Tickets to TENET Concert for Early Vocal Music

Win two tickets to see the acclaimed professional vocal ensemble, TENET, led by Jolle Greenleaf. TENET specializes in elegant yet edgy programs of music from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. Ticket winners will have a choice of attending any concert held in the 2017-2018 season, valued at $50 per ticket. All concerts will be presented in Manhattan. Read more about the ensemble at www.tenet.nyc. Offered by Lianna Levine Reisner, Shorashim parent and TENET board member.

Humans of New York - Book

Based on the blog with more than four million loyal fans, a beautiful, heartfelt, funny, and inspiring collection of photographs and stories capturing the spirit of a city

Now an instant #1 New York Times bestseller, Humans of New York began in the summer of 2010, when photographer Brandon Stanton set out to create a photographic census of New York City. Armed with his camera, he began crisscrossing the city, covering thousands of miles on foot, all in an attempt to capture New Yorkers and their stories. The result of these efforts was a vibrant blog he called "Humans of New York," in which his photos were featured alongside quotes and anecdotes.

Urban Walking Tour: The Modern History of Shopping in Manhattan

Love promotions? Live for free samples? Come see who invented them! This walking tour in the Flatiron District invites you to discover how the modern experience of shopping came to be. Join an urban historian and a licensed NYC tour guide and meet the sailors, merchants, marketing masterminds and avid shoppers who made the Ladies' Mile a prime destination in Gilded Age New York. The tour lasts approx. 2 hours and is given by Hadas Fischer.

El Museo del Bario: Eight General Admissions Tickets

El Museo was founded 45 years ago by artist and educator Raphael Montañez Ortiz and a coalition of parents, educators, artists, and activists who noted that mainstream museums largely ignored Latino artists. Since its inception, El Museo has been committed to celebrating and promoting Latino culture, thus becoming a cornerstone of El Barrio, and a valuable resource for New York City. El Museo’s varied permanent collection of over 6,500 objects, spans more than 800 years of Latin American, Caribbean, and Latino art, includes pre-Columbian Taíno artifacts, traditional arts, twentieth-century drawings, paintings, sculptures and installations, as well as prints, photography, documentary films, and video. 

See http://www.elmuseo.org/ for more.