By Drew Grant 10/12/11 3:26pm

Events

John Lithgow reads poems to Bill Moyers

Bill Moyers and John Lithgow Get Raunchy at the New York Public Library

“Was it hard?” Bill Moyers asked John Lithgow. He was either referring to the actor performing naked in his first Tony Award-winning role in The Changing Room, or to a body part which Mr. Lithgow had exposed to shocked Broadway theater-goers at the ripe age of 27.

If it wasn’t for the serious pseudo-sexual vibes the esteemed men were giving off at the New York Public Library’s event yesterday evening we might have been less interested in the sycophantic reminiscing. But this was just weird. Read More

By Felix Gillette 4/25/07 9:33pm

Tonight: Buying the War, 9 P.M., PBS

In the fall of 2002, during the run up to the war in Iraq, Oprah Winfrey devoted a portion of one of her shows to answering a pressing international question. Do the Iraqi people want America to liberate them from Saddam Hussein?

Ms. Winfrey posed the question to Entifadh Qanbar, a spokesperson for the Iraqi Read More

By Staff 2/01/07 4:40pm

The Afternoon Wrap: Thursday

  • When the New York Historical Society took its (two) mighty renovation plans to the public last night, man-of-the-people Bill Moyers stood up to the NYHS. Representing his Central Park West posse, Mr. Moyers said he’ll support the museum’s plans only if there isn’t a hi-rise condo involved. Uptown drama! [Curbed]
  • From Pittsburg Read More

    • By Terry Golway 4/09/01 12:00am

    Chemical Reactions: Where’s the Outrage?

    The flowers, red and white and placed in a neat row, had

    name tags attached to their stems: Rose Friedman and Israel Rosen; Shafur Banu

    and Shrina Begum. Almost a week had passed since a few hardy souls gathered for

    one of New York’s quiet rites of spring-the commemoration of the Triangle

    Shirtwaist fire-but the Read More