🎹 Madina's Recital —
Small Wonders
A Collaborative Recital · Saturday, July 18 2026
2:00 PM
SHARP
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music
450 W 37th St, New York, NY 10018
· btwn 9th & 10th Ave
📍 Lower Level — Cary Hall
⏰ When to leave (2pm sharp)
🚇
Leave by 1:00 PM
— subway · F → 42 St–Bryant Park → transfer 7 → 34 St–Hudson Yards → 7-min walk. ~40 min + cushion.
🚗
Leave by 1:15 PM
— car/Uber · RI Bridge → Queensboro → Midtown. ~20–25 min but pad for traffic.
🪑
Be seated by
1:50
— no walking in mid-performance.
🎒 Grab before you go
💐
Flowers from Trader Joe's
—
odd number
of stems (Kazakh custom; even = funerals).
☂️
Umbrella
— you didn't take one.
🍔
Eat first (~12:45)
— venue has only very light refreshments.
🎻 Once you're there
👏
Hold applause until each piece
fully ends
— kids + multiple performers, lots of stop-starts.
🔇
Phone on silent · smart-casual.
⏳
Pacing is loose — may run past 4. Go in patient.
🎉
Congratulate
Madina
by name after.
🍽️⚽ Zoran plan
🌮
Mexican across the street
—
485 10th Ave
· ~1 min, 4.6★.
📺
Soccer + TV backups:
Dalton's Bar · 611 9th Ave — closest, ~6 blks
Football Factory @ Legends · 6 W 33rd — any match, 100+/wk
Hibernia · 50th St — soccer specialist
📱 Open loop
🔔
RI app — push live & test.
Say the word and I'll enable + test it while you're out.