Feb 7

3p.m.
Pro Snowboarders take to the air at Street Sessions in NYC
A field of 20 of the world’s top professional snowboarders, including Olympic silver medalist Danny Kass and defending champion Eddie Wall, will compete head-to-head for a prize purse of $30,000 at this professional snowboarding rail jam competition.
Two dozen of the sport’s best performers showcase their skills on the largest customized urban rail ever produced for an event of this kind in New York City. Attendees can also visit the action sports block party from 3-6 pm for athlete autograph sessions, free giveaways and product demonstrations.
FREE
Union Square
- 17th St. at Union Square East
1-631-462-2546

8p.m.
Carnegie Hall $10 Student Tickets
National Symphony Orchestra
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage
Leonard Slatkin, Music Director and Conductor
Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Piano
Mason Bates, Electronics
“cinematic explosiveness”—New York Times
MASON BATES Liquid Interface (NY Premiere)
LISZT Piano Concerto No. 2
MUSSORGSKY Pictures at an Exhibition (orch. Ravel)
Featuring a New York premiere by the young Californian composer Mason Bates, whose politically charged Liquid Interface addresses global warming through pulsating electronic rhythms; Liszt’s virtuosic yet seldom-heard Piano Concerto No. 2; and Ravel’s orchestration of Mussorgsky’s epic suite Pictures at an Exhibition