Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'newyorkacademy'
September 20, 2007
We got mixed reviews in our poll about the Sex and the City movie that's coming out more than three years after the show ended its HBO series. Whether we wanted it or not, the movie is going to happen -- and film crews and cast have already arrived. Where are they filming? The Daily News reports that, toting around a bag only Carrie Bradshaw could pull off (one shaped like the Eiffel Tower), Sarah......
Continue Reading "Sex and the City Starts Filming...in the City"April 5, 2007
April 5: Italian Festa to celebrate the paperback publication of George deStefano's An Offer We Can't Refuse: The Mafia in the Mind of America. A reading and signing, followed by a Sicilian wine tasting, with antipasti served. Free. Hunters Point Wines and Spirits, 47-07 Vernon Boulevard, Long Island City, Queens. April 7: Russell Simmons & Jivamukti Yoga School hold a benefit for Farm Sanctuary, which provides a refuge for farm animals and works to end......
Continue Reading "On the Plate: Upcoming Food and Wine Events"November 11, 2005
In case anyone has forgotten what fall temperatures are supposed to be, today is your reminder. Today's high and low temperatures will be a degree or two below the November 11th normals of 54 and 42 degrees. Tomorrow will start off chilly, but we'll be back above normal in the afternoon. By Sunday we'll be back into the 60s, nearly ten degrees warmer than normal. Gothamist did a quick calculation at lunch and saw that......
Continue Reading "Today is Normal"July 20, 2004
Perhaps you were as surprised as Gothamist when you saw a meteorologist mentioned in the Sunday Styles section of the Sunday Times. In the essay David Carr offers his explanation of how the "changed the world" genre of pop history books that have recently become popular. You know the kind, "How the Irish Saved Civilization"; "Mauve: How One Man Invented a Color That Changed the World"; and "Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius......
Continue Reading "Butterflies and Style"May 26, 2004
So much of what goes on around us weather wise is taken for granted. But sometimes people find a way to capture things in unbelievable ways. Gothamist's eye was recently drawn to paintings by Emma Tapley. Born in New York City, Tapley received her BFA from SVA and went on to attend Pratt, New York Academy of Art, Vermont Studio Center in Johnson, VT, and the Byrdcliffe Arts Colony in Woodstock, NY. While her......
Continue Reading "Weather Is Art"
