11 Things to Do This Week in NYC: January 4th – January 10th, 2019
From jazz concerts and history lectures to urban exploration adventures and podcast festivals, check out 10 exciting things to do this week in NYC!
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Tour the NYC Home of Jazz Legend Louis Armstrong in Queens
Go inside the NYC home of jazz legend Louis Armstrong on a special Untapped Cities Insider tour of the well preserved mid-century style house in Queens!
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Your Week Untapped: Top NYC Events June 30th-July 6th
Don’t miss out on 4th of July celebrations, free concerts and dance parties, food festivals and even a zombie takeover of Coney Island this week!
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Inside the Gutted Lenox Lounge in Harlem as It Transforms Into The Lounge
No stranger to good music and food, Richie Notar moves forward with construction on the old Lenox Lounge space in Harlem, which hopes to open this Summer.
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Fun Maps: The Queens Jazz Trail by Ephemera Press
This fun illustrated map by Ephemera Press traces the Queens Jazz Trail, showing the homes of many 1920s jazz musicians and places of interest to jazz fans.
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Vintage Photos: Inside the Cotton Club, One of NYC’s Leading Jazz Venues of the 1920s and ’30s
The Cotton Club might be Harlem’s most famous surviving jazz venue, but it was also the neighborhood’s most notorious especially after WWI.
MoreTake in Jazz in an Underground Crypt in Harlem
Though New York City is far younger than many European cities, we still have our fair share of crypts and catacombs scattered throughout the city. And some of them host unique events, for those who dare. The Church of the Intercession in Harlem, for example, hosts jazz concerts (and more) in its crypt.
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MoreSuave Side-Parts and Prosecco Soup: Jazz Finale of the 2013 Chelsea Music Festival
The jazz finale of the fourth annual Chelsea Music Festival lit up the first official night of summer, in more ways than one. The “Festival Finale: Music of the Metropolises—from London to Venice via New York,” was held at the Dillon Gallery on West 25th, where the Mexican artist Nacho Rodriguez Bach is currently exhibiting …
MoreThe Dunbar Hotel, A Legendary Jazz Spot in LA is Transformed into a Senior Citizens’ Center
An unlikely group – Los Angeles’ senior citizens – are indirectly saving a building that was once the heart of the black community and jazz scene in South Central Los Angeles. Our friends at phenomenal architecture and real estate blog Curbed alerted us to the most recent developments at the legendary former Dunbar …
MoreGatsby on Governor’s Island: Annual Jazz Age Lawn Party June 15-16
The Roaring Twenties shift from Long Island to Governor’s Island this weekend with the annual Jazz Age Lawn Party. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on June 15 – 16 and again on August 17 – 18, just a short ferry ride from 21st century Manhattan, part of Governor’s Island is transformed into a 1920s world …
MoreCelebrate Local Talent at San Francisco’s Offside Music Festival
San Francisco’s Offside celebrates and raises awareness of local talent. The second year of the jazz festival begins today, May 25.
MoreMinton’s Playhouse in Harlem to Be Resurrected
Harlemites are sure to enjoy the resurrection of jazz and dining at the new Minton’s Playhouse, which originally opened in 1938 and hosted the jazz greats.
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