1. What’s the one exercise you can’t live without? We tossed that question to 92Y May Center personal trainer Jake Allyne and he demonstrated a movement he calls “Hi Definition.” Performing one Hi-Definition as shown in the chart above means you’ve completed a squat, a curl, a squat-thrust, 10 mountain climbers, a high lunge on each leg and a push-up while never allowing your two dumbbells to leave your hands. You just might have a legitimate shot at being fit for life if you did three sets of ten Hi-Defs three times a week. Jake’s got you covered if you can’t perform Hi-Defs right away. A photo album of prerequisite exercises can be found on the May Center’s Facebook page. While you’re there, take a look at the Abs by Jake series and get some ideas for putting higher definition on your six-pack.

    What’s the one exercise you can’t live without? We tossed that question to 92Y May Center personal trainer Jake Allyne and he demonstrated a movement he calls “Hi Definition.”

    Performing one Hi-Definition as shown in the chart above means you’ve completed a squat, a curl, a squat-thrust, 10 mountain climbers, a high lunge on each leg and a push-up while never allowing your two dumbbells to leave your hands. You just might have a legitimate shot at being fit for life if you did three sets of ten Hi-Defs three times a week.

    Jake’s got you covered if you can’t perform Hi-Defs right away. A photo album of prerequisite exercises can be found on the May Center’s Facebook page. While you’re there, take a look at the Abs by Jake series and get some ideas for putting higher definition on your six-pack.

  2. 12 years ago today, George Carlin sat down with Judy Gold for 92Y’s Funny People series. Carlin shares many stories about his life and comedy career, including an extended explanation of the “Seven Dirty Words.” Listen to the full event.

    Upcoming Funny People talks: Andy Borowitz, George Lopez and Mel Brooks.

  3. The concept behind Randy Cohen’s public radio series Person Place Thing is simple: he invites notable figures from all genres and backgrounds to discuss one person, one place and one thing about which they feel passionately. Tomorrow at 92YTribeca (May 1) iconic potter, designer and author Jonathan Adler and his husband, author and Barneys creative ambassador at large Simon Doonan, join Person Place Thing as our first couple, for an experience in shared narrative. Audience Q&A to follow. Get your tickets here!

    The concept behind Randy Cohen’s public radio series Person Place Thing is simple: he invites notable figures from all genres and backgrounds to discuss one person, one place and one thing about which they feel passionately.

    Tomorrow at 92YTribeca (May 1) iconic potter, designer and author Jonathan Adler and his husband, author and Barneys creative ambassador at large Simon Doonan, join Person Place Thing as our first couple, for an experience in shared narrative. Audience Q&A to follow.

    Get your tickets here!

  4. #92YReadings: James Salter and Richard Ford signing books after reading tonight (at 92nd Street Y)

    #92YReadings: James Salter and Richard Ford signing books after reading tonight (at 92nd Street Y)

  5. We’re live tweeting tonight’s readings with Richard Ford and James Salter, starting now! Join us. 

  6. Do you agree? Watch the video clip, here.  David Axelrod is here with Jeff Greenfield Sun, Apr 28 at 7:30 pm. Watch live. 

    Do you agree? Watch the video clip, here. 

    David Axelrod is here with Jeff Greenfield Sun, Apr 28 at 7:30 pm. Watch live. 

  7. Remember the hand signals François Truffaut used to communicate with the alien in Close Encounters of the Third Kind? They were created by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály to help children learn music. He made a way to see music—now the Tokyo String Quartet lets you *hear his music* with a rare performance of his Quartet No. 2 at 92Y on Saturday. Tickets, program notes, and audio clip, here.

    Remember the hand signals François Truffaut used to communicate with the alien in Close Encounters of the Third Kind? They were created by Hungarian composer Zoltán Kodály to help children learn music. He made a way to see music—now the Tokyo String Quartet lets you *hear his music* with a rare performance of his Quartet No. 2 at 92Y on Saturday.

    Tickets, program notes, and audio clip, here.

  8. Sam Waterston, Charlotte Rampling and Robie Porter in James Salter’s lost film, “Three” (1969).

    Susan Sontag introduced James Salter at a 92Y reading in 1997 with “If he can be described as a writer’s writer, then I think it’s just as true to say he’s a reader’s writer; that is, he’s a writer who particularly rewards those for whom reading is an intense pleasure and something that is a bit of an addiction. I myself put James Salter among the very few North American writers all of whose work I want to read and whose as yet unpublished books I wait for impatiently.”

    Salter returns to 92Y on Monday night (Apr 29) with Richard Ford.

  9. Meet Wystan Hugh—the new Poetry Center mascot. (He’s made of plastic, but his sentiments are real.)

    Meet Wystan Hugh—the new Poetry Center mascot. (He’s made of plastic, but his sentiments are real.)

  10. We’re live tweeting our SOLD OUT Mad Men talk tonight at #92YMadMen. Tune in at 8:15 with Matthew Weiner, January Jones, Jessica Paré and Caryn James. Follow #92YMadMen!

    We’re live tweeting our SOLD OUT Mad Men talk tonight at #92YMadMen. Tune in at 8:15 with Matthew Weiner, January Jones, Jessica Paré and Caryn James. Follow !