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John Gregory Dunne spent much of his career as a writer in the shadow of his wife, the great Joan Didion — and in 1970, he briefly left her and their three-year old child for Las Vegas. The memoir he wrote there, Vegas — “the best book about Sin City ever written” (Esquire) — has been quietly influencing younger writers for years, despite being out of print.
One of those writers is Stephanie Danler, author of the international bestseller Sweetbitter and the acclaimed memoir Stray, who wrote the forward to the new reissue of Vegas …
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Tatami is no ordinary sports movie. Co-directed by Israeli and Iranian filmmakers Guy Nattiv and Zar Amir Ebrahimi — and based on a true story — the film follows Leila (Arienne Mandi), an Iranian judo fighter who is put in political danger when her government tells her to fake an injury and withdraw from the world championships rather than face an Israeli rival in the final. Ahead of a special screening on Tuesday, June 10, Reel Pieces’ Annette Insdorf sat down to talk to us about what makes the film so remarkable …
Defining happiness in adulthood — let alone finding it — isn’t always as simple as it seems. Luckily Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times-bestselling author of The Happiness Project, is here to help. Ahead of her upcoming conversation with Allison Gilbert on Sunday, June 1 — part of Connected Lives, 92NY’s new conversation series about building community and connection in the modern world — Rubin sat down to talk to us …
Roundtable — our destination for online learning — is celebrating its third anniversary on Wednesday, June 25 with a special daylong event: A Day of Icons, which gathers five renowned experts as they explore the concept of genius and the makings of five cultural, intellectual, artistic icons — from Shakespeare to Gene Kelly …
Dance is ever moving forward at the Harkness Dance Center – this month, with enthralling new beats. 92NY’s first annual Uptown Rhythm Dance Festival (Apr 21-27) is a weeklong celebration of rhythm dance, with performances showcasing tap, flamenco, hip-hop, Kathak Indian dance, Irish step dancing, street dance and Appalachian flatfooting …
From the palatial estates of Crazy Rich Asians to the high school hallways of Clueless, Jane Austen’s influence is everywhere — literary, cinematic and, let’s be honest, in every modern rom-com where the couple starts out loathing each other …
She was Michael Jackson’s tap instructor. The only female dancer in the Tony Award-winning Bring in ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk. She’s been honored with some of the most prestigious awards in dance. Her image was featured on a US postage stamp. Dormeshia is a trailblazer, taking tap to new heights, and elevating and empowering women in the art form as none before …
This week, public high school students in New York City are getting unparalleled access to the arts in all five boroughs during 92NY School Engagement in the Arts’ Teen Arts Week. Launched by our Teen Producers in 2019, Teen Arts Week offers teens free workshops, performances, and hands-on access to the city’s creative industries …
Earlier this month, soprano Karen Slack won her first Grammy Award – for her very first album. It’s a recording debut as bold and rooted in conviction as the singer herself – acclaimed for both her dynamic performances on stages including the Metropolitan Opera and her work creating change in classical music …
Illuminating, comprehensive, and delightfully gossipy, Giorgio Vasari’s The Lives of the Artists is widely considered the birth of art criticism as we know it — published in 1550, it set the blueprint for art history as a creative, intellectual act — and it established the very idea of a “canon” of great artists whose art would transcend their own lifetimes, including da Vinci, Michelangelo, Titian, Botticelli, Donatello, Raphael and many others …
Lin-Manuel Miranda saw Rent on his 17th birthday and has said it’s the reason he decided to write musicals. The show, with book, music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson, changed what Broadway sounds like and who it speaks to, blending theatrical narrative with rock to tell a story …
When comics pioneer Robert Crumb emerged in the 1960s, his work was unlike anything anyone had ever done with the form. Bringing a sophisticated visual language to a medium that was considered primarily for children, Crumb connected disparate strands of postwar …
The charismatic drummer, bandleader, and composer Allison Miller has been the rhythm machine behind artists from Brandi Carlile, Sara Bareilles, and Natalie Merchant to Dr. Lonnie Smith, timekeeper for jazz supergroup Artemis, bandleader of Boom Tic Boom, and more …
We’re thrilled to announce the launch of NEXUS – a new membership club for dynamic adults ages 50s/60s, created to expand one’s social network while doing the things they love. The club kicks off Wed, Jan 8 with a celebratory party for members and anyone who might want to become one …
