James Austin Smith and Friends

Before

0.3 mi · 6 min walk - Lincoln Square

Four floors of contemporary craft in the Edward Durell Stone building on the south side of Columbus Circle, reclad by Brad Cloepfil and reopened in 2008. The collection is glass, clay, metal and fiber rather than painting, and artists work in open studios on the sixth floor. Wednesday is the long day, open until eight.

After

0.4 mi · 7 min walk - Midtown West - Theater District

Infused vodkas by the carafe with a piano going late. Brodsky and Baryshnikov backed it in 1986 and the late crowd still skews people who just finished working.