I’m a little late on this, but there’s an interesting free event taking place tonight on the Upper West Side, hosted by friend of MUW, Rubicon Property. Rubicon CEO (and Upper West Sider) Jason Haber sent in this note:

Just a quick reminder that there’s still time to donate to “Rafi’s Run,” which takes place in Riverside park this Sunday. The event will benefit Rafaella Lily Kopelan, a 4-year-old UWS girl who suffers from a rare and horrible genetic disorder called Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB). Please check out last week’s post on this for all the [...]

Posted the other day about a fantastic Upper West Side fundraiser taking place on Sunday evening (March 4th). The event features legendary composer/musician Alan Menken, winner of eight Academy Awards (19 nominations!), seven Golden Globes, and 11 Grammy’s (just to name some of his accolades). In addition to a concert by Mr. Menken, there will [...]

It would be easy to walk past the “No Parking Thursday” signs posted on West 67th and surrounding streets and not give them a second thought — there’s always “No Parking” somewhere in Manhattan. However, the reason for these particular signs is anything but typical: President Obama is coming to the Upper West Side today. [...]

You may not recognize the face of the man pictured above, but you’re almost certainly familiar with his work. He’s famed composer and musician Alan Menken — winner of eight Academy Awards (19 nominations!), seven Golden Globes, 11 Grammy’s, and three Tony nominations (how did he not win one of those too??). On Sunday, March [...]