MATTE Presents Full Moon at Governors Beach Club
by Laura Wasson As I boarded the crowded ferry heading to Governors Island late Saturday afternoon for MATTE's second-annual Full Moon party, I began to wonder what was I getting into. […]
Vision Festival Experiments with Jazz
by Zoë Gorman Photo credit: Zoë Gorman Experiments are, by nature, hit or miss, and last week's Vision Festival at Roulette was no exception. A lineup of experimental and avant-garde jazz artists paid tribute to
Summerstage NYC 2013: “Speak” by Marla Mase and Tomás Doncker
by Dan Lehner Photo credit: Dan Lehner Marla Mase has a lot she wants to talk about. Over the course of the 90-minute “Speak”—a new multimedia/multidisciplinary work based on her
Song Preservation Society at Union Pool
by Laura Wasson It isn’t often I have much reason to ruminate on the finer points of poetry and the lost art of songwriting, but Song Preservation Society’s Tuesday night show
New York Philharmonic Plays Dukas, Prokofiev, and Stravinsky
by Caroline Sanchez Having only ever seen the New York Philharmonic in outdoor venues as part of their Concerts in the Parks series, I can technically call Saturday night’s concert
Stonewall Chorale Brings Fiery “Carmina Burana” to Church of the Holy Apostles
by Michael Cirigliano II Marking the end of their 36th season, the Stonewall Chorale—the nation’s first LGBTQ chorus—presented an intense reading of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, using its alternate orchestration
Bonnaroo 2013: Sunday
One more panel in the press tent, with (l-r) Bob Saget, Matt Berninger (The National), Britt Daniel (Spoon, Divine Fits), Chris Stapleton, and Alex Sharpe (Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic
Bonnaroo 2013: Saturday
Saturday at Bonnaroo couldn't possibly live up to the standard set by Paul McCartney's marathon set Friday night, but organizers were thrown a particularly gnarly curve ball when Saturday headliners
Bonnaroo 2013: Paul McCartney
When I reviewed the lineup for this year's Bonnaroo, I saw Paul McCartney's name on the bill and thought to myself: "That's nice that they gave the old guy a