I just finished reading Paul Shaffer’s voluminous memoir “We’ll be Here For The Rest Of Our Lives,” and I must tell you, it’s the best read I’ve had this year!...
The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame swept into New York City with much fanfare a year ago, rekindling a debate over why the main museum was built in Cleveland in the first place. But better than it was. The Rock hall annex as it’s known is abruptly closing. ...
The art world is seeing a sudden resurgence in collecting with auctions generating stunning sale prices as investors move off the side lines and into the action. The real estate crash and the shaky stock market have no doubt been major contributors to the trend, narrowing investment options that provide a hedge against inflation....
Songstress Alicia Keys says she almost quit the music industry when her grandmother passed away in 2006, but channeled her emotions instead to create a “new sound” for her latest LP The Element of Freedom....
Susan Boyle's fairy tale rise from obscurity to international pop music sensation now extends to commercial success as well. Her album has become the fastest-selling debut ever in Great Britain and is also expected to top the charts in the United States....
Suburban Exterminating Co, Inc. is sponsoring a Christmas toy drive for Little Flower Children’s Services of New York in Wading River, NY. The orphanage houses children (infants to young adults) who have lost their families. The drive will run from 7 a.m. on Monday, November 30 through noon on Saturday, December 12 and donation hours will be 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday....
When the Germans rained bombs on London during the Blitz in World War II, one of its victims was thought to be French painter Paul Delaroche’s stunning "Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers." But the painting has been rediscovered after 70 years....
Daryl Hall and John Oates’ four-CD set, “Do What You Want; Be What You Are,” is nothing short of staggeringly magnificent. The short read is that it reminds you once again what a compelling team of writers and performers Hall & Oates were and still are....
The 23rd Annual Miracle on Madison Avenue will be held on Sunday, Dec. 6th. Miracle 2009 will be a day of shopping and entertainment for guests of all ages. More than 75 participating retailers along New York City’s famed Madison Avenue between 57th and 86th Streets will donate 20 percent of the day’s sales to The Children’s Aid Society’s health services....
The Glaucoma Foundation will honor John Patrick Shanley, award-winning playwright (Doubt) and screenwriter (Moonstruck) at its 23rd Annual Black & White Ball on Wed., Dec. 2, 2009....
Micky Dolenz, child television actor and star of a 1960s sit-com about a fictional band, "The Monkees," is heading to London's West End, where he will appear in the hit musical Hairspray, TheImproper has learned....
Transport Group, the winner of a special 2007 Drama Desk Award and a 2007 Obie Award, has announced that its 2009 Gimme A Break! benefit will honor playwright Terrence McNally and director Joe Mantello Monday, Dec. 7 at 6:30pm , at Asia Society and Museum, 725 Park Avenue at 70th Street....
Queens Theatre in the Park presents the Paul Taylor Dance Company, Saturday, Dec. 19 at 2pm and 8pm and Sunday, December 20 at 3pm in the Claire Shulman Playhouse Main Stage Theatre at Queens Theatre in the Park, Flushing Meadows Corona Park, Flushing, NY. Tickets are $41-44 and are available at www.queenstheatre.org or by phone at 718-760-0064. This Season the Company celebrates Paul Taylor's 80th birthday....
The Collegiate Chorale, led by Maestro James Bagwell in his inaugural concert as The Chorale's newly appointed Music Director, presents "A Jubilant Song," a ce...
Miyako Yoshinaga art prospects presents Joseph Burwell's drawing, painting and sculpture in an installation that mimics the appearance of a "future-day" museum archeological exhibit. For his first New York solo exhibition, Burwell reconstructs an environment based on his former studio, a converted garage in Brooklyn, New York....
