by Jeff Simmons | Aug 3, 2018 | Culture, Entertainment, Events
The Immigrant Arts Coalition, an advocacy support group comprised of New York City-based cultural organizations, will hold its second annual summit from August 5 to 8 at the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Battery Park. Honoring diversity and empowerment through the...
by Ellen Johnson | Jul 18, 2017 | Culture, Theater
A 2016 musical biography tributing composer Astor Piazzolla is coming to Joe’s Pub in early August. “That’s Not Tango – Astor Piazzolla, A Life In Music” was written by Lesley Karsten and Stephen Wadsworth and is unique not only in its...
by Ellen Johnson | Jun 6, 2017 | Culture, Events, Movies, Uncategorized
Amit Masurkar “I’m not here to seek your votes.” A fat man festooned in bright orange garlands proclaims to the crowd gathered bellow the carnival-float podium he rode in on. He’s just there to stand up for the people, and to take care of the children, he says....
by Eva Troester | May 18, 2017 | Culture, Movies
Dito Montiel has lived A Life. A member of several successful hardcore punk bands, author of two books, screenwriter and director whose filmography is in the double digits, both Shia LaBeouf and Robert Downey Jr. played him in a movie, and yet, the only way to find...
by Eva Troester | May 5, 2017 | Culture, Movies
Dispatches from the Tribeca Film Festival: A look through the lens of films to see ourselves in the other, and the other in ourselves. “It’s a little bit painful to watch at times, in the best way possible. It’s very gritty and raw”, Eliza Taylor tells me of her new...
