Get ready for Valentine’s Day with an amusing discussion at 92YTribeca on Feb 12 on the myths and realities of aphrodisiacs! Francine Segan (Shakespeare’s Kitchen, The Opera Lover’s Cookbook) will cover the aphrodisiac properties in everything from deer horns (which you can buy in Chinatown), tree bark, vanilla and more.
Did you know that vanilla is a proven aphrodisiacs? Francine insists it works, and suggests putting a little behind your ear to see for yourself! There will also be an opportunity to sample a few classic aphrodisiac dishes.
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We were not joking, 92YTribeca really is for lovers.
[Aphrodisiacs with Francine Segan]
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UPDATE: Now with video of Supercute! performing Not To Write About Boys
UPDATE:New York Magazine‘s Vulture Blog covered the event, and presents this exchange out of context:
And...Time Out New York was there as well.Camin: I was in Paris. I just hop on the Concorde and go.
Rudd: Let me ask you … has it been an inconvenience at all that they’ve grounded all Concorde flights for something like ten years?
Camin: Well, I fly out of Teterboro.
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Joel Chasnoff graduated from university and entered into a career as a stand-up comic. The proceeding life of living in a basement apartment in Brooklyn and facing rejection from audiences was not what he had envisioned. So he enlisted in the Israeli army. The Jewish Daily Forward reports:
But from the moment Chasnoff signs up, he has fallen through the rabbit hole. During one interaction with a man at a dog tag machine, Chasnoff laments: “Hey, I think you misspelled my name.”
“So don’t die,” the man says, and shoos him out the door.
Chasnoff is 24 when he enlists, but his peers in the Armored Tank Brigade are 18. The difference in their maturity is a Grand Canyon-sized chasm, aggravated by the fact that Chasnoff has joined the Israeli military out of conviction, unlike his peers, who are there because of conscription.
Chasnoff has written a book, The 188th Crybaby Brigade: A Skinny Jewish Kid From Chicago Fights Hezbollah, which documents his his time in the army; The Jewish Week has a well written review.
On Apr 19, Joel Chasnoff and Anthony Swofford (Jarhead: A Marine’s Chronicle of the Gulf War), with editor at large of Esquire magazine A. J. Jacobs as moderator, will discuss the sick—and, at times, disturbingly hilarious—culture of modern war, from the psyche of the American marine to the Israeli mission in Lebanon.
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Another Social Media Week is winding down; Blackweb 2.0 and Mashable have posted full recaps of the Mashable NextUp NYC: The Future Journalist panel at 92YTribeca on Wednesday.
The gist of the talk was how to remain relevant in a rapidly changing world of journalism. Mashable quotes Joshua Micah Marshall, founder of Talking Points Memo, who astutely noted: “It’s the people who are entering the profession right now that are going to create the editorial models, the publishing models, the business models, that define journalism in the 21st century.”
Sprouting up like weeds on a local level, you can see professional and polished examples of the models Marshall describes, with websites like Northampton Media in Western Ma and the New Haven Independent in Conn., operated not by newspapers but by individual “future journalists,” quickly and successfully moving into the vacuum created by traditional local news outlets unwilling or unable provide the content desired by local communities.
Ideas and tips discussed on the panel included becoming digitally-oriented and building a trusted presence online. The importance of business acumen was highlighted, being a voracious consumer of media, as well as using social media:
”For the optimists,” Mashable writes, “this is an exciting time of great opportunities, with more media being created and consumed than ever before.” Read the full post here.Being on deadline or in crisis mode is not the time to try and figure out new technology. When the plane lands in the Hudson, it’s too late to figure out Twitter. When your company starts layoffs, it’s too late to figure out LinkedIn. Start carving out time to learn new concepts and tools.
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Wennie teaches Watercolor Painting, Draw It With Pastel, and Figure Water Color Intensive classes. Classed are on sale now. Check out all 92Y Watercolor classes.
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Guilia Rozzi (Stripped Stories)
Juliet Wayne (The Moth)
Peter Lubell (The Moth)
Mike Daisey (The Last Cargo Cult)
Mike Showalter (Michael & Michael Have Issues)
BLINDSIDED: Didn’t See It Coming: (Feb 25)
Andy Christie (The Liar Show)
Rachel Dratch (SNL)
Michelle Collins (Best Week Ever)
Andrea Rosen (Michael & Michael Have Issues)
Mark Allen (New York Times, NPR)
A.D. Miles (Late Show with Jimmy Fallon)
UNIQUE: I’m Not Like Most People: (Mar 11)
Hedda Lettuce (The Drag Queens of NYC)
Sara Barron (People Are Unappealing)
Kurt Braunohler (High Five with Kurt & Kristen)
Claudia Cogan (Best Week Ever)
DILEMMAS: Hard Choices: (Mar 25)
Beowulf Jones (The Sitcom)
Matt Higgins (Centralia)
Margot Leitman (Stripped Stories)
Virginia Scott (The Glass Contraption Clown Theatre)
Marc Maron (WTF with Marc Maron)
Elon James White (This Week in Blackness)
REGRETS: If I Could Take It Back: (April 8)
Aasif Mandvi (The Daily Show)
Eliot Glazer (High School Talent Show)
Carolyn Castiglia (Brown Ambition)
Joey Hood (The Moth, NPR)
Sara Schaefer (Late Show with Jimmy Fallon)
THE END: When Something, Anything, Is Over: (Apr 22)
Eliza Skinner (I Eat Pandas)
Leslie Goshko (Sideshow Goshko)
Martin Dockery (The Surprise)
Cyndi Freeman (Stories at the Creek)
Julie Halston (Hairspray, Gypsy)
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At 8:30pm there will be panel discussion: Marketing African Media in the New Millennium: About the Intersection of Technology, Digital Media and its Impact on the African Continent.
And finally, Meta and the Cornerstones take the mainstage, featuring members from across Africa, the Middle East, and Asia, and fusing Afropop, reggae, hip-hop, and serious soul with a mixture of French, English, Wolof, and Fulani vocals. It’s a night of thought and celebration not to be missed. Purchase tickets here.
Joshua Nelson:Shabbat Dinner + Kosher Gospel Performance: (Feb 5)
The Quiet One: (Feb 17)
Nomadic Wax Presents African Underground: (Feb 25)
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