Carrie Stern wrote a fantastic article for Dance.com: The Social Dance Legacy of the 92nd Street Y. She begins in 1878:
...four years after its founding, an announcement for a “Grand Celebration, Chanucka and Reception of the Young Men’s Hebrew Association, Academy of Music,” lists an evening of “tableaux, and music and dancing.” This early reference to social dancing at the 92nd Street Y in New York City is far from the last.
Carrie continues the story through World War II, when there was an “explosion of interest in ethnic dance,” and follows the history into the 80’s and today.
Read the full piece here; it is truly an informative and interesting account of the history of Social Dance here.
The World of E.B. White: An Afternoon with Roger Angell
He’s a beloved New Yorker writer and editor. He’s the step-son of E.B. White, and the son of longtime New Yorker fiction editor Katharine White. He is…Roger Angell. And, as many local media outletshave pointed out, he’s reading at the 92Ynd Street Y tomorrow afternoon.
Jazz aficionado and sax musician Ruby K at Jewschool heard Anat Cohen play last year for the first time, and called her: “a force to be reckoned with.” She writes:
...I don’t think I’ll forget that name anytime soon. Sorry, Daphna, but it looks like you’ve got competition in the woodwind crush division. Holy shit, Anat can play. Her flow almost had an effortless sound to it, especially on clarinet, but she could play that tenor too. Her sound ran rings around Randy Brecker, a giant on trumpet who just did not seem capable of holding his own with her. Such a talent. Damn!
This Sun, Mar 7, Anat is playing at the 92nd Street Y with eight other talented musicians. They will play arrangements by Oded Lev-Ari of some of Benny Goodman’s hits and others. Bring your student I.D. and purchase your ticket for just $10.
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He’s a beloved New Yorker writer and editor. He’s the step-son of E.B. White, and the son of longtime New Yorker fiction editor Katharine White. He is…Roger Angell. And, as many 
Jazz aficionado and sax musician Ruby K at Jewschool heard Anat Cohen play last year for the first time, and called her: “a force to be reckoned with.” 
