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 [...]
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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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 [...]
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 [...]
If you are a Columbia student, or if you happen to be a member of the Columbia Alumni Arts League (CAAL), now there are some great discounts for you at Upper West Side restaurants. The Arts Initiative at Columbia University created partnerships with over 30 New York restaurants to provide special offers to current Columbia [...]
The CW’s hit show Gossip Girl has been filming this week, and will continue to film tomorrow in the vicinity of Columbia University. Signs were spotted around Riverside Drive and 116th for a filming all day Wednesday. If you are a fan of Chuck Bass and company, tomorrow’s filming would be a chance for you [...]
Three coyotes have been spotted on Columbia University’s campus, according to several news sources. The first sighting, occurring in front of Lewisohn Hall (near the campus entrance at Broadway and 116th), was reported to 911 and Columbia’s authorities yesterday morning. At least one other sighting came in yesterday, raising concern that the wild animals may [...]
About 1,400 Columbia University students, alumni, and employees were given notice that their personal data was no longer secure after three laptops were stolen from the campus last Monday, according to the New York Post. Authorities and school officials disclosed that burglars smashed a locked office door at Columbia College and stole the the three [...]
The African Diaspora Film Festival (ADFF), taking place today through December 15th, presents an eclectic mix of urban, classic, independent and foreign films that depict the richness and diversity of the life experience of people of African descent and Indigenous people all over the world. Most films are screened in the Upper West Side, with [...]
Five years ago, Frank Warren began a project in which completely anonymous people decorate a postcard and portray a secret that they had never previously revealed. The only restrictions on the postcards are that they are truthful and have never been spoken aloud before. Amazingly, thousands of people have been sending Warren postcards for the [...]
