youngmanhattanite:

92y:

Frank Bruni on Jeffrey Chodorow, anonymity and much more. He regrets not reviewing Peasant.

[92Y Food Talks]

The gold here is all the places he says he goes to on his own time.

And a silver star to both of them for tackling the issue of swallowing.

matthewgallaway:

The New York art world is a shell of its former self. And I think that’s because New York is such a hard city to live in, that it is really difficult to imagine advising a young artist to move here. And I think, in a way, that has been good for the art world because it has decentered New York. New York is no longer the center of the art world. I think the NY art world is Berlin.

— Glenn Ligon, Interview Magazine, October 2009 (via)

92y:

With the elections taking place tomorrow in New York City and around the country, we have a timely update to the Share Your Story™ series. In the video above, 27-year-old Matt Bishop, resident of Astoria, Queens, stepped in front of the camera at the Share Your Story™ booth during the 92Y Street Fest. Bishop told us he spends most of his time doing what he really believes in, public service. Being involved in local politics and policy, being involved in your community, Bishop argues, is the most effective way to change things:

I hope that people will realize that they’re part of a community, and they’re part of something that is much bigger than themselves. And I hope people get involved in politics, whatever your politics are…because when we step out of this democratic process, you have all sorts all of special interests that step in.