Coney Island. Baby!
Up at Lou's Fish
A Documentary about the Fulton Fish Market and its Demise.
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A Scandal at The Opera- By Jonathan Leaf |
Witchcraft on 23rd & 5th- By Jake Siegel |
Rome Unit 1- By Roy WIlliam Scranton |
THE ARCH Introduces COMICS!- Wondermark by Davis Malki & Fanny by Alex Brook Lynn |
Friday, March 13, 2009 at 10:30AM We'll begin at what is, in some ways, the beginning. There are certain buildings which are so iconic, so anchored in our collective understanding of New York that we can't conceive of anything standing there before. But, of course, it wouldn't be New York if an earlier building hadn't been razed, with dollar signs dancing in the heads of the destroyers.
Elizabeth Ralston, Zack Intrater tagged Heere Gracht, NYC history, broad st, stock exchange Friday, March 13, 2009 at 10:17AM Opera is based on myths, and one of the operative myths of the opera world today is that theater director Mary Zimmerman is a combination of Lucrezia Borgia and the anti-christ.
When I saw the homeless man casting something out on the corner of 23rd St. and 5th Ave. I slowed down but kept walking. He was throwing change at a cab idling on the street in front of him. I moved west towards the subway figuring that he had some quarrel with the cab driver. When the cab pulled away he didn’t stop. There was no traffic close enough for him to hit; quarters landed near the middle of the road a few feet from the eastbound cars waiting for their light. I decided to go back and talk to him, he was down to throwing nickels and I remembered who he was.
Over a decade ago a good friend of mine started playing online poker. Despite being an avid poker player myself, I was skeptical. Was it safe? Wouldn't it be easy for players to cheat? Could you trust the shuffle? How would you get money on and off the site? Was it even legal? Lacking clear answers to these questions, I put off playing online for several years. Unfortunately, these questions remain unanswered, leaving many who would enjoy online poker afraid to participate while those who choose to play must accept the legal risks as an added cost of entry.
Paul Christopher Hoppe, Politics, The Gaming Life tagged UIGEA, gambling, online poker, poker Friday, March 6, 2009 at 6:45AM But Poker players are gamblers, if occasionally highly skilled ones, and like entertainers and politicians, they are a superstitious and cowardly bunch, with little idea how to account for the role they play in their own successes and failures.
Harry Siegel, The Gaming Life tagged atlantic city, gambling, poker Thursday, March 5, 2009 at 10:53AM The Arch presents a follow up to "Moving Pictures Move Out of NY"
Yesterday’s press conference at Kaufman Astoria studios in Queens, held by a collection of union and studio representatives, tried to rally support for keeping the New York State Film and TV tax incentive program fully funded and at 30%. The conference took place on the set of ‘Life On Mars’, a new TV show set in early 1970s New York. Standing on the set evoked grim parallels between the economic climate of then and now.
Alex Brook Lynn, Elizabeth Ralston, Politics, The Arts tagged Albany, New York State, filmmaking, movies, tax incentives Tuesday, March 3, 2009 at 1:52AM 
