Fans of the pre-grunge Seattle indie band Young Fresh Fellows will rejoice tonight alongside the junior-society set at the annual Young Fellows black-tie ball, which is themed “Dance of Time” and sponsored by Donna Karan. The highbrow-yet-beautiful steering committee includes author Lesley M.M. Blume, Lydia Fenet and Sara Gilbane Sullivan, along with a benefit committee Read More
Wednesday, July 6
Curb Appeal
Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm may be our favorite fish-out-of-water tale ever, and one of the main reasons we still subscribe to HBO (that and True Blood). It’s like seven seasons of that scene in Annie Hall where Alvy Singer goes out west and tries coke. (Ah-choo!) Now the Read More
The Neue Galerie’s permanent collection is stuffed with lovely things. It has cafe chairs that can’t be sat on, cabinets that can’t be opened, and coffee cups which have been dry for decades. But in these galleries, where time seems to have stopped in 1933, the clocks are still ticking.
The Neue’s Otto Dix spectacular Read More
There’s nothing quite like gazing at an Impressionist exhibit to the mellow sound of “Mommmm, can we go yet?” Any parent who has tried to instill love of art and culture into children knows it can be a challenge. Luckily, many New York City museums have special programs aimed for children.
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Inge Reist’s father was not interested in the subject of money. A medievalist in the comp lit department at Columbia, he reserved a “certain disdain for business and the stock market,” according to his daughter, and preferred instead to spend his time thinking about more meaningful things. “I think,” Ms. Reist said, “it was just Read More
Vice chairman of Sotheby’s George Wachter and software executive Aso O. Tavitian will serve on the Frick Collection’s board of trustees, according to the New York Sun.
They report:
Mr. Tavitian was the co-founder and chief executive officer of Syncsort Inc., a company that makes data management software. He has also Read More
