Film Series this Weekend: 75 Years of 20th Century Fox

It’s time for another great film series through the Film Society of Lincoln Center.  20th Century Fox is celebrating its 75th year casting its iconic searchlights on movie audiences throughout the world, and the Film Society plans to celebrate this historic anniversary with a weekend of screenings and special appearances, including newly restored prints, 70mm [...]

UWS Filming Location

Blue Bloods, the upcoming CBS show that revolves around a family of New York City cops and stars Tom Selleck, Donnie Wahlberg, and Bridget Moynihan, is filming on the Upper West Side tomorrow.  Signs have been spotted on 85th and Broadway and 81st between Central Park West and Columbus.  Thanks to My Upper West tipster [...]

Ethics in Film Series Continues Friday

The New York Society for Ethical Culture (64th and Central Park West) is hosting a continuing series of interesting films that spark conversations on ethics, and this Friday continues with a fascinating documentary.  Marjoe, the 1972 film directed by Howard Smith and Sarah Kernahan based on the life of Marjoe Gortner, will be [...]

Central Park Photos of the Day

Above, summer in Central Park continued last weekend with many relaxing, enjoying the weather, and having some fun.  A bucket of soapy water leads to some big beautiful bubbles near Bethesda Fountain (mid-park, near 72nd) last weekend.  Thanks to @isardasorensen for the photo.
Click through for another way New Yorkers enjoyed the summer in Central Park [...]

Kelsey Grammar Plans a Move from 15 CPW

Kelsey Grammar is starting to look for a new home, according to The New York Post’s Page Six.  The article reports that the actor, who currently lives in the posh 15 Central Park West (near 62nd), has been house-hunting with his pregnant girlfriend, British flight attendant Kayte Walsh (he divorced his wife, Camille Donatucci, in [...]

Have a Picnic on the Plaza for the Summer HD Festival

Planning on heading to a free screening of an amazing Met opera for the Summer HD Festival, running through Monday, September 6th?  Wondering what to do for dinner?  Then consider taking advantage of one of the local restaurants’ picnic specials offered for festival-goers.  Check out the below list of restaurants offering boxed dinners for audiences [...]

Lincoln Center Prepares for Fashion Week Mania

Lincoln Center’s campus is bustling with crews to prepare for one of the Upper West Side’s biggest events of the year, the first-ever Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week at the complex.  At left, Curbed snapped a photo last week of the tents going up at Damrosch Park (62nd between Columbus and Amsterdam), and progress has been continuing [...]

Central Park Photo of the Day

Above, the HBO film Cinema Verite, starring Tim Robbins, James Gandolfini, and Diane Lane, shoots scenes in Central Park last week.  As movie and television production on the streets and in the parks of New York City rise, the debate continues as to whether NYC filming productions are beneficial or not.  311 complaints against the [...]

Street Fair Tomorrow

The weather is supposed to be in the low 80’s and sunny tomorrow, perfect for venturing out and hitting up an Upper West Side street fair.  Come to Amsterdam between 76th and 86th to enjoy some corn, funnel cakes, $2 earrings, and other random shopping at this Sunday’s Amsterdam Avenue Street Fair.  There won’t be [...]

2010 Summer HD Festival Starts Tonight

It’s time for the 2010 season of another fabulous series at Lincoln Center.  The Met’s Summer HD Festival, with a hugely popular debut in summer 2009, returns tonight, bringing screenings of ten productions from the company’s Peabody and Emmy Award-winning Live in HD series.  The HD productions will be shown for free in Lincoln Center [...]