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Dance Bands
Stages
STAGES is a five-member, high-energy dance band that plays an extensive repetorie of music that ranges from cocktail party, high energy dance to classic rock, disco and ethnic cover. We are as diverse as we are talented. Without exception, STAGES talented entertainers and musicians will keep the dance floor and your special event packed all [...]
Energy Express Band
Energy Express Band provides elegant and fun live band entertainment for Weddings, Private Parties or Corporate Events. The musical group is available for all types of social functions in the Energy Express Band provides elegant and fun live band entertainment for Weddings, Private Parties or Corporate Events. The musical group is available for all types of social functions in the Long Island, New York, New York City, Connecticut and New Jersey tri-state metropolitan area.
and New Jersey tri-state metropolitan area.
Gerard Carelli Orchestra
Gerard Carelli Orchestra is New York’s most popular dance band for weddings, corporate events and fundraisers. The music will speak for itself, but your guests will rave about the party long after the last note is played. We offer DJs, solo musicians, and small and large ensembles that play everything from Bach to Beyoncé including Classical, Swing, Ethnic, Ballroom, Motown, Rock, Latin and Soul.
The Soul Doctors
The Soul Doctors are the Tri-State area’s hottest ticket to the party of your life. Consisting of drummer Ammed Solomon, bassist Steve Hill, lead guitarist Tim Coll, tenor saxophonist Doug Payne and lead singer Steve Payne, this five piece powerhouse band will rock, roll, blues and soul your night away! The Party Starts…When The Doctors Are [...]
Music News
Marky Ramone Says Leather Jacket for Bid Wasn’t His
A black leather jacket said to be worn by the Ramones’ second drummer, Marky Ramone, has been withdrawn from an online auction because Mr. Ramone has said it was not his. NYT > Rock Music
Craig Finn of the Hold Steady on ‘Clear Hearts, Full Eyes’
Craig Finn, the singer for the Hold Steady, on a break from the band, is releasing his first solo album, “Clear Hearts, Full Eyes.” NYT > Rock Music
The Minneapolis Band Howler at Pianos – Review
The Minneapolis Band Howler began a four-show tour of the city at Pianos on Wednesday night. NYT > Rock Music
Van Halen Plays a Mini-Gig at Cafe Wha? – Review
As news briefings go, the Van Halen set at a small club in Greenwich Village on Thursday night rocked. NYT > Rock Music
Live Gigs
From Deceptive Cadence at NPR.music: “A Quarter-Century Of Banging, And Still As Fresh As Ever”
Deceptive Cadence helps celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original D.I.Y. music collaboration, Bang On A Can. Members of the Bang on a Can All-Stars playing in Shanghai in 2009. See the full article here. MusicSprings
From Q2 Music: Better Know an Ensemble: Ensemble Amorpha
(Justin Li/flickr) Q2 Music’s Series Devoted to New Music in New Places: Q2 is the 24/7 New Music Stream from New York Public Radio “From Q2 Music, Better Know an Ensemble introduces new music in new places, by bringing you in-depth, multimedia-rich portraits of young ensembles from across the globe. Through interviews with ensemble leaders, [...]
Asphalt Orchestra @ The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Bang On a Can is the original DIY New Music Organization “On January 20, renegade street band Asphalt Orchestra celebrates the opening of the New American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum of Art! This premiere performance event choreographed specifically for the Charles Engelhard Court by Mark DeChiazza and Susan Marshall features all-American music by Frank [...]
From The New Canon @Q2: “Dual Nature with Rachel Barton Pine and Mohammed Fairouz”
The New Canon streams Fridays at 1PM on Q2 Music; encore presentations Wednesdays at 10AM and Sundays at 8PM on Q2. Keeping a foot in both worlds Rachel Barton Pine and Mohammed Fairouz (Andrew Eccles (Pine), Samantha West (Fairouz) “This week on The New Canon, we tango with violinist Rachel Barton Pine and composer Mohammed [...]
Broadway
Theater Review : ‘History of the World’ at the Living Theater
In “History of the World,” Judith Malina’s new play at the Living Theater, the audience is taken on a dizzying flight through the course of Western civilization. NYT > Theater
Television: ‘Smash’ on NBC, About Broadway, With Katharine McPhee
For Broadway veterans, nothing less than pride is on the line when “Smash,” the prime-time soap about the making of a musical, opens on Feb. 6 on NBC. NYT > Theater
‘War Horse’ Stage and Screen Versions Help Each Other
With shows like “War Horse,” “Rock of Ages” and “Chicago,” Broadway has come to embrace film adaptations as good for business. NYT > Theater
Theater Review | ‘Young Jean Lee’s ‘Untitled Feminist Show’: Young Jean Lee’s ‘Untitled Feminist Show’ — Review
The creators of “Untitled Feminist Show” were seeking to create a “world in which people could identify and be however they wanted regardless of their sex,” according to Young Jean Lee, who conceived and directed the work. NYT > Theater
Arts
Food-delivery startup offers hot deal
Lisa Fickenscher – A tiny food-delivery startup is hoping to eat the lunch of bigger rivals such as Seamless, Delivery.com and GrubHub.com. FoodToEat.com is marketing itself to restaurants as the cheaper alternative. It charges just 10 cents per customer order, compared with competitors’ fees that range from 10% to 18% of the price of the [...]
John James Audubon’s bird book sells for $7.9M
Associated Press – A rare first edition of John James Audubon’s illustrated The Birds of America depicting more than 400 life-size North American species in four monumental volumes was purchased at auction Friday for .9 million. Christie’s auction house identified the buyer as an American collector who bid by phone. The winning bid was within [...]
New art magazine Tally Ho! to launch in March
The arty end of the newsstand rack—the place for the likes of Artforum, The FaderM and Bullett—is about to get a little more crowded. Jonathan Rheingold, the former publisher of hip-hop monthly XXL and founder of hip-hop quarterly Respect, has teamed up with photographer Phil Knott to launch a tabloid-size magazine aimed at the fashion- [...]
Met hits record attendance, while MoMA’s drops
(Bloomberg) – Attendance at the Museum of Modern Art dropped 11% last season to 2.8 million, as the previous year’s designs from movie director Tim Burton and the marathon motionlessness of Marina Abramovic proved to be hard acts to follow. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art, admissions rose to a record 5.6 million last season—the [...]
Events
The Greatest City on Earth Comes to Lower Manhattan
PDF: ReCon Greatest City in the World 1-2012.pdf Single date: 1/23/2012 The Greatest City on Earth by Linda Zacks Come see The Greatest City on Earth in the greatest neighborhood on earth! Today, the Alliance for Downtown New York announced the latest Re:Construction installation, The Greatest City on Earth, located at Nassau between John and [...]
Attention Passengers: Ever Heard of Lower Manhattan?
Origin: DNA Info Single date: 8/2/2011 URL: http://www.dnainfo.com/20110802/downtown/attention-passengers-ever-heard-of-lower-manhattan Lower Manhattan’s 1-square-mile has 50,000 residents and 300,000 workers, and now millions more eyes will be upon it after Delta Airlines began running a 5-minute video on Monday about the neighborhood on its flights coming into the metro area.
Lower Manhattan Featured on Over 20,000 International Flights
Origin: Travel News Gazette Single date: 8/2/2011 URL: http://ftnnews.com/other-news/13388-lower-manhattan-featured-on-over-20000-international-flights.html Lower Manhattan is showcased this month in “Delta Destinations,” an exclusive in-flight video series promoting the top destinations around the world in five-minute video features.
The Five Coolest Coworking Space in New York City
Origin: The Next Web Single date: 8/17/2011 URL: http://thenextweb.com/insider/2011/08/17/the-5-coolest-coworking-spaces-in-new-york-city/ This article lists the “5 Coolest Coworking Spaces” in NYC. Of course, Hive at 55 gets a mention.
Other Recent Posts
Doubts Over Patti Smith Concert Plan for Chelsea Hotel Tenants
Demoralized by renovations and eviction attempts, residents at the Chelsea Hotel greeted the news that punk songstress Patti Smith would perform a private show there with deep skepticism. NYT > Rock Music
Critic’s Notebook: Did ‘The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess’ Meets Its Goal?
“The Gershwins’ Porgy and Bess” was streamlined to make the original opera more accessible and realistic, but we’re left with something slighter. NYT > Theater
Downtown Alliance Announces “Lower Manhattan Love Story” Contest
PDF: Lower Manhattan Love Story – 1-2012.pdf Single date: 1/11/2012 read more
Publisher Has Deal for Elton John Book
Little, Brown & Company is expected to announce Monday that Elton John has signed up to write his first book, about his experience in fighting AIDS. NYT > Rock Music
Theater Review | ‘Outside People’ : ‘Outside People’ by Zayd Dohrn, at Vineyard Theater – Review
“Outside People,” a smart but slight comedy of manners by Zayd Dohrn, follows a young American trying to make his way in business and the bedroom in the booming new China. NYT > Theater
