What's
up for today?
Written by Wendy R. Williams
Opposite Photo:
Rootstein Mannequin
Photo Credit: Belkis Carrasco
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If it's hot,
we're hot after it.
Check this page
often; New York Cool publishes something every day.
And for something to do tonight, be sure to check
out our Listings (see index column on far left of
each page).
July 5, 2008

Eugene Hütz of Gogol
Bordello
Photo Credit Amy Davidson
Just Published:
Read John Hashop's article
and see Amy Davidson's photographs of the Gogol
Bordello Show at McCarren Pool.
Here is a fun event
for today:

Here is another
fun event for today:
Folks on the Island: An American
Folk Music Festival
Saturdays, July 5th - August 2nd, 2008. Concerts
start at 1:30 PM
Governors Island, New York City
Summer ‘08, Trinity
Wall Street presents Folks on the Island, An American
Folk Music Festival, on Governors Island, five Saturdays,
July 5 – August 2, 2008, 1:30 PM. This year’s
concert series explores traditional folk music and
delves deeper into the American musical landscape
with the inclusion of blues, bluegrass, and country
western. Featured artists include Janis Ian (July
5), Slaid Cleaves (July 12), Bearfoot (July 19),
Eric Bibb (July 26), and Ronny Cox (August 2). The
Concerts and ferry service to Governors Island are
free and open to the public. Concerts take place
on Governors Island at Colonel’s Row beginning
at 1:30 p.m. Free ferries to Governors Island leave
every hour, on the hour, starting at 10 a.m. from
the Battery Maritime Building in lower Manhattan,
adjacent to the Staten Island Ferry.
For travel directions and
more information, visit www.folksontheisland.com.
And one more fun event for today:
Made Event presents Armin Van Buuren
McCarren Pool
July 5th - 4pm - 10pm
Made Event presents DJ Mag's #1 DJ in the world
Armin van Buuren at Brooklyn's outdoor mega-venue
McCarren Park Pool for a solo DJ concert this summer
on Saturday, July 5th. Armin van Buuren returns
to NYC on the heels of his hotly anticipated third
artist album IMAGINE out now on Ultra Records. The
album is a testament to his ongoing transition from
producer to fully-fledged artist, and is the perfect
amalgamation of beats and electronica with lush
chords and songwriting.
Join us as NYC's premiere electronic dance music
event promotions company Made Event presents a full-scale
production with customized Integral Sound, along
with spectacular lasers & lighting effects at
this unique landmark outdoor concert venue for the
most memorable fresh air DJ experience of the summer!
McCarren Pool is located at Lorimer Street
between Driggs Avenue & Bayard Street - Williamsburg,
Brooklyn
ALL AGES
Event Info 917.723.9381
www.made-event.com
July 4, 2008
Happy Fourth of
July from everyone at New York Cool!!
Things to do for
the Fourth:

Photo Credit Wendy R. Williams
Attend the Nathan's
Hot Dog Eating Contest on Coney Island.
Watch
the Macy's
Fourth of July Fire Works Display at 9PM tonight.

Mary-Kate Olsen and Ben
Kingsley
The Wackness
Read Noelle Ashley's
review of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival selection,
Jonathan
Levine's The Wackness. The Wackness
opens today, July 4, 2008.
Here is a cool club
event for tonight:
Psycheground presents: The 100th
Party Celebration w/ DJ Konflux
Friday July 4th 10pm-4am
Sullivan Room
Psycheground, the only psychedelic
trance weekly party in NYC
celebrates its 100th party at Sullivan Room. Residents
Luis Campos and
Brandon Adams welcome for the first time in NYC,
DJ's Wichdokta and a
special live set by Konflux
Flyer: http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n237/foambox/7-4.jpg
21+, $20 cover
http://www.sullivanroom.com
http://www.myspace.com/psycheground
Sullivan Room |218
Sullivan St. (btwn Bleecker & W 3rd)
New York, NY 10012
July 3, 2008

Hunter Thompson
Just
Published: Read my
review of the documentary film, Gonzo:
The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson,
and my interview with the filmmaker, Alex
Gibney. Gonzo opens on Friday, July 4,
2008.
July 2, 2008
Here is an interesting
event for today:
The Liar Show: Special Author
Edition
Wednesday, July 2. 12:30 – 2:00 pm
Bryant Park Reading Room
Join Andy Christie, creator of
the ever-so-popular The Liar Show, for
a special author edition of the critically acclaimed
series. Four performers tell personal stories that
will make you laugh, but listen carefully, because
only three of them are telling the truth. The fourth
is making it all up. After the stories have been
told, all four performers return to the stage and
defend their stories while the audience rakes them
over the coals with a fact-finding question and
answer session, refereed by the host. Each audience
member casts a ballot and when the Liar is revealed,
the perceptive geniuses who have guessed correctly
walk away with a prize T-shirt amid a bitter chorus
of "Congratulations, Einstein," from the
empty-handed losers. This free edition of the show
will feature Alix Strauss, Eve Lederman, Ophira
Eisenberg and James Braly.
For more information visit the
website at www.theliarshow.com
Bryant Park Reading Room |
42nd St between 5th and 6th Ave
212-768-4242
July 1, 2008
Here is a fun event
for tonight:

Terranova Presents
Tongue-in Paint
Written & Performed by Moana Niumeitolu
Performance-Painting-Storytelling
Tuesday, July 1 at 7pm
Wednesday, July 2 at 7pm
PS 122
Tongue-in Paint is a vibrant,
colorful mixture of painting and performance, where
a palette of 13 assorted characters interwoven with
song, food, dance, poetry—and painting!—to
tell a story of being born in Tonga, raised Mormon
in Utah, and coming to NYC to fulfill the dream
of being an Artist.
World Premiere Running Time: 75 minutes
Tickets: $20 general admission,
$15 students/seniors, $10 PS122 members
PS 122| 150 First Avenue
www.ps122.org
June 30, 2008

Peter Tolan's
Finding Amanda
Quick Tip:
I just saw a great movie, Peter Tolan's Finding
Amanda. It features an amazing turn by young
Brittany Snow (I mean, who new?) as a twenty-year-old
pimped-up Las Vegas prostitute. It also features
Matthew Broderick as her gambling-drug-and-alcohol-addicted
uncle who comes to Vegas to convince her to enter
rehab. Finding Amanda is playing in New
York City at the Two Boots Pioneer Theater, City
Cinemas Village East, AMC Loews Village 7, Anthology
Film Archives and Landmark's Sunshine Cinema.
Here
is a fun event for tonight:
Tom Swirly's Psych-o-delic
Circus
Every Monday Night @ 8PM
Cave Canem
Turn on the microRave! Tom Swirly's
Psych-o-delic Circus is live with avant-garde music,
dance, and performance in New York's East Village,
every Monday night. The Circus begins in the dark.
Tom Swirly takes the stage, tattered lab coat trailing,
coaxing slow the music is foreboding and disorienting.
The lights start to flash and glow, Jeremy Weirdos
joins in and triggers samples from the Three Stooges.
Then the powerful voice of Tom Swirly's Electro-Acoustical
Wind Instrument hammers out a driving beat; he grabs
a loop, sings over it with layers of angelic and
demonic voices. This is the dancers' cue: they emerge
from the corners, slowly feeling for the rhythm,
getting more wired till they climb all over the
stage. More acts; some noisy, some beautiful, some
energetic. The dancers adapt, gain strength, form
arabesques. The lights rise to a climax: a strobe!
the audience goes wild.
Admission is $5.00
www.myspace.com/TomSwirly
Cave Canem | 24 First Avenue
( under Lucky Cheng's)
between First & Second Streets
June 29, 2008

Joey Kramer, Steven Tyler
and Joe Perry of Aerosmith
© Janet Mayer / PR Photos
Check out our newly updated Celebrities
Out and About in New York City.
Here
is a cool event for tonight:
Canal Room Presents
Ten out of Tenn
July 29th, 2008 7pm doors 7:30 show
Canal Room
Featuring: Trent Dabbs, Erin
McCarley, Matthew Perryman Jones, Katie Herzig,
Andy Davis, Tyler James, Butterfly Boucher, Jeremy
Lister, Griffin House, ks Rhoads
$12 adv $15 door www.canalroomlive.com
Canal Room | 285 W. Broadway@Canal
St.
June
28, 2008

Josh Lucas and David Strathairn
Photo Credit Wendy R. Williams
Just
Published: Read my interview with Peter
Askin, Christopher Trumbo, Josh Lucas and David
Strathairn of Trumbo, the documentary
film about Dalton Trumbo, one of the Hollywood Ten
who was ostracized for refusing to "name names"
to Senator Joseph McCarthy's House Un-American Activities
Committee. Trumbo opened on Friday, June
27, 2008.
Here is a fun event
for tonight:
Rooftop Films
Sat, July 26
On the roof of The Old American Can Factory (Gowanus)
In a Dream (Jeremiah Zagar | Philadelphia,
PA) New York Premiere Feature Documentary - When
the filmmaker set out to put together a documentary
about the legendary mosaics his father pieces together,
he didn’t mean to take his family apart. An
eye-popping and heart-wrenching documentary about
art and love.
For more information, log onto: rooftopfilms.com
The Old American
Can Factory | 232 3rd Street, Brooklyn, NY 11215
See
Map
June 27, 2008

Just Published:
Read Frank J. Avella's review
of Timor Bekmambetov’s
Wanted,
which opens Friday, June 27, 2008.

Just Published:
Read my review of Peter Askin's
documentary film,
Trumbo, which opens today, Friday,
June 27, 2008. Trumbo tells the story of
Hollywood screen writer Dalton Trumbo, a member
of the Hollywood Ten who went to prison for refusing
to name names to Senator Joseph McCarthy's House
Un-American Activities Committee.
Check back tomorrow
for my interview with Josh Lucas, David Strathairn,
Christopher Trumbo and Peter Askin.
Here
is an interesting event for tonight:
Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad
Friday June 27. 10 PM - Late
Sullivan Hall
On Friday June 27th, Giant Panda
Guerilla Dub Squad perform at Sullivan Hall. The
six-piece roots reggae, dub, afrobeat band plays
more than 35 shows on their summer US tour. Impeccable
musicianship and an explosive live show have gained
GPGDS widespread acclaim. Special guest Rubblebucket
open the show, then Giant Panda hits at 11:30 PM.
For music and tour dates visit: www.myspace.com/giantpandadub.
Tickets $10. Ages 18+. For more
information visit
www.sullivanhallnyc.com
Sullivan Hall | 214 Sullivan
St
(btwn Bleecker & W 3rd St)
June 26, 2008
Here is an interesting
event for tonight:
Ladies Lindemans
Beer Tasting
Thursday, June 26, 2008 7 PM- 9 PM
Village Pourhouse
Village Pourhouse calls upon beer
loving ladies only for our very first Ladies Lindemans
Tasting. Join us for a girl's night out of tasting
every fruit beer that Lindemans has to offer. The
romantic yet mysterious wild-fermented fruit beers
of Belgium's Flanders are not only among the world's
rarest beers, but among the most delectable. Come
taste Pomme, Framboise, Peche and more! Dessert
will be served at the end of the tasting. This event
is 21+. Please see http://newyork.going.com/lindemans
for more details.
Tickets $25 per person
Village Pourhouse
| 64 Third Ave & 11th St
New York, NY 10003
June 25, 2008

Ports 1961 Resort Collection
Photo Courtesy of Ports 1961
Just Published:
Read Jamie Sharpe's article
about the Ports
1961 Resort Collection Fashion Show.
June 24, 2008

Wire
Photo Credit Amy Davidson
Just Published:
Read Amy Davidson and Phil
Gordon's article and see Amy Davidson's photographs
of American
Express' River To River Music Festival at the South
Street Seaport on May 30, 2008 with Die Die Die
opening for Wire.
Here
is an interesting event for tonight:
ENSEMBLE STUDIO
THEATRE 30TH MARATHON BENEFIT DINNER GALA
HONORING JERRY ZAKS AND JERRY SAVIOLA
TUESDAY JUNE 24TH
PLAYERS CLUB
Performers/Speakers to
Include Barbara Andres, Andre Bishop, Walter Bobbie,
Ray DeMattis, Jack Viertel, Christopher Durang,
Jill Eikenberry, Jules Feiffer, John Christopher
Jones, Kendrick Jones, Ilene Kristen, Grant Shaud,
and Michael Tucker, among many others
ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATRE (William
Carden, Artistic Director, Paul Alexander Slee,
Executive Director is celebrating a milestone –
this spring marks their 30th Marathon of One-Act
Plays – and the occasion will be celebrated
with a gala Benefit Dinner in honor of distinguished
E.S.T. member Jerry Zaks and outstanding corporate
leader Jerry Saviola. The Benefit Dinner will be
held Tuesday, June 24th at the Players Club (16
Gramercy Park).
To participate in this special
evening in honor of Mr. Zaks and Mr. Saviola visit
www.ensemblestudiotheatre.org or call 212/247-4982.
Players Club|
16 Gramercy Park
Here
is another interesting event for tonight:
Art.to.Choke.Hearts
Free Party- Boston to NYC
Tuesday, June 24, 8 pm - 1 am
Otto's Shrunken Head
Cash In/Check Out brings
his hollered poetry stylings from Boston to NYC
for a one-night-only demonstration of Acoustic-Hardcore.
Currently on Boston based Polk Records and represented
by Art.to.Choke.Hearts, Cash In/Check Out is a bluesy,
guttural muscle flexed atop bone-dry honesty and
dubbed 'the ultimate Meat Puppets/Dead Milkmen deathmatch
- unplugged' by Noise magazine. Alongside NYC familiar
faces, Tara, and Undead Poet's Society, this evening
will prove to be a learning experience in sound
and art.
For more leads visit myspace.com/CASHinCHECKout
or call him yourself! at 617.821.8342. Suckerpunch
the summer with art.
Free! + myspace.com/CASHinCHECKout + CASHinCHECKout@yahoo.com
Otto's Shrunken Head | 538
East 14th
June
23, 2008

George Carlin
© Lee Roth / RothStock / PR Photos
Hot Off the Press:
I just received a Breaking News Alert from the
New York Times stating that George Carlin died
yesterday, Sunday, June 22, 2008. Rest in peace
to a wonderful comedian who always make me laugh.

Natasha Arthy's Fighter
Just Published:
Read Julia Sirmon's review of the 2008 Tribeca Film
Festival Selection Natasha
Arthy's Fighter.

James Westby's The
Auteur
Also Just Published:
Read Julia Sirmon's review
of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Selection
James
Westby's The Auteur.
Julian Schnabel's
Lou Reed's Berlin
And Also Just Published:
Read Julia Sirmon's review
of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Selection
Julian
Schnabel's Lou Reed's Berlin.

Tomas Alfredson's Let
the Right One In
And Also Just Published:
Read Julia Sirmon's review
of the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival Selection
Tomas
Alfredson's Let the Right One In.
June 22, 2008

Rihanna
© Janet Mayer / PR Photos
Check our our newly
updated Celebrities
Out and about in New York City for photos of
Rihanna, Heidi Klum, Boyz II Men, Brittany Snow,
Whoopi Goldberg, Stephen Colbert etc. etc.
June 21, 2008
Here is a fun event
for today:

Photo Credit Eli Ceballos
Today is the Annual Coney Island
Mermaid Parade. The Parade starts at 2PM at West
10th and Broadway, Coney Island. It doesn't cost
a thing (except whatever you spend on beer and hot
dogs). Click here for our coverage of previous parades:
2007/July/feature_coney_island.htm
2007/July/new-york-stories_coney_island_mermaid_parade.htm
July2004/nightlife_5.html
And while you are there, check
out The Melting Pot Dancefest at the Pavillion.

And here is a fun
event for tonight:
The Return of Rococo: A Baroque
Bash
Saturday, June 21 - 9pm
teneleven
The extravagance of 1770
rococo Paris meets the eclecticism of 2008 underground
NYC nightlife. Think Amadeus, Marie Antoinette,
the Marquis de Sade, etc... Champagne, chandeliers,
powdered wigs, powdered faces, and big hair will
all abound in the most baroque ball since the guillotine
came down!
It's Free! Come in costume or
Come as you are.
Featured Acts include: Nouveau-Baroque
music and live art by:Snazz Mammoth(www.myspace.com/matthewloganmusic),
The Human Floor (www.myspace.com/thehumanfloor)
& (www.viciousvaudeville.com),
Burlesque by Gerica Molotov (www.myspace.com/headbitchincharge29),
Contortion and Escape Artistry by Jared the Conjurer
(www.myspace.com/jaredtheconjurer)
& (www.viciousvaudeville.com),
Juggling by Kathryn SanDomenico (www.myspace.com/katysandomenico),
and w/ an Appearance by: Earthwalker
For more information: www.myspace.com/matthewloganmusic
www.myspace.com/snazzmammoth
teneleven|1
171 Avenue C (btw. 10th and 11th Streets), East
Village
June 20, 2008

Just Published:
Read Julia Sirmon's review
of Ivan O'Mahoney and Laura Winter's Bagdad
High, a Tribeca Film Festival selection.
Opening
Today: Guido Santi & Tina Mascara’s
Chris
& Don: a love story. Frank J. Avella
reviewed the film at the Newfest Film Festival.
Here
is a fun event for tonight:
June 19, 2008

Gary Hadad . Untitled (girl
with wings) . cibachrome print . 20" x 24"
Photo Courtesy of Metaphor Cohtemporary Art
Just Published:
Read Mindy Hyman's article about the Back
to the Garden Exhibit which will run through
July 20th at Metaphor Contemporary Art in Brooklyn.
June 18, 2008

Just Published:
Read Adam Ritter's review
of The
Incredible Hulk, which opened Friday, June
13, 2008.
June 17, 2008
Miss USA Crystle Stewart
, Richard Turley & Gillian Miniter
Photo Credit Patrick McMullen
Just Published:
Read my article about the
15th
Annual El Museo del Barrio
Ball at Cipriani on 42nd Street A Quinceañero
Themed Ball.
June 16, 2008

Paulo Szot, Patti LuPone,
Deanna Dunagan and Mark Rylance
© Sylvain Gaboury / PR Photos
Just Published:
My June
Theater Column with coverage of last night's
Tony Awards and the off-Broadway sensation Jump.

Michelle Trachtenberg
© Anthony G. Moore / PR Photos
Also Just Published:
Read Kim Weling's article about the Gen
Art Party Hosted by Michelle Trachtenberg at
Soho's Sunglass Hut.

Also Just Published:
Read Lauren Possee's review of the Moma film selection
Pere
Portabela's Warsaw Bridge which is
playing at MoMA through June 19, 2008.
June 15, 2008

Spencer Pratt and Heidi
Montag
© Janet Mayer / PR Photos
Just Updated: Check
out our recently updated Celebrities
Out and About in New York City. for photos
of The Happening premiere, Spencer Pratt
and Heidi Montag, Mischa Barton, Alicia Keyes and
The Jonas Brothers.
And here is a fun
event for tonight:
Joey Arias and Basil
Twist
"Arias With a Twist"
Wednesday & Thursday @ 9:00 pm
Friday & Saturday @ 9:00 pm & 12:00 midnight
Sunday @ 8:00 pm
June 12 - July 13
HERE Arts Center
Two treasures unleash
their epic imaginations and creative forces to conjure
an intimate modern fantasy. Basil Twist's signature
sights and innovative puppetry unite with Joey Arias'
legendary voice to transport audiences to unpredictable
worlds, channeling ecstatic desires, lavish nightmares
and bizarre premonitions. A feast for the senses
centering on original songs and reinventions of
popular
favorites, this production marks a long-awaited
return to the New York stage for Joey Arias following
a triumphant six-year run in Cirque du Soleil's
"Zumanity" in Las Vegas, with Basil Twist
staging the visual magic for which he is widely
acclaimed. "Arias with a Twist" is a bejeweled
cabinet of curiosities that could only be found
in one of downtown's last enclaves for bohemian
New York style. More info: here.org
Tickets are $35;
specially designated seating is available for $50.
Student/Rush tickets are available for $20 (available
for a 15-minute
period, 1/2 hour before curtain).
Tickets can be purchased
online at www.here.org, by phone at (212)
352-3101 or at the HERE Box Office (open 4:00 pm
until curtain on show
days).
HERE Arts Center
| 145 Sixth Avenue
(Between Spring & Broome; entrance on Dominick)
New York, NY 10013
June
14, 2008

James Bolton's
Dream Boy
Just Published:
Read Frank J. Avella's eighth
Newfest Film Festival review of James
Bolton's Dream Boy. Newfest
runs through June 15, 2008. For more information
about New Fest, log onto: newfest.org.
Also be sure to read Frank's
Newfest Feature Story and his other Newfest
Film Reviews.
Here
is a fun event for tonight:
AIN'T
NUTHIN BUT A HOUSE PARTY
Saturday June 14th, 2008
Union Square Ballroom
Join all of your fellow ... music
lovers, dancers and soulful house heads for another
installment of the PARTY everyone is talking about
@ the Union Square Ballroom
Aint Nuthin But A House Party
... Presents...
A SATURDAY NIGHT HOUSE PARTY ...
with ANBAHP RESIDENT DJ's: Marlon D. & Jellybean
Benitez
Hosted By: Robbi & Evelyn Santos
The vibe begins @ 10pm ... until
Set Times
10 pm until 6 am - Marlon D. & Jellybean Benitez
General Admission: $ 20
ANBAHP Members: $ 10
ANBAHP members are free b4 midnight
Union Square Ballroom|
27 Union Square West
June 14, 2008

Esther Nash
Photo Credit Eliette Pascal
Just Published: Read
Francesca Simon's interview with fashion designer
Esther
Nash of Sex and the City fashion design
fame.
As part of my campaign to feature a little bit of
something for every persuasion, I proudly present:
National Pigeon Day - an
education phenomenon
Friday, June 13 4 - 8 pm
Pilgrim Hill in Central Park
Guest Speakers:
Deacon Joseph Dwyer (Cheri Ami
- The Hero Pigeon)
Karen Davis, Ph.D., President, United Poultry Concerns
Valerie Sicignano, East Coast Director, In Defense
of Animals
Additional speakers will be announced at a later
date.
Speeches, materials distribution,
candlelight prayer service and pigeon shaped cookies.
Learn how carrier pigeons Cher Ami and GI Joe saved
the lives of more than 1,000 men in wartime. Become
part of Project Pigeon Watch and have fun learning
about our fascinating NYC residents.
Information: peopleforpigeons@yahoo.com;
212-369-1293
Blog: www.nationalpigeonday.com
Pilgrim Hill in Central
Park New York, NY
Enter on 5th Avenue @ E. 72nd Street
June 12, 2008
Here is something
really campy and fun for those of you who can make
it out to Coney Island:
BLUE
SUEDE JEWS: A King-Sized Evening of Semitic Entertainment
Thursday June 12th @ 10:00pm
Burlesque at the Beach: 1208 Surf Avenue, Coney
Island, NY
Chosen variety entertainment
with a rockin' twist comes to Coney Island with
an all-star, all-Kosher cast to Burlesque at the
Beach for their unique tribute to Elvis Presley,
Blue Suede Jews.
The King gets Kosher when New York's premiere Jewish
burlesque and variety performers shake, rattle,
and roll their way through everything Elvis. Inspired
by every Elvis incarnation from Sun Records to the
Vegas years; the evening promises to make audiences
stop, look and listen with sideshow thrills, striptease
skills and a song or two along the way. One part
Borscht Belt, one part Memphis Mafia; the cast includes:One
part Borscht Belt, one part Memphis Mafia; the cast
includes: Lady Aye, Minnie Tonka, Darlinda Just
Darlinda, Jonny Porkpie, Precious Little, Bastard
Keith, and Jelvis the Jewish Elvis. Hosted by Adam
the First Real Man.
$10
Burlesque at the Beach |
1208 Surf Avenue, Coney Island, NY
http://www.coneyisland.com/burlesque.shtml

Gustav Hofer & Luca
Ragazzi’s Suddenly,
Last Winter (Improvvisamente l’inverno scorso)
Also Just Published:
Read Frank J. Avella's sixth Newfest Film Festival
review of Gustav
Hofer & Luca Ragazzi’s Suddenly, Last
Winter (Improvvisamente l’inverno scorso).
Newfest runs through June 15, 2008. For more
information about New Fest, log onto: newfest.org.
Also be sure to read Frank's
Newfest Feature Story and his other Newfest
Film Reviews.
June 11, 2008

2008 Puerto Rican Day Parade
Photo Credit Angelo Rivera
Just
Published: See Angelos Rivera's photographs
of the 2008
Puerto Rican Day Parade.

Yair Hochner's Antartica
Also Just Published:
Read Frank J. Avella's sixth
Newfest Film Festival review of Yair
Hochner’s Antarctica. Newfest
runs through June 15, 2008. For more information
about New Fest, log onto: newfest.org.
Also be sure to read Frank's
Newfest Feature Story and his other Newfest
Film Reviews.

Ishah Janssen-Faith and
Jack McGowan in Standing Clear
Photo Credit Kemachat Sirichanvimol
Also Just Published:
Read William S. Gooch's review of the Coffee Cup
Theatre Company's production of Standing
Clear, which is playing at the Access Theater
Company through June 22, 2008.
June 10, 2008

Billy Zoom of X
Just Published:
Read Joshua Williams article
and see Amy Davidson's photographs of the X
Show at the Filmore East.
June 9, 2008
Just Published:
Read Frank J. Avella's aritcle
about Newfest,
The 20th Anniversay New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual
and Transgender Film Festival and read his reviews
of some of the films.
June 8, 2008

Slovenia Concert
Photo Credit Allison Lucas
Just Published:
Read Mindy Hyman's article
and see Allison Lucas' photographs of the Slovenia
Concert at Town Hall.

Amber Valetta
©
Wild1 / PR Photos
Check out our recently
updated Celebrities
Out and About in New York City for photographs
of: Julia Roberts; Sandra Bullock; Ja Rule; Ashanti;
Taylor Hicks; Rosario Dawson; Denzel Washington;
Former Vice President Albert Gore; and all of the
fashion designers and celebrities at the Council
of Fashion Desginers Awards Gala at the New York
Public Library.
Here
is an interesting event for tonight:
SUNDAYS AT SEVEN @ THE IRISH
ARTS CENTER
June 8 @ 7:00 PM
Irish Arts Center
Sundays at Seven has hosted
some of New York's best comics and musicians on
the second Sunday of every month! Producers Ann
Design and Fiona Walsh assemble comedy's rising
stars, including performers from The Sopranos, Comedy
Central, David Letterman, Conan O'Brien, as well
as overseas performers.
The season close out features:
Andy Pitz
Christian Finnegan
Kambri Crews
Ellen Karis
Leah Dubie
Music by Enda Keegan
$10 General Sale/ $8 Irish Arts Center members.
Get your tickets at the door!
Irish Arts Center | 553
West 51st Street
New York, NY 10019
Political
Talk: For those of you who may have missed
the speech, The
Washington Post has indepth coverage of Senator
Hillary Clinton's speech yesterday where she endored
Senatroa Barack Obam for President of the United
States. See this quote: ""We may have
started on separate journeys, but today our paths
have merged."
I was (am) a Clinton supporter
but totally agree with what Clinton said in her
speech yesterday: "When you hear people saying,
or think to yourself, 'if only' or 'what if,' I
say -- please don't go there," Clinton said.
"Every moment wasted looking back keeps us
from moving forward."
She continued:
"Life is too short, time is too precious, and
the stakes are too high to dwell on what might have
been. We have to work together for what still can
be. And that is why I will work my heart out to
make sure that Senator Obama is our next president,
and I hope and pray that all of you will join me
in that effort."

Senator Barack Obama
© Erik Kabik / PR Photos
Wendy:
Our country simply cannot afford another four years
of a Republican administration. We must get out
of this war honorably, start balancing our checkbook,
fix the health care system and restore our reputation
abroad. So Go Obama! Onward to November!
June 7, 2008

Just Published:
My interview with Sergei
Bodrov, the director of Mongol which opened
yesterday, June 6, 2008.
Here is an interesting
exhibit for today:

Here
is another interesting event for today:
New Design High
School presents
KRUSH GROOVE 2008
FUNDRAISE THE ROOF!
Saturday, June 7, 2008 1:00pm - 11:00pm
Krush Groove 2008 is a benefit
for New Design High School art integration programs.
Krush Groove will combine music, art, dance, food
and film to create an outdoor community festival
on our very own city block rooftop.
The New Design High School (NDHS) is a small academic
high school that serves the varied needs of students
from all over New York City . Located on the lower
east side of Manhattan , NDHS offers students rigorous
and literacy-based instruction. Additionally, we
utilize the design process to teach creation, revision,
and presentation in many areas. Our student-centered
model of education supports the intellectual, social,
emotional and artistic growth of each student. Through
a commitment to the visual and design arts students
develop the imaginative, creative and intellectual
capacities to question, think deeply, take risks
and express their ideas.
Hosted by: Fab 5
Freddy & M'tume Gant
Special Performances by: Andrew Thompson, Ase Dance
Company, Kahlil Almustafa, Julia Ahumada Grob, New
Design Music Production Students and many more.....
Dance Party Sounds by: Dj Chela, Dj Cato, Scientific,
Gaslamp Killah, Dj Rabbi Darkside and New Design
Turntablists!
Live Mural Art Wokshops! Live Screen Printing by
Fresthetic & 1 Soul Designs! Food and beverages
by Twilight Cafe!
Open Road Skate park open from 1:30-3:30pm!
Rooftop Movie Theatre sponsored by Rooftop Films
Short films by Clenched Fist Productions, NDHS Film
Students & other awesome independent filmmakers!
For more info check out www.rooftopfilms.com
Admission: $5 for youth with school ID $15 -$25
sliding scale admission donation! All proceeds of
the event benefit New Design High School Art integration
programs.
In honor of the event,
your participation and all of our sponsors hard
work and dedication we would like to invite you
to the KRUSH GROOVE AFTER-PARTY for the 21+ and
over: NO COVER CHARGE!
Gallery Bar is located at 120 Orchard Street at
Delancey.
No cover charge 21+ over with ID
All proceeds will benefit
New Design High School Art Integration Programs!
New Design High School|
350 Grand Street
Between Essex and Ludlow
June 6, 2008
Here is a fun event
for late tonight:

Here is an fun event
for tonight:

Rattrap Bumpkin
Friday June 6th, 2008 @ 10PM
Connolly's Klub 45 - Third Floor
Check out their sound on
myspace:
www.myspace.com/rattrapbumpkin
Cost: $10
Age: 21+
Connolly's Klub 45|
121 west 45th St
(btw 6th ave and Broadway)

Tadanobu Asano and Khulan
Chuluun in Mongol
Photo Credit Alexander Zabrin
Just Published:
Read my review of Sergei Bodrov's film Mongol,
which tells the story of the early years of Genghis
Kahn. Mongol opens today, June, 6, 2008 at the Landmark's
Sunshine Cinema at 143 East Houston Street, New
York and the Lincoln Plaza Cinemas, Broadway Between
62nd and 63rd, New York.
Here is another fun event for
tonight:
Rooftop
Films' Opening Night "This is What We Mean
by Short Films"
Friday, June 6th. 8PM-Late
The Open Road Rooftop Project at New Design High
School
Every year, Rooftop Films kicks
off the summer with a program of short films that
represent the very best work being done all over
the world. Usually organized
around a theme, these shorts include world premieres,
new works by long-time professionals and first time
amateur filmmakers, and festival award winners from
across the globe. Pre-Show Music: Sound Fix presents
Dirty on Purpose. After Party at Fontanas. For more
information visit: www.rooftopfilms.com
Tickets $8. For tickets visit www.going.com
The Open Road Rooftop Project
at New Design High
School (LES) 350 Grand Street between Essex and
Ludlow
June
5, 2008

Senator Hillary Clinton
© Janet Mayer / PR Photos
Political Talk:
I just received this email
from the Hillary Clinton Campaign:
"I wanted you
to be one of the first to know: on Saturday, I will
hold an event in Washington D.C. to thank everyone
who has supported my campaign. Over the course of
the last 16 months, I have been privileged and touched
to witness the incredible dedication and sacrifice
of so many people working for our campaign. Every
minute you put into helping us win, every dollar
you gave to keep up the fight meant more to me than
I can ever possibly tell you.
On Saturday, I will extend my
congratulations to Senator Obama and my support
for his candidacy. This has been a long and hard-fought
campaign, but as I have always said, my differences
with Senator Obama are small compared to the differences
we have with Senator McCain and the Republicans.
I have said throughout the campaign
that I would strongly support Senator Obama if he
were the Democratic Party's nominee, and I intend
to deliver on that promise.
When I decided to run for president,
I knew exactly why I was getting into this race:
to work hard every day for the millions of Americans
who need a voice in the White House.
I made you -- and everyone who
supported me -- a promise: to stand up for our shared
values and to never back down. I'm going to keep
that promise today, tomorrow, and for the rest of
my life.
I will be speaking on Saturday
about how together we can rally the party behind
Senator Obama. The stakes are too high and the task
before us too important to do otherwise.
I know as I continue my lifelong
work for a stronger America and a better world,
I will turn to you for the support, the strength,
and the commitment that you have shown me in the
past 16 months. And I will always keep faith with
the issues and causes that are important to you.
In the past few days, you have
shown that support once again with hundreds of thousands
of messages to the campaign, and again, I am touched
by your thoughtfulness and kindness.
I can never possibly express my
gratitude, so let me say simply, thank you.
Sincerely,
Hillary Rodham Clinton"
Senator Clinton fought a courageous battle to win
the Democratic nomination for President of the United
States, winning my heart and my support. But she
had a formidable and oustanding opponent in Senator
Barack Obama and as Senator Clinton just said, "my
differences with Senator Obama are small compared
to the differences we have with Senator McCain and
the Republicans."
Agreed!

Senator Barack Obama
© Erik Kabik / PR Photos
Now is the time to unite behind
a candidate who can go to Washington and make the
changes that need to be made. So go Obama! We've
got your back!

Liza Lentini
Just
Published: Read Elias Stimac's interview
with playwright Liza
Lentini who has one play play currently running
at PS122 and two plays in the line up for this summer's
Fringe Festival.
June 4, 2008

Mrs. Eugenia Stinson
Mother of a Gun Shot Victim
Photo Credit Angelo Rivera
Just Published:
Read my article and see Angelo
Rivera's photographs of the Stop
the Violence Press Conference held by community
activists and mothers of some of the victims of
the Marcus Garvey Park Memorial Day shootings.
June 3, 2008

Saved
Photo Credit Joan Marcus
Just Published:
Read Frank J. Avella's review
of the musical Saved,
which opened today at Playwrights Horizons.

Bo Didley Poster at BB King's
Photo Credit Angelo Rivera
Rock legend Bo Didley
died yesterday, June 2, 2008 (see article in the
Washington
Post). Didley made a powerful contribution to
the world of rock music and in honor of his passing
let's all sing out, "Heyyyyy, Bo Diddley."
Here is an interesting
event for tonight:

June 2, 2008

STEiNUNN
Photo Credit Mary Blanco
Just Published:
Read my article about and
see Mary Blanco's photographs of the fashions of
STEiNUNN.

Yves Saint Laurent
© Pixplanete / PR Photos
Fashion Designer
Yves Saint Laurent died yesterday, June 1, 2008.
He was seventy-one. There is a beautiful article
in the Washington
Post about Saint Laurent and his work titled
"Apreciation - He Put a Swagger In Women's
Steps." Rest in peace to a true artistic genius.

Senator Hillary Clinton
© Janet Mayer / PR Photos
Political
Talk: Hillary Clinton won the Puerto Rican
primary with a resounding victory. Senator Clinton
says that she will stay in this race until the end
of the primaries regardless of the hand wringing
of all the (mostly male) Democratic political sages
and the talking heads on 24-hour TV (who seem to
intensely dislike her). If Clinton pulls this one
off, it will be one for the history books and her
courageous and relentless campaign will (and has)
become a story that women can tell their daughters
as they sit around the campfires of life.
To quote Sam in the
Lord of the Rings Trilogy (the film): "It's
like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo, the ones that
really mattered......... Folks in those stories
had lots of chances in turning back only they didn't.
They kept going because they were holding onto something."
And regardless of
who is the eventual Democratic nominee, Senator
Barack Obama or Senator Hilllary Clinton, either
one will be a more formidable candidate against
McCain, becuase the winner has marched victorious
through such a grueling campaign, a campaign where
they both had a chance to show that he or she has
the "right stuff."
June 1, 2008

Usher
© Janet Mayer / PR Photos
Just Updated: Check
out our updated Celebrities
Out and About in New York City for photos of
Usher, the Sex and the City premiere, Jo
Jo, Ashanti, and the American Idol "Davids."
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