Park Avenue's Secret Downtown Venue

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Philip Glass, Tune-In Music Festival2 For an uptown venue, the Park Avenue Armory has plenty of downtown spirit. “Our sense is really contemporary and cutting edge, and in this historic building it seems to work really well,” said Rebecca Robertson, the president and executive producer of the space, located at 643 Park Ave., between 66th and 67th streets. She’s discussing
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A Friendly Place for Serious Jazz

Written by Kimberly Lightbody on . Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music, Nightlife, NY Press Exclusive

05_Zebulon Sound and Light(as) The building at 223 W. 28th St. is unremarkable. Located next to an open parking lot and across from a typically dreary FIT building, its exterior consists of a storage garage, a small door and a red awning that reads “Greenwich Village Plumber’s Supply.” Yet this building, like many in New York, has a well-kept
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The Night of Guns 'N Roses

Written by Noah Wunsch on . Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music, Nightlife, NY Press Exclusive

df266a92597511e180c9123138016265_71 I made the active decision at the beginning of this years fashion week to sit-it-out. Gone are my wily days of mingling with the skinny minnies decked out in this season’s hottest ensemblage. The open bar nights that end with the close minded mornings. The bitch list, trying to explain, “But I was at the
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Brooklyn Rock Outfit Echosuite Finds a Voice

Written by Noah Wunsch on . Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music, NY Press Exclusive

Echosuite-378 03. House In My Hands CJ4 With the alt rock scene monopolizing the borough of Brooklyn, and rapidly seething into the likes of all Manhattan venues, a band making big booming music fit for stadium rock is rare. Left to middle America. People that aren’t wrapped up in instances of cool or uncool, but enjoy
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Old Money and Young Dreams

Written by Our Town on . Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Arts our town, Arts our town downtown, Dance, Music, Our Town, Our Town Downtown

Coleescola-1 Petula Clark went “Downtown” and The Jeffersons moved on up, but there’s always cause for some commotion when modern cabaret stars boldly cross Manhattan’s equator, as they will in this month’s Downtown Series at Feinstein’s at The Regency. Nightlife promoter Daniel Nardicio has joined forces with Jen Gapay of Thirsty Girl Productions to curate a
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A Playlist for Baby Making

Written by Noah Wunsch on . Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music, NY Press Exclusive

portrait-of-baby-making-a-funny-face Awww yeah girl. It’s that special holiday. I’ma put that good music on, WHOOO! Yeah whoo. Aww whoo yeah mmm! That babymakin’ music, because baby. Baby. Baby, baby, baby, I wanna make a baby with you. Awww yeah. Aww baby mm yeah WHOO! HOO! WOW! Happy Valentine’s day lovers. “I’ll Make Love to You,” by
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Superbowl 2012: The Year of the Music-Savvy Commerical

Written by Noah Wunsch on . Posted in Arts & Entertainment, Music

SuperBowlCommercialsLeadRo Another Super bowl has come and gone with the Giants taking Lombardi home. Going off of last year’s record breaking notch of 111 million viewers, and America’s “just keep gettin’ better” mentality, it’s likely that an astronomical number of people sat down and tuned in last night. At least they better have. Advertisers were charged
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