Posts Tagged ‘New York Press’

On the Scene as Occupy Gathers in Bryant Park

Written by Josh Rogers on May 1, 2012. Posted in Breaking News

Here’s a few of the many hundreds gathered at Bryant Park Tuesday morning for Occupy Wall Street’s May Day demonstrations stood out from the crowd: * A military man who thinks the nation’s biggest problem is that businesses are taxed too much. *Two toddlers and an infant. * A man wearing a Burberry raincoat, a
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Mayor Michael Bloomberg: A history of insults

Written by Laura Nahmias on May 1, 2012. Posted in Breaking News

Compared to some of the various acid barbs, odd gaffes and cruel-sounding quips Mayor Michael Bloomberg has been known to lob at humans, animals and the press corps, it seemed possibly out of proportion for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to walk out of a living wage legislation press conference after an attendee called the mayor “Pharaoh
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Life-Long Extensions

Written by City Arts on May 1, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film

Sylvie Guillem stretches out By Joel Lobenthal Even Sylvie Guillem’s not doing it anymore, so ballerinas everywhere can just put their legs down (a bit)—can’t they? That was one takeaway from Guillem’s concert at the Koch theater early this month, presented by the Joyce Theater Foundation. Now 47, Guillem put her pointe shoes back on
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New York Family: Picks of the week

Written by New York Family on April 30, 2012. Posted in Family

New York Family magazine’s favorite family events for each day of the week By Briehn Trumbauer Mayday! Mayday! We can’t believe the month of May is already here (tomorrow). Celebrate this new beginning with plenty of fairs, festivals and workshops designed to get you into the “spring” of things. Monday, April 30 Parade of
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The Playlist: From R. Kelly to Pulp, what we’re listening to this week

Written by Noah Wunsch on April 30, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

There’s always a random assortment of tracks making their way through my little Genius contraption, ahhh how it knows me so well. The simplicity of AI covering all my basic needs. I look forward to the day the Genius will be able to tell me what I want to eat and Siri can run out
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Mommie Un-Dearest

Written by Doug Strassler on April 30, 2012. Posted in NY Press Exclusive

Michael Esper and Linda Lavin shine in The Lyons By Doug Strassler Saying that Linda Lavin is the best thing about Nicky Silver’s The Lyons is akin to saying that the sun is the center of the universe. It’s both obvious and doesn’t really give a full picture of all of the other elements so
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Everyone Came Dressed to See Bill Cunningham Honored

Written by Avenue Insider on April 30, 2012. Posted in Lifestyle

Walking up to the Waldorf-Astoria in the downpour Monday night, between the rows of black umbrellas and hooded pedestrians bumping into each other in a rush to get somewhere dry, I spotted a giant, billowing pink dress emerge from a cab nearly a block away, a cotton candy confection even the rain couldn’t damper. It
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Postcards from New Amsterdam: A bicycle fashion show

Written by Avenue Insider on April 30, 2012. Posted in Bike Show

There’s no better way to navigate the streets of New York than on two-wheels. In lieu of that, the 2012 New Amsterdam Bicycle Show kicked off this weekend. Kicking off the festivities this year was the exciting “Postcards From New Amsterdam: A Bicycle Fashion Show” featuring some very hot items that will appear on the
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New York Family: Made in the Shade

Written by New York Family on April 30, 2012. Posted in Family

Why they call it ‘Mommy Porn’ By A. C. Mayman I first heard about THE BOOK, very fittingly it turned out, during a mommies-only parenting class. A beautiful but shy lawyer looked at the floor, turned fifty shades of red, and said, “It’s almost like … porn.” My Kindle was out of my bag and
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Radical Discipline: James Brown bio gets on The One

Written by City Arts on April 30, 2012. Posted in Arts & Film

By John Lingan Of course James Brown’s 1986 autobiography, The Godfather of Soul, begins outrageously: “I wasn’t supposed to be alive…I was a stillborn kid.” It’s a contradiction and a medical impossibility, but no bother. When Brown died on Christmas Day 2006, aged 73, he’d played more than 80 shows in the preceding year, many
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