LEHMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS presents Celebrating 30 Years of Freestyle Music with 15 Groups! FOREVER FREESTYLE 10 Featuring TKA/K7, Betty of Sweet Sensation, Judy Torres, Cynthia, Johnny O, Rockell, Joe Zangie, Fascination, Pretty Poison, Nayobe, C-Bank, Trilogy, Tonasia, Laissez […]

Dear New Yorkers: The New York State Comptroller’s Office is conducting a survey on noise in New York City neighborhoods and would like you to take the survey. Research has demonstrated that noise can adversely impact public health. For example, […]

I profess not to know how women’s hearts are wooed and won. To me they have always been matters of riddle and admiration. Washington Irving (1783-1859)

preachment Definition: (noun) A tiresome or unwelcome moral lecture or discourse; tedious sermonizing. Synonyms: homily Usage: Don’t torment me with your preachments now, unless you want to kill me outright.

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788) An unhappy and solitary man, Schopenhauer was a German philosopher whose works earned him the title “the philosopher of pessimism.” The bias of his own temperament and experience was crucial to the development of his celebrated philosophy—reflections […]

Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons. Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

excursionist Definition: (noun) A tourist who is visiting sights of interest. Synonyms: rubberneck, sightseer, tripper Usage: The city’s economy depends on tourism, and an influx of enthusiastic excursionists is always welcome.  

Andrés Segovia (1893) Segovia was a Spanish guitarist whosetranscriptions of early contrapuntal music,along with his concerts and recordings, werelargely responsible for the 20th-centuryresurgence of interest in the guitar and itspossibilities as a concert instrument. Almostentirely self-taught, he made his debut […]