Fashion week goes from February 9 – 16, 2012.

For the second year running, Fashion Week will be held at historic Lincoln Center.  For those looking to do sightseeing in NYC, nearby  locations include  Columbus Circle, Central Park, The Museum of Natural History and so many other iconic New York landmarks.

Tonic Times Square, 727 7th Avenue

Dalton’s 619 9th Avenue (Between 43rd & 44th Street)

The morning may be spent walking around Central Park, Brooklyn Heights Promenade or Greenwich Village to name a few locations.  You may also want to consider taking in the New York City skyline on the Staten Island Ferry.

The Metropolitan Pavilion transforms into a vintage-lover’s dream, when nearly 90 vintage clothing and textile dealers take over for two days. And while sifting through dresses, shoes and accessories from decades past provides entertainment aplenty, the show also includes a formal exhibition, Christian Lacroix: Darling of Outrageous Excess.

Located at  Metropolitan Pavilion, 123 W. 18th St., you are in close proximaty to several other NYC venues.  Perhaps you may want to walk over to The Chelsea Market, walk over to Union Square, view the Flatiron building or explore Greenwich Village and Washington Square Park as a few suggestions.

From January 20-26, 2012, not only will you see all the usual highlights of Grand Central, but there is also a world class squash tournament going on, completely free to view.  A court and seating is constructed inside beautiful Vanderbilt Hall.  Try to make the time to catch the action.

After viewing the action, you can take the NYC  subway uptown to Museum Mile, Central Park, FAO Schwarz or other New York City attractions.  If you opt to go downtown you can head to The Brooklyn Bridge, Union Square Park, Wall Street or The Statue of Liberty.

Either way, it provides not only a great venue for the tournament but ideally situated to continue your sightseeing in NYC.

Beginning January 20, the International Center of Photography presents four new exhibitions will be of interest to both professional and amateur  photographers alike.  Weegee: Murder Is My Business (on view through September 2) highlights the work of one of the most relentlessly inventive figures in American photography, whose dramatic and often lurid photographs of New York crimes and news events set the standard for what has become known as tabloid journalism. The Loving Story showcases photography by Grey Villet that documents the story of the couple who was instrumental in overturning all race-based marriage bans in 1967. Magnum Contact Sheets explores how Magnum photographers have captured and edited their best shots from the 1930s to the present. And, finally, Perspectives 2012 focuses on emerging young artists working in photography and video in a non-thematic series of group exhibitions.

Located in the heart of midtown Manhattan, only steps from Bryant Park, Grand Central Station, Times Square and so many other New York City landmarks.

This year, the show runs from January 20 – 29th.

For those of you not familiar with the Park Avenue Armory, it is located in  Manhattan’s prestigious Upper East Side neighborhood, steps from Central Park, The Frick Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and a short walk from Grand Central Terminal.

This year, the world’s largest motorcycle show series returns to the Javits Center,  January 20-22nd, giving you an all-access pass to the world of motorcycling with hundreds of the latest street bikes, dirt bikes, cruisers, scooters and ATVs, plus vintage bikes and impressive customs. Guests will love the Kawasaki Design-a-Bike interactive feature that allows you to digitally create a custom ride; Motorcycling Through the Decades, which highlights vintage bikes of yesteryear; The Marketplace for accessories and gadgets; and much more.

The "Met" is opening an expanded wing in January, 2012

Located on Manhattan’s exclusive Upper East Side, just down the block on 5th Avenue form the Guggenheim is The Metropolitan Museum of Art.  ”The Met,” as it is known to both New Yorkers and tourist visiting New York alike, is one of the most exclusive museums in the world.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art is also free; there is a “suggested admission” of $25 per person, however, that is completely optional.

On January 16, 2012, twenty-five new and expanded galleries provide visitors with a rich history of American art from the 18th through the early 20th century. The museum’s collection of American paintings is displayed together for the first time including works by John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins and Winslow Homer. The centerpiece of the new installation is Emanuel Gottlieb Leutze’s 1851 painting Washington Crossing the Delaware.

After you visit the museum, you can walk into Central Park, take a New York City bus ride down historic 5th Avenue or simply take the NYC subway to other wonderful neighborhoods.

BAM’s Winter/Spring season features nine theater, dance and nouveau cirque engagements. Some of this season’s highlights include Kevin Spacey as Richard III in the final season of The Bridge Project, a world premiere from The Mark Morris Dance Group, a 35th anniversary celebration of DanceAfrica, the return of UK company Cheek by Jowl with a new production of John Ford’s ‘Tis Pity She’s a Whore and Swedish contemporary circus troupe Cirkus Cirkor in the US premiere of Wear It Like a Crown.