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Greater New York CityTop Picks from our editors this week Winter Solstice  Queens Botanical Garden In case you didn’t know, the Queens Botanical Garden waives entry fees from November to March, As fall leaves cascade to the ground, the bare landscape is perfect for celebrating the coming of winter. The garden’s Winter Solstice event is wonderfu...more Recommended for: Outdoorsy Local Deadly Beauty Routine The Morbid Anatomy Museum If you think the modern girl’s make-up routine is tough, you should hear and see what the Victorian era gals had to go through to achieve that fresh and dewy look. Often resorting to toxic concoctions (mercury mascara, anyone?) Victorian ladies wo...more Recommended for: Artsy History Canine Holiday Cheer   Prospect Park Our four-legged friends, loyal, loving and mischievous, also want to get into the holiday spirit this time of year. Thankfully FIDO (Fellowship For The Interests of Dogs & Their Owners) has organized an event for dogs and their owners, "Coffee Bar...more Recommended for: Outdoorsy Families How the Other Half Lives Museum of the City of New York Jacob Riis' photographs brought to light the appalling conditions of immigrants living in New York, predominantly on the Lower East Side, at the turn of the century. “How the Other Half Lives” is an important retrospective of the photographer's an...more Recommended for: History Artsy