December 2009
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Diddy Pays for Your New Year’s Cab Ride to the...
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The city didn’t go for Sean Combs’ offer to donate $1 to local charities if they refashioned the New Year’s Eve ball to resemble “the blue stone of Ciroc,” a vodka he promotes. So now[,] he’s offering free cab rides to New Year’s Eve drunks. He will work with the [NYC] Taxi and Limousine Commission to have teams distribute debit cards, good for one taxi fare up to $15, in Times...
Lower East Side Reborn (as a Fat Baby) →
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In his latest online article for Black Book magazine, Brian Van Nieuwenhoven offers some tips on what to avoid and where to go when you’re on the Lower East Side in Manhattan.
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The Consortium List Recommends (Week of December...
It’s the week after the long Christmas holiday and right before New Year’s Eve, so it’s a little bit quieter than usual, but here are a few suggestions to keep you busy before you don your 2010 glasses:
After Work Cocktails with (free) Live Jazz: Tuesday night, 6:30 PM, Empire Hotel Roof Lounge and Terrace (Stay warm by the fire while you sip a $7 Cosmo and listen to The...
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WatchHere’s to hoping that my next trip to the Metropolitan Opera will also be one where my friend Abigail Wright is on stage. In the meantime, I shall have to merely watch videos like these of her previous performances.
[Editor’s Note: Mezzo Soprano Abigail Wright and Baritone Darren Perry at the Maryland Opera Studio’s November 2006 performance of Don Giovanni. Directed by Leon...
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The Consortium List Recommends (Week of December...
With the Christmas Holiday only a few days away, it’s a quieter week, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t make any suggestions about what you could do if you’re on vacation like me or still stuck at the office:
I’m leaving on a jet plane…: Monday night, 7:30 PM, 675 (Blogger Sarah Merion will be heading off to Buenos Aires in the new year; stop by and wish her well...
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Carrot Throws Holiday Party with Drinks, Pool
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Now, if Digital Dumbo was like this every month, it would be pretty much near impossible to get me to leave Brooklyn.
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Philip Langridge talks about reprising his role as... →
Clearly an audience favorite based on the applause he received, Phillip Langridge was interviewed by an in-house editor for the Playbill distributed before the curtain went up on Hansel & Gretel last night. Thought you might be interested in reading his thoughts on the role.
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The Consortium List Recommends (Week of December...
Ready for the third round of holiday parties and other such events this week? Here are a few suggestions.
Third Annual Contacts & Cocktails Holiday Party: Tuesday night, 6:30 PM, Empire Hotel Roof Lounge and Terrace (Enjoy live jazz and your first peppermint martini of the evening on the house.)
Twitter Reading Series: Tuesday night, 9 PM, RF Lounge (This is the first installment of a new...
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WatchErin & Her Cello’s first music video. It’s for the song On My Stoop. Their Teensy Tiny Holiday Show, by the way, will be on Wednesday, December 16, from 10 to 10:30 PM at Hugs in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood. Hugs is located at 106 North Sixth Street between Wythe Avenue and Berry Street.
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The Consortium List Recommends (Week of December...
It’s the second week of holiday-party season. Had enough yet? Kidding. Here are a few after-work options for this week.
Boxee Beta Unveiling: Monday night, 7 PM, Music Hall of Williamsburg (Online media provider Boxee will demo the new beta version, launch new applications from the company’s partners, and provide attendees with a chance to test the beta version will in advance of...
