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NYCAudioTours

  1. Check out NY Times Arts & Leisure Weekend filled w/ interviews with a bevy of big names in the arts world, through Sunday @ the Times Center
  2. Improvised Shakespeare Company: puts together a full play in Elizabethan style based on an idea tossed out by an audience member, Fri-Sun.
  3. No-Pants Subway Ride: Improv Everywhere presents this event in which NYorkers ride the subways sans pants! Sunday, 3pm improveverywhere.com
  4. Winter Jazzfest: notable jazz artists take over 5 venues in the Village today & Sat. $35 for one & $45 for two-day pass. winterjazzfest.com
  5. On Monday, Jan 2nd, government services, including post offices, will be closed; alternate-side-of-the-street parking will be suspended.
  6. On Monday, Jan 2nd, subways will run on a Saturday schedule, and buses will run on a Sunday schedule. Check www.mta.info for updates
  7. Bus and subway service should be back to normal on Sunday, though there may be delays on some bus routes.
  8. Subway lines around Times Square will have trains running every 8 to12 minutes until around 3am, & 42nd street shuttle will run all night.
  9. After the ball drops, you should still take the subway. Bus service will resume after midnight, bit only once the streets are reopened.
  10. Closed roads near Times Square on New Year's Eve will prevent cabs and buses from moving & walking will be faster than driving.
  11. Your only option to get near Times Square on New Year's Eve is the subway. Get there early since certain subway entrances will be closed.
  12. Sine advice if you are planning to attend Times Square ball drop: get there early, don't bring backpacks or open bottles of alcohol.
  13. Times Square show is the biggest New Year's bash -- includes Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Pitbull and other top entertainers.
  14. This year design is the fifth design from Waterford's "World of Celebrations" series, which began with 2007-08's "Let There Be Light".
  15. This year, the Waterford Crystal ball will have 288 newly installed crystals representing the theme for 2012, "Let There Be Friendship".
  16. Tomorrow millions count down the final 10 seconds of the year while watching the Waterford Crystal New Year's Eve ball in Times Square.
  17. TODAY: Michael Ondaatje reads from his novel "The Cat's Table", at Barnes & Noble Union Square, 7 pm, FREE.
  18. Weather: Areas of drizzle of showers could be breaking out across the 5 borough's in the next couple of hours (by 10am). | Via @NY1weather
  19. The Empire State Building will be lit up in green, white and red tonight in honor of the Radio City Rockettes' 2011 Christmas Spetacular.