{"id":139230,"date":"2026-02-19T21:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/139230\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T21:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:21:18","slug":"strike-a-pose-theres-nothing-to-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/139230\/","title":{"rendered":"Strike a Pose, There\u2019s Nothing to It"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Good afternoon, this is W42ST Lifestyle Editor Sarah Beling with \u201cMake Way For The Weekend\u201d \u2014 your curated guide to the best of New York events in one convenient newsletter!<\/p>\n

As someone who\u2019s been pining for an invite to New York Fashion Week for the better part of 20 years, I had to laugh when I finally received one my absolute sartorial rock bottom<\/a>. And while I did have a slight Carrie Bradshaw-style meltdown about not being able to dress as \u201cmy most amazing self\u201d<\/a> (weeks at this workplace without an SATC reference: 0), I somehow managed to scrape through my closet for an outfit and shuffle myself downtown to the L\u00e9man Ballroom for the Malan Breton show. Guys, it was everything I dreamed it would be! People air-kissing in line to get in! Faux fur and sunglasses inside! Gorgeous designs! It\u2019s probably not chic to fangirl but I am cringe and I am free \u2014 thanks for letting me check an item off of my New York bucket list, Malan!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Have a wonderful weekend <3<\/p>\n

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\u2026when you can only think as far ahead as Monday!<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfa4 in the heights\u00a0
Did you LOVE Emerald Fennell\u2019s adaptation of Wuthering Heights? Did you feel that the quotation marks were doing the real heavy lifting in \u201cWuthering Heights\u201d? Are you somewhere in between? Why not discuss Fennell\u2019s film and all of the others that have come before it at\u00a0Wuthering Heights Through the Ages: A Live Recording of The New Yorker\u2019s Critics at Large<\/a> with my parasocial friends Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry and Alexandra Schwartz at 92NY tonight?\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udfad they say the neon lights are bright off broadway
You know what I always say \u2014 see the hottest shows Off-Broadway now and brag to your heart\u2019s content when they become The Next Big Thing. One budget-friendly secret to doing this is going to NYC Off-Broadway Week<\/a> now through March 12 where you can see everything from The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee<\/a> and Mexodus<\/a>\u2019s encore run (I gotta see it this time!!!) to the wildly campy looking Bigfoot! A New Musical<\/a>!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udfad not an upper
If I see something kind of cheesy I often remark, \u201cWell, it ain\u2019t Coriolanus\u201d but it turns out that\u00a0Theater for a New Audience is putting on The Tragedy of Coriolanus<\/a>\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 the story of \u201ca celebrated war hero and uncompromising aristocrat who refuses to hide his contempt for the newly empowered plebeian citizens\u201d\u2014 now through March 1, so I COULD go and say \u201cIt IS Coriolanus\u201d. Bonus, Dorota from Gossip Girl<\/a> is in it (the range!!).\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udfad the one where
Someday they\u2019ll come up with a medical term for all of us who choose to escape our current reality by exclusively rewatching 90s television but until they do, you can join your fellows at Brooklyn Arthaus for Roomies LIVE!<\/a>, an immersive tribute to \u201cthe funniest sitcom to never come out of the 90s\u201d about three down-on-their-luck roomies trying to make it in Cincinnati February 20!\u00a0<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udf7f the wayback machine
\u201cIn both cinema and the world at large, there was before 2001 and there was after 2001\u201d \u2014 the Museum of the City of New York explores the early-aughts\u2019 cinematic significance in its series 2001: The Year, Not the Movie<\/a> now through April 11 which has (as previously mentioned) everything from several celebrations of The Sopranos (with the likes of David Chase, Edie Falco, Stevie Van Zandt and more in person!!) and screenings of 2001-must-sees like Spirited Away, Mulholland Drive, The Royal Tenenbaums, AI Artificial Intelligence and more!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udfad i remember mama
\u201cWhat happens when two sisters sit down to tell stories about the same family \u2014 and discover they remember things completely differently?\u201d In We Were Such a Happy Family: Adventures in Fact, Fiction and the Nebulous Nature of Memory<\/a> playing February 2 at Caveat, Kelli Dunham and Beth Dunham Toner, both writers, explore their shared and unshared family histories and \u201cinvite the audience into the conversation to reflect on their own family stories: the ones everyone agrees on, the ones no one talks about and the ones that feel true even when the facts are fuzzy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfb6 turn up the dial
1980s indie rock fans, weigh in \u2014 do you believe that \u201cWhile the more erudite REM went on to top 40 super-stardom, Paul Westerberg and the down and dirty Replacements wrote some of the most iconic indie rock songs \u2014 and produced some of the most legendary rock n roll spectacles\u201d (now there\u2019s a TAKE!). Make your vote count at Joe McGinty & The Loser\u2019s Lounge: Battle of the Bands<\/a> now through February 21 at Joe\u2019s Pub!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udfa4 telling tales\u00a0
What\u2019s your New York story (mine began as a 13-year-old who, while visiting the city with my parents, pretended not to know them so that people would think that I, a very suburban teenager, lived here alone)?? If you\u2019re ready to share, check out Prime Produce\u2019s Hell\u2019s Kitchen and Beyond \u2014 New York Chronicles<\/a> writing workshop and open mic February 22!<\/p>\n

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\ud83d\udc6f level up\u00a0
Want to take your sauntering down 9th Ave to a new height? Grab your highest pair of (safe!!) dancing shoes and boogie over to Ailey Extension for their Intro to Heels Workshop<\/a> February 20 where instructor Aaron Thomas will teach you \u201chow to strut with confidence\u201d on the dance floor!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\u2026what\u2019s happening before and just after I hit your inbox next!<\/p>\n

\ud83e\udde7 year of the horse
Make your way to Nai-Ni Chen Dance Company\u2019s Lunar New Year Year of the Horse Gala<\/a> February 26 for an evening of cocktails, performances from the company and the Ahn Trio with Tae Hong Park and Vijay Rajkumar as well as special appearances by\u00a0Lori Tan Chinn (Awkwafina is Nora From Queens, Orange is the New Black, M\u2019Butterfly) Perry Yung (Warrior, The Knick, 3 Body Problem\u2026) and Jamie Guan (Monkey King, Flower Drum Song, M\u2019Butterfy)!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udfad through the hoop
Take the whole family to the New York City Children\u2019s Theater\u2019s The Hula Hoopin\u2019 Queen<\/a> February 28-March 1, which tells the story of 10-year-old Kameeka, \u201cdetermined to become the Hula Hoopin\u2019 Queen of 139th Street and finally beat her rival, Jamara Johnson. But when her mom reminds her it\u2019s Miz Adeline\u2019s birthday, Kameeka has to help get the party ready instead. As the day unfolds with cleaning, cooking and a few hilarious mishaps, Kameeka discovers that while it\u2019s great to chase your dreams, sometimes the most important thing is showing love and care for those around you.\u201d Sounds delightful!!\u00a0<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udc83 flamenco central
Dance your way to City Center for the 25th Flamenco Festival<\/a> February 26-March 8 and see a celebration of \u201cSpain\u2019s most passionate art form\u201d with performances by Eva Yerbabuena, Manuel Li\u00f1\u00e1n, El Farru and Juan Tom\u00e1s de la Mol\u00eda,\u00a0Est\u00e9vez \/ Pa\u00f1os y Compa\u00f1\u00eda and Sara Baras, ranging from traditional to genre-bending \u2014 \u00a1Vamos!<\/p>\n

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\u2026for when you need to secure those hot tickets before they sell out!!!<\/p>\n

\ud83c\udfad new work alert
\u201cTim and Jake are Deaf roommates sharing an apartment in the city \u2014 but not much else. They\u2019re polar opposites, each with very different views on what it means to be Deaf in a hearing world. When it comes to taking out the trash, they spiral into a comic and insightful examination of their personal garbage and their perceptions of each other\u2019s lives\u201d in Trash<\/a>, a new play almost entirely performed in American Sign Language March 7-28 at the Perelman Performing Arts Center!\u00a0<\/p>\n

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\ud83c\udfad it\u2019s just a jump to the left
Halloween\u2019s early this year \u2014 Roundabout\u2019s much-anti-ci-ci-ci-pated Rocky Horror Show<\/a> revival begins March 26\u00a0and, if Sam Pinkelton\u2019s previous pursuits are any indication, it should be a wild and wonderfully weird time, especially for those of us who somewhat inappropriately performed the Time Warp for their fellow middle schoolers at an assembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd25 Hot tip\u00a0
Escape the city and enter your own personal Knives Out at Mohonk Mountain House\u2019s\u00a0Mystery Weekend Getaway<\/a> February 27-March 1 where you can take part in Murder by the Book, \u201ca mystery play in four acts produced by Murder Caf\u00e9, an original puzzle hunt by Greg Pliska, a tabletop escape room, live music, Sunday\u2019s closing events and more!\u201d And for those cosplayers among us, \u201ccostumes and props are encouraged but not required.\u201d<\/p>\n

\ud83d\udd75\ufe0f special end-of-the-newsletter song lyric reveal
This week\u2019s subject line lyric comes from Madonna\u2019s Vogue and is on the nose and rather obvious but I had to ya know?!<\/p>\n

\u26a0\ufe0f Omg I forgot to tell you
The Myrtle Ave Restaurant Week<\/a> is back February 20-March 1\u00a0
Staying in and in need of a musical theater fix? You can stream the 2026 Kleban Prize performances here<\/a>\u00a0now!
Rufus Wainwright plays Lincoln Center<\/a> February 21\u00a0
There\u2019s an all-ages family disco party<\/a> with senior citizen dance group The Pacemakers February 20\u00a0
This month\u2019s The Moth StorySLAM<\/a> on February 25 is about when people lose their cool
There is an active waitlist for 92NY\u2019s screening of Frankenstein<\/a> with Jacob Elordi appearing in-person February 25<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it for now! Call me beep me if you want to reach me! (sarah@w42st.com)<\/p>\n

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