The Pierre Hotel on the Upper East Side offers a truly full-on elegant stay. Photo via thepierreny.com Hotels for Visiting Friends and Family You dearly love your living space, of course. Unintended drama ensues when cousins come in from Philly to see the shows or... News 26 Dec 2022 | 10:09
Joan Baez and Bob Dylan performing at the March on Washington in August 1963. Photo: Rowland Scherman, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons The Enduring Power of Bob Dylan’s ‘Hard Rain’ Sixty years ago, Russia was causing global paranoia and observers fretted that the planet was on the verge of a third world... Voices 26 Oct 2022 | 12:20
Woody Guthrie in 1943. Photo: Library of Congress, via Wikimedia Commons Woody Guthrie’s Land is Our Land I liked the way he played and sang. And I liked the things he said when he sang ... I was like a Woody Guthrie jukebox. I... City Arts 15 Jan 2022 | 06:03
Restaurateur Shelly Fireman. Photo: Rose Callahan Ringing in the New Year with the Man Behind Manhattan Hot Spots If you live in Manhattan, chances are you’ve eaten at one of Shelly Fireman’s restaurants. The famed restauranteur has given... News 23 Dec 2021 | 11:07
An album Bob Dylan wrote and recorded in New York. Photo: Jon Friedman Bob Dylan, 80 Years (Forever) Young – and Still Mr. New York The Village Voice was pondering what, back in September of 2017, was feared to be its final edition. The quintessential New... Voices 07 May 2021 | 01:53
Photo courtesy of Bob Gruen A Life of Chronicling Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll Bob Gruen says he has been thinking of writing a memoir for 50 years. Now 74, and with the help of journalist Dave Thompson,... News 17 Mar 2021 | 12:38
Zoom with Benefits For the past 11 months, I’ve taught college classes thanks to Zoom on topics as diverse as, well, diversity and inclusion... Education Guide 22 Feb 2021 | 02:45
“Resembling a cross between a choir boy and a beatnik, Mr. Dylan has a cherubic look and a mop of tousled hair he partly covers with a Huck Finn black corduroy cap,” wrote Robert Shelton, music critic for The New York Times. Photo: Jon Friedman When Bob Dylan Came to New York City Sixty years ago, the times were a-changin’. On Jan. 20, 1961, the dashing John F. Kennedy placed his hand on a Bible and duly... Voices 27 Jan 2021 | 03:49
Camille A. Brown, a Tony-nominated choreographer, was preparing for a Broadway revival of "Aida." ( Photo via camilleabrown.org ) Dreams Deferred Erika Henningsen walked away from a key role in “Mean Girls” on Broadway to take a smaller one in a new Lincoln Center show... News 26 May 2020 | 01:48
The Beacon Theatre. ( Photo: Courtesy of MSG.) Arts & Culture Best Non-Touristy Museum THE JEWISH MUSEUM 1109 Fifth Ave. 212-423-3200 www.thejewishmuseum.org Visitors may follow their guidebooks... Best of Manhattan 03 Dec 2019 | 02:22
Bob Dylan Missed a Lively Talk in Stuy Town It’s really too bad that music legend Bob Dylan was away on tour when I gave a talk about him a few weeks ago in Stuyvesant... News 22 Nov 2019 | 05:12
Big Pink, The Band's first album, released in 1968,, featured cover art by Bob Dylan. ( Photo: David Noonan) Robbie Robertson Has His Say I’m going to write something unpopular right here about the story of The Band, one of the most beloved groups in rock and... City Arts 11 Nov 2019 | 03:05
WBAI: The Soul of the City People still remember the time that Bob Dylan and some pals – one sporting “suede shades” – crashed Bob Fass’s radio show... Voices 08 Oct 2019 | 10:07
Big Pink, 2013 ( Photo: bobistraveling, via flickr) Woodstock Sojourn: A Day of Peace, Love and Music "No!" The waitress at the Woodstock Pizza Theater could not have been more emphatic as she shot down my statement that it... Columns 02 Aug 2019 | 12:41
Scene from Martin Scorsese’s “The Irishman.” Photo: Niko Tavernise-Netflix Hometown Launch By JAKE COYLE, AP Film Writer Martin Scorsese's big-budget mafia epic "The Irishman" will premiere as the opening night film... City Arts 02 Aug 2019 | 11:57
