If you’ve ever spent a day working in an office, you'll immediately recognize Beverly Wilkins, the titular character in The Receptionist, Adam Bock's darkly comic study of corporate culture in the age of Cheney. Beverly, played here with spellbinding hilarity by Jayne Houdyshell, is the polite but potentially nasty gatekeeper for the "Northeast office" who, when she's not gossiping with friends and her coworker Lorraine (Kendra Kassenbaum), puts callers through to her boss's (Robert... more ›

MUSIC: Frequenter of the Hotel Chelsea, Country Joe McDonald (pictured at Woodstock) will be taking the Joe's Pub stage tonight to perform a tribute to Woody Guthrie where he "deftly conveys all the charm, talent, and social and political consciousness of the legendary folksinger from Oklahoma." more ›

Forget about the downtown hipsters, the real tastemakers (for the tourists, at least) are in Midtown. The concierges of the city make hundreds of recommendations a day, so it's only natural they get their own nights at restaurants like The Palm. more ›

DISCUSSION: What is the future of alternative journalism? Find out tonight as experts Elizabeth Spiers, Jeff Koyen, Bob Cox and Roxanne Cooper tell you all about what they foresee. If you don't know who those people are, then you probably don't care about the future of alt media anyway. more ›

Tonight at 6:30PM, the Walter Reade Theater is showing Martin Scorsese's wrenching film, of The Age of Innocence. Edith Wharton's novel about society, class, and love found (what was then) a suprisingly faithful and sumptuousadaptation from Scorsese and screenwriter Jay Cocks. Gothamist likes the title credit sequence by Saul Bass and Elaine Bass that sums up the passion of the film: Flowers blooming in high speed, with lace ghosted over them. Even after ten years, we still remember it. more ›

), but it will also offer social and networking activities (!!) as well as volunteer opportunities (ACCESS will be "adopting," and bringing the arts to, its own NYC public school). The next City Center ACCESS event is cocktails and a performance of Eddie Izzard's Sexie on October 8, 2003. more ›