Tag: New York
‘La Didone.’ – A Sci-fi Masterpiece.
There are many things in life that come with diabolical manifestations, repercussions and metaphors, Elizabeth LeCompte’s Wooster Group’s production of ‘Le Didone’ happens to also be one of them. What ensues during the high tech, high opera and in...
Cinema: Reliving Berlin Nights.
Rene can see dead people. Really, he’s told me so. He’s always been able to, even in his youth, it’s just that now, well now he has a better understanding of it. Most people dismiss these sort of people,...
The Impossible Collection comes to Assouline.
“when editors are bored, they drink” said Moran Bar-Kochva, recalling his old days as a journalist, “and then they decide to do some sort of ranking list – ‘the top 10’; ‘the best 50’; ‘the most important 100’”. Such ranks are...
OAKY Donkey, Get your Fixx at 1 OAK.
Have you ever heard of that dive bar in the East Village that lets you drink all that you can stomach if it’s your birthday? Well that’s where I began yesterday. Sitting on a wooden stool, leaning over a...
JOHN WATERS-“Old Chickens Make Good Soup.”
We love the recession. Seriously, it’s great. Why? Because people maddeningly pant around town, tongues hanging loose like rabid wolves, looking to quench their empty little souls with any kind of perverse painkiller entertainment. This obviously creates the ultimate...
Being Broke, Disillusioned and Suicidal Creates Better Art.
One can imagine that living in Berlin during the long period in which city was bisected by two rival, globe-spanning uber-entities – thereby serving as a symbol of something very wrong with the world, or perhaps something very fine...
Gen Art Film Fest Party #1 – The Park becomes a ‘meet market.’.
Wednesday night at the Park on 10th Ave. kicked off the Gen Art 7 Premiers/7 Parties Festival. For a minute we thought had we arrived to Coney Island. A one-stop shop for fun; Dos Equis, Three-O Vodka, and Acura...
Berlin. The Place to Be for Fashion?
The New Museum started its three day span of events on Tuesday night, March 31st, making the bold declaration that Berlin is “The Place to Be.” Their argument is that this city’s fashion, film, art and design ideas are...
Alexandra Alexis: ‘May Cause Shortness of Breath.’ High Tea at Lady Mendl’s.
Pop star, icon, socialite, girl about town, fab persona, princess, or just spoiled glamour girl? All of the above, some of the above or just beyond it all? We sat down for high tea at our preferred Lady Mendl’s...
Say ‘Cheese’- Glitterati Pop-up Shop Explores Our Identities.
Tuesday night, artists, musicians, supporters, and friends gathered at Rush Arts Gallery on West 26th to take part in Glitterati Magazine Nicholas Fahey’s “Your Portrait Project.” Interestingly enough, the art goers also seemed to have an underlying anchor -...
The Darker the Better: A chat with Bohemian Songstress Alexa Wilding.
Bohemian songstress Alexa Wilding has us under her spell. She seduced us at the ‘Ivana HELSINKI Dress-Go-Around.’ She mesmerized us during her show at the Highline Ballroom. And after chatting with this indie-princess in her charming Brooklyn loft, well,...
Dressed to the hilt.
Monday night and Manhattan society has retired to the annals of Scottish meadows, bag pipes and a plethora of single malts. Whether by design or madness it seems everyone who has ever been a film star, is a film...
Omar Vega: No Love Lost.
When you first meet Omar Vega the first thing he is apt to do is count the number of steps separating you between him and you, the types of shoes you are wearing, whether you slouch, slink like a...
A Night out at the Museum of Natural History: When the Socialites Come Alive.
It was a dark and stormy Thursday evening. Scampering in my black patent stilettos, I dashed from my cab and took shelter in the Museum of Natural History. And what happened afterhours in this dimly lit establishment was, in...
Global Nomads Dance for Freedom.
This past Thursday saw a wonderful turnout celebrating awareness for a very special cause very dear to our hearts. Inspired by the collective vision of Janera Soerel of Janera.com, photographer Jennifer Macfarlane and the compassionate humanist Benjamin Skinner we...
