Results tagged “welli”

You may or may not have noticed that it's Fashion Week -- either way, style is saturating the city right now more than ever, and we've asked Faran Krentcil to help us figure the whole thing out. She who holds down the fort at Fashionista.com fills us in on The Tents, the trends and the tricks.

New York's senior Senator Chuck Schumer is known for his ubiquity on the talk show circuit, fighting for New York's share of federal dollars and the occasional tour de Brooklyn. He is also credited with helping the Democrats win back the Senate last year. So it's all very interesting that he told NY1's Inside City Hall that he'd be open to serving in a cabinet position, if a Democrat wins the presidency in 2008. But he clarified:

"Well I really focus on what I am doing. I enjoy being senator. I hope more importantly than that, I am effective for the people of New York and the people of this country. I've been a legislator my whole life and I've never really been looking for the next job."

We got an email from Northsix owner Jeff Steinhauser today, regarding the post we had written about the venue (or rather, the future venue Music Hall of Williamsburg). The post was pointing to an article on Brooklyn Record (who took down their post), which was referring to a Brooklyn Star article.

Not only is that a struggle that every starving artist is facing, but also those who are just trying to pay the average housing cost in a city where rents are skyrocketing. As many of our friends and colleagues have had to do - get a day job and work on your art at night so you can pay the rent.

David Lehrer, Producer of The Lieutenant of Inishmore

Henry Warner, Subterranean Jazzman

Melody Henry, Lucky 13 Co-Owner

Bob McKee, Local Music Now

Chris Eigeman, Actor

David Joerg, Co-Founder of Vindigo

Jen Bekman, Gallery Owner