| 40-Something
Prix Fixe Dinner @ Chez Josephine - Friday, February 01, 2008 - Midtown
West
A tribute to the legendary First lady of Jazz, Josephine Baker, Chez
Josephine and the live music made there exudes theatrical panache!
Well meet at Chez Josephine which is located in the heart of the theatre
district, for a wonderful Restaurant Week prix fixe dinner for the
40-Something Social Circles crowd. For $35 plus tax and tip well enjoy
a lovely three-course French dinner with all the fixins including
live piano music! See ya at the table!Jazz Battle @ Dizzy’s
Club: Trombones - FREE! - Saturday, February 02, 2008 – Midtown
Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola Presents Jazz Battle: Trombone Vincent
Chandler vs. Luis Bonilla with the Xavier Davis Trio. Our gang will
meet up near Lincoln Center and go over to Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola
which is housed in the Frederick P. Rose Hall at Lincoln Center. The
show starts at 12:30PM and is FREE, FREE, FREE.~ Afterwards the group
will head out for a bite to eat and have a great afternoon together!
Superbowl @ Blackstone’s: Giants vs. Patriots! - Sunday,
February 03, 2008 - Midtown East
Join the gang from Social Circles as we watch the New York Giants
take on the New England Patriots and kick their butts all the way
back up North! We’ll meet a bit early at Blackstone’s,
snag a table and get ready for some FOOTBALL! In addition to just
being a great bar, Blackstone’s is offering a FREE OPEN BAR
fromn 5:00PM to 6:00PM and a FREE buffet during the game! Not too
shabby! They do not take reservations so were getting there ahead
of the crowds. Get your football jersey’s ready and put your
eating (and drinking) pants on! This is the Superbowl and we’ll
get the best seats in the house at Blackstone’s!
Cool-aoke
@ Dusk Lounge! - Monday, February 04, 2008 - Chelsea
Ladies and Gentlemen it’s our pleasure to present the best damn
Karaoke night on the planet!
Here’s what people are saying about Dusk: Dusk is the Best kept
Karaoke secret in Manhattan!
From the great song book (15,000 songs), to the great sound system,
to the crazy kitschy stage and lights everywhere, to the great bar
it is in........what more could we want from Karaoke? It’s not
just Karaoke, It’s COOL-aoke! So, be sure to join the cool cats
at Social Circles as we take to the stage and show those locals what
we’ve got, at COOL-aoke!
SIGN UPS BEGIN AT 8:30 so don’t be late!!!
Mardi
Gras Party @ Delta Grill! - Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - Hell’s
Kitchen
The French Quarter meets Hell’s Kitchen at the unassuming Delta
Grill. The joint has a timeless, down-home feel—faded wood plank
floors creak as you walk through to admire the aging New Orleans bar
signs. The food at Delta doesnt stray from the Big Easy concept either—Chef
Gret Tatis, who cooked with the original Cajun superchef Paul Prudhomme,
serves up Creole and Cajun favorites. Our gang will meet at 6:00PM
for a Mradi Gras Fest not to be forgotten! For $20, each member will
receive a complimentary Hurricane cocktail and have access to a traditional
New Orleans buffet with items like jambalaya, a real crawfish boil,
red beans and rice, plus so much more. There will also be live music
beginning at 7:00PM sharp! Since we can’t get down to sweet
New Orleans for Mardi Gras, why not join us at Delta Grill for a party
pretty close to the real thing!
Self
Defense Workshop - Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - $27.00 - Upper Manhattan
This workshop is about how to get unstuck when you get stuck...
Our insrtuctor, Jeff Telvi began wrestling at the early age of 7.
Since then he has trained extensively in many self defense disciplines
and embraces being a lifelong martial artist. As a professional, Jeff
has been seen on ESPN and competed at Madison Square Garden. In addition,
he is AFFA certified and has been personal training for 7 years. Currently,
Jeff holds a purple belt in Brazilian Jiu-jitsu under Renzo Gracie.
We will meet uptown for a 2 hour intensive self defense workshop and
learn what to do when we are in danger! This event is a definite must
for ANY and EVERY New Yorker!
Chinese
New Year Celebration @ China 1 - Thursday, February 07, 2008 - $50.00
- East Village
Join us as we ring in the Chinese New Year, "the Year of the
Rat", together in style and start the year on the most festive
note with a celebratory meal at China 1, our favorite joint for authentic
Chinese cuisine. The fabulous folks at China 1 have put together a
scrumptuous $50 per person family-style prix-fixe meal for us including
all the staples like: Crab Rangoon, Shrimp Spring Roll, General Tsos
Chicken, Beef Chow Fun, House Fried Rice, plus a couple of other succulent
Chinese choices. So find your "inner rat" and meet us at
China 1 for an evening of food, fun, and friends! See you at the table!
K2 Lounge @ Rubin Museum of Art - Friday, February 08, 2008
- Chelsea
Join your fellow Social Circles members at "K2: Time to Ascend"
at the gorgeous Rubin Museum of Art in Chelsea. Well meet up at 6:30
pm for a full evening of culture! From 6:00PM until closing there
is a full bar in the K2 Lounge with the RMA Happy Hour going from
6:00PM to 7:00PM. In addition to the great company and cool cocktails,
there will be contemporary and global sounds spun by guest DJs From
7:00PM to 10PM. SC members will also have FREE admission to selected
galleries. with FREE gallery talks and tours. At 9:30PM, if the group
is up for it, we will check out CABARETcinema at the RMA, where movies
and martinis mix! Movies are FREE with $7 bar minimum! Pretty awesome,
huh??? The movie to be shown is "Dont Look Now" with an
introduction by Frances Kiernan. Made in 1973, the movie stars Julie
Christie, Donald Sutherland, Hilary Mason, Celia Matania. This is
going ot be a great night out where you will not be breaking the bank
so do not miss out on this event!
Breakfast @ Community Food & Juice Bar - Saturday, February
09, 2008 - Upper West Side
Meet up with fellow early risers and Social Circle-ites at Community
Food & Juice Bar. This is the hottest new spot for your early
morning foodie fix. They do not take reservations but with our arrival
at 10:30AM, were sure to slip in before the hung-over brunch crew
awakens from their slumber! Choose from an array of delectable delights
such as: The B.E.L.T. which stands for the bacon, egg, lettuce, and
tomato sandwich which squeezes a lot of textural variety between two
slices of sourdough toast. The applewood-smoked bacon makes the sandwhich!
Also be sure to check out their blueberry pancakes, which are the
most popular item on the menu! See you bright and early uptown at
Community Food & Juice Bar.
Titans Pro Lacrosse Game at Madison Square Garden - Sunday,
February 10, 2008 - $22.00 - Midtown
This is a first for Social Circles! We will be rooting for the New
York Titans Pro Indoor Lacrosse team as they thrash the Buffalo Bandits
at Madison Square Garden for their second home game of the season!
We will meet up at the Tick Tock Diner near the Garden for a quick
breakfast and then were off to the gameto watch these two amazing
teams! For your $22 ticket price youll get a great seat, a New York
Titans Pro Indoor Lacrosse baseball cap, and a 2008 Titans team yearbook!
This is going to be so much fun, sign up now as we have a limited
number of seats available!!!!
Sam Adams Beer Tasting @ The Village Pourhouse - Tuesday,
February 12, 2008 - East Village
We will meet up at The Village Pourhouse, one of our favorite watering
holes, for a fantastic Sam Adams Singles Beer Tasting party. Social
CIrcles will have our own table but members will have the freedom
to move around and meet other non-SC members as well. Included in
the $25 tasting cost which will be paid by you at the door, you will
taste an slew of wonderful Sam Adams brews and meet and mingle with
a bunch of great sexy singles just like yourself! In addition to the
wonderful beer and great people you will meet, you will also recieve
a t-shirt upon the purchase of your ticket to the tasting!!!
"Old Skool" Bowling @ The Gutter in Brooklyn - Wednesday,
February 13, 2008 - Brooklyn
The Gutter is new...but the vibe is Old skool! This place is awesome!
Theres a Schlitz globe spinning over the shoe counter, vintage bowling
items adorning the bar, old lamps throughout, and even some TVs with
rabbit ear antennas. You wont find flashy flatscreens displaying your
scores and advertisements hanging above the lanes. The scoring machines
are straight out of the past, and the only advertisements are on the
pin clearing machine. The bar overlooks the lanes, there are no league
nights, the bathrooms are unisex, and the bar is stocked with good
beer (you can get pitchers too) and spirits. We will meet up and roll
a few games and grab some drinks then call it a night...a great night!
PLEASE NOTE: The Gutter is CASH ONLY but the bar accepts credit cards!
Cupid is Stupid Party @ The Town Tavern - Thursday, February
14, 2008 - Greenwhich Village
OK...we all know that Valentine’s Day was an idea thought up
the by the Hallmark Card Corp. to sell a ton of greeting cards, right?
If love has done you wrong and you don’t want to sit home and
cry about it, meet the Anti-Valentine’s Day crew from Social
Circles for a little party we found called the Cupid is Stupid party!
We have a cozy spot reserved for our gang at the Town Tavern where
FREE tarot card readings are being done on site as well as FREE manicures
for both sexes! Drink specials include $5 Red Heart Cosmos sponsored
by Tommy Bahama, $3 glasses of champagne, and $4 mixed vodka drinks.
In addition to all this good stuff, when you arrive youll be given
a rose when the folks at Town Tavern check you in on the guest list,
which you can then give to the sexy bartendars for a FREE drink of
your choice! We guarantee this event to be a great time had by all!
See you at the Tavern!
Movie @ MoMA: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest - Friday,
February 15, 2008 - Midtown
We’ll meet over near the MoMA and grab a quick beverage before
we grab tickets to one of the coolest flicks ever made with one of
the most excellent actors of our time. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s
Nest is based on the novel by Ken Kesey that stars Jack Nicholson
and Louise Fletcher. One of Forman’s most acclaimed films, this
adaptation of Kesey’s widely read antiestablishment novel portrays
Nicholson as a convict in a psychiatric hospital who leads his fellow
inmates in defying the icy Nurse Ratched, one of the greatest villains
in film history. This rallying cry against authority and conformity
struck a nerve with viewers and became the second movie ever to win
all five major Academy Awards. Definitely a great movie to watch with
new and old friends alike! See you at the show!
Beatific Soul: The Jack Kerouac Exhibition - Saturday, February
16, 2008 - Midtown
This exhibition will explore the life and career of the Beat writer
and poet Jack Kerouac, including the evolution of On the Road and
other works; his unique amalgam of Christian and Buddhist spirituality;
and his attitude to the movement that he felt had forsaken its beatific
roots and purpose. The exhibition will draw on the contents of the
Jack Kerouac Archive, housed in the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection
of English and American Literature, and will display many of Kerouac’s
unpublished manuscripts, drafts and notes for published works, diaries,
journals, correspondence, drawings and paintings; his minutely detailed
fantasy baseball and fantasy horse racing materials; and unpublished
photographs of him and his family. Punctuating the exhibition at various
points will be the objects that Kerouac treasured throughout his life,
including the crutches he used after suffering a football injury while
playing for Columbia University, his harmonicas, Buddhist bells, and
his railroad track lantern. At the heart of the exhibition lies On
the Road itself, fifty years after its initial publication. The exhibition
showcases its three extant typescript drafts, including the famous
scroll, on loan from James Irsay, and many of its manuscript proto-versions.
Scores of the thousand or so substantive emendations that Kerouac
made in the novel’s various drafts will be on view, showing
how the published text differs dramatically from the scroll’s,
but also demonstrating that Kerouac’s advocacy of “spontaneous
prose” and the principle of “first thought, best thought”
was qualified not only by the demands of his editor, but, often, by
his own critical eye, at least at this point in his writing career.
Join us for this FREE event and get "On the Road" with your
friends at Social Circles! Don’ t forget to bring cash in case
you want to join the group after the event fora some grub!
Soup-er
Supper @ The New Second Avenue Deli - Sunday, February 17, 2008 -
Originally opened in 1954 on the southeast corner of 2nd Avenue and
10th Street in the East Village of Manhattan, the Second Avenue Deli
now currently resides at 162 East 33rd Street between Lexington and
Third Avenues. It has been recognized by Zagat’s restaurant
guide as the best kosher deli in New York. The deli’s specialties
include matzoh ball soup, cthe corned beef special, pastrami, knishes,
and other notables of Jewish cuisine There’s nothing better
than a hot bowl of yummy soup on a cold night to get you in gear and
ready for the work week ahead!
Secrets of Grand Central: Indoor Walking Tour - Monday, February
18, 2008 - $21.00 - Midtown
The commuter day is so hectic that few New Yorkers rushing through
Grand Central Station ever really get to learn about the hidden history
and lesser known lore behind this classic landmark. Did you know that
the constellation ceiling is actually the mirror image of what we
see in our sky? Or about the secret apartment used as a speakeasy
during the 1920’s? Or about Grand Centrals’ whispering
arch? Explore these interesting nuances and more as we mark Grand
Centrals’95th Anniversary on this awesome indoor walking tour.
Juggling Workshop with Rod Kimball - Tuesday, February 19,
2008 - TBA
We’ll learn juggling and other eccentric art forms from Rod
Kimball of the Famous Flying Karamazov Brothers! The first thing our
beginner group will learn in this one hour workshop is the juggling
of three balls. From there, the repetoire of each student stretches
in many different directions! Our one hour class is $20 to be paid
when you arrive. If you want to stay for the second hour you’ll
pay an additional $10. We promise you that it’s worth the money
to learn to be the life of the party! How many people can say they
can juggle???
The
Magic Flute: FREE OPERA! - Wednesday, February 20, 2008 - Midtown
The Magic Flute (German Die Zauberflöte, K. 620) is an opera
in two acts composed in 1791 by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a libretto
by Emanuel Schikaneder. The work is in the form of a Singspiel, a
popular form that included both singing and spoken dialogue. Join
Social Circles as we meet in Midtown and enjoy an evening of FREE
opera, (fully staged may we add) presented by vocalists from Juilliard’s
master of music program. The opera will be sung in German and the
dialogue part will be in English!
Food & Wine Sampling @ Philip Marie - Thursday, February 21, 2008
- Greenwhich Village
Join us at our reserved table at Philip Marie Restaurant for a fantastic
food & wine sampling for $25 pluus tax and tip. Each week Philip
Marie features wine from a different region. We will meet up and taste
five varieties of vino and five types of tasty hors d’ oveures!
Chef Greco III is the owner and chef at the restaurant so obviously
the food is phenomenal! Don’t hesitate to register for this
event, spaces will go fast!
Pay What You Wish Night @ The Guggenheim - Friday, February 22, 2008
- Upper Manhattan
On Friday evenings beginning at 5:45 p.m. the Guggenheim Museum hosts
"Pay What You Wish", in which admission is by donation.
The original price to get into the museum is $18 for adults but tonight
you choose what you’d like to give to enter this artistic haven!
We’ll check out some galleries then grab a bite to eat together
afterwards! We urge as many of you cats as possible to take advabntage
of this awesome Friday night out at the Guggenheim!
NBC Studio Tour & Lunch @ Spanky’s BBQ - Saturday,
February 23, 2008 - Midtown
Since 1933, NBC has offered this historic tour that takes you through
the halls and into the studios of NBCs New York operations. An NBC
Page will be your guide to the world of the Peacock Network. The first
stop on the tour is the NBC/ Sharp History Theatre, where you will
learn about NBCs early days in radio. The globe-shaped theater is
home to a 16 foot by 9 foot high-definition screen by Sharp and is
equipped with surround sound. Your NBC Page will also tell you about
some of the networks early sound effect techniques and NBCs transition
into television. After learning about NBCs past, you will have the
opportunity to enter and visit some of our most famous studios, including:
The Today Show, Dateline NBC, NBC Nightly News, Late Night with Conan
OBrien, Football Night in America and Saturday Night Live! We love
this event and we know you will too! After the tour, we’ll take
a walk down to our favorite BBQ joint and enjoy some good grub at
Spankys. The cost for the tour is $15.50 ase were able to secure a
group rate!
Academy Awards Party @ the Village Pourhouse - Sunday, February
24, 2008 - $14.00 - East Village
The Village Pourhouse is rolling out their red carpet for movie lovers
everywhere (that includes the cool cats of Social Circles). We’ll
watch and critique the fashions on the red carpet during the pre-show.
$14 gets you popcorn and a complimentary cocktail! You don’t
have to be a Hollywood celebrity to be a winner on Oscar night. True
movie buffs can show off their knowledge while trying their hand at
our pre-show Oscar Trivia. Cast your own ballots and predict the top
five award categories. The winner receives a $75 bar tab. Feel free
to get all dolled up as your favorite star. If you are best dressed,
you receive a $100 bar tab. You will feel as though you are front
row at the Kodak Theatre when you are watching this fun show at The
Village Pourhouse. With 19 HD Plasmas, 3 HD Projection TV’s,
and 2 HD LCD Screens, you won’t miss a bit of the action. See
you at the Oscars!
Taping of the Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Tuesday, February
26, 2008 - Hell’s Kitchen
Join Social CIrcles as we watch the Emmy Award nominated show that
puts a different spin on the headlines of the day. Jon Stewart and
his news team will have you laughing at all the gaffes today’s
politicians and celebrities are making. And who knows which celebrity
Stewart will be interviewing live when Social Circles is in attendance?
Social Circles New Member Mixer! - Thursday, February 28,
2008 - $15.00 - TBA
Are you new around here? Then definitely join us for our February
New Member Mixer! Delicious cocktails, yummy treats, and great company
are on the agenda for this evening. This cocktail party is an opportunity
for new members to meet the gang in a fun, casual setting at a relaxed
lounge. There is no pressure, and we run a fun mini-icebreaker to
help make it easy for people to get to know each other. Relax, unwind,
and meet up with friends - both old and new! See all you newbies at
the Mixer!
30-Something Dinner @ Old Devil Moon - Friday, February 29,
2008 - East Village
Join the hipster crowd from Social Circles as we jet over to our new
favorite foodie dive, Old Devil Moon for huge portions of funky, electric,
and inventive cuisine! This divine dive dishes out some of the best
Southern soul food around! DO NOT miss out on their melt-in-your-mouth,
incredibly tender chicken fried steak! The catfish po-boy is at the
top of the "must have" list too! We’ll meet, greet,
eat and listen to the Devil’s music at the hootin’ and
hollerin’ house of home cookin! |
