Category Archives: events
Midsummer Night Swing
Midsummer Night Swing comes to the Lincoln Centre every year for three weeks, showcasing a different style of music and dance each night. One night may be salsa, another bollywood, there is disco, pop, and of course lots of swing bands … Continue reading
Tropfest NY
In Bryant Park it was a perfect night for a roll on the grass. The sky was clear, it was about 25*C, and as if on queue, the sun streamed through the trees creating a golden spotlight on stage just … Continue reading
Midsommer in Manhattan
The Swedes take their midsummer celebration seriously. Neither drenching rain or dramatic thunderstorms were enough to dampen the partying that thousands enjoyed during the solstice in Battery Park this week. I have never seen so many blondes and flower garlands … Continue reading
Vegan vittles
The dearth of food trucks this summer in NYC show that all things organic and alternative are zooming in popularity. Wishing to expand my familiarity with the genres, I jumped at an invitation to attend a Vegan event in Soho. … Continue reading
Philip Glass
It was 36*C and humid on the night Philip Glass was scheduled to perform in the River to River Festival in Battery Park on the lower west side. I was in a quandary as to whether to brave the sweltering … Continue reading
Anna Funder in NYC
Unlike some other communities in New York, like Scandinavia House and the Asia Society, Australia does not have a street level cultural center. So for all things official and unofficial, from voting in general elections to sharing morning tea or … Continue reading
Museum Mile Festival
It was a classic case of dark clouds having a silver lining with the Museum Mile Festival this week. As with every year, the artistic arcade between 82nd and 110th was closed to traffic to allow people to flow freely … Continue reading
Eva Gabrielsson and Stieg Larsson
Eva Gabrielsson was recently in NYC to promote her new book “There are things I want you to know” about Stieg Larsson and me. Nearly 8 years since Stieg died, and 7 years since the publishing of “The Girl with … Continue reading
Five boro bike ride
Today there are nearly 40,000 cyclists joining the Five Boro Bike Ride through New York City. That’s a lot of bikes! Streets are blocked off and hundreds of police and volunteers line the 40 mile route through Manhattan, The Bronx, … Continue reading
ANZAC Day
Yet again New York has surprised me – in the very heart of Manhattan, in the Rockefeller Center on 5th Avenue, there is an ANZAC Memorial garden. Compliments of the influence of Nola Luxford-Dolberg, a Kiwi woman who apparently was the best connected … Continue reading
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