by Grace Capobianco | Oct 6, 2016 | Culture, Music
James Midge Ure is a Scottish-born musician, singer/songwriter and producer. Midge’s success started in the 1970s, having worked with Slik, Thin Lizzy, Rich Kids and Visage. Most notably, he was frontman of Ultravox in the 1980s. One of my all-time favorite...
by Downtown Magazine | Sep 6, 2016 | Featured, Living, News
A prolific writer and editor, the work of Helaina Hovitz has appeared within dozens of popular outlets. A New York native based in lower Manhattan, Helaina has contributed to the New York Times, Salon, Newsday, New York Observer, Forbes, Huffington Post and...
by Jackie Hart | Apr 30, 2015 | Culture, Entertainment, Events
La MaMa in association with Art2Action presents the debut of a spoken word and multimedia performance called Eleven Reflections on September, written, directed, and performed by Andrea Assaf. The performance explores a post-9/11 New York, and the Arab American...
by Mike Hammer | Aug 11, 2014 | Book Club, Living
September 11th, 2001 was an infamous day in American history; the tragic events impacted thousands of lives, within the neighborhoods of New York City and beyond. Many people simply couldn’t fathom the gravity of the day, and the tragedy was even more difficult...
by Mike Hammer | May 21, 2014 | LA, Living, News
[slideshow_deploy id=’46317′] The National September 11 Memorial Museum at the World Trade Center will officially open its doors to the public on May 21, 2014, but DOWNTOWN Magazine’s Lifestyle and Family Editor, Denise Courter, had the opportunity to tour...
