Visit the Amazing Loft Where Jazz Came Alive
by Avi - March 4, 2010 at 12:31 pm - - 2 Comments
Thelonious Monk and his Town Hall band in rehearsal, February 1959. By W. Eugene Smith. Collection Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona. © The Heirs of W. Eugene Smith.
By Harriet Flehinger
A new exhibit at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts gives visitors an intimate look into the lives of some of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th Century, and New York in the 1950’s and early 60’s. Read More / Comment »
Win Free Tickets to the Oscars (at Lincoln Center)
Lincoln Center is hosting an Oscars party this year – basically you watch the show at Alice Tully Hall and get to eat fancy hors d’oeuvres – and party website Guest of a Guest is now giving out tickets to the show, which would normally run you at least $150. Read More / Comment »
Local Artist Portrays New York in Miniature
Have you ever stood on the balcony of a very tall building and watched people walking on the street below, marveling at how much they look like tiny busy ants? Upper West Sider Sam O’Hare took pictures of New York from high above the street Read More / Comment »
City Wants All Parades to be 25% Shorter
It sounds like the genius MBAs in the Bloomberg administration have been working overtime. That’s the only explanation for this idea: Starting in April Read More / Comment »
The Jazz Loft Project Showcases 50’s Greats
Some of the greatest jazz musicians of the 20th Century passed through W. Eugene Smith’s Sixth Avenue apartment in the 1950’s, inclucing Charles Mingus, Zoot Sims, Bill Evans, and Thelonious Monk. Read More / Comment »
A Merry, Righteous Bunch Gets Un-Married for Love
The mock televangelist Reverend Billy led about 80 New Yorkers in an un-marriage ceremony at Bethesda Fountain on Valentine’s Day, as they pledged to suspend their marriages until all Americans can marry. Read More / Comment »
Cirque du Soleil’s Upper West Side Show Delayed
The Cirque du Soleil show Banana Shpeel has been delayed until March 17, Playbill reported today. The show was expected to start on Feb. 25 at the Beacon Theater on Broadway and 74th Street, but it is now on hold for some “retooling,” the magazine reported. Read More / Comment »
Free Sword Dancing Event This Weekend
Have you ever danced with a sword? Sounds like a line from a bad James Bond/Samurai flick, doesn’t it? Read More / Comment »
Photos from a Quiet, Snowy Day in Central Park
Upper West Side photographer Jamie Beck, who publishes her work and her thoughts at From Me to You, shared with us some of the pictures she took in Central Park after the blizzard this week. Shot with a vintage Read More / Comment »
Lincoln Center Building New Theater for Young Artists
Lincoln Center unveiled the design on Thursday for a new theater dedicated to the work of emerging playwrights and directors. The 131-seat Claire Tow Theater will actually sit on top of the Vivian Beaumont Theater just off Read More / Comment »
