January 2009
62 posts
The New Face of Mr. Mom →
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Ben Karlin Would Like to Thank All His... →
Last night Ben Karlin and pals shared their dating delights and woes (well, mostly woes) with the 92YTribeca crowd in celebration of the paperback release of Things I’ve Learned from the Women…
Bruce Springsteen and The Superbowl Shuffle →
Are you ready for some football? More importantly, are you ready for some…Bruce??? Watch the Big Game (plus commercials and the halftime show!) at 92YTribeca, featuring special Bruce…
Cleveland Orchestra: Northeast Ohio to Upper East... →
The Cleveland Orchestra’s hometown newspaper, The Plain Dealer, recently published an article on how the “ensemble is capitalizing on its international reputation by seeking part of its…
Meet Bart Coleman, 92YTribeca Comedy Curator →
The Apiary, a popular comedy blog, profiles our very own Bart Coleman who has brought comic stars like Zach Galifianakis, David Cross, Will Arnett, Jim Gaffigan, Janeane Garofalo, Paul F….
Tell Me Why Podcast: Dance Choreographer Hilary... →
In this edition of the 92nd Street Y’s Tell Me Why podcast, host Julian Fleisher talks with Hilary Easton, native New Yorker and choreographer (she started her dance training at the…
92Y Video: The Huffington Post in Residence, Full... →
Previously, we posted an excerpt of Arianna Huffington’s Jan 21 talk at the Y, The Year Ahead, with Erica Jong, Nora Ephron, Craig Newmark, Trey Ellis and Paul Rieckhoff….
Byte Me: More Teens Choose Gaming over Facebook →
A recent report on Mediaweek issued by The Pew Internet & American Life Project found that more teens are gamers than social networkers. Meaning, instead of spending/wasting time on…
92Y Video: Former Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin →
Watch the full program of last night’s talk with Robert Rubin above and read what the news outlets are reporting:
New York Times: Barely two weeks after Robert E. Rubin stepped down…
Impressions from a First Timer in New York →
Earlier this month, British journalist Rachel Spence wrote in the Financial Times as “A first-timer in New York”:
Abundance is a leitmotif in New York. Accustomed to the small-town…
92Y Video: Salman Rushdie and Irshad Manji, The... →
Watch the full program of Irshad Manji’s first talk in her Moral Courage Conversations Series which premiered with noted author and intellectual Salman Rushdie on January…
Paul F. Tompkins and John Hodgman: Best Tweet Ever →
Last night 92YTribeca had the “Best Evening Ever” when John Hodgman moderated a panel and performance with Best Week Ever’s Paul F. Tompkins, Doug Benson, Chuck Nice, executive producer…
Dian Killian on Enjoying Difficult People →
Do you ever awake from a restless slumber, having spent another day bitter at your significant another or co-worker or roommate for being unduly obnoxious and thought to yourself, “Maybe…
92Y Podcast: Remembering John Updike →
Audio: John Updike at the 92nd Street Y on November 7, 2005 The New York Times on the passing of John Updike:
John Updike, the kaleidoscopically gifted writer whose quartet of Rabbit…
Easing Your 2009 Economic Blues →
Crucial Minutiae (L to R): Kate Torgovnick, Kimmi Auerbach, Courtney E. Martin, Theo Gangi, Joie Jager-Hyman
Ron Hogan of the literary/publishing blog Galleycat dropped in on two recent…
Gawker Asks: Who Is Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Since... →
Perplexed by news of a packed reading at the Barnes & Noble in Manhattan’s Union Square last night (pictured above) with award-winning author Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist with the…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Ben Karlin, Lyricist Lounge, Superbowl XLIII, Gogol Bordello Non-Stop
Tue, Jan 27
Are You Ready to Be a Voluntourist? with Andrew Mersmann
Baby…
Lewis Black and Scott Blakeman: Cathartic Comedy →
Black and Blakeman
Manhattan resident Lewis Black, a Grammy Award-winning comedian known for his biting commentary on American politics delivered in angry rants, and Scott Blakeman…
92Y Video: Allison Carvalho, Brazilian Guitar... →
In the video above, recorded almost exactly one year ago, watch noted Brazilian guitarist Allison Carvalho delight the crowd at the 92nd Street Y’s bi-annual Guitar…
This Week at the Y →
Clockwise from top left: Robert Rubin, Sidney Lumet, Professor Cheryl Greenberg, Eric Kandel
Mon, Jan 26
Reading Series: Junot Díaz and Jamaica Kincaid
The Jewish Love…
Program Notes: Tokyo String Quartet with Benjamin... →
The following are programs notes for the Tokyo String Quartet’s concert with pianist Benjamin Hochman at the 92nd Street Y on January 31, 2009. Read the Tokyo String Quartet’s season…
The Man Who Put the Nazis on the Witness Stand →
Who was Hans Litten, and why should we care? During the Eden Dance Palace trial in 1931, during which four Stormtroopers stood accused of, and ultimately convicted of murder, a young…
Photo Exhibit: (S)ELECTION ‘08 →
Photo Credit: Samantha Appleton
Photo Credit: Chris Morris
Current Exhibit in the 92nd Street Y Weill Art Gallery:
(S)ELECTION ‘08
Photographs by Samantha Appleton and…
92Y Video: The Huffington Post in Residence: The... →
Jed Lipinski of the Village Voice reports from last night’s panel with Arianna Huffington and Huffington Post bloggers:
The all-star panel included Erica Jong, Nora…
92Y and 92YTribeca on Twitter →
If blogging seems like a burden to you, perhaps you should try Twitter, the popular micro-blogging platform. Scratching your head? Wikipedia describes Twitter as “a free social…
92Y Video: Dennis Prager, The Case for Judaism →
Previously, we posted an audio excerpt from nationally syndicated radio talk show host Dennis Prager’s “The Case for Judaism” lecture at the Y in March 2008. Watch more,…
Robert Rubin and Sebsatian Mallaby: He Said, He... →
On Tuesday, January 27, the Y is hosting a discussion with Robert Rubin, former Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, and Sebastian Mallaby, director of the Maurice R….
Tell Me Why Podcast: David Zippel, Lyricist →
In this edition of the 92nd Street Y’s Tell Me Why podcast, host Julian Fleisher talks with Tony Award-winning lyricist David Zippel, whose credits include City of Angels, The…
92Y Video: Havaya Summer Camp in Israel and U.S.... →
Watch video from summer 2008!
Havaya International is a 5 week long life-changing opportunity for teens to travel like a local in both Israel and across the United…
92YServe Volunteers Look Back on Giving Back →
Serving hot meals to those less fortunate, delivering gifts and an hour’s visit to the homebound elderly, donating canned foods and warm coats, and reading to youth who don’t have a…
92Y Podcast: Remembering W.D. Snodgrass, Poet →
Audio: W.D. Snodgrass at the 92nd Street Y on March 28, 1963 The New York Times on the passing of W. D. Snodgrass:
W. D. Snodgrass, who found the stuff of poetry in the raw material of…
Gothamist Interview with Comedian Paul F. Tompkins →
Paul F. Tompkins of VH1’s Best Week Ever, brings his act (and John Hodgman!) to 92YTribeca for the Best Evening Ever on January 27. But first, Gothamist gets inside his recent…
This Week at the Y →
Clockwise from top left: Arianna Huffington, James Casebere, Gwen Ifill, The Borodin Quartet
Mon, Jan 19
Author Anna Porter tells the astonishing saga of Rezso Kasztner: The…
92Y Video: Paul Krugman, Toward a Great Society →
Watch the full program of Paul Krugman’s January 13 conversation at the Y with David Brancaccio, host and senior editor of NOW on PBS, which includes a discussion on Krugman’s recent Pulitzer…
What You Missed: Jim Gaffigan →
Comedy fans who braved the bitter cold last night at were treated to a surprise set from big name comic Jim Gaffigan. Jim capped off the night after performances from Liam McEneaney,…
92YTribeca Video: Lily Koppel and The Red Leather... →
In the video above, New York Times writer Lily Koppel talks about her book, The Red Leather Diary, the true story of a recovered diary and its original owner that brings…
Huffington Post: The Year Ahead →
Top, L to R: Arianna Huffington, Trey Ellis, Erica Jong; Bottom, L to R: Nora Ephron, Barbara Ehrenreich, Paul Rieckhoff
On January 21, the 92nd Street Y presents The Huffington Post…
92Y Video: Tavis Smiley and Cornel West →
On September 27, 2008, popular television and radio personality Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, one of Americas most provocative public intellectuals and the author of Hope…
Irshad Manji and Salman Rushdie: Moral Courage →
Journalist, activist and best-selling author of The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith, Irshad Manji, blogs about her new series at the Y, The Moral…
Was Freud a Fraud? George Makari Explains →
Sometimes a single person is so professionally successful that they become the thing they work on. Call it the Kleenex conundrum or the Dumpster dilemma. Sigmund Freud is so strongly…
SciFi Dept Does Sing Along →
AMC TV’s SciFi Dept was on hand for the Labyrinth sing-along at 92YTribeca last Friday and you have to watch the video above to see exactly what you missed.
Don’t miss the…
A Rare Visit by a Treasured Novelist: Barry... →
Expatriate historical fiction novelist Barry Unsworth was born in the U.K., has taught in the U.S. and France, and in the 1960s lectured in Greece and Turkey, “countries where the ancient…
92Y Snapshot: Lyrics & Lyricists Spotlight on... →
Photo Credit: Richard Termine
Top, from left: Alton White, Hugh Panaro, Shelly Burch and Richard Gray. Bottom, from left: Deborah Grace Winer, Martin Charnin, Dwight Beckmeyer, Shelly…
Best Film of 2008: Flight of the Red Balloon →
The scene: Paris. The people: Suzanne (Juliette Binoche), a single mother overrun by obligations; Simon and Louise, her two children; Song Fang, the young Taiwanese babysitter…
Boys of Steel Live-Blogging →
Newsarama is live-blogging the “Boys of Steel: The Jewish Origins of Superman” talk with Marc Tyler Nobleman right now. Check it out.
7:54PM: Already starting off interesting, even…
This Week at the Y →
Clockwise from top left: Salman Rushdie, Joan Osborne, Martin Indyk, Lawrence Weiner
Mon, Jan 12
Lyrics & Lyricists presents Rodgers &…: Inside Five Collaborations…
Not Your Bubbe’s Mah-Jongg →
Photo by Flickr user by “shooting brooklyn”
For those of you who have excitedly made a jaunt through Foxwoods, looking for untold riches at the black jack table while offering only a…
New York Real Estate Review →
NY1’s Tara Lynn Wagner covered last week’s NYC real estate talk with Jacky Teplitzky and reports:
“Everybody is afraid to be the last fool to pay high because everybody is telling them…
92Y Podcast: Dennis Prager makes The Case for... →
On March 11, 2008, nationally syndicated radio talk show host Dennis Prager—described in Jewish Week as “one of the three most interesting minds in American Jewish life”—made a…
What You Missed: Janeane Garofalo, Paul F.... →
92YTribeca’s Comedy Below Canal series blasted ahead at full speed last night with a sold-out show featuring Janeane Garofalo, Paul F. Tompkins, David Cross, Kristen Schaal and Jon…