July 2009
70 posts
Ron Arad: Dialogues with Design Legends →
Ron Arad: “Concrete Stereo” (1983) / Credit: Librado Romero/The New York Times
In the New York Times’ review of designer Ron Arad‘s show at the Museum of Modern Art, art critic…
92YTribeca Asks: “What Does Queer Mean To You?” →
In the lead up to screenings at 92YTribeca’s Queer/Art/Film series, we asked a few questions of the presenters via email. One question asked of all them was: “The use of the term Queer seems wide…
Peter and Dan Aykroyd on Ghosts and Other Creepy... →
Dan Aykroyd has been receiving a flurry of press lately. In Easthampton this weekend dining at Georgica, he caused a stir when he walked into the kitchen to joke with the chefs. He then…
92Y Unterberg Poetry Center Alum Helen Simonson... →
Yesterday we were happy to tell you about the star power emanating from 92Y School of Music. Today we get to continue down the same road for students of Unterberg Poetry Center. After…
From Readings at 92Y to Readings on the History... →
Howard Zinn’s classic work, A People’s History of the United States has been read at 92Y on two occasions over the last few years, most recently this past May. From our blog:
Since…
Inside The Rapper’s Studio at 92YTribeca: The New... →
Raekwon at 92YTribeca performing snippets from the seminal classic Only Built For Cuban Links / Video from YouTube user BLUCHEEZ
Rapper Raekwon of Staten Island’s…
92Y School of Music Student William Guiracoche →
William Guiracoche filmed by an audience member, singing an original song for his mother on Mothers Day at 92Y with the acclaimed jazz singer, pianist and 92Y instructor…
2009 Ruth Lilly Fellowship Winners Announced →
The Poetry Foundation has announced the five recipients of the 2009 Ruth Lilly Fellowships: Malachi Black, Eric Ekstrand, Chloë Honum, Jeffrey Schultz, and Joseph Spece. Among the largest…
Bill Charlap and The Gerry Mullingan Songbook →
From left, Bill Charlap on piano, with Gary Smulyan, Harry Allen, Jerry Dodgion, Jeremy Pelt, Peter Washington and Kenny Washington / Credit: Katie Orlinsky for The New York Times
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Deborah Karpel: Songs My Mother Never Taught Me →
92Y School of Music student Deborah Karpel, will be performing her one-woman musical memoir Songs My Mother Never Taught Me at the National Yiddish Book Center in Amherst MA on…
92Y Podcast: Remembering Merce Cunningham →
Photo Credit: Robert Ripps
Alastair Macaulay of the New York Times writes on the passing of legendary dance choreographer Merce Cunningham:
Yet he was always a creature of New York….
What You Missed: Holly Miranda and Joan as Police... →
Holly Miranda and Joan as Police Woman played at 92YTribeca last weekend, and put on quite a show. Joan had on a leopard print outfit with matching boots. That’s…
92Y Library Update →
You may have heard that the 92Y library (as it currently exists) is closing on July 31. You may also have heard rumors about what that means, and we want to set the record straight. The reality is…
In Sarah Schulman’s Words: Je, Tu, Il, Elle →
92YTribeca film series Queer/Art/Film is wrapping up Jul 30 with a screening of Je, Tu, Il, Elle presented by Sarah Schulman. After interviews with presenters Ira Sachs, Matt Wolf, Jennie…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Anna Wintour, Lockhart Steele, Raekwon, Patrick Swayze Wed, Jul 29
Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter: An Introduction with Marci Alboher and Sarah…
This American Life: Behind the Scenes with Ira... →
This American Life, a weekly hour-long radio program begun in 1995 and produced by Chicago Public Radio and hosted by Ira Glass, might be to radio what Baseball is to…
92YTribeca: All Grown Up and Going Global →
92YTribeca lands on Google’s Favorite Places: a collection of favorite places around the world
Google Maps has rolled out a fresh feature highlighting favorite places around…
92Y Blog Week in Review →
Is it Friday already? We had such fun this week. Tony Bennett was here, maybe you heard? But that wasn’t all…let’s recap!
We heard some tracks from Holly Miranda, who will at…
Joan Wasser: Inspired and Loves New York →
New York Press interviews Joan Wasser (of Joan As Police Woman) who is performing at 92YTribeca with her full band on Saturday night.
Do you have a pre-show ritual to get pumped up?
…
What You Missed: Grasshopper and Women of NY... →
Grasshopper performed at 92YTribeca on July 11 as part of the part of the Women of NY Cinema event of the NY Eye and Ear Record Fair. Sarah Lipstate, Liz Wendelbo and Rachel Blackwell…
Tony Bennett Surprises Jazz in July Crowd Last... →
Tony Bennett surprises the crowd by taking the stage last night at Jazz in July / Photo Credit: Cory Weaver
Last night, Bill Charlap pulled off one of the biggest surprises in Jazz in…
92nd Street Y Havaya International →
Havaya International, now in it’s second year, is a five week long life-changing opportunity to travel like a local in both Israel and across the United States. The…
Bill Charlap and Jazz in July Leave New York Times... →
Photo Credit / Erin Baiano for The New York Times
“When he was a teenager, the jazz pianist Bill Charlap recalled at the 92nd Street Y on Tuesday evening, he met the composer Jule Styne…
From the Pen of John-Mario Sevilla →
John-Mario Sevilla, Director of Dance Education Laboratory at the 92nd Street Y has written a piece for Career Transitions (PDF). He reflects on making the transition from dance to…
Podium Literary Journal Issue Six →
The sixth issue of Podium, an online literary journal from the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center is now available. Included in this issue are twelve amazing pieces selected from…
92Y Video: Iran: A Conversation About the... →
Last week, one month following the start of Iran’s civilian uprising, PEN American Center joined forces with The New York Review of Books and 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Nila Kay, Natasha Lyonne, Holy Miranda, Lindsay Ellyn
Wed, Jul 22
Film: Short Stories of Manhattan: Film Segments From Tales of Manhattan
The…
92YTribeca Video: Nellie McKay Sings “If I Had... →
Former Manhattan School of Music student and infamous storyteller Nellie McKay played a beautiful set of songs at 92YTribeca last week. Above is video of her performing a…
92Y Video: Frank McCourt at Unterberg Poetry... →
On March 17, 2008, the 92nd Street Y Poetry Center Schools Project celebrated its 20th anniversary with “Letters to a Young Writer,” an evening of readings and remarks by…
Sneak Peek at Yoshiko Chuma & The School of... →
Yoshiko Chuma, a dancer, choreographer, and director of the Bessie Award winning performance art group The School of Hard Knocks, will use a combination of text, movement…
Holy Holly Miranda →
“Holly Miranda’s falsetto makes the walls collapse.” —Vanity Fair
“…a less fearful Cat Power, a more substantive Feist, a Norah Jones with actual feeling.” —New York Times
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92Y Podcast: Remembering Frank McCourt →
Frank McCourt, a New York City school teacher for almost three decades, is best remembered as author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Angela’s Ashes. His knack for storytelling…
92Y Video: How-To Make a Video About High School... →
We’ve been having a little bit of fun over at our Twitter, talking with people about what kind of how-to videos they might like to see 92Y produce.
In keeping with that…
Shopping in The New Millennia →
Shopping in Soho / Credit: beckains
From invite only websites like Gilt, websites dedicated to all things fashion such as Racked.com, and a proliferation of Twitters filling beauty…
Jewish Comedians: On Lenny Bruce →
Video: Clips from documentary on Lenny Bruce
According to Wikipedia: “In 1947, soon after changing his last name to Bruce, [Lenny Bruce] earned $12 and a free spaghetti…
92Y Blog Week in Review →
Another week has passed. With that, we have another cheat sheet of highlights on the blog this week:
Pianist Jenny Lin was featured on WNYC’s blog, Soundcheck, two days after we …
Happy at Work, Happy at Home: The Girl’s Guide to... →
Do you enjoy your job? Leave the office skipping down the street, whistling children’s Shababa songs? Or is that just us? Well if it makes you feel any better, we’ve had jobs we abhorred…
New York Jazz 101 by 92Y →
Well color us flattered. The Examiner.com‘s NY Jazz Music writer Carole Troll wrote a glowing review of our Jazz in July Summer Festival, calling it an “opportunity of a lifetime…
How-To Write a Blog Post About How-To Make... →
Via Twitter we asked: “…if we made a how-to video, what would you like to see? How-to what? ‘How to be Anna Wintour?’ ‘How to swim laps?’”
Our followers, who we LOVE, responded with…
Learning Continues for Life at the 92nd Street Y →
An article in the Associated Press by Ann Levin explores the subject of adult learning, by “so called life-learners.” The U.S. Department of Education estimates that about 20% of adults…
Gotta Dance for the New Jersey Nets, Even if... →
Gotta Dance, seen in the trailer above, captures the adventures of the first-ever senior citizen hip hop dance team for the New Jersey Nets Basketball Team. The…
Christian Tetzlaff, Classical Violins’ Champion... →
Christian Tetzlaff‘s violin, wrote the New York Times, “does project more of a presence than if the music in front of him had been written a generation before these…
Matthew Broderick with Kenneth Lonergan in... →
Actor Matthew Broderick has had an illustrious film career with starring roles in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, Godzilla, Glory and War Games. And this fall, he stars in The New Group’s…
In Defense of Dawkins? →
WNYC has posted an mp3 file of a past conversation at the 92nd Street Y with evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and their own Robert Krulwich, a cohost of NPR’s Radio Lab. Recapping…
Brooklyn Vegan’s Lament: So Much To Do, So Little... →
Brooklyn Vegan expressed sorrow over missing 92YTribeca’s Jun 3 screening of Visioneers, as 92YTribeca was the only opportunity to see it theatrically in NYC.
If it is any…
Win a Pair of Tickets to Dirty Dancing at Swayze... →
The Skint, “a daily listing of free and cheap things to buy, see, do and eat in new york” are giving away two free tickets to this Friday’s showing of Dirty Dancing at 92YTribeca. A…
Jenny Lin on Piano: “remarkably fluid and... →
Video of 92Y piano teacher in Cooking for Jenny, a musical documentary by Felix Cabez
The Wall Street Journal penned a piece today about the music of Russian composer…
This Week at 92YTribeca →
Clockwise from top left: Wizard of Oz, Nellie McKay, Patrick Swayze, Thurman Munson Wed, Jul 15
Munson: The Life and Death of a Yankee Captain with Marty Appel, public…
Summer of Film →
New York City in the Summer is chock full of film showings, indoors and out. Just look at this partial list of outdoor showings from the Gridskipper blog. We try to make it to a few of…
92Y Camps: “Everything Under the Sun” →
Have you clicked around our interactive camps map yet? Go ahead and click it above, and check out the fire truck that has been converted into a play structure, the pool, amphitheater,…
