by Downtown Magazine | Jan 26, 2019 | Culture, Featured, Movies
The acclaimed Silent Films / Live Music series, curated by WNYC’s John Schaefer, returns to the Winter Garden at Brookfield Place (BFPL) for three nights from Wednesday, January 30 through Friday, February 1 starting at 7:30 p.m. The winter film series includes...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 15, 2019 | Art, Culture
The Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery and Donghwa Cultural Foundation in NoHo, New York is now presenting the CONFLUENCE Benefit Exhibition. This junction of talent is equal rivers merging culture, memory, and tradition with art innovation converging in confluence....
by Deb Martin | Jan 12, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment, Music, Theater
Legendary trumpeter, composer, and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, Wynton Marsalis will appear with award-winning Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti will appear together in Classical Up Close at New York Public Radio’s Greene Space on January 16th...
by Downtown Magazine | Jan 9, 2019 | Culture, Entertainment
Ray DeForest was back at The Triad Theater with his now annual Christmas Party, “The Doris Dear Christmas Special.” This year, Doris performed to three nights of packed houses. Mr. DeForest is first and foremost an actor. He created the character of Doris Dear...
by Jake Attias | Dec 29, 2018 | Book Club, Entertainment, News
For nearly 100 years, Strand has been the most beloved independent bookstore in NYC. Boasting “18 miles of books,” it has weathered economic shifts, the rise of e-books, and competition from Amazon. It has also hosted celebrity events and made cameos in...
by Nicole Haddad | Dec 27, 2018 | Book Club, Fashion
Nike SB: The Dunk Book (Rizzoli, Oct 2018), catalogs the fascinating history of how Nike SB’s iconic styles came about and the surprising effect they have had on skate and youth culture, then and now. When the Nike Dunk first appeared in 2002, the design was tailored...