(Guggenheim Museum, 1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128) The Third Mind: American Artists Contemplate Asia, 1860–1989 illuminates the dynamic and profound impact of Asian art and philosophical concepts on American artistic practices of the late 19th century, early modern, and postwar avant-garde periods. Event Website

(Theater for the New City, 155 First Ave, New York, NY 10003) (Thu - Sat: 8pm; Sun: 3pm) Theater for the New City, Crystal Field, Executive Artistic Director, proudly announces the world premiere production of Walking from Rumania, a historical drama written and directed by Barbara Kahn. Featuring Zina Anaplioti, Michelle Cohen, Robert Gonzales, Jr., Jenny Grace, Andrew Langton, Sylvia Milo, Natalie Reder, Nate Rubin, Kevyn Settle, Steph Van Vlack and Amanda Yachechak. Music by Allison Tartalia. ($12) (212-254-1109) [email protected] Event Website

(Macy's Herald Square, 151 West 34th St, New York, NY 10001) Featuring stunning landscapes, celebrity guests and renowned floral designers, Dream in Color will transform the State Street store into a vibrant, colorful dreamscape, showcasing unique garden environments overflowing with thousands of exotic trees and flowering plants. Bouguet of the Day creations by some of America's top designers. To experience Macy's Flower Show to its fullest, take advantage of our 20-minute specially guided tours. Event Website

(The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1000 Fifth Ave at 82nd St, New York, NY 10028) This will be the first comprehensive exhibition dedicated to the European old master and 19th-century drawings from the distinguished collection of Mr. Jean Bonna in Geneva, Switzerland. Many of the 120 drawings on display are masterpieces, ranging through 500 years of art history, from the Renaissance to 1900, and representing a diversity of artistic schools in Italy, Northern Europe, France, and Great Britain, among other regions. The selection will include works by famous artists -- such as Carpaccio, Raphael, Andrea del Sarto, Parmigianino, Canaletto, Rembrandt, Claude Lorrain, Watteau, Chardin, Boucher, Fragonard, Goya, Ingres, Gericault, Delacroix, Manet, Burne-Jones, Whistler, Degas, Cézanne, Renoir, Gauguin, Van Gogh, and Seurat -- as well as superb and poignant drawings by others less well-known. Event Website

(Bronx Zoo, 2300 Southern Blvd, Bronx, NY 10460) Come party for the planet during our month-long celebration! Enjoy eco-friendly crafts, green-themed entertainment, storytelling, a recycled animal art exhibition, a WCS photo gallery, and a Green Festival showcasing green products, services and more. Connect with more than 4,000 animals throughout the zoo, representing our planet’s wild ambassadors. Event Website

(Museum of Sex, 233 5th Ave, New York, NY 10016) A male bonobo shrewdly soliciting sex in exchange for sugar cane. Two female bonobos blissfully engaging in genito-genital (G-G) rubbing. The strenuous coupling of endangered Panda bears. Encounter these creatures and others so vivid in their portrayal that they will likely feel as though they have unwittingly begun a voyeuristic journey into the wild. Event Website

(Various Locations Five Boroughs) New York City Opera begins an exciting year of transition as the company’s home at Lincoln Center, the New York State Theater, undergoes major renovations. During the renovations, City Opera will take to the road, bringing live music and provocative cultural conversation to more than fourteen different venues in all five boroughs of New York City. Through concerts, showcases, multi-media presentations, talks, panels, and film screenings, City Opera will celebrate opera’s surprisingly central role in contemporary culture, and will provide a preview of future seasons. Event Website

(Jazz at Lincoln Center, 33 West 60th St, New York, NY 10023) This annual festival at Lincoln Center features the full spectrum of jazz singing with performances by Karrin Allyson, Victor Goines, Claudia Acuna, Jimmy Scott, Tierney Sutton and more. Event Website

(AIGA National DesignCenter, 164 5th Ave, New York, NY 10010) “Everybody Dance Now: 20 Years of Dancing in Print” is a survey of the award-winning visual and performing arts magazines Dance Ink and 2wice, designed by Abbott Miller. The exhibition features the magazines’ historic collaborations with dancers, choreographers, and photographers, the result of a single, powerful idea of creating performances within the unique “stage” of the printed page. Event Website

(The Morgan Museum & Library, 225 Madison Ave at 36th St, New York, NY 10016) Approximately eighty original drawings by some of The New Yorker's most talented and beloved artists who have tackled the theme of money and the many ways in which it defines us. Included in the show are drawings by such luminaries as Charles Barsotti, George Booth, Dana Fradon, Lee Lorenz, William Hamilton, and J. B. Handelsman. Event Website

(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) Celebrate the annual return of this must-see tropical forest environment filled with over 500 live tropical butterflies. Event Website

(Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 256 West 47th Street, New York, NY 10036) (Mo,Th,Fr. & Sa 8pm, Tu 7pm Sa 2pm & Sun 3pm) In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city dreamer - and in LA's most legendary rock club, they fell in love to the greatest songs of the 80s. It's Rock of Ages, a hilarious feel-good love story told through the hit songs of iconic rockers Journey, Styx, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Pat Benatar, Whitesnake and many many more. Don't miss this awesomely good time where big hair meets big dreams and the result totally wails. ($59.50 - $300) (212-719-4099) Event Website

(Atlantic Theatre Company, 330 West 16th St, New York, NY 10011) (8pm) Hiring and firing are antisocial acts. Workplace pressures make for nasty competition. And the work itself can be meaningless and alienating. Accordingly, the three short plays that make up Offices are comedies. Following the success of last season’s Almost an Evening, Oscar winner Ethan Coen (No Country for Old Men, O Brother, Where Art Thou?, Fargo) returns to the Atlantic stage with the world premiere of three brand new one acts. ($65) Event Website

(Japan Society, 333 East 47th St, New York, NY 10017) KRAZY! will be New York’s first major show dedicated to the Japanese phenomenon of Anime, Manga, and Video Games -- three forms of contemporary visual art that are exercising a huge influence on an entire generation of American youth. The exhibition will be presented in an environment designed by cutting-edge architectural practice Atelier Bow-Wow, featuring life-size blowups of popular figures from the worlds of anime and manga within an intriguing sequence of spaces that evoke Tokyo’s clamorous cityscape. ($10/Free on Fridays 6 - 9pm) Event Website

(The Museum at FIT, 295 7th Ave, New York, NY 10001) Seduction will be the first chronological exploration of the role of sexuality in fashion. The exhibition will feature over seventy looks from the mid-eighteenth century to the present, using objects from the Museum’s permanent collection. Event Website

(The Westside Theater, 407 W. 43rd St., btwn. 9th and 10th, New York, NY 10018) (M,T,W,F,S at 8; W,S at 2; Sundays at 3) Featuring favorite songs from the ‘50s, The Marvelous Wonderettes takes you to the 1958 Springfield High School prom where we meet the Wonderettes – four girls with hopes and dreams as big as their crinoline skirts and voices to match! ($75) Event Website

(New York Transit Museum Gallery Annex, Grand Central Terminal, 42nd Street & Vanderbilt Avenue, New York, NY 10017) (8 am - 8 pm M-F 10 am - 6 pm Sat. & Sun) The New York Transit Museum and the New York Public Library join forces to present a two-location exhibition about New York City's underground infrastructure initiatives in the 21st Century. Examining the magnitude and historical context of eight massive building projects, the exhibition provides New Yorkers a behind the scenes glimpse at their changing city and how these improvements will affect their lives. Join us for free lectures on The Extension of the 7 Line; The Second Avenue Subway and exploring Ea. (Free) (212 878-0801) [email protected] Event Website

(American Museum of Natural History, 175 Central Park West, New York, NY 10023) This exhibition will examine one of the most pressing scientific issues of our time -- the massive, human-induced warming of Earth, a phenomenon that could lead to drought, rising sea levels, heavy storms, and other events with potentially dire impacts on the health of society and the natural world. Explore the science, history, and impact of climate change, and find out ways in which individuals, communities and nations can reduce their carbon footprints. Event Website

(Lyceum Theater, 149 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036) Vanities spans the turbulent '60s through the late '80s and explores how important friends are, as one faces life’s defining moments. Event Website

(P.S.1, 22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, Queens, NY 11101) The first solo exhibition of the New York-based artist at a New York museum. Working in video, sculpture, sound installation, and photography, Horowitz critically examines the cultures of politics, celebrity, cinema, war, and consumerism. Horowitz repositions news publications like Life and Time, evocative of wholesome American ideals, to draw subversive connections. Other work addresses the inverted politics of celebrity activism, whereby celebrities align themselves with particular issues in order to construct and reclaim their identities. Event Website

(Nederlander Theatre, 208 West 41st St, New York, NY 10036) This revival of the classic musical about gamblers, showgirls, and the Salvation Army, stars Oliver Platt and Lauren Graham. Event Website

(Whitney Museum of American Art, 945 Madison Ave at 75th St, New York, NY 10021) Holzer’s pioneering approach to language as a carrier of content, and her use of nontraditional media and public settings as vehicles for that content, make her one of the most interesting and significant artists working today. Event Website

(Al Hirschfeld Theatre, 302 West 45th Street, New York, NY 10036) The revival of the American Tribal Love-Rock Musical premiered last summer at the Delacorte Theatre in Central Park. Event Website

(Tyler Rollins Fine Art, 529 West 20th St, New York, NY 10011) Considered to be one of Singapore’s preeminent contemporary artists, Ong has been noted for his large scale, figurative charcoal works on paper since his first solo exhibitions in the 1980s. During the past year, he became fascinated with the Ramayana, the ancient Indian epic that recounts the exploits of Rama and his dutiful wife, Sita. Ong has brought his own unique viewpoint to this classic story. Inspired by the Ramayana’s characters and its dramatic themes of love, combat, and heroic adventure, he has created new narratives that are informed by his sensitivity as a gay man to the way gender roles play out in contemporary relationships. Event Website

(Madame Tussauds, 234 West 42nd St btwn 7 & 8th Aves, Times Square, New York, NY 10036) Madame Tussauds is offering a history lesson alongside its wax figurines this month: Beginning on Martin Luther King Day, visitors can participate in a special scavenger hunt, with clues based on African-American icons (like Malcolm X and Rose Parks) whose likenesses are in the wax museum. The clues can be downloaded from the website. ($22.40 - $35) (212-512-9600) Event Website

(Union Square Theatre, 100 East 17th St., New York, NY 10003) (We-Sa 8pm; Sa & Su 3pm; Sun 7pm) Embodies the Stories of six men who experience an unexpected epiphany on the same evening that changes their lives forever. Daniel Beaty is one of the most extraordinary young artists of our time. His signature style of storytelling weaves together a thrilling blend of humor, poetry, music and drama into a bravura performance and an astonishing evening of theatre. ($35+) Event Website

Tuesdays at 7pm, 3rd St & Prospect Park West; Wednesdays at 6:45pm, 236 West 73rd St; Saturdays at 9:15am, 236 West 73rd St Event Website

(LGBT Community Center, 208 West 13th St, New York, NY 10011) The world's oldest and largest not-profit agency dedicated to serving LGBT senior citizens. Activities include Daytime Discussion, Art Studio, 75+, Support Group, Scrabble & Bridge and Women's and Men's activities. Event Website

(Chelsea Studios, 151 West 26th Street, 6th Floor, New York, NY 10011) (7 pm) Broadway Bodies is a new high-impact, dance workout to your favorite show tunes. Incorporating basic dance movements with high impact aerobic techniques, Broadway Bodies is a fun and exciting cardio class. The first 30-minutes of the class features a build-up with an exciting medley of songs (repeated each week), followed by learning and dancing a custom combination formulated around a Broadway or Hollywood musical. Broadway Bodies is designed for the absolute beginner and accomplished dancer alike. ($15) [email protected] Event Website

(Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street near West 4th St., NY, NY 10014) (7:00PM) Every Tuesday night Stagebuddy.com presents a hand-picked, one-hour sampling of performances from our expansive database of NY's Best LIVE SHOWS!! Each week is hosted by comedian Vicky Kuperman and features a mix of Theatre, Comedy,Broadway Cabaret, Burlesque Performers, Music and Magic, along with Games & Giveaways! Past guests include Grammy, MAC & Tony Award winners/nominees, top televised Comedians, and some of the most fascinating people working in show business today! ($5.00) (646-414-6668) [email protected] Event Website

(Ripley Grier Studios, 939 8th Avenue, 3rd Floor, Buzzer 307, New York, NY 10019) (Tu 8pm; We 8:30pm) Greg Ryzio brings same sex ballroom dancing to Hells Kitchen. Learn classic Ballroom and spicy Latin dances with your partner or on your own. Classes are open to anyone looking to learn in a comfortable and friendly environment. Come join in on the fun! ($20) (917.692.8732) [email protected] Event Website