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This Week In NYC Living

FEBRUARY 25, 2013

What could be more classic NYC than Baseball, Beer and Grand Central Terminal?

TriBeCA/Citywide

New York City Beer Week
The New York City Brewers Guild brings you the 5th Annual Beer Week with 12 NYC craft breweries and other nationally and internationally renowned breweries at more than 100 venues. Expect more than 300 events featuring celebrity chefs and top restaurants. Highlight: NYC Brewer’s Choice food and beer pairing event at City Winery.
February 22-March 3, see site for schedule and venues.

Chelsea

A Night of Jewish Baseball
Celebrating the “Hebrew hammers” who remain so much a part of baseball’s colorful history, the American Jewish Historical Society is holding a silent auction featuring lithographs, memorabilia, famous players’ uniforms and more of what so many remember fondly from back in the days of the Brooklyn Dodgers.
Wednesday, February 27, 6-9PM
American Jewish Historical Society, 15 West 16th Street
Tickets: $50-150

Midtown East

Sam Roberts on Grand Central
Sam Roberts, urban affairs correspondent at the New York Times, discusses the station's fascinating 100-year history. Book signing to follow.
Thursday, February 28, 6:30 PM
Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY The Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue
Free

Citywide

New York International Children’s Film Festival
This much-anticipated festival showcases the best new films for children ages 3-18, offering more than 100 films from around the world at theaters throughout the city, plus director Q&As, parties, awards and more.
March 1-24, see site for theaters, times, tickets and events

Midtown West

Who Cares Benefit with The Who and Elvis Costello
This big-name benefit concert for Teen Cancer America and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center will bring The Who and Elvis Costello & The Imposters to The Theater at Madison Square Garden. If you’ve never seen ‘em, now is your chance to rock out for a worthy cause!
February 28, 8PM
The Theater at MSG, 4 Pennsylvania Plaza
Tickets: $125-$1000

Times Square/Theater District

Star Talk Live with Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Neil DeGrasse Tyson, the man who made science sexy (and funny), and MC/comedian Eugene Mirman offer their smart and sassy take on subjects like space travel, life on other planets and the Big Bang.
Wednesday, February 27, 8PM
Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street
$35-$50

Flatiron/Union Square

Ace Hotel Bespoke Jewelry Bazaar and Symposium
In yet another of the Ace Hotel’s many pairings of style and culture, some of NYC’s coolest jewelry designers (Verameat, Ten Thousand Things, Lindsey Adelman and more) team up with creative types from MakerBot and Shapeways to create their own custom-made pieces via CAD modeling and 3D printing. Plus: A symposium on 3D printing, the metaphor of making and fashion's future.
Saturday, March 2, 1PM
Ace Hotel Lobby, 20 West 29th Street
Free