Gossip Girl to Spend More Time on the UWS

Upper West Side Gossip Girl fans will be glad to hear that the show is taking some of its characters to our neighborhood.  Zap2It reports that Desperate Housewives and Mad Men star Sam Page has been cast to play a Columbia professor in a multi-episode arc for the show, with the story reportedly taking Blair [...]

Upper West Side Filming Location

Premium Rush, the bike-messenger thriller starring Joseph Gordon-Levitt, is back on the Upper West Side this week, and we are guessing that the PA’s are keeping their fingers crossed for a headbutt-free shoot.  The film is shooting throughout the week until Sunday on Columbia University’s campus, according to My Upper West tipster Brianna.
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American Museum of Natural History Offers High-Tech Tour Guides

The American Museum of Natural History (Central Park West at 79th) is giving patrons a new way to tour the 45 exhibition halls.  Last week, the AMNH previewed Explorer, an iPhone app that is designed as an indoor navigation tool.  The app functions as an “indoor GPS” to guide you through the museum, pinpointing your [...]

Tomorrow: How to Truly Leverage Social Media to Grow your Business

If you are looking to grow your business by Tweeting, posting to Facebook, updating status in LinkedIN, and confirming requests in Plaxo the right way, come to an UWS seminar tomorrow that will help you out.  “The Lies of Twitter and Facebook: How to Truly Leverage Social Media to Grow your Business” is [...]

Tonight: Science and Music at the Hayden Planetarium

Come to the Hayden Planetarium at the American Museum of Natural History (Central Park West at 79th) tonight for “Machover, Minsky, and Music in the Dome.”  Legendary composer and inventor Tod Machover and Artificial Intelligence visionary Marvin Minsky explor how our brain creates and conjures thoughts, emotions and memories when they revisit their landmark [...]

Upper West Side Photo of the Day

Above, Thomas Francy and Patrick O’Regan, both age 11, from Old Bridge, New Jersey examine a fossil at the American Museum of Natural History (Central Park West at 79th).  Everyone gets a chance to bring their shells, rocks, insects, feathers, bones, and artifacts to the museum tomorrow for the annual Identification Day.  Bring [...]

Free Events in Riverside Park this Weekend

The weather this weekend is supposed to be spectacular, with highs tomorrow well into the 80’s, and Riverside Park has a full lineup of fun free events, so head west and enjoy the outdoors.  First, tomorrow is the 7th Annual Swing-A-Ring Day at the park.  Come to Hudson Beach (at 105th, lower level) to take [...]

Columbia Welcomes Citi CEO Tomorrow

Vikram Pandit, the CEO of Citigroup, is heading uptown tomorrow to give an address at Columbia University.  The executive, who got his bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, M.B.A, and Ph.D. at Columbia, will be at the Low Memorial Library’s Rotunda on the university’s campus (near Broadway and 116th) to give a talk followed by a question [...]

Upcoming Events at the American Museum of Natural History

The American Museum of Natural History (Central Park West at 79th) has more great events scheduled in the next few days.  First, it’s not too late to buy tickets to attend an interesting poetry event taking place tonight.  Part poetry collection, part field guide, Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds [...]

Wednesday: Experts Discuss the State of the Economy at the JCC

The Jewish Community Center (Amsterdam at 76th) is hosting a special event tomorrow, “Rescuing the Economy: Two Expert Views.”  Get informed when two experts make an appearance to talk about the state of the economy and where it’s heading, hosted by Myron Kandel, founding financial editor of CNN.  The experts are Steve Forbes, editor-in-chief of [...]