Alex Weiser – in a dark blue night
The composer Alex Weiser follows up his Pulitzer Prize-nominated debut album and all the days were purple – which set poetry to music from the lider of Anna Margolin and her fellow...
Little Island Finally Floats as the Park Opens on the Hudson River
Back in 2014, the designer Thomas Heatherwick unveiled plans for a floating island park at Pier 55 on the Hudson River. Conceived as a ‘treasure island’ with an undulating topography, dense foliage,...
Earthy Anecdotes: Katharine Hepburn Steals Stephen Sondheim’s Plant
By the turn of the twentieth century, the Turtle Bay neighbourhood on the east side of Midtown Manhattan was a ‘riverside back yard’ for the city of New York. Imposing brownstones and...
Uncut Gems (2019)
★★★★ (4 out of 4 stars) - Juggling a growing amount of debt, Howard has begun pawning off as sports memorabilia the collateral he receives for loaning out his jewels. When the opal finally arrives from Ethiopia, the basketball player Kevin Garnett can hardly avert his gaze. Howard accepts a 2008 NBA Championship ring as Garnett takes lend of the opal, immediately pawning it for the sake of a little liquidity unbeknownst to Demany and the Boston Celtics star.
Cultureteca 16.02.20
A relatively subdued edition of New York Fashion Week commenced last Thursday before being upstaged over the weekend by a star-studded Tom Ford show and the 92nd Academy Awards, both in Los...
Daily Visual 09.06.15: New York City’s Oldest Bridge Reopens
Today the High Bridge in New York City reopened after 45 years. With a total length of 1,450 feet, spanning 1,200 feet shore to shore at a height of 138 feet above...