December 2009
50 posts
Who made a resolution to stay fit and healthy this in the 0’10? You might like to know about the May Center Open House on Jan 12. First 50 people to join the May Center will get the first three months free.
Check out the schedule of events that day, (PDF).
We’re still working on last’s year resolution to become fluent in Italian. If you’re interested, you can get a...
We are taking questions for Martin Short and Richard Belzer, for their event on Jan 17. We’ve received a couple of questions so far, and our favorite so far came from the proprietor of Songs About Clucking, who wrote: “I’d ask The Belz when he first started wearing all black.” That one is definitely getting short listed.
Anyone else have a question for Martin Short or...
Q&A with Jaron Lanier →
Question: You say that we’ve devalued intellectual achievement. How? Jaron Lanier: On one level, the Internet has become anti-intellectual because Web 2.0 collectivism has killed the individual voice. It is increasingly disheartening to write about any topic in depth these days, because people will only read what the first link from a search engine directs them to, and that will typically be the...
Argentina's not-so-secret poetry boom →
Whereas poets may previously have held academic jobs or received government grants, the collapse in state funding now means many have more than one job. Others write poetry that mirrors the everyday experiences of ordinary people.
“Martin Gambarotta’s poetry seems everyday, almost banal: children singing a stupid song or a group of immigrants pretending to be gangsters,” explains Bollig....
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Tony-winning actress Patti LuPone was interviewed in Time Out New York last year, and informed us she was confused about the changes in Times Sqaure: TONY: What is the biggest thing that’s happened to the city in the past 13 years?
Patti LuPone: What the hell are they doing to Times Square? This is my question. Is it a theme park? Is it a walking district? Is it a pedicab-carriage district? Is it...
Martin Short and Richard Belzer will be here on Jan 17. What do you want to ask either of them?
Theological Investigations: Why Do The Jews Eat... →
fek:
That said, there are only so many times you can ask “WWJ8LD?” (or: “What would Jennifer 8. Lee do?) every December 25th when it comes to the yearly mystic ritual of Jews and Chinese food. Well, Jenny “8-Ball” Lee: you’re not the only expert on this in New York. In fact, you’re playing second fiddle in this city to someone on our masthead: Adrian Chen.
Involved herein: Jews’ and their Big...
“Some winters, taking leave, deal us a last hard...
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Mel Brooks double feature and all-you-can-eat... →
caro:
In all honesty this is probably where I will end up on Christmas.
Funny, she doesn’t look Druish.
Comedy Below Canal™: The Twelfth Night of Chanukah... →
delocatedblog:
If you are Jewish and/or in New York and/or looking for something to do Christmas Eve, check out this comedy show. At the 92Y Tribeca. Click on the above link for more info.
See you there.
A night with Paul Auster and Javier Marías
Paul Auster has a seductive presence. With his silvering hair and raspy voice, he reads with poise and patience. At New York’s 92nd Street Y last week, he read a passage from his latest novel, “Invisible”, in which the protagonist reflects on his intimacy with his sister. His thoughts begin innocently enough, with tales of playing doctor and jumping naked on the bed. But they are soon catapulted...
From NY mag’s Vulture blog:On Sunday, December 13, at 8 p.m., the biggest do-gooding nerds of the celebrity world will debut The People Speak on the History Channel. The special is a collection of live readings of little-known speeches and letters collected in Howard Zinn’s revisionist-history tomes A People’s History of the United States and Voices of A People’s History of...
This Sunday, the curtain comes down on the...
My real name is David Jones
Women in Dance at the 92nd Street Y: History in...
One weekend, (Dec 11-13) three performances, and more than two dozens dancers to commemorate the women—Anna Sokolow, Amy Sue Rosen and Pearl Lang—who shaped modern dance at the 92nd Street Y.
Tickets are available for $12 each.
[Celebrating 75 Years Of Dance at the 92nd Street Y]