There was plenty of eye candy at the School of American Ballet’s annual Winter Ball, held last week in the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center. Jaw-dropping dames lounged beside palm trees, plucking instruments’ strings. Models posed for the shutterbugs, blinged out in Van Cleef & Arpels jewelry. But the Transom had eyes for Read More
Wealth managers Alexandra Lebenthal and Michelle Smith know when to hold ’em and know when to fold ’em, and they host a quarterly women’s poker club to show off exactly how good they are at high-stakes betting. Among their fellow poker players, who find Maserati of Manhattan a more relaxing and pleasant staging ground than Read More
I must say that the Lincoln Center Festival got off to a sticky start this summer. Venturing into the bowels of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice to find the theater there doesn’t help much, even when Mikhail Baryshnikov is appearing. “Criminal Justice” puts a damper on things. Perhaps it’s me, but I always Read More
Cranky Dancer
The chill in the air in Mikhail Baryshnikov’s Upper West Side apartment came from more than the sparsely decorated walls.
Although he is turning 50 on Jan. 25, Mr. Baryshnikov got very defensive when, during an interview on Jan. 9, The Transom asked him about the prospect of his retirement. “It’s Read More
Affordable Housing or Lack Thereof
