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David and Katherine time travel 50 years ago to 1975 in our first Hirschfeld Century Podcast episode of 2025! In a year where Hirschfeld received little work from the New York Times, find out what he was doing throughout the year in films, books, and television, plus a special trip to Japan! For the first time ever, we're simultaneously releasing the Visual Companion to the Hirschfeld Century Podcast! Watch the podcast with all of the drawings and images as we discuss them, exclusively on YouTube! The Al Hirschfeld Foundation is now on Bluesky! Follow us here! Follow along with the show notes to view the works mentioned in this episode: All Over Town, 1975 The Constant Wife, 1975 Chicago, 1975 A Chorus Line, 1975 Represented on Broadway, 1975 The Wiz (Film), 1978 The Rocky Horror Show (Revival), 2000 The Ritz (Film), 1976 Funny Lady, 1975 (Three Versions) The Sunshine Boys (Film), 1975 The Sunshine Boys (Stage), 1972 The Prisoner of Second Avenue (Film), 1975 The Prisoner of Second Avenue (Stage), 1971 Chico and the Man, 1975 Rhoda, 1975 Howard Cosell, 1975 Masterpiece Theatre Drawings Mrs. Warren's Profession, 1975 She Stoops to Conquer, 1975 Macbeth, 1975 IBM Movies to Remember (1977 and 1979) Harlem as seen by Hirschfeld, 1941 For more on Prints, check out Episode 41 - Prints for more information on Hirschfeld's Prints "Rhythm" Print Series, 1970 Lucille Ball with Fur Stole and Purse, 1975 Charlie Chaplin, 1975 W.C. Fields Print, 1975 Jackie Gleason, 1975 Laurel and Hardy, 1975 Buster Keaton, 1975 Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot, Print from 1959 Drawing Mae West, 1975 George and Ira Gershwin, 1990 World Premiere, 1975 Self-Portrait, 1975 Richard Anobile Books: Drat! W.C. Fields Book Cover, 1975 Why a Duck, 1971 "Godfrey Daniels" W.C. Fields in the Barber Shop, 1975 A Fine Mess, 1975 Hooray for Captain Spaulding, 1975 Charlie Award, 1975 Steve Allen Kitty Carlisle Hart Kitty Carlisle Hart USO Woman of the Year, 1975 S.J. Perelman's Eastward Ha!, 1975 Sardi's (with Warner Bros Characters), 1994 Kabuki Series of Prints, 1976 Pacific Overtures, 1976 Sweet Bye and Bye and Westward, Ha! are the focus of Episode 49, Hirschfeld and Perelman Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch Hirschfeld Moments: Ep.4 - Hirschfeld Draws a Star! Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram HirschfeldHomestyle.com The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel
The New Yorker turns one century old -- and it hasn't aged a day! The witty, cosmopolitan magazine was first published on February 21, 1925. And even though present-day issues are often quite contemporary in content, the magazine's tone and style still recall its glamorous Jazz Age origins.The New Yorker traces itself to members of that legendary group of wits known as the Algonquin Round Table -- renowned artists, critics and playwrights who met every day for lunch at the Algonquin Hotel.And in particular, to two married journalists – Harold Ross and Jane Grant – who infused the magazine with a very distinct cosmopolitan zest. High fashion, martinis and Midtown Manhattan mixed with the droll wit of a worldly literati.A new exhibition at the New York Public Library -- “A Century of the New Yorker” -- chronicles the magazine's history, from its origins and creation by Harold Ross and Jane Grant to its current era, under the editorship of David Remnick.Greg and Tom interview the show's two curators Julie Golia and Julie Carlsen about the treasures on display from the New Yorker's glorious past -- from the magazine's first cover (featuring everybody's favorite snob Eustace Tilly) to artifacts and manuscripts from the world's greatest writers.Visit the website for more information and other Bowery Boys podcastsThis episode was edited by Kieran Gannon
Happy Wednesday!!!! This week Savannah tells us the mystery of the Green Children of Woolpit. A strange tale of 2 children who had green skin and found in an old wolf pit. But where did they come from? Taylor tells us about the haunting of the famous Algonquin Hotel in NYC. Thanks for listening!!!Email us your stories!!! or if you want to sponsor us ;) Email - mysteriesmythslegends@gmail.com ESTY: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LuxieandLuna?ref=simple-shop-header-name&listing_id=826447453 We post pictures of our stories every week on instagram!!!!FOLLOW US ON SOCIALS: Tiktok: @myths_podcast Instagram: @myths_podcast Facebook: Mysteries, Myths, and LegendsTaylor's Instagram: @teeelive Savannah's Instagram: @kavannahaha
Today David talks to author Nicholas van Hoogstraten about his brand-new book Broadway Poster Art: 1945-1969 which chronicles the evolution of Broadway posters including many by Al Hirschfeld. David and Nicholas discuss the making of the book, how certain posters got selected, and the stories of some of the many Al Hirschfeld posters featured in the book. Order the book now at BroadwayPosters.com Thank you to the Algonquin Hotel for hosting us for this episode. Happy Holidays to everyone and we'll see you in the new year with brand-new episodes of the Hirschfeld Century Podcast! Follow along with the show notes to view the works mentioned in this episode: Ray Bolger in Three to Make Ready, 1946 Ray Bolger in Where's Charley?, 1949 Ray Bolger Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Poster), 1949 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (New York Times Drawing), 1949 Bell, Book and Candle, 1950 Bonanza Bound, 1947 Man and Superman, 1947 My Fair Lady (Original Poster), 1956 My Fair Lady (Poster with Generic Figures), 1970 Reclining Figure (Both Versions), 1954 Man of La Mancha (Drawing for Poster), 1965 Man of La Mancha (New York Times Drawing), 1965 Hair, 1968 Earl Carroll's Vanities, 1931 Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch Hirschfeld Moments: Ep.4 - Hirschfeld Draws a Star! Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram HirschfeldHomestyle.com The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel
On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the storied past of New York City's Algonquin Hotel, exploring its rich literary history and the spectral legends that have emerged over the decades. From the famed Round Table gatherings to reports of ghostly apparitions, we delve into the tales that make this Midtown landmark a focal point for both cultural enthusiasts and paranormal investigators. Join us as we examine firsthand accounts, historical records, and expert insights to uncover the truth behind the Algonquin's haunted reputation. Are these stories mere folklore, or does something otherworldly linger within its walls?
On this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the storied past of New York City's Algonquin Hotel, exploring its rich literary history and the spectral legends that have emerged over the decades. From the famed Round Table gatherings to reports of ghostly apparitions, we delve into the tales that make this Midtown landmark a focal point for both cultural enthusiasts and paranormal investigators. Join us as we examine firsthand accounts, historical records, and expert insights to uncover the truth behind the Algonquin's haunted reputation. Are these stories mere folklore, or does something otherworldly linger within its walls?
Joan discusses an intriguing book titled 'The Algonquin Roundtable: 25 Years with the Legends Who Lunch,' edited by Mirana Comstock and originally authored by Konrad Bercovici. The book explores the vibrant history of the Algonquin Hotel in New York City, a famed gathering spot for writers, musicians, and actors like Dorothy Parker, Sinclair Lewis, and John Barrymore. Joan and Marana delve into the hotel's impact on New York's artistic scene and Comstock personal connection and efforts in bringing her grandfather's manuscripts to light. Stories of Charlie Chaplin, Ernest Hemingway, and more are highlighted, along with insights into the cultural and historical significance of the Algonquin Roundtable. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
David and Katherine celebrate the 100th anniversary of The Al Hirschfeld Theatre, formerly the Martin Beck Theatre. Plus, David interviews artist Justin "Squigs" Robertson about his special project celebrating the theatre's centennial. Rededicated to Al Hirschfeld on what would have been his 100th birthday in 2003, this is the only Broadway Theatre to ever be named after an artist. In this episode, learn about the many exciting productions played at the theatre, hear about the star-studded rededication, and join us in celebrating the many performers and creatives whose work appeared on the theatre's stage. Thank you Squigs for joining us in this special celebration. Learn more about his work at www.squigsonline.com Follow Squigs on Instagram @SquigsRobertson View Squigs' full work with an interactive identifying key. Listen to our previous episode with Squigs: Episode 12 with Justin "Squigs" Robertson Thank you to the Algonquin Hotel for hosting the interview. Follow along with the show notes to view the works mentioned in this episode: Frank Langella as Dracula, 1977 Kiss Me Kate, 1999 with Brian Stokes Mitchell and Marin Mazzie Harry Houdini, 2002 Bobbe Arnst in A La Carte, 1927 Theatre Guild 1928-29 Season, 1929 The D' Oyly-Carte Company Prepare to Offer a New Season of Gilbert & Sullivan, 1936 Cabin in the Sky, 1940 Hallelujah, Baby!, 1967 St. Louis Woman, 1946, featuring the Cakewalk Bye Bye Birdie, 1960 Oliver, 1963 Into the Woods, 1987 The Sound of Music, 1998 Guys and Dolls, 1992 Nathan Lane A Connecticut Yankee, 1943 Baker Street, 1965 Sweet Smell of Success, 2002 Yellow Jack, 1934 Victoria Regina, 1938 The Iceman Cometh, 1946 Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean, 1982 Sweet Bird of Youth, 1959 The Rose Tattoo, 1951 Orpheus Descending, 1957 The Pirate Rehearsal, 1942 Say Darling Rehearsal, 1958 Milk and Honey Rehearsal, 1961 My Sister Eileen, 1941 The Grass Harp, 1952 The Curious Savage, 1950 Moon Over Buffalo, 1995 Tropical Revue with Katherine Dunham, 1943 Jacobowsky and the Colonel, 1944 Nancy Walker in Copper and Bass Poster, 1957 Man of La Mancha, 1965 Jerry Zaks Carol Channing Arthur Miller Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick in The Producers, 2002 Victor Garber Barbara Cook Whoopi Goldberg View Squigs' full drawing of the Al Hirschfeld Theatre! Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch Hirschfeld Moments: Ep.4 - Hirschfeld Draws a Star! Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram HirschfeldHomestyle.com The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel
David sits down with Emily McGill, the author of the new Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot deck, to discuss their collaboration on this one-of-a-kind Hirschfeld experience. The Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot Deck is available now online and where most books are sold. Order here! Follow along with the show notes to view the works and cards mentioned in this episode. Pippin, 1972 Dot from Sunday in the Park with George, 1984 - The Queen of Cups Candide from Candide, 1997 - 0 the Fool P.T. Barnum from Barnum, 1997 - I the Magician Luis Alberto Molina from Kiss of the Spider Woman, 1993 - VIII Strength Princess Winnifred from Once Upon a Mattress taken from Villain and Sleeping Heroine, 1962 - 4 of Swords David's Reading: Georges Seurat from Sunday in the Park with George, 1984 - 8 of Coins Willie Sheridan from The Tap Dance Kid, 1984 - Page of Coins Al Hirschfeld, 1980 - XXI The World Stephen Sondheim for Sondheim on Sondheim, 1999 - King of Cups Eva Le Gallienne, 1976 - III The Empress Bob Fosse in Fosse, 1977 - XII The Hanged Person Delores Dante from Working, 1978 - 3 of Coins Velma Kelly from Chicago, 1976 - X Wheel of Fortune Ariel from The Little Mermaid taken from Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid, 1948 - Page of Cups Jud Fry from Oklahoma! taken from The Unforgiven, 1960 - 5 of Coins For more on Emily McGill visit EmilyMcGillEntertainment.com Follow @TheHirschfeldBroadwayTarot on Instagram Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch Hirschfeld Moments: Ep.4 - Hirschfeld Draws a Star! Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram HirschfeldHomestyle.com for all your home good needs! The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel
Konrad Bercovici's The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years With the Legends Who Lunch (SUNY Press, 2024) is a previously unpublished manuscript exploring the rich history of a New York City landmark. Located in New York's theatre district, the Algonquin Hotel became an artistic hub for the city and a landmark in America's cultural life. It was a meeting place and home away from home for such luminaries as famed wits/authors Alexander Woollcott and Dorothy Parker; Broadway and Hollywood stars, including Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Laughton; popular raconteurs like Robert Benchley; and New York City mayors Jimmy Walker and Fiorello LaGuardia. Observing it all was celebrated author and journalist Konrad Bercovici. Born in Romania, Bercovici settled in New York, where he became known for reporting on its rich cultural life. While digging through an inherited trunk of family papers, his granddaughter, Mirana Comstock, discovered this previously unpublished manuscript on Bercovici's years at the Algonquin Round Table. Lovers of New York lore and fans of American culture will enjoy his vivid, intimate accounts of what it was like to be a member of this distinguished circle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network
Konrad Bercovici's The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years With the Legends Who Lunch (SUNY Press, 2024) is a previously unpublished manuscript exploring the rich history of a New York City landmark. Located in New York's theatre district, the Algonquin Hotel became an artistic hub for the city and a landmark in America's cultural life. It was a meeting place and home away from home for such luminaries as famed wits/authors Alexander Woollcott and Dorothy Parker; Broadway and Hollywood stars, including Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Laughton; popular raconteurs like Robert Benchley; and New York City mayors Jimmy Walker and Fiorello LaGuardia. Observing it all was celebrated author and journalist Konrad Bercovici. Born in Romania, Bercovici settled in New York, where he became known for reporting on its rich cultural life. While digging through an inherited trunk of family papers, his granddaughter, Mirana Comstock, discovered this previously unpublished manuscript on Bercovici's years at the Algonquin Round Table. Lovers of New York lore and fans of American culture will enjoy his vivid, intimate accounts of what it was like to be a member of this distinguished circle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history
Konrad Bercovici's The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years With the Legends Who Lunch (SUNY Press, 2024) is a previously unpublished manuscript exploring the rich history of a New York City landmark. Located in New York's theatre district, the Algonquin Hotel became an artistic hub for the city and a landmark in America's cultural life. It was a meeting place and home away from home for such luminaries as famed wits/authors Alexander Woollcott and Dorothy Parker; Broadway and Hollywood stars, including Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Laughton; popular raconteurs like Robert Benchley; and New York City mayors Jimmy Walker and Fiorello LaGuardia. Observing it all was celebrated author and journalist Konrad Bercovici. Born in Romania, Bercovici settled in New York, where he became known for reporting on its rich cultural life. While digging through an inherited trunk of family papers, his granddaughter, Mirana Comstock, discovered this previously unpublished manuscript on Bercovici's years at the Algonquin Round Table. Lovers of New York lore and fans of American culture will enjoy his vivid, intimate accounts of what it was like to be a member of this distinguished circle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies
Konrad Bercovici's The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years With the Legends Who Lunch (SUNY Press, 2024) is a previously unpublished manuscript exploring the rich history of a New York City landmark. Located in New York's theatre district, the Algonquin Hotel became an artistic hub for the city and a landmark in America's cultural life. It was a meeting place and home away from home for such luminaries as famed wits/authors Alexander Woollcott and Dorothy Parker; Broadway and Hollywood stars, including Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Laughton; popular raconteurs like Robert Benchley; and New York City mayors Jimmy Walker and Fiorello LaGuardia. Observing it all was celebrated author and journalist Konrad Bercovici. Born in Romania, Bercovici settled in New York, where he became known for reporting on its rich cultural life. While digging through an inherited trunk of family papers, his granddaughter, Mirana Comstock, discovered this previously unpublished manuscript on Bercovici's years at the Algonquin Round Table. Lovers of New York lore and fans of American culture will enjoy his vivid, intimate accounts of what it was like to be a member of this distinguished circle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/performing-arts
Konrad Bercovici's The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years With the Legends Who Lunch (SUNY Press, 2024) is a previously unpublished manuscript exploring the rich history of a New York City landmark. Located in New York's theatre district, the Algonquin Hotel became an artistic hub for the city and a landmark in America's cultural life. It was a meeting place and home away from home for such luminaries as famed wits/authors Alexander Woollcott and Dorothy Parker; Broadway and Hollywood stars, including Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Laughton; popular raconteurs like Robert Benchley; and New York City mayors Jimmy Walker and Fiorello LaGuardia. Observing it all was celebrated author and journalist Konrad Bercovici. Born in Romania, Bercovici settled in New York, where he became known for reporting on its rich cultural life. While digging through an inherited trunk of family papers, his granddaughter, Mirana Comstock, discovered this previously unpublished manuscript on Bercovici's years at the Algonquin Round Table. Lovers of New York lore and fans of American culture will enjoy his vivid, intimate accounts of what it was like to be a member of this distinguished circle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies
Konrad Bercovici's The Algonquin Round Table: 25 Years With the Legends Who Lunch (SUNY Press, 2024) is a previously unpublished manuscript exploring the rich history of a New York City landmark. Located in New York's theatre district, the Algonquin Hotel became an artistic hub for the city and a landmark in America's cultural life. It was a meeting place and home away from home for such luminaries as famed wits/authors Alexander Woollcott and Dorothy Parker; Broadway and Hollywood stars, including Tallulah Bankhead and Charles Laughton; popular raconteurs like Robert Benchley; and New York City mayors Jimmy Walker and Fiorello LaGuardia. Observing it all was celebrated author and journalist Konrad Bercovici. Born in Romania, Bercovici settled in New York, where he became known for reporting on its rich cultural life. While digging through an inherited trunk of family papers, his granddaughter, Mirana Comstock, discovered this previously unpublished manuscript on Bercovici's years at the Algonquin Round Table. Lovers of New York lore and fans of American culture will enjoy his vivid, intimate accounts of what it was like to be a member of this distinguished circle. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/popular-culture
We're celebrating the 50th episode of the Hirschfeld Century Podcast in style with a look back at your favorite episodes. Plus, David and Katherine answer your burning Hirschfeld questions and a few surprises are revealed! Thank you to everyone for listening for the last 50 episodes. We couldn't do it without your support and we look forward to telling more stories from the world of Hirschfeld! Follow along with the show notes to view the works and previous episodes mentioned in this episode. Links for episodes go to alhirschfeldfoundation.org/podcasts. Check your service's listings for past episodes. Episode 1 - Fiddler on the Roof Episode 39 - The Murals of 1958 Episode 49 - Hirschfeld and Perelman Episode 45 - 1964 Episode 43 - Brooks Atkinson & The Lively Years Episode 44 - Disney Episode 23 - Interview with Eric Goldberg Episode 33 - The Dog Show (Online Exhibition) Episode 4 - What's My Line Episode 36 - Call Her Madam: Sex, Crime, and Fun in Polly Adler's New York (Online Exhibition with Debbie Applegate) Episode 32 - It Goes So Fast - Our Town (Online Exhibition with Howard Sherman) Episode 12 - Justin "Squigs" Robertson Episode 48 - Hirschfeld's Drag Show (Online Exhibition with Charles Busch) Episode 27 - Hal Prince Alex Trebek, 1999 The West Wing, 2001 Alias, 2002 The King of Queens, 2001 The Nanny, 1999 The Golden Girls, 1991 The Sopranos, 2001 Bust of Abraham Lincoln, 1919 Episode 38 - Bali Bali Works, 1932 1927 Cubism-inspired works (Rang Tang, Ethel Waters, and Katherine Renwick) Lorne Michaels (with Zeppo Marx), 1999 Tommy Tune, 2002 (Final Published Hirschfeld Drawing) Episode 41 - Prints Evita, 1979 The Hirschfeld Broadway Tarot Deck is available now online and where most books are sold. Order here! Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch Hirschfeld Moments: Ep.4 - Hirschfeld Draws a Star! Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram HirschfeldHomestyle.com The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel
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Saint Andrews Mayor Brad Henderson on the deconstruction of historical housing for Algonquin Hotel workers.
David and Katherine take a look at the friendship between Al Hirschfeld and satirist S.J. Perelman including their Broadway-bound flop Sweet Bye and Bye, and their subsequent adventures chronicled in the book Westward Ha! or Around the World in 80 Clichés. Thank you Frank Ferrante for recording Groucho Marx' farewell speech to Hirschfeld and Perelman. More on Frank Ferrante here: EveningWithGroucho.com Thank you Robert Bader for the transcript of Groucho Marx' farewell speech as featured in his book "Grouch Marx and Other Short Stories and Tall Tales: Selected Writings of Groucho Marx": Order Here Follow along with the show notes to view the works mentioned in this episode: S.J. Perelman Walk a Little Faster, 1932 One Touch of Venus, 1943 Dolly Haus Ogden Nash Sweet Bye and Bye 2011 Recording on Spotify Death in Philadelphia, the Creators of Sweet Bye and Bye, 1947 Drawings from Westward Ha!, 1947 Stanley Tucci in Execution of Justice (On the Right), 1986 Groucho Marx Frank Ferrante as Groucho, 1986 The King and I, 1951 Swiss Family Perelman, 1949 Please write in your questions to us at info@alhirschfeldfoundation.org for our 50th episode special coming in August! Write to us by August 9th with any question you have about the world of Hirschfeld! Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch Hirschfeld Moments: Ep.4 - Hirschfeld Draws a Star! Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram HirschfeldHomestyle.com The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel
Anthony Melchiorri might just be America's Favorite Hotel Expert. Anthony was the GM of some iconic New York City Hotel such as the The Plaza, the Algonquin Hotel, and The Lucerne. He also GM-ed the Nickelodeon Hotel and Resort in Orlando, Florida. After his hotel career, he created and produced the hit Travel Channel show Hotel Impossible. He also has other spin-offs such as No Limits, Extreme Hotels, 5-Stars Secrets, and now his new series Hotel All-Stars. Anthony is a champion of the hospitality industry and one of the most knowledge in the game. In this episode, we talk about his challenging upbringing in Brooklyn to his triumphant career in the hospitality industry. He discusses the impact of the Air Force on his life, his rise in the hotel business, and his significant accomplishments at iconic hotels like The Plaza, The Lucerne, and The Algonquin. He digs into his philosophy on service, the importance of employee morale, and the role of technology in enhancing guest experiences. The discussion also covers how to handle notorious hotel histories, problematic guests, and security concerns, culminating in Anthony's vision for the future of hospitality.Sign up for the Some Future Day Newsletter here: https://marcbeckman.substack.com/Episode Links:Creator and Host of Hotel ImpossiblePresident of Argeo HopitalityCo-host of the No-Vacancy podcastLinkedInInstagramFacebookTwitterYoutubeHotel All-StarsTo join the conversation follow Marc Beckman here:YoutubeLinkedInTwitterInstagram
David Leopold interviews actor, writer, cabaret performer, and drag legend Charles Busch on his vivid career and his work on the online exhibition Hirschfeld's Drag Show, celebrating 74 years of performers in drag across 15 drawings by Al Hirschfeld. Hirschfeld's Drag Show is available to view now at alhirschfeldfoundation.org/exhibitions Recorded at The Algonquin Hotel in New York. Check out The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel Visit CharlesBusch.com Follow along with the show notes to view the works mentioned in the episode: Charles Busch (Two Drawings) Charles Ludlam, 1983 Jose Ferrer Charley's Aunt, 1940 Charley's Aunt (Other Drawings) Mary Martin as Peter Pan, 1954 Peter Pan (Other Drawings) Some Like It Hot, 1959 Myra Breckinridge, 1969 La Cage Aux Folles, 1983 Charles Busch in Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, 1986 Goodbye Charlie, 1959 Liza Minnelli Barbra Streisand Meghan Robinson in Psycho Beach Party, 1987 Andy Halliday in The Lady in Question, 1989 The Tale of the Allergist's Wife, 2002 Lynne Meadow, 1993 Victor/Victoria, 1995 Julie Andrews Valerie Harper Hairspray, 2002 Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Watch Hirschfeld Moments: Ep.4 - Hirschfeld Draws a Star! Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram HirschfeldHomestyle.com The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel
Paul Logothetis visits one of New York's oldest working hotels, which spawned the famous Algonquin Round Table, a who's who of US literary elites.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
David sits down with guest curator Alan Pally, a trustee of the Noël Coward Foundation, to discuss our new online exhibition Men About Town: Hirschfeld Draws Noël Coward, now available to view at alhirschfeldfoundation.org/exhibitions Recorded at The Algonquin Hotel in New York, David and Alan look back at Coward's extraordinary career and the many figures he worked with through Hirschfeld's drawings. Important Links: Men About Town: Hirschfeld Draws Noël Coward (Full Exhibition) About the Noël Coward Foundation The NY Public Library for the Performing Arts The Hirschfeld Package at The Algonquin Hotel Follow along with the show notes to view the works mentioned in this episode: Nöel Coward Lillian Gish Irene Worth John Gielgud Barbara Cook Paula Laurence Private Lives (Various Productions) Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne Gertrude Lawrence The Red Peppers (from Star!), 1968 Private Lives, 1931 Daniel Massey Raymond Massey Laurence Olivier Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor in Private Lives, 1983 Joan Collins in Private Lives, 1992 Maggie Smith and John Standing in Private Lives, 1976 Bea Lillie Set to Music, 1939 Elsa Maxwell Blithe Spirit Mildred Natwick Design For Living, 1984 Tammy Grimes Look After Lulu, 1959 Carol Channing Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1949 High Spirits, 1964 Uta Hagen Hirschfeld Century Podcast - Episode 45: 1964 Oh, Coward!, 1987 Marlene Dietrich Waiting in the Wings, 1999 Dana Ivey in Present Laughter, 1982 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Visit our website Visit our shop Like us on Facebook Subscribe to our Youtube Channel Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Instagram
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 1125, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: Lakers 1: Locals in this Upstate New York City know it hosted the 1980 winter Olympics. Lake Placid. 2: Folks on the Nevada border know this lake took its name from the Washoe word for "Big Water". Lake Tahoe. 3: Workers are way above average in ports such as Duluth on this Great Lake. Lake Superior. 4: People walk like Egyptians around this lake formed by the creation of the Aswan High Dam. Lake Nasser. 5: U.N. office workers in Switzerland overlook this lake and have a view of the Alps. Lake Geneva. Round 2. Category: Nyc Authors 1: Walt Whitman, Henry Miller, and Betty Smith's "tree" all grew up in this borough. Brooklyn. 2: Tho he "looked homeward" to North Carolina, he lived in NYC because "You Can't Go Home Again". Thomas Wolfe. 3: James Baldwin called this "the only human part of New York", but left it anyway. Harlem. 4: Mark Twain, Dylan Thomas and Arthur Miller all lived in this famed hotel named for a London district. The Chelsea. 5: The Algonquin Hotel apparently threw this "Borstal Boy" out when he chased the maids thru the halls. Brendan Behan. Round 3. Category: 20Th Century Books 1: "What is fire? It's a mystery", says this novel; "Its real beauty is that it destroys responsibility and consequences". Fahrenheit 451. 2: In a Steinbeck tale this title object is thrown back into the water after causing trouble. the pearl. 3: Modern Library's pick as one of this century's top English-language novels is this 1969 Philip Roth book. "Portnoy's Complaint". 4: This novel begins on the porch of Tara. Gone with the Wind. 5: Lucy steps into this part of the title in a 1950 tale and discovers a "second row of coats hanging up behind the first". a wardrobe. Round 4. Category: Statuesque Authors 1: Much of her 6th century B.C. poetry is lost, but her reputation as a female writing pioneer remains. Sappho. 2: That's not such an ugly duckling beside the statue of this Dane in Central Park. Hans Christian Andersen. 3: Never mind the "Nevermore",he's been in Baltimore since 1921. (Edgar Allan) Poe. 4: As you might expect, this author's statue is relaxing at the bar in the El Floridita in Havana. Hemingway. 5: The statue of this Victorian author, born Mary Ann Evans, is in Warwickshire, where she set many of her novels. George Eliot. Round 5. Category: Smarties 1: In 1800 William Nicholson managed to break water molecules into atoms of these 2 elements. hydrogen and oxygen. 2: The temperature scale that this Swede invented in 1742 is used pretty much everywhere except the U.S.. Anders Celsius. 3: We'd have much dirtier windows if Louis-Bernard Guyton de Morveau hadn't liquefied this gas in 1798. ammonia. 4: In 1996 Gary Hack discovered the sphenomandibularis, a previously unknown one of these in the face. muscle. 5: Last name of the French brothers who introduced the pneumatic tire for cars. Michelin. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!Special thanks to https://blog.feedspot.com/trivia_podcasts/ AI Voices used
Willis Loughhead, general manager The Algonquin Hotel in midtown Manhattan, talks with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report about the history of this famed property, now part of Marriott's Autography Collection, which made its debut in 1902. The hotel also is famed for being the host of the Algonquin Roundtable, a regular gathering of writers, poets, playwrights and other artists in the 1920s and 1930s (and the roundtable still exists today). Loughhead talks about the accommodations, public rooms, programming that reflects the hotel's heritage—and the hotel cat! For more information, visit www.algonquinhotel.com. If interested, the original video of this podcast can be found on the Insider Travel Report Youtube channel or by searching for the podcast's title on Youtube.
Joan Didion was a titan of American writing. In the new biography, The World According to Joan Didion, author Evelyn McDonnell assesses Didion's importance as a writer while also providing a full portrait of her as a human being. On December 7th at The Algonquin Hotel, McDonnell and other authors will share readings that celebrate the life and legacy of Didion.
In this episode, Anthony Melchiorri discusses the state of the hotel industry and the interconnected relationships between owners, real estate investors, brands, and management companies. He emphasizes the challenges faced by the industry, such as rising costs and the importance of working together, along with the need to balance profit-making with preserving the soul of the industry. Anthony highlights the significance of strong relationships between these stakeholders and the impact they will have on the future of the industry. Finally, he addresses the absence of senior leadership in the brands and the changes needed in the ecosystem. Listen to gain insights on the current state and potential future of the hotel industry!Learn more about AnthonyLearn more about Anthony's book, Show UpFollow Anthony on LinkedInFollow Anthony on YouTubeListen to Anthony's podcast with Glenn Haussman, No VacancyThanks to Willis and the team at The Algonquin Hotel for hosting us for this conversation.What did you think about this episode? Join the Hospitality Daily community on LinkedIn and share your thoughts. If you care about hospitality, check out the Masters of Moments podcast where Jake Wurzak interviews top leaders in hospitality. His conversations with Bashar Wali and Matt Marquis are a great place to start, but also check out his solo episodes such as how he underwrites investment deals and a deep dive into GP fees you know about. Music by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands
Anthony Melchiorri started his hospitality career working at an Embassy Suites in Kansas and then worked his way up to becoming one of the most successful hotel general managers in New York City.Throughout that journey, he discovered some practical things that allowed him to show up for himself and for the hotels and people he served. Then in 2012, he landed a deal with the Travel Channel that led to him hosting nine seasons of the hit show, Hotel Impossible, where he gave millions of people a front-row seat to what it takes to turn around struggling hospitality businesses.Anthony drew from those experiences to write his recent best-selling book, Show Up: The Five Steps to Getting Out of Your Own Way, which I found to be so compelling that I flew from California to New York to sit down with him to discuss what he's learned about leadership and success in hospitality and beyond.Learn more about AnthonyLearn more about Anthony's book, Show UpFollow Anthony on LinkedInFollow Anthony on YouTubeListen to Anthony's podcast with Glenn Haussman, No VacancyBig thanks to Willis and the team at The Algonquin Hotel for hosting us for this conversation!And thanks to our sponsors who help make Hospitality Daily possible:Actabl - a suite of business intelligence, labor management, and hotel operations management software Hireology - the platform that can help you attract better-quality talent, fill open roles faster, and make data-driven hiring decisionsSojern - the #1 travel marketing platform What did you think about this episode? Join the Hospitality Daily community on LinkedIn and share your thoughts. If you care about hospitality, check out the Masters of Moments podcast where Jake Wurzak interviews top leaders in hospitality. His conversations with Bashar Wali and Matt Marquis are a great place to start, but also check out his solo episodes such as how he underwrites investment deals and a deep dive into GP fees you know about. Music by Clay Bassford of Bespoke Sound: Music Identity Design for Hospitality Brands
This episode, Leashea and Carver talk about the ghosts of New Brunswick. From the Jail and Algonquin Hotel and Resort in St. Andrews to the Skyway Lodge in Miramichi.As always, you can reach us on almost any social media and email us your ghost stories at drinksandthingspodcast@gmail.comhttps://linktr.ee/DrinksandThingsWe also have a buymeacoffee! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/drinksnthingsMusic in intro/outro by Skilsel on PixabaySupport the show
WVFP Ep30 (CLIP) 'The Garment District'. Guest Patrick McGraw, editor of the ground breaking literary magazine Heavy Traffic, and host Nathan Gene talk about a variety of things including the new issue of Heavy Traffic, his own writing, Cobble Hill, men's suits, Tin Pan Alley, The Algonquin Hotel and we even get to some literature talk in this special 30th episode(!) of WVFP podcast NYC.
Luke joins the show from the storied Algonquin Hotel in New York City, where he's doing his best “Dorothy Parker After A Long Jog” imitation. Meanwhile, Andrew's anxiety about the upcoming TBTL-a-Thon is reaching new, albeit unjustified, heights.
Luke joins the show from the storied Algonquin Hotel in New York City, where he's doing his best “Dorothy Parker After A Long Jog” imitation. Meanwhile, Andrew's anxiety about the upcoming TBTL-a-Thon is reaching new, albeit unjustified, heights.
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To celebrate our 100th episode, Abby and Alan spend the night at the oldest operational hotel in New York City. The Algonquin Hotel has a rich history, over a hundred years of paranormal sightings and a ton of traditions, including the lobby cat. lunaticsproject.comGet Lunatics Merch here. Join the discussion on Discord.Listen to the paranormal playlist I curate for Vurbl, updated weekly!Check out Abby's book Horror Stories. Available in eBook and paperback.Music by Michaela Papa, Alan Kudan & Jordan Moser. Poster Art by Pilar Keprta @pilar.kep.Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/filmsaboutlunatics)
(Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/MOXIE - Enter promo code MOXIE for 83% off and 3 extra months free!) T-shirt for Ukraine Why did no one tell me about Moms Mabley?!! Hear about her and other 'living loud and proud' ladies (Dorothy Parker, Mae West, Tallulah Bankhead) on this International Women's Day. 01:00 Tallulah Bankhead 13:00 Mae West 23:00 Moms Mabley Links to all the research resources are on the website. Hang out with your fellow Brainiacs. Reach out and touch Moxie on Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram. Become a patron of the podcast arts! Patreon or Ko-Fi. Or buy the book and a shirt. Music: Kevin MacLeod, David Fesilyan, Dan Henig. and/or Chris Haugen. Sponsors: Dumb People with Terrible Ideas, History Obscura, Sambucol Want to start a podcast or need a better podcast host? Get up to TWO months hosting for free from Libsyn with coupon code "moxie." Dorothy Parker was a famously wry, witty, and acerbic writer and critic, with a low opinion of relationships. Her wit was apparent from an early age, referring to her father's second wife as “The Housekeeper.” She was described by journalist and critic Alexander Woolcott as “a combination of Little Nell and Lady MacBeth.” As a literary critic, she said of one book, "This is not a novel to be tossed aside lightly. It should be thrown with great force." The author of the book? Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. My name's Moxie…. This episode drops on Intl Womens Day, and I've covered a lot of remarkable women on the show, for a number of remarkable reasons, but today we focus on ladies for their remarks, for their wit and their wild ways. Tallulah Bankhead is a name I've known for many years, but never really knew anything about her. Back in the day, going to the big “computer show and sale” at the raceway complex with my dad, circa 1996, I picked up some cd-roms of FVM video games and some educational stuff like Microsoft Encarta Musical Instruments and some reference that included hundred of famous quotes. Some of you I realize will have no idea what I just said, a few of you will be unclear what a cd-rom is, but a few of you just got a cold chill like someone walking across your grave. Tallulah Bankhead's wit featured prominently with quotes like, "If I were well behaved, I'd die of boredom," “I read Shakespeare and the Bible, and I can shoot dice. That's what I call a liberal education," and "I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late, start without me." ‘I like her,' I thought, but didn't look into who she actually was until this week. Considering she's the inspiration for one of Disney's most iconic villains, you'd think I'd have come across something between then and now, but not. Bankhead, the daughter of an Alabama congressman and future speaker of the House, was named after her paternal grandmother, whose name was inspired by Tallulah Falls, Georgia. That grandmother would raise her when her mother died a few days after her birth and the loss sent her father into a pit of depression and alcoholism. Little Tallulah was… difficult. Tallulah discovered at an early age that theatrics were a viable outlet for gaining the attention, good or bad, that she craved. A series of throat and chest infections as a child had left her with a raspy voice which would later become her trademark. It also made her stand out from her classmates, but Tallulah was not the type to be bullied and soon became the terror or students and the bane of teachers. She would find herself sent to, and expelled from, two different convent schools, the first for once for throwing ink at a nun and the next time for making a pass at one. At 15, Bankhead submitted her own photo to film industry magazine Picture Play, winning a small part in a movie and a trip to New York. She was allowed to go only by promising her father, a Congressman, she'd abstain from men and alcohol, but as she famously put it in her autobiography, "He didn't say anything about women and cocaine." She was a self-described "technical virgin" until 20. Though she lacked training and discipline, she possessed a dazzling stage presence, her husky voice providing fascinating contrast with her good looks. Quickly ascending to stardom, she just as easily gained renown for her quick-witted outspokenness and indefatigable party going. In New York, Bankhead moved into the famous Algonquin Hotel, a hotspot for the artistic and literary elite of the era, and was quickly rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous. After several years starring in films and on stage in New York, Bankhole's acting was praised, but she had not yet scored a big commercial hit. So, she moved to London in 1923, where her stardom grew. Her fame heightened in 1924 when she played Amy in Sidney Howard's They Knew What They Wanted. The show won the 1925 Pulitzer Prize. But Bankhead was best known for her antics off-stage. She'd drive her Bently recklessly through London and if she got lost, she'd hire a black cab to drive to where she was going and she'd follow him. She spent her nights at booze and drug-filled parties, partaking liberally, and reportedly smoked 120 cigarettes a day, which is kind of dubious because how would you have time for anything else. She also openly had a series of relationships with both men and women, including some very famous female personalities of the day. Names attached to her, with or without facts to back it included Greta Garbo, Hattie McDaniel, the first AfrAm actress to win an Oscar, and singer Billie Holiday. One thing that's known with great certainty is that she talked openly about her vices, and women just weren't supposed to do that. Hell, they weren't supposed to *have vices. She found herself included in Hays' "Doom Book", which would help her inspire a Disney villain, since only the worst of the worst were in the Doom Book, but it didn't do much for her career. Brief refresher on the Hays Code, and you can hear lots more about it in the episode Words You Can't Say on TV or Radio, way back in Oct 2018 before I started numbering episodes, the Hays Code a set of strict guidelines all motion pictures companies operated under from 1934 to 1968. It prohibited profanity, suggestive nudity, sexual perversions like homosexuality, interracial relationships, any talk of reproductive anything, and, in case you were unclear where all this came from, it banned ridicule of authority in general and the clergy in particular. This is why married couples in black&white sitcoms slept in separate beds. The Doom Book, which was either a closely guarded secret or never physically existed, was said to have contained the names of over 150 thespians considered too morally tumultuous to be used in movies. So this is the law of the land when a gal like Tallulah Bankhead is running around in cursing like a sailor in hedonistic, drug-fueled, openly-bisexual glee. Giving up on Hollywood, Bankhead returned to Broadway for a decade or so, where she reached her zenith with her performances in The Little Foxes and The Skin of Our Teeth, both of which earned her the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, and was briefly married to actor John Emery. [a la Sam O'Nella] Never heard of him? Me neither. What's his story? I didn't bother. In 1943 she decided to give Hollywood a second try, but Hollywood hadn't had the same thought about her. There was one bright spot, being cast in and praised for Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat in 1944. By the late 1940s and early 1950s, Bankhead's hedonistic lifestyle and excessive drinking had taken its toll. Critics complained that she had become a self-caricature, which feels like a real oof. She kept her career afloat by publishing a best-selling autobiography, touring in plays like Private Lives and Dear Charles, before headlining her own nightclub act. In 1965 she made her last *film appearance, playing a homicidal religious fanatic in the British thriller Die! Die! My Darling! Tallulah Bankhead's final acting assignments included a “Special Guest Villain” stint on the TV series Batman. When she was advised that the series was considered “high camp,” her response was vintage Tallulah: “Don't tell me about camp, dahling! I invented it!” Am I ever going to tell you which Disney villain she inspired? I supposed, if I must. Disney animator Marc Davis once told of his creative process when tasked to create the villain for an upcoming film. (It was 1961 if you want to try to guess.) The chaaracter would become iconic, instantly recognizable whether cartoon or real life. Davis looked to real-life "bad" women, and while he said there were a number of different people who he kept in mind while drawing her, one name rose to the top – Tallulah Bankhead. So no matter if her movie or Broadway career is forgotten, Bankhead will always live on as Cruella de Ville. Mae West When she was good, she was very good. But when she was bad, she made film history. Whether making films, writing plays or flirting with the camera, Mae West was undisputedly the most controversial sex siren of her time and she even landed in jail because of it. She was the queen of double entendres on and off screen, delivering some of the best-remembered quips in movie history. You know the line, "Is that a gun in your pocket, or are you just happy to see me?", yeah, that was West In "She Done Him Wrong." in 1933. Mary Jane West was born on Aug. 17, 1893 in Queens, NY to a boxer turned cop and a former corset and fashion model. The acting bug bit the heck out of West when she was tiny, bringing home talent show prizes at age 5. At age 12, she became a professional vaudeville performer. She was secretly married at age 17, but only lived with her husband for a few weeks, though they didn't legally divorce for 31 years. The adult West was rumored to have secretly married another man, but on the whole she preferred younger men. Her long-term partner Paul Novak was 30 years her junior. West was also rumored to have worn custom 8 in platform shoes, because she was only 5'2”. Two tangents, I would have *massive respect for anyone who could even walk in 8in platform, and that's something all the women in today's discussion have in common - they're all my size. In 1926, under the pen name "Jane Mast," West wrote, produced and starred in a play called Sex, about a sex worker named Margie La Monte who was looking to better her situation by finding a well-to-do man to marry well if not wisely. Mae West was sentenced to 10 days in prison and given a $500 fine, charged with “obscenity and corrupting the morals of youth.” The rumor mill went into overtime when she was behind bars – she was permitted to wear silk underpants instead of prison-issue or the warden wined and dined her every night. West was set free after serving eight of the ten days and remarked to reporters that it was “…the first time I ever got anything for good behavior.” Before the show was raided in February of 1927 around 325,000 people had come through the turnstiles. Buns in seats, laddie, buns in seat. Not bothered in the slightest, and probably keenly aware of all the free publicity she just got, West appeared in a string of successful plays, including "The Drag," a 1927 play that was banned from Broadway because of its homosexual theme. If you think people try to tell you what to say these days, imagine having to deal with the likes of the Hays Code or the Catholic Legion of Decency, which I maintain sounds like a pro-wrestling tag team. She was an advocate of gay and transgender rights, which were at the time generally throught to be the same thing, and her belief that "a gay man was actually a female soul housed in a male body" ran counter to the belief at that time that homosexuality was an illness. Her next play, The Pleasure Man ran for only one showing before also being shut down with the whole cast being arrested for obscenity, but this time getting off thanks to a hung jury. West continued to stir up controversy with her plays, including the Broadway smash "Diamond Lil" in 1928, about a loose woman of the 1890s. Dominating the Broadway scene was nice, but West had her eyes set to the, well, to the west and Hollywood. West was 38 years old at the time, which is the age when the phone stops ringing for many actresses, but Paramount Pictures offered West a contract at $5000 a week ($80,000 now) and –luckily for all of us or I might not be talking about her right now– they let her re-write her lines. Her first film, Night After Night, set the tone for her on-screen persona right from jump street, from her first line where a hat check girl says to her “Goodness, what beautiful diamonds.” To which West replied, “Goodness had nothing to do with it, dearie.” Within three years she was the second highest paid person in the United States. The only person earning more was the publishing magnate friggin' William Randolph Hearst. West not only made her own career, she insisted a young Cary Grant be cast opposite her, putting Grant on the road to his Golden Age icon status. That was ‘33's "She Done Him Wrong," which contained her most famous quote, but I'm sorry to tell you that you've been saying it wrong your whole life. Yes, your whole life. You've seen it parodied in cartoons. The line isn't "Why don't you come up and seem me sometime?" "Why don't you come up some time and see me?" Am I being painfully pedantic to point this out? Yes. …. That's all. The public loved Mae West, but her blunt sexuality onscreen rubbed censors the wrong way. In 1934, they began deleting overtly sexy lines and whole scenes from her films. Not about to take that lying down, West doubled up on double entendres, hoping that the censors would delete the most offensive lines and miss the subtler ones. More controversial films followed. West was already 50 when she made "The Heat's On," but her youthful look and performance made the film a cult favorite. She also got banned from the radio for a sketch about Adam and Eve opposite Don Ameche, was on TV a few times, and even recorded two successful rock albums, decades before the late Christopher Lee. Bonus facts: Cassandra Peterson, aka Elvira Mistress of the Dark, was once the lead singer of an Italian punk rock band. MIDROLL The script for this episode started with Bankhead, West, and Dorothy Parker. I recognized that they were demographically pretty similar, though Parker was Jewish and there's a wild theory out there that West was mixed-race, so I started asking around for WOC/LGBT of that same era and one name came up again and again, a name I'd never heard of, an oversight I now know to be a damn shame if ever there was one. Presenting for the elucidation of many listeners, Moms Mabley. Moms, plural not possessive, had been a vaudeville star for half a century on what was called the Chitlin Circuit, before white audiences began to discover her. Her trademarks were her old lady persona, complete with house coat, dust cap and waddling shuffle, and her raunchy, man-hungry humor, which is funny in a few ways when you consider she was an out-and-proud lesbian. Although Moms spent her professional life making people laugh, her personal life had more than its share of grief. If you're not in the mood for tragic backstory, I totally understand if you want to hit your jump-30 button. Born Loretta Mary Aiken in North Carolina in 1894, Moms was the grandaughter of a slave and one of 16 children. She was the victim of rape twice before the age of 14, once by an older black man and the other by the town's white sheriff. Both rapes resulted in pregnancies; both babies were given away. Loretta's father, a volunteer fireman, had been killed when a fire engine exploded, and her mother was run over and killed by a truck while coming home from church on Christmas Day. Her stepfather forced her to marry a man she didn't even like, one assumes to pare down the number of dependent minors in the house. At the age of 14, Loretta ran away to join a minstrel show. A young girl out in the world on her own would normally be a recipe for disaster, heartache and suffering, but Moms had already had enough of all those, thank you very much. She took the name Mabley from her first boyfriend and acquired the nickname Moms later on, though none of my sources, and they are regrettably few and superficial, recounted why. She was only in her early 20's when she devised the old lady character and kept her persona up until her actual age exceeded the character. Like all who played vaudeville, she had multiple talents: dancing, singing, jokes. Unlike many of her contemporaries, she had a gift for crafting original material far stronger than the stock routines others toured with. At the prompting of the vaudeville team Butterbeans and Susie, she moved to New York City in the early 20's and found herself in the the Harlem Renaissance. "I never went back across the Mason-Dixon line," recalled Mabley. "Not for another thirty years." Toward the end of her life, Moms would say “There were some horrible things done to me. I played every state in the Union except Mississippi. I won't go there; they ain't read.” She hardly needed to back then anyway, playing the Apollo so often she could probably have gotten her mail forwarded there. There used to be a showbiz expression, “It won't play in Peoria,” meaning something will not be successful for a wide, Joe Everyman (read: white) audience, and Moms certainly fit that bill. Moms talked about sex constantly. That's not surprising from female comics these days, though it still isn't as acceptable as it is for male comics. But unlike the male comics of Mom's day, she slid into the jokes sideways with a double-entendre or a well-placed pause, rather than the straightforward use of obscenity that would become popular with such later black comedians as Richard Pryor. Although Loretta herself was a lesbian, Moms was that of ''dirty old lady'' with a penchant for younger men. She made fun of older men, subtly ridiculing the ways they wielded authority over women as well as the declining of their sexual powers. Her signature line became: ''Ain't nothin' an old man can do for me but bring me a message from a young man.'' She moved from vaudeville into films, but Hollywood wasn't exactly rolling out the red carpet for black actors and film-makers. That's okay, they said, we'll just do it ourselves. As early as 1929 there were over 460 "colored movie houses" across America. owned and operated by, and catering specifically to, African-Americans, with all-Black cast films, shorts, and even newsreels. But it would be fair to say that these were B-movies, filmed in a couple of days, with whatever equipment and people you could cobble together. Hell, scenes were usually shot in one take, because editing requires more time and money. Where they shone was in the musical numbers, crafting scenes that would have shamed MGM or Warner Brothers, if only they'd had any budget at all. Comedian Slappy White remembered, "It wasn't hard casting the actors. All of us were out of work before the picture started [and we] would all be out of work again as soon as it was finished." Moms starred in 1948's Boarding House Blues where she played landlord to a building of rent-dodging vaudeville performers, which is an amazing premise. The film also showcased "Crip" Heard, a tap dancer with only one arm and one leg. And the best thing about Boarding House Blues? You can actually see it! It's on the free Tubi app, link in the show notes, not a sponsor, and I plan to watch it as soon as I can make myself sit still for 1.5 hours. Watch-party anyone? Film was nice and everything, but it was vinyl records that gave Moms the boost she needed to expand her audience. Comedy records were *the thing in the early 60's.Her first vinyl appearance came a few years prior with the 1956 Vanguard Records release A Night at the Apollo. The album is a fascinating social document with liner notes written by Langston Hughes. Of the many other noteworthy things about that album is the fact that Moms wasn't paid for her part in it. So she was understandably reluctant when the Chess brothers asked her to cut an album with them. Phil and Leonard Chess were Jewish immigrants who arrived in Chicago a few months prior to the stock market crash who were able to buy some South Side bars after the end of prohibition. Their Macomba Lounge became a hot spot when they started booking live music, mostly rhythm and blues, which drew in the biggest crowds. The brothers noticed this, and that the acts who had people lining up around the block, weren't available on records, so they started a record company. Chess Records signed names like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, Bo Diddley, and Chuck Berry. These records delivered new found joys for the white public and offered posterity for Chicago's African-American crowd. Always on the lookout for what was popular with their original Black audience, Chess Records asked Moms Mabley to sign, but she understandably didn't want to get screwed again. Luckily her manager was able to persuade her and Moms Mabley on Stage (also known under the name Moms Mabley: The Funniest Woman Alive) was produced. Chicago was host to Hugh Hefner's Playboy Club, a venue that always featured a strong roster of Black performers and plenty of white bohemians, and that's where she recorded Moms Mabley at The Playboy Club. Y'all gotta see this album cover, link in the shownotes. If you were to listen to On Stage and then Playboy Club, you'd notice something…different between the two albums. On Stage was recorded at The Apollo and opens with a thunderous cacophony of cheerings. Playboy Club, not as much, because that album was recorded in front of an all-white audience. It was time for a cross-over. It was also the time for civil rights –lunch counters, fire hoses, marches. Mabley's act became increasingly political, but her benevolent old grandma persona made her non-threatening and more accessible to white crowds. Moms knew white audiences needed to hear her message now, and that they might actually hear her. She was just a little old lady, shuffling onto the stage, how threatening could she be? Plus she was on the biggest TV shows of the day –Merv Griffin, Johnny Carson, Flip Wilson, Mike Douglas, the Smothers Brothers– and they were okay, so she must be okay. Moms had crossed over. She played Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center. She put out more albums, including my favorite title, Young Men Si, Old Men No. She began acting in big studio films, like The Cincinatti Kid, with Steve McQueen. In 1966 Moms returned to the South for the first time in over three decades. It, uh, didn't go great. In the middle of her show, five shots rang out in the theater and Moms scrambled off-stage. Thankfully, the shots went nowhere near her, originating apparently from a fight between audience members. Regardless, a story made the rounds that one of the bullets went straight through her floppy hat. "I hadn't been in Columbia, South Carolina, for thirty-five years," explained Moms, "and [now] bullets ran me out of town." Music became a regular part of her act, and a cover version of "Abraham, Martin and John" hit No. 35 on the Billboard Hot 100 on July 19, 1969, making Mabley, at 75, the oldest living person to have a U.S. Top 40 hit. Mabley continued performing in the 1970s. In 1971, she appeared on The Pearl Bailey Show. Later that year, she opened for Ike & Tina Turner at the Greek Theatre and sang a tribute to Louis Armstrong as part of her set.[24] While filming the 1974 film Amazing Grace, (her only film starring role)[1] Mabley suffered a heart attack. She returned to work three weeks later, after receiving a pacemaker. She is survived not only by her children (she had four other children as an adult), but by more contemporary comedians who remember her and want to keep her story alive. She was the subject of a Broadway play by Clarice Taylor, who played one of the grandma's on the Cosby Show; two projects from Whoopi Goldberg, one being the comedy show that put Goldberg on the map in 1984 and a documentary in 2013, and in season 3 of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, where she was portrayed by lifelong fan Wanda Sykes. And that's… Dorothy Parker's wit was, deservedly, the stuff of legend. Of the Yale prom, she said, “ If all the girls attending it were laid end to end, I wouldn't be at all surprised.” It was that saucy humor that got her fired from her job as a staff writer at Vanity Fair. Parker spoke openly about having had an abortion, a thing that simply was not done in the 1920's, saying, “It serves me right for putting all my eggs in one bastard.” A firm believer in civil rights, she bequeathed her literary estate to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Remember Sources: https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/person/204532%7C103917/Mae-West/#biography https://www.britannica.com/biography/Mae-West https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/52283/13-things-you-might-not-know-about-mae-west http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/04/this-day-in-history-mae-west-is-sentenced-to-10-days-in-prison-for-writing-directing-and-performing-in-the-broadway-play-sex/ https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tallulah-Bankhead https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/05/real-cruella-de-vil-tallulah-bankhead https://www.nytimes.com/1987/08/09/theater/theater-the-pain-behind-the-laughter-of-moms-mabley.html https://dorothyparker.com/gallery/biography https://bookshop.org/books/your-brain-on-facts-things-you-didn-t-know-things-you-thought-you-knew-and-things-you-never-knew-you-never-knew-trivia-quizzes-fun-fa/9781642502534?aid=14459&listref=books-based-on-podcasts https://www.mamamia.com.au/tallulah-bankhead-cruella/
Mark interviews Ami Sands Brodoff, the award-winning author of three novels and two story collections about her latest book, The Sleep of Apples and the stories and books she has written over the years. Prior to the main content, Mark discusses recent comments, welcomes new patron Jared Nelson, shares a personal update, and a word about this episode's sponsor. You can learn more about how you can get your work distributed to retailers and library systems around the world at starkreflections.ca/Findaway. In their conversation Mark and Ami talk about: Ami as a "late-bloomer" writer who had worked on a number of short stories for years before working on a novel The encouragement, including a nomination for The Pushcart Prize that happened early on with Ami's first published story Being invited to The Algonquin Hotel in New York for lunch with some editors Asking herself is this the career I want to be doing no matter what The related anchor job that Ami had for guaranteed writing money coming in while she did freelance work Adapting real-life circumstances into her first novel, Can You See Me? How the stories in The Sleep of Apples are linked by a neighborhood, whereas in a previous collection, it was a theme that unified the stories The concept of neighborhoods in cities like Montreal and New York The amazing critical acclaim for The Sleep of Apples and how publicist can snowball Various workshops that Ami has lead over the years Tapping into the stories that other people want to share and tell Advice Ami would have for beginning writers And more... After the interview Mark reflects on the idea of how publicist can snowball, or how a lot of hard work can lead to those "viral" things. Links of Interest: Ami Sands Brodoff Website EP 223 - Love, Only Better with Paulette Stout The Canadian Mounted Patreon for Stark Reflections The Relaxed Author Buy eBook Direct Buy Audiobook Direct Publishing Pitfalls for Authors An Author's Guide to Working with Libraries & Bookstores Wide for the Win Mark's Canadian Werewolf Books This Time Around (Short Story) A Canadian Werewolf in New York Stowe Away (Novella) Fear and Longing in Los Angeles Fright Nights, Big City Lover's Moon Ami Sands Brodoff is the award-winning author of three novels and two story collections. Her latest novel-in-stories, The Sleep of Apples, centres on 9 closely-linked characters confronting crises related to mental illness, mortality--sooner rather than later--and gender identity. Ami's novel, In Many Waters, grapples with our world-wide refugee crisis. The White Space Between, which focuses on a mother and daughter struggling with the impact of the Holocaust won The Canadian Jewish Book Award for Fiction. Bloodknots, a volume of thematically-linked stories was a finalist for the ReLit Award. Ami leads workshops for teens, adults, and seniors. She has taught writing to formerly incarcerated women and to people grappling with mental illness. Ami has been awarded fellowships to Yaddo, the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Ragdale Foundation, and St. James Cavalier Arts Centre for Creativity (Malta). Ami lives in Montreal with her partner, children and high energy Brittany Spaniel Xeno. The introductory, end, and bumper music for this podcast (“Laser Groove”) was composed and produced by Kevin MacLeod of www.incompetech.com and is Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
Subscribe to Quotomania on Simplecast or search for Quotomania on your favorite podcast app!Raised on Manhattan's Upper West Side, Dorothy Parker built a career that was defined by her wit and her incisive commentary on contemporary America. She was born two months prematurely at her family's summer home in West End, New Jersey. By the time she was five, she had lost her mother; by age 20, she had also lost her father, a garment manufacturer. She studied at Blessed Sacrament Convent School in New York City, and a finishing school, Miss Dana's, in Morristown, New Jersey, but never received a high school diploma. She supported herself as a pianist at a dance academy until entering the world of magazine publishing. After selling her first poem to Vanity Fair in 1914, she became a regular contributor to Vogue. In 1917, she took over P.G. Wodehouse's role as theater critic at Vanity Fair. That same year, she married her first husband, stockbroker Edwin P. Parker. It was an unhappy marriage and the couple divorced about a decade later. While building a career in criticism, she was a key member of the Round Table, a group of writers who traded witticisms over lunch at the Algonquin Hotel. She was an inaugural member of the board of editors at the New Yorker upon its founding in 1925, and over the next decade she frequently contributed short poems to its pages.In 1926, Parker published her first book of poetry, Enough Rope, which became a bestseller. Her other collections include Sunset Gun (1928) and Death and Taxes (1931). Parker's poetry is marked by cleverness but also by the deep depression that plagued her. Focusing on power dynamics, especially those involving gender, her poetry—sometimes dismissed as “light” or “flapper” verse—pulled apart the fabric of American society. During the 1920s and early 1930s, she also published several books of short stories.Parker moved to Hollywood in 1934. There, she worked as a screenwriter on films such as A Star Is Born and garnered several Oscar nominations, with her second husband Alan Campbell. During that time, she was engaged in left-wing politics, raising money for progressive causes, reporting from Spain about the Civil War, and writing articles for the New Masses. She was also the national chairman of the Joint Anti-Fascist Refugee Committee. Before Parker's death in 1967 at the age of 73, she specified that the bulk of her estate was to go to Martin Luther King, Jr. When King was assassinated less than a year later, it passed to the NAACP.From https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dorothy-parker. For more information about Dorothy Parker:“Dorothy Parker's Stunning Wit and Tragic Life”: https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20170605-dorothy-parkers-stunning-wit-and-tragic-life“Dorothy Parker, The Art of Fiction No. 13”: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4933/the-art-of-fiction-no-13-dorothy-parker“Dorothy Parker”: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/dorothy-parker
Email Us Here: Disturbinglypragmatic@gmail.comWhere To Find Us!: Disturbingly Pragmatic Link Tree!This Episode has EVERYTHING!It's got:Randy Newman Sings!Week Long Sickness!Very Special Episodes!Early Internet Stories!Ozark is Butt Clenchingly Good!Tiger King 2 is Peak White Trash and White Privilege!Declawing Cats is Torture! Please DO NOT DO THIS TO YOUR CAT!Tim Stark - Future True Crime Podcast Subject!Dave's a HUGE NAME DROPPER!Don Lewis' Murderer is a Hero!Joe Exotic Clout Chasing!Star Trek Discovery is Awesomely Canadian!Matt Doran Embarrasses Australia!Dave Can't Stop Talking! We Apologize!BC Floods - Let's Build an Ark!Taint Injuries!Episode Links (In Order):Enes Yilmazer's $80 Million Office Building House Video!Ozark - Del Kills Everyone Scene!Ozark - Del Kills Everyone Scene Part 2!Ozark - Gary's Death Scene!Tiger King 2 Trailer!Charles Manson's Child Bride!Edamame Song!Amaury Guichon's Chocolate Filled Instagram!Matt Doran Sinks Adele Interview!Adele Removes Shuffle From Spotify!Much Cuter Matt Doran's Twitter!Enes Yilmazer's California Ranch with 3 Mansions!Cascadia Earthquake!Algonquin Hotel, NYC!MUSIC CREDIT!Opening Music Graciously Supplied By: https://audionautix.com/
Sara's Profile:linkedin.com/in/sara-duffy-79b43617website: https://stonehilltaylor.com email: sduffy@stonehilltaylor.comBio:Sara Duffy graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and received her Associate of Applied Science in Interior Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology. With a background in art history and television, Sara crafts a unique, immersive narrative for each of her projects with a focus on thoughtful, classic design. Her impressive variety of projects includes the Nomad Hotel and Bar in New York and its re-iteration in Las Vegas, the J.W. Marriott Nashville, and the iconic TWA Hotel at JFK Airport's historic TWA Flight Center. She has worked with renowned hospitality developers such as the Sydell Group, Eleven Madison Park's Chef Daniel Humm and Will Guidara, Marriott International, Turnberry Associates, Hyatt Hotels & Resorts, and Hilton Hotels & Resorts.Show Intro:The Algonquin Hotel in New York was opened in 1902. Stories abound of the guests that stayed there and the fabled “Round Table” around which literary luminaries met daily to talk about all thing literature.The TWA terminal designed by the masterful architect Eero Sarinen opened in 1962 and has a history of its own aside from the groundbreaking design that made it an icon of the era.The Marriott Marquis in Time Square New York was the work of architect John Portman who created monumental interiors in concrete. The hotel's construction was first disclosed on November 3, 1972, and opened a little over ten years later.These projects have stood the test of time but been reinvigorated with major renovations in the past couple of years to bring them into a new era of hospitality that caters to an evolving cohort of travelers. It's no small thing to take a building and breath new life into it while not diminishing their cultural significance. Making them more effective in meeting the new need of guests while also paying due respect to the architects and histories they have lived has a plethora of challenges. Consultant teams can be as large as 100 different organizations, each with a specific mandate and areas of work. Building methodologies have changes, codes and regulations are stricter, materials and furniture options have proliferated. All of this adds to the challenge. And, when considering big design changes, board rooms are filled with questions like, “can we actually do that?”, “Should we do that”” “what message are we sending if we do that?”Sara Duffy is a principal at the hospitality focused design firm of Stonehill Taylor. Sara Duffy graduated from Ohio Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in Art History and received her Associate of Applied Science in Interior Design from the Fashion Institute of Technology. With a background in art history and television, Sara crafts a unique, immersive narrative for each of her projects with a focus on thoughtful, classic design.It is perhaps not so surprising that she was charged with playing a prominent role in leading the Algonquin, TWA, and Marriott Marquis projects through their revitalization bringing their stories from the past to the present. ABOUT DAVID KEPRON:LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/david-kepron-9a1582bWebsites: https://www.davidkepron.com (personal website)vmsd.com/taxonomy/term/8645 (Blog)Email: david.kepron@NXTLVLexperiencedesign.comTwitter: DavidKepronPersonal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidkepron/NXTLVL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nxtlvl_experience_design/Bio:David Kepron is a multifaceted creative professional with a deep curiosity to understand ‘why', ‘what's now' and ‘what's next'. He brings together his background as an architect, artist, educator, author, podcast host and builder to the making of meaningful and empathically-focused, community-centric customer connections at brand experience places around the globe. David is a former VP - Global Design Strategies at Marriott International. While at Marriott, his focus was on the creation of compelling customer experiences within Marriott's “Premium Distinctive” segment which included: Westin, Renaissance, Le Meridien, Autograph Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Design Hotels and Gaylord hotels. In 2020 Kepron founded NXTLVL Experience Design, a strategy and design consultancy, where he combines his multidisciplinary approach to the creation of relevant brand engagements with his passion for social and cultural anthropology, neuroscience and emerging digital technologies. As a frequently requested international speaker at corporate events and international conferences focusing on CX, digital transformation, retail, hospitality, emerging technology, David shares his expertise on subjects ranging from consumer behaviors and trends, brain science and buying behavior, store design and visual merchandising, hotel design and strategy as well as creativity and innovation. In his talks, David shares visionary ideas on how brand strategy, brain science and emerging technologies are changing guest expectations about relationships they want to have with brands and how companies can remain relevant in a digitally enabled marketplace. David currently brings his creativity and insight on brand experiences to an international audience as a member of VMSD magazine's Editorial Advisory Board, as a Board Member of the Interactive Customer Experience Association (ICXA) and Sign Research Foundation's (SRF) Program Committee.He has held teaching positions at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), the Department of Architecture & Interior Design of Drexel University in Philadelphia, the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (L.I.M.) in New York, the International Academy of Merchandising and Design in Montreal and he served as the Director of the Visual Merchandising Department at LaSalle International Fashion School (L.I.F.S.) in Singapore. In 2014 Kepron published his first book titled: “Retail (r)Evolution: Why Creating Right-Brain Stores Will Shape the Future of Shopping in a Digitally Driven World” and he is currently working on his second book to be published soon. David also writes a popular blog called “Brain Food” which is published monthly on vmsd.com.
This week's musical guest has been a San Francisco Bay Area-based artist for many years. Jazz singer Paula West began her successful career singing at the York Hotel in the city. Her career grew by word of mouth and excellent reviews from the New York Times and the San Francisco Chronicle. Since her early years, Paula has had a lot of success nationally, with performances in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Europe, and regular appearances at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City and with Wynton Marsalis Jazz at Lincoln Center. Back in the bay, she regularly performs at Yoshi's in Oakland and SF Jazz in the city. Paula West's contralto voice is rich and resonant. She is skilled at clearly articulating a strong combination of technique and soul. She is creative and willing to reimagine the ways in which Jazz singers perform. Her musical dynamism even goes beyond vocal technique, as she is well known for her “highly nuanced interpretations” of music from other genres of artists like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, David Bowie, and Lou Reed.* We at Beyond the Fog Radio were very fortunate to interview Paula in August 2021 in between her first live performances in a year and a half. She is a household name when it comes to Jazz, and we proudly claim her as one of our own here in the Bay Area. Meet Paula West! *For more information about Paula West, please visit her website: https://www.mspaulawest.com/about
Welcome to the Instant Trivia podcast episode 99, where we ask the best trivia on the Internet. Round 1. Category: 3Rd Graders Know This Stuff 1: The 15th, 17th, 19th, 23rd, 24th and 26th ones of these are specifically concerned with voting. constitutional amendments. 2: The predicate of a sentence tells what this part is or does. the subject. 3: Zero divided by 6 yields this quotient. zero. 4: The size of this body part changes, depending on the light. the pupil. 5: Of I'm, they've, you're or won't, the contraction that lost the most letters. won't. Round 2. Category: You've Got Our Number 1: Use a pedometer to try to reach the goal of this many steps a day, the usual number given to maintain long-term health. 10,000. 2: The Schwinn Continental, introduced in 1960, had this many gears. ten. 3: The EPA doesn't want kids breathing air with more carbon monoxide than 9 parts per this. million. 4: An editor of Forbes' 2006 list of the World's Richest People said this "just isn't what it used to be". a billion dollars. 5: We're sure you scored well above this in standard IQ tests; it generally indicates average for one's age. 100. Round 3. Category: European Geography 1: Ports on this bay include Bilbao, Spain and Bayonne, France. the Bay of Biscay. 2: Alphabetically, the countries in Europe run from Albania to this tiny landlocked nation. Vatican City. 3: Malta lies about 60 miles south of this largest Mediterranean island. Sicily. 4: Yding Skovhoj, Denmark's highest point, is located on this peninsula. Jutland. 5: Germany's tallest peak, Zugspitze, lies in these Alps. Bavarian Alps. Round 4. Category: A Literary Tour 1: Perhaps you'll draft your Nobel Prize acceptance speech at NYC's Algonquin Hotel, as this Mississippi man did in 1950. Faulkner. 2: Have a homey lunch at this author's Salinas, California birthplace; it's now a restaurant. John Steinbeck. 3: Chat about Lady Chatterley at this author's birthplace museum in Nottinghamshire. D.H. Lawrence. 4: To see the Great Bed of Ware mentioned in "Twelfth Night", go to this museum named for a royal couple. the Victoria and Albert Museum (Victoria and Albert accepted). 5: Head to Odense, Denmark to see his childhood home and sculptures inspired by his fairy tales. (Hans Christian) Andersen. Round 5. Category: Hints From Heloise 1: After you thread them through a toddler's shoes, knot the ends of these so they can't be pulled out. shoelaces. 2: A marshmallow placed inside the bottom of the cone will help keep this treat from dripping through. ice cream cone. 3: In an emergency you can replace the pull tab on one of these fastening devices with a paper clip. zipper. 4: If you push each of these birthday items into a marshmallow, wax won't drip onto the cake. candles. 5: Wear these when handling hot peppers; the peppers can irritate your skin. rubber gloves. Thanks for listening! Come back tomorrow for more exciting trivia!
Our Very Special Guest Today is - Maude Maggart is an American Cabaret Singer and Recording Artist - maudemaggart.com Maude was born and raised in New York City. She began her singing career in West Hollywood at Tom Rolla's Gardenia, the legendary cabaret and launching pad of her mentors, Andrea Marcovicci and Michael Feinstein. Since her cabaret debut in 2001, Maude has gained a loyal following and critical acclaim, performing in cabarets and theaters across the United States and Europe; notably her longtime yearly engagement at The Oak Room of The Algonquin Hotel in New York City. Maude has been the featured performer in a multitude of orchestral performances, including: The Oregon Festival of American Music, lead by legendary bandleader Dick Hyman; Michael Feinstein's concert series at Carnegie Hall “Standard Time”, and the national live radio broadcast of “A Prairie Home Companion” with Garrison Keillor at both Town Hall in New York City, and at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. Maude has recorded songs with such luminaries as Ray Jessel, John Lithgow, David Lucky, Molly Ryan, Brent Spiner, and her sister Fiona Apple, with whom she is currently recording a new project. Maude has five solo albums to her credit; the latest of which, “Here Come the Dreamers”, is available this summer. https://www.maudemaggart.com/index.html
New York is synonymous with the literary world. From book publishing, agents, indie bookshops, and of course, great pizza! I hope you like this episode as much as I enjoyed interviewing my two guests; Sarah McNally, owner of McNally Jackson Books, and Paul La Rosa, author, journalist, and producer. Sarah's openness about being a single, working mother in the business world is honest and touching, so much so that at times her dog wants to break out and join our conversation. Paul discusses growing up in the projects, living through the 70s in New York, being a journalist at the New York Daily News, and his work at CBS News, mostly as a producer for the newsmagazine “48 Hours.”Enjoy! Mandy Here are the links for this week:The Algonquin HotelThe Metropolitan Museum of ArtMcNally Jackson Books Tyll, Daniel Kehlmann Proust Ulysses, James Joyce Paul La Rosa The Power of One, Bruce Courtenay 48 Hours Support the show (https://paypal.me/TheBookshopPodcast?locale.x=en_US)
On this week's show we will explore two famous “Roundtables” of New York: at the Algonquin Hotel, and Andy Warhol's Factory.My solo guest will be Rediscovering New York regular and the show's Special Consultant, David Griffin of Landmark Branding. Tune in for this fascinating conversation at TalkRadio.nyc or watch the Facebook Livestream by clicking here.Show NotesSegment 1This week's show David Griffin will take us on a journey to explore two famous “Roundtables” of New York: at the Algonquin Hotel, and Andy Warhol's Factory. David is a lifelong architect enthusiast and the founder and CEO of landmark branding, David also has a special series “Called Room at the Top”, where he is the host with Jennifer Wallace. “ Call room on the Top” it's a networking series that features tours of Manhattan's greatest buildings. David got interested in architecture when he first got hired as a kid to be costume interpreters at a Long Island museum. The Elegante hotel wasn't always a hotel, it was a normal building where people got to pay rent and lived in their apartments. It was very common for people such as bachelors or people that have small families. It opened in 1902. Some of the famous members of the roundtable were Robert Benchley; he was a very well-known writer of that period. Dorothy Parker, 's probably one of the most famous of the round table, she was well known for tossing around vicious insults at her friends.Segment 2Tula Bankhead was the model for the Disney villain Cruella Deville. Tula Bankhead was a stage actress at the time. She was part of a show called the “Little Fox” which was known as one of the greatest live performances of that time. The round table began to fade in 1869 in part to the Stock Market crash. It affected the style of the round table for these well-known funny lavish writers. The time wasn't all glitz and glam, it was falling apart and you could no longer live that type of lifestyle. There was an oak room at the Elegante it was a very highly guarded place to perform. It was a very conservative and intimate room because not too many people were couldn't get inside . It became one of New York's most premier nightclubs. Later on it closed down permanently in 2002 due to the fact David was tired and exhausted.Segment 3David is now doing a number of writing projects. David has an article and Ground Stoner he's working on. David is also writing an article about the oldest brownstone in New York. A blog is also being created by David. The blog is about every building in The fifth Avenue. He's also doing a new series for the New York adventure club, where they do virtual tours of global architecture. He has a talk coming up on the 26 which will be about artist homes and studios. It's about how the great artists of the world have created their own environments, David mentioned. Andy Warhol had a way of really getting into the commercial reality of America. He did commercial drawings in fashion drawing advertisements. Andy Warhol's factory had three different locations. One of those locations was an industrial building on 241 E. 37th St. The rent Was only 100 dollars per year. Warhol had to leave in 1967 when they tore down the building. His first factory was covered in tin foil and silver paint. He did a lot of silkscreen work at his first factory. He also dipped into the filmmaking industry. The factory really had a feeling of studio 54 did as a Liza Minnelli and so many more walk through those doors.Segment 4The velvet underground was really bad. Warhol was also associated at the time. Meiko was the vocalist for the first two albums and she had a very unique voice. Baby Jane Warhol was The first of the Warhol superstars. She's a major figure in the art world. She was an early start of Andy Warhol films. E.g. Sedgwick was a young lady who came from a very upper-class family and she kind of broadened Andy's mind. But sadly she died of a drug overdose. The Andy Warhol era was full of artists and young people who passed away at a young age because they couldn't keep up with the lifestyle. That was one of the reasons why the factory fell apart.
For video version of the interview: https://youtu.be/qYf4TzVnNTc For “A Kern Valentine” show: https://youtu.be/rofzQg7GKPo - Sunday February 14, 2021 - 4:30pm PST / 5:30pm MST / 6:30pm CST / 7:30pm EST - "A Kern Valentine" streams (live-to-tape, with Brad Ellis on virtual piano) on Andrea's YouTube page and will be followed by a live, half-hour, Facebook conversation with Andrea on her Facebook page. Both the show, and the after-party are FREE but Donations to The Actors Fund are greatly appreciated. The show will be available for one week only, until Saturday, February 20th. But, the LIVE After-party happens ONLY on Valentine's Day at the completion of the first stream. https://www.facebook.com/Andrea-Marcovicci In a career spanning over five decades, Andrea Marcovicci - glamorous, sophisticated, witty raconteur, philanthropist, actress, singer, model, master teacher, mentor, composer, writer, and director - has laughed with Danny DeVito, tussled with Sir Michael Caine, and smooched with Tom Selleck. Her film debut in “The Front” brought her a Golden Globe nomination. She’s played Broadway, the White House, sold out Carnegie Hall, and ushered in the millennium with the Chicago Symphony. Her many awards and honors include a MAC, BISTRO, and MABEL. Andrea was inducted into The Cabaret Hall of Fame in 2016. She holds the record – an unprecedented 25 seasons – at the legendary Oak Room of the Algonquin Hotel, and was the final performer ever to grace that stage. https://www.andreamarcovicci.com/
Jennifer couldn't settle on one particular topic for tonight's show, so she decided to throw together odd bits of news and ideas from around Circa 19xx Land, run those bits through the old salad spinner, and see how it all comes out on the plate. The result: our second "Mystery Mélange." If you've been listening to Circa Sunday Night over the last several months you know that we've served up a tasty mélange before: it's a mystery because you never know what each new segment will bring. What's different this time: Jennifer traverses some grim quarters of Circa 19xx Land. (Don't worry—we don't stay there for long. We're all about sweetness and light on this show!). So, pull up the covers and turn off the lights. This little episode is just plain weird.Radium Girls:Article from NPR: Mae Keane, One Of The Last 'Radium Girls,' Dies At 107Watch the motion picture trailerWikipedia article about Eben ByersArticle from Lessons from History: The Blessings of Radium WaterCottingley Fairies:Historic UK articleJimmy Akin's Mysterious World podcast, "The Cottingley Fairies"Smile!Synopsis of the film, Modern TimesWatch the scene of Charlie Chaplin's Modern Times in which the song Smile debutedNat King Cole's version of SmileVoctave's version of SmileExplore Circa 19xx Land:Meet the Podcasterwww.Circa19xx.com Circa-19xx Facebook PagePinterest Show Boards
Before you listen to this podcast, please know I have a confession. I have long been a fan of Eating from the Ground Up (http://Eatingfromthegroundup.com), the no-nonsense love-your-garden blog by Alana Chernilla. I was happy to host her in my kitchen (back when you could do that sort of thing). Her first book, The Homemade Pantry, was an instant classic. I admit, I’ve made about half the recipes; my husband, Mike, loves the from-scratch pop tarts. Since then, she has followed with two more books, The Homemade Kitchen and Eating from the Ground Up. (All Clarkson Potter) We covered a lot of ground (pun intended), including an inspirational chat about why home cooks should be kind to themselves. She also shared some great tips for using up kitchen scraps you might otherwise throw away. In these days when so many people are cooking – and perhaps tired of it – I found her message particularly encouraging. As always, I made a recipe from one of her books to snack on while we chatted. I have made many recipes from her books, so choosing one was a challenge. Yet another batch of homemade pop tarts? Or the from-scratch goldfish crackers that I have made at 1 a.m. while on a writing binge? The easy yet addictive roasted potato salad? I the end, I chose dill popovers from The Homemade Kitchen. My choice, in part, stems from my ongoing adoration for the late satirist Dorothy Parker. Popovers were a fixture of the famed boozy lunches at New York’s Algonquin Hotel. (Read more about that here (https://kathleenflinn.com/recipe-popovers/).) Get the recipe from this show, dill popovers, at kathleenflinn.com (https://kathleenflinn.com/podcast/season-2-ep-1-alana-chernilla/) Special Guest: Alana Chernila.
We will talk about Leslie’s career, life, and surviving and creating miracles in the midst of Covid-19. Actress/Singer, Leslie Orofino has been enchanting sold out audiences with her sultry voice from New York City's legendary Algonquin Hotel's Oak Room to Napa Valley's Silverado Country Club for over 30 years. Leslie is accompanied by her musical director on piano or the entire trio (piano, bass and drums) in theaters, nightclubs, benefits or private parties with her several critically acclaimed cabaret acts. After seeing Leslie Orofino at the Laurie Beechman Theatre International Cabaret Star, Julie Wilson exclaimed, "I had such a great time, I had to go back again...She's a winner! Leslie has a certain elegance mixed with sex appeal that sells each and every song. She's also a great comedian." https://www.leslieorofino.com/ https://www.facebook.com/leslieorofinojp/ https://www.facebook.com/leslie.orofino https://twitter.com/leslieorofino https://www.linkedin.com/in/leslie-orofino-66b33a61/
Episode 2: A Paddler's Guide to the Lost History of Canoe Lake's Algonquin Park Located about 14 km in from the West Gate and unbeknown to most, Canoe Lake has a deep and colourful history well beyond the Tom Thomson Memorial Cairn and Totem Pole and the Canoe Lake Cemetery, where according to some, the spirit of Tom Thomson once rested for a while. This podcast shares the highlights of about a dozen landmarks around the lake. For those who are checking it out in a canoe, you'll have to use your imagination as little if anything of most of these landmarks remains. First we will start with our launching spot on Portage Bay, which is the home of the Portage Store. Then we'll head north up the lake to a few notable sites mid lake including Braught's Lighthouse, The Tom Thomson Memorial Cairn and Totem Pole and Whiskey Jack Creek. Then we'll paddle to the north end and head to Joe Lake Dam and investigate landmarks that are no longer there including Joe Lake Station, the Algonquin Hotel and Colson's Store. Then we'll back track and head up Potter's Creek and check out the remains of the Trestle Bridge and Omanique's saw mill as well as Canoe Lake Station. Then we'll head back down the lake and end with an view of the former Town of Mowat and Mowat Lodge on the north eastern shore.
Entering week 4 of the Atlantic Bubble, we check in with a handful of tourism operators - the Acadian Village, the Algonquin Hotel and Hardings Point Campground - on how this month has been, and whether they've seen any positive impacts. Long story short: not as many as they were hoping.
KT SULLIVAN was named artistic director of The Mabel Mercer Foundation in 2012. She starred in the Broadway revival of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, and headlined for almost two decades in The Oak Room of The Algonquin Hotel. One of the shows she created there, " Rhyme, Women, and Song " was presented on PBS' WNET 13 and her award winning Sondheim show with Jeff Harnar was filmed for PBS from the New Jersey Performing Arts Center.
KT Sullivan is a woman of many talents. The Broadway actress (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Three Penny Opera with Sting) and singer has headlined at the Oak Room of the legendary Algonquin Hotel and one of those performances, "Rhyme, Women and Song," was featured on WNET, New York City's public television station. KT's also performed at Carneige Hall, Lincoln Center, 54 Below, Birdland, The Kennedy Center in D.C. to name just a few. She also happens to be Artistic Director of the Mabel Mercer Foundation, which hosts the NY Cabaret Convention. We're sure you'll enjoy getting to know yet another creative woman.
Owner and Executive Chef Gio Osso captures the daily dynamism of authentic Mediterranean cooking at Virtú Honest Craft, located in Scottsdale, AZ’s Bespoke Inn. Among the laidback, coastal villa-vibe of his restaurant, Osso creates a menu that changes multiple times a week, highlighting the best ingredients sourced seasonally from across the country and around the world. “I like big, bold flavors,” Osso says, “but it has to be clean and crisp, involving all of the senses.” To allow himself the freedom to prepare such flavorful, yet simplistic, straightforward dishes, Osso spends as much time as necessary to find the ideal product, be it seafood from Spain, cheese from Italy, or spices from Northern Africa. Much like his dishes, the chef considers each of his employees individually to ensure a happy and productive team. “Someone might need you to be a coach, someone else might need you to be a friend,” he explains. “If you give me 120%, I’ll give it right back to you—I want to foster greatness.” Overall, he strives to be the best teacher he can be. “I started cooking when I was still in a highchair,” Osso explains, referring to the pot his mother gave him to “stir” while she prepared meals. “It was the only way I would eat—so it was no shock to my parents when I wanted to become a chef.” Although he grew up in Cliffside Park, NJ, his culinary inspiration comes from summers spent in Southern Italy on a farm in Calabria with animals, gardens, and a large family that convened every year around family recipes. After gaining kitchen experience in New Jersey, Osso graduated from the fast-paced New York Restaurant School in 1993 at the top of his class, and cut his teeth with an externship at March under Chef Wayne Nish, in local pizzerias, and in hotel kitchens such as at the Algonquin Hotel. In 1994, John Foy’s Sonoma Grill in East Rutherford, NJ plucked Osso for its sous chef, placing him alongside Chef de Cuisine Richard Lowack. Lowack served as a culinary and operational mentor to Osso, and the two went on to work together at numerous other restaurants until Osso struck out on his own as executive chef for Stamford, CT’s Fio’ Ristorante in 1996, and then opened his own restaurant, café, retail, and catering operation, American Gourmet, two years later in Allendale, NJ. Osso linked up with his mentor again in 2002, when Lowack requested Osso’s help in the pastry department of his new Phoenix restaurant. Soon after arriving in the desert, Osso launched Sugo Pastaria and Wine Bar, an upscale pasta-centric Italian spot. He spread his culinary influence further throughout the city by consulting on restaurants including Luc’s, Oscar Taylor, Blue Note Cellars, and Spiga. After then spending two years at Scottsdale’s Estate House, revamping the culinary program as executive chef, Osso’s career took an unexpected turn in 2010 as he jumped at an opportunity to oversee concession operations at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, via HMS Host. Managing on-site operations and an off-site commissary, Osso successfully introduced 13 local concepts to the airport, substantially elevating its culinary offerings. Virtú Honest Craft, which debuted in 2013, sprouted in Osso’s mind back in 2006, while he spent a month traveling with friends throughout Southern Italy, sampling local Mediterranean cuisine. In the wake of Virtú’s success, Osso opened Nico Heirloom Kitchen as a posh, sophisticated spot for seasonal West Coast-inspired Italian cuisine, in Gilbert, AZ, in 2016. Chef Osso resides in Gilbert with his wife, Bethany, their three children, and two dogs, a German shepherd and a boxer. Away from the kitchen, the musician-at-heart loves playing his guitar as often as he can, and gets his kicks on the soccer field as well—he almost became pro, once upon a time.
After a break of a few months, we are back with a new season of shows. Joanna and Kevin catch up on what has been happening during the break. Joanna played in the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, and gave a talk about poker to a crowd at the Algonquin Hotel. Kevin promoted his newest book 111 Places In The Bronx That You Must Not Miss. Plus had a trip to meet some Continue Reading → The post Episode 34: Season 2 Kickoff Show appeared first on Kevin C. Fitzpatrick.
Tonight, we’ll be reading from "The Art of Lawn Tennis", written by William “Big Bill” Tilden, published in 1921. Tilden was considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time. Born into wealth, Tilden earned large sums of money during his long career and he spent it lavishly, keeping a suite at the Algonquin Hotel in New York City. Much of his income went towards financing Broadway shows that he wrote, produced, and starred in. -- 'V'Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/snoozecast)
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To supplement our discussion of Dawn Powell and Dorothy Parker we had last week, we spoke with two people who have spent a lot more time researching these women’s lives than we have! In this bonus episode, we chat with Kevin C. Fitzpatrick, President of the Dorothy Parker Society. He fills us in on the awesomeness of the Algonquin Hotel, Mrs. Parker’s legacy as one of the Greats from the Jazz Age, and how he came by her mink coat. Plus, he points out a Dorothy Parker reference in Gilmore Girls we missed!
Alice De Almeida, Executive Assistant at the Algonquin Hotel in NYC, joins Jon Patch to talk about their Cat Fashion Show & Animal Fundraiser. A group of feline fashion “mewdels” took to the runway (held safely in the arms of their owners) in one-of-a-kind outfits designed by certified animal fashion designer Ada Nieves, in celebration of Hamlet VIII, The Algonquin Cat, the hotel’s famous feline resident. More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Cats Take To The Catwalk As The Algonquin Hotel with Jon Patch
Exploring Greece's financial crisis via relationship of stray street dogs of Athens; pet friendly Algonquin Hotel; creative competitive dog grooming
Is Facegirl (Kathryn Dunn) a cock snob? Captain Jordan Smith saves a cat! Faceboy wore the wrong shirt. Algonquin Hotel hosts a cat fashion show and the cats are NOT happy. Face boy coins the term, "basket browsing and a naked woman in a 3 way falls off a balcony. All this and much more on the latest episode of Art Star Scene radio on Radio Free Brooklyn!!!
Imagine growing up in a world where your neighbors were Tennessee Williams, The Marx Brothers, Alan Jay Lerner, Noel Coward, Arthur Miller, and scores of others. For Michael Colby he did grow up in such a world because his grandparents owned New York's famous Algonquin Hotel. Now, Michael swings by Shetler to discuss with Rob and Kevin his enviable life as a real life Eloise of The Plaza. Michael pulls back the curtain on his career to discuss how he became the confidante of some of the Algonquin's most infamous residents, what prompted a flashing by Norma Jean, and why Harpo Marx never traveled alone! Also, Michael shines the spotlight on Vivien Leigh, Ella Fitzgerald, and Lorenz Hart! Become a sponsor of Behind The Curtain and get early access to interviews, private playlists, and advance knowledge of future guests so you can ask the legends your own questions. Go to: http://bit.ly/2i7nWC4
EPISODE 223One June afternoon in the spring of 1919, a group of writers and theatrical folk got together at the Algonquin Hotel to roast the inimitable Alexander Woollcott, the trenchant theater critic for the New York Times who had just returned from World War I, brimming with dramatically overbaked stories. The affair was so rollicking, so engaging, that somebody suggested -- "Why don't we do this every day?" And so they did. The Algonquin Round Table is the stuff of legends, a regular lunch date for the cream of New York's cultural elite. In this show, we present you with some notable members of the guest list -- including the wonderful droll Dorothy Parker, the glibly observant Franklin Pierce Adams and the charming Robert Benchley, to name but a few. But you can't celebrate the Round Table from a recording studio so we head to the Algonquin to soak in the ambience and interview author Kevin C. Fitzpatrick about the Jazz Age's most famous networking circle. Are you ready for a good time? “The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.” -- Dorothy Parker boweryboyshistory.com Support the show.
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We are giving away ONE copy of Shop Cats of New York by Tamar Arslanian, photography by Andrew Marttila. It’s a lovely book for the cat lover in your life. To qualify to win, write us a review on iTunes, Stitcher, or both. Deadline is end of day (midnight Pacific Time) on Sunday, March 5, 2017. Winner to be announced in an upcoming episode. iTunes: http://thisispawprint.com/itunes Stitcher: http://thisispawprint.com/stitcher About Our Guest Tamar Arslanian lives in New York City, and started her blog several years ago, I Have Cat, with the tagline, “Single in the City, with Cat(s).” Shop Cats of New York is her first work, and she shares about her writer’s journey, living the single life in New York, and her life with cats. She also discusses the importance of finding homes for cats, even in a non-traditional space like a local business. Tamar shares her home with two cats, Kip and Haddie. Her middle cat, Petie, died last year. About Shop Cats of New York Humans of New York meets The French Cat in this carefully cultivated, gorgeous full-color collection featuring New York’s iconic felines and the stories behind them. They inhabit New York City’s most legendary and coziest spots—the Algonquin Hotel, a whiskey distillery, Bleecker Street Records, and a host of yoga studios, bookstores, and bike shops in between. True New Yorkers—masters of people watching—they perch on wine crates, piles of books, and a classic hotel countertop, taking in the activity around them. Depending on their mood, these cats will ignore enthusiastic admirers, offer a few delightful purrs, or occasionally even take a swipe. Some even find a mouse or two to chase. Shop Cats of New York https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062432025/shop-cats-of-new-york Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ShopCatsofNewYork/ People Magazine article http://people.com/pets/photos-meet-the-wonderful-and-hard-working-shop-cats-of-new-york/shop-cats Tamar Arslanian’s “I Have Cat” blog http://ihavecat.com Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ihavecat/ Instagram https://www.instagram.com/ihavecat/?hl=en Andrew Marttila, The Great Went Pet Photography http://www.thegreatwentphoto.com Instagram https://www.instagram.com/iamthegreatwent/?hl=en Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TheGreatWentPetPhotography/ Additional thanks to Allyssa Kasoff and Harper Collins Publishers. Nancy and Harold had a great interview with Catherine O'Brien of Pawcast http://pawcast.libsyn.com/pawcast-099-callie-plus-pawprint-podcast-with-nancy-harold-rhee About Nancy and Harold Rhee We have been married over 20 years, fostered over 60 dogs in the past four years, and we love animal rescue and the amazing people who dedicate their lives. And of course, the dogs and cats! If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000 About Pawprint Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights. http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com Sign up for our email list If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/ About Pawprint’s Music All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is based in Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton
Jim Caruso made his Broadway debut alongside Liza Minnelli in the smash hit Liza’s At The Palace!, singing, dancing and celebrating the music and arrangements of the late, great Kay Thompson and the Williams Brothers. The show was honored with a 2009 Tony Award for Best Special Event and the recording was nominated for a Grammy.For his nightclub work, Caruso has won six MAC Awards and two BackStage Bistro Awards for sold-out shows at Birdland, The Oak Room at the Algonquin Hotel, and The Russian Tea Room. He has also performed at clubs in Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Palm Beach and London.His recent studio recording, “The Swing Set,” was called “a top drawer, first-rate swinger” by Jazz Times and “a completely entertaining experience” by All About Jazz. His first CD, "Caruso Live and In Person," went to number one on both the album and singles charts at Outvoice.com. Jim was featured in a Tribute to Kander & Ebb at Carnegie Hall, backed by the New York Pops, and performed in a Tribute to Hope & Crosby in an evening hosted by Michael Feinstein at Zankel Hall. He and singer/pianist Billy Stritch are regular performers at Bemelmans Bar at The Carlyle Hotel in NYC.With his award-winning jazz vocal and comedy trio, Wiseguys, he performed in an all-star Inaugural extravaganza for President Clinton, and were then invited to sing at his First State Dinner at the White House in an evening hosted by Lauren Bacall. The trio performed in concert at the Weill Recital Hall in Carnegie Hall, and in "the big room" with Rosemary Clooney.On the small screen, Jim was seen co-starring with Kathie Lee Gifford on Showtime Television in “Personal Assistant,” which was written and directed by Charles Busch. He also co-starred on the Nostalgia Network variety sit-com, “Café DuArt” for two seasons.As a writer, Jim has contributed to InStyle Magazine, Theatermania and InTheater Magazine He has produced and booked television talk and entertainment programs like "Jim J. & Tammy Faye" and "Fox After Breakfast," and was a Field Producer for E! Entertainment Television, working the red carpets, conducting interviews for "Celebrity Profiles" and covering the Tony Awards.Caruso hosted "Broadway On Broadway" in Times Square for a crowd of 100,000 theater fans, hosted MAC Awards at Town Hall in Manhattan and co-hosted the Drama Desk Award webcasts for four years. His radio series was heard on BroadwayWorld.com for four years, and his podcast “Here! On Broadway” was honored with a Summit Award. He can currently be heard on Legends 100.3 FM Radio with his weekly “New York Minute” segment.For the past fifteen years, he has hosted a weekly Monday night showbiz bash at Birdland called "Jim Caruso’s Cast Party,” which has brought him two BroadwayWorld Awards, a New York Nightlife Award, MAC Award and the Sidney Meyer Award. He’s taken celebrity versions of the Party to Lincoln Center and Town Hall in New York, and celebrated local talent at venues in London, Los Angeles, Las Vegas, San Francisco, Chicago, Austin, Dallas, Orlando, Pittsburgh, Cleveland, and on the high seas. The weekly “Broadway at Birdland” series he produces has also been honored with a Nightlife Award.
“She was a combination of Little Nell and Lady Macbeth,” said Alexander Woolcott. Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) wrote short stories, poems, reviews, screenplays, and more. Perhaps most famously, she was part of the group of New Yorkers known as the Algonquin Round Table, which met every day for lunch and eventually grew famous for their witticisms, put-downs, and general high spirits. A woman of brilliance as well as deep contradiction, Parker at her best combined romantic optimism with a dark, biting pessimism that still feels modern. In this episode, Jacke is joined by the President of the Literature Supporters Club for a field report of the Algonquin Hotel today and a discussion of Parker’s life, works, and top ten quips. Show Notes: We have a special episode coming up – listener feedback! Contact the host at jackewilsonauthor@gmail.com or by leaving a voicemail at 1-361-4WILSON (1-361-494-5766). You can find more literary discussion at jackewilson.com and more episodes of the series at historyofliterature.com. Check out our Facebook page at facebook.com/historyofliterature. Music Credits: “Handel – Entrance to the Queen of Sheba” by Advent Chamber Orchestra (From the Free Music Archive / CC by SA). “I Wished on the Moon” by Billie Holiday (1935) and Ella Fitzgerald and the Nelson Riddle Orchestra (1962) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Wizard Academy is now 16 years old.If we could find her birth certificate, we'd take her down to the DMV to get her driver's license and then she could sport about town in Rocinante (above,) the only vehicle she owns. They grow up so fast. When Wizard Academy is 30, I'll be 72. At least I hope I'll be 72. Not everyone who attempts to hike to that mile marker gets there. Will you help us take the impossible dream of Wizard Academy forward into the future? Wizard Academy was launched by accident and grew through the addition of self-selected insiders, as did the Tuesday Group of Stéphane Mallarmé (1880 – 1897,) the Algonquin Round Table of midtown Manhattan (1919 – 1927,) and the artistic salon of Gertrude Stein (1913 – 1939.) The difference between our Academy and theirs is that: 1. our group became an official 501c3 educational organization and built a permanent campus, and 2. we are not artists who love business, but business people who love art: music and paintings and sculpture and photography and movies and literature and whatever you like that we didn't mention. “When bankers get together for dinner, they discuss Art. When artists get together for dinner, they discuss Money.” – Oscar Wilde, of the Tuesday Group Wizard Academy is here to stay. And if you're reading this, I'm fairly certain you belong here. You will be amazed, energized, entertained and encouraged by the people you meet. You will gain insights that make you profoundly more successful.The Tuesday Group (Les Mardistes) of Stéphane Mallarmé included writers like André Gide, Paul Valéry, Oscar Wilde, Paul Verlaine, Rainer Maria Rilke and W.B. Yeats, along with painters like Renoir, Monet, Degas, Redon, and Whistler. Also to be found among them was the quintessential sculptor, Rodin. Everyone who knew about the Tuesday Group, came. The Algonquin Round Table was a self-selected group of writers, editors, actors, and publicists – about 30 in all – that met for lunch on a regular basis at the Algonquin Hotel a block from Times Square. There hasn't been another group quite like them in American popular culture or entertainment until now. Just visit the Toad and Ostrich pub in the tower at Wizard Academy any Friday afternoon at 4. The gatherings in the Stein home on Saturday evenings brought together confluences of talent and thinking that would help define modernism in literature and art. According to Gertrude Stein, the gatherings began by accident when, “more and more frequently, people began visiting to see the Matisse paintings—and the Cézannes. Matisse brought people, everybody brought somebody, and they came at any time and it began to be a nuisance, and it was in this way that Saturday evenings began.” (Interestingly, that's also why Pennie Williams launched Wizard Academy.) Self-selected insiders included Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Sinclair Lewis, Guillaume Apollinaire, Georges Braque, Thornton Wilder, Sherwood Anderson, Francis Cyril Rose, René Crevel, Élisabeth de Gramont, Francis Picabia, Claribel Cone, Mildred Aldrich and Carl Van Vechten. A visit to Wizard Academy is like a wonderful vacation in a foreign country. Few people come here only once.Did you know that you have a vacation home high on a plateau in central Texas where rabbits and deer wander the campus, wine flows freely and wedding bells ring 3 times a day? Come. Let your eyes be opened to answers that have been staring you in the face. Roy H. Williams
Enjoy an encore episode as BlazinRy host Ryan Holmes chats with stage & screen star Emily Bergl. Bergl discusses her demise on Desperate Housewives, doing theatre, and her New York Times-acclaimed cabaret in The Oak Room of The Algonquin Hotel, Kidding on the Square. The Times called Bergl "A Harlow for the New Era" and praised her as "An incandescent kewpie doll with a bright Betty Boop-inflected chirp, a defiant flounce and a sharp comedic edge." http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/01/arts/music/emily-bergl-at-the-oak-room-review.html
This week on Arts & Seizures, host Mike Edison and guest co-host Kimberly Wetherell of Spirited, a dessert speakeasy in NYC are talking New York City history by means of booze! Welcoming Bridget Firtle of Owney’s NYC Rum and Kevin Fitzpatrick of The Dorothy Parker Society. Distilled in small batches by hand from all-natural, non-GMO, high test molasses in an old factory warehouse in NYC, Bridget gives Mike and Kimberly some information about rum’s history in the country and how it was implemented in some historic recipes. Kevin is also the author of “The Lost Algonquin Round Table: Humor, Fiction, Journalism, Criticism and Poetry From America’s Most Famous Literary Circle,” that speaks on the celebrated group of New York City writers, critics, actors and wits that met for lunch each day at the Algonquin Hotel from 1919 until roughly 1929. Prompting a fun talk among the group, Kevin shares that at these luncheons they engaged in wisecracks, wordplay and witticisms that, through the newspaper columns of Round Table members, were disseminated across the country. Tune in for a boozy show and learn about some NYC history in the process! This program was brought to you by Roberta’s Pizza. “We’re actually the world’s first all-female distillery!” [4:58] “Rum was actually America’s first spirit, the first spirit we distilled in this country – so important throughout the history of the US and drinking.” [6:13] —Bridget Firtle on Arts & Seizures
Jon Patch and gang chat with Alice de Almeida, assistant to Matilda the Algonquin Cat! On August 2, there was a feline fashion show and reception, hosted by Matilda the Algonquin Cat at the Algonquin Hotel, to benefit the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals, featuring On Broadway themed cat fashion show by Ada Nieves for Pets, where nine MEWdels will be dressed to the nines (for each of their lives), a special appearances by Tara the Hero Cat, who was captured on video saving her young human friend from a dog attack, and Vito Vincent, the formerly homeless feline star of Broadway’s Breakfast at Tiffany’s and television’s 30 Rock and The Colbert Report. Jon also speaks with Tara's parents, Roger and Erica Triantafilo. Questions or Comments? Send them to: jon@petliferadio.com More details on this episode MP3 Podcast - Matilda Salutes Broadway... Plus Tara the Hero Cat! with Jon Patch
This week, Ginsberg had a special surprise for Peggy, while Megan had a very special surprise for Don. Joe & Corey welcome back Tank to discuss The Algonquin Hotel, The Sharon Tate Theories (again), and severed nipples. It will be a great show, Scout's Honor!
This episode was recorded 22 May 2013 live and in person at Adobe's offices in Fremont in Seattle. You can download the m4a file or subscribe in iTunes. (Or subscribe to the podcast feed.) John Nack is Principal Product Manager, Adobe Digital Video. He has a blog (definitely worth reading, especially if you use Photoshop) and is @jnack on Twitter. This episode is sponsored by Microsoft Azure Mobile Services. One of the cooler features recently added is the ability to create custom APIs. Originally you were limited to standard operations on your database tables — but now you can design any API you want. This allows you to create a full REST/JSON API that's tailored to your app, that works as efficiently as possible. (And it's all in JavaScript. Mobile Services runs Node.js. Write your apps in your favorite text editor on your Mac.) Things we mention, in order of appearance (pretty much): Adobe LiveMotion Photoshop John's Blog Kurt Vonnegut Granfalloons despair.com Cocoa 64-bit Carbon 64-bit Unfrozen Cave Man Olive Garden South Bend, Indiana Tiramisu St. Sebastian Breadsticks Monkeys 2005 Movable Type DeBabelizer GifBuilder Anarchie 1984 Mac 2001 Algonquin Hotel Apple II PCjr ASCII Art Clip Art Googly Eyes Bill Atkinson MacPaint Rorschach Test Apple II GS Great Books Quadra 840AV Quadra Ad Director SuperCard Søren Kierkegaard Immanuel Kant Notre Dame Football Windows NT HTML New York City 1998 Flash Macromedia Illustrator Navy ROTC San Francisco GoLive NetNewsWire After Effects Thomas Knoll Camera Raw Photoshop Touch Germany Philistinism Perfectionism Volkswagen Carbon-dating Web Standards SVG CSS Gus Mueller Acorn Neven Mrgan Khoi Vinh Croatia Portland JDI Healing Brush Buck Rogers Creative Cloud Facebook Smugmug WWDC Jetta Ketchup Death-march Comic Book Guy John Gruber “If you see a stylus, they blew it.” Microsoft Surface Metro UI Rahm Emmanuel: “You never want a serious crisis to go to waste.” The Mythical Man-Month Content-Aware Fill Shawshank InDesign Adobe Magazine Nike PageMaker Postscript SLR Lightroom Black & Decker Dr. Evil Loren Brichter Instagram Kickstarter NGO Tumblr Acquisition Troy Gaul Blurb The Onion: Report: 98 Percent Of U.S. Commuters Favor Public Transportation For Others Data T-1000 Syria MacApp Resource Manager John Knoll Industrial Light & Magic QuickTime OpenDoc Corba OLE SnapSeed Mac System 6 Apple events AppleScript Audio Bus 1992 “The only time you should start worrying about a soldier is when they stop bitchin'” Alan Kay: “The Mac is the first computer good enough to be criticized.” TapBots Tweetbot 2 Android Kai's Power Tools Kai Krause Fremont RUN DMC Porsche Boxster Flavawagon Google Glass Robert Scoble
The story of the Algonquin Cocktail is truly a fascinating, confusing, and possibly widely misattributed one. I had heard this story before and loved learning about Dorothy Parker and the Algonquin Roundtable. In 1919 a group of writers, actors and intellectuals began to frequent the Algonquin for lunch every day. They were known as the Algonquin Round Table or later, The Vicious Circle. These artists were the intellectual elite of their day. They became a social group that partied together in the evening and even vacationed together. They were sharp, clever and full of interesting ideas and banter, but as Dorothy Parker admitted many years later there wasn’t a whole lot of substance. Groucho Marx refused to have anything to do with them; he considered them too catty to bother with. They lasted for 10 years as social force in New York before the group faded away as each member chose new paths for their lives. The Vicious Circle is generally considered disbanded by 1929. The problems started popping up when I learned that the Algonquin hotel did not serve alcohol, and in fact, the general manager, Frank Case, was a staunch prohibitionist prior to prohibition and didn't serve alcohol even before it was made illegal. The big question is where were these known lushes drinking? And why was a cocktail given the name of a dry hotel? This always struck me wrong. Jason Kruse likewise became befuddled for the same reasons as he researched this drink. But as he looked into the history, not only did this story not add up, but he discovered intriguing inconsistencies with the recipe. As it turns out, there is an older version of this cocktail made with wormwood and Holland gin. The commonly accepted version of the drink doesn't appear until later at which point there is a dramatic switch. Jason proposed an alternate origin story for the Algonquin having nothing to do with the hotel...in fact, the first version of the cocktail precedes the opening of the hotel...the cocktail CAN'T be named after the hotel or the catty gang of literati. "But wait" you say, "maybe the first Algonquin Cocktail is not related at all to the second. Drinks get the same name all of the time without being related." That's true, but that usually happens with easy popular words. Also, Jason suggested an alternate story. If the original recipe called for Holland gin...often that gin is stored in barrels and it acquires a little bit of brownish color...kind of like whiskey. Also, according to David Wondrich, an 1809 recipe for Holland gin using rye as the base for the spirit was commonly made in the New York region, a product now being bottled by New York Distilling Company called Chief Gowanus Holland gin. Being possibly a rye spirit, being possibly brown in color, it makes sense the Holland gin might have been swapped with rye whiskey at some point. As for the wormwood, vermouth, derived from wermuot, meaning wormwood in old German, originally had wormwood until 1915 when wormwood was made illegal. We suspect that it was easy to keep with the vermouth sans wormwood and so the connection to wormwood falls away as well. Pineapple was all the rage in the period...I don't think we need an explanation for it. So we can see how one cocktail possibly evolved into another. Now all we need is an explanation for the name to finish off the story. Algonquin is a regional dialect of Native Americans (I spoke with my friend @KristenDBurton for some insights) and a tribe (in Canada). Jason found evidence that wormwood was used by Native Americans as a stomach tonic, so he speculated that's how wormwood became associated with them (and then therefore the cocktail), but Kristen said the Dutch would have been using wormwood the same way as well. I am curious if the connection can be found in the name of the Chief Gowanus Holland gin. Why does gin carry the name of a New England Native American chief? We can't make the connection. If any of our readers or listeners can, please share your ideas or theories. Like I said, if this represents one cocktail evolving over time, then it is not named after the Algonquin Hotel, all we need to do is relate Native Americans somehow to gin or wormwood and we have the whole story. In any case, here’s the cocktail: 1 1/2 ounces rye whiskey 3/4 ounce dry vermouth 3/4 ounce pineapple juice This was a really well loved cocktail. All of us enjoyed it, even those of us who aren't big whiskey drinkers. It blended well with none of the ingredients overpowering the others. I thought it tasted kind of like coconut but I'm willing to assent to the idea that my brain tasted pineapple and then wanted a pina colada. All in all, it's a good, simple drink that seemingly has a fantastic story that only gets more interesting if you consider that it might not be what it seems. PS I just checked and saw that the Algonquin Hotel has Algonquin cocktails on their menu. I hope they aren't pissed.
News - Via Mike Elgan and HotelChatter.com , we learn that the famed Algonquin Hotel in New York City is loaning Kindles to guests. Jan Zlendich of The Kindle Reader blog notes that 46 of the 50 titles on Bookmarks Magazine's list of the 50 best books of 2008 are available for the Kindle.Tech Tip - Amazon Mobile on the iPhone/iPod Touch is pretty neat, but you can't use it yet to order a Kindle book. For the adventurous - how to update your customized photo screensavers on the Kindle. (Thanks to MobileRead forum member Phuocle for the steps.)Interview - Will DeLamater, creater of the EduKindle blog, has evidence that the Kindle is making inroads in schools. Plus interesting educational developments for the Kindle in Utah and at the Harvard Medical School.Quote - The beginning of The Dip by Seth Godin. How to be a successful quitter.Comments - Karen, Linda Hopkins, and Dan.Upcoming interviews: Steve Shaw, creator of the Kindlelicious blog; Joshua Tallent of Kindle Formatting, and Capt. Crispin J. Burke, who is Kindling while on assignment in Iraq.
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