From March 25-31, 30 dancing horses by soundsuit creator and performance artist Nick Cave prance around for 15 minutes at 11am and 2pm in the Vanderbilt Hall of Grand Central Terminal (Station) as part of the station’s centennial celebrations. Continue reading »
Category Archives: U.S. Travel
Diner en Blanc: Parisian Pop-up Picnickining en Masse
It’s the afternoon rush hour in New York City. Most people are heading home. Thirty-two hundred others have made Superman-style changes into all-white outfits at their office building restrooms or the gym to attend Diner en Blanc (White Dinner), an elegant Parisian pop-up picnic held at a secret city location. Continue reading »
Ronnybrook Farm Dairy: Got Milk?
For three generations, the men and women of the Osofsky family have been running Ronnybrook Farm Dairy on an expansive plot of land caught between the Catskill and Berkshire Mountains, two hours northeast of New York City. Continue reading »
Speed Roommating: A Girl Walks Into a Bar…
By Carey Reed Zamarriego Two smiling faces greet me and a handful of others as we file into the 2nd floor bar of Hell’s Kitchen Irish Pub, Gossip Bar. I listen to the SpeedRoommating instructions, as they’re being given to a woman in front of me. Give your name (participants must book a space for … Continue reading »
Coming Out Muslim: The Door to a Conversation
By Carey Reed Zamarriego “Success is them [my parents] knowing I’m not who they wanted and I am still invited home,” shares Wazina Zondon, one of two principal storysharers of Coming Out Muslim: Radical Acts of Love, a performance piece about people being at the intersections of Islam and querness. It’s also one of many … Continue reading »
Drinks Theater: New World Stages NYC
By Carey Reed Zamarriego ‘Create’ wall honoring Jonathan Larson at New World Stages. “Grab a drink and take it to your seat,” written in white chalk and accompanied by a colorful cocktail drawing on a sandwich board greets attendees to shows at the New World Stages. It’s a surprising and lovely welcome in stark contrast … Continue reading »