A weeks-long tribute to Max Von Sydow concludes at BAM with a screening of Never Say Never Again, the Bond flick in which the forbidding Swede faces off against an aging Sean Connery over a hijacked nuclear warhead; this good-bad slice of cheese may not exactly be The Seventh Seal, but last night’s von Sydow Read More
We thought ladies’ lunches were the province of the warmer months—when you just can’t wait to sneak away from the office (or the manse) for a cool glass of white wine and some cursory salmon destined to be left uneaten—but the Muse Awards are proving us wrong. This ceremony honoring women in the entertainment industry Read More
The New York City Mission Society is celebrating its 200th birthday tonight—and with age comes a few privileges, like getting distinguished guests to join in your cause. Legendary actress Cicely Tyson (who’s bound for Broadway in an upcoming The Trip to Bountiful revival), the Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III, philanthropist Jean Shafiroff and former Read More
For those families who’ve already gone and seen the Rockettes, Mummenschanz is to provide a terrifying dose of surrealism, just in time for the holidays. Mummenschanz, the Swiss troupe famed for truly trippy masks and shapes (think: dancers who look like giant Slinkys, or who hold the components of a floating, disembodied face), has returned Read More
Lifetime achievement awards usually go to those who are, well, fairly far along in a lengthy lifetime of achievements. Not that he hasn’t done a lot in his career, but should we be worried about Hugh Jackman’s health? Read More
Portland—the one in the Northwest, not the one to our north where our friends have that charming beach house—is a little like Brooklyn and a little like a nursery school full of adults. Or at least that’s what we’ve been led to believe from two seasons of Portlandia, the sketch show that takes on Oregonian hipster/layabout culture, from its obsession with organics (we East Coast urbanites can relate!) to its disdain for anything even remotely corporate (what are they talking about?!). Read More
Tonight, a group of actors will celebrate the season with a show that benefits their colleagues. The cabaret Feinstein’s at Loews Regency puts on “My Gift of Thanks,” a revue of holiday songs performed by past Broadway players from A Little Night Music, Million Dollar Quartet and little cheerleading-musical-that-could Bring It On. Read More
It’s a big day for the city’s pampered pups—and the very social humans who love them! The Santa Paws event at the Ink48 Hotel will give dachshunds and schnauzers alike the chance to bond with Kris Kringle and ask the jolly gift-giver, in woofs and whimpers, to bring that special collar on the 25th… Read More
The New Yorker writer on trends in neuroscience who didn’t get in trouble this year continues to rake in the speaking engagements: Malcolm Gladwell drops by the Tropfest Roughcut Symposium today, a daylong event at which various notables discuss the art of film. Speakers joining Mr. Gladwell include Sofia Coppola’s film editor Sarah Flack and movie star Liev Schreiber (to either or both of whom Mr. Gladwell should talk about adapting some of his well-crafted anecdotes into a movie), as well as film criticism icon Lisa Schwarzbaum … Read More
Amid constant rumors about random pairs of major publishers merging, we’ve never felt more confused about the state of the industry. Tonight’s panel discussion at the Center for Jewish History won’t shed much new light on the matter, but at least it will remind us of the industry’s glorious history. Read More
