2012 Shakespeare In The Park Includes “As You Like It” & “Into The Woods”; Possible Big-Name Cast

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 [...]

Upper West Side Snags 10 Spots On The Annual Village Voice “Best Of NYC” List

The Village Voice recently published their annual “Best Of NYC” list and the Upper West Side is pretty well represented.
Like any “Best…” list, I’m sure not everyone will agree with the choices. Still, I’d rather have these ten than none.

Free & Cheap Upper West Side Events: 8/9/11

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Tuesday, August 9th, 2011…
Classic Film: Butterfield 8 (1960, Elizabeth Taylor)
New York Public Library For The Performing Arts (111 Amsterdam, between 64th & 65th)
2:30 pm
FREE
Live Music: Jon De Lucia Group
Thalia Cafe @ Symphony Space (Broadway & 95th)
7:00 pm
FREE
Author Events: Neil Abramson — Unsaid: A Novel
Barnes & Noble (Broadway [...]

Final Three Performances Of 2011 “Shakespeare In The Park” Season Start Tonight

If you’ve been planning to try and see Shakespeare In The Park this summer but have been putting it off, you’d better act fast — tonight marks the first of the final three performances for this year’s season (all three will be “Measure For Measure”).
You’ve got two options:

Free & Cheap Upper West Side Events: 7/25/11

Free and cheap events in the neighborhood on Monday, July 25th, 2011…
Film: Dog Day Afternoon (part of Sidney Lumet retrospective)
Walter Reade Theater @ Film Society Of Lincoln Center (W. 65th, btw. Ams. & Bway)
1:00 pm
$8 - $13
We Heart New York State Wine Tasting: Bouké & Ravines
67 Wine (Columbus & 68th)
4:00 - 7:00 pm
FREE (featured wines [...]