{"id":28469,"date":"2022-04-27T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T11:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/staging\/?p=28469"},"modified":"2026-03-23T16:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T16:09:29","slug":"whats-doing-in-nyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rcourihay.com\/staging\/blog\/whats-doing-in-nyc\/","title":{"rendered":"What’s Doing in NYC"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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James Bond<\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n \n
No Time To Die<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h5>\n \n

Daniel Craig famously said, \u201cI\u2019d rather slash my wrists than do another Bond film.\u201d After seeing his final outing in\u00a0No Time To Die<\/i>\u00a0it might not have been such a bad idea as this was not a high point in 007\u2019s career. The film co-stars Rami Malek as the uber-villain\u00a0and Lashana\u00a0Lynch,\u00a0<\/b>L\u00e9a Seydoux, and Ana de Armas as the sexy \u201cBond girls.\u201d\u00a0<\/b><\/span>Billie Eilish sings the film\u2019s sluggish theme song. After the movies\u2019 producers twisted Craig\u2019s arm with tens of millions of dollars and a piece of the action, he signed on \u00a0for his fifth and final film in formidable franchise. Yes, he incontrovertibly dies for love in the end. \u201cIt was there before me, and it will be there after me. I\u2019ve had a chance to be part of all of this, and if you can\u2019t get it up for a Bond movie as an actor, what can you get it up for?\u201d Craig will open in\u00a0Macbeth\u00a0<\/i>on Broadway starting March 29th<\/sup><\/span>, 2022.<\/p>\n \n

\u00a0Casa Cipriani<\/b><\/h5>\n \n
Battery Maritime Building<\/b><\/h5>\n \n

James Bond would feel right at home at NYC\u2019s new and ultra-swanky private club, Casa Cipriani in the Battery Maritime Building at\u00a010 South Street. \u00a0The club\u2019s lux d\u00e9cor by Thierry Despont was inspired by the\u00a0<\/b>legendary 1930\u2019s ocean liner the SS Normandie and features the sexiest live music room in the land. The buildings restoration is rumored to have set back \u00a0Giuseppe Cipriani and his son Maggio\u00a0back\u00a0at least 500 million; and I\u2019m not talking lira. Drew Barrymore, John Legend, Chrissy Teigen, Usher, Alicia Keys, Swizz Beatz, and other international types have all been spotted in the bar, dining room, and gym. The initiation fee is approximately \u00a01K, and the yearly dues are $3,500. The 125-year-old Beaux Art ferry building also has a ballroom that seats 800 and 47 hotel rooms starting at $1,000 a night and going up to $9,000 for the presidential suite. The elegant space has killer views of the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty. Julian Schnabel did a series of enormous paintings for the event space that you can rent \u2013 if you\u2019re willing to cough up a suitcase full of cash\u00a0\u00e0 la\u00a0007. Currently, the club has 1,500 members but will ultimately accommodate 4,000. Casa is already giving Zero Bond and Soho House a run for its Euros.\u00a0Annabelle\u2019s, the popular London club is due to open its doors in a town house on E 61st<\/sup><\/span>\u00a0in 2022. I can wait if you can. casacipriani.com<\/p>\n \n

Brooklyn Museum<\/b><\/h5>\n \n
Christian Dior:<\/i><\/b>\u00a0Designer of Dreams<\/i><\/b><\/h5>\n \n

In 1947 Christian Dior changed fashion forever when he introduced \u201cThe New Look\u201d which featured a nipped in waist and a flared\u00a0skirt. Dior credited a remark by fellow couturier and friend Charles James with the inspiration to create this revolutionary new silhouette. Breathtaking and brilliant are the first words that come to mind after seeing the\u00a0Christian Dior: Designer of\u00a0<\/i>Dreams\u00a0show at the Brooklyn Museum. This exhibition is the perfect counter weight to the Mets more grounded show\u00a0In America: A Lexicon of Fashion.\u00a0<\/i>The posh show explores the nearly eight-decade history of the House of Dior with over 200 haute couture garments as well as photographs, \u00a0videos, sketches, and accessories. After Dior\u2019s untimely demise at 52 his 21-year-old \u00a0assistant Yves St. Laurent took over the house followed by Marc Bohan,\u00a0Gianfranco Ferr\u00e9, the irreplaceable John Galliano, Raf Simons and finally todays chief designer Maria Grazia Chiuri. Clothes from all of them are on display and trace the houses evolution. The show features dresses worn by everyone from Grace Kelly and Marlene Dietrich to Elizabeth Taylor and Jennifer Lawrence. This not to be missed presentation runs through February 20th<\/sup><\/span>, 2022.\u00a0brooklynmuseum.org<\/a><\/p>\n \n

\u00a0<\/b>Whitney Museum<\/b><\/h5>\n \n
Jasper Johns:\u00a0Mind\/Mirror<\/i><\/b><\/h5>\n \n

The Whitney Museum of American Art founded in 1930 by the artist and philanthropist Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney houses the foremost collection of American art from the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries. Mrs. Whitney, an early and ardent supporter of modern American art, nurtured groundbreaking artists at a time when audiences were still preoccupied with the Old Masters. From her vision arose the Whitney Museum of American Art, which has been championing the most innovative art of the United States for ninety years. Gertrude would certainly approve of the museum\u2019s ambitious and current Jasper Johns retrospective which is a single exhibition in two venues including the Whitney and the Philadelphia Museum of Art.\u00a0\u00a0Over 500 works including his signature flags, maps, and new works are splashed across the walls of these two monumental institutions. The painter who just turned 91 is still working in his studio in Augusta, Georgia. The show will be on view through February 13th<\/sup><\/span>, 2022. whitney.org<\/p>\n \n

At Home<\/b><\/h5>\n \n
Metropolitan Opera \u00a0<\/b><\/h5>\n \n

In the golden days of yore, the opening night of The Metropolitan Opera heralded the beginning of the new social season; in 2021 there is\u00a0more competition including the gala opening nights of the New York Philharmonic and Carnegie Hall. The Met has been dark for nearly two years so the premiere of Terence\u00a0Blanchard\u2019s\u00a0Fire Shut Up in My\u00a0Bones<\/i>\u2014the first opera by a Black composer ever performed by the Met was a reason to dress up and rejoice. The guest list has changed\u00a0dramatically from the high society queens comprised of Astor\u2019s, Rockefellers; Mellon\u2019s, and Whitney\u2019s dressed up in gowns by Dior, Channel, Balenciaga,\u00a0Madame Gr\u00e8s,<\/span>\u00a0and Charles James. Instead, the night drew \u201cThe New Mix\u201d including Laverne Cox, Drew Barrymore, Spike Lee, Camille A. Brown, Don Lemon, Ricky Ian Gordon, Marisa Tomei and Marco Calvani, Grace Gummer and Mark Ronson,\u00a0and Charles M. Blow the subject of the opera. The night raised over $3.3 million. A revolving list of classic and new works will be performed\u00a0through June 2022.\u00a0metopera.org<\/a><\/p>\n \n

This Machine Greens<\/i>\u00a0&\u00a0Lynchpin<\/i><\/b><\/h5>\n \n
Zack Weiner & Joe Gallagher<\/b><\/h5>\n \n

Zack\u00a0Weiner, the former NYC Council candidate has transitioned into filmmaking. Weiner , whose father Eric Weiner is the co-creator of the TV show Dora the Explorer and\u00a0partner Joe Gallagher\u00a0have produced the first fully funded bitcoin movie,\u00a0This Machine Greens<\/i>. The film was made in response to Elon Musk\u2019s statement that \u201c bitcoin is bad for the environment.\u00a0\u201c One of Weiner\u2019s co-producers Enrique Posner\u00a0is known for his work with world-renowned filmmaker Pedro Almod\u00f3var on\u00a0Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!<\/i>\u00a0starring Antonio Banderas.\u00a0The film premiered at Atelier Condo. The producing duo also screened a second film\u00a0Lynchpin<\/i>, at Lincoln Center, about Bitcoin\u2019s entrance into the world of basketball sponsorships. Evan Mobley of the Cleveland Cavaliers, Johnny Juzang of the UCLA Bruins, and young rising hoop star Mikey Williams, the first high school basketball player to ever sign a multimillion-dollar shoe deal with Puma, all appear in\u00a0the\u00a0documentary. The film follows the tense negotiations between the Compton Magic coach, Jay-Z, PUMA and Adidas. After the screening experts from Swan Bitcoin explained why Bitcoin wants to take over basketball. bitcoinmovieclub.com<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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