Who: The Marni, Ellis & Raegan Wood Dance Trio What: A fundraiser/cocktail hour Where: Butterfield 8, 5 East 38th Street When: Thursday, March 8th from 7-9 PM Why: Because dance lifts the spirits! Marni Ellis was a member of the Martha Graham Dance Company with her husband, the late David Wood. She is now a grandmother and… Read more »
“Making a movie for me is very similar to vomiting. You don’t like to vomit but you know you may feel better if you do.” ⁓Warren Beatty Last Tuesday, I had the pleasure of watching Alan Rickman on Broadway. I’m not a fan of musicals, so the only time I really ever enter Times Square… Read more »
That’s the thing about New York—everyone‘s always going. -Carrie Bradshaw, Season 4, Episode 3 Living in New York, with its 8 million residents, means having a social circle that’s in a near constant state of growth. And with each new acquaintance, there comes an inevitable invitation to some event that the person holds near and… Read more »
I attended kindergarten, grammar school, high school, and college in Manhattan. It was natural. I only left the Yorkville neighborhood for high school—LaSalle Academy in the East Village. In September of 1972, I entered Hunter College with 16,000 other matriculating students. At orientation, I was way back in the line. When they gave me my first… Read more »
AANY columnist Maria Goshin doesn’t just write about architecture, she writes material for bonafide divas. Check out the details of her latest project… If you were to ask this New Yorker where you should be on Friday, March 23rd, my answer would involve a Campy Cuban Cable TV chanteuse in a live comedy extravaganza called… Read more »
No one would look at my 3 foot 2 inch, 48 pound body and think, “She must be a boxer.” In my mind, however, I am a heavyweight contender fighting a never-ending round of Tamara vs. Accessibility. If you asked me a few years ago what the Americans with Disabilities Act was, my response would… Read more »
Well ladies, I found the answer to meeting men. It involves Milk-Bones, collars, and putting poop into little baggies. No, I am not talking about some weird new fetish, I’m talking about getting a dog. I spent this past weekend with my friend Miranda’s dog Claire, and although Claire couldn’t be less interested in me,… Read more »
“As you all know by now, this is the 51st annual Academy Awards. Two hours of sparkling entertainment spread out over a four-hour show.” ⁓Johnny Carson I love the Oscars. I know, I know. They can be long and annoying (or as Vincent Canby so eloquently said, they hold “the solemnity of the annual Nobel… Read more »
I know. It feels like you’ve been asleep for a long time now, and you keep asking yourself how things ended up this way. Everyone is trying to figure it out, with books and studies popping up faster than toadstools after a rainstorm. The one thing I’m really starting to notice, however, is a threatening… Read more »
Though my family’s been on York Avenue since 1896, my mother’s roots started in East Harlem. She was born on 118th Street and Second Avenue in 1930. Her family left there for the St. Lucy’s parish on 104th Street between First and Second Avenues in the mid-1930s. Above is a photo of mom’s family in… Read more »
