by Samantha Mellone | Jul 16, 2018 | Culture, Entertainment, Travel
If there’s on thing Atlantic City doesn’t need it’s another cookie cutter casino. Over the past 6 years, 5 major properties shut down on Jersey’s acclaimed gambling boardwalk. And there are still 7 competing casinos. So why on earth, would anyone want to open another...
by Jenna Gyimesi | Jul 14, 2018 | Coming Up, Entertainment, Events, Uncategorized
The 8th annual New York City Poetry Festival will be held on Governors Island, July 28th and 29th. New York City is the world capital of poetry. This festival unites the extensive group of New York natives who value the skill of translating emotion into language. The...
by Moury Khan | Jul 12, 2018 | Culture, Entertainment, Events, Theater
Broadway Cares Equity Fights Aids hosted a private screening of Every Act of Life, a documentary by Jeff Kaufman, about the life of Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally. The screening was hosted on Wednesday, July 11th at the School of Visual Arts Theatre on...
by Jenna Gyimesi | Jul 12, 2018 | Book Club, Entertainment
Wuthering Heights, by Emily is a literary work beloved for generations. July 30th marks what would have been Emily Brontë’s 200th birthday. Peter Harrington, the UK’s largest rare bookseller, is offering buyers the opportunity to purchase a first American edition of...
by Deb Martin | Jul 10, 2018 | Culture, Entertainment, Uncategorized
OZY Media’s third annual OZY FEST has been extended to two days this year—July 21-22 on Rumsey Playfield in Central Park. The massive event, described by the New York Times as “part music festival, part TED Talk, part food fair” is New York’s...
by Deb Martin | Jul 10, 2018 | Culture, Entertainment, Movies, Uncategorized
This week, to celebrate Bastille Week, Films on the Green 2018 presents screenings of French films El discreto encanto de la burguesía directed by Luis Buñuel (July 11, J. Hood Wright Park), and Romantics Anonymous directed by Jean-Pierre Améris (July 13, Tompkins...