May 2009
80 posts
Richard Wilbur’s Knockout Reading →
Former director of the Unterberg Poetry Center David Yezzi, blogging at The Best American Poetry blog, attended Richard Wilbur’s reading here last week and wrote:
After…
History is the Next Big Thing in Food →
“History is the next big thing in food. After roaming the world for inspiration, we are coming back to our past.” That’s what The Age is reporting out in Australia (hat tip to …
The Making of Zach Galifianakis →
Zach Galifianakis on stage at 92YTribeca
New York Times Magazine has been working on a major profile of 92YTribeca comedy fave Zach Galifianakis, which will appear in this Sunday’s…
92Y Podcast: An Evening with Gene Wilder →
In March 2007, Ms. magazine founding editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin interviewed comic legend Gene Wilder, whose debut novel My French Whore was released that month, at the 92nd Street…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Cast of The Awkward Kings of Comedy, Randy Kaplan, Matt Dillon in Over The Edge, Ronna & Beverly Wed, May 27
Film: Richard III
Who’s Getting My…
A Frenchman, a German, and a Jew are Walking... →
This week’s New York Magazine cover story is on Woody Allen’s latest movie, Whatever Works. The screenplay, they note, calls to mind “a brand of Jewish humor that has, in recent…
Taking a Page From the 92Y Catalog →
An enterprising artist has created a DIY (do it yourself) scrap album using file folders and other re-purposed arts and crafts, literally taking a page from the 92Y catalog for one…
Welcome to New York City, Rebecca Rubin →
Rebecca Rubin, a young Jewish Russian immigrant girl living on Manhattan’s Lower East Side in 1914, is the latest addition to the lineup of historical character dolls from American Girl….
Nobody Puts Baby in the Corner →
Over twenty years ago, everybody we know fell in love with Jennifer Grey and Patrick Swayze in Dirty Dancing, neither of whom were major movie stars at the time. We were…
This Week at 92Y →
Clockwise from top left: Richard Haass and Katie Couric, Eva Etzioni-Halevy, David Gregory, Dan Barber
Tue, May 26
David Gregory in Conversation with Jeff Greenfield. Read…
Hot Fun in the Summertime →
Photo of South Street Seaport’s Water Taxi Beach by Stephen Dima
Summertime is here. For some of you that means choosing a summer camp for your children. For others it might mean…
Susan Shapiro Barash: Tripping The Prom Queen →
Susan Shapiro Barash teaches Gender Studies at Marymount Manhattan College and is the author of 10 non-fiction and women’s issues books, including Tripping the Prom Queen: The Truth…
92Y Blog Week in Review →
So much happens here at 92Y and 92YTribeca that you might find it hard to keep up with it all. So we’re going to make a cheat sheet for you and highlight some of the things we were…
92YTribeca Snapshot: Comedy Below Canal™ with... →
Last night’s Comedy Below Canal™ with (clockwise from top left) Paul Dinello, Janeane Garofalo, Jon Glaser, Jamie Kilstein and Lee Camp.
Upcoming Comedy at 92YTribeca:
Young Friends of the Elie Wiesel Foundation →
On April 16 at 92YTribeca, the “Young Friends” of the Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity held their first event, a benefit cocktail party where Mr. Wiesel presented and honored…
The Explorer, The Builder, The Director, and The... →
These are the four types of people Dr. Helen Fisher identified in her study of 40,000 men and women for her new book, Why Him? Why Her?. She determined the types by identifying four…
David Gregory Meets the Press →
Meet the Press host David Gregory was on The Brian Lehrer Show yesterday to discuss his transition from the White House briefing room to Meet the Press, and previews the president’s…
David Grossman: The Heart of Writing For Me is to... →
Micah Kelber of The Forward writes about Israeli author David Grossman’s talk on Polish writer Bruno Shultz at the Y:
Despite his yearly appearances in New York, his presence here feels…
92Y Video: Burt Bacharach Performs “Alfie” at 92nd... →
This past Monday, we held our 23rd Annual Spring Gala, What the World Needs Now…Featuring the Music of: Burt Bacharach. With performances by Elvis Costello, Dionne Warwick, Burt…
Wars of Choice →
Dr. Richard Haass, president of the Council on Foreign Relations, was a member of the National Security Council during George H.W. Bush’s administration and the director of policy planning…
92Y Video: Jane Mayer and Frank Rich →
On May 19, New Yorker investigative journalist Jane Mayer and New York Times Op-Ed columnist Frank Rich appeared at the Y for a conversation on Mayer’s book, The Dark…
Nobel Prize at the Y: 50 and Counting →
When Sir Paul Nurse (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2001) comes to the 92nd Street Y on June 13 with psychologist Daniel Wegner, neuroscientist Patrick Haggard and philosopher…
Janeane Garofalo: “I’m a walker. I enjoy walking…” →
We like walking too. Stars, they’re just like us! Comedian Janeane Garofalo told New York magazine’s Daily Intel she enjoys walking, and much more in a recent interview. She spoke of…
Rediscovering the New World of Bad Videos →
Computer Beach Party is a cringe-inducing comedy from 1988 about a couple of guys, Andy and Dennis, who try to use their knowledge of computers to stop a greedy developer…
92Y Podcast: Jack and Suzy Welch →
Business legend Jack Welch, the former chairman and CEO of General Electric, returns to the Y on June 18 with his wife Suzy to discuss “Decision Making the Welch Way.” (On a related note, you will…
J. Begins by Saying The World’s Not as It Should... →
For the second consecutive week, PBS NewsHour’s Art Beat blog selected the work of a ”Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Contest winner for its Weekly Poem feature. Last week, the…
Voices of New York Speak! Benefit Concert →
The Dare to Dream Project and Voices of New York (VONY) present the 1st Annual Voices of New York Speak! Youth Media Conference and Benefit, on June 27 at 92YTribeca….
From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books →
Last September, Heeb magazine raved about Arie Kaplan’s From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books, a 2008 National Jewish Book Award Finalist and 2009 Sophie Brody Honor Book….
The Laws of Comedy: Be Funny, Make Good Videos,... →
Video of You Can Do Better with Ronna & Beverly, who will be at 92YTribeca on May 28
Alex Barnett is a lawyer-turned-comedian who is chronicling his career switch for the …
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Arie Kaplan, Janeane Garofalo, William Kunstler, Megumi Sasaki Wed, May 20
Shakespeare Below Canal: The Merchant of Venice
Theater: Cities of…
92Y Camps Interactive Map →
Our colleagues here at the 92nd Street Y have just completed a new interactive map for our camps program. It is incredibly extensive and detailed with everything you need to know…
This Week at 92Y →
Clockwise from top left: Bill Scheft, Jane Mayer, Richard Wilbur, Janice Lieberman Mon, May 18
92nd Street Y Spring Gala: What the World Needs Now…Featuring the Music of…
92Y Video: Muhammad Yunus in Conversation with... →
Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus pioneered “microcredit,” the innovative banking program that provides impoverished people—mainly women—with small loans to launch…
Welcome to the Dark Side, Luke →
When New Yorker investigative journalist Jane Mayer visited Democracy Now last summer to talk about her new book, The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned…
Danny Hoch: Railing Against Gentrification One... →
Danny Hoch (left) with Artistic Director Tony Taccone on the set of Taking Over / Photographer: Kevin Berne
Real Estate, Gentrification, and Neighborhoods. Three topics that incite…
The Ethicist Meets Clinton →
Kate Clinton is a faith-based, America-loving political humorist and author, with a career spanning over 25 years. Clinton has worked through economic booms and busts, Disneyfication and…
92Y Podcast: Dr. Oliver Sacks, Music and the Mind →
In April 2007, British neurologist and bestselling author Dr. Oliver Sacks sat down with Radiolab’s Robert Krulwich at the 92nd Street Y to discuss music and the mind, the subject of…
Yankee Stadium Backstage Tour →
Photo from our Yankee Stadium VIP Tour in 2008
The New York Post reported on Tuesday that “fans can now own a piece of the old Yankee Stadium starting [Tuesday] when collectibles…
92Y Video: “Meals, Memoirs and My Mother” Ruth... →
Gourmet editor-in-chief Ruth Reichl has some mom stories to share, (seems like we all do) and she spoke of them with love and care last month with Dr. Gail Saltz at…
English Across America →
Flavorwire has an interview up with Ron English, the artist behind the Abraham Obama image, about his new documentary that filmed him as he criss-crossed the country…
Donald Glover: Off His 30 Rocker →
What was your first job after graduating college? Writing for the hit sitcom 30 Rock, you say? Then you must be comedian Donald Glover and you’re quitting that sweet gig to star in a new…
92Y Video: Cynthia Ozick with Roger Rosenblatt →
Last fall, Cynthia Ozick sat down with Roger Rosenblatt for our Afternoon Night Table series. In 2008, Cynthia Ozick published a new collection of stories, Dictation (…
You Tell Her I Studder →
1920s “Greek” Dance from National Photo Company (via: Library of Congress)
We are enamored with the 1920’s. It was a swinging good time, or so we hear. When New York Times writer Lily…
Gershwin’s Irrepressible Verbal Playfulness →
Stephen Holden of the New York Times reviews last weekend’s Lyrics & Lyricists show The Man That Got Away: Ira After George, hosted by Rex Reed.
Introducing it on Saturday at the…
And Now, Anna Wintour! →
Anna Wintour on stage with Jonathan Tisch / Credit: Joyce Culver
The title of this post comes from an audience member who was present for last night’s talk with Anna Wintour and…
Living in New York City Just Got a Little More... →
Stoneledge Farm photo of workers getting ready to plant
New York City was recently ranked the 5th most sustainable city in America. Local food and agriculture is burgeoning; there…
Dance Fridays at Noon →
Philip Gardner of Oberon’s Grove wrote an eager post about the upcoming Fridays @ Noon dance at the 92nd Street Y featuring Christopher Caines, Cherylyn Lavignino, Emery…
Poetry is Play, Not Intellectual Burden →
You can get a preview of tonight’s reading with the “Discovery”/Boston Review Poetry Contest Winners from PBS NewsHour’s “Art Beat” (the TV news magazine’s on-line arts blog) which is…
Cyborgs On The Horizon →
Time Magazine called Battlestar Galactica one of ”The 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME”. The series was so widely influential, or at least widely popular, the New York…
92Y Video: A Different Kind of Hot and Spicy Sauce →
“Additionally, several cultures regard foods like bananas, asparagus and carrots as erotic stimulants because of their phallic resemblance. The ancient Aztec name for avocado…
