Terror trials on Governors Island? • Shopping for Haiti • Soho hotel updates • Tribeca Cinemas Kids Club • More burlesque • An all-women "Julius Caesar" • And more
There’s an interesting new show at Sasha Wolf Gallery: Russian photographer Yola Monakhov—who currently lives in New York, teaching at Columbia University and Mercer College (and contributing to The New Yorker)—used Dante’s Divine Comedy as a framework for shooting in Italy. She engaged with her subjects about the poem, “noting their interpretations of moments in […]
There's some intriguing stuff on the schedule—including an appearance by Paul Rudd and screenings of Gosford Park and The Real Cancún. / 1 comment
City Winery lines up stars for its four-night Haiti benefit • Is The Smyth hotel in trouble? • Tribeca doorman in the news • Bad news for local skateboarders • And more
Chelsea Clinton leads a Haiti benefit at SoulCycle • Tribeca all over the news • Fun new art installation on Church • Spielberg on WTC redevelopment? • And much more
Youth in Revolt • Fish Tank • The Last Station • The Book of Eli • Police, Adjective • Plus a bunch of interesting oldies, including Showgirls, Muppets Take Manhattan (sing-along!), a crazy 1977 Japanese cult flick called House, and The Cook, The Thief, His Wife, and Her Lover.
"You know good work when you see it," said Tribeca Film Festival executive director Nancy Schafer when I asked how her team went about choosing documentaries for its new series, Tribeca Cinemas Presents: Doc Series. "You know engaging stories when you see them."
Photographer Chris Zedano spent two years shooting portraits of interesting characters on Staple Street—and the results are marvelous (even if they make Tribeca look more like Williamsburg...). / 3 comments
Meetings and readings and screenings, plus comedy, music, wine tastings and more. It'll be a blast—literally, if you're anywhere near the WTC tomorrow. / 1 comment
East River waterfront renovation • Shake Shack near City Hall? • Obscenely expensive apartments being bought again • Jake Gyllenhaal! Matt Dillon! Susan Sarandon! • Popeye's Chicken and Biscuits! • Warren Street two-way once again in BPC • And more
Photographer Asha Agnish captured the first big snow of the season: “I went out about 9 a.m. this morning. The plows had already been through and several buildings had already cleared their sections of sidewalk. But there were many snowbanks left to maneuver around—and through. I met an officer walking one of the horses from […] / 1 comment
It evidently was an art project- I wish that I had seen it!!! — Merle Temkin / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
It IS sort of weird, but remember that drone shows are often constructed so you can only make out the... — J / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Thanks for covering this. It's so very strange! — malcolm / Crowd Sourcing: Who saw the Twin Towers drone show on Wednesday night?
Amazing photo of Tribute in Light! — SW / Seen & Heard: Kyuramen is open on Gold
The bus I was on zipped by One Park Row so fast that I couldn't be sure, so I verified... — Gary / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren
What is the seating for this performance tonight September 10th? I have the required tickets. Is it self seating on... — Steve Tintweiss / Bill T. Jones to commemorate 9/11 at Wagner Park
I swear I saw them opening on Park Row as well! — Heather / TurboTax opening an office on Greenwich and Warren