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People in New York are as excited as anyone else about March Madness, and while none of the basketball games are being played in the City, there are NCAA Sweet 16 games just a 20-minute train ride away in Newark, New Jersey.

The games sold out long ago, but there is a free open practice by all four teams on Thursday, March 24th, and a HoopsFest and FanFest ...

Dogs of all breeds take over Madison Square Garden next week as the 2011 Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show rolls into town. The show takes place Monday and Tuesday Feb. 14th & 15th, and you can find tickets here. You might want to act fast, though—the event has sold out each of the last five years.

This is the 135th year of the Westminster Kennel Club Dog ...

You know you want to go out somewhere to watch the Super Bowl with other folks... but where to go among all the zillions of bars in New York City? Murph Guide has just the answer: its directory of NYC Super Bowl parties!

East Side, West Side, all around the town, it has listings and links for bars and parties large and small to watch the Packers vs. the Steelers. ...

The 2010 ING New York City Marathon takes place in the five boroughs of the City on Sunday, November 7th, though an incredible array of different neighborhoods and terrains. Whether you're a runner or a spectator, the New York Road Runners Club (the Marathon's sponsor) has New York Marathon course maps to help you find your way.

Here are links to various NYC Marathon course maps:
* PDF course ...

A scary thing happened on the way to the annual Halloween Parade in New York's Greenwich Village: no, not ghosts or goblins, but the recession. The parade has received less sponsor money this year, and the City's own financial troubles have forced it to shorten parades to save money.

But rest assured, the show will go on, and 38th edition of New York's Village Halloween Parade will be as ...

If you like your rock and pop music with a decidedly female flavor and want to help a good cause, come out to Southpaw in Brooklyn this Sunday for hours of live music by women rockers at a great price.

The show, called the Tinderbox Festival, will run from the late afternoon to close to midnight, and tickets are only $20 at the door. The festival features veteran and ...

Now in its 36th year, the Atlantic Antic festival presents a wide sampling of the diverse food, fun, and entertainment options available in Brooklyn --- all in one place, on one day.

On Sunday, Sept. 26th come out to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn and enjoy the festival that brings close to a million people to the streets of Brooklyn to sample items from hundreds of vendors and see ...

It should be glorious weather for the annual German-American Steuben Parade in New York. Whether you just want to watch, or would like to march in the parade, or would rather celebrate without a parade, go to the link above.

September is German-American friendship month, so there are art displays, musical events, parties, and other events to attend. The big Oktoberfest party in Central Park, always a popular event, ...

The NY Yankees plan to honor their longtime owner, the late George Steinbrenner, before their Sept. 20th home game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The ceremony will include a video tribute and the unveiling of a monument to Steinbrenner that will occupy a place in Monument Park, where there are plaques honoring other Yankee greats.

Past Yankees including player Don Mattingly and manager Joe Torre will be in attendance at ...

People all over the New York City area were buzzing on Thursday night, Sept. 16th with talk of tornadoes as a number of strong, fast-moving storms moved through the area, including parts of northern New Jersey. National Weather Service authorities confirmed on Friday that two tornadoes hit NYC (one in Brooklyn, one in Queens), and that one tornado touched down in northern New Jersey. (A tornado watch had been issued ...