The recently revamped Rubenstein Atrium, a public space operated by Lincoln Center on Broadway between 62nd and 63rd that features free performances, a day-of discount ticket box office for Lincoln Center shows, and other public amenities like free Wi-Fi, was awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council recently. Lincoln Center was proud [...]
Kate Gosselin was in her ex’s new stomping grounds (Jon Gosselin is currently renting a two-bedroom pad at 72nd and Broadway) on Thursday when she made an appearance at the premiere of Life, a documentary airing on the Discovery Channel, at Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall (65th between Broadway and Amsterdam). The mother of eight [...]
The 82nd Annual Academy Awards will be held this Sunday, but just because you aren’t enjoying the festivities at the Kodak Theatre in LA doesn’t mean you are stuck watching the Oscars in your onesie on the sofa… the Upper West Side has some cool Oscar-related events this weekend to celebrate critically acclaimed films. First, [...]
The New York City Jazz Festival, produced by Manhattan Concert Productions, allows collaboration of vocal and instrumental ensembles from across the country under the artistic direction of Dr. Steve Zegree with other nationally recognized clinicians. The clinic, focusing on preparation monitoring and effective rehearsals, will lead to an outstanding performance at The Allen Room in [...]
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is holding a special event on Thursday, the New York premiere of RiseUP. The new film is a journey into the heart of Jamaica, where talent abounds and opportunity is scarce. The story follows three distinct and courageous artists who fight to rise up from obscurity and write themselves [...]
Lincoln Center’s American Songbook series continues tomorrow with one of the most buzzed-about indie bands in recent months. Dirty Projectors, an avant-garde experimental rock band with high critical acclaim, is performing at the Allen Room (Rose Hall, Time Warner Center, Columbus Circle) tomorrow night as part of the series. The band will play its groundbreaking [...]
There’s always some great free music to enjoy on the Upper West Side… here’s a few options for free music this week. First, Target Free Thursdays at David Rubenstein Atrium continues tomorrow with Hector Del Curto’s Eternal Tango Quartet. Come to the atrium (Broadway between 62nd and 63rd) to tango to this acclaimed Argentine bandoneónist [...]
Come to the Walter Reade Theater (65th between Broadway and Amsterdam, upper level) on Thursday to see the Film Society of Lincoln Center’s special preview screening of A Prophet. This epic crime drama from France follows an illiterate French-Arab prison inmate’s six-year odyssey from new kid on the cell block to underworld kingpin. The film [...]
Part of the $1.2-billion renovation of Lincoln Center’s campus is a glass-enclosed, sophisticated restaurant, and Per Se’s current chef de cuisine Jonathan Benno was selected to lead the high-profile endeavor as executive chef. The yet-to-be-named restaurant is slowly nearing its September 2010 opening, so the New York Times checked in on its progress, along with [...]
The Lincoln Center Theater is presenting a great new play, with previews starting tomorrow. When the Rain Stops Falling is a compelling family saga taking the audience back and forth in time from one generation to another from 1959 to 2039 in Australia. With four generations of fathers and sons, their mothers, lovers and wives, [...]
