by LEAH REISMAN-SENES
Dog Day
Afternoon
The canines are coming!
The canines are coming!
If you’re cuckoo for cockers, lose it over
Lhasa apsos, and count pugs at night instead
of sheep—in other words, if you go gaga for
all things dog—then get yourself to the Westminster Kennel Club’s 132nd Annual All Breed
Dog Show at Madison Square Garden.
From Feb. 11– 12, 2,500 dogs, encompassing
169 breeds and varieties, will converge on the
Garden. The real action is at night, though,
when the winners from the various groups,
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Date
CHELSEA
the
Bon: The
Magic Word
Through Jan. 14
The Rubin Museum
of Art showcases the
art and culture of the
little-known religion
Bon, practiced in the
Himalayas and Central
Asia. 212-620-5000;
rmanyc.org
MANHATTAN
NYC Winter
Restaurant
Week
January
New York’s finest
restaurants offer
discounts to sink your
teeth into. nycvisit.com
CITY GUIDE
New York
including hound, toy and herding, begin to
emerge, culminating in the best in show. Of
course, if you’re of the mind that one bichon
frisé is great but 15 are even better, then you’ll
definitely want to catch the daytime portion
of the show, when individual breeds compete
against their own kind.
This year, watch out for four breeds
making their Westminster debut: the plott,
a hound of a different—or unusual—color;
the Tibetan mastiff, a tough giant resembling
a St. Bernard in looks but not in temperament;
the corgi-like Swedish vallhund; and the
Beauceron, similar in appearance to a German
shepherd, except this guy is French.
212-307-7171; westminsterkennelclub.org.
scene, whizzing
around the flora in
a dazzling display
that will delight
kiddies and adults
alike. Closes
Jan. 13.
718-817-8777;
nybg.org.
Master
Strokes
There’s still time
to catch the magical mystery tour
that is the New
York Botanical
Garden’s Holiday
Train Show. What
a train set might
look like if Mother
Nature designed
it, the yearly exhibit creates a topiary wonderland,
fashioning replicas of New York
landmarks like
the Empire State
Building, Yankee
Stadium and other
familiar fixtures
out of entirely
unfamiliar building
materials, including gourds, berries, mushrooms
and pine cones.
Real model trains
complete the
extraordinary
UPPER WEST SIDE
New York
City Ballet
Jan. 2–Feb. 24
The renowned company
unveils its winter season
at Lincoln Center.
212-870-5570;
nycballet.com
CHINATOWN
Chinese New
Year 4706
Begins Feb. 7
Celebrate the Year of
the Rat with a host of
events in February,
concluding with the
spectacular Chinatown
Lunar New Year Parade.
explorechinatown.com
MIDTOWN
The Starry
Messenger
Feb. 7–April 13
Matthew Broderick stars
in this new off-Broad way
play written and directed
by Academy Award
nominee Kenneth Lo-nergan (You Can Count
on Me). 212-399-3030;
mtc-nyc.org
