Month: June 2012

When the Alamo Drafthouse announced in April that it would be opening a new five-screen movie theater in the historic Metro Theater on 100th Street and Broadway next year, it was arguably the most exciting news to hit the Upper West Side in years. The Metro, which opened in 1933, ...

After years of planning sessions, three public hearings, and hundreds of letters sent to elected officials, the Landmarks Preservation Commission has set a date to vote on whether West End Avenue -- or at least one portion of it -- should become its own historic district. The vote is set ...

The 50th Season of Shakespeare in the Park starts tonight with As You Like It, Shakespeare's famous comedy set in a forest in France. As the Public puts it: "In As You Like It, Rosalind, Shakespeare's most breathtaking heroine, and her boyfriend Orlando find themselves in the enchanted Forest of Arden, ...

June 5, 2012 Weather: Afternoon Showers, High of 66 Degrees.

Reebok Sports Club, one of the most extravagant gyms in the Western hemisphere let alone the Upper West Side, is offering a free month's worth of once-a-week morning rooftop yoga starting this Tuesday. Every Tuesday morning at 7 a.m. a different instructor will lead you in saluting the sun on ...

June 4, 2012 Weather: Rain, High of 64 Degrees.

By Kara Rota Shortly after moving to the Upper West, I had a truly memorable and truly exorbitant dinner at Sushi of Gari, one I enjoyed but probably won't repeat. I'm firmly of the belief that good, expensive sushi never beats out good, affordable sushi, and the UWS has plenty ...

The New York Times has a somewhat shocking article in this weekend's paper: it turns out that the PTA at PS 87 on West 78th Street raised more than $1.5 million for the school this year. Other local schools also raised huge sums: from $500,000+ at PS 199 to more ...

By Stan Solomon Greenwich Village’s Washington Square was named for President George Washington, and the Flatiron District’s Madison Square was named not for a sports arena but for President James Madison. Thus, isn't it safe to assume that the Upper West Side’s Lincoln Square must have been named for President ...

Family-friendly pizza spot Rigoletto Pizza on Columbus and 69th is moving to 141 72nd Street, where Buttercup Bake Shop recently closed. Rigoletto has been in that spot for 20 years. The move means that it will be harder to grab one of Rigoletto's heaping spinach and ricotta slices and then ...

Summer movies are like a 20-ounce sugary shot of childhood nostalgia (get it now before the mayor bans it!). This summer, the Film Society of Lincoln Center is diving deep into your cerebral cortex down down down to the place where those sweet memories exist. The Film Society starts a ...

June 1, 2012 Weather: Partly Cloudy, High of 72 Degrees.