in the news

• More New Yorkers are hiring personal chefs. They say it costs less than takeout

  • good luck trying to cook in a lower manhattan kitchen
    

• Brush fires break out in Prospect Park amid historic NYC drought

  • if you were wondering why it smelled like an ashtray this weekend
    

• UWS Metro Theater’s Possible Reopening: $7M Deal Reached With Hopeful New Owner

  • the latest attempt at reviving indie films in the UWS
    

• Lower East Side indie mainstay Rockwood Music Hall abruptly closes

  • heartbreaking loss for the lower manhattan music scene

interesting & offbeat events

tuesday

• Dialogue for Democracy: Combatting Polarization through Conversation - trying not to post political content but figured this could be a cathartic outlet after last week

wednesday

• Waves of Topological Origin in Earth’s Atmosphere and Beyond - if you want to make your brain bigger

thursday

• Compound Intelligence: The New Frontier in AI - for the ai nerds

friday

• Good Room's 10th Anniversary - Session Victim, Love Games, Love Tempo - who doesn’t love a good disco dance session

saturday

• Cécile McLorin Salvant @ Carnegie Hall - apparent legend in jazz, i wouldn’t know as an uncultured swine

sunday

• Bywater Call @ Cafe Wha? - enchanting southern soul band from … Toronto?

see ya next week!
-steve