Walking Tours: Market Strategy: A Chef’s Guide to the Farmer’s Market: Join Ken Goodman at the Union Square Farmer’s Market for an insider’s guide to filling your basket.
Emily Hagins is making a zombie movie. It’s feature-length, it’s bloody, and the zombies don’t run. Just like it should be. But there’s one difference between her film and every other zombie movie you’ve ever seen: Emily is twelve.
Zombie Girl: The Movie was winner of the Spirit Award at Slamdance, and Ain’t It Cool News said it is: “...an excellent documentary in that it is fun to watch, it’s informative, and it captured the power of the relationship between these two wonderful ladies.”
92YTribeca will present the film’s New York Premier this Friday, Oct 2.
You can keep up to date on all film offerings at 92YTribeca here.
Shababa Dinner in the Sukkah with Karina: Welcome Shabbat with friends and family, eat dinner under the stars in our rooftop Sukkah and learn about the ancient festival of booths.
Stacy London with Dr Gail Saltz. Part of the Ruth Stanton Illustrious Women Series. Read more on the 92Y Blog. And see what people are saying about Stacy London on Twitter.
“Which NYMag Approval Matrix quadrant do you browse first?” is the new “Which Sunday NYTimes section do you read first?”
We see where he is coming from, but respectfully disagree.
Either way, we want to talk about another grid. Last Friday, New York magazine writer Boris Kachka looked at six new books, in grid form. Writing on what seems like a trend of penning memoirs at your third or fourth book, Kachka muses:
This season is rife with novelists’ digressions, most of them a little self-conscious—even defensive—about cheating on their novels. They promise riches as wonderful and offbeat as fiction, and they run the gamut from solipsism to (almost) literature.
Mentioned in the grid is The Education of a British-Protected Child, by Chinua Achebe. Unlike the others, Kachka notes this book is “...a more-traditional career-capping memoir for the 78-year-old.”
You can join Chinua Achebe In conversation with K. Anthony Appiah at 92Y on Oct 19. Part of our Main Reading Series, tickets are priced at $10 for those 35 and under.
And if Rex was reading this grid, what book would he read first? We asked him over gchat, to which he replied: “I’m reading Adderall Diaries...”
Video from Karsh Kale performance this summer at River to River Festival.
Karsh Kale creates music with a decidedly international sound, blending traditional Indian music with contemporary electronic beats. That electronic music was part of his life growing up in Stony Brook, New York, when he spent a fair amount of time in New York City playing in bands and hosting a monthly party at Joes Pub.
When he appeared at (Le) Poisson Rouge last month, Short and Sweet NYC.com was delighted with the show, writing:
Mixing old with new, Karsh Kale and MIDIval Punditz unfurled a night of music made for the time-traveler inside all of us.
You’ll get your own chance to see Karsh this Sat at 92YTribeca, when he plays with his new ensemble Timeline for its first performance since playing the River to River festival.
Upcoming events at 92YTribeca:
The Sexteto Rodriguez Cuban-Jewish All Stars: Oct 9
Bryan Scary and the Shredding Tears Record Release Show: Oct 10
Trampled By Turtles with Special Guest Jennifer O’Connor: Oct 14
Webcast: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at 92Y Last Night
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed an audience here last night, after addressing the U.N. General Assembly earlier that morning. Tablet wrote:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a brief homecoming—of sorts—last night at the 92nd Street Y, on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, where he apparently learned to swim as a kid. “This was where I had my first immersion into American Jewish affairs,” Netanyahu joked to the thousand or so people who turned up, at relatively short notice, and waited two hours at security to see him…
For the video variety show tonight featuring famous werewolves, Saturday Morning cartoons, a TV mystery (written by the creator of The Sopranos) and other footage, Kevin has made werewolves cupcakes (pictured bottom right). That’s right, and you get to eat them. If you haven’t heard, cupcakes are an international phenomenon.
As Kevin wrote on his blog, there are five great things about werewolf cupcakes:
1. Werewolf Cupcakes can be friends with Vampire Cupcakes (this would NEVER happen in the real world.)
2. The Werewolf Cupcake is a good diet snack – you might not eat it, because it’s so fun to look at.
3. Werewolf Cupcakes don’t suffer horrible dreams about hunting deer by moonlight.
4. Hitler, who loved werewolves, never got to enjoy a Werewolf Cupcake – but you can.
5. No one has ever been violently disemboweled by a Werewolf Cupcake.**
Video from David Grossman’s appearance in May, speaking about an inspiration of his, Polish writer Bruno Schulz:
...And every story of Schulz, is a protest. Full of humor and irony, but protest against oblivion and boredom and banality. Against the stereotypical approach to the human being.
If it’s readings you enjoy, we have a great season in store for you. And don’t forget, or maybe you didn’t even know, but those age 35 and under can purchase tickets for $10 to any Main Reading Series event.
92Y Unterberg Poetry Center webcasts and access to our archive are made possible in part by the generous support of the Sidney E. Frank Foundation. View the Poetry Center archive.
In March of 2006, Ron Suhanosky and wife Colleen Marnell-Suhanosky opened their restaurant Sfoglia on 92nd and Lexington, diagonally across from the 92nd Street Y.
“...it has amassed a sizeable following, and for these devotees,” New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni wrote, “it’s not just a restaurant. It’s a religion.”
Both chefs have Italian roots, and Ron traces his passion for Italian cooking to the Sundays he spent with his mother’s Italian side of the family growing up. “I was fortunate enough to have a great-grandmother for most of my childhood,” Ron said. “I would look at her happiness in the kitchen and think to myself, ‘I want to be that happy.’”
Keeping it local, on Oct 21, For Feasting with Sfoglia: Bringing Italian Culture to Your Table Ron will be here with his cookbook coauthor Susan Simon, and Nach Waxman, owner of Kitchen Arts and Letters (another store right around the corner), for a discussion of all things Italian, the distinctive character of Italian food and cooking and the ways in which Italian culture influences everyday life.
Of course, a Sfoglia antipasti treat will be served.
p.s. Our Italian language class starts this Oct 5.
Upcoming Food Talks at 92Y:
Max Brenner: For the Love of Chocolate: Nov 15
Christopher Kimball and Jack Bishop: Tasting with the Test Kitchen: Dec 14
Jews and Chinese Food: A Love Affair: Dec 20
TLC’s What Not To Wear is looking for the The Worst Dressed American. Unfortunately for all of you who no doubt have many men in mind, the contest is only open to women.
The style and makeover show is hosted by Stacy London (right) and Clinton Kelly, and frequently features stores and boutiques in New York City. They have even created a very cool flash map of all the stores mentioned, broken down by neighborhood.
Stacy is one of America’s premiere style experts, helping women to boost their confidence by creating and celebrating their personal style. She told Diablo Magazine: “I have been every size in my life. I’ve been smaller than a zero, up through a size 16. I’ve had lots of issues with body image and weight my whole life and it really took a great deal of work to recognize that at all those weights, no matter how I felt, I could still find a dress that made me feel sexy and powerful.”
Stacy lectures across the country on the connection between personal style and self-esteem, and has spoken at Oprah Winfrey’s O You! Conference for the past three years. See what people are saying about Stacy London on Twitter.
Upcoming Events at 92Y:
The Future of Women’s Fashion: Oct 21. Read more on the 92Y Blog.
Karim Rashid and Gaetano Pesce: Dialogues with Design Legends Nov 3
We would like to add our Mind Capsules Series to the resources noted. Grabbing some of our guests for a quick two minute talk on camera, we ask them to share their life lessons with you in under two minutes.
Above features comedian Lewis Black giving advice on how to make it as a comedian. He starts with the basics. Get up on stage and just do it, at least 27 times, as suggested by Lewis.
92Y Video: Recanati-Kaplan Student Zach Davis and Rabbi David Kalb on Fox 5 Good Day New York
If you missed the segment on Fox 5 Good Day New York last Friday, we’ve got you covered! Watch above as Recanati-Kaplan scholar and trumpet wiz Zach Davis, with our own Rabbi David Kalb standing by, as Zach displays his shofar blowing prowess (like teaching a fish to swim, apparently).
We were pretty stoked to see his writing staff up on stage to accept the award and recognized a couple of them. Daily Show writers Wyatt Cenac and John Oliver will be at 92YTribeca on Oct 15 for Comedy Below Canal. Tickets are still available. Another writer on staff of the show, Rob Kutner, was 92YTribeca’s Purim Show producer.
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1. Werewolf Cupcakes can be friends with Vampire Cupcakes (this would NEVER happen in the real world.)
1) Break-Fast is on us! (see what we did there?)
The style and makeover show is hosted by Stacy London (right) and Clinton Kelly, and frequently features stores and boutiques in New York City. They have even created a 
