May 2011
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Bluegrass in New York: Mamie Minch's new band,... →
bluegrassnyc:
A new project featuring JC Hopkins, Mamie Minch, and special guests, Midnight Hours has been quietly popping up around town and blowing away all those lucky enough to catch it live. JC Hopkins is a playwright, poet, filmmaker, painter, piano bar entertainer, Grammy nominated composer of wry, inventive tunes and front man for one of the hippest little big bands in the...
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Richard Ayoade - 92Y Tribeca - May 21, 2011
merrilyfloating:
These are all of my pictures from last night, including the blurry ones. Sorry about the annoying watermark but since they are my photos, good or bad, I don’t want them stolen. So again, sorry about that - hopefully they’re not too obtrusive. Enjoy!
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beenthinking:
“As a biographer, you see things that the subject never saw. Nabokov writes to his mistress using the same words that he’d used fourteen years earlier to write to his future wife. I’m sure he never realized that. But I know that. Being able to locate the thematic consistencies throughout the life, to illuminate motivations and explain decisions as the person living the life could...
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NYPL Wire–The New York Public Library: Happy... →
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One hundred years ago today, our iconic marble lions, Patience and Fortitude, were placed on their Fifth Avenue pedestal to guard the the 42nd Street Library, now known as the Stephen A. Schwarzman Building. A few days later on May 23, 1911, the building officially opened. We’re celebrating…
Happy Birthday to our friends at the NYPL!
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The (Tentatively Named) 92Y Culture Diet Q&A With...
For New Yorkers, The New York Times’ City section was once a favorite part of Sunday afternoons. Constance Rosenblum was editor of The New York Times’ City section and is our latest subject of The (Tentatively Named) 92Y Culture Diet Q&A. That’s how we learned Constance does not use Twitter or Facebook and is “devastated that “Mad Men” hasn’t yet...
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WatchVideo from Bad Jew Bears putting the hurt on Blues team in 92Y Co-ed Softball League play over the weekend.
The mercy rule provision ended the game early as the defending champs Bad Jews Bears delivered a 10-0 romp to the Blues.
See more video on the 92Y Co-ed Softball League Facebook page.
Schedule of games is available here.
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WatchNewt Gingrich Outlines Vision for Immigration Reform
Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, officially announced his candidacy for President of the United States yesterday afternoon, on Twitter of course. The Christian Science Monitor asked: “Can he catch on?”
In the video above, Mr. Gingrich outlined his thoughts on immigration reform in a discussion...
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Hey Dawg
Daniel Radcliffe will be here tonight and we’ve been soliciting question for him via our Facebook page. Lisa Burstiner asked: “To learn your American accent, did you walk around your house in London saying things like “Hey ma, can I have some cawfee” “I’m gonna walk the dawg”? How DID you learn the accent, because it’s very good.”
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Manhattan: "where good-looking people go to find... →
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WatchThis is simple yet strangely effective. Looking for a clip of Hitchcock’s “The Lady Vanishes,” we found a music video for “The Lady Vanishes” by The Rest, using the film of the same name, edited down to a six minute clip.
We give it four stars.
For the Hitchcock fans out there, come to 92Y this evening to view and discuss scenes from The Lady Vanishes, Rebecca,...
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