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2012 Winter Starlight Music Series at Top Of The Rock

mabrauer — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:57:10 +0000

Every Wednesday in February is going to be like a mini party at the Top Of The Rock. The 2012 Winter Starlight Music Series is here! Wednesday nights until February 15th, from 6PM-8PM, you can enjoy live music while ALSO enjoying the 360-degree view of the world’s most iconic skyline from the Top of Rockefeller Center. There will be wine, champagne, and other refreshments available for you to purchase from AJ Maxwell’s Steakhouse during the performances.

PLUS, enjoy a romantic Valentines Day at the top of the city. All those city lights can be romantic. Thats why they’ve thrown in a special Valentines Performance, on Tuesday February 14th.

The Calendar of Performances:

Wed Feb 8th – Angela Workman

Tues Feb 14th [Valentines Day!] – Hans Holzen Trio

Wed Feb 15th – The Nick Bucci Band.

Tickets are $25 for Adults, $23 for Seniors, and $16 for children 6-12 years old. You MUST be 21 years of age to purchase that wine and champagne I told you about before, so have a valid ID. I’ve been 21 for less than two months, so I still get all excited about it.

Performances start at 6PM. Top Of The Rock is open every day from 8AM-Midnight. The last elevator to the tippy-top heads up at 11, so don’t be late. Top Of The Rock is located at 30 Rockefeller Plaza between 49th & 50th Streets + 5th & 6th Ave on the 67th Floor.

Enjoy!

Caribbean Garden!

mabrauer — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 19:35:19 +0000

Take a break from this crazy winter weather and take a little day trip to the Caribbean. Especially since we got hit with this snow today, it’s perfect timing. The Caribbean Garden at the NY Botanical Garden in the Bronx just opened up today! One of my friends just came back from St Maarten, I was totally jel but now I can take a mini-trip to the Caribbean too so it’s fine. Until the end of February, you’ll have the opportunity to check out all different kinds of native Caribbean flowers inside the beautiful Haupt Conservatory. Red hibiscus, fuschia bromeliads, and orange crotons are just some of the flowers they have on display. Inside the glasshouse, you’ll be surrounded by palm trees and a relaxing beachy/desert landscape. The sooner you grab your tickets, the sooner you can get out of the snow and into your indoor Caribbean getaway. Tickets are $20 for adults, $18 for students/seniors, $8 for children ages 2-12, and free for kids under 2 years old. As always, Botanical Garden Members are free. CLICK HERE to get your tickets. It’s not all about the flowers, though! They’ve got some funky Caribbean activites going on too. On Saturdays at 2PM you can join in on Salsa:Listen and Learn. They’ll play some traditional Caribbean salsa music and even teach you a few dance steps! On Sundays from 1-3 PM, participate in Photography Tips and Tricks. Hang with some professional photographers and get some tips on how to master your love for photography. PLUS, you can’t forget about the Caribbean Garden Photography Contest! This is a perfect contest for photography lovers. GET THE FULL DETAILS HERE! Enjoy your Caribbean vacation!

Kids Food Festival at Citi Pond!

mabrauer — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:33:29 +0000

This weekend is the Kids Food Festival at Citi Pond! It’s a FREE event to gain awareness for & to help fight childhood obesity. What better way to spend a weekend than enjoying two days jam packed with fun activities and tasty healthy food choices?! At Bryant Park, you’ll find over 30 different kiosks with food samples and healthy food for sale, along with a “Pit-Stop Station” for changing your little one and checking your stroller. Your child can participate in the Balanced Plate Scavenger Hunt, where they’ll go from kiosk to kiosk to learn about healthy food choices that are still tasty. The first 1000 kids to finish get a fun goodie bag! Thats not all though! They’ll also have cooking demos and hands-on activities with NYC-based chefs & famous food personalities [$25 per child] AND live music at the Performance Stage [$25 for adults, free for kiddies.] PLUS, free admission to the ice skating rink! It IS still winter, after all! All this fun is happening Sat Jan 21 & Sun Jan 22, from 10-6PM both days. Remember, it’s FREE admission, so enjoy your day at the kiosks and skate rink or participate in any of the events. For more information, visit www.kidsfoodfestival.com

JP Morgan Squash Tournament 2012

mabrauer — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:19:05 +0000

Today marks the first day of the JP Morgan Squash Tournament! From January 20th-26th, you can catch the Squash tournament inside Grand Central. Tickets can be purchased HERE, and range from $8-$100+. I’ve never watched squash before, so it’s something new. For a complete schedule of games, you can check out their website.

The International Motorcycle Show!

mabrauer — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:03:14 +0000

I love motorcycles. If I wasn’t a pocket-sized person and I had better upper body strength, I’d totally get my motorcycle license. I got the itch when we PoppedUp at the Motorcycle Safety School for a quick lesson. But, for now, I’ll just go with my dad to the Harley-Davidson store when he needs to get something for his bike and pretend that I can ride one. This month is the International Motorcycle Show at the Javits Center! From Jan 20th-22nd, spend the day looking at the latest bikes, dirt bikes, ATVs and scooters, as well as some vintage beauties. They’ve got some pretty sweet things going on there too – you can watch the Smag Bros perform never before seen stunts at their Smag Bros Stunt Show, digitally design your own bike at Kawasaki Design-A-Bike, test and improve your Motorcycle IQ at the Learning Curve, take a trip to the future and see some crazy bike designs at the Dream Pavilion, or celebrate the history of motorcycles at A Century Of Motorcycling. Theres a whole lot going on, so to type it all would be insane. Once again, it’s being held at the Javits Center [655 W.34th St] on Jan 20th [12-9PM], Jan 21st [9AM-9PM], and Jan 22nd [9AM-5PM.] For more information or to see ticket prices, visit their website by CLICKING HERE.

The New American Wing at The Met!

mabrauer — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:44:48 +0000

The Met got a makeover! Well, not a whole makeover, but a brand new wing! Say hello to the New American Wing Galleries for Painting, Sculpture, and Decorative Arts. Opening January 16th, this brand new installation is based on the history of American art from the 18th Century through the 20th Century. The renovation on the second floor consisted of fixing up and enlarging 26 galleries. They added coved ceilings and skylights for natural light flow, but a huge plus was all the room they gained from the renovation, which makes space for the art to be placed and viewed in chronological order! The New American Wing is 30,000 sq feet, which allows the whole installation to be set up on one floor for the first time. The centerpiece of the whole exhibit is the famous painting Washington Crossing The Delaware, which sets the tone for the rest of the exhibit. Colonial Portraits, Civil War Art, the West, and American Impressionism are just a few of the themes found in this installation. Don’t get me wrong, I love Europe, but I really enjoy learning about American History so I’m excited for this exhibit to open. The New American Wing Galleries opens on January 16th at the Met!

The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan 1811-2011

mabrauer — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 01:15:06 +0000

Where can you go to learn about the city? To get information, learn historic facts, and see cool things? No, this time the answer isn’t PopUp. It’s The Museum of the City of New York! They usually have some of the coolest and most interesting exhibits out of all the city’s museums [which is a lot, we've got museums for just about anything these days.] This time, we’re going back in time to celebrate the streets of New York. The actual streets. The streets known ’round the world. Our infamous grid! The Greatest Grid: The Master Plan of Manhattan 1811-2011 is the latest exhibit at MCNY, which brings us back in time to the early 1800s when planning of the grid first began. From now until April 15th, you can find original plans, maps, tools, and historic documents from back in the day when geniuses Morris, Dewitt, and Rutherfurd were put in charge to lay out every street from modern-day Houston all the way up to 155th Street. They decided that a grid plan would be the most efficient, saying [and I quote,] “Straight sides and right angled houses are the most cheap to build and the most convenient to live in.” And there you have it – the grid was born. Granted – Philly, Georgia, the land that would eventually become Ohio, Albany, and some land the Roman’s conquered way back when all had grid layouts. But our location next to the harbor and the canal made ours super special & convenient to live in, so New York prospered for the better due to it. Check out the exhibit at MCNY, and see the evolution of your city right before your own eyes. Now-April 15th, Museum of The City of New York 5th Ave btwn 103 & 104th St.

Peace Out, 2011! Happy 2012!

mabrauer — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:58:35 +0000

It’s time for my annual New Years Eve PopUp Recap Blog. Which is kind of blowing my mind right now, because it feels like I was doing this for the beginning of 2011 just yesterday. This year seemed to FLY by with lightning super-speed, but it was also one of the biggest and most productive years for PopUp New York and our whole team! It was a lot of blog writing for the first couple months of the year, but thats only because we were working on a huge deal with CBS, which we got in April! In May, it went into effect, and our segments were finally featured in the “Best Of” section on the CBS New York website. We were working like crazy and I think we churned out some of our best segments. In August, it was finally “PopUp Summer Vacation” and the whole team split to enjoy the rest of the summer doing their own thing. Since then, I’ve just been working on new blogs, nothing serious, but I’ve also been out exploring in the city trying to find things that would make for really great episodes. Thankfully, [my favorite part about this job] is that I have a lot of awesome people who send me e-mails or FB messages with some of their favorite places and little secrets to check out. Sometimes it’s even something I didn’t know about, which makes it even more special. Now that 2012 is approaching, I feel like this is going to be a big year for PopUp. Once it’s January 1st, look out for a whole bunch of new stuff on our website. Oh, and I turned 21. So now we can go to swanky clubs and famous funky bars and we won’t be breaking the law while we’re filming. Bouncers won’t be bouncing me! Ain’t that beautiful? I hope everyone has a great New Years Eve and a safe start to 2012. This is gonna be a good year, just watch. [no pun intended, but you should still go back and watch all our segments from this year! JK, go get ready to party tonight.]

To everybody who just read this, this website and this show wouldn’t be anything without you. So, thank you.

- Meagan.

Caroling on December 24th!

mabrauer — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 19:46:16 +0000

We have two days left until Christmas, which means the holiday season is almost over. For some last minute fun, it looks like tomorrow is going to be a day of caroling! What better way to spend Christmas Eve than singing some classic holiday tunes?! Granted, 106.7 Lite FM has been driving me crazy since Thanksgiving playing the same songs over and over, but I have to admit that I secretly love them. So, here are three different city locations where you can grab some hot chocolate and work those vocal chords to your favorite christmas tunes tomorrow night, December 24th!

1) Candlelight Caroling in the East Village! West Stuyvesant Square Park. 2nd Ave & 16th St, near the statue of Peter Stuyvesant. Dec.24th, 6PM. FREE! Plus, hot refreshments will be provided by the Gramercy Cafe!

2) Gramercy Park! This is a huge opportunity for us New Yorkers. Everybody knows that only residents of Gramercy Park hold a key to that special secret park. For those of you who have dreamed of going in there for years, now is your chance. Every Christmas Eve, the gates are opened to the public JUST for caroling underneath their Christmas Tree! It’s a city tradition, in our favor! 20th & 21st St between Third Ave and Park. Time is to TDB, so call 212-260-3875.

3) Caroling at Washington Square Park. I told you guys about caroling there at the beginning of the month when they lit their Christmas Tree. For those of you who missed belting out Jingle Bells underneath the famous arch, here’s your second chance. Dec 24th at 5Pm.

Merry Christmas!

#WhileWeWatch – the story of OWS – PREMIERE!

mabrauer — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 22:17:10 +0000

Whether or not you agree with Occupy Wall Street, it was one of the biggest things in 2011. “We are the 99%” was heard around the world. Zuccotti Park was literally taken over by thousands of people camping out to protest against economic and social inequality. They found the “1%” and corporations, as well as our government, to be full of greed and corruption while the “99%” dealt with unemployment and lower paychecks. I was down on Wall Street the day the protests began, a crowd of people came rushing down the street resembling a broken dam. I remember watching the people pass me, reading their signs and thinking it was just another day in the city. I was wrong. What I saw turned out to become a phenomenon. A PopUp viewer, and close friend of mine, told me all about #WhileWeWatch, a new 40-minute documentary about OWS and the people involved. Directed by Kevin Breslin, he brings outsiders into the lives of the protestors, painting an up-close portrait of what they went through at Zuccotti Park and what they believe in. #WhileWeWatch will be premeiring TONIGHT at 6:30PM at the United Federation of Teachers – 52 Broadway, #A. To get there, take the 4 or 5 to the Wall St stop. You can also catch the LIVESTREAM online of commentary by the cast & filmmakers at 6:30 as well. For more information on #WhileWeWatch, CLICK HERE.