Archive for the 'NY Events' Category
Die Romantik, Musicians
Die Romantik (myspace, website) is a guitar, drum and keyboard trio with a knack for weaving lush, elegant melodies that never lose the element of surprise. Brooklyn by way of France, the group has developed a local following that recently earned them a spot on the lineup for Malajube’s show at Bo…
Margaret Cho, Comedian
Margaret Cho returns to the stage in a whole new way with her stage show The Sensuous Woman. The production is at the Zipper Theater starting tomorrow (more details here) and is bringing burlesque back. The variety show will feature some famed burlesque performers, along with stand-up and sketch…
Will Sheff, Okkervil River
After by eight years of relentless touring and quiet musical evolution, Austin-based indie-rockers Okkervil River broke out in 2004 with Black Sheep Boy, a captivating album fueled in no small part by front-man Will Sheff’s lacerating vocals and careening compositions that thrillingly threaten…
Jesse Eisenberg, Actor
Jesse Eisenberg was still in high school when he struck indie-film gold with his performance alongside Campbell Scott in Roger Dodger, one of 2003’s funniest and most affecting films. He’s since gone on to pull his weight in Noah Baumbach’s Park Slope rhapsody The Squid and the Whale, M. Night…
September 11: 6th Anniversary Commemoration Events
Tomorrow, the city and other organizations will mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Here’s the official city commemoration:
7AM: Families start to reach at Zuccotti Park, where the ceremony will take place.
8:40AM: Mayor Bloomberg begins the pr…
Oprah in NYC: Letterman, Lisa Marie, and 9/11
OMG OPRAH! After weeks of anticipation - and insane craigslist listings - a few thousand lucky fans got to watch the season premiere of Oprah from the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden. The show featured David Letterman and a performance from Lisa Marie Presley. And, yes, Oprah Winfrey did st…
Coney Island Report: Astroland’s final Day
In case you hadn’t heard, and even whether you have, Astroland shut down (possibly for good) yesterday. There was a protest calling for a one-year extension on the death sentence, but mostly a lot of public turned out to ride the rides and walk around and to have their quotes jotted down by repo…
Times Weddings By The Numbers: In-Laws All Around
This week’s NY Times Weddings & Celebrations announcements include:
Forty-five weddings and one same sex civil union, plus the Vows column
Twenty-four photographs of couples and one photograph of a bride-only
The youngest bride is 24, the oldest bride is 62
The youngest good is 25, the…
Long for Fall
Classic dames, classic hair: At the FIT Couture Council event at the Rainbow Room, Blaine Trump and Cece Cord showed how blonde hair falling down one’s shoulders is beautiful at any age.
John Turturro, Director
Hardly composition with his career as one of the most fascinating actors in the trade nowadays, John Turturro continues to manufacture his mark as director of a growing catalog of boldly independent films. His searing debut, Mac, drew deeply from his experiences in a Brooklyn family cast adrift afte…
Sneak Peak at Gunn’s Style
Tim Gunn’s Guide to Style officially premieres tonight, but Bravo served it as a surprise aperitif to Top Chef final night.
The gist: Gunn gives a makeover à la What Not to Wear’s Stacy and Clinton, the Queer Eye guys, and the popular girl that takes the ponytail out and glasses off of the unpop…
Faran Krentcil, Fashionista.com
You may or may not have noticed that it’s Fashion Week — either way, style is saturating the city right now increasingly than ever, and we’ve asked Faran Krentcil to help us figure the whole thing out. She who holds down the fort at Fashionista.com fills us in on The Tents, the trends and the trick…
24 Hrs to Fashion Week
Just after Pet Fashion Week comes to an end (seriously), New York’s (human) Fashion Week begins. The official start is tomorrow, but heels will be hitting the runway before that. Though far from fashionistas, we’ve been to a runway show or two in the past - and have always heard amazing things a…
