2011 New Yorker Festival After a couple fallow years (IMHO), the New Yorker Festival has come back this year with a vengeance. I imagine there will be quite a few hot tickets this year, including the likes of: The National, St. Vincent, Scissor Sisters, Frank Gehry, Nancy Pelosi, The Moth: Tales Out of School 3,…
Category: Politics
Williamsburg Hipsters Too Cool Be Counted
88 BoaDrum at East River State Park (08/08/08) They may be divided over bike lanes, but when it comes to the census, both Hipsters and Hasids are apparently sticking to the road not taken. Many New York City residents aren’t returning their census forms. The return rate is only around 50 percent, but the lowest…
Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Tickets Me On Sale Today
Tickets for Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me! at Carnegie Hall go on sale today (Sep 2) at 11AM. The October 22 live edition of the show will feature WWDTM regulars: Peter Sagal, Carl Kasell, Adam Felber, Mo Rocca, and Paula Poundstone.
Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! Live at Carnegie Hall Ticket Info
Here’s a little update on my previous WWDTM post: Tickets for the October 22 taping of Wait Wait… Don’t Tell Me! at Carnegie Hall go on sale to the general public on September 2, 2009. Tickets should be available through the Carnegie Hall Box Office (212-247-7800) and carnegiehall.org at that time (as of today’s date,…
NPR Live in NYC | Prairie Home Companion and Wait Wait…Don’t Tell Me!
The massively popular, (and at times, painfully annoying), Prairie Home Companion will be bringing its unique brand of folksy Minnesota storytelling to the Town Hall on April 3, 4, 11, and 17 (Buy Tickets). Though a presale was held earlier in the year, some tickets for those shows are apparently still available. More live PHC…
NYPL Spring 2009 Season Announced: Lawrence Lessig, Shepard Fairey, Steven Johnson and More
NYPL Spring 2009 Season Highlights of SPRING 2009 Season at NYPL include Lawrence LESSIG, Shepard FAIREY, Steven JOHNSON, Father Patrick DESBOIS & Paul LeClerc, A Tribute to John UPDIKE, Thomas FRIEDMAN, Debra DICKERSON, Adam GOPNIK, Esa-Pekka SALONEN, Richard PRICE and David SIMON. Click here to see the full NYPL calendar of events. JOIN the FRIENDS…