Just as the temperatures rise and cherry blossoms bloom, the month of May also brings the annual television upfronts, where networks bring in major advertisers and reveal their new fall schedules – and then try to pry money out of their hands with a flurry of steak dinners, open-bar parties, and empty promises of Hamilton tickets.
(Open daily for dinner; open weekends for brunch beginning Nov. 22. Entrées $22-$22-$27
Three-hour New Year's Eve cruise, including a five-course dinner, open bar, midnight fireworks and dancing; complimentary split of Champagne for each couple.
At 9 p.m., the Russian Tea Room, 150 West 57th Street, near Seventh Avenue; (212) 581-7100; russiantearoom.eventbrite.com; $750, with five-course dinner, open bar, dancing and dessert; at 10 30 p.m., $175, with open bar, dancing and dessert.
New Year's Eve Cruises (Monday) Take in the views of the New York City skyline with this three-hour cruise from World Yacht and enjoy a five-course dinner, open bar and live entertainment.
A gala dinner, open to the public, will be held May 26 in the Queen's Salon.
Vegetarian potluck dinner open to the larger Occupy Vancouver community will follow.
Host an iftar (fast-breaking dinner) open house at your home.
They all came to the heavy hitters' dinner opening night in pink wigs and pink feather boas.
A new documentary about Andre, "Before and After Dinner," opens this week; it focusses on his knotty relationship with his Russian father (the "before") and is directed by his wife, Cindy Kleine (the "after").
The March 6 dinner opened Mr. Obama's second-term strategy of outreach to Senate Republicans, reflecting that his legislative relations with Republican leaders in Congress had hit a wall after a tumultuous two years.
