July 2010
45 posts
Everyone Needs a Greater Purpose (Even Companies) →
“Why do business people on nonprofit boards make decisions they’d never make on behalf of their companies?” This was one of the intriguing questions from the audience this evening when Matthew Bishop interviewed Nancy Lublin at 92YTribeca. Lublin is the CEO of DO Something, founder of Dress for Success, and author of Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business. Bishop is the American...
92YTribeca: What to Do When No One Has a Clue:... →
Is it okay to text bad news? What do you do if you and your intended already have hyphenated last names? Is it gauche to take home leftovers from a four-star restaurant? Should you admit you are getting your MBA online? Is it okay to ask a lesbian how she got pregnant? Get a clue from Atlantic Monthly columnists Stephanie Pierson and Barbara Harrison, authors of What to Do When No One Has a Clue:...
STATUS: I WANNA LIVE ON THE UPPER EAST SIDE AND...
(via summerofmegadeth) Come on down, Zevon. Second week of Jazz in July is “heating up.”
Paper Tiger Reads the Wars in Iraq
Since 1981 downtown New York City’s Paper Tiger Television, on Lafayette Street, has pioneered experimental, innovative and truly alternative community media and was an early innovator in video art and public access television of the early 80s.
Next Wednesday on July 28, at 92YTribeca, Paper Tiger Television and Red Channels are presenting a program of three Paper Tiger tapes; two from...
New York City's 100 Largest Cultural Institutions →
We’re #1-6! We’re #1-6!
Spreadsheet here.
Submit Your Questions To Green Day’s Billie Joe...
This September, friend of the 92nd Street Y Jordan Roth will interview Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong along with American Idiot and Everyday Rapture director Michael Mayer.
We’re giving you the opportunity to submit your questions to either guest now. Reblog this post with your question, and any submitted that are asked during the Q&A—as we’ve done on past occasions—will give the...
Hey now! Look what we just discovered. Completely unbeknownst to us, Pitchfork reviewed Perfume Genius’ album today. They gave him an 8.2.
We knew we had good taste in music!
This Just In: Paul Dano Will Attend Screening At...
We’ve just received word that Paul Dano will be at 92YTribeca this Tuesday, July 20, for the preview screening of The Extra Man starring himself and Kevin Kline. Kevin Kline and Producer Anthony Bregman will also be in person for post-screening Q&A, moderated by Movieline’s Stu Van Airsdale. Tell your friends! Tickets are available here.
Watchmaxsilvestri:
Just Gabe and me reading some real fan mail that is real.
Max will be at 92YTribeca tonight with Dan St. Germain, Andres du Bouchet, the Sklar Brothers and Andy Blitz for Comedy Below Canal!
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Make ’Em Laugh, but Don’t Take All Day About It
Have you heard the joke about the two women who share an awkward moment when they meet an acquaintance in a subway station, and one of them, rather than endure pathetic stabs at conversation, abruptly says she’s going to move to the other end of the platform? No? Well, the punch line, which involves the three of them seated on the train, has to be seen rather than heard.
Make ’Em Laugh, but Don’t...
How odd. By far the most famous Y in New York City... →
That’s New York for you.
Two Alarm Fire on Upper East Side
fireblog:
A two alarm fire broke out on the Upper East Side in the wee hours of the morning, leading to the minor injuries of three firefighters and two civilians, DNA Info reports. The fire erupted at 1:30 AM today at 530 Park Avenue at 61st—where apartments average $1.5 million—and was contained within an hour. [DNA Info]
FYI: No effects were felt in the vicinity of 92nd Street and Lexington...
Pumping Iron II: The Women at 92YTribeca →
Thursday, July 15 at 6:30pm: A FREE screening with 16mm film print from the collection of the New York Public Library. Part of the series Outsider Sports.
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Nathan Lane Grilled By Jordan Roth At 92nd Street... →
On several occasions the conversation got quite personal, particularly regarding Lane’s childhood with an alcoholic father and a misdiagnosed manic depressive mother. They also spoke of Lane’s older brother Dan taking him to the theatre as a kid, an acknowledged influence on his chosen profession.
Roth made note that certain of Lane’s friends worry about his state of happiness...
Quick Trivia: What plant did our nation’s new poet laureate help save from extinction?
(yes, you read that right).
And we thought we had a green thumb.
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