Last night, I saw American Ballet Theatre’s production of La Bayadere at Lincoln Center. It was the second time this month that I’d seen the Solor variation performed. ABT cast 33-year-old Denis Matvienko from Ukraine as the love lorne warrior. But as far as Matvienko’s leaps stretched and as many times as his head whipped [...]
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Rooting for FIRST POSITION
Posted: May 24, 2012 in City NewsTags: aran bell, ballet, bess kargman, documentary, first position, miko fogarty
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Last May, I wrote about a new NYC tourist attraction known as The Ride. A theatrical experience where the stage is the Manhattan sidewalk that the audience views from a high-tech tour bus. Now, The Ride is casting performers through an Open Casting Call Video Contest on Facebook. According to the press release, they’re looking [...]
New York City Food Tour
Posted: March 20, 2012 in City News, Placeshot, Traveling ShotsTags: Ahoy New York Tours, Chinatown, food, Little Italy, New York City Food Tour, restaurants
Having been a New-York-ophile since childhood and with the secret life goal of one day becoming a licensed New York tour guide, I was elated to receive an offer to go on New York City Food Tour in exchange for blogging about my experience. I have to be honest though, my New Year’s resolution subway read is Blue [...]
At the end of January, I posted about the shocking amount of subway related deaths that had happened over one weekend. Still shocked and now disturbed, I am beginning to wonder if the frequency of suicide-by-subway has recently increased or if it’s such a common occurrence for NYC emergency respondents, that the city downplays how often it happens. [...]
Rate your commute
Posted: January 27, 2012 in City News, Site NewsTags: am new york, mta, subway, transportation alternatives
Taken from this morning’s am New York: public transit advocacy group Transportation Alternatives is asking riders to rate compare their current commute to their rides in 2009. To get in on the action, text the word “commute” to 30644 and say if your commute has gotten better, worse, or stayed the same since 2009.
PLEASE Stand Away from the Platform Edge
Posted: January 23, 2012 in City News, Site NewsTags: gothamist, mta, nyc, subway
an average of 2 people a week are hit and killed by subway cars The internet is abuzz today about news posted by Gothamist that there were 4 subway-related deaths this weekend. The story is sickening and gruesome to read, as it includes a quote from an EMT that describes the varying types of death-by-subway scenarios that [...]
“Shit New Yorkers Say”
Posted: January 20, 2012 in City News, Faceshot, PlaceshotTags: shit new yorkers say
via Jezebel and Alexander McAdams
Censoring the Internet
Posted: January 18, 2012 in City News, Site NewsTags: censorship, congress, free, freedom, freedom of speech, house, information, PIPA, piracy, privacy, senate, SOPA
If Google, Wikipedia, and WordPress (to name a few) think it’s a serious enough infringement on their capabilities, maybe we should too. Imagine if content on the internet was restricted and censored. So just anybody couldn’t put anything they want online. Does that not defeat the purpose of the internet as a medium for sharing information? [...]
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Posted: January 11, 2012 in City NewsTags: damien echols, hbo, jason baldwin, jesse misskelly, paradise lost, paradise lost 3: purgatory, west memphis three
The power of documentary film. The human condition to ban together against a common enemy and for a common cause. The flaws in the US Justice System…and the farce of innocent until proven guilty. Last night I saw a screening of Paradise Lost 3 at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. This is [...]
11 Things to Do During a NYC Hurricane
Posted: August 26, 2011 in City NewsTags: Brooklyn, Hurricane, hurricane irene, indoor activies, irene, New York, new york city, weather
Once you’ve stocked up the apartment and are starting to settle in to ride out Irene, you’re gonna need more to do than twiddle those thumbs or stare at the wall. Inspired by my post of indoor blizzard activities, below are things to do when you’re stuck inside because Mother Nature has got you quarantined: [...]
