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Thank you to all 176 people who came out to the Mid-Manhattan Library last evening for our talk with author James Roman! It was the biggest crowd they had seen in months! Check out our Flickr stream below and if you were there, make sure and tag yourself in the photos on Facebook.   Read More »

  Splendour in the Grass is Australia’s largest, Winter festival, taking place from July 30th to August 1st, and is so popular that in past years, tickets have sold out in a matter of hours with scalped tickets going for over $3,000 on Ebay. This year, the line-up is once again worthy of desperate measures as the festival welcomes a ... Read More »

You may have noticed that Italy this year is especially in love with Renaissance painter Caravaggio since this year marks the 400th anniversary of his birth. To add to the Caravaggiomania that is sweeping the country, last week the Vatican newspaper L’Osservatore Romano announced in a front page article that it had found a previously undiscovered Caravaggio in the sacristy ... Read More »

  Saturday, Chronicles of Old New York author James Roman braved the 96 degree heat to lead a group of intrepid history fans through Greenwich Village, SoHo and NoLita; beginning at Washington Square Park’s Hangman’s Elm and ending at independent bookstore McNally Jackson on Prince Street.   The turnout was tremendous and a big thanks to all who came! Check ... Read More »

Please join us tomorrow at the Mid-Manhattan public library for a talk with Chronicles of Old New York author James Roman! It is sure to be a packed crowd so make sure you get there by 6:15 to grab a seat. Check out more details on our Facebook event page and if you haven’t already, become a fan of Chronicles ... Read More »

Say what you will about Billy Joel but to many people, especially those from Long Island, Billy Joel is a living legend whose music has helped soundtrack countless road trips, pinnacle childhood moments and drunken karaoke nights. Besides being pretty close to pop perfection, Joel’s songs are a guidebook to his adolescents growing-up in the towns of Levittown and Hicksville ... Read More »

  Celebrations: The two words on everyone’s lips this weekend are Mad Men. The show will even be screening, in its entirety an hour early, on the big screen in Times Square! Check out our guide to Mad Men shopping, art, architecture and food in NYC.   Film Openings: Life During Wartime – A new film by Todd Soldonz as ... Read More »

  In case you missed it on the Gothamist newsletter, The Skint, or NYC Daily Deals, we are hosting a Chronicles of Old New York walking tour tomorrow of Washington Square Park and parts of Greenwich Village and Nolita with author James Roman ending at the superb indie travel bookstore McNally-Jackson. Not only that, we’ll be asking trivia questions along ... Read More »