February 2009
67 posts
Monica Bill Barnes: Sex Machine! →
Video: Monica Bill Barnes “Another Parade”
Now that is how you dance to James Brown’s “Sex Machine.” Monica Bill Barnes presents Another Parade—a new work that…
92YTribeca Snapshot: Janeane Garofalo and Paul F.... →
Photo: Comedy Below Canal on February 12
They really look like they’re having fun, right? Janeane and Paul host a night of comedy every month at 92YTribeca (the next is March 12) but…
92Y Video: Bob Schieffer in Conversation with... →
Recalling the time three decades ago as a reporter for the Forth Worth Star-Telegram in Texas when he drove Lee Harvey Oswald’s mother, at her request, to the jail Oswald…
Everybody’s Favorite Girl-Crush Rachel Maddow →
The 2008 election was historic—not only did we elect a black president, we crowned a lesbian Rhodes scholar as America’s queen of political commentary. Rachel Maddow took the media world…
Hedda Gabler: The Female Hamlet →
Michael Cerveris, Christopher Shinn, Elisabeth Vincentelli
Hedda Gabler was first published in 1890 by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and since then has become a mainstay of…
92Y Video: Dr. Marc Weissbluth, Sleep Smarts →
Dr. Marc Weissbluth, sleep expert and author of Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child, returns to the Y next week to share the science of slumber in two talks for parents,…
NYC Blogosphere: Local, National, Everything,... →
Adam Hirsch (Mashable), Caroline McCarthy (CNET), Nicholas Carlson (Silicon Alley Insider)
As you might imagine, a panel talk on “The State of the NYC Blogosphere” was heavily attended…
92Y Video: Ralph Rucci, Fashion Designer →
In 2002, the French Chambre Syndicale de Haute Couture invited Ralph Rucci to show his haute couture collection in Paris, the first American designer to receive an…
The Charming David Zippel →
L to R: Danny Gurwin, Deborah Grace Winer, Lillias White, David Zippel, Debbie Gravitte, Kate Baldwin, Kevin Earley. Photo Credit: Richard Termine
Stephen Holden of the New York Times…
92Y Video: Ralph Rucci, Fashion Designer →
In 2002, the French Chambre Syndicale de Haute Couture invited Ralph Rucci to show his haute couture collection in Paris, the first American designer to receive an…
The Charming David Zippel →
L to R: Danny Gurwin, Deborah Grace Winer, Lillias White, David Zippel, Debbie Gravitte, Kate Baldwin, Kevin Earley. Photo Credit: Richard Termine
Stephen Holden of the New York Times…
Akashic Noir: International Syndicate →
Johnny Temple is co-founder and publisher of Akashic Books, an indie publishing house with residence in Brooklyn among a collection of notable others like Archipelago Books, Archipelago’s…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Todd Barry, Loira Limbal, Black Gold, Mira Billotte
Tue, Feb 24
Tanglewood in Tribeca: A Winter Picnic with Sarah Manoog, Boston Symphony Orchestra…
Akashic Noir: International Syndicate →
Johnny Temple is co-founder and publisher of Akashic Books, an indie publishing house with residence in Brooklyn among a collection of notable others like Archipelago Books, Archipelago’s…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Todd Barry, Loira Limbal, Black Gold, Mira Billotte
Tue, Feb 24
Tanglewood in Tribeca: A Winter Picnic with Sarah Manoog, Boston Symphony Orchestra…
The State of the New York Blogosphere →
Caroline McCarthy, Bryan Keefer, Matt Buchanan
Tonight is the first installment in a series of talks called NextUp NYC, where Mashable.com, NextWeb and 92YTribeca are teaming up to…
The State of the New York Blogosphere →
Caroline McCarthy, Bryan Keefer, Matt Buchanan
Tonight is the first installment in a series of talks called NextUp NYC, where Mashable.com, NextWeb and 92YTribeca are teaming up to…
This Week at 92Y →
Clockwise from top left: Judy Collins, Robert Antoni, Hélène Grimaud, Douglas Dunn & Dancers
Mon, Feb 23
It Started With a Dream: David Zippel—Lyrics He Wrote, Lyrics He…
92YTribeca Snapshot: August: Osage County →
The cast and creative team behind the Broadway hit, August: Osage County, recently took the stage at 92YTribeca for a behind-the-scenes look at the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning…
Douglas Dunn & Dancers: Downtown Dance Darling →
Video: Douglas Dunn & Dancers: Zorn’s Lemma
We had the pleasure of attending a performance, “In Formations” by Douglas Dunn & Dancers, this past summer at a week of…
92YTribeca Snapshot: August: Osage County →
The cast and creative team behind the Broadway hit, August: Osage County, recently took the stage at 92YTribeca for a behind-the-scenes look at the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning…
Douglas Dunn & Dancers: Downtown Dance Darling →
Video: Douglas Dunn & Dancers: Zorn’s Lemma
We had the pleasure of attending a performance, “In Formations” by Douglas Dunn & Dancers, this past summer at a week of…
This Week at 92Y →
Clockwise from top left: Judy Collins, Robert Antoni, Hélène Grimaud, Douglas Dunn & Dancers
Mon, Feb 23
It Started With a Dream: David Zippel—Lyrics He Wrote, Lyrics He…
92YTribeca Snapshot: August: Osage County →
The cast and creative team behind the Broadway hit, August: Osage County, recently took the stage at 92YTribeca for a behind-the-scenes look at the Tony and Pulitzer Prize winning…
Douglas Dunn & Dancers: Downtown Dance Darling →
Video: Douglas Dunn & Dancers: Zorn’s Lemma
We had the pleasure of attending a performance, “In Formations” by Douglas Dunn & Dancers, this past summer at a week of…
This Week at 92Y →
Clockwise from top left: Judy Collins, Robert Antoni, Hélène Grimaud, Douglas Dunn & Dancers
Mon, Feb 23
It Started With a Dream: David Zippel—Lyrics He Wrote, Lyrics He…
92Y Podcast: Poet Galway Kinnell →
Galway Kinnell, one of the most influential American poets of the latter half of the 20th century, has had a career full of accolades. About his work, Liz Rosenberg wrote in the Boston…
92Y Video: Christiane Amanpour and Irshad Manji →
Christiane Amanpour, chief international correspondent for CNN, was the guest for Irshad Manji’s second talk in the Moral Courage Conversations at the 92nd Street Y on…
What You Missed: Martha Stewart →
Photo Credit: Joyce Culver for the 92nd Street Y
The Culinary Types blog has highlights from last night’s “Captains of Industry” talk with Martha Stewart and BusinessWeek‘s Stephen…
What You Missed: Medeski Martin & Wood... →
The Medeski Martin & Wood acoustic show at 92YTribeca on Tuesday night sold out in record time, no surprise given their enormous popularity and limited three-venue NYC…
25 Things About 92YTribeca →
Opening Night with John Vanderslice
All right, we caved (we’re a sucker for trends), because you can’t exist on the Internet these days without 25 random things about you floating around. (I…
Q&A with Inventing Niagara author Ginger Strand →
Video: Ginger Strand, Authors@Google in New York, May 2008
Ginger Strand, a former fellow at the Behrman Center for the Humanities at Princeton, is the author of the…
Leora Tanenbaum: American Women Taking Back God →
The Jewish Week profiles Leora Tanenbaum, author of Taking Back God: American Women Rising Up for Religious Equality.
Leora Tanenbaum traveled along Billy Graham Parkway in Charlotte,…
The Art of Patronage: How It Was Done In Russia →
On Sunday, February 22, the 92nd Street Y’s Russian Sundays Series presents The Art of Patronage: In the Company of Savva Morozov, Konstantin Stanislavsky and…
Martha Stewart: Go Etsy on Her →
On Feb 19, Martha Stewart returns to the Y for the Captains of Industry Series with Stephen J. Adler of BusinessWeek to share her thoughts on business and life but first, Time Out…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Zach Galifianakis, Telepathe, Almudena Carracedo, A-Pinks
Wed, Feb 18
An unapologetic and unflinching view at Argentine politics featuring interviews…
92Y Video: Huffington Post Bloggers: Full Program →
On February 5, editors from The Huffington Post—Roy Sekoff, Katharine Zaleski, Colin Sterling and Jason Linkins—braved a cold wintry night to discuss how they choose…
92Y Video: Shababa Bakery →
Looking for a fun way to start your Friday? Make your own challah in our Shababa Bakery and sing along with 92Y’s Karina Zilberman, educator and cantorial soloist.
This Week at 92Y →
Clockwise from top left: Christiane Amanpour, Fred Wilson, Martha Stewart, David Zippel
Tue, Feb 17
Spend an afternoon exploring New York’s most celebrated residence, with a …
75 Years of Dance at the 92nd Street Y →
Slideshow: 75 Years of Great Dance Memories
Tune in to Channel Thirteen/WNET this Sunday at noon for the much awaited mini-documentary dedicated to the 92nd Street…
92Y Video: Eve Ensler: Teenage Girls Guide to... →
On Feb 11, playwright/activist Eve Ensler and Dr. Denis Mukwege, founder and director of Panzi General Reform Hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, kicked off…
Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot: In a Word, Wow →
Sue Levine, founder of 50Somethinginfo.com, was lucky enough to get a seat for Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot’s sold-out talk at Victoria Hall in Santa Barbara, CA and fortunately she…
Questlove Slideshow →
Check out photographer Richard Louissaint‘s slideshow from last night’s talk with famed hip-hop musician, journalist and producer Questlove, the drummer for the…
92Y Video: Noah Feldman, Seven Years Since 9/11 →
Previously, we posted an audio excerpt of Harvard law professor and author of The Fall and Rise of the Islamic State Noah Feldman’s “Seven Years Since 9/11” talk at the…
Joshua Bell and Jeremy Denk: Luxuriant Strings and... →
Vivien Schweitzer reviews the well-matched pair of violinist Joshua Bell and pianist Jeremy Denk in yesterday’s New York Times:
Before a superb performance of Ysaÿe’s Sonata No. 2 in A…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Nerdcore, Janeane Garofalo, Questlove, Rachel Kramer Bussel
Wed, Feb 11
Integrity collides with the exercise of power in the advertising industry in…
92Y Snapshot: T.C. Boyle →
Photo from i8pixistix.blogspot.com
Author T.C. Boyle signs books after last night’s reading with Jayne Anne Phillips.
Next Reading at the Y: Pulitzer Prize winner and former Poet…
Cecilia’s First Cabaret Performance →
Video: Cecilia Pineda Feret sings “Whatever Lola Wants” and “Peel Me a Grape”
Cecilia Pineda Feret, a student in the Y’s Exploring Cabaret class, posted video of her first…
Do We All Have A Little Neil Labute In Us? →
“I think they’re not only indicative of all men, but of all people. Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them.”
Egad! That was Neil Labute’s response to a question from…
The Real House Lives of Osage County →
Perhaps you have heard the reviews for August: Osage County, the Pulitzer Prize winning play by Tracy Letts that the New York Times declared, “…flat-out, no asterisks and…
