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1. Dinner en Blanc photo by ClayWilliams 2. Ensemble, Sarah Burton for Alexander McQueen, fall/winter 2012–13 Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Photo by Catwalking 3. HatsuneMiku Expo Crypton FutureMedia 4. KirstyMitchell, The Storyteller, from the Wonderland series. Photograph © Kirsty Mitchell; Noritaka Tatehana, Cinderella slipper, 2014. Lent by Noritaka Tatehana, photograph©Noritaka Tatehana; 5. Titanosaur exhibit at AMNH.

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AroundTown Spring’s here and with it comes ample opportunity to get cultured, brush up on your pop art and check out one ginormous dinosaur! DON’T MISS | TITANOSAUR Get ready for a colossal adventure! Your little paleontologist will be amazed at the sheer enormity of the latest AMNH exhibit. Meet the Titanosaur, the biggest dino known to date. Discovered in southern Argentina, this young adult Titanosaur spans 122 feet, weighs 70 tons and probably roamed over 100 million years ago! In NYC perspective, the Titanosaur could peer into your 5th floor window. At the unveiling, one grade-schooler made a keen observation; that the giant bodied, small-headed creature “had pretty sharp teeth” for a herbivore. Through January 19th 2020 at the American Museum of Natural History, NYC .

EXPERIENCE | HATSUNE MIKU EXPO

(NO KIDS) | DINER EN BLANC Add a little mystery and romance

Music has officially become a virtual experience, with blue pigtails and tons of fans. Hatsune Miku, the Japanese creation, named aptly (hatsu means sound &miku means future) will ‘perform’ at Hammerstein Ballroom for two shows this May. The 16-year-old humanoid persona comes alive hologram-style, sings with a synthesizer app assist and dances her way through a 7 city pop tour. Hatsune has been a guest on David Letterman and has opened up for Lady Gaga! Check out the future of pop at Hammerstein Ballroom, NYC. May 28th @ 1:30pm and 8:00pm.

to your date night! Every year this ‘chic

picnic,’ which started in Paris, pops up in cities across the world. Diner en Blanc is an elegant dinner party in a public locale. You can sched’ the date in your planner but the location is top secret until moments before. Don your finest white ensemble, bring tables, chairs, plates and cutlery, and get ready for an exquisite meal produced by a top chef. Find out more info at: newyork.dinerenblanc.info.

CHECK OUT | FAIRY TALE FASHION @ FIT Fairy Tale Fashion is an exhibit for the ages, showcasing the classics you remember from ‘once upon a time’! Quintessential pieces from decades of retelling all get a unique, high fashion update in this magical presentation!

CULTURE FIX | MANUS X MACHINA @MET Tech-style indeed! This season, Met Museum explores how handmade and machine-made co-exist in today’s super-fast fashion world. Manus x Machina showcases over 100 ensembles that date back as far as the 1880s. Lace and knitting workshops of yesteryear are contrasted against today’s 3Dprinting and laser cutting. Through August 14 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Through April 16, 2016, Museum at FIT, Special Exhibitions Gallery.