Anthony Prozzi is Senior Interior Designer at Ford Motor Co. He’ll be participating in the Anatomy of Fashion panel at the inaugural State of Style Summit on February 7 at 92YTribeca. Kicking off New York Fashion Week, State of Style Summit – presented by 92Y, StyleCaster Media Group and by Ford - is packed with amazing panels; check out the full schedule here.
Prozzi was gracious enough to participate in the 92Y Culture Klatsch Q&A. What kind of radio does he listen to? “101.9, Detroit’s NPR all day, and late weekend nights I come across something broadcasting from the University of Windsor, Canada.” Read more below.
Where do you go for news when you start your day? The New York Times app from my iphone; followed by a multitude of texts and emails from some very well read friends.
How much do you use Twitter and Facebook (or other social networking services)?
I’m not one to “ tweet .” I’m not the best facebooker either. I prefer my privacy, but when I took first place in a skating championship it felt good to post and hear congrats from my friends around the globe.
Or more precisely, our screening of Coogan’s Bluff last Friday was brilliant/lowbrow, according to New York magazine’s Approval Matrix. “Clint Eastwood,” they wrote, “wasn’t always just a middling director whose movies require night-vision goggles.” See it large here.
Daytime: Family of Freedom: Presidents and African Americans in the White House with Kenneth T. Walsh: Hear the remarkable behind-the-scenes story of the intertwined relationships be-tween presidents and the African Americans who have worked in the White House and been integral to its operation.
Film: Dead End: Hoodlums and Heartbreak in Old New York!
Thu, Feb 2
Daytime: Extreme Weather: Remember the August earthquake and Hurricane Irene? Meteorologist Bonnie Schneider reports on these and other natural disasters—from flash floods and tsunamis to snowstorms and tornadoes—and explains when they’re likely to strike and how we need to respond.
The Story Collider: Join The Story Collider and the New York Academy of Sciences February 2 for six personal, comedic stories by and about science teachers.
Fri, Feb 3
Film: Some Kind of Wonderful with actress Mary Stuart Masterson in person for post-screening Q&A, moderated by Salon’s Mary Elizabeth Williams.
Daytime: New York Diaries: 1609 - 2009 with Teresa Carpenter. Take a fresh look at the history of NYC over the past four hundred years through the writing of the extraordinary people who’ve lived in or visited Manhattan.
Tue, Jan 24
Daytime: Sister Act Songs and Talk-Back with the cast. Members of the cast of Sister Act (Jerry Zaks, Carolee Carmello and Patina Miller with Adam Feldman), the high-energy Broadway musical comedy, sing favorite songs and talk about what it’s like to bring to life this inspiring story of sisterhood and friendship.
Classes: Developing An Illustrated Children’s Book: Getting Started with Ted Enik. Learn how to begin, develop, polish and pitch a successful children’s book from an industry insider.
Film: The Telephone Book with producer Merv Bloch in person for post-screening Q&A with Janus Films Brian Belovarc. This is a super rare 35mm film screening of a forgotten classic from the New York Underground!
92YU: Examined Lives: Socrates to Nietzsche with James Miller. This program includes a round-table lunch discussion with the speaker immediately following the talk.
Comedy: Story Pirates After Dark. Story Pirates don’t dress as pirates or make anybody walk the plank, but they do steal: they take their inspiration from kids themselves, creating an entire show adapted from stories penned by authors under the age of twelve.
Film: VHS Trailer Show 3: Another round of trailers directly off of VHS tapes!
Daytime: On Edward Durell Stone: A Son’s Untold Story with Hicks Stone. The son of architect Edward Durell Stone, a controversial figure in 20th century architecture, explores his father’s complex and often turbulent life.
Comedy: The Liar Show: at the Liar Show, five writers and comedians tell short, personal stories that will make you laugh (and probably make you glad you don’t live with them).
Daytime: On J.D. Salinger: A Life: biographer Kenneth Slawenski sheds new light on the life and times of this reclusive, brilliant author.
Film: Bad Movie Night: 12 Rounds: starting with the most illogical chase scene in film history, Renny Harlin’s 12 Rounds gets bigger, dumber and funner by the minute.
Daytime: Reinvent at Any Age: Perhaps you wonder if this is all there is? Maybe you’re stuck in the status quo of how things are. This workshop helps you repurpose and reinvent at any age or under any circumstance.
92YU: Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch with Sally Bedell Smith. Coinciding with Queen Elizabeth’s 60th year on the throne, Sally Bedell Smith spotlights the most prominent monarch of our day.
Comedy: The Daily Show Live: Stand-up Comedy from The Daily Show‘s Staff. Scheduled guests include Executive Producer Rory Albanese along with Adam Lowitt, Jenna Kim Jones, Hallie Haglund and more. And you never know who might drop in! [SOLD OUT]
Fri, Jan 14
Daytime: On Cecil Beaton: The New York Years with Donald Albrecht, curator of architecture and design for the Museum of the City of New York. Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at the legendary photographer’s life in NYC.
Chicago-based songwriter Daniel Knox will be at 92YTribeca on January 25 for the world premiere of his new long-form composition based on the photographs of fellow Chicagoan John Atwood. The pieces, titled John Atwood: Black & Whites, will be performed by piano, voice, bass, horns, strings, accordion and percussion, and set to projected images.
Fans of Daniel Knox and those who want to hear his music should sign up for his mailing list. He’ll send you a free mp3.
Read below to learn more about Knox, by way of his answers to the 92Y Culture Klatsch Questionnaire. For example, you’ll learn he’s skeptical of most news sources. “There’s no real source I trust,” he told us, “beyond the simple facts of who is dead, pregnant, or at war.” And he used to like hanging out in coffee shops when he wanted to “disconnect”. But now, “they’re more like weird singles clubs where you have to listen to some asshole’s indie-rock mixtape.”
Where do you go for news when you start your day? Slashfilm.com, Gawker.com, Jezebel.com and Dlisted.com. I only read gossip and entertainment news. The rest of the world’s happenings usually show up clogging my Twitter and Facebook pages. There’s no real source I trust for any of that beyond the simple facts of who is dead, pregnant, or at war.
What are your favorite websites? Vimeo, Twin Peaks Archive and Soundcloud. And I visit the University of California’s Wax Cylinder Archive a lot. I go there and type in random words and just see what comes up. It’s a massive archive and all the music on there is interesting for one reason or another. Mostly I love how excited everyone sounds to be hearing themselves at all.
How much do you use Twitter and Facebook (or other social networking services)?
More than I’d care to. Facebook is like a miserable human experiment that’s mostly made me feel worse about who my friends are. When you give people the chance to say shit to everyone they know at the same time you just get a lot of people posing and and acting like the person they want you to think they are.
As a performer it’s essential and really helpful because people always know what I’m up to, and it’s a good way to sort of test people’s interest in things and see how word spreads. But it’s also an easy way to find yourself giving a shit about things that aren’t important. Twitter is much more interesting because it’s instant and public and you aren’t given the space to ramble on. But I’m sure they’ll find a way to change that.
The Moon’s Multi-Denominational Year-End Celebration: The Moon returns to 92YTribeca with an over-the-top edition of their popular variety show, featuring a live house band, videos, cartoons, musical numbers, good cheer, exclusive prizes and a thrilling storyline to tie it all together.
Jewish Life: Beer + Latke Hanukkah Celebration: Rabbi-in-Residence Dan Ain will be available for all of your “December dilemma” questions and we’ll top the night off with a fierce dreidel competition and a rousing game of Hanukkah trivia led by Jewish Life intern Allison Tick.
Sat, Dec 24
Comedy: Hanukkomedy featuring Sandy Marks, MC Mr. Napkins, Todd Barry and Janeane Garofalo.
We feel a deep sense of injustice when we learn that our favorite sports player has cheated or when a bad call goes against our team. But is sports the last field in which we have a clear sense of right and wrong?
On December 16 at 92YTribeca, a panel of the country’s best sports writers and reporters—including ESPN The Magazine editor-at-large (and former editor-in-chief) Gary Belsky, Jeremy Schaap (E:60 senior correspondent), Seth Wickersham (ESPN The Magazine senior writer) and Jane McManus (ESPN W writer)—and 92YTribeca’s Rabbi-in-Residence Dan Ain for a free-wheeling discussion about the big issues in sports. That’s on Friday.
If you want to learn more about Gary’s media and culture diet (he subscribes to 26 magazines!), see his answers to the 92Y Culture Klatsch Q&A, below.
Where do you go for news when you start your day? The New York Times, in print. I’m careful about rushing into digital news sites right off the bat, since in general I think we get too much information too quickly. But if I do go digital its CNN.com.
How much do you use Twitter and Facebook (or other social networking services)?
On FB several times a day, briefly, on Twitter most days (I tweet and follow).
Tours & Excursions: Holiday Lights and Cannoli Tour: Visit the legendary Dyker Heights holiday lights display, where each year residents compete to have the biggest and brightest holiday decorations.
Film: DocuClub Presents: My Brooklyn. A work-in-progress screening followed by discussion with filmmaker Kelly Anderson.
Film: Call Me Kuchu: a story—at once tragic and hopeful—of a tight-knit community of gay and transgender Ugandans in a country where homosexuality is a crime punishable by life imprisonment.
When Michael is not illustrating comics, he’ll glance at the website English Russia, if time allows. And he get his news on Twitter, the “magic grapevine.” Read more about his culture and media habits below, in the 92Y Culture Klatsch Q&A.
Where do you go for news when you start your day?
Twitter. It’s a magic grapevine.
What are your favorite websites?
I have no time anymore, but an amazing one to look at is English Russia. Apparently Russia is a cross between The Road Warrior and Brazil. Endlessly fascinating.
How much do you use Twitter and Facebook (or other social networking services)?
A lot. I genuinely enjoy Twitter and the interactions I find there; with Facebook I enjoy the interactions but detest the site itself. Someone on my Twitter feed recently compared it to East German in the 1970s, which I thought was very apt; the spying, the control, the fact that you can never do what you want/need to. It’s maddening!
Daytime: A History of the Piano: From Mozart to Modern Jazz with Stuart Isacoff. From Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin to Duke Ellington, Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk, the great composers and musicians all made famous use of the piano.
Prior to applying, it is strongly encouraged that you to attend an information session to learn more about CBs and the application process. The Community Board Information Sessions will be on:
Tuesday, December 6th - 6:30 - 8:00pm - Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, 19th Fl
Wednesday, December 14th - 6:30 - 8:00pm - 163 West 125th Street, Room 8C
Thursday, January 5th - 6:30 - 8:00pm - Municipal Building, 1 Centre Street, 19th Fl
RSVP to 212-669-4465 or and specify which information session you plan to attend. Good luck!
Daytime: New New York with Jake Rajs and Philip Nobel. See exquisite images and hear insightful commentary capturing the indomitable spirit of NYC as photographer Jake Rajs celebrates the city’s newest landmarks. Read more on the 92Y Blog.
Talks: Naked Ambition: Extreme Marketing for a Cause. A panel of experts from all sides of the debate will lead a discussion on the controversial marketing tactics used by PETA and other non-profit organizations. Panelists include PETA’s Senior VP Dan Mathews, the group’s newest “Rather Go Naked” model Cornelia Guest, The New York Times advertising columnist Stuart Elliott and Newsweek and Daily Beast celebrity columnist Lloyd Grove.
Comedy: Mortified: a comic excavation of teen angst artifacts as shared by their original authors before total strangers.
Fri, Dec 2
Daytime: Pearl Harbor with historian Steven M. Gillon, for a vivid account of the pivotal 24 hours from the early morning onslaught to FDR’s famous message to Congress the next day, illuminating the tragedy that transformed the 20th century.
How much do you use Twitter and Facebook (or other social networking services)?
