Andy Warhol scholar Thomas Kiedrowski is launching a new walking tour series based around the artist titled Andy Warhol’s New York City: Four Walks, Uptown to Downtown. According to Untapped (who are collaborating with Kiedrowski), it's all about "bringing enthusiasts to sites Andy Warhol frequented, lived or worked. See Warhol’s Factories, galleries that launched his career, places where he dined and shopped and former homes of his friends such as Halston and Edie Sedgwick." more ›

If you've never been to the Lower East Side's Tenement Museum, you're missing out on one of the city's most unique and fascinating historical institutions. Now is the perfect time to get acquainted—The Museum is set to unveil a series of new developments in coming months, including a brand new visitor and education center in a newly acquired tenement down the street from the original museum, and a slew of new exhibits, including a look at the retail stores that 97 Orchard St once housed (coming this fall), and a walkable food tour that’s launching on June 24. We spoke to the Museum's VP of Education, Annie Polland, about the new developments and her favorite spots in the neighborhood. more ›

A few years ago we took a look at the Central Park ducks as part of a DIY Holden Caulfield walking tour. Now, following J.D. Salinger's death, CityRoom has created a nice little interactive map if you want to stop by all of the places the author long left behind him when he moved to New Hampshire. (Another photo tour can be found here.) more ›

Listen up bookworms, if you haven't purchased a Kindle yet and are interested in picking up some real books, there's a walking tour just for you. Two years ago, The Millions compiled a map for an NYC Indie Bookstore jaunt, and they've just announced a new, improved, updated and expanded one. Organizers say, "It would be belaboring the obvious to say the last two years have been tough times for the bookmen and bookwomen. And yet, despite the vagaries of the business, independent bookstores continue to open, and to serve as hubs for communities real and imagined." Of course, many shops have closed down (or moved) as well. Even chains like the Astor Place Barnes & Noble have been forced to shutter over recent years. more ›

THEATER: Wolf Lane Productions presents Victims of the Zeitgeist (The Tragedy of Martin Luther King, Jr.), written & directed by Ellwoodson Williams. The production "offers an exciting and telling insight into just who Martin Luther King, Jr., was as leader and simply as a sensitive and intelligent human being who loved life and who had a sense of humor, a deep understanding of the human condition - its strengths and weaknesses - and a profound belief in justice." more ›

Open House New York weekend is coming up in 7 days and NewYorkology has a handy guide to which places you'll need reservations for this (the 5th) year, check it out here. Touted as America's largest architect and design event, OHNY opens usually locked doors throughout New York City each October (and sometimes Spring). more ›

THEATER: We like our comedy like we like our women: black and absurd. So it’s promising that the press release for a new play by Kevin Mandel uses those two irresistible words to describe A New Television Arrives, Finally. The strange story concerns “an American couple visited by a charismatic man presenting himself as a television set. Is the handsome stranger a charlatan or a guru?” Emmy award-winning actor Tom Pelphrey [Guiding Light] leads the cast at tonight’s premiere performance. - John Del Signore more ›

October 14: Union Square Chocolate Lover’s Walking Tour more ›