Celebrity Life

DECEMBER 31, ANNUALLY New Year’s Eve celebrations in Manhattan’s Times Square are a must if you’re in the city at this time of year. An estimated one million people gather in famed Times Square to watch colorful pyrotechnic effects and a giant, illuminated Waterford-crystal ball drop, marking the very second of the new year’s commencement.... View Article

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ANNUALLY IN SEPTEMBER The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals of the world, the “Big Four” receiving the majority of press coverage being New York, London, Milan, and Paris. Lasting approximately one week,fashion designers, brands or “houses” display their latest collections in runway shows to buyers and the media. Expect a... View Article

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August 26 – September 8 Known as the Wimbledon of the U.S., this tournament is one of the world’s most important tennis competitions where some of the biggest tennis stars have forged their careers. The U.S. Open completes the season of worldwide Grand Slam events following the Australian Open, French Open and Wimbledon. Major matches... View Article

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JUNE 9 The 2018 Belmont Stakes Racing Festival, is three days of thoroughbred racing at Belmont Park featuring the 149th running of the Belmont Stakes,taking place from June 9 at Belmont Park. The Belmont Stakes is the final and most demanding leg of the Triple Crown and has been the venue for some of the most famous... View Article

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April 25 – May 6 Following the attacks on the World Trade Center in 2001, Robert De Niro, Jane Rosenthal and Craig Hatkoff founded this film festival to encourage the revival of lower Manhattan. Over the course of the festival, Tribeca comes alive with celebrities, film and music. In the nine years since its launch,... View Article

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New York Fashion Week – February 7 – 15 London Fashion Week – February 15 – 19 Milan Fashion week – February 19 – 25 Paris Fashion Week – February 25 – March 5 The most prominent fashion weeks are held in the fashion capitals of the world, the “Big Four” receiving the majority of... View Article

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  APRIL 2016 In April 2014, the Musical Olympus Foundation hosted its eighth annual Musical Olympus Festival at Carnegie Hall in New York. Carnegie Hall, renowned internationally as a premier concert venue, received young musicians from four countries in a festival performance showcasing their talent: Marc Bouchkov (France, violin), Rémi Geniet (France, piano), Igor Eliseev (Russia,... View Article

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  MARCH 3 – 16, 2016 The Armory Show is America’s leading annual fine art fair devoted to the most important modern and contemporary art of the 20th and 21st centuries. The show lasted four days on Piers 92 and 94, attracting some of the world’s most prominent artists, galleries, collectors, critics and curators. On... View Article

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MARCH – OCTOBER, 2016 Watch New York’s most prized baseball team begin its season. The New York Yankees have been crowned World Series champions 27 times and may be the most franchised sports team in America. Some of the biggest names in baseball history have risen to fame with the Yankees and they remain the... View Article

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The area where a maze of entrances and exits to the often gridlocked Lincoln Tunnel meets the rear end of the current Penn Station, the one with the character and charm of a Wonder Bread loaf, is just to the south of one of the most outdated convention centers of any major city.  Still, I... View Article

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In the modern history of upscale hotels Hyatt has long been at the forefront of  innovation.  While its roots only date back to 1957, it was the Hyatt Regency Atlanta in 1967 that redefined hotels for decades with its atrium lobby design.  An article about the hotel in The Atlanta Constitution several years after its... View Article

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Samuel Clemens was a member.  Woodrow Wilson lectured at it.  There have been exhibits of Degas, Monet and Renoir at it.  The Lotos Club, dubbed “The Ace of Clubs” by member by Clemens, better know by his pen name Mark Twain, was founded in 1870 as a private members club for journalists, scholars, musicians, painters... View Article

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