Thanks everyone who has already sponsored me for the Global Kids Dance-a-Thon fundraiser taking place this Friday. These are financially tough times, so even the smallest donation is very much appreciated! It's not too late, if you would like to contribute. All proceeds go toward college scholarships for our very deserving Global Kids teen leaders…
Category: New York
My snow day pics from Fort Greene and Madison Square Park
While I did not get a snow day, unlike some other lucky folks, I did get to take some pics on the way into work from Fort Greene and Madison Square Park. And I only fell in the snow once! I'll try and take a few more later today. Check out my full photo set…
Help me realize my dream 40th birthday: a dance party on the Hudson!
I have a dream. It is not a grandiose dream. But it is one that maybe you can help make real. I want to have a dance party for my 40th birthday on the Hudson river this June. Specifically here's what I want: to gather 50-100 of my favorite peeps and have them ring in…
Reminder: Sponsor me at the Global Kids Dance-a-Thon!
This is a quick reminder about the Global Kids Scholarship Fundraiser Dance-A-Thon that I'm participating in next Friday, March 6. I will be squaring off against some of our high school youth in a dance off to raise scholarship money. This Dance-a-Thon will raise much needed funds for scholarships for our Global Kids Leaders who…
Update from Gabe Roth on Daptones Records Burglary
My friend Laura passed on to me this email from Gabe "Bosco" Roth, head of soul music indie record label Daptone Records, about the burglary of their studios a week ago. Sounds like they are still hurting, but basically back in business: Luckily, the extent of the burglary was not debilitating. Between what was stolen…
Time Out NY “Date This New Yorker” Update: it’s tough being an eligible single!
People have been asking me about the reaction to my listing in the “Date This New Yorker” issue of Time Out New York a week and a half ago. I have to admit that this little experiment has been even more successful than even I would have imagined. To the dozens and dozens of women…
“Jen Brooks: The Musical” on Broadway March 2!
My friend Jen is putting on her one-woman all singing, all dancing show on Broadway on Monday March 2nd. Tickets for "Jen Brooks: The Musical" are a recession-friendly $10 with advance reservation and $12 at the door! At The Reprise Room ,245 West 54th Street (btw Broadway & 8th Ave). For reservations call 917-660-3420. Looks…
Learning from the legend: the original b-boy Ken Swift
I made it to Ken Swift’s weekly breakdance fundamentals class last night at PMT Studios, despite being dead tired from just returning from the Global Kids retreat that morning. Ken Swift is a legend in the breakdance world, an original innovator of most of the basic steps that make up b-boying today. It was a…
Daptone Records in Bushwick was robbed!
Brooklyn Vegan reports that the amazing indie soul label Daptone Records was broken into a couple of days ago! They lost a ton of equipment including: a Fender Super Guitar Amp and Deluxe Guitar Amp, an HP laptop computer, one desktop MacIntosh computer, 2 Yamaha NS10 monitors, a vintage Harmony Rocket Guitar, one steel string…
Sponsor me at the Global Kids Dance-a-Thon: help our kids get to college!
On Friday, March 6, I'm participating in Global Kids annual Scholarship Fundraiser Dance-A-Thon. I will be squaring off against some of our high school youth in a dance off to raise money (anything for a cause!) This Dance-a-Thon will raise much needed funds for scholarships for our Global Kids Leaders who will attend college this…