Movie Mondays At Chelsea's Death Avenue!

Some Like It Hot (1959) dir. Billy Wilder. Courtesy of tvbomb.co.uk

Are movie nights outdated in coupledom? Who said primetime date nights were reserved for Fridays and Saturdays? Unwind after your least favorite day of the week because it’s that time of year again–for outdoor movie nights. Bring your #ManCrushMonday to Greek bar-restaurant, Death Avenue’s Movie Monday.

Seating starts at 7:30 p.m., and films are screened by 8 p.m. Attendance starts at $44 per person and $88 per couple. You and your bae can enjoy a romantic night under leafy bamboo and hanging lanterns, on a patio garden located down in Chelsea, Death Ave is adjacent to the High Line: 315 Tenth Ave between 28th and 29th Streets (212-695-8080, deathave.com)

Not your standard movie experience, Movie Monday at Death Avenue offers every couple Shared Spreads (eggplant tapenade, cucumber and roasted garlic yogurt, hummus,etc.) and a signature Greek Cheese Tasting, served with a bottle of wine or growler for two.

Check out the full-film lineup below!

May 4th: Reservoir Dogs; dir. Quentin Tarantino
May 11th: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly; dir. Clint Eastwood
May 18th: Taxi Driver; dir. Martin Scorsese
May 25th: Jaws; dir. Steven Spielberg
June 1st: A Streetcar Named Desire; dir. Elia Kazan
June 8th: Some Like it Hot; dir. Billy Wilder
June 15th: Notorious; dir. Alfred Hitchcock
June 29th: Annie Hall; dir. Woody Allen
July 6th: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?; dir. Mike Nichols
July 13th: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest; dir. Miloš Forman
July 20th: The Big Lebowski; dir. Joel & Ethan Coen
July 27th: Last Tango in Paris; dir. Bernardo Bertolucci
August 3rd: Midnight Cowboy; dir. John Schlesinger
August 10th: Sunset Blvd.; dir. Billy Wilder
August 17th: Vertigo; dir. Alfred Hitchcock
August 24th: Roman Holiday; dir. William Wyler
August 31st: Bonnie and Clyde; dir. Arthur Penn
September 7th: 12 Angry Men; dir. Sidney Lumet
September 14th: Pulp Fiction; dir. Quentin Taratino
September 21st: Raging Bull; dir. Martin Scorsese
September 28th: The Sting; dir. George Roy Hill
October 5th: An American Werewolf in London; dir. John Landis
October 12th: Night of the Living Dead; dir. George A. Romero
October 19th: Psycho; dir. Alfred Hitchcock
October 26th: Poltergeist; dir. Tobe Hooper
November 2nd: The Shining; dir. Stanley Kubrick

-by Sunny Tsao

MAKSIM CHMERKOVSKIY, MELISSA GILBERT — Photo: Courtesy of zap2it.com

With a global health kick in full force, many couples are on the search for a healthy and romantic way to celebrate Valentines Day with their loved one. Most people question this new idea, because Valentines Day is often associated with five star dining, chocolate covered strawberries, and endless wine. This year, there are several dance studios offering Valentines Day events. DOWNTOWN’S CEO/Publisher and avid dancer, Grace A. Capobianco, says “It’s an incredible sport and a great way to meet new friends and experience the time of your life,” so why wouldn’t you consider it this Valentines Day?

While men tend to resort to heart-shaped boxes of candy, jewelry and flowers, time spent with a significant other is what really matters. Lower Manhattan couples are finding healthy and romantic ways to spend date nights and special occasions. Research shows that the timeless art of ballroom dance strengthens a couple emotionally and physically, making their hearts as healthy as possible.

Dance means romance. Dance is not only the key to communicating love to your partner, it allows for quality time, acts of service, physical touch, and words of affirmation. This art calls for couples to work together, requires intimate physical content, and gives couples many opportunities to complement and appreciate their partner.

While embracing your partner, you can also lead a healthier life. Studies show that dancing continuously for 30 minutes has the same impact on weight loss as walking, swimming, or cycling. At the Lancisi Heart Institute in Ancona, Italy, medical researchers conducted a study that proved that people with heart failure who began to waltz regularly improved their heart, breathing, and quality of life more than those who resorted to cycling, walking, or running. Social dancing is the best medicine for a couple looking to strengthen their relationship and heart.

The Downtown area, as well as NYC as a whole, is home to the best of the best when it comes to dance studios! Some of our favorites are Dance Sport, owned by instructor Paul Pellicoro, Stepping Out, owned by George Qiao, Dance With Me, owned by Dancing With the Stars’ Maksim Chmerkovskiy. So if you are looking for inspiration for this Valentines Day, give the gift of dance!

-by Deirdre McAndrew