Top 7 Restaurant Week Destinations in the Flatiron District

By William Chen

Ah, Restaurant Week. We tip our hats to a week of indulgence for culinary connoisseurs, foodies, and the oh-so-many tempted-taste-bud skeptics of our modern dining colony. While it doesn’t provoke the same hyped-up fanaticism of Shark Week, … Read More

Artists in a New Era: Tenement Street Workshop

In an age when conventional theatrical groups are struggling to stay afloat, there is one artist collective that refuses to throw in the towel. Tenement Street Workshop began in 2008 as an artist collective consisting of three teenaged friends who … Read More

“Keep Calm and Stache On“ – Gem Hotels’ Annual Summer Party Rocks at their Chelsea Rooftop Event Venue!

By Sade Jones, Tod Shapiro, and the Flatiron Hot! News Editorial Staff

NYC Seminar and Conference Center’s business partner, The Gem Hotels, hosted their annual summer event last Thursday at the Gem Hotel Chelsea on 22nd Street and 8th Avenue.  The Gem Hotel … Read More

The 2013 NFL Draft at NYC’s Radio City: An Outsider’s Perspective

By Samantha Weiss

For three days in April, the area surrounding Radio City Music Hall becomes a sea of jersey-clad football fans, anxiously waiting for their chance to watch the NFL Draft.  The congregation of die-hards is forced to wait … Read More

New York Review of Books Celebrates 50th Anniversary With Discussion on Future of Literary Journalism

Is Editing a Lost Art in the Digital Age?

On Wednesday, April 3, in the New York Public Library‘s Celeste Bartos Forum, the New York Review of Books, in collaboration with the Cullman Center for Scholars, marked its 50th anniversary with a panel discussion featuring some of the publication’s most renowned writers. Ian Buruma, Andrew Delblanco, Alma Guillermoprieto, Zoë Heller, and moderators Robert Silvers and Josephy Lelyveld discussed the future of literary journalism. Read More

William Ryman’s “Bird” Sculpture Lands in Flatiron Near Madison Square Park

Let’s welcome artist William Ryman’s “Bird” sculpture to the Madison Square Park area and the Flatiron District for the next few weeks!

The imposing creation, composed of oversized nails, is a welcome companion to the flesh, blood, and feathered avian variety all of us at the New York City Seminar and Conference Center (NYCSCC) fraternize with in our sojourns through Madison Square Park. Along with our fellow New Yorkers, we hope that it is a harbinger of spring. Read More

Young Visionary Hatches Reading at Strand Bookstore feat. Ben Gibbard & Ron Currie, Jr.

The Strand Bookstore may be home to many old, musty works of literature, but walk inside and you’ll notice that it employs a whole lot of young people. Some of them are aspiring writers, while others simply relish the opportunity to work in one of New York City’s most eminent bookstores. Often, young people mean fresh ideas. Andrew Boye, currently a manager on the main floor, has worked at the Strand for three years. Recently, Andrew hatched the idea to host events combining book readings (a mainstay at the Strand for years) with other artistic mediums.

Boye’s idea came to fruition with last night’s event, featuring Ron Currie, Jr, the author of such acclaimed novels as God is Dead and Everything Matters and musician Benjamin Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and The Postal Service. Flatiron Hot! News had a chance to talk to Andrew a few minutes before the event began. He and his colleague, Emily Simpson, along with event coordinator and author Jessica Strand, hope Wednesday’s pioneering artistic venture will be the first in a series of events  showcasing the ties between authors and their creative kin in other mediums.

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