimalism, many visual artists turned to making raw, hard-edged work that addressed urban blight and bad economies. With an ear set to punk, these artists worked in the netherworld between music and media, ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/569/Looking-at-Music-Side-2.html September 10 – November 29, 2009<br /> In celebration of the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s voyage from Amsterdam to New York, the Rijksmuseum has lent The Milkmaid—perhaps Johannes Vermeer’s most admired painting—for display alongside all five of the Met’s Vermeers. This once-in-a-lifetime exhibition provides a unique opportunity to see six of only 36 surviving paintings by the great Dutch ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/588/Vermeers-Masterpiece-iThe-Milkmaid-i.html April 28 – October 25, 2009 (weather permitting)<br /> American artist Roxy Paine (born 1966) has created a 130-foot-long by 45-foot-wide stainless-steel sculpture, especially for the most dramatic outdoor space for sculpture in New York City: the Museum’s Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Roof Garden. This ambitious undertaking, the twelfth installation of a solo artist’s work, is the largest sculpture ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/521/Roxy-Paine-on-the-Roof-iMaelstrom-i.html The Guggenheim Museum will celebrate its 50th Birthday on Wednesday, October 21, 2009 by offering a Free Day. If you are using CityPass and your schedule allows, you may consider visiting this attraction a different day to avoid potential crowds. ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/591/Guggenheim-Museum-Free-Day-on-October-21.html Now playing<br /> Academy Award–winning actress Whoopi Goldberg narrates the American Museum of Natural History’s spectacular new Hayden Planetarium Space Show, Journey to the Stars, which opens to the public at the Museum’s Rose Center for Earth and Space on Saturday, July 4, 2009. Journey to the Stars launches visitors through time and space to experience the life and death ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/603/Journey-to-the-Stars-Narrated-by-Whoopi-Goldberg.html June 28 - September 21, 2009<br /> The Joan and Preston Robert Tisch Exhibition Gallery, sixth floor James Ensor (1860–1949) was a major figure in the Belgian avant-garde of the late nineteenth century and an important precursor to the development of Expressionism in the early twentieth. In both respects he has influenced generations of later artists. This exhibition presents approximately ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/568/James-Ensor.html June 26 - September 14, 2009<br /> Public space, third floor This exhibition features the proposals of the five finalists in the MoMA/P.S.1 Young Architects Program. Each year five finalists are drawn from a host of emerging American designers to compete with project proposals for a temporary installation in the courtyard of P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center. The winning design houses ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/566/Young-Architects-Program-2009.html June 24 - September 14, 2009<br /> Projects Gallery, Second Floor Viewers play a vital role in the creation of Measuring the Universe (2007), by Slovakian artist Roman Ondák (b. 1966). Over the course of the exhibition, attendants mark Museum visitors' heights, first names, and date of the measurement on the gallery walls. Beginning as an empty white space, over ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/567/Performance-4-Roman-Ondk.html Across all five boroughs, 700 stores -- from flagship shopping icons to neighborhood boutiques – will stay open until at least 11 p.m. to celebrate fashion. The event encourages full-price shopping, but the sales racks are on full display too, along with wandering designers, special events and enticements. For the full list and details, please visit ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/141/September-10-Fashions-Night-Out.html The Empire State Building Observatories will close early on September 1, 2, 3, 4, 9 and 10. Therefore, we advise that visitors arrive no later than 10:00pm, as the Observatories will be closing to guests at 12:30pm for the 102nd floor and 12:45pm for the 86th floor. We apologize for any inconvenience and encourage you to plan ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/547/Empire-State-Building-Early-Closures.html March 11 - September 7, 2009<br /> Visual artists have long been interested in the stage as an arena for experimentation, and their interdisciplinary collaborations have immeasurably enriched the history of modern art. Stage Pictures presents a selection of designs for dance, theater, and opera from MoMA's drawings collection. The exhibition highlights set and costume studies, as well as more ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/510/Stage-Pictures-Drawing-for-Performance.html June 24 - September 7, 2009<br /> The Donald B. and Catherine C. Marron Atrium, second floor Beijing-based artist Song Dong (b. 1966) explores notions of transience and impermanence with installations that combine aspects of performance, video, photography, and sculpture. Projects 90, his first solo U.S. museum show, presents his recent work Waste Not. A collaboration first conceived of with ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/565/Projects-90-Song-Dong.html June 16 – September 7, 2009<br /> The Torment of Saint Anthony—the only painting by Michelangelo Buonarroti in America—is at the Met this summer. The painting is believed to have been created when Michelangelo was only twelve or thirteen and is one of four known easel paintings generally attributed to the Renaissance master. Recently acquired by the Kimbell Art Museum, ... http://www.citypass.com/attraction/news/586/Michelangelos-First-Painting.html 2009-04-02 - 2009-12-31 <br /><br /> ... http://www.citypass.com/promotion/city/57/CityPass.com-is-now-mobilebr-Travel-with-us.html 2009-06-16 - 2009-09-07 <br /><br /> New York is suddenly affordable. Summer in New York City is steaming up with last-minute vacation bargains and deals. First-timers and experienced Big Apple visitors make a beeline for New York CityPass, a pocket-size booklet of must-see, bold-face attraction tickets, priced 44% less than regular admissions. Hotel rates have been slashed up to 30% and airfares are at all-time lows. The city is pulling out all the stops to make Summer 2009 a budget bonanza. New York CityPass goes straight to the heart of the city, to the places you really must see. Tickets to New York’s most famous attractions ... http://www.citypass.com/promotion/city/92/New-York-has-hot-last-minute-summer-deals.html Every day, over 700,000 people pass through 49-acre Grand Central Terminal. “The one thing that’s such a surprise is that trains run out of there,” cracks Doria Steedman, a creative director at a nonprofit. “Grand Central is a cathedral not just for its hundred shops and dining [spots], but for oddities like the Whispering Gallery, opposite the Oyster Bar, where ... http://www.citypass.com/traveler/ny.html Totonno's Pizzeria Napolitano This Coney Island pizza joint relies on 900-degree coal ovens to make its extra-crisp pizza in just five minutes. 1524 Neptune Ave.; 718-372-8606. Hsin Wong Classic dishes at this Cantonese restaurant in Chinatown include whole fried flounder and succulent roast pork. 72 Bayard St.; 212-925-6526. Ciao Bella Café Housemade Italian gelato refreshes visitors to the Upper East ... http://www.citypass.com/traveler/ny.html