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Alicia Keys and Empire State of Mind, Part II
Thanks largely to the popularity of Jay-Z's now ubiquitous New York-loving anthem "Empire State of Mind," the top song on Billboard's Hot 100 chart this week and on which she sings the chorus and gets credit as a co-writer, Alicia Keys is on a roll t...
A Cultural Guide to West 57th Street: A Walk and a Map
It began in 1891 with the opening of Carnegie Hall, the symbol of music world success that Andrew Carnegie paid people to construct on 7th Avenue between West 57th and West 56th Streets. A year later, the Art Students League moved into the new Americ...
Jazz & Culinary Notes: Pianists, Guitarists, Saxophones and Cupcakes, All Close to Home
Some of you may have noted infrequent postings of late, but my excuse was that I was attempting to take a vacation. I didn't plan an ordinary holiday - the kind that requires packing a suitcase and going somewhere, but I did feel a need to be less bu...
WOTBA New York Events Calendar: Kick Off Your Shoes Edition Monday, May 11 - Monday, May 18, 2009
While some people are sadly out of work and many more subsist on freelance wages, with the latter now said to make up 26% of the U.S. workforce, New York is still a workaholic city full of people with incredible drive. One subset of the city, however...
Back on the Boulevard: A Review of Bob Dylan's Together Through Life
Memory and forgetfulness...the varying international rhythms of an accordion, sometimes street French but often Mexican...chilly breezes and open streets...that gravely voice...here now are locked hearts, emptiness, but we find here too, among other ...
Walking the Street, and the Rhythms of New York City
Dutch artist Piet Mondrian spent the last four years of his life in New York City, and several of his last paintings, like Broadway Boogie Woogie (1942-1943) (inset), respond to the frenetic pace of the city and its danceable sounds. Boogie-woogie, a...
WOTBA New York Events Calendar: Monday, April 13 - Sunday, April 19, 2009
I'm a little preoccupied with tax preparations today. For some reason, I thought April 15 was next weekend, not Wednesday.• I NEED TO STAY HOME AND DO TAXES BUT OTHERS CAN GO TO THIS. Monday, April 13. An Evening with Jeff Koons, Strand Bookstore, ...
WOTBA New York Events Calendar: Monday, April 6 - Sunday, April 12, 2009
Passover and Easter will be celebrated this week, and in New York, it's one of the richest times of the year, spiritually and culturally. The city starts springing to new steps. The culmination of the week is Easter Sunday, a delightful day of celebr...
WOTBA New York Events Calendar: Monday, March 30 - Sunday, April 5, 2009
Before the listings, a bit of news. File this item under "something to keep in mind later." News reports indicate that the planned streetscaping of Broadway from Herald Square to Times Square may force the Macy's Thanksgiving Day route to take a diff...
WOTBA New York Cultural Events Calendar: Monday, March 23 - Sunday, March 29, 2009
A chilly start to this week, but looks like it will gradually warm up by the end. I'm ready for Springtime. What follows is a handful of literary, musical, and artistic events for this lovely Spring week in New York.• LITERARY TRIVIA. Monday, March...
WOTBA New York Cultural Events Calendar: Monday, March 16 - Sunday, March 22, 2009
Yippee! Spring Break! St. Patrick's Day. Let's have a parade. Green beer is flowing through the streets, and spring bulbs are breaking through the ground. Actually, I've only seen the latter.This scene looks fun, yes? Mild weather brought many people...
WOTBA New York Cultural Events Calendar: Monday, March 9 - Sunday, March 15, 2009
Want to stay focused, happy, and productive? My advice is to not twitter too much, concentrate on lengthier tasks, ignore at least some of the articles on the terrible economy, think like a philosopher, take long walks and eat your vegetables. I lear...
WOTBA New York Cultural Events Calendar: Monday, March 2 - Sunday, March 8, 2009
This Monday is a snow day here in New York, with a major snow storm in progress, yet some people will find in today's wintry conditions an opportune time to visit area parks and museums.On Sunday or Monday of each week, I usually compile a list of te...
A Visit to Lincoln Center, In Progress
From Winter 2009I know what you're thinking. Isn't that Holly Golightly there above, centered in the photo of the photo, awaiting the opening of the completely renovated Lincoln Center? Do you think she is excited about a night at the Metropolitan Op...
WOTBA New York Cultural Events Calendar: Monday, February 23 - Sunday, March 1, 2009
I don't know whether to be alarmed or excited that the month of March approaches, but I'll try to dispense with annoying February deadlines and look forward to a season of spring (but not hay) fever. I feel like dancing. So, it's good that I have Pau...
WOTBA New York Cultural Events Calendar, with Events for Lincoln's Birthday and Valentine's Day: February 9 - February 15, 2009
DOGS. Monday, February 9 and Tuesday, February 10. The 133rd Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show: Madison Square Garden, Seventh Ave at 32nd St. 8 am–11pm. $20–$145. Also on TV but you miss the smell of pretty dogs. USA & CNBC.ART. Open Mondays....
WOTBA New York Cultural Events Calendar, with Events for the Chinese New Year Celebration: January 26- February 1, 2009
What's with the loud popping sounds downtown? Happy Year of the Ox! It's the Chinese New Year, and thus, festivities shift south this week to Mott Street, the Bowery, East Broadway, Bayard Street, Elizabeth Street and Pell Street for the lunar new ye...
WOTBA New York Cultural Events Calendar, with Events for MLK Day and the Inauguration: January 19-25, 2009
• CELEBRATION. 23rd Annual Brooklyn Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mon, Jan 19 at 10:30am. BAM Howard Gilman Opera House. BAM, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz, and Medgar Evers College of The City University of New York present N...
Sing, Choir of New Yorkers: A Selection of Holiday Music Events in New York City, December 2008
With such a large number of talented musicians living in the city, it shouldn't be surprising that holiday music in New York is unparalleled. The following constitutes just a small selection of a long list of concerts about town. The sounds of the se...
New York Holiday Windows on Fifth Avenue: A Slideshow, and An Appreciation
Strolling the blocks along Fifth Avenue from 49th St. up to 59th Street provides almost everything anyone could want out of the holiday season. Here we find the creative talent of the department store windows - and this year, the smash hits are those...
