Results tagged “anight”

A look at some noteworthy television this week:

MOVIES: It's a perfect night to head to the movies. Get a double-feature in at the MoMA with Fabricating Tom Zé followed by David Cronenberg's Crash. Let's focus on the former film. Tom Zé (pictured) is a Brazilian songwriter and composer and this documentary (filmed during a 2005 European tour) charts his "personal universe". Zé is an "uncompromising and inspired artist...seen by many (including David Byrne and Arto Lindsay) as revitalizing the ever-evolving Tropicalia movement. Zé, who narrates his own story, is a very special musical phenomenon in a genre mostly associated with Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil—both of whom warmly assess the musical genius of their friend."

Last year we posted about a little documentary on The National, a snapshot of their life on the road for seven days called One Week with The National. Seems we're not the only ones with a crush on the band. Now, following the release of their latest album, Boxer, there's another documentary about the Brooklynites.

This May filmmaker/musician/actress/performing artist/writer Miranda July is going to unleash her book, "No One Belongs Here More Than You: Stories", upon the world. She'll have several events lined up in New York, one with her biggest fan - David Byrne.

EVENT: Upstairs at the Square, the bookstores series featuring musicians and authors in conversation & performing their work, is happening tonight. This one will be featuring musician Badly Drawn Boy and author Dana Spiotta, with host Katherine Lanpher.

We wrote about the demise of video stores last year, and now one of the saddest days is upon us: The November 30 closing of West 105th Street institution Movie Place, because of a crazy rent increase. There's a big NY Times City section article about the Movie Place's closing as well as those of many other beloved video stores - it's all summarized in this depressing graphic.

On Sundays Gothamist runs opinion pieces relevant to life in New York and reviews of recent books and performances. The judgments expressed below are entirely those of the author.

Maybe it’s just us, but even with spring’s approach an unusual degree of anomie seems to be hanging over everything, slightly twisting and darkening many of the new season’s shows. Not all of them, of course; it is possible to still to see truly lighthearted fare on stage. So do you want to see something that matches the prevailing mood or challenges it? Here are a few options that go both ways:

Hollywood has repeatedly opted to film blatantly New York movies in other locales and specifically Canada (such as Rent, Rudy: The Rudy Giuliani Story, Jackie Chan's Rumble in the Bronx etc), and now they've even relocated our city's great Museum of Natural History. According to the Vancouver Sun, Ben Stiller is set to star in Stephen Sommers' A Night at the Museum, a family comedy, loosely based on the children's book by Milan Trenc, about an incompetent security guard at the Museum of Natural History who accidentally triggers an ancient curse, causing the display exhibits to come back to life. Supposedly, 20th Century Fox was prepared to shoot the $140-million film in Montreal, but Stiller demanded the filming be shifted over to Vancouver. Brian Baker, from Quebec film technicians union, called the recent move a total disaster, insisting the significant amount of work and money lost to the city is "heartbreaking." Gothamist can't help but think the only real heartbreaking issue is that Stiller didn't request the film be shot where it belongs -- New York City. Photo credit: Jake Dobkin

Gothamist puts in a lot of time at the old day job, but if we didn’t work, we wouldn’t have things like happy hour, healthcare and sweet, sweet paid time off. Of course there are some jobs whose perks are harder to come by like working the overnight shift at a suicide hotline, but if you’re clever enough, you can turn that in to a one man show. Brian Finkelstein, a frequent storyteller and host of The Moth and performer at the UCB has taken his funny, sad life as a stoner/suicide counselor and performs it every Thursday at 8pm at the UCB. With Amy Rhodes’ show Growing Up Amy. [UCB Theater, 307 W. 26th Street - $5]

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The possibility of moving commercial businesses out of the Red Hook/Gowanus Area to make way for converted apartments revives the struggle between businesses and gentrification. The businesses that helped revitalize the area may be forced to move out, in order for the Port Authority to hand over the real estate to developers who want to take advantage of the views from Red Hook. Many of those businesses suspects that the city may rezone the area for residential living, which would mean the end of those businesses and jobs. The Times notes that this "mirrors what is happening in Long Island City, Queens, and Greenpoint and Williamsburg, Brooklyn" and that businesses that may be forced are thinking of going to...New Jersey.

The photographs Jake took for A Day in the Life (click on "Archives") plus many others that cover New York at night are compiled at the A Night in the Life gallery on Bluejake. This photograph was taken from under the Manhattan Bridge.

This week, Jake is taking pictures for our favorite collaborative fotolog, A Day in the Life (each week, a new photographer from all over the world will post a new picture each day, Monday-Friday). His spin is photographs, including this one (above).