June 2009
80 posts
92Y Video: Los Romero: 50th Anniversary Concert at... →
Los Romero performing GIMÉNEZ: El baile de Luis Alonso (1896)
Last March in celebration of Los Romero‘s 50th Anniversary, they played a concert at the 92Y. Above is a clip…
Win a Free Copy of Pianist Bill Charlap’s CD,... →
Pianist Bill Charlap is Artistic Director of 92nd Street Y’s Jazz in July Summer Festival talking place this Jul 20-30. The Festival features six concerts celebrating Oscar Peterson,…
Celebrating a Long Weekend in New York City →
400 years ago, a fellow by the name of Henry Hudson sailed into the waters of Manhattan, introducing a European state of mind to an island full of greenery and Native Americans. 167 years…
92YTribeca = “Film Coolness” →
Matt Dentler at indieWIRE is quite impressed by the “cool shows” in comedy, music and film, at 92YTribeca, and seems genuinely surprised that this all happens while being located in –…
Comedy Below Canal™ with Andy Borowitz and... →
Comedian Andy Borowitz, who won the first-ever National Press Club award for humor, has been a prior guest uptown at 92Y and will be downtown at 92YTribeca this Jul 2.
Sound…
Celebrating the 70th Birthday of Arik Einstein →
Video: Arik Einstein performing Autumn Wind
Arik Einstein (Batzal Yarok, Shleeshiyat Gesher Hayarkon, and Hahalonot Hagvohim) was born the son of a theater performer in…
92Y Video: Neil Gaiman and Chip Kidd: 20th... →
When Chip Kidd and Neil Gaiman were here last Fall, an audience member drew a sketch of them on stage, and had both men autograph it afterwards.
Neil took to his blog…
92Y Podcast: Alice McDermott and Roger Rosenblatt →
Alice McDermott “is a genius of quiet observation,” said the Los Angeles Times. “One of our finest novelists.” McDermott’s books include Charming Billy, winner of the National Book…
Ch Ch Check It Out: Juan Epstein Live at... →
You already read about the latest Cipha Sounds and Peter Rosenberg Presents show at 92YTribeca, where Juan Epstein and friends broadcast live.
Artists Jim Jones, Buckshot, It’s The…
Interview with Carl Glassman, Winner of 92YTribeca... →
The Short Slam at 92YTribeca presented their winners last week. Carl Glassman, Editor and Publisher of The Tribeca Trib, won the Audience Award for his documentary Give Us a Picture,…
Celebrating Latin Culture From El Museo del Barrio... →
Our friends over at Remezcla New York held their summer launch for Remezcla this week at El Museo del Barrio, uptown in Spanish Harlem. Remezcla is an innovative local guide to Latin culture…
New York Chamber Music Festival at the 92nd Street... →
Video: Rachel Barton Pine performs the second movement of Beethoven’s Kreutzer Sonata with pianist Matthew Hagle
Rachel Barton Pine was a prodigious violonist by the time…
Last Night at 92YTribeca: Cipha Sounds and Peter... →
“Tupac would leave us in his mansion and I’d go through Pac sh*t looking for trees.” That was Brooklyn rapper Buckshot (pictured at right with Twitter user mattraz) last night at Cipha…
Tony Blair in Conversation with Matthew Bishop →
Tony Blair, Britain’s former Prime Minister and current Special Envoy to the Middle East, was at 92Y on Monday evening for The Business of Giving with Matthew Bishop, New York…
G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero →
Video: GI Joe Snake Eyes Cobra Terror Drome Stop Motion Part 4
Ever since we last wrote about the G.I. Joe Stop Motion Film Festival, we’ve been spending lots of our…
Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the... →
Video of 2007 Ford Motor Company International Fellowship
The Ford Motor Company International Fellowship of the 92nd Street Y now underway was designed with the goal of…
Jazz in New York City Reaches its Climax in June... →
Charlie Brown shoes? We’re not sold on that. For now, we’ll stick with Vince Guaraldi, whose Charlie Brown Christmas score brought jazz into our living rooms. Speaking of jazz, did…
Kenny Mellman, Queer and Unavailable →
92YTribeca film series Queer/Art/Film is underway, with three more presentations slated to take place. After interviews with presenters Ira Sachs, Matt Wolf,and Jennie Livingston,…
How to Change the World with Howard Gardner and... →
“We are not the only beings on the planet with personalities, minds, and feelings.” That’s Jane Goodall, speaking in the video above. Goodall, a recognized…
Feasting with Edith Wharton, and Reading Her... →
Collection of Edith Wharton’s letters/Christies
This week’s New Yorker has a piece on Edith Wharton, and the correspondence between Wharton and Anna Bahlmann, her secretary and…
This Week at 92Y →
Clockwise from top left: Francine Segan, Gertrude Berg, Matthew Bishop, Tony Blair Mon, Jun 22
Tony Blair in Conversation with Matthew Bishop
You’re On the Air! How to Make…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Terry Schreibe, Peter Rosenberg, Dean Goelz , Amy Sheehan Mon, Jun 22
Film: Roman Holiday (1935)
The Lifestyle Connection: Discover lifestyle…
92Y Blog Week in Review →
From left to right: Jazz in July, SKYNET, Exercising at 92Y, Jennie Livingston, Dance class at 92Y, Christopher North, Enzo Staiola, and G.I. Joe Flint
It’s Friday,…
Shuffling the Deck of Middle East Policy Experts →
Les Gelb and David Makovsky
The New York Times is reporting that Dennis B. Ross, the Obama administration’s senior Iran policy maker, is moving on up to the White House, only three…
92Y News Flash: A Few Tickets Made Available for... →
Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is currently working in the Middle East as Quartet Representative, helping the Palestinians to prepare for statehood as part of the international…
Vittorio De Sica’s Bicycle Thieves: “the greatest... →
So many film festivals this summer, so little time. In addition to the QUEER/ART/FILM series at 92YTribeca that we are enjoying, the Bicycle Film Festival is happening…
What You Missed: 92YTribeca Comedy Below Canal™ →
Pictured left to right: Thomas Middleditch, Paul F. Tompkins, Maria Bamford, Janeane Garofalo, and Mike Doughty.
Last night at 92YTribeca Janeane Garofalo (24, Wet Hot American Summer)…
Battlestar Galactica: Cyborgs on the Horizon.... →
From left: Hod Lipson and Kevin Warwick at Cyborgs on the Horizon panel / Photo Credit: TED Blog
We recently attended a presentation at work about the internet and how people use it….
Take a Body and Soul Staycation →
Staying in NYC this summer? Take advantage of one of our “Body and Soul” Staycation packages and spend the day at 92Y, shaping your creativity AND your body. Sign up for any of our…
Win Ten Free Classes at 92nd Street Y Harkness... →
Those familiar with the 92nd Street Y will know that the Harkness Dance Center has a storied history in New York City’s dance world, and plays an integral part in supporting dance…
Jazz in July Summer Festival, Even the White House... →
Jazz is being celebrated in the White House, the New York Times informed us yesterday, as they reported on the 150 or so high school jazz students invited to the White House by Michelle…
Co-Presented by 92YTribeca: U.S. Premiere of Look... →
Video still from Look Into My Eyes
Is anti-Semitism a buzz-word for all kinds of real or imagined slights? Is it an arcane expression that should be retired, or is there legitimacy to…
Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg: Soothing as Matzah Ball... →
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Trailer for Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg
Before I Love Lucy, The Honeymooners, Seinfeld, and the Cosby Show, there was The Goldbergs starring Gertrude Berg, who received the…
G.I. Joe Stop Motion Film Festival on Tour at... →
Best Stop-Motion Film using 3 3/4” Action Figures - 2008: Cobra Secret Weapon - USA (part 1)
The G.I. Joe Stop Motion Film Festival is the nation’s first festival…
Staten Island Begins Beyond the Terminal →
From left to right: Richmond County Bank Ballpark, Hyatt St, and St. George Theater
The creation of Fresh Kill Park in Staten Island is scheduled to take place over the next next…
This Week at 92Y →
Clockwise from top left: Les Galb, Francine Segan, David Makovsky, Tom Wopat, Jack and Suzy Welch Mon, Jun 15
Jazz Piano at the Y: Dave Brubeck Quartet
Tue, Jun 16
11th…
An Interview with Filmmaker Jennie Livingston →
Jennie Livingston‘s film Paris is Burning was named by New York Magazine‘s 40th anniversary issue (2008) as one of the most important cultural works to have come out of New York in the…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Paul F. Tompkins & Janeane Garofalo, Federico Fellini, Hess Is More, Roberto Rodriguez Mon, Jun 15
Film: The Heiress (1960)
Meet Your Memory:…
92Y Video: School of Music Faculty Christopher... →
92Y School of Music Faculty Christopher North plays at High School Guitar Days
At our High School Guitar Days last May, we held an all day event for local students with …
2009 NYFA Fellows Jonathan Wahl: Director of the... →
New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA), is the nation’s largest provider of funding, information and services to individual artists. They awarded 131 NYFA Fellowships to 134 New York…
92YTribeca Films Double-Header: Smithereens and... →
Image of original poster for Smithereens theatrical run in 1982
Flavorwire has an exclusive interview with director Susan Seidelman (Desperately Seeking Susan, Smithereens)….
Jazzed about Jazz in July with Steve Wilson →
Steve Wilson on Saxophone / Photo Credit: Nation Jazz Museum in Harlem
All About Jazz is jazzed about Steve Wilson’s upcoming concerts this summer. Wilson, a “musicians musician,”…
World Science Festival: Art, Music, Theater and... →
The World Science Festival, an event inspired by the Genoa Science Festival, is now underway. Brian Green, a founder of the WSF, told the New York Times that by mixing up art,…
92Y Video: Dollars and Sense: What’s Next for the... →
On June 1, Nobel Prize winner in economics Joseph E. Stiglitz, and portfolio manager John Paulson with moderator Matthew Bishop of The Economist discuss how they navigated…
Win, Lose, or Draw at the Metropolitan Museum of... →
Last week a sketchbook of 33 Picasso drawings was stolen from the National Picasso Museum in Paris. The value of the book is estimated at $11 million dollars.
We can’t all create…
New York City is a 1920’s Kinda Town →
Photos from Governors Island Jazz-Age Lawn Party / Desmitten and Kptyson
Summer in New York City seems to be making a run at becoming the new Paris in the 20’s. There is the …
Steven Isserlis , cello and Denes Varjon, piano -... →
Steven Isserlis, cello & Denes Varjon, piano - Schumann: Abendlied Op.85, No.12 (arr. Joachim)
On Mar 5, 2009, Steven Isserlis performed at 92Y for his series, In Focus:…
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche: Dont Worry, Be Happy →
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche, “the happiest man on earth” is currently on a North American Tour. In his latest book, The Joy of Living: Unlocking the Secret and Science of Happiness, he…
Jazz in July: Wess Anderson →
Video: Wess “Warm Daddy” Anderson on Saxophone
That’s “Warm Daddy” himself at right in the video above. If you’re curious where he got the nickname Warm Daddy, it ”was…
92Y Video: Girls Like Us Moderated by Sheila... →
This past Monday evening, a couple hundred people were on hand for our Girls Like Us panel hosted by Sheila Weller (Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon—and…
