At the ballet
The Nutcracker
at the
New York City
Ballet
(
nycballet.com) is the
quintessential Christmas outing (runs
from 23 November to 30 December).
George Balanchine’s famous
choreography, Karinska’s elaborate
costumes and the sumptuous sets are
as they were originally debuted in
1954.
One of the largest productions
of the year, the ballet incorporates 90
dancers and 50 students from the
School of American Ballet.
Shopping daze
Urbanspace Meatpacking
(
usmeatpacking.com) is New York’s
latest pop-up marketplace and through
Christmas the holiday market is open
next to the Standard hotel under the
High Line. Over 60 vendors and food
stalls entice shoppers down to the
Meatpacking district for a diverse mix
of fashion, accessories, antiques and
jewellery, along with bites from
Roberta’s Pizza, Red Hook Lobster
Pound and Momofuku Milk Bar.
On the half shell
Oyster bars used to be the cheap fast
food restaurants of New York. Now
oyster bars like
The Leadbelly
(
theleadbelly.com) serve swank
cocktails to a hip downtown crowd,
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Population
313,847,465
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Currency
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one of six new oyster spots on the
Lower East Side. Pacific and East Coast
oysters are shucked at the raw bar,
while mixologists concoct beach
friendly gin- and vodka-based drinks.
Fame and fortune
The
Metropolitan Museum of Art
(
metmuseum.org) is putting on the
first comprehensive exhibit examining
Andy Warhol’s influence on
contemporary art with
Regarding
Warhol: Sixty Artists, Fifty Years
(
runs
through 31 December). Warhol works
will hang alongside works by artists
such as Richard Prince, John Baldessari
and Edward Ruscha.
Au ballet
L’incontournable ballet de Noël,
Casse-Noisette
,
chorégraphié par le
célèbre George Balanchine, revient à
l’affiche du
New York City Ballet
(
nycballet.com) du 23 novembre au
30
décembre. La compagnie joue ce
spectacle depuis 1954. Les danseurs
qui évoluent dans un somptueux décor
portent toujours les magnifiques
costumes de Karinska. Chaque hiver,
90
danseurs et 50 étudiants de
l’école de l’American Ballet font
revivre l’émotion de ce spectacle,
devenu l’une des plus grandes
productions de la saison.
Réseau shopping
Durant la période de Noël,
l’
Urbanspace Meatpacking
(
usmeatpacking.com) est le dernier
espace de shopping tendance à
New York, avec un marché à proximité
du Standard hotel, sous la High Line.
Plus de 60 vendeurs et échoppes
gourmandes invitent le public à
déambuler dans le Meatpacking
district, pour découvrir une diversité
de vêtements, accessoires, antiquités
et bijoux, aux côtés de quelques
bonnes enseignes comme Roberta’s
Pizza, Red Hook Lobster Pound ou
Momofuku Milk Bar.
Bars et coquillages
Les bars à huîtres new-yorkais sont
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way to go
John F. Kennedy International Airport is about 32 kilometres from midtown Manhattan. Every terminal has a taxi queue
and fares are a flat $45 (€36) fee (if you are going to Queens or Brooklyn go by the meter as it might be less). Alternatively, the
Airtrain costs $5 (€4) and takes you to Jamaica Station in Queens where you can board the Long Island Rail Road service to Penn
Station for $8.75 (€6.90). Also check whether your hotel provides a free shuttle bus service.
New York’s very hip
meatpacking district
