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Jenny Scheinman, Musician

is a catalyst of beautiful moments. Once, while recording an album with Lucinda Williams she coaxed the whole crew up to the roof for a candlelight dinner. Magical. Another time, she brought Paul Motian and Jason Moran together for a trio concert at ...

From CELESTE SUNDERLAND, Gothamist,  11 Jun 2008
Related Topics: Danny Barnes (musician),  Ben Allison,  Ben Street,  Lucinda Williams,  Bill Frisell

Adam Schatz, Bringing Jazz Back

Jazz in New York is lingering in a precarious state. It’s certainly not for lack of musicians, or audiences -- but it’s something that has been plaguing New York for decades: there just aren’t enough venues. With this new series, you're of course ...

From CELESTE SUNDERLAND, Gothamist,  28 Mar 2008
Related Topics: John Zorn

Coming Soon: More Trees for NYC

New York's about to get a lot shadier. According to the NY Times, the City Planning Commission just approved a new section of the Zoning Resolution, that requires developers to plant trees. For every 25-feet of street, one tree must be planted. This ...

From CELESTE SUNDERLAND, Gothamist,  26 Mar 2008

Warhol Pool Tops Off LES Hotel

Hotelier Jason Pomeranc is creating posh microcosms of gentility all over the city. Since his luxury boutique hotel brand launched seven years ago with the opening of 60 Thompson, Pomeranc has opened two more New York properties, 6 Columbus and Gild ...

From CELESTE SUNDERLAND, Gothamist,  26 Mar 2008

Adam Mansbach, Author

Three years ago, shook up the world of fiction with his debut novel Angry Black White Boy, or The Miscegenation of Macon Detornay, a satire about "race, whiteness and hip hop." Dubbed "a remarkably successful remix of the traditional race novel," the ...

From CELESTE SUNDERLAND, Gothamist,  26 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Jonathan Powell,  Jeff Chang,  Elvin Jones,  Barack Obama,  Bill Clinton

New Show Features Butter Lambs (and more) in Brooklyn

Corrao's family once owned the Chicago-based Stevenson Pie Company, which had a factory in Long Island City. The host of the new show counts 65 different ethnic enclaves in Brooklyn, and hopes to be able to create many more episodes. Better get those ...

From CELESTE SUNDERLAND, Gothamist,  22 Mar 2008

Warhol's "Jewish Geniuses" Return

Nearly three decades ago, Andy Warhol's dealer made a list of 100 prominent 20th century Jews. Warhol created silkscreen paintings of ten of them. The show, Ten Portraits of Jews of the Twentieth Century, premiered at The Jewish Museum in 1980. It was ...

From CELESTE SUNDERLAND, Gothamist,  20 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Andy Warhol,  Sarah Bernhardt,  Louis Brandeis,  Martin Buber,  Albert Einstein

Adrienne Truscott, Dancer and Choreographer

As one half of “New York’s bravest and bawdiest” somersaulting, trapeze-swinging, burlesque duo The Wau Wau Sisters, Adrienne Truscott has wreaked her fair share of mayhem around the world. As a choreographer, she’s slightly more tethered, but still ...

From CELESTE SUNDERLAND, Gothamist,  20 Mar 2008
Related Topics: David Byrne,  Gloria Vanderbilt

Another New Nightlife Mapping Site for New Yorkers

New Yorkers like to go out. A lot. A website aptly called Outalot allows fast and easy browsing of three nightlife basics: restaurants, bars, and movies (Gridskipper calls it "menupages-meets-yelp"). The Google Map based-site lists restaurants by ...

From CELESTE SUNDERLAND, Gothamist,  16 Mar 2008
Related Topics: Google Inc.,  Joe Cohen

Bronx Kids March To An Irish Beat

We all know that on St. Patrick's Day, everybody's Irish. But this rings especially true for the kids of Keltic Dreams, an Irish dance troupe from PS 59 in the Bronx, featured in today's New York Times. When Dublin-born music teacher Caroline Duggan's ...

From CELESTE SUNDERLAND, Gothamist,  14 Mar 2008

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