There are positive restaurant reviews, there are negative restaurant reviews, and then there are reviews like the one Steve Cuozzo of the New York Post wrote yesterday about Joanne (70 W. 68th), the highly-anticipated restaurant venture from Lady Gaga’s dad (aka Joe Germanotta) and celebrity chef Art Smith that opened on Wednesday (previous coverage here, [...]

Most Yankees fans will tell you that Derek Jeter’s “flip” was the best in team history, but (former?) Upper West Sider Alex Rodriguez just made a pretty nice flip of his own.
He recently sold his 35th floor condo at The Rushmore (80 Riverside Boulevard, at 64th) for a “significant profit.” A-Rod purchased the apartment for [...]

Despite today’s balmy conditions, we’re supposed to be in the dead of winter. Still, summer will be here for you know it, and that means another installment of the annual Shakespeare in the Park series.
The 2012 season is noteworthy in that it marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Delacorte Theater, SITP’s permanent [...]

Attention film buffs: Academy Award-winning director Jonathan Demme will be on the Upper West Side tonight for a screening and discussion at the Film Society Of Lincoln Center.
Perhaps best known for Silence Of The Lambs, Demme is also a screenwriter and producer, with a lengthy and impressive resume going back almost 40 years.

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Wednesday, February 1st, 2012…