by Downtown Magazine | Nov 14, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Rickey Medlock is best known for his work with Blackfoot and Lynyrd Skynyrd, first getting together with the Skynyrd crew in the early 1970s. But music was a part of Rickey’s life well before the “Sweet Home Alabama” and “Freebird”...
by Downtown Magazine | Nov 9, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment
Paula Poundstone began doing stand-up comedy in the Boston area in 1979. Within a decade of starting, she was a regular on television shows and the winner of an American Comedy Award for “Best Female Stand-Up Comic.” She has never stopped worked as a...
by Downtown Magazine | Oct 17, 2016 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
In celebration of the 60th anniversary of Edith Piaf’s legendary final performance at Carnegie Hall, Piaf! The Show comes to Carnegie Hall on Jan. 6, 2017. In two 45-minute acts, the show narrates the rags-to-riches story of the Parisian singer’s career, as...
by Downtown Magazine | Aug 8, 2016 | Health, Travel
Not all hotels have a gym, and few of the ones that do in Manhattan can truly call theirs a “fitness center.” In the case of Westin Hotels & Resorts, their gyms are known as “WestinWORKOUT fitness studios” and aim to provide guests with...
by Helaina Hovitz | Aug 2, 2016 | Health, Sports
“If you see people doing Acro Yoga in the park literally anywhere in New York City, and you ask, ‘Where can I learn this?’ You’re going to hear ‘Warrior Bridge.’” Sean Langhaus, 27, has done a lot more than creative a communal space for yoga, martial arts, and...
