by Downtown Magazine | Apr 13, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Continuing its mission of bringing together music, immersive art and innovative technology to New York’s creative community, critically-acclaimed Panorama Music Festival is introducing The Point this summer at New York City’s Randall’s Island Park. An introduction to...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 13, 2017 | Culture, Movies
When it comes to creating feature-length, documentary, and short films that are informative and use unique concepts — including cell phone filmmaking — the New York-based film company Owltainment has an excellent international reputation. Having recently...
by Darren Paltrowitz | Apr 12, 2017 | Culture, Entertainment, Music
Singer/songwriter CAT — also known as Catherine Pierce — first turned heads as one-half of the band The Pierces. The Pierces made five full-length releases — starting with 2000’s Sony-released self-titled album — before calling a hiatus...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 12, 2017 | Culture, Events
In collaboration with MoMA, the Cultural Services of the French Embassy is organizing the very first North American retrospective of Moustapha Alassane, a pioneer of populist cinema in newly independent Niger in the 1960s and 1970s. The exhibit will be taking place...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 11, 2017 | Book Club, Culture
During the fall and winter seasons, you are most likely doing all of your reading indoors, commute included. When the weather gets warmer in New York, reading is something that many people choose to do outdoors, whether at the beach, at a park or on a rooftop. In...
by Downtown Magazine | Apr 11, 2017 | Book Club, Culture, Movies
What do Barbra Streisand, Audrey Hepburn, Jay Leno, Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Elizabeth Taylor, Warren Beatty, and Goldie Hawn have in common? Superstardom aside, all of these stars have chosen Dick Guttman to represent them as their publicist....
