Causality Of Being will be performing tonight at The Shrine, located at 2271 7th ave (bet. 133rd and 134th sts) on Tuesday, June 23rd 2009 at 8 p.m.
Their music and videos can be checked out on their MySpace page.
Tags:Casuualty of Being, concert, Music, The Shrine
"The Office"--Cast of Richard Hymes-Esposito's THIS ISN'T PARADISE (Photo Credit: NuansArt.com)
This Isn’t Paradise is so much like Glengarry Glen Ross that it could have been written by David Mamet himself. That is … if David Mamet had fallen down a well and lost his memory. And his ability to write a play. And when he crawled out of the well all he found in his pocket was a wad of cocktail napkins with scribbles on them which said Follow up on that real estate story … Don’t forget all that trademark cursing … and the trademark misogyny. Then Mamet took all the cocktail napkins and gave them to the guy who wrote Gigli and said Here, finish this up for me.
Tags:Richard Hymes-Esposito, Robert Haufrecht, theatre, Theatre Buzz, This Isn't Paradise
Last week BAM’s Cinematek launched its inaugural BAMCinemaFest with the New York Premiere of Don’t Let Me Drown and a kick off after-party at Williamsburg’s Brooklyn Brewery. The breakout film was chosen as it was still coming off the height of its success from Sundance this January. Most of the other films in the line-up were chosen due to their subject matter hitting close to home, literally, as a good deal of the selected films are set within the five boroughs. Read more »
Tags:BAM, Big Fan, Brooklyn Films, CinemaFest, City Cinemania, Robert Seigel
Photo by: Jane Srisarakorn
The lovely Kat Asharya from my favorite fashion (music, pop culture, et al) blog NGFM.com talks about her film making, what’s in store for NGFM and where she goes for a BLT.
Name: Kat Asharya
Occupation: Filmmaker/writer/blogger
Borough/Neighborhood: Harlem/Morningside Heights
Tags:beeline interview, Fashion, filmmaking, harlem, kat asharya, morningside heights, Music, nogoodforme.com
Dance on the Pier @ Pier 54
Dictionary.com‘s fourth definition of “Pride” states: pleasure or satisfaction taken in something done by or belonging to oneself or believed to reflect credit upon oneself. That is precisely how I feel. After the horrific text message incident to my mom, I realized I’m finally comfortable enough with myself to admit openly and proudly that I am a gay man. This has been such an incredible journey and I am so thankful that I reached this part of my life when Marriage Equality is such a hot topic as well as during the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. As per usual, anytime something this momentous happens in my life, I like to celebrate and go all out! Well, I didn’t have to look very far because this month is simply jammed packed with events of all shapes and sizes!
Tags:Dance on the Pier, Events, Gay Pride, LoveBall, Michael Urie, Pogo Events, Pride Bar Tour, Pride March, Pride Porno Bingo, Stonewall Riot, The Paulinator, TheMenEvent.net, Ugly Betty
Beach Party in Central Park!
Tags:100 years, beach, beach party, celebrate, Central Park, DJ, family, tel aviv
What does intelligent, new, cutting-edge, exciting and vibrant spirituality look like … let alone in New York City?
It’ll look like it always does; a group of humble revolutionaries, shaking up culture and pointing us towards a much brighter, usually hard to swallow at first (after all we do seem to keep murdering our great spiritual leaders) yet awe inspiring future.
I am pleased to post some NY based groups comprised of individuals who I believe to be revolutionary movers and shakers in our society today. I will qualify this list by saying that spirituality, as I see it, is not limited to praying, yoga or meditation practice, but is actually a higher way of relating to ourselves and to the world around us … it is a more wholesome, positive and vibrant relationship to life itself. And in that sense, the spirituality I am pointing towards encompasses all of life. In fact more and more, I am having trouble separating spirituality from living every moment with as much consciousness, passion and commitment to being here for the biggest and most important reasons that I can imagine.
Tags:EnlightenNext, Evolver, Improvolution, Interdependance, Ken Wilber, New York City, New York Sports Club, poetry, Spiritual event
Now through Saturday, Vital Juice (the Daily Candy for us fitness and health buffs) is hosting a Pop-Up Wellness Retreat in what used to be the Virgin Megastore in Union Square.
The event is providing some free, entertaining fitness classes including Movieography: The 90s, a dance class inspired by some famous 90s dance flicks, and Hula Hoop Pilates. (I’m not exactly sure how that one works, but it sounds fun to me!) You can click here to view the schedule.
If you’re not planning on taking one of the classes, you should at least stop by like I did to score some free wellness shwag, including samples of Attune pro biotic granola bars and BluePrintCleanse juice. There’s also free mini massages and tons of coupons for spas and other health products from throughout the city. Go and do something nice for yourself this weekend!
Tags:exercise, Fitness, Free workout, Health, Pop-Up Wellness Retreat, Vital Juice, wellness
There are still three Saturdays left for Williamsburg Walks! I went the first Saturday after the Renegade Art Fair and had a great time, of course that being said, the weather was beautiful. In case this weekend is nice, check it out. You can hang out on Bedford Avenue, lounge on patio furniture in the middle of the streets, and overall just enjoy the area.
Presented by L Magazine and Neighbors Allied for Good Growth (NAG) the 2009 Williamsburg Walks is to celebrate the community on a pedestrian Bedford Avenue. Williamsburg’s lively main drag will be closed to cars between North 4th and North 9th Streets every Saturday from June 6th to July 11th from noon to sunset.
Area non-profits and businesses will be organizing events and activities – acoustic music, urban gardening, children’s classes, performances, and many more.
Check out the site for more info.
Tags:Bedford Avenue, L Magazine, Neighbors Allied For Good Growth, Williamsburg Walks
Dance The Night Away
The Midsummer’s Eve Tango Fundraiser will be held for El Taller Latino Americano, a non-profit arts and education center in New York tomorrow evening, Friday June 19, 2009 to celebrate the links between Finland and Argentina through the medium of tango.
It will be a night of Finnish tango music, including a live Argentine tango trio, and dance – a beginners’ Finnish tango workshop will be held by professional dancer Sari Nordman, followed by a Argentine tango workshop given by Dante Polichetti from Sandra Cameron Dance Center. We will also be offering a range of Finnish/Scandinavian food and drinks and some great items for raffle.
The Midsummer’s Eve Tango Fundraiser
June 19, 2009
8pm-midnight
$15 at the door
El Taller Latino Americano, 3rd Floor
2710 Broadway, New York.
Click here for more details.
Tags:dance, El Taller Latino Americano, Finnish, Sandra Cameron Dance Center, Scandinavian, Tango
