January 2012
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“We have a government that says it’s okay to eat... →
That was Joel Salatin at 92Y on January 23, 2012. Via Amy Eddings on WNYC Culture blog. Read more about the talk by a blogger at Early Morning Run. Related: 4 Things You Can Do Right Now To Prolong Your Life [92Y Food Talks]
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In response to a question last night at 92Y, Walter Isaacson said Mark Zuckerberg is the next Steve Jobs. Do you agree?
If not, who do you think is the next Steve jobs?
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WatchGirl Walk // All Day - A music video of epic proportions
If dancing makes you smarter, the Dancing In The Cloud/Dancing For Small Screens panel discussion on January 27, with excerpts from Jacob Krupnick’s new video Girl Walk//All Day, will definitely make you a bit more intelligent than you were previous. Watch an early trailer from Girl Walk//All Day, above.
Dawn Paap, producer of the...
Time Out New York - Interview: Daniel Knox →
danielknox:
We’re thrilled to be back in New York to premiere John Atwood: Black & Whites, Wednesday, JAN 25, 2012 at the 92YTribeca with this wonderful cast of musicians:
Jim Cooper | Music Director & Double Bass Ralph Carney | Horns Keats Dieffenbach | Violin Chris Hefner | Musical Saw Meena Bhasin | Viola Ronnie Kuller | Violin Paul Parts | Electric Bass Jason Toth | Drums John...
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“At one point I was going to do a book of vintage... →
She should have started a Tumblr.
Tracey Zabar (yes, those Zabars) is a pastry chef and jewelry designer and the author of One Sweet Cookie: Celebrated Chefs Share Favorite Recipes. She’s at 92YTribeca on January 27.
WatchIn our spare time, we like volunteering, long walks on the beach, the poetry of Ernesto Cardenal, and putting together highlight reels of dunks from the 92Y Adult Basketball League.
The next league begins February 21.
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Win two tickets to see the sold out Woody Allen...
It’s easy: to enter, visit 92Y on Facebook and tell us your favorite Woody Allen film.
On February 21, Reel Pieces Moderator Annette Insdorf will interview Woody Allen, with special guest Dick Cavett, before a screening of Radio Days, Mr. Allen’s classic depiction of the heyday of live radio.
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I'm staying like a heartbeat away from the 92Y
jaimeleigh:
I’m gonna stand outside and shout “hey we’re tumblr friends!”
Hello Tumblr friend! Come by for a free dance event at noon. Dana Boll, Ze’eva Cohen, Carolyn Dorfman, Aviva Geismar, Jim May (Sokolow Dance Theater), and Laura Shapiro present work that resonates with the Jewish holocaust experience.
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WatchPaul Krugman: The Economic Crisis Will Permanently Scar New Graduates“How long does it you as an individual to recover from the fact that you happen to graduate from college into a bad job market? And the answer is forever. It scars your entire work career. You will never recover from the fact. So the kids that are graduating into the 2011 job market are never going to have the lives they...
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WatchWomen & Vitamin D with Dr. David Agus
Dr. David Agus, author of The End of Illness, was here last night with Connie Chung for a talk: Ending Illness. Before the event, our colleague in the Lectures department, Assistant Director Jennifer Giunta Hausler, asked Dr. Angus: “Tell us why women shouldn’t take vitamin D.”
“I don’t think they shouldn’t take...
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WatchCelebrating 40 Years Of Aztec Two-Step
The acoustic duo Aztec Two-Step has been making amazing music together since 1971. That’s when two individual singer songwriters, Rex Fowler and Neal Shulman, joined forces after meeting in a coffee house in Boston. They took their name from a Lawrence Ferlinghetti poem and recorded the first song ever written about Jack Kerouac’s iconic American...
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nybooks:
Charles Rosen, Elliott Carter’s Music...
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The Joy of Quiet
“…the future of travel, I’m reliably told, lies in ‘black-hole resorts,’
which charge high prices precisely because you can’t get online in their
rooms.” —Pico Iyer in The New York Times this weekend.
He’s here on February 9 with Rececca Solnit.
Related: Liesl Schillinger reviews Iyer’s latest book, The Man Within My Head, in The New York...
December 2011
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Connecting To The Weekly Torah Portion With Rabbi...
Rabbi David Kalb: The Beit Yosef, a commentator on the Tur, and Shulchan Aruch (two of the most important Jewish Legal Codes) asks an interesting question in Orech Chayim 670. Why is Chanukah eight days long? The miracle of the oil was really seven days, not eight. The Maccabees found one container of oil that was enough for one day. Therefore, Chanukah should be celebrated for seven days, not...