by LEAH REISMAN-SENES
Picture This
The Tribeca Film Festival
takes center stage
Your illustrious parentage includes Robert
De Niro. Last year Al Gore introduced your
lineup and his former boss, Bill Clinton, hosted one of your receptions. And you counted
Lauren Bacall, Leonardo DiCaprio, Angelina
Jolie, Robert Duvall and Whoopi Goldberg
among your attendees. Let’s face it, Tribeca
Film Festival: You’ve got serious mojo.
Now, one of New York’s favorite spring
flings returns, as April 2 3 through May 4
marks the seventh annual Tribeca Film
Festival. Founded by De Niro, Jane Rosenthal
and Craig Hatkoff in 2002, the festival was an
attempt to revitalize Lower Manhattan after
ave
Date
UPPER EAST SIDE
the
Whitney
2008
Biennial
Opens March 6
Love it or hate it, no one
ever comes away from
the art museum’s biennial feeling neutral.
800-944-9639;
whitney.org
BRONX & QUEENS
Meet the Mets
... and Yanks ’08
It’s out with the old (Joe
Torre), in with the new
(Joe Girardi) for the
Yankees, as both teams
play their final seasons
at Yankee and Shea
Stadiums before moving
in to new digs in 2009.
yankees.com; mets.com
CITY GUIDE
New York
Sept. 11. And thrive it has. Over the past several years, TFF has featured films ranging from
the buoyantly exuberant Mad Hot Ballroom to
the devastating United 93 to last year’s erotic
love story, the critically hailed Lady Chatterley.
As if its multitude of films spanning every
conceivable genre weren’t enough, TFF also
offers a scintillating array of panel discussions,
like last year’s on women in comedy, which included Debra Messing, Curb Your Enthusiasm’s
Susie Essman and The Daily Show’s Samantha
Bee. Plus, there are concert performances and
a family street fair that will have kids and adults
alike grinning from ear to ear.
Go for the films, the vibe or vice versa.
Either way, see why this is truly one of the Big
Apple’s best fests. tribecafilmfestival.org.
Style
Council
If you’ve ever found
yourself shouting
at your TV set in
response to celebrity outfits, then the
exhibit blog.mode:
addressing fashion
at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art’s
Costume Institute
is for you. Situated on the ground
floor, the Costume
Institute is an often-overlooked part of
the museum, but
this clever, very
modern exhibit may
help change all that.
Through April
13, the institute
displays about
40 costumes
and accessories,
covering the 18th
century to today.
The interactive
part comes when
museumgoers
get the opportunity to share their
thoughts on a
blog specially
set up on the
Met’s website—
the first time it has
ventured into this
territory. At certain
times, the blog also
will post specific
items from the collection, along with
commentary from
the curators and
from some of the
designers as well.
The exhibit
includes a 1947
dress containing
textile created by
Salvador Dalí and a
beaded 1910 dress
with 24-carat gold
lining the inside of
each bead, encompassing work from
designers Christian
Dior, Chanel, Donna
Karan, Manolo
Blahnik—the exhibition’s sponsor—and
countless others.
metmuseum.org;
212-535-7710.
MIDTOWN
Macy’s Flower
Show
March 15-30
Come see the renowned
floral event, featuring
more than 1 million
blooms and over 30,000
species of plant life.
212-695-4400; macys.com
CHELSEA
Coffee & Tea
Festival: NYC
April 12-13
Catch the buzz with
samples, shopping, dem-
onstrations, a java/tea
lounge with music and
entertainment, and more.
coff eeandteafestival.com
DOWNTOWN
Bent Festival
April 24-26
Enter a world of bizarre
fun with this festival
dedicated to the art of
circuit bending, with
musical performances,
exhibits and workshops.
bentfestival.org
