This week on A Prairie Home Companion, legendary English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello makes his first appearance on the show at Town Hall in New York City. Also with us: renowned guitarist/ songwriter Tom Rush, who influenced the greats (James Taylor and Garth Brooks) and introduced us to the likes of Joni Mitchell and Jackson Browne….
Category: Readings and Talks
Vampire Weekend Playing Joe’s Pub (Happy Ending Series)
Vampire Weekend at The Wellmont Theatre Photo: Jon Klemm Last month the Happy Ending Series featured Glen Hansard, and this month it’ll be Vampire Weekend— get tickets while you still can. (Oh, and John Wray will be there too.)
WNYC Unveils The Jerome L. Greene Performance Space
New State-of-the-Art, Street-Level Studio and Performance Space in Hudson Square to Open Tuesday, April 28 with 10-Day Festival Special Guests include SARAH JESSICA PARKER, PAUL KRUGMAN, LOU REED, CORNEL WEST, IRA GLASS, SONIA SANCHEZ, ETHEL STRING QUARTET, ROSIE PEREZ, JOY BEHAR, JASON MORAN, RICHARD GOODE, SIMONE DINNERSTEIN, and ELMO, among others. The Greene Space will…
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…
New Yorker Festival Changes Dates, Scales Back Event
New Yorker Festival Ocotber 16-18, 2009 Various Venues Around NYC …And then there were three. The ten year anniversary of the New Yorker Festival, originally scheduled for an ambitious 10 days in October, has been quietly scaled back to 3 days (like it usually is). When in doubt, blame the economy right?
Sunday w/ The Magazine Presents: Tyra Banks
Yeah, I know there are three people in that picture up there, but who am I kidding, you want Tyra Banks tickets. (I think this one will sell out faster than you can “fire” in a crowded theatre.) 05/03/09 Tyra Banks (Buy Tickets) 05/03/09 Paul Krugman (Buy Tickets) 05/03/09 Peter Baker (Buy Tickets) More upcoming…