by Bryan Waterman | Dec 21, 2008 | Music, Neighborhood Scenes, Resources
Watching Wild Combination last week, I had my curiosity piqued by references to a club called Tier 3. I’d heard the name before, but never really paid too much attention — it seemed third tier to more famous (and more fully chronicled) places like Mudd...
by Bryan Waterman | Oct 6, 2008 | Books, Odds and Ends, Resources
Do you know Kevin Walsh’s Forgotten New York?I’ve had a copy for a year or so, and every once in a while remember to pack it with me when I’m heading to an unfamiliar neighborhood. (There’s also an accompanying blog, cheerfully cluttered,...
by Bryan Waterman | Sep 24, 2008 | Film, Resources |
Yglesias laments the recent announcement of a new Moby-Dick film adaptation — directed by the guy with the unspellable last name who just directed Wanted, written by a team that has only teen comedies to their credit (including the Olsen twins vehicle New York...
by Bryan Waterman | Aug 25, 2008 | Neighborhood Scenes, Odds and Ends, Resources |
I blogged this elsewhere last year, but this afternoon I’m leading an annual Sweets and Cheap Eats on the LES walking tour for students returning to the Residential College where I live as faculty in residence.If you were to add something to this tour, what...
by Bryan Waterman | Aug 21, 2008 | City on Stage, Resources
I’ve mentioned before my abiding affection for the folks who run the Metropolitan Playhouse. I feel extraordinarily lucky to teach earlier American lit (including 19c drama) and the literary cultures of NYC in a neighborhood — one of the few in the world,...
by Bryan Waterman | Jul 17, 2008 | History, People, Resources, Writing New York
I’ve spent the better part of the last few months finishing a chapter on the early American novelist Charles Brockden Brown for the forthcoming Cambridge History of the American Novel (not to be confused with the Cambridge History of American Literature, the...
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